and personnel to successfully carry out a Special Services project; and

(4) Budget. (i) The extent to which the proposed budget reflects the activities to be undertaken; and

(ii) The reasonableness of the allocation of resources among the project activities.

(d) In evaluating an application for a new award, the Commissioner will use the following weights:

(1) Need. 35 percent,
(2) Design. 30 percent,

(3) Resources and organization. 30 percent, and

(4) Budget. 5 percent.

(e) In selecting applications for funding, the Commissioner will consider the need for the project in the area the applicant proposes to serve as compared to the need of the total target population to be served.

(f) National demonstration awards. The Commissioner will select a limited number of applications to be funded as Special Services national demonstration projects on the basis of the criteria set forth in paragraph (c) of this section and the following additional criteria:

(1) Whether the proposed project is national or inter-regional in scope, or presents a clearly new or experimental technique or design for the provision of special services for students from deprived educational, cultural, or economic backgrounds, or for students with physical handicaps, or for students of limited English-speaking ability enrolled at the institution which is the beneficiary of the award;

(2) Whether the proposed project duplicates or competes with existing regional or national programs or consolidates existing regional or interregional educational activities under the aegis of a single agency or institution;

(3) Whether, with regard to proposed projects presenting a new or experimental technique or design, the applicant's proposed activities and expected results can be readily replicated and utilized by other educational programs concerned with the provision of special supportive services for similar students;

(4) Whether the proposed project will provide services not readily avail

able on a local or regional basis for participants; and

(5) Whether the proposed project will provide disadvantaged students a variety of educational opportunities and career options.

(20 U.S.C. 1070d-1)

8157.7 Program requirements.

(a) Each project funded under this part shall be designed to assist in enabling youths from low-income families with academic potential who may lack adequate secondary preparation, who may be physically handicapped or who may be disadvantaged because of severe rural isolation to be graduated from postsecondary institutions and shall:

(1) Develop and utilize procedures to identify and select eligible students. Such procedures shall include a comprehensive needs assessment of the individual student to determine those academic and other educational deficiencies which need to be corrected to enable that student to graduate;

(2) Provide personal, career and academic counseling and guidance in those areas that affect the student's academic performance;

(3) Provide remedial and other special services, such as special classes, tutoring, and educational and cultural activities that will enable project participants to compete with sufficient academic and personal skills at the institution, without creating a longrange dependency on the project;

(4) Develop and utilize special curricular and instructional methods which will enable students to complete required and prerequisite courses in a reasonable period of time;

(5) Document the effects of project activities on students' performance and progress while they are participating in the project;

(6) Make every effort to provide that the ethnic/racial composition of the students served will reflect within a maximum ten percent variance the ethnic/racial composition of the students eligible to be served by the Special Services project who are enrolled in the institution which is the beneficiary of the grant; and

(7) If practicable, share facilities, staff, services, and activities of other

Special Services, Talent Search, Upward Bound projects, and Educational Opportunity Centers in close geographic proximity.

(b) Each institution receiving funds under this part shall:

(1) Obtain and provide adequate financial aid for students enrolled in the project to enable them to continue their academic program;

(2) Retain project participants at the institution for a period of time sufficient to enable them to adjust to and participate meaningfully in the academic program at the institution (a minimum of two years for a 4-year program, one year for a 2-year program);

(3) Make all resources and facilities which are available to regular students of the institution available to project participants;

(4) Place the project withing a department of the institution's structure so that the project has academic credibility;

(5) Locate the project in an area that is accessible to the students to be served;

(6) Engage (i) a full-time project director with demonstrated professional qualifications, administrative skills and a clear commitment to the goals of the program, who will be authorized to conduct the project effectively and expend project funds, and who will be consulted with regard to the development of institutional practices and procedures that relate to the retention and graduation of project participants. This full-time requirement may be waived in the event the individual is selected under § 157.15 (a) to coordinate two or more programs, or if the individual must teach a minimum number of hours at the host institution to retain faculty status:

(7) Engage a staff that has professional qualifications and commitment to carry out the proposed activities and services;

(8) Utilize institutional facilities and, when possible, staff, to provide preservice and in-service training for the project staff; and

(9) Develop an administrative and faculty commitment to the goals of the Special Services Program.

(20 U.S.C. 1070d-1)

§ 157.8 Bilingual educational components. (a) Projects with components serving students of limited English-speaking ability, as defined in § 157.2(i), shall provide special instruction in the use of the English language to such students, either through the project or the institution's regular program of instruction.

(b) Projects with a component serving such students, shall provide bilingual personal, career, and academic counseling and guidance; bilingual remedial and special classes that enable students to complete required and prerequisite courses; bilingual tutorial services; and other bilingual supportive services necessary to meet the educational needs of the participants.

(c) Projects serving students with limited English-speaking ability shall select students for participation in the project who have the greatest difficulty in speaking and understanding instruction in the English language, if the project cannot serve all such students who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment at the institution.

(20 U.S.C. 1070d-1)

§ 157.9 [Reserved]

§ 157.10 National demonstration projects.

(a) The Commissioner may reserve funds to conduct national demonstration projects which will involve innovative and experimental approaches to the provisions of remedial and other special services to project participants. (b) National demonstration projects shall:

(1) Be national or inter-regional in scope, or present a clearly new or experimental technique or design for the provision of special services for students from deprived educational, cultural, or economic backgrounds, or for students with physical handicaps, or for students of limited English-speaking ability enrolled at the institution which is the beneficiary of the award;

(2) Neither duplicate nor compete with existing regional or national programs nor consolidate existing regional or interregional educational activities under the aegis of a single agency or institution;

(3) Be readily replicated and utilized by other educational programs con

cerned with the provision of special supportive services for similar students;

(4) Provide services not readily available on a local or regional basis for participants; and

(5) Provide disadvantaged students a variety of educational opportunities and career options.

(20 U.S.C. 1070d-1)

§ 157.11 Allowable costs.

(a) The Commissioner will pay for those costs that are reasonably related to the operation of a project. Such costs may include the following:

(1) Remedial and special classes if such classes are limited to project participants and the grantee institution does not provide identical instruction as part of its program of instruction;

(2) Courses in English language instruction for students of limited English-speaking ability if the institution does not provide identical instruction as part of its program of instruction and such instruction is limited to project participants;

(3) In-service training of project staff; and

(4) Activities of an academic or cultural nature that have as their purpose the improvement of the participant's progress and personal development at the institution.

(b) Costs that may not be charged against the grant include the following:

(1) The costs involved in the recruitment of students for enrollment at the grantee institution;

(2) The construction or purchase of new buildings and the extensive modification or major repair of existing buildings;

(3) The purchase of major equipment unless specifically authorized by the Commissioner;

(4) The payment of tuition, stipends, or any other form of student financial support; and

(5) Research.

(c) Grantees under this part will be allowed indirect costs as authorized in accordance with item 4c, Appendix A, parts 100 thru 100d of the General Provisions for Office of Education Programs.

(20 U.S.C. 1070d-1)

§ 157.12 Salary and wage rates.

(a) The salaries paid to project staff under this part shall be comparable to the salaries paid to persons with similar positions within the grantee institution.

(b) The minimum rate of compensation that may be paid to project employees, including students, shall be the minimum wage required to be paid by the institution under applicable Federal, State, or local law.

(20 U.S.C. 1070d-1)

§ 157.13 Student records.

(a) Projects shall develop and utilize a data collection system which allows for accurate student accountability.

(b) To document the progress of each student participating in the project, student files shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Reasons for selecting the individual participants;

(2) High school transcripts and all available test scores;

(3) Documents supporting the student's eligibility as defined in § 157.3. In the case of students accepted on the basis of income, such income means the family taxable income, as documented by a copy of Form 1040 or 1040A. If a student is from a family without an income for taxable purposes, a notarized statement to this fact shall be on file;

(4) Assessment of the student's academic strengths and weaknesses, and the program support developed to improve the student's skills;

(5) Documentation of counseling activity, such as family contracts, career explorations, referrals;

(6) Documentation of the contacts with the student, the services provided, the measurements of progress, and other reports that relate to the academic and other types of assistance provided the student;

(7) A summary at the end of each academic term of credit-hours attempted and earned, grade point average, credit hours earned toward graduation, and courses dropped and the reason for dropping them as well as remedial or noncredit courses taken;

(8) Documentation of an exit interview which shall include, but not be limited to (i) the reason for the student's leaving the project, (ii) the student's permanent mailing address, and (iii) the recommendations made to the student upon the student's leaving the project regarding the student's educational and career potentials.

(20 U.S.C. 1070d-1)

8157.14 Travel.

In accordance with the cost principles set forth in Appendix C to parts 100 through 100d of this title, the following travel is authorized:

(a) Transportation of students to and from educational and cultural activities sponsored by the project and approved in writing by the Commissioner;

(b) Project staff travel to professional and educational conferences specifically related to project development and to Office of Education sponsored meetings, when approved by the Commissioner;

(c) Other travel specifically approved by the Commissioner in writing and in advance of such travel.

(20 U.S.C. 1070d-1)

§ 157.15 Coordination of administration with other programs authorized by Title IV-A-4 of the Act.

In additon to the requirements set forth in 45 CFR 100a.275 and 157.7 when an applicant under this part also requests funds to carry out one or more of the programs authorized by Title IV-A-4 of the Act, the application must reflect the following:

(a) Provision for a single, unified administative program operation. In the event a Project Director of one of the projects subject to this provision is selected to serve as coordinator for two or more projects authorized by Title IV-A-4 of the Act, the salary of that individual must be prorated among the projects;

(b) Provision for separate program identities, activities, and budget; and

(c) Consolidation of personnel and program functions to the fullest extent possible while still maintaining separate program identities.

(20 U.S.C. 1070d-1; 1232c(b)(i))

Sec.

158.65 Criteria for increase in Federal

share.

158.65a Applications for increase in Federal share and review of applications. 158.66 Use of funds for sectarian purposes. 158.67 Prohibition against supplanting. 158.68 Salary and wage limitations.

Subpart F-General Provisions

158.84 Suspension, termination and refusal to refund.

158.85 Nondiscrimination provisions. 158.86 Limitation with respect to certain unlawful activities.

158.87 Political activities.

AUTHORITY: Title V. Pub. L. 88-452, 78 Stat. 516, as amended by Pub. L. 93-644, sec. 8(a), 88 Stat. 2306 (42 U.S.C. 2929 et seq.) except as otherwise noted.

SOURCE: 42 FR 33146, June 29, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

Subpart A-Purpose and Definitions

The Follow Through Program implemented by these regulations is an experimental community services pro+gram designed to assist, in a research setting, the overall development of children enrolled in kindergarten through third grade from low-income families, and to amplify the educational gains made by such children in Head Start and other similar quality preschool programs by (a) implement■ing innovative educational approaches, (b) providing comprehensive services and special activities in the areas of physical and mental health, social services, nutrition, and such other areas which supplement basic services already available within the school system, (c) conducting the program in a context of effective community service and parental involvement, and (d) providing documentation on those models which are found to be effective.

(Economic Opportunity Act, Title V, sec. 551, 554 (Pub. L. 93-644 sec. 8(a)))

$158.2 Definitions.

As used in this part:

"Act" means the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, P.L. 88-452, (42 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) as amended.

"Follow Through children" means all children in public or private school

who have been enrolled in a Follow Through project in accordance with § 158.12.

"Follow Through parents" means all parents of children enrolled (or to be enrolled) in a Follow Through project, including the parents of private school children participating in the project.

"Head Start Agency" means an organization funded in whole or in part by the Office of Child Development, HEW, pursuant to Title V, Part A of the Act.

(Economic Opportunity Act, Title V, sec. 514 (Pub. L. 93-644 sec. 8(a)))

"Inservice training" means such specialized training as may be required or recommended for project staff during the course of employment in the Follow Through project.

"Local educational agency" means a public school board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or such combination of school districts or counties as is recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools. The term also includes any other public institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a public elementary or secondary school.

"Low-income children" or "lowincome person" means children or persons from families whose annual income falls at or below the official poverty line as defined by the Office of Management and Budget and as revised periodically by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to section 625 of the Act.

"Paraprofessional" means a person who does not have a baccalaureate or equivalent degree of certification, but who directly assists persons in the performance of educational, social service, medical, or other duties of a professional nature in a Follow Through project, (e.g., teacher's aide, nurse's aide, or social worker aide).

"Preservice training" means workshops, courses, seminars, and other