[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: 34CFR373.6]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 373--SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec.  373.6  What are the priorities and other factors and requirements for competitions?

    (a)(1) In making an award, the Secretary may limit competitions to, 
or otherwise give priority to, one or more of the priority projects 
listed in paragraph (b) of this section that are identified by the 
Secretary and published in a notice in the Federal Register.
    (2) The Secretary also will identify in the notice the following:
    (i) Specific required priority project activities authorized under 
section 303 of the Act that the applicant must conduct for the priority 
project to be approved for funding.
    (ii) Any of the additional factors listed in paragraph (c) of this 
section that the Secretary may consider in making an award.
    (b) Priority projects are as follows:
    (1) Special projects of service delivery.
    (2) Model demonstration.
    (3) Technical assistance.
    (4) Systems change.
    (5) Special studies, research, or evaluations.
    (6) Dissemination and utilization.
    (7) Replication.
    (8) Special projects and demonstration of service delivery for 
adults who are low-functioning and deaf or low-functioning and hard of 
hearing.
    (9) Supported employment.
    (10) Model transitional rehabilitation services for youth and young 
adults with disabilities.
    (11) Expansion of employment opportunities for individuals with 
disabilities, as authorized in paragraph (s) of the definition of 
``rehabilitation services'' as stated in Sec.  373.4.
    (12) Projects to promote meaningful access of individuals with 
disabilities to employment-related services under Title I of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and under other Federal laws.
    (13) Innovative methods of promoting achievement of high-quality 
employment outcomes.
    (14) The demonstration of the effectiveness of early intervention 
activities in improving employment outcomes.
    (15) Projects to find alternative methods of providing affordable 
transportation services to individuals with disabilities.
    (16) Other projects that will expand and improve the provision, 
extent, availability, scope, and quality of rehabilitation and other 
services under the Act or that further the purpose and policy of the Act 
as stated in section 2(b) and (c) of the Act.
    (c) The Secretary may identify and publish in the Federal Register 
for specific projects listed in paragraph (b) of this section one or 
more of the following factors, including any specific elements defining 
any factor (e.g., the Secretary may identify ages 16 through 21 to be 
the specific age range for a particular competition):
    (1) Specific stages of the rehabilitation process.
    (2) Unserved and underserved populations.

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    (3) Unserved and underserved geographical areas.
    (4) Individuals with significant disabilities.
    (5) Low-incidence disability populations.
    (6) Individuals residing in federally designated Empowerment Zones 
and Enterprise Communities.
    (7) Types of disabilities.
    (8) Specific age ranges.
    (9) Other specific populations and geographical areas.
    (d) The Secretary may require that an applicant certify that the 
project does not include building upon or expanding activities that have 
previously been conducted or funded, for that applicant or in that 
service area.
    (e) The Secretary may require that the project widely disseminate 
the methods of rehabilitation service delivery or model proven to be 
effective, so that they may be adapted, replicated, or purchased under 
fee-for-service arrangements by State vocational rehabilitation agencies 
and other disability organizations in the project's targeted service 
area or other locations.

(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 773(b)(4) and (5))