34 CFR § 694.1 - What is the maximum amount that the Secretary may award each fiscal year to a Partnership or a State under this program?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s694.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 694.1 - What is the maximum amount that the Secretary may award each fiscal year to a Partnership or a State under this program?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "694.1"
section_name: "What is the maximum amount that the Secretary may award each fiscal year to a Partnership or a State under this program?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "694"
part_name: "GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS (GEAR UP)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "20 U.S.C. 1070a-21 to 1070a-28."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 24760, Apr. 27, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "694"
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# 694.1 What is the maximum amount that the Secretary may award each fiscal year to a Partnership or a State under this program?
(a) *Partnership grants.* The Secretary may establish the maximum amount that may be awarded each fiscal year for a GEAR UP Partnership grant in a notice published in the *Federal Register.* The maximum amount for which a Partnership may apply may not exceed the lesser of the maximum amount established by the Secretary, if applicable, or the amount calculated by multiplying—
(1) $800; by
(2) The number of students the Partnership proposes to serve that year, as stated in the Partnership's plan.
(b) *State grants.* The Secretary establishes the maximum amount that may be awarded each fiscal year for a GEAR UP State grant in a notice published in the *Federal Register.*
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-23)
[65 FR 24760, Apr. 27, 2000, as amended at 75 FR 65798, Oct. 26, 2010]