University Student Initiatives Manual (USI)

Effective: 6/1/1966

Revised: 8/23/2007

USI 1101–01: Eligible Upward Bound Program Participants

Purpose

To specify eligibility requirements

Sources

20 United States Code § 1070a-11 and 1070a-13

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 84.047

34 Code of Federal Regulations § 645.3

Policy

The Upward Bound Program is offered only at the Tempe campus.

An individual is eligible to participate in an Upward Bound project if he or she:

1. meets one of the following criteria:
   
   
   1. is a citizen or national of the United States
   2. is a permanent resident of the United States
   3. provides evidence from Immigration and Naturalization Service that he or she is in the United States for other than a temporary purpose with the intention of becoming a citizen or permanent resident

      or

   4. is a permanent resident of the trust territories of the Pacific Islands

2. is, at the time of initial selection, a potential first-generation college student or a low-income individual
3. has a need for academic support in order to successfully pursue an educational program beyond high school

   and

4. has completed at the time of initial selection, the eighth grade but has not entered the twelfth grade and is at least 13 years old but not older than 19.

Note:

At the time of initial selection, two-thirds of the eligible individuals must qualify as low-income individuals and potential first-generation college students. The remaining one-third must qualify as either low-income individuals or potential first-generation college students.

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