[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: 34CFR345.3]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 345--STATE GRANTS PROGRAM FOR TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec.  345.3  What are the types of awards under this program?

    (a) Under this program, the Secretary--
    (1) Awards three-year development grants to assist States in 
developing and implementing consumer-responsive comprehensive statewide 
programs that accomplish the purposes in Sec.  345.2;
    (2) May award an initial two-year extension grant to any State that 
meets the standards in Sec.  345.42(a); and
    (3) May award a second extension grant, for a period of not more 
than 5 years, to any State that meets the standards in Sec.  345.42(b).
    (b) The Secretary calculates the amount of the development grants in 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section on the basis of--
    (1) Amounts available for making grants under this part;
    (2) The population of the State or territory concerned; and
    (3) The types of activities proposed by the State relating to the 
development of a consumer-responsive comprehensive statewide program of 
technology-related assistance.
    (c) The Secretary calculates the amount of the extension grants in 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section on the basis of--
    (1) Amounts available for making grants;
    (2) The population of the State;
    (3) The types of assistance proposed by the State in its 
application; and
    (4) A description in its application of the amount of resources 
committed by the State and available to the State from other sources to 
sustain the program after federal funding ends.
    (d)(1) In providing any increases in initial extension grants in 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section above the amounts provided to States 
for Fiscal Year 1993, the Secretary may give priority to States (other 
than the territories) that--

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    (i) Have the largest populations, based on the most recent census 
data; and
    (ii) Are sparsely populated, with a wide geographic spread.
    (2) To be eligible for the priority in paragraph (d)(1) of this 
section, the circumstances in paragraphs (d)(1)(i) or (ii) must have 
impeded the development of a consumer-responsive, comprehensive 
statewide program of technology-related assistance in a State.
    (e) During the fourth and fifth years of a State's second extension 
grant, the amount received by a State will be reduced to 75% and 50%, 
respectively, of the amount paid to the State for the third year of the 
grant.

(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 2212(b), 2213(a), 2213(c)(1)(B) and (2), and 
2213(c)(1)(D); sections 102(b), 103(a), 103(c)(1)(B) and (2), 
103(c)(1)(D) of the Act)