A social services official shall make available vocational educational training and educational activities in accordance with an assessment conducted and the employability plan prepared pursuant to the requirements of sections 385.6 and 385

(i) vocational educational training, which may include but not be limited to organized educational programs offering a sequence of courses which are directly related to the preparation of individuals for current or emerging occupations requiring other than a baccalaureate or advanced degree. Such programs may include competency-based applied learning which contributes to an individual's academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning, and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, and the occupational- specific skills necessary for economic independence. Such term may also include applied technology education;

(a) when a social services district contracts with a proprietary vocational school to provide vocational educational training to individuals assigned in accordance with the provisions of this section, not more than 25 percent of the duration of such program can be devoted to preparation for a high school equivalency or to English as a second language;

(b) instructors employed by proprietary schools to prepare individuals for a high school equivalency certificate shall meet experience requirements established in regulation by the Commissioner of Education;

(c) individuals in need of basic literacy programs shall be referred to basic and remedial education rather than to vocational proprietary schools;

(iii) basic and remedial education;

(iv) education in English proficiency;

(v) no more than a total of two years of post secondary education (or the part-time equivalent, if full-time study would constitute an undue hardship);

(a) such post-secondary education must be necessary to the attainment of the participant's employment goal, as set forth in the employability plan required pursuant to sections 385.6 and 385.7 of this Part. Such goal must relate directly to obtaining useful employment in a recognized occupation;

(b) enrollment may be in the following types of educational institutions:

(1) community colleges and two-year colleges;

(2) four-year colleges; provided, however, that the course of instruction for which an individual is enrolled is limited to a two-year degree granting program;

(3) licensed trade schools; or

(4) registered business schools.