[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: 34CFR426.4]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 426_COOPERATIVE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 426.4  What activities does the Secretary fund under the Demonstration 

Projects?

    The Secretary supports the following types of projects:
    (a) Model projects providing improved access to quality vocational 
education programs for--
    (1) Individuals with disabilities;
    (2) Educationally and economically disadvantaged individuals 
(including foster children);
    (3) Individuals of limited English proficiency;
    (4) Individuals who participate in programs designed to eliminate 
sex bias;
    (5) Individuals in correctional institutions; and
    (6) Men and women seeking to enter nontraditional occupations.
    (b)(1) Projects that are examples of successful cooperation between 
the private sector (including employers, consortia of employers, labor 
organizations, building trade councils, and private agencies, 
organizations, and institutions) and public agencies in vocational 
education (including State boards of vocational education and eligible 
recipients as defined in 34 CFR 400.4).
    (2) The projects described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section must 
be designed to demonstrate ways in which vocational education and the 
private sector of the economy can work together effectively to assist 
vocational education students to attain the advanced level of skills 
needed to make the transition from school to productive employment, 
including--
    (i) Work experience and apprenticeship projects;
    (ii) Transitional work site job training for vocational education 
students that is related to their occupational goals and closely linked 
to classroom and laboratory instruction provided by an eligible 
recipient;
    (iii) Placement services in occupations that the students are 
preparing to enter;
    (iv) If practical, projects that will benefit the public, such as 
the rehabilitation of public schools or housing in inner cities or 
economically depressed rural areas; or
    (v) Employment-based learning programs.
    (3) The projects described in paragraphs (b) (1) and (2) of this 
section may include institutional and on-the-job training, supportive 
services authorized by the Act, and other assistance as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary for the successful completion of the project.
    (c) Projects to overcome national skill shortages, as designated by 
the Secretary in cooperation with the Secretary of Labor, Secretary of 
Defense, and Secretary of Commerce.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2420a(a) (1)-(3) and (b)(1))

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