34 CFR § 692.71 - What activities may be funded under the SLEAP Program?

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title: "34 CFR § 692.71 - What activities may be funded under the SLEAP Program?"
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title_name: "Education"
section_number: "692.71"
section_name: "What activities may be funded under the SLEAP Program?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "692"
part_name: "LEVERAGING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1070c-1070c-4, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 45433, Nov. 27, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 692.71 What activities may be funded under the SLEAP Program?

A State may use the funds it receives under the SLEAP Program for one or more of the following activities:

(a) Supplement LEAP grant awards to eligible students who demonstrate financial need by—

(1) Increasing the LEAP grant award amounts for students; or

(2) Increasing the number of students receiving LEAP grant awards.

(b) Supplement LEAP community service work-study awards to eligible students who demonstrate financial need by—

(1) Increasing the LEAP community service work-study award amounts for students; or

(2) Increasing the number of students receiving LEAP community service work-study awards.

(c) Award scholarships to eligible students who demonstrate financial need and who—

(1) Demonstrate merit or academic achievement; or

(2) Wish to enter a program of study leading to a career in—

(i) Information technology;

(ii) Mathematics, computer science, or engineering;

(iii) Teaching; or

(iv) Other fields determined by the State to be critical to the State's workforce needs.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070c-3a)

[66 FR 34039, June 26, 2001]