[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: 34CFR461.11]

[Page 124]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 461_ADULT EDUCATION STATE-ADMINISTERED BASIC GRANT PROGRAM--Table of 
 
              Subpart B_How Does a State Apply for a Grant?
 
Sec. 461.11  How is the State plan developed?

    In formulating the State plan, the SEA shall--
    (a) Meet with and utilize the State advisory council, if a council 
is established under section 332 of the Act and Sec. 461.50;
    (b) After providing appropriate and sufficient notice to the public, 
conduct at least two public hearings in the State for the purpose of 
affording all segments of the public, including groups serving 
educationally disadvantaged adults, and interested organizations and 
groups, an opportunity to present their views and make recommendations 
regarding the State plan;
    (c) Make a thorough assessment of--
    (1) The needs of adults, including educationally disadvantaged 
adults, eligible to be served as well as adults proposed to be served 
and those currently served by the program; and
    (2) The capability of existing programs and institutions to meet 
those needs; and
    (d) State the changes and improvements required in adult education 
to fulfill the purposes of the Act and the options for implementing 
these changes and improvements.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1830-0026)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1206a(a)(1) and (2), (b))