34 CFR § 692.90 - What is the Grants for Access and Persistence Program?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s692.90"
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title: "34 CFR § 692.90 - What is the Grants for Access and Persistence Program?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "692.90"
section_name: "What is the Grants for Access and Persistence Program?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "692"
part_name: "LEVERAGING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
cfr_part: "692"
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# 692.90 What is the Grants for Access and Persistence Program?

The Grants for Access and Persistence (GAP) Program assists States in establishing partnerships to provide eligible students with LEAP Grants under GAP to attend institutions of higher education and to encourage increased participation in early information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs.

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