26 and 143.33, and describe the conditions under which the State will establish such programs including provisions for State supervision, evaluation, and reports to the Commissioner.

§ 143.36 Transition provisions.

State plan. A State plan approved prior to the promulgation of these revised regulations remains in effect through June 30, 1965, unless prior to June 30, 1965, the State plan is revised to be in accord with these revised regulations. After June 30, 1965, in order for a State to receive payments under Title V-A of the Act, the State plan must have been revised to be in conformity with the revised regulations.

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Eligibility and selection of loan recipients. Advancement

loans.

covered by the plan testing pro are not excluded from partn suant to 114.4) with an opport participate, and shall provide nual reviews by the State of progress toward meeting such obd The plan shall describe the p for carrying out the program, Ind (a) The types of tests to be util the measurement of aptitudes and ab ties; (b) the grade level of student be tested; and (e) the procedures to be utilized in the selection and admini tion of tests with the view of ob optimum benefits from such tests The

plan shall pride that the prom

be made amilahile to all students to the car in

specified guides in the schools of the

particinating local educational agend

Provisions for loan cancellations.

Compliance by institutions.

Preceding provisions not exhaustive of jurisdiction of the Commissioner.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 144 issued under secs. 201 to 209, 72 Stat. 158387, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 421-429.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 144 appear at 31 F.R. 7463, May 24, 1966, unless otherwise noted.

§ 144.1 Policy and purposes of the National Defense Student Loan Fund Program.

The National Defense Education Act of 1958, Public Law 85-864 (amended), affirmed the need to identify and educate more of the Nation's talented young men and women, and to develop programs through which the fullest development

(10) rental of office space as provided in paragraph (c) of this section; (11) employer's contributions to retirement, workmen's compensation, and other welfare funds maintained for one or more general classes of employees of the State agency; (12) machine processing of administrative and program data; and (13) travel expenses of staff and consultants.

(c) Office space. Federal financial participation will be available for expenditures for office space (including the cost of utilities and janitorial services) in privately or publicly owned buildings if: (1) The expenditures for the space are necessary, reasonable, and properly related to the efficient administration of the plan programs of guidance and counseling, and testing, or for supervisory or related services; (2) the State agency will receive benefits during the period of occupancy commensurate with such expenditures; (3) the amounts paid by the State agency are not in excess of comparable rental in the particular locality; (4) the expenditures represent an actual cost to the State agency; and (5) in the case of publicly owned buildings, like charges are made to other agencies occupying similar space.

§ 143.26

Studies, investigations, and demonstrations.

Expenditures may be made under the plan to determine, evaluate, and demonstrate: (a) Local or State guidance and counseling, and testing, needs; (b) the effectiveness of procedures in guidance and counseling, and testing; and (c) the results of program operations. Expenditures for such services are allowable expenses to the extent that they fall within the categories of allowable expenses specified in § 143.25(b).

§ 143.27 Professional personnel.

The Federal Government will participate with respect to those categories of expense that are set forth in § 143.25 (b), in the cost of supervisors, consultants, or instructors used by the State agency in the conduct of professional activities, including conferences and workshops: (a) To develop, improve and strengthen the conduct and quality of guidance and counseling, and testing, programs; and (b) to develop materials, procedures, and techniques to improve the quality and conduct of guidance and counseling, and testing, programs.

§ 143.28

Conduct of supervisory or related services.

The State educational agency may set forth provisions in the plan, which are not inconsistent with its supervisory responsibilities, to conduct, in part, professional supervisory and related services in public elementary or secondary schools by: (a) Utilizing local educational agencies or other public agencies to conduct certain of the activities specified in § 143.25(a), § 143.26, § 143.27; and (b) providing for the establishment of cooperative arrangements among units of the State agency, or between the agency and other public agencies or private agencies or organizations, which will provide maximum opportunity for the utilization of all available resources to improve the quality of guidance and counseling, and testing, programs under the plan.

Subpart F-Program for Testing
Aptitudes and Ability

§ 143.29 Purposes of testing program. The State plan shall provide for a testing program to identify students with outstanding aptitudes and abilities in public elementary and secondary schools, including at least one test not above grade 12, and may extend it to students in public junior colleges and technical institutes, which program shall, if authorized by law, also be extended to students in other elementary and secondary schools and other junior colleges and technical institutes. Such a program shall: (a) Provide such information about the aptitudes and abilities of students as may be needed in connection with the counseling and guidance program under the plan (see § 143.33); and (b) provide such information as may be needed to assist other educational or training institutions and prospective employers in assessing the educational and occupational potential of students seeking admission to educational or training institutions or employment.

§ 143.30 Testing defined.

"Testing," as used in section 503 (a) (1) of the Act, means the use of tests which measure abilities from which aptitudes for the individual's educational or career development validly may be inferred. § 143.31 Conduct of testing program.

(a) Utilizing other agencies. In administering the testing program, the

State educational agency may: (1) Utllize local agencies to conduct the testing program under State supervision; (2) provide for a testing program to be planned and administered by a local agency under the plan; and (3) contract with public or private institutions or agencies, or with individuals for services (e.g., machine scoring of tests and reporting of test results) which are not inconsistent with its responsibilities.

(b) Expenditures of local agencies. If the State agency conducts a testing program under the provisions of subparagraph (1) or (2) of paragraph (a) of this section, expenditures otherwise appropriate are subject to Federal participation when made by the local agency for (1) the purchase or rental of tests, answer sheets, profile sheets, cumulative record forms, and such other materials as may be necessary under the plan; (2) the rental of equipment for scoring, processing, and reporting the results of tests administered under the plan or, if owned by State or local agencies, the pro-rata share of the cost of maintaining and operating such equipment; or (3) contractual services, not inconsistent with State and local responsibilities, for machine scoring of tests and reporting of test results.

§ 143.32 Plan requirements for testing programs.

The plan shall describe the primary objectives of the program, including procedures for providing each local educational agency, nonpublic elementary or secondary school, junior college, and technical institute (to the extent that they enroll students in the grade levels covered by the plan testing program and are not excluded from participation pursuant to § 143.4) with an opportunity to participate, and shall provide for annual reviews by the State agency of progress toward meeting such objectives. The plan shall describe the provisions for carrying out the program, including: (a) The types of tests to be utilized for the measurement of aptitudes and abilities; (b) the grade level of students to be tested; and (c) the procedures to be utilized in the selection and administration of tests with the view of obtaining optimum benefits from such tests. The plan shall provide that the program will be made available to all students in the specified grades in the schools of the participating local educational agencies

and in the other participating schools, junior colleges and technical institutes. Subpart G-Guidance and Counseling Programs

§ 143.33 Scope and purposes.

(a) Guidance and counseling programs which are established, maintained or extended under the plan shall serve (1) to advise students, in public elementary and secondary schools or public junior colleges and technical institutes, regarding courses of study best suited to their ability, aptitudes, and skills; (2) to advise students relative to their decisions as to the type of educational program they should pursue, the vocation they should train for and enter, and the job opportunities in the various fields; and (3) to encourage students with outstanding aptitudes and ability to complete their secondary school education, take the necessary courses for admission to institutions of higher education, and enter such institutions.

(b) Such programs shall provide assistance, appropriate to the educational levels of the students, by (1) assessing the abilities, aptitudes, interests, and educational needs of each student; (2) developing understandings of educational and career opportunities and requirements; (3) helping students, directly and through their parents and teachers, to achieve educational and career development commensurate with their abilities, aptitudes, interests and opportunities; and (4) interpreting student needs for expanded or modified educational activities.

(c) Such programs shall include the following guidance and counseling activities to the extent that they are carried out by utilizing procedures and techniques appropriate to the educational levels of the students and are directed toward the achievement of the foregoing purposes:

(1) Collecting, organizing, and interpreting such information as may be appropriate to the understanding of the student's abilities, aptitudes, interests, and other personal assets and liabilities related to educational readiness and progress and to career planning and development;

(2) Making available to the student and his parents such educational and career information as may be essential for them to understand the educational process and the various educational and

career opportunities and requirements related to the choice of an educational program and a career;

(3) Providing individual counseling (1) to help the student and his parents develop a better understanding of the student's educational and occupational strengths and weaknesses; (ii) to help the student and his parents relate his abilities and aptitudes to educational and career opportunities and requirements; (iii) to help the student, with the assistance of his parents, make appropriate educational plans, including the choice of courses and the choice of an institution of higher education; (iv) to stimulate desires in the student to utilize his abilities in attaining appropriate educational and career goals; and (v) to provide the student, directly or through arrangements with other appropriate resources, with such assistance as may be needed for the development of his aptitudes and the full utilization of his abilities;

(4) Providing services to encourage and assist students in making educational transitions, such as placement in the next educational level, and in securing appropriate employment during and upon completion of the educational program;

(5) Providing such group activities as may be necessary to orient students and their parents to the (i) school program including its offerings, services, and requirements; (ii) educational opportunities and requirements at the next level; and (iii) career opportunities and requirements;

(6) Providing to teachers and school administrators such assistance and information about individual students or groups of students as may be necessary to enable them to plan and implement curricular and instructional programs and services which will afford students maximum and equal opportunity for educational development, and which will be consistent with the manpower needs of the State and the Nation; and

(7) Collecting and analyzing such information as may be needed to evaluate the guidance and counseling program and to provide such guidance information as may be available and needed to evaluate the school's program in terms of the educational needs of the students and of the State and the Nation.

§ 143.34 Categories of expenditures applicable to approved local guidance and counseling programs.

Categories of allowable expenditures for the supervision and operation of local guidance and counseling programs approved by the State educational agency under the standards and procedures established pursuant to § 143.35(a) in public elementary and secondary schools or public junior colleges and technical institutes include the following:

(a) Salaries and necessary travel expenses of local school guidance personnel to the extent that they are engaged specifically in activities under the plan and within the scope of the activities listed in § 143.33 or in accordance with State plan provisions authorized by § 143.28. The employer's contribution to retirement, workmen's compensation, or other welfare funds maintained for one or more general classes of employees of the local agency may be included.

(b) Salaries of clerical personnel assisting local guidance personnel engaged in the operation of a local guidance and counseling program under the plan.

(c) The purchase and maintenance of office equipment necessary to meet the plan requirements with respect to professional guidance and counseling activities.

(d) The purchase of such materials (including library source materials) and supplies as may be necessary to fulfill the functions of the guidance and counseling program under the plan.

(e) Necessary travel expenses for local guidance personnel engaged in plan activities to participate in such professional activities, including conferences and workshops, as may be approved under the plan by the State educational agency. § 143.35 Plan requirements applicable to guidance and counseling programs.

(a) The plan shall set forth a program for guidance and counseling in public elementary and secondary schools, and may provide for such a program in public junior colleges and technical institutes, and shall include the following items, differentiated with respect to such types of schools or institutions where appropriate:

(1) Procedures to be employed by the State educational agency in the initial and succeeding approvals of local guid