[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR412.3]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 412_NATIONAL NETWORK FOR CURRICULUM COORDINATION IN VOCATIONAL AND 
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 412.3  What activities may the Secretary fund?

    (a) The Secretary provides grants, cooperative agreements, or 
contracts to six regional curriculum coordination centers (CCCs).
    (b) Each CCC must--(1) Provide for national dissemination of 
information on effective vocational and technical education programs and 
materials, with particular attention to regional programs;
    (2) Be accessible by electronic means;

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    (3) Provide leadership and technical assistance in the design, 
development, and dissemination of curricula for vocational education;
    (4) Coordinate the sharing of information among the States with 
respect to vocational and technical education curricula;
    (5) Reduce duplication of effort in State activities for the 
development of vocational and technical education curricula; and
    (6) Promote the use of research findings with respect to vocational 
education curricula.
    (c) The six regional CCCs assisted with funds under this program 
must serve States according to the Department of Education's regional 
alignment as follows:
    (1) The Northeast Curriculum Coordination Center serves Connecticut, 
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, 
Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Virgin Islands.
    (2) The Southeast Curriculum Coordination Center serves Alabama, 
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, 
and Tennessee.
    (3) The East Central Curriculum Coordination Center serves Delaware, 
the District of Columbia, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, 
Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
    (4) The Midwest Curriculum Coordination Center serves Arkansas, 
Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and 
Texas.
    (5) The Northwest Curriculum Coordination Center serves Alaska, 
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, 
Washington, and Wyoming.
    (6) The Western Curriculum Coordination Center serves American 
Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and Palau until the Compact of Free Association with Palau 
takes effect.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2402(c))