34 CFR § 645.1 - What is the Upward Bound Program?

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title: "34 CFR § 645.1 - What is the Upward Bound Program?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "645.1"
section_name: "What is the Upward Bound Program?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "645"
part_name: "UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-13, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 4748, Jan. 24, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "645"
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# 645.1 What is the Upward Bound Program?

(a) The Upward Bound Program provides Federal grants to projects designed to generate in program participants the skills and motivation necessary to complete a program of secondary education and to enter and succeed in a program of postsecondary education.

(b) The Upward Bound Program provides Federal grants for the following three types of projects:

(1) Regular Upward Bound projects.

(2) Upward Bound Math and Science Centers.

(3) Veterans Upward Bound projects.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-13)