[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: 34CFR388.4]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 388--STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION UNIT IN-SERVICE TRAINING--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec.  388.4  What activities may the Secretary fund?

    (a) Training activities supported under a State vocational 
rehabilitation unit in-service training grant focus primarily on program 
areas that are essential to the State unit's operation or on skill areas 
that will enable staff personnel to improve their ability to function on 
their job, or prepare for positions of greater responsibility within the 
unit, or to correct deficiencies identified in the State program. 
Projects may--
    (1) Address recruitment and retention of qualified rehabilitation 
professionals;
    (2) Provide for succession planning;
    (3) Provide for leadership development and capacity building; and
    (4) For fiscal year 1994, provide training on the amendments to the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 made by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 
1992.
    (b) Training methods may include--
    (1) The development of State unit training institutes related to the 
specific aspects of State unit administration or service provision;
    (2) Group employee training at courses conducted in cooperation with 
or by an educational institution;
    (3) Individualized directed study in priority areas of State unit 
service or practice;
    (4) Employee access to current agency instructional resources for 
books, films, videos, tapes, and other human resource development 
resources;
    (5) Distance learning through telecommunications; and
    (6) Dissemination and information sharing with other designated 
State agencies.

(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 770 and 771a)