---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 645.42"
title: "34"
number: "645.42"
heading: "What are Upward Bound stipends?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/645.42"
---

# §645.42. What are Upward Bound stipends?

- (a) An Upward Bound project may provide stipends for all participants who participate on a full-time basis.
- (b) In order to receive the stipend, the participant must show evidence of satisfactory participation in activities of the project including—
  - (1) Regular attendance; and
  - (2) **Performance in accordance with standards established by the grantee and described in the application.**
- (c) The grantee may prorate the amount of the stipend according to the number of scheduled sessions in which the student participated.
- (d) **The following rules govern the amounts of stipends a grantee is permitted to provide—**
  - (1) **For Regular Upward Bound projects and Upward Bound Math and Science Centers—**
    - (i) For the academic year component, the stipend may not exceed $40 per month; and
    - (ii) The stipend may not exceed $60 per month for the summer school recess for a period not to exceed three months, except that youth participating in a work-study position may be paid $300 per month during the summer school recess.
  - (2) For Veterans Upward Bound projects, the stipend may not exceed $40 per month.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 4748, Jan. 24, 1995, as amended at 75 FR 65789, Oct. 26, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-13, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 4748, Jan. 24, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 4748, Jan. 24, 1995, as amended at 75 FR 65789, Oct. 26, 2010]