34 CFR § 694.2 - Which 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?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s694.2"
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title: "34 CFR § 694.2 - Which 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?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "694.2"
section_name: "Which 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?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "694"
part_name: "GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS (GEAR UP)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1070a-21 to 1070a-28."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 24760, Apr. 27, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 694.2 Which 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?

A Partnership, or a State that chooses to use a cohort approach in its GEAR UP early intervention component, must, except as provided in § 694.4—

(a) Provide services to at least one entire grade level (cohort) of students (subject to § 694.3(b)) beginning not later than the 7th grade;

(b) Ensure that supplemental appropriate services are targeted to the students with the greatest needs; and

(c) Ensure that services are provided through the 12th grade to those students.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-22)