[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 34CFR361.20]



[Page 264-265]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, 

                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 361_STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM--Table of 

Contents

 

       Subpart B_State Plan and Other Requirements for Vocational 

                         Rehabilitation Services

 

Sec.  361.20  Public participation requirements.



    (a) Conduct of public meetings. The State plan must assure that 

prior to the adoption of any substantive policies or procedures 

governing the provision of vocational rehabilitation services under the 

State plan, including making any substantive amendments to the policies 

and procedures, the designated State agency conducts public meetings 

throughout the State to provide the public, including individuals with 

disabilities, an opportunity to comment on the policies or procedures.

    (b) Notice requirements. The State plan must assure that the 

designated State agency, prior to conducting the public meetings, 

provides appropriate and sufficient notice throughout the State of the 

meetings in accordance with--

    (1) State law governing public meetings; or

    (2) In the absence of State law governing public meetings, 

procedures developed by the designated State agency in consultation with 

the State Rehabilitation Council.

    (c) Summary of input of the State Rehabilitation Council. The State 

plan must



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provide a summary of the input of the State Rehabilitation Council, if 

the State agency has a Council, into the State plan and any amendment to 

the plan, in accordance with Sec.  361.16(a)(2)(v).

    (d) Special consultation requirements. The State plan must assure 

that the State agency actively consults with the director of the Client 

Assistance Program, the State Rehabilitation Council, if the State 

agency has a Council, and, as appropriate, Indian tribes, tribal 

organizations, and native Hawaiian organizations on its policies and 

procedures governing the provision of vocational rehabilitation services 

under the State plan.

    (e) Appropriate modes of communication. The State unit must provide 

to the public, through appropriate modes of communication, notices of 

the public meetings, any materials furnished prior to or during the 

public meetings, and the policies and procedures governing the provision 

of vocational rehabilitation services under the State plan.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

1820-0500)



(Authority: Sections 101(a)(16)(A) and 105(c)(3) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 

721(a)(16)(A), and 725(c)(3))



[66 FR 4382, Jan. 17, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 7253, Jan. 22, 2001]