CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XVII—RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 1700 to 1794) > PART 1703—RURAL DEVELOPMENT > SUBPART E—Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program (§1703.120 to §1703.129) > 1703.121—Approved purposes for grants.

1703.121—Approved purposes for grants.

For distance learning and telemedicine projects, grants shall finance only the costs for approved purposes. Grants shall be expended only for the costs associated with the initial capital assets associated with the project. The following are approved grant purposes:
(a) Acquiring, by lease or purchase, eligible equipment as defined in § 1703.102 ;
(b) Acquiring instructional programming; and
(c) Providing technical assistance and instruction for using eligible equipment, including any related software; developing instructional programming; providing engineering or environmental studies relating to the establishment or expansion of the phase of the project that is being financed with the grant (this purpose shall not exceed 10 percent of the grant).

Code of Federal Regulations

[64 FR 14357, Mar. 25, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 3040, Mar. 11, 2002]