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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 32 / Friday, February 19, 2021 / Proposed Rules
employment opportunities under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA. The priority will provide enhanced training and technical assistance on CAP duties and responsibilities under section 112 of the Rehabilitation Act, VR service provision requirements in the Rehabilitation Act, expanded opportunities under WIOA, individual and systems advocacy competencies, and leadership, relationship-building, and outreach skills as well as CAP strategic planning and resources management capacitybuilding. Also, the priority will promote the use of flexible training delivery methods, including in-person and virtual activities, and state-of-the-art communication tools and platforms, including the latest distance learning and convening technologies.
DATE: We must receive your comments on or before March 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking portal or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies, please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the Docket ID at the top of your comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to submit your comments electronically. Information on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site under Help.
Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver your comments, address them to Felipe Lulli, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5101, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC
202022800.
Privacy Note: The Departments policy is to make all comments received from members of the public available for public viewing in their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Felipe Lulli, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5101, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 202022800.
Telephone: 202 2457425. Email:
84.246K@ed.gov.

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Invitation to Comment: We invite you to submit comments regarding this proposed priority. To ensure that your comments have maximum effect in developing the notice of final priority, we urge you to clearly identify the proposed priority and specific requirement that each comment addresses.
We invite you to assist us in complying with the specific requirements of Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 13771 and their overall requirement of reducing regulatory burden that might result from the proposed priority. Please let us know of any ways we could reduce potential costs or increase potential benefits while preserving the effective and efficient administration of the program.
During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public comments about this proposed priority by accessing Regulations.gov. Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the Department buildings are currently not open.
However, upon reopening, you may also inspect the comments in person in Room 5051, 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday of each week except Federal holidays.
Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities in Reviewing the Rulemaking Record: On request, we will provide an appropriate accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability who needs assistance to review the comments or other documents in the public rulemaking record for this proposed priority. If you want to schedule an appointment for this type of accommodation or auxiliary aid, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Purpose of Program: The Rehabilitation Short-Term Training program is designed to provide shortterm training and technical instruction in areas of special significance to the vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation programs, supported employment programs, independent living services programs, and client assistance programs, including special seminars, institutes, workshops, and other short-term courses. Short-term training projects may be of regional or national scope.
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Program Authority: 29 U.S.C.
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Applicable Program Regulations: 34
CFR part 385 and 390.
Proposed Priority This notice contains one proposed priority.
Background The CAP is a formula program authorized by section 112 of the Rehabilitation Act. The purpose of the CAP is to inform and advise VR clients and applicants about all the benefits available under the Rehabilitation Act, including under sections 113 and 511
regarding pre-employment transition services and limitations on use of subminimum wages, respectively. Upon the clients or applicants request, the CAP program will provide assistance and advocacy in pursuing legal, administrative, or other appropriate remedies to ensure the protection of the rights of such individuals under the Rehabilitation Act and to facilitate access to the services funded under the Rehabilitation Act through individual and systemic advocacy. The CAP
programs assistance and advocacy services may be directly related to facilitating the employment of the individual. The CAP program also provides information on available services and benefits under title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
as well as the Rehabilitation Act, especially with regard to individuals with disabilities who have traditionally been unserved or underserved by VR
programs. According to the Annual Client Assistance Program Report RSA
227, CAP offices responded to 28,709
requests for information and referral in FY 2019. They also provided direct services, including assistance and advocacy, to 4,359 individuals with disabilities that year.
The WIOA amendments to the Rehabilitation Act placed heightened emphasis on expanding quality employment and career advancement opportunities for individuals with disabilities, with a focus on competitive integrated employment as defined in the Rehabilitation Act. Consistent with WIOAs amendments to the Rehabilitation Act, the State VR
program operates under the principle that individuals with disabilities, including those with significant and the most significant disabilities, are capable of quality employment outcomes when provided appropriate services, skills, and supports. WIOA places certain limitations on subminimum wage employment. WIOA also emphasizes pre-employment transition services for
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