What are the requirements for a cohort?
34 C.F.R. § 694.3
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(a) In general. Each cohort to be served by a Partnership or State must be from a participating school—
(1) That has a 7th grade; and
(2) In which at least 50 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch Act; or
(b) Public housing exception. If the Partnership or State determines it would promote program effectiveness, a cohort may consist of all of the students in a particular grade level at one or more participating schools who reside in public housing, as defined in section 3(b)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-34.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026
