$408.30 What are the requirements regarding support services?

Each grantee shall establish in its community education employment center a support system to coordinate services for students, including the following:

(a) A comprehensive program of confidential guidance counseling that provides

(1) Guidance for career and personal decision-making and postsecondary institution placement;

(2) Mentoring and referral to appropriate social services; and

(3) An accessible counseling service to help parents to participate in the enhancement of student education.

(b) An on-site job service office to offer students

(1) Career guidance, career development, and employment counseling that provides information about a broad range of occupations and alternative career paths;

(2) Labor market information, job development, career testing, and occupational placement services for part-time and summer employment, internships, cooperative programs, and part-time and full-time employment opportunities upon graduation; and

(3) Assistance in arranging part-time employment, so long as that employment does not adversely affect academic performance.

(c) Assistance in arranging a summer program of work, education, or enrichment sessions.

(d) To the extent possible, transportation to and from the community edu

cation employment center and parttime job sites.

(e) Access to day-care services for children of participating students.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2396c)

§ 408.31 What are the requirements regarding a parent/community coordinator?

Each grantee shall employ a parent/ community coordinator to provide for the active and informed participation of parents and appropriate community representatives in its community education employment center by—

(a) Encouraging parents and students to make informed decisions in reviewing and selecting a community education employment center program;

(b) Conducting regular parent seminars to

(1) Inform parents about community education employment center operations;

(2) Obtain parent input; and

(3) Disseminate information on how parents can encourage student performance;

(c) Providing the parents of each student with a regular opportunity to meet with counselors, teachers, and the student to discuss student progress, plans, and needs;

(d) Providing a range of roles in which parents may work with students at home or as class assistants or volunteer coordinators; and

(e) Establishing a Council of Advisors as required in § 408.32.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2396d(a))

§ 408.32 What are the requirements regarding a Council of Advisors?

(a) Establishment. Each grantee shall establish an advisory Council of Advisors (Council).

(b) Membership. The Council must consist of one representative from each of the following entities:

(1) The local educational agency in which the center is located or serves. (2) The State council on vocational education.

(3) The State agency responsible for secondary vocational education. (4) The student body.

(5) The local teacher organization. (6) Guidance counselors.

(7) Community-based organizations.

(8) Parents.

(9) The appropriate private industry council established under section 102(a) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1512).

(c) Functions of the council. The Council shall provide recommendations to, and work with, the grantee to—

(1) Establish annual community education employment center priorities, programs, and procedures;

(2) Establish student selection criteria to ensure that

(i) All students in the school district have an equal opportunity to attend the community education employment center; and

(ii) Participants will be representative of the secondary school population in the school district;

(3) Promulgate a student code of conduct that must be developed in consultation with the students and teachers;

(4) Assist in the selection of the community education employment center's principal, administrators, department chairpersons, and teachers;

(5) Assist in the selection and application of assessment tools for continuous evaluation of student learning progress;

(6) Make recommendations for the selection of curriculum, textbooks, software, and other learning resources and equipment; and

(7) Make recommendations regarding the coordination of activities assisted under this part with

(i) Activities assisted under the Job Training Partnership Act; and

(ii) School-to-work transition activities.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2396d(a)(5), (b))

§ 408.33 What are the requirements regarding other center personnel? Each grantee shall

(a) Employ only professional staff who demonstrate the highest of academic, teaching, guidance, or administrative standards;

(b) Ensure that teachers in the center receive inservice training at least annually in techniques, procedures, and policies relevant to the community education employment center; and

(c) Employ a sufficient number of full-time certified or licensed guidance

(a) Each grantee shall provide for an independent evaluation of grant activities and student learning progress.

(b) The evaluation must be both formative and summative in nature, and must include information regarding

(1) Student academic and vocational competencies, including competencies such as those in the academic and vocational areas described in §408.3(a)(4) (i) and (iii)(B);

(2) Student dropout rates;

(3) Employment and earnings while the students are attending the community education employment center and upon the graduation of the students from the center;

(4) Student attendance at postsecondary institutions or student enlistment into military service upon graduation from the community education employment center;

(5) Parental, student, and community participation in the activities of the community employment education

center; and

(6) Project spread and transportability.

(c) A proposed project evaluation design must be submitted to the U.S. Department of Education for review and approval prior to the end of the first six months of the project period.

(d) A summary of evaluation activities and results that can be reviewed by the Department's Program Effectiveness Panel must be submitted to the Secretary during the last year of the project period.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control No. 1830-0013) (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2396h(a))

establish vocational education lighthouse schools that—

(a) Serve as a model vocational education program that—

(1) Provides each student with knowledge of, and experience in, all aspects of an industry or enterprise the student is preparing to enter;

(2) Provides each student with basic and higher order skills and develops the student's problem solving abilities in a vocational setting;

(3) Offers exceptionally high quality programs for disadvantaged and minority students;

(4) Provides the special services and modifications necessary to help individual students successfully complete the program;

(5) Is planned, developed, and implemented with the participation of staff, local employers, and local community representatives; and

(6) Offers a full range of programs, including comprehensive career guidance and counseling, for students who plan to seek employment upon graduation or who will enroll in a two- or fouryear college;

(b) Provide information and assistance to other vocational education lighthouse schools funded under this part, vocational programs, vocational education personnel, parents, students, educators, community members, and community organizations throughout the State in which the project is located regarding—

(1) Curriculum materials;

(2) Curriculum development, especially the integration of vocational and academic education;

(3) Inservice and preservice staff development, training, and assistance through off-site activities and through a range of short-term and long-term opportunities to participate in activities at the demonstration site;

(4) Opportunities to systematically observe the model program; and

(5) Technical assistance and staff development, as appropriate;

(c) Use funds received under this program, together with funds from nonFederal sources, to develop and implement model programs containing the elements described in paragraph (a) of this section;

(d) Develop comprehensive linkages with other local schools, community colleges, four-year colleges, private vocational schools, community-based organizations, labor unions, employers, and other business groups, as appropriate; and

(e) Develop and disseminate model approaches

(1) For meeting the education and training needs and career counseling needs of minority students, disadvantaged students, students with disabilities, and students of limited English proficiency; and

(2) To reduce and eliminate sex bias and stereotyping.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2396m(b))

§ 409.4 What regulations apply?

The following regulations apply to the National Vocational Education Lighthouse Schools Program:

(a) The regulations in this part 409. (b) The regulations in 34 CFR part 400.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2396m)

§ 409.5 What definitions apply?

The definitions in 34 CFR 400.4 apply to this part.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2396m)

Subpart B-(Reserved)

Subpart C-How Does the
Secretary Make an Award?

§ 409.20 How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

(a) The Secretary evaluates an application on the basis of the criteria in § 409.21.

(b) The Secretary may award up to 100 points, including a reserved 15 points to be distributed in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section, based on the criteria in § 409.21.

(c) Subject to paragraph (d) of this section, the maximum possible score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses after the heading for each criterion.

(d) For each competition, as announced in a notice published in the FEDERAL REGISTER, the Secretary may

assign the reserved 15 points among the criteria in § 409.21.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2396m)

§ 409.21 What selection criteria does the Secretary use?

The Secretary uses the following criteria to evaluate an application:

(a) Program factors. (10 points) The Secretary reviews the quality of the proposed project to assess

(1) The quality of the plan to—

(i) Provide each student with knowledge of, and experience in, all aspects of an industry or enterprise the student is preparing to enter;

(ii) Provide each student with basic and higher order skills and develop the student's problem solving abilities in a vocational setting;

(iii) Involve staff, local employers, and local community representatives in the planning for and developing the project;

(iv) Integrate vocational and academic education;

(v) Develop comprehensive linkages with other local schools, community colleges, four-year colleges, private vocational schools, community-based organizations, labor unions, employers, and other business groups, as appropriate; and

(vi) Offer exceptionally high quality programs for disadvantaged and minority students;

(2) The extent to which the project(i) Is specifically designed to meet the education and training needs and career counseling needs of minority students, disadvantaged students, students with disabilities, and students of limited English proficiency;

(ii) Will contribute to the reduction and elimination of sex bias and stereotyping; and

(iii) Is designed in accordance with current and projected occupational needs; and

(3) The quality of the staff development plan.

(b) Educational significance. (10 points) The Secretary reviews each application to determine the extent to which the applicant

(1) Bases the proposed vocational education lighthouse school on successful model vocational education programs that include components similar

(2) Proposes project objectives that contribute to the achievement of the outcomes described in paragraph (a) of this section and the improvement of education; and

(3) Proposes to use unique and innovative techniques to produce benefits that result in achievement of the outcomes described in paragraph (a) of this section and address educational problems and needs that are of national significance.

(c) Plan of operation. (15 points) The Secretary reviews each application to determine the quality of the plan of operation for the project, including—

(1) The quality of the project's management design, especially the establishment of measurable objectives for the project that are based on the project's overall goals;

(2) The extent to which the plan of management is effective and ensures proper and efficient administration of the project over the award period;

(3) How well the objectives of the project relate to the purpose of the program;

(4) The quality of the applicant's plan to use its resources and personnel to achieve each objective; and

(5) How the applicant will ensure that project participants who are otherwise eligible to participate are selected without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability.

(d) Evaluation plan. (15 points) The Secretary reviews each application to determine the quality of the project's evaluation plan, including the extent to which the plan

(1) Is clearly explained and is appro=priate to the project;

=(2) To the extent possible, is objective and will produce data that are & quantifiable;

(3) Identifies expected outcomes of the participants in terms of the activities described in §409.3(a), as appropriate, and how those outcomes will be measured;

(4) Includes activities during the formative stages of the project to help guide and improve the project, as well as a summative evaluation that includes recommendations for replicating project activities and results;

(5) Will provide a comparison between intended and observed results, and lead to the demonstration of a clear link between the observed results and the specific treatment of project participants; and

(6) Will yield results that can be summarized and submitted to the Secretary for review by the Department's Program Effectiveness Panel as defined in 34 CFR 400.4.

(e) Demonstration and dissemination. (10 points) The Secretary reviews each application for information to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the plan for demonstrating and disseminating information about project activities and results throughout the project period, including

(1) High quality in the design of the demonstration and dissemination plan and procedures for evaluating the effectiveness of the dissemination plan;

(2) Provisions for publicizing the project at the local, State, and national levels by conducting or delivering presentations at conferences, workshops, and other professional meetings and by preparing materials for journal articles, newsletters, and brochures;

(3) Provisions for demonstrating the methods and techniques used by the project to others interested in replicating these methods and techniques, such as inviting them to observe project activities;

(4) A description of the types of materials the applicant plans to make available to help others replicate project activities and the methods for making the materials available; and

(5) Identification of target groups and provisions for assisting others to adopt and successfully implement the project or methods and techniques used by the project.

(f) Key personnel. (10 points) (1) The Secretary reviews each application to

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