[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: 34CFR361.20]

[Page 285-286]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            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.  361.20  Public participation requirements.

    (a) Conduct of public meetings. The State plan must assure that 
prior to the adoption of any substantive policies or procedures 
governing the provision of vocational rehabilitation services under the 
State plan, including making any substantive amendments to the policies 
and procedures, the designated State agency conducts public meetings 
throughout the State to provide the public, including individuals with 
disabilities, an opportunity to comment on the policies or procedures.
    (b) Notice requirements. The State plan must assure that the 
designated State agency, prior to conducting the public meetings, 
provides appropriate and sufficient notice throughout the State of the 
meetings in accordance with--
    (1) State law governing public meetings; or
    (2) In the absence of State law governing public meetings, 
procedures developed by the designated State agency in consultation with 
the State Rehabilitation Council.
    (c) Summary of input of the State Rehabilitation Council. The State 
plan must provide a summary of the input of the State Rehabilitation 
Council, if the State agency has a Council, into the State plan and any 
amendment to the plan, in accordance with Sec.  361.16(a)(2)(v).
    (d) Special consultation requirements. The State plan must assure 
that the State agency actively consults with the director of the Client 
Assistance Program, the State Rehabilitation Council, if the State 
agency has a Council, and, as appropriate, Indian tribes, tribal 
organizations, and native Hawaiian organizations on its policies and 
procedures governing the provision of vocational rehabilitation services 
under the State plan.

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    (e) Appropriate modes of communication. The State unit must provide 
to the public, through appropriate modes of communication, notices of 
the public meetings, any materials furnished prior to or during the 
public meetings, and the policies and procedures governing the provision 
of vocational rehabilitation services under the State plan.

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

(Authority: Sections 101(a)(16)(A) and 105(c)(3) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 
721(a)(16)(A), and 725(c)(3))

[66 FR 4382, Jan. 17, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 7253, Jan. 22, 2001]