---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 694.21"
title: "34"
number: "694.21"
heading: "What are required activities for GEAR UP projects?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/694.21"
---

# §694.21. What are required activities for GEAR UP projects?


A grantee must provide comprehensive mentoring, outreach, and supportive services to students participating in the GEAR UP program. These services must include the following activities:

- (a) Providing information regarding financial aid for postsecondary education to eligible participating students.
- (b) Encouraging student enrollment in rigorous and challenging curricula and coursework, in order to reduce the need for remedial coursework at the postsecondary level.
- (c) **Implementing activities to improve the number of participating students who—**
  - (1) Obtain a secondary school diploma, and
  - (2) **Complete applications for, and enroll in, a program of postsecondary education.**
- (d) In the case of a State grantee that has not received a 100-percent waiver under [section 404E(b)(2)](/cfr/34/404E.md?p=b-2) of the HEA, providing scholarships in accordance with [section 404E](/cfr/34/404E.md) of the HEA.

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 65801, Oct. 26, 2010]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[75 FR 65801, Oct. 26, 2010]