§4743 Grants to State and local governments for training

Summary

The federal Office may give money to State governments and to large local governments to pay part of the cost of training their professional, administrative, and technical employees. The grant can pay up to 75 percent of those costs, or up to 50 percent for fiscal years that begin after the three-year period following the effective date of the grant rules. A Governor or a mayor/chief executive must certify that the training follows the principles listed in section 4701(1)–(6). Grants cannot pay for full-time graduate study (see section 4745) or for building or buying training facilities. A State or local share of costs can count the reasonable value of facilities and supervisors they provide, but that cannot be the only thing they count. The Office should use these grants to encourage new ideas and allow different approaches across States and localities. States and local governments must apply in the way the Office requires. Applications can include money to plan the program. Each program must name the State office in charge, try to coordinate with other Federal training where possible, meet State and local training needs, promote cooperation across local governments (especially in metro or regional areas), and promise that Federal money will not replace existing State or local spending. Local governments (or groups of them) that serve 50,000 or more people may apply, but a grant is not allowed if a State already has an approved plan covering the same needs unless the local problems are not met. Local applicants must first give their application to the Governor for review and include the Governor’s comments, or certify that the Governor had 60 days to comment and did not. If the Office approves a local application against the Governor’s recommendation, the Office must explain that decision in writing to the Governor.