---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 643.3"
title: "34"
number: "643.3"
heading: "Who is eligible to participate in a project?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/643.3"
---

# §643.3. Who is eligible to participate in a project?

- (a) An individual is eligible to participate in a Talent Search project if the individual meets all the following requirements:
  - (1)
    - (i) Is a citizen or national of the United States;
    - (ii) Is a permanent resident of the United States;
    - (iii) Is in the United States for other than a temporary purpose and provides evidence from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of his or her intent to become a permanent resident;
    - (iv) Is a permanent resident of Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands; or
    - (v) **Is a resident of the Freely Associated States—** the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau.
  - (2)
    - (i) Has completed five years of elementary education or is at least 11 years of age but not more than 27 years of age.
    - (ii) However, an individual who is more than 27 years of age may participate in a Talent Search project if the individual cannot be appropriately served by an Educational Opportunity Center project under [34 CFR part 644](/cfr/34/part644.md) and if the individual's participation would not dilute the Talent Search project's services to individuals described in [paragraph (a)(2)(i)](#a-2-i) of this section.
  - (3)
    - (i) Is enrolled in or has dropped out of any grade from six through 12, or has graduated from secondary school, ; or
    - (ii) Has undertaken, but is not presently enrolled in, a program of postsecondary education,
- (b) A veteran as defined in [§ 643.6(b)](/cfr/34/643.6.md?p=b), regardless of age, is eligible to participate in a Talent Search project if he or she satisfies the eligibility requirements in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section other than the age requirement in [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2).

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 59145, Nov. 5, 1993, as amended at 75 FR 65775, Oct. 26, 2010; 90 FR 504, Jan. 3, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-12, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 59145, Nov. 5, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 59145, Nov. 5, 1993, as amended at 75 FR 65775, Oct. 26, 2010; 90 FR 504, Jan. 3, 2025]