[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: 34CFR406.3]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 406--STATE-ADMINISTERED TECH-PREP EDUCATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 406.3  What activities may the Secretary fund?

    (a) The Secretary makes allotments to State boards to provide 
funding for consortia described in Sec. 406.30 for tech-prep education 
projects.
    (b) A State board assists projects that must--
    (1) Be carried out under an articulation agreement between the 
members of the consortium;
    (2) Consist of the two years or four years of secondary school 
preceding graduation and two years of higher education, or an 
apprenticeship training program of at least two years following 
secondary instruction, with a common core of required proficiency in 
mathematics, science, communications, and technologies designed to lead 
to an associate degree or certificate in a specific career field;
    (3) Include the development of tech-prep education program curricula 
appropriate to the needs of the consortium participants;
    (4) Include in-service training for teachers that--
    (i) Is designed to train teachers to implement tech-prep education 
program curricula effectively;
    (ii) Provides for joint training for teachers from all participants 
in the consortium; and
    (iii) May provide training on weekends, evenings, or during the 
summer in the form of sessions, institutes, or workshops;
    (5) Include training activities for counselors designed to enable 
counselors to more effectively--
    (i) Recruit students for tech-prep education programs;

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    (ii) Ensure that students successfully complete tech-prep education 
programs; and
    (iii) Ensure that students are placed in appropriate employment;
    (6) Provide equal access to the full range of tech-prep education 
programs to individuals who are members of special populations, 
including the development of tech-prep education program services 
appropriate to the needs of these individuals so that these individuals 
have an opportunity to enter tech-prep education that is equal to the 
opportunity afforded to the general student population; and
    (7) Provide preparatory services that assist all populations to 
participate in tech-prep education programs.
    (c) A project assisted under this part may also--
    (1) Provide for the acquisition of tech-prep education program 
equipment; and
    (2) Acquire, as part of the planning activities of the tech-prep 
education program, technical assistance from State or local entities 
that have successfully designed, established, and operated tech-prep 
education programs.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2394a, 2394b)

[57 FR 36763, Aug. 14, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 38514, July 28, 1994]