N.J. Admin. Code § 10:95-7.2

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 10:95-7.2 - Training services

(a) The client's training services shall be consistent with his or her interests, aptitudes, and abilities as documented in the case record and shall be required to achieve the client's vocational goal.

(b) The Commission shall apply its financial needs standard as set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:91-3 and its comparable benefits rules as set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:91-3 to the provision of training services.

(c) Vendors utilized for training services shall be licensed, certified or accredited by appropriate professional organizations.

(d) Preference shall be given to in-State programs and schools to enable the counselor to provide guidance, support, and assistance in placement and to maintain fiscal responsibility. If a client wishes to attend an out-of-State program or school, the client shall be responsible for any additional expense that would not have occurred if he or she attended an in-State program or school.

(e) The types of training covered under this subchapter are as follows:

1. Basic education skills training. This type of training leads to a certificate or diploma in basic education skills below the college level.

2. General Education Diploma (GED) training. This type of training leads to a diploma below the college level.

3. Business and industry training which leads to a certificate and usually provides specific job-related instruction but does not include broad-based academic courses.

4. Trades training which leads to a license or certificate and provides specific job skills but does not include broad-based academic courses.

5. Work adjustment training to help a client adjust to a work situation.

6. Technical associates degree training which is higher than secondary education and consists of a combination of basic academic and technical courses and leads to an Associate degree.

(f) This subchapter does not cover the following types of training:

1. Academic associates, baccalaureate and higher degree training (see N.J.A.C. 10:95-8.3); and

2. On the job training (see N.J.A.C. 10:95-8.4).

(g) Each client will be expected to complete the course of study within the time frame customarily required of other students.

(h) The expenses of eligible clients receiving training services under this subchapter shall be covered by the Commission as follows:

1. Room and board costs authorized for each client shall not exceed the rates established by the training service for that semester. Off campus living arrangements shall be subject to the same constraints;

2. Personal maintenance issued at the discretion of the vocational rehabilitation counselor based on documented economic need (see N.J.A.C. 10:91-11.1);

3. Each eligible client receiving training services may receive a stipend for reader/amanuensis services and books and supplies according to the established Commission fee schedule as set forth in N.J.A.C. 10:95-8.8; and

4. Transportation services shall be available to eligible clients in accordance with the criteria set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:95-15.1.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:95-7.2

Amended by R.1999 d.375, effective 11/1/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 2152(a), 31 New Jersey Register 3328(a).
In (a), substituted "required to achieve" for "supportive of" following "shall be"; in (b), substituted a reference to comparable benefits rules for a reference to similar benefits rules; in (e), deleted "can be considered as an interim step toward a vocational goal" at the end of the first sentence in 1, inserted a new 2, and recodified former 2 through 5 as 3 through 6; and in (f) and (h), changed N.J.A.C. references throughout.