[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR403.63]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 403--STATE VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Subpart E--What Kinds of Activities Does the Secretary Assist Under the 
                             Basic Programs?
 
Sec. 403.63  How does a State carry out the State Vocational and Applied Technology Education Program?

    (a) Unless otherwise indicated in the regulations in this part, a 
State board shall carry out projects, services, and activities under the 
State Vocational and Applied Technology Education Program--
    (1) Directly;
    (2) Through a school operated by the State board;
    (3) Through awards to State agencies or institutions, such as 
vocational schools or correctional institutions; or
    (4) Through awards to eligible recipients.
    (b) For the purpose of paragraph (a) of this section, a State board 
acts directly if it--
    (1) Carries out projects, services, or activities using its own 
staff (except at a school operated by the State board); or
    (2) Contracts for statewide projects, services, or activities such 
as research, curriculum development, and teacher training.
    (c) The regulations in this part also authorize a State to carry out 
certain projects, services, and activities under

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the State Vocational and Applied Technology Education Program by making 
an award to an entity other than an eligible recipient, such as a 
community-based organization, employers, private vocational training 
institutions, private postsecondary education institutions, labor 
organizations, and joint labor management apprenticeship programs.
    (d) If projects, services, and activities are carried out by a 
school operated by the State board under paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section or are carried out by a State agency or institution under 
paragraph (a)(3) of this section, the requirements dealing with local 
applications (Secs. 403.190 and 403.32(b)(5)(i)) apply in the same 
manner as to other eligible recipients.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2323(b)(5), (6); 2335(a)(3); 2335b; 2342(c)(2)(N); 
and 2343)

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