[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 34CFR403.116]

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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. 403.116  How does a State allocate funds under the Postsecondary and 
Adult Vocational Education Programs?

    (a) Reservation of funds. From the portion of its allotment under 
Sec. 403.180(b)(1) for the basic programs, each fiscal year a State may 
reserve funds for the Postsecondary and Adult Vocational Education 
Programs.
    (b) General rule. (1) A State shall distribute funds reserved for 
Postsecondary and Adult Vocational Education Programs to eligible 
institutions or consortia of eligible institutions within the State.
    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section and 
Secs. 403.118 and 403.119, each eligible institution or consortium of 
eligible institutions must receive an amount that bears the same 
relationship to the amount of funds reserved for the Postsecondary and 
Adult Vocational Education Programs as the number of Pell Grant 
recipients and recipients of assistance from the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs enrolled in programs meeting the requirements of Sec. 403.111, 
including meeting the definition of vocational education in 34 CFR 
400.4, offered by the eligible institution or consortium of eligible 
institutions in the fiscal or program year preceding the fiscal or 
program year in which the allocation is made bears to the number of 
those recipients enrolled in these programs within the State in that 
preceding year.
    (c) Minimum grant amount. (1) A State may not provide a grant under 
paragraph (b) of this section to any institution or consortium of 
eligible institutions for an amount that is less than $50,000.
    (2) Any amounts that are not allocated by reason of paragraph (c)(1) 
of this section must be redistributed to eligible institutions or 
consortia of eligible institutions in accordance with the provisions of 
paragraph (b) of this section.
    (d) In order for a consortium of eligible institutions to receive 
assistance under this section, the consortium must operate joint 
projects that--
    (1) Provide services to all postsecondary institutions participating 
in the consortium; and
    (2) Are of sufficient size, scope, and quality as to be effective.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2341a (a) and (c))

[57 FR 36735, Aug. 14, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 38513, July 28, 1994]