[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR461.33]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 461_ADULT EDUCATION STATE-ADMINISTERED BASIC GRANT PROGRAM
--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart D_How Does a State Make an Award to an Eligible Recipient?
 
Sec. 461.33  What are special experimental demonstration projects and 
teacher training projects?

    (a) In accordance with paragraph (b) of this section, an SEA shall 
use at least 15 percent of its grant for--
    (1) Special projects that--
    (i) Will be carried out in furtherance of the purposes of the Act;
    (ii) Will be coordinated with other programs funded under the Act; 
and
    (iii)(A) Involve the use of innovative methods (including methods 
for educating adults with disabilities, homeless adults, and adults of 
limited English proficiency), systems, materials, or programs that may 
have national significance or will be of special value in promoting 
effective programs under the Act; or
    (B) Involve programs of adult education, including education for 
adults with disabilities, homeless adults, and adults of limited English 
proficiency, that are part of community school programs, carried out in 
cooperation with other Federal, State, or local programs that have 
unusual promise in promoting a comprehensive or coordinated approach to 
the problems of adults with educational deficiencies; and
    (2)(i) Training persons engaged, or preparing to engage, as 
personnel in programs designed to carry out the purposes of the Act; and
    (ii) Training professional teachers, volunteers, and administrators, 
with particular emphasis on--
    (A) Training-- (1) Full-time professional adult educators;
    (2) Minority adult educators; and
    (3) Educators of adults with limited English proficiency; and
    (B) Training teachers to recognize and more effectively serve 
illiterate individuals with learning disabilities and individuals who 
have reading ability below the fifth grade level.
    (b) An SEA shall use at least--
    (1) 10 percent of its grant for the purposes in paragraph (a)(2) of 
this section; and
    (2) Five percent of its grant for the purposes in paragraph (a)(1) 
or (a)(2) of this section, or both.
    (c)(1) An SEA shall establish its own statewide criteria and 
priorities for providing and administering special experimental 
demonstration projects and teacher training projects.
    (2) The SEA shall determine that an application proposing a project 
under paragraph (a) of this section contains--
    (i) The information in Sec. 461.31(c); and
    (ii) Any other information the SEA considers necessary.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1208)

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