645.43—What other requirements must a grantee meet?
(a) Number of Participants.
For each year of the project period, a grantee must serve at least the number of participants that the Secretary identifies in the Federal Register notice inviting applications for a competition. Through this notice, the Secretary also provides the minimum and maximum grant award amounts for the competition.
(i)
The director is also administering one or two additional programs for disadvantaged students operated by the sponsoring institution or agency; or
(2)
The grantee must give the project director sufficient authority to administer the project effectively.
(3)
The Secretary waives the requirements in paragraph (b)(1) of this section if the applicant demonstrates that the project director will be able to effectively administer more than three programs and that this arrangement would promote effective coordination between the program and other Federal TRIO programs ( sections 402B through 402F of the HEA) and similar programs funded through other sources.
(1)
The basis for the grantee's determination that the participant is eligible to participate in the project under § 645.3 ;
(2)
The basis for the grantee's determination that the participant has a need for academic support in order to pursue successfully a program of education beyond secondary school;
(4)
The educational progress of the participant during high school and, to the degree possible, during the participant's pursuit of a postsecondary education program; and
(5)
To the extent practicable, any services the participant receives during the project year from another Federal TRIO program or another federally funded program that serves populations similar to those served under the UB program.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1840-NEW9)