[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: 34CFR461.50]

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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 F_What are the Administrative Responsibilities of a State?
 
Sec. 461.50  What are a State's responsibilities regarding a State 
advisory council on adult education and literacy?


    (a) A State that receives funds under section 313 of the Act may--
    (1) Establish a State advisory council on adult education and 
literacy; or
    (2) Designate an existing body as the State advisory council.
    (b) If a State elects to establish or designate a State advisory 
council on adult education, the following provisions apply:
    (1) The State advisory council must comply with Sec. Sec. 461.51 
and 461.52.
    (2) Members to the State advisory council must be appointed by, and 
be responsible to, the Governor. The Governor shall appoint members in 
accordance with section 332(e) of the Act.
    (3) Costs incurred for a State advisory council that are paid for 
with funds under this part must be counted as part of the allowable 
State administrative costs under the Act.
    (4) The Governor of the State shall determine the amount of funding 
available to a State advisory council.
    (5) A State advisory council's staffing may include professional, 
technical, and clerical personnel as may be necessary to enable the 
council to carry out its functions under the Act.
    (6) Members of a State advisory council and its staff, while serving 
on the business of the council, may receive subsistence, travel 
allowances, and compensation in accordance with State law and 
regulations and State practices applicable to persons performing 
comparable duties and services.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1205a(a)(1), (d)(1), (e))