FORMAT FOR PLAN The State of through the State Board for Vocational Education hereby submits its State plan under the provisions of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, the George-Barden Act, the Smith-Hughes Act, and supplementary acts, as amended, and the rules and regulations with respect thereto. 1.0 General Provisions 1.1 Name and designation of State board The is the sole agency (Official name of the State board) responsible for the administration of the State plan or for the supervision of the administration thereof by local educational agencies, and has all necessary power to cooperate with the Office of Education in the administration of the State plan. Throughout this plan any reference to "State board" refers to this official board. (See 1.0, 2.0, and 3.1 of the Legal Appendix.) 1/ 1/ The intent of this paragraph is to comply with regulation 104.3 (a) by identifying the State board, having administrative responsibility with respect to the State plan and representing the State in its dealings with the Office of Education, 2 1.2 Organization for State plan administration 1.21 Composition of State board or advisory council The State board will consist of (number) members. 2/ (Option A). The State board will include among its members (Official title) consult with the State board in carrying out the State plan. Such advisory council shall include among its members persons with the following qualifications: 3/ 2/ The first sentence is intended to comply with regulation 104.3(a) requiring that the State board consist of not less than three members. 3/ Regulation 104.3 (b) (1) requires that either the State board or a State advisory council include at least one member familiar with the vocational education needs of management in the State, and 2 least one member familiar with the vocational education needs of labor in the State and at least one member representative of junior colleges, technical institutes, or other institutions of higher education which provide programs of vocational or technical training. If the State board itself includes all such members, Option A should be followed. If not, then Option B should be followed with the State advisory council including all such members. In either Option the State plan should indicate in general terms the criteria by which it will be determined that the qualifications of such members comply with the provisions of the regulation, such as length of association, and types of experience. Since the State plan is a permanent document, the names of such members should not be included here but rather reported in the annual report pursuant to regulation 104.3() (?); In addition to requiring the above, the State olan may also provide under either Option that the State board or State advisory council include as members persons representing other interests or possessing other 1.22 State administration and leadership The State board shall have a State staff sufficiently The organization of the State board staff for the 3 4/ The first sentence of this paragraph is required by regulation 104.4(a). In the rest of this paragraph, regulation 104.4(b) requires the State to describe by chart or other means how the State board staff will be organized to administer the vocational education program under the State plan. This shall include a description of the administrative units within the State board staff and the relationships among the units as well as with other units in State agencies and institutions conducting vocational education programs. Such other State agencies and institutions may include State boards for higher education administering certain post high school or teacher training programs, or separate State agencies administering certain technical education programs or special programs for persons with certain physical, intellectual, academic or socio 1.23 Custody of Federal funds The title and official address of the officer who has the 1.24 Expenditure of Federal funds The official title(s) of the officer (s) who will have 1.3 Allocation of Federal funds 1.31 Allocation among the various purposes of the 1963 Act The policies and procedures to be followed by the State in allocating Federal funds allotted under section 3 of the 1963 Act among the various uses set forth in section 4(a) of the 1963 Act include the following: 1/ 5/ This information is required by regulation 104.5. It is anticipated that most States will designate the State Treasurer. Make a cross reference to 3.2 in the Legal Appendix. 6/ In most States the official named in 1.24 will be a State board official whose title and responsibilities are already described in 1.22. 1/ In accordance with regulation 104.6(a), this paragraph will indicate what criteria or other policies and procedures will be used by the State in determining what portions of its Federal allotment will be allocated to vocational education for the four classifications of persons specified in section 4(a) of the 1963 Act and regulation 104.41 (b) for construction of area vocational education school facilities, and for ancillary services and activities, Whatever is included in this paragraph should reflect considera tion of the factors indicated in regulation 104.6 (a) (1) as well as the various minimum percentage limitations specified in regulation 104.42(a). Consideration of such factors should be aided by information received from local educational agencies, employment offices, employers and other sources. Since the State plan de a permanent rather than an annual document, the material to be included in the subsection should not specifically indicate what proportions of Federal funds will be allocated to each of these purposes (for these may vary from year to year). The dollar amounts to be allocated in any one fiscal year to these purposes will be reported by the States separately in its annual estimates of projected program needs |