The PTECH program shall serve, or include plans to scale up to serve, students in Grade 9 through 14, and shall target and enroll students who are at risk of dropping out of school as defined by the Public Education Information Management (PEIMS) and who might not otherwise go to college.

PTAA shall be open enrollment for all students. Recruitment and enrollment processes shall identify, recruit and enroll subpopulations of at-risk students, including but not limited to, students who are of limited English proficiency, students with disabilities, or students who have failed a state administered assessment. Enrollment decisions shall not be based on state assessment scores, discipline history, teacher recommendation, parent or student essays, minimum grade point average (GPA), or other criteria that create barriers for student enrollment. (Subpopulations include: first generation college goers, students of low socioeconomic status, African American, Hispanic, Native American)