(b) In-service training for vocational education teachers and other staff members, to improve the quality of instruction, supervision, and administration of vocational education programs, and to overcome sex bias and sex stereotyping in vocational education programs;

(c) Provisions for exchange of vocational education teachers and other personnel with skilled workers or supervisors in business, industry, and agriculture (including mutual arrangements for preserving employment and retirement status and other employment benefits during the period of exchange), and the development and operation of cooperative programs involving periods of teaching in schools providing vocational education and of experience in commercial, industrial, or other public or private employment related to the subject matter taught in such schools;

(d) Training to prepare journeymen in the skilled trades or occupations for teaching positions;

(e) Training, including in-service training, for teachers and supervisors and trainers of teachers in vocational education to improve the quality of instruction, supervision, and administration of vocational education for persons who are disadvantaged, or handicapped, or who are of limited Englishspeaking ability, and to train or retrain counseling and guidance personnel to meet the special needs of these persons;

(f) Provision of short-term or regular-session institutes designed to improve the qualifications of persons entering or reentering the field of vocational education in new and emerging occupational areas in which there is a need for such personnel.

(Sec. 135(a); 20 U.S.C. 2355)

§ 400.775 Grants or contracts.

The State board may make grants or contracts, in accordance with its fiveyear State plan and annual program plan, in support of both training and retraining programs and projects to provide:

(a) Both pre-service and in-service education; and

(b) Both regular-session (academic year) institutes and short-term institutes.

(Sec. 135(a)(6), (b); 20 U.S.C. 2355)

§ 400.776 Stipends to trainees.

Within the limits set in paragraphs (c) through (f) of this section, the State board may, at its discretion, authorize payment of:

(a) Stipends to participating trainees in programs or projects supported under section 135 of the Act; and

(b) Allowances for other expenses for such trainees and their dependents.

(Sec. 135(b); 20 U.S.C. 2355)

(c) Part-time and short-term training. For part-time training and for short-term training (for periods not in excess of the equivalent of ten working days), the upper limits of stipends per participant are:

(1) Per hour of actual training, a sum not in excess of the average amount earned per hour of teaching by full-time classroom teachers in the State;

(2) Per full day of training, a sum not in excess of six times the rate per hour set in paragraph (c)(1) of this section; and

(3) Per five-day week of training, a sum not in excess of five times the rate per day set in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.

(d) Full-time academic year or summer session. The upper limits for stipends per participant for full-time training are:

(1) Per academic year of approximately nine months, a sum not in excess of $4,500; and

(2) Per summer session of at least six weeks, a sum not in excess of $900.

(e) Other periods of full-time training. For full-time training for periods of more than the equivalent of ten full days and less than six weeks, the stipend is limited to a sum calculated at a rate proportionate to $500 per calendar month.

(f) Other allowances. In addition to the sum allowable under authority of paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of this section, the State may make payments only as follows:

(1) For the cost of participant travel to and from training sites, a participant is allowed the same per-mile rate for automobile travel as an employee of the State educational agency;

(2) For support of dependents of participants, a sum not in excess of:

(i) $675 per dependent for each academic year of full-time training; and

(ii) $170 per dependent for full-time training during a summer session of at least six weeks.

(Implements Sec. 135(b); 20 U.S.C. 2355)

§ 400.792 Conformity with five-year State plan.

(a) A State may use funds available under section 130 of the Act to support grants to overcome sex bias and sex stereotyping in vocational education programs.

(Sec. 136; 20 U.S.C. 2356)

(b) The expenditure of funds for this purpose shall be in accordance with the approved five-year State plan and annual program plan. The plans shall describe the types of projects to be funded.

(Sec. 130(b); 20 U.S.C. 2350)

§ 400.802 Use of funds.

(a) A State shall use the funds available under § 400.801, in accordance with the approved five-year State plan and annual program plan, for special programs of vocational education for disadvantaged persons in areas of high concentration of youth unemployment or school dropouts.

(b) A State shall use the funds under § 400.801 to pay up to 100 percent of the cost of special programs for disadvantaged persons.

(c) Funds available under § 400.801 may be used in addition to funds made available to the State for basic grants (section 120 of the Act): Provided, That the funds are used to conduct special programs of vocational education for the disadvantaged to enable them to succeed in vocational education programs.

(Sec. 140; 20 U.S.C. 2370)

§ 400.803 Students in nonprofit private schools.

A State may grant funds to eligible recipients only if:

(a) Provision (in accordance with the requirements set forth in § 400.533) has been made for the participation of students enrolled in nonprofit private schools in the area to be served whose

educational needs are of the type which the program or projects involved is to meet, to the extent consistent with the number of such students; and

(Sec. 140(b)(2); 20 U.S.C. 2370)

[42 FR 53828, Oct. 3, 1977, as amended at 45 FR 22530, Apr. 3, 1980. Redesignated at 45 FR 77368, Nov. 21, 1980]

§ 400.804 Criteria of need and eligibility.

(a) The term "disadvantaged" means persons (other than handicapped persons) who:

(1) Have academic or economic disadvantages; and

(2) Require special services, assistance, or programs in order to enable them to succeed in vocational education programs.

(Sec. 195(16); 20 U.S.C. 2461)

(b) "Academic disadvantage," for the purposes of this definition of "disadvantaged," means that a person:

(1) Lacks reading and writing skills; (2) Lacks mathematical skills; or (3) Performs below grade level. (c) "Economic disadvantage," for the purposes of this definition of "disadvantaged," means:

(1) Family income is at or below national poverty level;

(2) Participant or parent(s) or guardian of the participant is unemployed;

(3) Participant or parent of participant is recipient of public assistance;

or

(4) Participant is institutionalized or under State guardianship.

(Implements Sec. 140; 20 U.S.C. 2370)

(d) Eligibility for participation in the special programs supported under § 400.801 is limited to persons who (because of academic or economic disadvantage):

(1) Do not have, at the time of entrance into a vocational education program, the prerequisites for success in the program; or who

(2) Are enrolled in a vocational education program but require supportive services or special programs to enable them to meet the requirements for the program that are established by the State or the local educational agency. (Implements Sec. 140; 20 U.S.C. 2370)

(a) Programs in consumer and homemaking education may be conducted at all educational levels (elementary, secondary, postsecondary or adult).

(b) Programs in consumer and homemaking education consist of instructional programs, services, and activities for the occupation of homemaking.

(c) Programs for the occupation of homemaking include (but are not limited to):

(1) Consumer education; (2) Food and nutrition;

(3) Family living and parenthood education;

(4) Child development and guidance; (5) Housing and home management (including resource management); and (6) Clothing and textiles. (Sec. 150(b); 20 U.S.C. 2380)

§ 400.904 Purpose of programs in consumer and homemaking education.

A State shall set forth in the fiveyear State plan and annual program plan the programs in consumer and homemaking education which it intends to support. Funds available

under section 150 of the Act shall only be provided to support programs in consumer and homemaking education which:

(a) Encourage participation of both males and females to prepare for combining the roles of homemakers and wage earners;

(b) Encourage elimination of sex stereotyping by promoting the development of curriculum materials which deal with:

(1) Increased numbers of women working outside the home;

(2) Increased numbers of men assuming homemaking responsibilities;

(3) Changing career patterns of men and women; and

(4) Appropriate Federal and State laws relating to equal opportunity in education and employment;

(c) Give greater consideration to economic, social, and cultural conditions and needs, especially in economically depressed areas and, where appropriate, to bilingual instruction;

(d) Encourage eligible recipients to operate outreach programs in communities for youth and adults, giving consideration to their special needs, such as (but not limited to):

(1) The aged;

(2) Young children;
(3) School-age parents;
(4) Single parents;

(5) Handicapped persons;

(6) Educationally disadvantaged per

sons;

(7) Programs connected with health care delivery systems, such as providing parenthood education, nutrition education and consumer education; and

(8) Programs providing services for courts and correctional institutions, such as providing child development and guidance programs for short term court offenders;

(e) Prepare males and females who have entered or are preparing to enter into the work of the home; and

(f) Emphasize the following areas in order to meet current societal needs: (1) Consumer education;

(2) Management of resources;

(3) Promotion of nutritional knowledge and food use; and

(4) Promotion of parenthood education.

(Sec. 150(b); 20 U.S.C. 2380)

§ 400.905 Ancillary services.

A State may use funds available under section 150 of the Act to provide ancillary services, activities, and other means of assuring quality in all consumer and homemaking education programs. These ancillary services may include (but are not limited to): (a) Teacher training; (b) teacher supervision; (c) curriculum development; (d) research; (e) program evaluation; (f) special demonstration and experimental programs; (g) development of instructional materials; (h) exemplary projects; (i) provision of equipment; (j) State administration and leadership; and (k) guidance and counseling. (Implements sec. 150(b)(2); 20 U.S.C. 2380)

§ 400.906 Federal share.

(a) A State shall use funds appropriated under section 102(c) of the Act for section 150 of the Act to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of (1) programs in consumer and homemaking education under §§ 400.903 and 400.904 and (2) ancillary services and activities under § 400.905.

(b) A State shall use at least onethird of the funds available as stated in paragraph (a) of this section, to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of programs in economically depressed areas or areas with high rates of unemployment for program designed to:

(1) Assist consumers; (2) help improve home environments; and (3) help improve the quality of family life.

(Sec. 150(c), (d); 20 U.S.C. 2380)