WAC 67-25-388   Vocational rehabilitation services -- General training provisions.  (1) The individualized plan for employment may include any organized form of instruction providing the knowledge and skills necessary for a customer to perform competitively in an occupation and achieve an employment outcome. Knowledge and skills may be acquired through training in an institution, on the job, by correspondence, by tutors, or through a combination of these methods. Training may be given for any occupation, except as prohibited in subsection (2) of this section.

     (2) Article I, Subsection 11 of the Washington state Constitution forbids the use of public funds to support an individual in education or training for an employment goal that is religious in nature.

     (3) Programs or schools used to provide training shall be limited to those which are accredited, licensed, or approved either by a legal authority, or are recognized as adequate by the professional or trade group with which they are associated.

     (4) The department may provide books, tools and other training materials and shall periodically establish guidelines for determining the provision of these services.



[Statutory Authority: 34 C.F.R. 361.42, the Rehabilitation Act and Washington state Constitution. 08-19-068, § 67-25-388, filed 9/15/08, effective 10/16/08. Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.18 RCW. 05-08-097, § 67-25-388, filed 4/4/05, effective 5/5/05. Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.15 RCW. 95-06-057, § 67-25-388, filed 2/28/95, effective 3/31/95. Statutory Authority: 1983 c 194 § 18. 84-19-003 (Order 84-04), § 67-25-388, filed 9/6/84; 84-01-042 (Order 83-08), § 67-25-388, filed 12/15/83. Formerly WAC 67-20-388.]