D.__The projected costs of providing educational services throughout the jurisdiction represented by the applicant or applicants for each of the 10 years after the implementation of the efficiency project;

E.__The type of commitments, contracts or agreements made, entered into or executed by the applicant or applicants that serve to substantiate, verify or support the projections required by this subsection; and

F.__The annual return on investment with respect to the total cost of projects supported in whole or in part with grants from the fund.

7.__Competitive grants; qualifying actions.__Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, applicants for grant assistance must demonstrate significant and sustainable savings in the cost of delivering educational services through proposals involving one or more of the following qualifying actions:

A. Consolidation of school administrative units;

B. Enhancement of the regional delivery of educational services;

C.__Consolidation of administrative services or functions directly related to delivery of educational services;

D.__Creation of broad-based alliances for the purchase of goods and services directly related to delivery of educational services;

E.__Creation of collaborative school-municipal or school- county service delivery or service support systems; and

F.__Changes in the school administrative unit's governance system, administrative structure or adopted policies that provide for one or more qualifying actions provided for in paragraphs A to E.

The qualifying actions in this subsection are not listed in order of priority.__Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, applicants for a grant under this chapter must specify the