[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR400.7]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 400--VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS--GENERAL 
PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 400.7  What are the provisions governing the issuance of State core 
standards and measures of performance and State rules or regulations?

    (a)(1) State standards and measures. A State shall convene, on a 
regular basis, the Committee established under Sec. 400.6 to review, 
comment on, and propose revisions to a draft proposal that the State 
board develops for a statewide system of core standards and measures of 
performance for secondary, postsecondary, and adult vocational education 
programs.
    (2) The Committee shall make recommendations to the State board with 
respect to modifying statewide standards and measures based on 
information provided by the State under 34 CFR 403.201(d).
    (b)(1) State rules and regulations. Except as provided in paragraph 
(b)(2) of this section, before a State publishes any proposed or final 
State rule or regulation for programs, services, or activities covered 
by the Act, the State shall convene the Committee for the purpose of 
reviewing the rule or regulation.
    (2) In an emergency, in which a rule or regulation must be issued 
within a very limited time period to assist eligible recipients with the 
operation of projects, services, or activities, the State--
    (i) May issue a proposed rule or regulation without meeting the 
requirements in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; but
    (ii) Shall immediately convene the Committee to review the rule or 
regulation before it is issued in final form.

    Cross-Reference: See Sec. 400.9(c).

    (3) If a State policy is binding on eligible recipients and has the 
same effect as a formal rule or regulation, although it is not issued as 
one, that policy is covered by this section.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2325(a); 2468a)