[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR361.22]

[Page 286-287]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 361--STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart B--State Plan and Other Requirements for Vocational 
                         Rehabilitation Services
 
Sec.  361.22  Coordination with education officials.

    (a) Plans, policies, and procedures. (1) The State plan must contain 
plans, policies, and procedures for coordination between the designated 
State agency and education officials responsible for the public 
education of students with disabilities that are designed to facilitate 
the transition of students with disabilities from the receipt of 
educational services in school to the receipt of vocational 
rehabilitation services under the responsibility of the designated State 
agency.
    (2) These plans, policies, and procedures in paragraph (a)(1) of 
this section must provide for the development and approval of an 
individualized plan for employment in accordance with Sec.  361.45 as 
early as possible during the transition planning process but, at the 
latest, by the time each student determined to be eligible for 
vocational rehabilitation services leaves the school setting or, if the 
designated State unit is operating under an order of selection, before 
each eligible student able to be served under the order leaves the 
school setting.
    (b) Formal interagency agreement. The State plan must include 
information on a formal interagency agreement with the State educational 
agency that, at a minimum, provides for--
    (1) Consultation and technical assistance to assist educational 
agencies in planning for the transition of students with disabilities 
from school to post-school activities, including vocational 
rehabilitation services;
    (2) Transition planning by personnel of the designated State agency 
and educational agency personnel for students with disabilities that 
facilitates the development and completion of their individualized 
education programs (IEPs) under section 614(d) of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act;
    (3) The roles and responsibilities, including financial 
responsibilities, of each agency, including provisions for determining 
State lead agencies and qualified personnel responsible for transition 
services; and
    (4) Procedures for outreach to and identification of students with 
disabilities who are in need of transition services. Outreach to these 
students should occur as early as possible during the transition 
planning process and must include, at a minimum, a description of the 
purpose of the vocational rehabilitation program, eligibility 
requirements, application procedures, and

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scope of services that may be provided to eligible individuals.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1820-0500)

(Authority: Section 101(a)(11)(D) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 721 (a)(11)(D))

[66 FR 4382, Jan. 17, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 7253, Jan. 22, 2001]