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 PUBLIC LAW 106-402—OCT. 30, 2000 114 STAT. 1707 (8) BUDGET. —Each Council shall prepare, approve, and implement a budget using amounts paid to the State under this subtitle to fund and implement all programs, projects, and activities carried out under this subtitle, including— (A)(i) conducting such hearings and forums as the Council may determine to be necessary to carry out the duties of the Council; and (ii) as determined in Council policy— (I) reimbursing members of the Council for reasonable and necessEoy expenses (including expenses for child care and personal assistance services) for attending Council meetings and performing Council duties; (II) paying a stipend to a member of the Council, if such member is not employed or must forfeit wages from other employment, to attend Council meetings and perform other Council duties; (III) supporting Council member and staff travel to authorized training and technical assistance activities including in-service training and leadership development activities; and (IV) carrying out appropriate subcontracting activities; (B) hiring and maintaining such numbers and types of staff (qualified by training and experience) and obtaining the services of such professional, consulting, technical, and clerical staff (qualified by training and experience), consistent with State law, as the Council determines to be necessary to carry out the functions of the Council under this subtitle, except that such State shall not apply hiring freezes, reductions in force, prohibitions on travel, or other policies to the staff of the Council, to the extent that such policies would impact the staff or functions funded with Federal funds, or would prevent the Council from canning out the functions of the Council under this subtitle; and (C) directing the expenditure of funds for grants, contracts, interagency agreements that are binding contracts, and other activities authorized by the State plan approved under section 124. (9) STAFF HIRING AND SUPERVISION.—The Council shall, consistent with State law, recruit and hire a Director of the Council, should the position of Director become vacant, and supervise and annually evaluate the Director. The Director shall hire, supervise, and annually evaluate the staff of the Council. Council recruitment, hiring, and dismissal of staff shall be conducted in a manner consistent with Federal and State nondiscrimination laws. Dismissal of personnel shall be conducted in a manner consistent with State law and personnel policies. (10) STAFF ASSIGNMENTS. — The staff of the Council, while working for the Council, shall be responsible solely for assisting the Council in carrying out the duties of the Council under this subtitle and shall not be assigned duties by the designated State agency or any other agency or entity of the State. (11) CONSTRUCTION. —Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize a Council to direct, control, or exercise 79-194O-00 -20:QL3Part3

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