---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 694.2"
title: "34"
number: "694.2"
heading: "Which students must a Partnership, or a State that chooses to use the cohort approach in its project, serve under the program's early intervention component?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/694.2"
---

# §694.2. Which students must a Partnership, or a State that chooses to use the cohort approach in its project, serve under the program's early intervention component?


A Partnership, or a State that chooses to use a cohort approach in its GEAR UP early intervention component, must, except as provided in [§ 694.4](/cfr/34/694.4.md)—

- (a) Provide services to at least one entire grade level (cohort) of students (subject to [§ 694.3(b)](/cfr/34/694.3.md?p=b)) beginning not later than the 7th grade;
- (b) Ensure that supplemental appropriate services are targeted to the students with the greatest needs; and
- (c) **Ensure that services are provided through the 12th grade to those students.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-21 to 1070a-28.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 24760, Apr. 27, 2000, unless otherwise noted.