§ 694.5 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?
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Secular, neutral, and nonideological services or benefits.(a) 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.
Control of funds.(b) 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—
(1) Control the funds used to provide services under GEAR UP to those students;
(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
(3) Administer those GEAR UP funds and property.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-21 to 1070a-28)
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