[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: 34CFR403.17]

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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--
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      Subpart B--What Are the State's Organizational and Planning 
                            Responsibilities?
 
Sec. 403.17  What are the State's responsibilities regarding a State council 
on vocational education?

    (a) A State desiring to participate in the State Vocational and 
Applied Technology Education Program shall establish a State council on 
vocational education. The State council must be appointed--
    (1) By the Governor; or
    (2) By the State board of education, in a State in which the members 
of the State board of education are elected, including election by the 
State legislature.
    (b) Each State shall certify to the Secretary the establishment and 
membership of the State council by June 1 prior to the beginning of each 
State plan period described in Sec. 403.30.
    (c) Each State shall recertify to the Secretary any new member of 
the State council not more than 60 days after a position on the State 
council is vacated.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2322 (a), (b))