(a) Subject to the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section, the following entities are eligible for an award under the Secondary School Vocational Education Program:
(1) A local educational agency.
(2) An area vocational education school or intermediate educational agency that meets the requirements in Sec. 403.113.
(b) Subject to the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section, the following entities are eligible for an award under the Postsecondary and Adult Vocational Education Programs:
(1) An institution of higher education as defined in Sec. 403.117(b), including a nonprofit institution that satisfies the conditions set forth in Sec. 403.111(d)(14).
(2) A local educational agency serving adults.
(3) An area vocational education school serving adults that offers or will offer a program that meets the requirements of Sec. 403.111 and seeks to receive assistance under the Secondary School Vocational Education Program or the Postsecondary and Adult Vocational Education Programs.
(c) Only an entity that provides or will provide vocational education in a program that meets the requirements of Sec. 403.111 is eligible to receive an award under the Secondary School Vocational Education Program or the Postsecondary and Adult Vocational Education Program. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2341(a) and (d); 2341a (a) and (d)(1); and 2342(c))