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CHAPTER I-OFFICE OF EDUCATION,

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

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Assistance to States for State equalization plans ...
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Financial assistance for community service and
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College work-study program

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Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants.....
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thority delegated by the Secretary for the construction of noncommercial educational broadcasting facilities pursuant to the provisions of Part IV of Title III of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 390395; 397-399).

(47 U.S.C. 394)

§ 153.2 Other pertinent rules and regulations.

(a) Assistance provided under this part shall be subject to applicable provisions contained in Subchapter A of this Chapter (General Provisions for Office of Education programs relating to fiscal, administrative, and other matters), except to the extent that such provisions are inconsistent with, or expressly made inapplicable by, the provisions in this part.

(b) Other rules and regulations pertinent to applications for the operation of noncommercial educational broadcasting stations are contained in the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR Part 1 (Practice and Procedure); Part 2 (Frequency Allocations and Radio Treaty Matters; General Rules and Regulations); Part 17 (Construction, Marking, and Lighting of Antenna Structures); Part 73 (Radio Broadcast Services); and Part 74 (Experimental Auxiliary and Special Broadcast and Other Program Distributional Services).

(47 U.S.C. 394)

§ 153.3 Definitions.

(a) Applicable definitions set forth in § 100.1 of this chapter shall apply to the regulations of this part, except that definitions of "equipment" and "project" set forth in § 100.1 of this chapter shall not be applicable to this part.

(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings when used in this part:

Notwithstanding the definition of "Acquisition" set forth in § 100.1 of this chapter, “Acquisition" means the assumption of ownership of transmis

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sion apparatus (including the receipt of gifts) and necessary delivery.

"Act" means Part IV of Title III of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 390-395, 397-399).

"Broadcasting" means the dissemination of standard AM, FM, or TV electronic energy through the atmosphere intended primarily for reception by the general public.

"Closed circuit" means a system for the distribution of electronic signals by a means other than broadcasting.

"College" and "university" mean an educational institution in any State which (1) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, (2) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond the secondary level, (3) provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree or provides not less than a 2-year program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, and (4) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association; or, if not so accredited, (i) is an institution with respect to which the Commissioner has determined that there is satisfactory assurance, considering the resources available to the institution, the period of time, if any, during which it has operated, the effort it is making to meet accreditation standards, and the purpose for which this determination is being made, that the institution will meet the accreditation standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time, or (ii) is an institution whose credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than three institutions which are so accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred from an institution so accredited.

"Construction" means the acquisition and installation of transmission apparatus (including towers, microwave equipment, boosters, translators, repeaters, mobile equipment, and recording equipment) necessary for television broadcasting, or radio broadcasting, as the case may be, including apparatus which may incidentally be used for transmitting closed circuit

television programs, but does not include the construction or repair of structures to house such apparatus.

"Corporation" means the Corporation for Public Broadcasting established pursuant to Subpart B of the Act (47 U.S.C. 396).

"Deriving its support in whole or in part from tax revenues," as applied to a college or university, means that such college or university receives direct and continuing State or local tax revenues for a current academic program of instruction for which credit is offered at the higher education level.

"Educational broadcasting" means broadcasting of educational, community service, and cultural programs of benefit to the area or community served by such broadcasting.

"Facilities" means transmission apparatus as defined in this section.

"Fair-market value" means the price arrived at by a seller who is willing to sell, and a buyer who is willing to buy, where both parties are freely negotiating in good faith. Criteria used to establish fair-market value include: (1) The price at which a like item (model, age, and condition) has changed hands; (2) in the case of a donation, the donor's purchase price or cost of manufacture, less reasonable allowance for depreciation due to use and age; (3) the catalog or other established price of a new item of the same type, less reasonable allowance for depreciation due to use and age; or (4) appraisal, satisfactory to the United States, made by one or more qualified impartial appraisers.

"FCC" means the Federal Communitcations Commission.

"Installation" means the assembling, affixing, and taking any other steps necessary or required in order to make ready for use transmission apparatus included in the project.

"Interconnection" means the use of microwave equipment, boosters, translators, repeaters, communication space satellites, or other apparatus or equipment for the transmission and distribution of television or radio programs to noncommercial educational broadcasting stations.

"Owned by the applicant" as applied to transmission apparatus means that

the applicant's interest in such transmission apparatus is, at least, the primary, equitable, or beneficial interest, including the obligation to own.

"Planning" means such engineering, legal, and other activities performed by qualified employees or consultants as are provided for in Appendix A to this part, but does not include the preparation of statewide or regional plans, the conduct of surveys, or the preparation and conduct of proceedings or contests before the FCC beyond the preparation, filing, and routine prosecution normally required for uncontested applications.

"Project" means the planning, acquisition, and installation of only those items of transmission apparatus, in accordance with the provisions of Appendix A to this part, related to one noncommercial educational broadcasting station (except that the apparatus may be related to two or more such stations where interconnection is involved) which the Commissioner determines to be eligible for Federal financial assistance pursuant to the provisions of this part.

"Regional plan” means an organized design for the dispersion of noncommercial educational broadcasting facilities within a geographical area not otherwise specifically defined by either State boundaries or by the broadcast contours of an individual noncommercial educational broadcast

station.

"Reserved channel" means a channel reserved by the FCC for the exclusive use of a noncommercial educational broadcast station.

"Service area" means:

(1) In the case of television, that area included within the station's predicted Grade B contour.

(2) In the case of AM radio broadcasting, that area included within the station's predicted 500 microvolt contour, and

(3) In the case of FM radio broadcasting, that area included within the station's predicted 1 millivolt contour.

"Situated in any State" means, with respect to a noncommercial educational broadcast station and all transmission apparatus resulting from a project associated with such station, situated (irrespective of physical location)

in the State in which the channel occupied or applied for is assigned by the FCC, unless the Commissioner, in light of all the pertinent facts and circumstances of a particular case, specifically determines otherwise.

"State" means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

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"State television agency" and "State educational radio agency” means, with respect to television broadcasting and radio broadcasting, respectively:

(1) A board or commission established by State law for the purpose of promoting such broadcasting within a State;

(2) A board or commission appointed by the Governor of a State for such purpose if such appointment is not inconsistent with State law; or

(3) A State officer or agency responsible for the supervision of public elementary or secondary education or public higher education within the State which has been designated by the Governor to assume responsibility for the promotion of such broadcasting. In the case of the District of Columbia, the term "Governor" as used in this paragraph means the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and in the case of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, means the High Commissioner thereof.

"Transmission apparatus" means that apparatus which is necessary for noncommercial educational broadcasting in accordance with the provisions of Appendix A to this part.

(47 U.S.C. 392, 394, 397; 20 U.S.C. 1221)

Subpart B-Eligibility and Applications

§ 153.4 Eligible applicants.

(a) Applications for Federal financial assistance under this part for an educational television project may be submitted by:

(1) An agency or officer responsible for the supervision of public elementary or secondary education or public

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