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Attachment – PETS 2015 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Rehabilitation Services Administration VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION Pre-employment Transition Services Section 110 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which took effect on July 22, 2014, reads, in pertinent part: Sec. 110. STATE ALLOTMENTS. (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) and (d), for each fiscal year beginning before October 1, 1978, each State shall be entitled to an allotment of an amount bearing the same ratio to the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 100(b)(1) for allotment under this section as the product of— **** (d)(1) From any State allotment under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the State shall reserve not less than 15 percent of the allotted funds for the provision of pre-employment transition services. (2) Such reserved funds shall not be used to pay for the administrative costs of providing pre-employment transition services. This mandate for a State to reserve funds for the sole purpose of providing pre-employment transition services is reinforced at section 113(a): SEC. 113. PROVISION OF PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION SERVICES. (a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds reserved under section 110(d), and any funds made available from State, local, or private funding sources, each State shall ensure that the designated State unit, in collaboration with the local educational agencies involved, shall provide, or arrange for the provision of, pre-employment transition services for all students with disabilities in need of such services who are eligible or potentially eligible for services under this title. Given the new requirement at section 110(d), a State must reserve at least 15 percent of its State allotment, under the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR) grant (CFDA 84.126A), for the provision of pre-employment