[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 34, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 34CFR304.2] [Page 217] TITLE 34--EDUCATION REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PART 304--SPECIAL EDUCATION--PERSONNEL PREPARATION TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND RESULTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES--Table of Contents Subpart A--General Sec. 304.2 What is the Special Education--Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Program? The Special Education--Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Program (program) provides financial assistance under section 673 of the Act to-- (a) Help address State-identified needs for qualified personnel in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education, to work with children with disabilities; and (b) Ensure that those personnel have the skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined, through research and experience, to be successful, that are needed to serve those children. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1473(a))