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 692—LEVERAGING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM > SUBPART B—Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program (§692.50 to §692.80) > 692.71—What activities may be funded under the SLEAP Program?

692.71—What activities may be funded under the SLEAP Program?

A State may use the funds it receives under the SLEAP Program for one or more of the following activities:
(a) Supplement LEAP grant awards to eligible students who demonstrate financial need by—
(1) Increasing the LEAP grant award amounts for students; or
(2) Increasing the number of students receiving LEAP grant awards.
(b) Supplement LEAP community service work-study awards to eligible students who demonstrate financial need by—
(1) Increasing the LEAP community service work-study award amounts for students; or
(2) Increasing the number of students receiving LEAP community service work-study awards.
(c) Award scholarships to eligible students who demonstrate financial need and who—
(1) Demonstrate merit or academic achievement; or
(2) Wish to enter a program of study leading to a career in—
(i) Information technology;
(ii) Mathematics, computer science, or engineering;
(iii) Teaching; or
(iv) Other fields determined by the State to be critical to the State's workforce needs.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070c-3a )

Code of Federal Regulations

[66 FR 34039, June 26, 2001]