[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR403.31]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 403--STATE VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--How Does A State Apply for a Grant?
 
Sec. 403.31  How is the State plan developed?

    (a) In formulating the State plan, and any amendments to the State 
plan, the State board shall meet with, and utilize, the State council on 
vocational education established under Sec. 403.17.
    (b) After providing appropriate and sufficient notice to the public, 
the State board shall conduct at least two public hearings in the State 
for the purpose of affording all segments of the public and interested 
organizations and groups an opportunity to present their views and make 
recommendations regarding the State plan.
    (c) A State shall provide public notice of hearings on the State 
plan at least 30 days prior to the hearings.
    (d) In developing a State plan, the State shall conduct an 
assessment according to Sec. 403.203.
    (e) The State board shall develop the portion of each State plan 
relating to the amount and uses of any funds proposed to be reserved for 
adult education, postsecondary education, tech-prep education, and 
secondary education after consultation with the State agency responsible 
for supervision of community colleges, technical institutes, or other 
two-year postsecondary institutions primarily engaged in providing 
postsecondary vocational education and the State agency responsible for 
secondary education. If a State agency finds that a portion of the final 
State plan is objectionable, that agency shall file its objections with 
the State board.
    (f) The State board shall, in developing the State plan, take into 
consideration the relative training and retraining needs of secondary, 
adult, and postsecondary students.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control No. 1830-
0029)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2323(a)(2) and 2324(a))