34 CFR § 694.5 - What requirements must be met by a Partnership or State that chooses to provide services to private school students under the program's early intervention component?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s694.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 694.5 - What requirements must be met by a Partnership or State that chooses to provide services to private school students under the program's early intervention component?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "694.5"
section_name: "What requirements must be met by a Partnership or State that chooses to provide services to private school students 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)"
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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# 694.5 What requirements must be met by a Partnership or State that chooses to provide services to private school students under the program's early intervention component?
(a) *Secular, neutral, and nonideological services or benefits.* Educational services or other benefits, including materials and equipment, provided under GEAR UP by a Partnership or State that chooses to provide those services or benefits to students attending private schools, must be secular, neutral, and nonideological.
(b) *Control of funds.* In the case of a Partnership or State that chooses to provide services under GEAR UP to students attending private schools, the fiscal agent (in the case of a Partnership) or a State agency (in the case of a State) must—
(1) Control the funds used to provide services under GEAR UP to those students;
(2) Hold title to materials, equipment, and property purchased with GEAR UP funds for GEAR UP program uses and purposes related to those students; and
(3) Administer those GEAR UP funds and property.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-21 to 1070a-28)