- (a) The Commissioner shall organize a competitive, peer-review system for evaluating proposals.
- (b) In evaluating proposals, reviewers shall consider the quality of the academic program, placement record for recent graduates, the feasibility of the institution's plans for increasing enrollments and graduates, and the cost-effectiveness of those plans.
- (c) The advisory committee shall review the recommendations of the reviewers and the staff and make recommendations to the Board.
- (d) Any information related to the evaluation and selection of proposals for the grant awards shall be confidential unless released by the Board pursuant to subsections (e) and (f) of this section.
- (e) Reviews will not be disclosed to persons outside the Board at any time, except that each project leader (grant applicant) will receive a copy of the reviewers of his or her proposal with the names, affiliations, and any other identifying characteristics of the reviewers redacted; and
- (f) The names and affiliations of reviewers will be released as a group, without an identifying link to any grant application, until after the review process is complete.
- (g) For Fiscal Year 2002, the Commissioner shall make the grant awards. Thereafter, the Board shall make grant awards. Decisions of the Commissioner/Board are final.
Source Note:The provisions of this §13.194 adopted to be effective February 27, 2002, 27 TexReg 1328; amended to be effective March 2, 2003, 28 TexReg 1856.