[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: 34CFR345.42]

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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 D--How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?
 
Sec.  345.42  What is the review process for an application for an extension grant?

    (a) The Secretary may award an initial extension grant to any State 
that--
    (1) Provides the evidence described in Sec.  345.6(b) and makes the 
demonstration described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section;
    (2) Demonstrates that the State has made significant progress, and 
has carried out systems change and advocacy activities that have 
resulted in significant progress, toward the development and 
implementation of a consumer-responsive comprehensive statewide program 
of technology-related assistance, consistent with this part; and
    (3) Holds a public hearing in the third year of a program carried 
out under a development grant, after providing appropriate and 
sufficient notice to allow interested groups and organizations and all 
segments of the public an opportunity to comment on the program.
    (b) The Secretary may award a second extension grant to any State 
that--
    (1) Provides the evidence described in Sec.  345.6(b) and makes the 
demonstration described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section;
    (2) Describes the steps the State has taken or will take to continue 
on a permanent basis the consumer-responsive comprehensive statewide 
program of technology-related assistance with the ability to maintain, 
at a minimum, the outcomes achieved by the systems change and advocacy 
activities;
    (3) Identifies future funding options and commitments for the 
program from the public and private sector and the key individuals, 
agencies, and organizations to be involved in, and to direct future 
efforts of, the program; and
    (4) Holds a public hearing in the second year of a program carried 
out under an initial extension grant, after providing appropriate and 
sufficient notice to allow interested groups and organizations and all 
segments of the public an opportunity to comment on the program.
    (c) In making any award to a State for a second extension grant, the 
Secretary makes an award contingent on a determination, based on the on-
site visit in Sec.  345.53, that the State is making significant 
progress toward development and implementation of a consumer-responsive 
comprehensive statewide program of technology-related assistance, except 
where the Secretary determines that the on-site visit is unnecessary. If 
the Secretary determines that the State is not making significant 
progress, the Secretary may take an action described in Sec.  345.61.

(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 2213 (b) and (e) and 2215(a)(2); sections 103 (b) 
and (e) and 105(a)(2) of the Act)