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P U B L I C LAW 565-AUG- 3, 1954

part in a political subdivision of the State by a sole local agency of such political subdivision) and the State vocational education agency or the State rehabilitation agency shall be designated as the sole State agency with respect to the rest of the State plan; "(2) provide that the head of the vocational rehabilitation bureau, division, or other unit of a State vocational education agency designated pursuant to paragraph (1), shall be subject only to the supervision and direction of such agency or its executive officer; "(3) provide for financial participation by the State, and provide that the plan shall be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State; "(4) show the plan, policies, and methods to be followed in carrying out the work under the State plan and in its administration and supervision, and in case vocational rehabilitation services cannot be provided all eligible physically handicapped individuals who apply for such services, show the order to be followed in selecting those to whom vocational rehabilitation services will be provided; "(5) provide such methods of administration, other than methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards, as are found by the Secretary to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the plan; "(6) contain (A) provisions relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards, including provisions relating to the tenure, selection, appointment, and qualifications of personnel, and (B) provisions relating to the establishment and maintenance of minimum standards governing the facilities and personnel utilized in the provision of vocational rehabilitation services, but the Secretary shall exercise no authority with respect to the selection, method of selection, tenure of office, or compensation of any individual employed in accordance with such provisions; "(7) provide that, in addition to training, maintenance, placement, and guidance, physical restoration services will be provided under the plan; "(8) provide that the State agency will make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary may from time to time reasonably require to carry out his functions under this Act, and comply with such provisions as he may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; "(9) provide for cooperation by the State agency with, and the utilization of the services of, the State agency administering the State's public assistance program, and the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) and of other Federal, State, and local public agencies providing services relating to vocational rehabilitation services; "(10) provide for entering into cooperative arrangements with the system of public employment offices in the State and the maximum utilization of the job placement and employment counseling services and other services and facilities of such offices; and "(11) provide that vocational rehabilitation services provided under the State plan shall be available to any civil employee of the United States disabled while in the performance of his duty on the same terms and conditions as apply to other persons. "(b) The Secretary shall approve any plan which the Secretary finds fulfills the conditions specified in subsection (a) of this section.

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