CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 600 to 694) > PART 645—UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM > SUBPART A—General (§645.1 to §645.6) > 645.1—What is the Upward Bound Program?

645.1—What is the Upward Bound Program?

(a) The Upward Bound Program provides Federal grants to projects designed to generate in program participants the skills and motivation necessary to complete a program of secondary education and to enter and succeed in a program of postsecondary education.
(b) The Upward Bound Program provides Federal grants for the following three types of projects:
(1) Regular Upward Bound projects.
(2) Upward Bound Math and Science Centers.
(3) Veterans Upward Bound projects.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-13 )