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Title 34EducationPart / Section
Subtitle BRegulations of the Offices of the Department of Education100 – 699
Chapter VIOffice of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education600 – 699
Part 694Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (Gear up)694.1 – 694.25
§ 694.1What is the maximum amount that the Secretary may award each fiscal year to a Partnership or a State under this program?
§ 694.2Which students must a Partnership, or a State that chooses to use the cohort approach in its project, serve under the program's early intervention component?
§ 694.3What are the requirements for a cohort?
§ 694.4Which students must a State or Partnership serve when there are changes in the cohort?
§ 694.5What requirements must be met by a Partnership or State that chooses to provide services to private school students under the program's early intervention component?
§ 694.6Who may provide GEAR UP services to students attending private schools?
§ 694.7What are the matching requirements for a GEAR UP grant?
§ 694.8Under what conditions may the Secretary approve a request from a Partnership applying for a GEAR UP grant to waive a portion of the matching requirement?
§ 694.9Under what conditions may the Secretary approve a request from a Partnership that has received a GEAR UP grant to waive a portion of the matching requirement?
§ 694.10What are the requirements that a Partnership must meet in designating a fiscal agent for its project under this program?
§ 694.11What is the maximum indirect cost rate for an agency of a State or local government?
§ 694.12Under what conditions do State and Partnership GEAR UP grantees make section 404E scholarship awards?
§ 694.13What are the requirements concerning section 404E scholarship awards for grantees whose initial GEAR UP grant awards were made prior to August 14, 2008?
§ 694.14What are the requirements concerning section 404E scholarship awards for grantees whose initial GEAR UP grant awards were made on or after August 14, 2008?
§ 694.15May a Partnership that does not award scholarships under section 404E of the HEA provide, as part of a GEAR UP project, financial assistance for postsecondary education using non-Federal funds?
§ 694.16What are the requirements for redistribution or return of scholarship funds not awarded to a project's eligible students?
§ 694.17How does a State determine which State agency will apply for, and administer, a State grant under this program?
§ 694.18What requirements must be met by a Partnership or State participating in GEAR UP with respect to 21st Century Scholarship Certificates?
§ 694.19What priorities does the Secretary establish for a GEAR UP grant?
§ 694.20When may a GEAR UP grantee provide services to students attending an institution of higher education?
§ 694.21What are required activities for GEAR UP projects?
§ 694.22What other activities may all GEAR UP projects provide?
§ 694.23What additional activities are allowable for State GEAR UP projects?
§ 694.24What services may a GEAR UP project provide to students in their first year at an institution of higher education?
§ 694.25Are GEAR UP grantees required to provide services to students who were served under a previous GEAR UP grant?