---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 694.3"
title: "34"
number: "694.3"
heading: "What are the requirements for a cohort?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/694.3"
---

# §694.3. What are the requirements for a cohort?

- (a) **In general.** Each cohort to be served by a Partnership or State must be from a participating school—
  - (1) That has a 7th grade; and
  - (2) In which at least 50 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch Act; or
- (b) **Public housing exception.** If the Partnership or State determines it would promote program effectiveness, a cohort may consist of all of the students in a particular grade level at one or more participating schools who reside in public housing, as defined in section 3(b)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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