{"data":{"id":"us/34-cfr-694.5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 CFR 694.5","heading":"What requirements must be met by a Partnership or State that chooses to provide services to private school students under the program's early intervention component?","body":"(a) Secular, neutral, and nonideological services or benefits. Educational services or other benefits, including materials and equipment, provided under GEAR UP by a Partnership or State that chooses to provide those services or benefits to students attending private schools, must be secular, neutral, and nonideological.\n(b) Control of funds. In the case of a Partnership or State that chooses to provide services under GEAR UP to students attending private schools, the fiscal agent (in the case of a Partnership) or a State agency (in the case of a State) must—\n(1) Control the funds used to provide services under GEAR UP to those students;\n(2) Hold title to materials, equipment, and property purchased with GEAR UP funds for GEAR UP program uses and purposes related to those students; and\n(3) Administer those GEAR UP funds and property.","path":["Title 34—Education","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education","CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","PART 694—GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS (GEAR UP)"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-34.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:40Z","sha256":"a8a4b17d295d367b8a0490e6cf24bf5bb359147c12b3ac63c7d33d019db7bd1f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-cfr-694.4","next":"us/34-cfr-694.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}