[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: 34CFR403.12]

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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 B--What Are the State's Organizational and Planning 
                            Responsibilities?
 
Sec. 403.12  What are the additional responsibilities of the State board?

    (a) The State board shall make available to each private industry 
council established within the State under section 102 of the JTPA a 
current listing of all programs assisted under the Act.
    (b)(1) The State board, in consultation with the State council on 
vocational education established under Sec. 403.17, shall establish a 
limited number of (but at least two) technical committees to advise the 
State council and the State board on the development of model curricula 
to address State labor market needs. The technical committees shall 
develop an inventory of skills that may be used by the State board to 
define state-of-the-art model curricula. This inventory must identify 
the type and level of knowledge and skills needed for entry, retention, 
and advancement in occupational areas taught in the State.
    (2) The State board shall establish procedures that are consistent 
with the purposes of the Act for membership, operation, and duration of 
the technical committees. Their membership must be composed of 
representatives of--
    (i) Employers from any relevant industry or occupation for which the 
committee is established;
    (ii) Trade or professional organizations representing any relevant 
occupations; and
    (iii) Organized labor, if appropriate.
    (c) Except for the functions described in Sec. 403.11, the State 
board may delegate any of its other administrative,

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operational, or supervisory responsibilities, in whole or in part, to 
one or more appropriate State agencies.
    (d) The State board shall carry out the responsibilities described 
in Secs. 403.13 through 403.18 and 403.200 through 403.208.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control No. 1830-
0030)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2321(a)(1), (f), (g))