North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 63 - SERVICES FOR THE BLIND › Subchapter F - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section .0100 - SERVICES › Section 63F .0102 - TRAINING AND TRAINING MATERIALS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 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				  Agency sponsorship shall be withdrawn from any consumer in an undergraduate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.