WHAT IS GEAR UP?

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WHAT IS GEAR UP?

• Federal support
• History
• Scope
• Six-year awards to States, Partnerships
• Match requirement

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MISSION
To significantly increase the number of
economically disadvantaged students who are
prepared to succeed beyond high school.
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MODEL

• Cohort approach, beginning with 7th graders and
  staying with them through
• high school graduation

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COLLEGE AWARENESS PREPARATION
Tutoring / Mentoring
Job Shadowing
Parental Involvement
Community Service
Cultural Events
Summer Enrichment
College Visits
Financial Aid Workshops
Scholarships
Attendance Monitoring Intervention
Personal Academic Counseling
AIMS Preparation Workshops
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ARIZONA GEAR UP

• 8 Partnership and 2 State grants since 1999
• Early intervention component (college awareness
  and preparation activities)
• Scholarship component (State grant only)

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GRANTEES

• Partnership
• 1999-2005 - Tucson Unified Sacaton Unified
• 2000-2006 - Santa Cruz County Schools
• U of A NAU
• 2002-2008 - Dysart Unified
• 2005-2011 - Santa Cruz County Schools U of A

• State
• 2000-2006 2006-2012 - NAU

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NAU GEAR UP 2000-2006

• 42.1M (federal match)
• Statewide
• 3,800 students
• Site teams coordinator college-going culture

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JANUARY 2006 WESTED REVIEW
Graduation Rate WestEd 88 Actual 82 State
Avg 67
Dropout Rate WestEd 5 Actual 3.7 State Avg
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IHE-Going Rate WestEd 75 Actual pending
State Avg 31
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NEW STATE GRANT 2006-2012

• 34M federalmatch
• Six university-school partnerships, 5 counties,
  1,700 students
• Statewide college-access initiative

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GEAR UP SCHOLARSHIPS

• Federal Requirements
• 50 of federal award held in trust by 3rd party
• Eligibility GEAR UP participant under 22
  earned diploma enrolled in IHE
• Priority to Pell Grant-eligible

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FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS (continued)

• Supplement, not supplant, other scholarship
  funding
• Minimum award amount maximum Pell Grant amount
  (currently 4,050)
• Continuation scholarships to those who remain
  eligible

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PARTNERSHIP WITH ACF 2000-2006

• 9M deposited and administered per trust
  agreements with AZ Community Foundation
• Scholarship administration tied to postsecondary
  planning
• Importance of larger financial literacy effort

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PARTNERSHIP WITH ACSF 2006-2012

• Two accounts
• 1.2M for GEAR UP students statewide, beginning
  2007-08
• 14.4M for new grant students (8.4M federal 6M
  ACSF match), beginning 2008-09

• Terms of Agreement

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QUESTIONS / DISCUSSION