The Demonstration Projects for the Integration of Vocational and Academic Learning Program provides financial assistance to projects that develop, implement, and operate programs using different models of curricula that integrate vocational and academic learning.
(a) The following entities are eligible for an award under the Demonstration Projects for the Integration of Vocational and Academic Learning Program:
(1) An institution of higher education.
(2) An area vocational education school.
(3) A secondary school funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(4) A State board of vocational education.
(5) A public or private nonprofit organization.
(6) A local educational agency.
(b) Consortia composed of the entities described in paragraph (a) of this section also are eligible for awards under this program.
(a) The Secretary provides grants or cooperative agreements to projects that develop, implement, and operate programs using different models of curricula that integrate vocational and academic learning by—
(1) Designing integrated curricula and courses;
(2) Providing inservice training for teachers of vocational education students and administrators in integrated curricula; and
(3) Disseminating information regarding effective integrative strategies to other school districts through the National Diffusion Network (NDN) under section 1562 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 2962), or, in the case of projects that will be funded for less than three years, disseminating information about the design of a project necessary for effective integrative strategies to be supported, so that they may be disseminated through the NDN.
(b) Each project supported under this part must serve—
(1) Individuals who are members of special populations;
(2) Vocational students in secondary schools;
(3) Vocational students at postsecondary institutions;
(4) Individuals enrolled in adult programs; or
(5) Single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women.
The following regulations apply to the Demonstration Projects for the Integration of Vocational and Academic Learning Program:
(a) The regulations in this part 425.
(b) The regulations in 34 CFR part 400.
The definitions in 34 CFR 400.4 apply to this part.