(section 102(c) of the Act) for programs of consumer and homemaking education.

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

§ 104.902 Use of funds.

A State shall use the funds available under section 150 of the Act, in accordance with its approved five-year State plan and annual program plan, solely for:

(a) Programs in consumer and homemaking; and

(b) Ancillary services in relation to programs under paragraph (a) of this section.

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

§ 104.903 Programs in consumer and homemaking education.

(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.)

§ 104.904 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 persons;

(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.)

A State shall use funds under its basic grant (section 120 of the Act) in accordance with its approved five-year State plan and annual program plan to provide vocational education programs for the following special groups:

(a) Persons who had been homemakers but who now, because of dissolution of marriage, must seek employment;

(b) Persons who are single heads of households and who lack adequate job skills;

(c) Persons who are currently homemakers and part-time workers but who wish to secure a full-time job; and

(d) Women who are now in jobs which have been traditionally considered jobs for females and who wish to seek employment in job areas which have not been traditionally considered as job areas for females, and men who are now in jobs which have been traditionally considered jobs for males and who wish to seek employment in job areas which have not been traditionally considered as job areas for males. (Secs. 107(b)(4)(B), 120(b)(1)(L); 20 U.S.C. 2307, 2330.)

§ 104.622 Scope of programs.

The State shall fund programs, in accordance with the policies and procedures described in its approved fiveyear State plan pursuant to § 104.187(b), to assess and meet the needs of the groups described in § 104.621. These programs shall include:

(a) Organized educational programs necessary to prepare these special groups for employment, including the acquisition, maintenance and repair of instructional equipment;

(b) Special courses preparing these individuals in how to seek employment; and

(c) Provision of placement service for the graduate of these programs. (Implements Sec. 120(b)(1)(L); 20 U.S.C. 2330.)

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF RESIDENTIAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS

§ 104.631 Use of funds.

A State may use funds under its basic grant (section 120 of the Act) when included in its five-year State plan and annual program plan for the construction equipment, and operation of residential vocational schools, including room, board, and other necessities.

(Sec. 120(b)(1)(M); 20 U.S.C. 2330.)

§ 104.632 Residential vocational schools. A residential vocational school is an institution which provides vocational education for youths (males and females) who are at least 15 years of age and less than 21 years of age at the time of enrollment, and who need fulltime study on a residential basis in

order to benefit fully from the education. For the purposes of this section, institutions to which juveniles are assigned as a result of their delinquent conduct are not residential vocational schools. (This does not prohibit States from using funds under section 120 of the Act for the provision of vocational education programs in correctional institutions.)

(Sec. 124; 20 U.S.C. 2334.)

§ 104.633 Special considerations for residential vocational schools.

(a) States shall give special consideration to the needs of large urban areas and isolated rural areas having substantial numbers of youths who have dropped out of school or who are unemployed.

(b) Funds may not be used for schools in which students are segregated because of race.

(Sec. 124(b); 20 U.S.C. 2334.)

§ 104.634 Construction requirements.

When Federal funds are used to pay part of the cost of constructing a residential vocational school, the facility must meet the requirements of § 104.553.

(Sec. 120(b)(1)(M); 20 U.S.C. 2330; 45 CFR 100b.157 through 100b.192.)

Subpart 3-Program Improvement and Supportive Services

§ 104.701 Authorization of grants.

A State shall use 20 percent of the funds allotted pursuant to section 102(a) of the Act for any of the following purposes, except as provided in § 104.762(a):

(a) Program improvement described in § 104.702;

(b) Vocational guidance and counseling described in § 104.761;

(c) Vocational education personnel training described in § 104.771;

(d) Grants to overcome sex bias and sex stereotyping described in § 104.791;

(e) State administration of the fiveyear State plan and annual program plan described in § 104.306; and

(f) Local supervision and administration of vocational education programs,

services, and activities described in § 104.307.

(Secs. 103(e), 130; 20 U.S.C. 2303, 2350.)

PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT

§ 104.702 Purpose.

The purpose of program improvement is to improve vocational education by the support of research programs, exemplary and innovative programs, and curriculum development programs.

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

§ 104.703 Research coordinating unit.

(a) In order to expend funds for program improvement, the State shall establish a research coordinating unit to coordinate the research, exemplary and innovative programs, and curriculum development activities in the State.

(b) The State shall set forth the organizational structure of this research coordinating unit in the five-year State plan.

(c) The State shall develop a comprehensive plan of program improvement which includes:

(1) The intended uses of funds available under section 130 of the Act to support activities of program improvement;

(2) A description of the State's priorities for program improvement; and

(3) The procedures to be used by the research coordinating unit to insure that the findings and results of the program improvement activities in the State are disseminated throughout the State in a coordinated fashion.

(d) The State shall include the comprehensive plan of program improvement in the five-year State plan and annual program plan.

(e) The research coordinating unit shall submit to the Commissioner and to the National Center for Research in Vocational Education the following:

(1) Two copies of an abstract of each approved project for program improvement, within 30 calendar days after approval of the project, containing the source and amounts of funds obligated for the project; and

(2) Two copies of the final report resulting from the State project, within

three months after the ending date of the project.

(f) The research coordinating unit may use funds available under section 130 of the Act for the purposes set forth in 88 104.705, 104.706, and 104.708. This unit may contract for the performance of activities described in §§ 104.705, 104.706, and 104.708, or this unit may perform the activities set forth in § 104.705, using its own staff. The cost of the professional and support staff of the research coordinating unit is supportable with Federal funds available under section 130 of the Act.

(Implements Secs. 130, 131, 132, 133, 171; 20 U.S.C. 2350 through 2353, 2401; H.R. Rept. 94-1085, p. 44; H.R. Rept. 94-1701, pp. 225226.)

§ 104.704 Contract requirements.

No contract shall be made pursuant to §§ 104.705 and 104.708 unless the applicant can demonstrate a reasonable probability that the contract will result in improved teaching techniques or curriculum materials that will be used in a substantial number of classrooms or other learning situations within five years after the termination date of such contracts.

(Sec. 131(b), 133(b); 20 U.S.C. 2351, 2353.)

§ 104.705 Use of funds for research pro

grams.

A research coordinating unit may use funds available under section 130 of the Act directly or by contract for: (a) Applied research and development in vocational education;

Experimental, developmental, and pilot programs and projects designed to test the effectiveness of research findings, including programs and projects to overcome problems of sex bias and sex stereotyping;

(c) Improved curriculum materials for presently funded programs in vocational education and new curriculum materials for new and emerging jobfields, including a review and revision of any curricula developed under this section to insure that such curricula do not reflect stereotypes based on sex, race, or national origin;

(d) Projects in the development of new careers and occupations, such as:

(1) Research and experimental projects designed to identify new careers in such fields as mental and physical health, crime prevention and correction, welfare, education, municipal services, child care, and recreation, requiring less training than professional positions, and to delineate within such career roles with the potential for advancement from one level to another;

(2) Training and development projects designed to demonstrate improved methods of securing the involvement, cooperation, and commitment of both the public and private sectors toward the end of achieving greater coordination and more effective implementation of programs for the employment of persons in the fields described in paragraph (d)(1) including programs to prepare professionals (including administrators) to work effectively with aides; and

(3) Projects to evaluate the operation of programs for the training, development, and utilization of public service aides particularly their effectiveness in providing satisfactory work experiences and in meeting public needs; and

(e) Dissemination of the results of the contracts made pursuant to paragraphs (a) through (d), as well as the results of other research projects, including employment of persons to act as disseminators on a local level, of these results.

(Sec. 131(a); 20 U.S.C. 2351.)

§ 104.706 Use of funds for exemplary and innovative programs.

(a) The research coordinating unit may use funds available under section 130 of the Act directly or by contract for:

(1) Programs to develop high quality vocational education programs for urban centers with high concentrations of:

(i) Economically disadvantaged individuals;

(ii) Unskilled workers; and

(iii) Unemployed individuals. (2) Programs to develop training opportunities for;

(i) Persons in sparsely populated rural areas; and

(ii) Individuals migrating from farms to urban areas.