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 426—COOPERATIVE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM > SUBPART A—General (§426.1 to §426.9) > 426.4—What activities does the Secretary fund under the Demonstration Projects?

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.

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