34 CFR § 386.4 - Subpart B [Reserved]

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s386.4"
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title: "34 CFR § 386.4 - Subpart B [Reserved]"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "386.4"
section_name: "Subpart B [Reserved]"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "386"
part_name: "REHABILITATION TRAINING: REHABILITATION LONG-TERM TRAINING"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sections 12(c) and 302 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 709(c) and 772, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 55619, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "386"
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# 386.4 Subpart B [Reserved]

The following definitions apply to this program:

(a) Definitions in 34 CFR 385.4.

(b) *Other definitions.* The following definitions also apply to this part:

*Academic year* means a full-time course of study—

(i) Taken for a period totaling at least nine months; or

(ii) Taken for the equivalent of at least two semesters, two trimesters, or three quarters.

*Certificate* means a recognized educational credential awarded by a grantee under this part that attests to the completion of a specified series of courses or program of study.

*Professional corporation or professional practice* means—

(i) A professional service corporation or practice formed by one or more individuals duly authorized to render the same professional service, for the purpose of rendering that service; and

(ii) The corporation or practice and its members are subject to the same supervision by appropriate State regulatory agencies as individual practitioners.

*Related agency* means—

(i) An American Indian rehabilitation program; or

(ii) Any of the following agencies that provide services to individuals with disabilities under an agreement or other arrangement with a designated State agency in the area of specialty for which training is provided:

(A) A Federal, State, or local agency.

(B) A nonprofit organization.

(C) A professional corporation or professional practice group.

*Scholar* means an individual who is enrolled in a certificate or degree granting course of study in one of the areas listed in § 386.1(b) and who receives scholarship assistance under this part.

*Scholarship* means an award of financial assistance to a scholar for training and includes all disbursements or credits for student stipends, tuition and fees, books and supplies, and student travel in conjunction with training assignments.

*State vocational rehabilitation agency* means the designated State agency as defined in 34 CFR 361.5(c)(13).

(Authority: Section 12(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 709(c))

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