[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR645.32]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
             CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION,
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 645--UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D--How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?
 
Sec. 645.32  How does the Secretary evaluate prior experience?

    (a) In the case of an application described in Sec. 645.30(a)(2), 
the Secretary reviews information relating to an applicant's performance 
under its expiring Upward Bound grant. This information includes 
information derived from annual performance reports, audit reports, site 
visit reports, project evaluation reports, and any other verifiable 
information submitted by the applicant.

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    (b) The Secretary evaluates the applicant's prior experience in 
delivering services on the basis of the following criteria:
    (1) (3 points) Whether the applicant serves the number of 
participants agreed to under the approved application;
    (2) (3 points) The extent to which project participants have 
demonstrated improvement in academic skills and competencies as measured 
by standardized achievement tests and grade point averages;
    (3) (3 points) The extent to which project participants continue to 
participate in the Upward Bound Program until they complete their 
secondary education program;
    (4) The extent to which participants who complete the project, or 
were scheduled to complete the project, undertake programs of 
postsecondary education; and
    (5) (3 points) The extent to which participants who complete the 
project, or were scheduled to complete the project, succeed in education 
beyond high school, including the extent to which they graduate from 
postsecondary education programs.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1840-0550)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-13)