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406.3—What activities may the Secretary fund?

(a) The Secretary makes allotments to State boards to provide funding for consortia described in § 406.30 for tech-prep education projects.

(b) A State board assists projects that must—

(1) Be carried out under an articulation agreement between the members of the consortium;

(2) Consist of the two years or four years of secondary school preceding graduation and two years of higher education, or an apprenticeship training program of at least two years following secondary instruction, with a common core of required proficiency in mathematics, science, communications, and technologies designed to lead to an associate degree or certificate in a specific career field;

(3) Include the development of tech-prep education program curricula appropriate to the needs of the consortium participants;

(4) Include in-service training for teachers that—

(i) Is designed to train teachers to implement tech-prep education program curricula effectively;

(ii) Provides for joint training for teachers from all participants in the consortium; and

(iii) May provide training on weekends, evenings, or during the summer in the form of sessions, institutes, or workshops;

(5) Include training activities for counselors designed to enable counselors to more effectively—

(i) Recruit students for tech-prep education programs;

(ii) Ensure that students successfully complete tech-prep education programs; and

(iii) Ensure that students are placed in appropriate employment;

(6) Provide equal access to the full range of tech-prep education programs to individuals who are members of special populations, including the development of tech-prep education program services appropriate to the needs of these individuals so that these individuals have an opportunity to enter tech-prep education that is equal to the opportunity afforded to the general student population; and

(7) Provide preparatory services that assist all populations to participate in tech-prep education programs.

(1) Provide for the acquisition of tech-prep education program equipment; and

(2) Acquire, as part of the planning activities of the tech-prep education program, technical assistance from State or local entities that have successfully designed, established, and operated tech-prep education programs.

Code of Federal Regulations

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2394a, 2394b )

Code of Federal Regulations

[57 FR 36763, Aug. 14, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 38514, July 28, 1994]

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