[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: 34CFR361.22]



[Page 265-266]

 

                           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.  361.22  Coordination with education officials.



    (a) Plans, policies, and procedures. (1) The State plan must contain 

plans, policies, and procedures for coordination between the designated 

State agency and education officials responsible for the public 

education of students with disabilities that are designed to facilitate 

the transition of students with disabilities from the receipt of 

educational services in school to the receipt of vocational 

rehabilitation services under the responsibility of the designated State 

agency.

    (2) These plans, policies, and procedures in paragraph (a)(1) of 

this section must provide for the development and approval of an 

individualized plan for employment in accordance with Sec.  361.45 as 

early as possible during the transition planning process but, at the 

latest, by the time each student determined to be eligible for 

vocational rehabilitation services leaves the school setting or, if the 

designated State unit is operating under an order of selection, before 

each eligible student able to be served under the order leaves the 

school setting.

    (b) Formal interagency agreement. The State plan must include 

information on a formal interagency agreement with the State educational 

agency that, at a minimum, provides for--

    (1) Consultation and technical assistance to assist educational 

agencies in planning for the transition of students with disabilities 

from school to post-school activities, including vocational 

rehabilitation services;

    (2) Transition planning by personnel of the designated State agency 

and educational agency personnel for students with disabilities that 

facilitates the development and completion of their individualized 

education programs (IEPs) under section 614(d) of the



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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;

    (3) The roles and responsibilities, including financial 

responsibilities, of each agency, including provisions for determining 

State lead agencies and qualified personnel responsible for transition 

services; and

    (4) Procedures for outreach to and identification of students with 

disabilities who are in need of transition services. Outreach to these 

students should occur as early as possible during the transition 

planning process and must include, at a minimum, a description of the 

purpose of the vocational rehabilitation program, eligibility 

requirements, application procedures, and scope of services that may be 

provided to eligible individuals.



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

1820-0500)



(Authority: Section 101(a)(11)(D) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 721 (a)(11)(D))



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