- (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) Reviews will not be disclosed to persons outside the Board at any time, except that each individual investigator (grant applicant) will receive a copy of the reviews of his or her proposal with the names, affiliations, and any other identifying characteristics of the reviewers redacted; and
- (e) 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.
- (f) 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.