[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR361.28]

[Page 290]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
              CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 361--STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart B--State Plan and Other Requirements for Vocational 
                         Rehabilitation Services
 
Sec. 361.28  Third-party cooperative arrangements involving funds from other public agencies.

    (a) The designated State unit may enter into a third-party 
cooperative arrangement for providing or administering vocational 
rehabilitation services with another State agency or a local public 
agency that is furnishing part or all of the non-Federal share, if the 
designated State unit ensures that--
    (1) The services provided by the cooperating agency are not the 
customary or typical services provided by that agency but are new 
services that have a vocational rehabilitation focus or existing 
services that have been modified, adapted, expanded, or reconfigured to 
have a vocational rehabilitation focus;
    (2) The services provided by the cooperating agency are only 
available to applicants for, or recipients of, services from the 
designated State unit;
    (3) Program expenditures and staff providing services under the 
cooperative arrangement are under the administrative supervision of the 
designated State unit; and
    (4) All State plan requirements, including a State's order of 
selection, will apply to all services provided under the cooperative 
program.
    (b) If a third party cooperative agreement does not comply with the 
statewideness requirement in Sec. 361.25, the State unit must obtain a 
waiver of statewideness, in accordance with Sec. 361.26.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1820-0500.)

(Authority: Section 12(c) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 709(c))

    Effective Date Notes: 1. At 66 FR 7253, Jan. 22, 2001, Sec. 361.28 
was amended by adding ``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
under control number 1820-0500)'', effective Oct. 1, 2001.