CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER IV—OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 400 to 491) > PART 403—STATE VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM > SUBPART E—What Kinds of Activities Does the Secretary Assist Under the Basic Programs? (§403.60 to §403.120) > 403.70—How must funds be used under the State Programs and State Leadership Activities?

403.70—How must funds be used under the State Programs and State Leadership Activities?

A State shall use funds reserved under section 102(a)(3) of the Act for the State Programs and State Leadership Activities in accordance with § 403.180(b)(3) to conduct programs, projects, services, and activities that include—
(a) Professional development activities—
(1) For vocational teachers and academic teachers working with vocational education students, including corrections educators and counselors and educators and counselors in community-based organizations; and
(2) That include inservice and preservice training of teachers in programs and techniques, including integration of vocational and academic curricula, with particular emphasis on training of minority teachers;
(b) Development, dissemination, and field testing of curricula, especially curricula that—
(1) Integrate vocational and academic methodologies; and
(2) Provide a coherent sequence of courses through which academic and occupational skills may be measured; and
(c) Assessment of programs conducted with assistance under the Act including the development of—
(1) Performance standards and measures for those programs; and
(2) Program improvement and accountability with respect to those programs.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2331(b) )