Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The
Division shall furnish training to all eligible individuals to the extent
necessary to achieve their vocational rehabilitation outcome and to the extent
that entry level qualifications of the job, profession, or employment are
achieved.
(b) Training provided by
the Division shall include vocational, prevocational, personal adjustment
training, and other rehabilitation training that contributes to the
determination of the rehabilitation potential or to the individual's personal
and vocational adjustment and it shall cover training provided directly by the
Division or procured from other public or private training facilities,
including community rehabilitation programs.
(c) The Division shall provide necessary
books and other training materials to applicants accepted for evaluation of the
rehabilitation potential and to financially eligible consumers.
(d) The Division shall provide financial
support for post-secondary education of consumers under the following terms and
conditions:
(1) Financial support for
consumers attending institutions of higher learning shall not exceed the
maximum rate for tuition and fees established at State-supported colleges and
universities in North Carolina.
(2)
Requests for support shall be considered only when the consumer has applied for
grants and scholarships at the accepting institution. The Division shall deduct
the grant amount from the consumer's training allotment.
(3) Consumers who are sponsored for an
undergraduate degree shall not receive more than 10 semesters or 15 quarters of
sponsorship to complete their undergraduate degree or five semesters/eight
quarters to complete a community college program. The Division may grant an
exception to the semester or quarter requirements when necessary to accommodate
the special training needs of consumers with severe disabilities.
(4) Consumers who are sponsored for
undergraduate programs shall maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0.
Agency sponsorship shall be withdrawn from any consumer in an undergraduate
program whose GPA falls below 2.0 for two consecutive semesters or quarters. If
the consumer continues in the educational institution under his or her own
sponsorship and brings his or her cumulative GPA to 2.0, the consumer may again
be considered for sponsorship through the VR Program of the agency. Consumers
under agency sponsorship for graduate or professional programs shall maintain a
grade point average commensurate with the standards established by the
educational institution they are attending for degree requirements. Agency
sponsorship shall be withdrawn from any consumer in graduate or professional
programs whose GPA falls below the standards established by the educational
institution for degree requirements for two consecutive semesters or quarters.
If the consumer continues in the educational institution under his own
sponsorship and brings his cumulative GPA to the standard established by the
educational institution, the consumer may again be considered for sponsorship
through the VR Program of the agency. Consumers may receive agency sponsorship
for vocational training or on-the-job training outside of programs offered in
undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools. A consumer who is
participating in such a program shall maintain grades or standards of
performance commensurate with the standards established by the institution or
trainer for satisfactory completion of the training program within an
established time frame. The agency shall not sponsor a consumer in a vocational
training or on-the-job training program for more than one additional unit of
time as defined by the particular institution or trainer in order to complete
the program. The Division may grant an exception to the length of training
sponsorship when necessary to accommodate the special training needs of
consumers with severe disabilities.
(5) The Division may provide graduate
training for consumers when the training is required to enter a position. The
consumer's case file shall contain a letter from an official of the appropriate
graduate school of higher learning designating the number of semesters or
quarters required to achieve the graduate degree. The Division shall not
sponsor consumers in excess of one quarter or one semester above that specified
in the letter as a time required to receive the graduate degree. The Division
may grant an exception to the length of training when necessary to accommodate
the special training needs of consumers with severe disabilities.
Authority
G.S.
111-28;
34 C.F.R.
361.42;
34 C.F.R. 361.47; C.F.R.
361.48(f);
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Readopted Eff.
November 16, 1977;
Amended Eff. February 1, 1982;
Temporary Amendment Eff. August 1, 2001;
Amended Eff. August 1,
2002;
Readopted Eff. October 1,
2018.
