§ 645.1 What is the Upward Bound Program?

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Title 34 CFR: Education › Chapter VI: OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Part 645: UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM › Subpart A: General › § 645.1: § 645.1 What is the Upward Bound Program?

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(a) The Upward Bound Program provides Federal grants to projects designed to generate in program participants the skills and motivation necessary to complete a program of secondary education and to enter and succeed in a program of postsecondary education.

(b) The Upward Bound Program provides Federal grants for the following three types of projects:

(1) Regular Upward Bound projects.

(2) Upward Bound Math and Science Centers.

(3) Veterans Upward Bound projects.

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

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