§ 403.70 - How must funds be used under the State Programs and State Leadership Activities?

§ 403.70 How must funds be used under the State Programs and State Leadership Activities?

A State shall use funds reserved under section 102(a)(3) of the Act for the State Programs and State Leadership Activities in accordance with § 403.180(b)(3) to conduct programs, projects, services, and activities that include -

(a) Professional development activities -

(1) For vocational teachers and academic teachers working with vocational education students, including corrections educators and counselors and educators and counselors in community-based organizations; and

(2) That include inservice and preservice training of teachers in programs and techniques, including integration of vocational and academic curricula, with particular emphasis on training of minority teachers;

(b) Development, dissemination, and field testing of curricula, especially curricula that -

(1) Integrate vocational and academic methodologies; and

(2) Provide a coherent sequence of courses through which academic and occupational skills may be measured; and

(c) Assessment of programs conducted with assistance under the Act including the development of -

(1) Performance standards and measures for those programs; and

(2) Program improvement and accountability with respect to those programs.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2331(b))