PURPOSE: This rule establishes minim,um requirements for the administration of the Vocational-Technical Education Enhancement Grant Award Program.

Rebecca McDowell Cook SPermy (If state

1. (1) The Vocational-Technical Education Enhancement Grant Award Program shall be administered by the Division of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which has the authority to determine grant award criteria and annual grant amounts.
2. (2) Eligible institutions shall include public high schools, area vocational~technical schools and community colleges that operate department-approved occupational preparatory (long-term) vocational education programs. Grant awards shall be made under the following conditions:
3. (A) Seventy-five percent (75%) of grant funds shall be expended for new programs, curriculum enhancement or instructional equipment that address demand occupations that have been determined to be in critical shortage, as published by the Division of Vocational and Adult Education. The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) or less of the grant may be used for these purposes, as well as facility improvement without regard for demand occupations. A grant recipient shall expend at least twenty-five percent (25%) matching funds from local sources for all grant funds expended for instructional equipment. A grant recipient shall expend at least fifty percent (50%) matching funds from local sources for all other grant fund expenditures;
4. (B) An advisory committee with no fewer than twelve (12) members shall be established by each eligible institution prior to a grant award. This committee shall be composed of at least two (2) members representing each of the following groups: business persons, labor leaders, parents, senior citizens, community leaders and teachers. The committee shall assistthegrantrecipient withthedevelopment of a plan which will ensure that graduates proceed to a four (4).year college or a high wage job with workplace skill development opportunities. This plan shall be developed prior to the close of the fiscal year that the grant recipient receives a” initial grant under this grant award program. Eligible institutions that apply for grant funds after receiving an initial grant award shall submit a description of the accomplishments made toward the implementation of their initial plan and any modifications to their initial plan; and

5. (C) A budget shall be developed which details all major expenditure categories and itemizes all equipment purchases. Equipment purchases with grant funds shall-

   1. 1. Have prior approval of the Division of Vocational and Adult Education;

   2. 2. Be appropriate to the mstructional content of the vocational education course or program; and

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      1. 3. Not be less than one hundred dollars ($100) per item purchased.
6. (3) A request for proposals will be made available to eligible institutions by the Division ofVocational and Adult Education by January 1 of each fiscal year. Applicants must develop a grant proposal and forward it to the division no later than March 31 of each fiscal year in order to receive consideration. Grant awards will be effective July 1 of each year.
7. (4) Grant proposals must contain at least the following:

8. (A) The name and address of the institution and school or community college district applying for a grant award;

   1. (B) A statement of commitment to implement the content ofthe grant proposal bearing the signature of the chief administrator of the school or community college district submitting the grant proposal;
9. (C) A description of how the funds made available by this grant award program will be used to enhance the vocational education offering at the institution and address demand occupations;
10. (D) A detailed, line item budget of anticipated local and grant fund expenditures;
11. (E) An assurance that fiscal control, property management control and fund accounting procedures are provided;
12. (F) An assurance that funds from local souxes will be allocated and expended for the purposesdelineatedin thegrantproposalina” amount equal to or greater than twenty-five percent (25%) for all instructional equipment and equal to or greater than fifty percent (50%) for all other grant award expenditure;
13. (G) An assurance that seventy-five percent (75%) of grant funds will be expended for new programs,curriculumenhancement orinstructional equipment that address demand OCCUDB- tions; -

14. (H) A” assurance that the grant recipient will comply with all reporting requirements of the department relating to this grant award program;

    1. (I) An assurance by secondary school districts that student performance standards will be established within the district that lead to or qualify students for graduation, and that these standards will be revised to meet or exceed the performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education, with the advice and counsel of the Commission on Performance, as established by the Outstanding Schools Act;
    2. (J) Anassurancethatpriorto thecloseofthe fiscal year of the grant award a plan will be developed with the assistance ofthe prescribed advisory committee, to ensure that graduates proceed to a four (4).year college or a high wage 5 CSR60-120-ELEM.& SEC. EDUCATION

job rvith workplace skill development opport~unities;

1. (K) A !isting of the advisory committee members and the category that they represent;
2. (L) The title and classification of in&w tional programs (CIP) code of any oceupational preparatory (long-term) vocational education program for which grant funds will be expended; and
3. (M) A complete application for new or expanding regular vocational education programs, if an occupational preparatory (lo?g-term) vocational education program is bezdg, established or expanded with grant

1. (5) The Division of Vocational and Adult Education will review all grant proposals submitted by eligible institutions based upon the extent to whieh-

   1. (A) The proposed programs, services and activities enhance vocational education;
   2. (B) The proposed programs, services and activities address demand occupations; and
   3. (C) A complete grant proposal is received prior to the proposal deadline.
2. (6) The Division of Vocational and Adult Education will give priority to eligible institutions that have not previously received a grant award.

3. (7) Beginning July 1, 1994, the commissioner of education shall request from the director of the Division of Employment Security, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, an annual listing of demand occupations in the state, including substate projections. The listing shall include those occupations for which, in the judgment of the director of the Division of Employment Security, there are critical shortages to meet present and future employment needs necessary to the economic growth and competitiveness of the state.

   1. (A) The initial implementation year of the Vocational-Technical Education Enhance ment Grant Award Program will begin on July I, 1994. The Division of Vocational and Adult Education, as a means of providing sufficient planning time for eligible institutions to prepare grant proposals, shall use a list of demand occupations as prepared by the Missouri Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. This list will be developed prior to December 1,1993.
   2. (B) For subsequent years, the Division of Vocational and Adult Education will use the list prepared by the director of the Division of Employment Security.

   3. (C) The Division of Vocational and Adult Education will publish the list of demand occupations annually in its request for proposals. Auth: section 178.585, RSMo (1994).* Original rule filed Nou. IO, 1993, effective June 6, 1994. Amended: Filed NW. 22, 1994, effectiue June 30,1995. *Original authority 1993.

      CODEOFSTATEREGULATlONS (S/31/95) Rebecca McDowell Cook secretary 0, state