[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR403.116]



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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 E_What Kinds of Activities Does the Secretary Assist Under the 

                             Basic Programs?

 

Sec. 403.116  How does a State allocate funds under the Postsecondary and 

Adult Vocational Education Programs?



    (a) Reservation of funds. From the portion of its allotment under 

Sec. 403.180(b)(1) for the basic programs, each fiscal year a State may 

reserve funds for the Postsecondary and Adult Vocational Education 

Programs.

    (b) General rule. (1) A State shall distribute funds reserved for 

Postsecondary and Adult Vocational Education Programs to eligible 

institutions or consortia of eligible institutions within the State.

    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section and 

Sec. Sec. 403.118 and 403.119, each eligible institution or consortium 

of eligible institutions must receive an amount that bears the same 

relationship to the amount of funds reserved for the Postsecondary and 

Adult Vocational Education Programs as the number of Pell Grant 

recipients and recipients of assistance from the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs enrolled in programs meeting the requirements of Sec. 403.111, 

including meeting the definition of vocational education in 34 CFR 

400.4, offered by the eligible institution or consortium of eligible 

institutions in the fiscal or program year preceding the fiscal or 

program year in which the allocation is made bears to the number of 

those recipients enrolled in these programs within the State in that 

preceding year.

    (c) Minimum grant amount. (1) A State may not provide a grant under 

paragraph (b) of this section to any institution or consortium of 

eligible institutions for an amount that is less than $50,000.

    (2) Any amounts that are not allocated by reason of paragraph (c)(1) 

of this section must be redistributed to eligible institutions or 

consortia of eligible institutions in accordance with the provisions of 

paragraph (b) of this section.

    (d) In order for a consortium of eligible institutions to receive 

assistance under this section, the consortium must operate joint 

projects that--

    (1) Provide services to all postsecondary institutions participating 

in the consortium; and

    (2) Are of sufficient size, scope, and quality as to be effective.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2341a (a) and (c))



[57 FR 36735, Aug. 14, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 38513, July 28, 1994]