Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED › Title 192 - (NAC) NEBRASKA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE NEBRASKA COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED › Chapter 1 - SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND COST CONTAINMENT › Section 192-1-007 - Vocational Training Support

Current through June 17, 2024
007.01.
PURPOSE.
Academic, vocational and other training
				services enable individuals with disabilities to acquire the qualifications
				required for employment in their employment goals. Such training is an
				appropriate service when it will enable the recipient to acquire necessary
				qualifications to enter employment in the trade, occupation, or profession that
				is the employment goal, and when it (alone or in combination with other
				vocational rehabilitation services) will resolve the recipient's impediments to
				employment. Employment qualifications include those academic requirements
				necessary to meet state or local registration, certification, or licensing
				requirements to practice the trade, occupation, or profession. Qualifications
				for employment or hire in the specific employment outcome in the recipient's
				approved individualized plan for employment determine the type and level of
				post-secondary training required.
007.02.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
				DEFINED.
As used in this section, vocational training includes,
				but is not limited to, post-secondary training in institutions of higher
				education for which Federal student financial aid is available, including
				universities, colleges, community colleges, vocational schools, technical
				institutes, or hospital schools of nursing, Post-secondary training results in
				the award of a certificate, diploma, or an associate, bachelors, masters, or
				doctoral degree.
007.03.
SCOPE.
The scope of vocational training services
				includes, as appropriate to the recipient and the specific employment outcome
				in the recipient's approved individualized plan for employment, the provision
				of training services and related supports to prepare for and take licensing or
				certification examinations required for the practice of the trade, occupation,
				or profession and remedy deficiencies in prerequisite course requirements
				necessary for acceptance into post-secondary training programs.
007.04.
EXPECTATION OF
				COMPLETION.
The need for vocational training services must be
				established, based on an analysis of hiring qualification requirements for the
				employment goal in the local labor market or a labor market to which the
				recipient is willing to relocate, and the recipient's current level of
				vocational qualifications and functioning. In addition, there must be a
				reasonable expectation of successfully completing training, based on an
				analysis of indicators of training success such as past academic achievement or
				test results relating to the relevant field or skills area, or demonstrated
				motivation and commitment to accomplish the employment goal.
007.05.
ADMISSION
				REQUIREMENTS.
Recipients must meet academic and other established
				requirements for admission into a post-secondary training program.
007.06.
GRADUATE TRAINING
				REQUIREMENTS
. Before post-secondary training beyond the bachelor's
				level will be provided, recipients must apply for admission to both the school
				and the graduate program. Recipients who have been denied admission to the
				school and/or the graduate program will not be eligible for program financial
				assistance, unless it is specific to courses necessary to qualify for the
				graduate degree program.
007.07.
COMPARABLE SERVICES.
There must be a full search for
				and use of comparable services and benefits. If training will be provided in an
				institution of higher education, there must be maximum efforts by NCBVl and the
				recipient to secure grant assistance in whole or in part from other sources.
				This requirement does not apply if it would cause interruptions or delays
				pursuant to Section 004.04. However, NCBVI's Deputy Director will have the
				authority and discretion to grant exceptions to individual situations with
				appropriate extenuating circumstances.
007.07A. The Pell Grant is a federal source
				of support for college students, which is considered to be a comparable
				benefit, therefore, all undergraduate post-secondary students must apply for
				the Pell Grant every year, with no exceptions, in order to receive academic
				support from NCBVl (
				34 CFR
				361.53 [c]).
007.07B. The letter of determination
				regarding the acceptance or denial of a Pell Grant application must be entered
				into the recipient's case file.