113 S1911 IS: SKILLS Act
U.S. Senate
2014-01-09
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1.This Act may be cited as the
SKILLS Act
or the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act
.2.The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title.Sec. 2. Table of contents.Sec. 3. References.Sec. 4. Application to fiscal years.TITLE I—Amendments to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998Subtitle A—Workforce Investment DefinitionsSec. 101. Definitions.Subtitle B—Statewide and Local Workforce Investment SystemsSec. 102. Purpose.Sec. 103. State workforce investment boards.Sec. 104. State plan.Sec. 105. Local workforce investment areas.Sec. 106. Local workforce investment boards.Sec. 107. Local plan.Sec. 108. Establishment of one-stop delivery system.Sec. 109. Identification of eligible providers of training services.Sec. 110. General authorization.Sec. 111. State allotments.Sec. 112. Within State allocations.Sec. 113. Use of funds for employment and training activities.Sec. 114. Performance accountability system.Sec. 115. Authorization of appropriations.Subtitle C—Job CorpsSec. 116. Job Corps purposes.Sec. 117. Job Corps definitions.Sec. 118. Individuals eligible for the Job Corps.Sec. 119. Recruitment, screening, selection, and assignment of enrollees.Sec. 120. Job Corps centers.Sec. 121. Program activities.Sec. 122. Counseling and job placement.Sec. 123. Support.Sec. 124. Operations.Sec. 125. Community participation.Sec. 126. Workforce councils.Sec. 127. Technical assistance.Sec. 128. Special provisions.Sec. 129. Performance accountability management.Subtitle D—National ProgramsSec. 130. Technical assistance.Sec. 131. Evaluations.Subtitle E—AdministrationSec. 132. Requirements and restrictions.Sec. 133. Prompt allocation of funds.Sec. 134. Fiscal controls; sanctions.Sec. 135. Reports to Congress.Sec. 136. Administrative provisions.Sec. 137. State legislative authority.Sec. 138. General program requirements.Sec. 139. Federal agency staff and restrictions on political and lobbying activities.Subtitle F—State unified planSec. 140. State unified plan.TITLE II—Adult Education and Family Literacy EducationSec. 201. Amendment.TITLE III—Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser ActSec. 301. Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act.TITLE IV—Repeals and Conforming Amendments Sec. 401. Repeals.Sec. 402. Amendment to other laws.Sec. 403. Conforming amendment to table of contents.TITLE V—Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973Sec. 501. Findings.Sec. 502. Rehabilitation Services Administration.Sec. 503. Definitions.Sec. 504. Carryover.Sec. 505. Traditionally underserved populations.Sec. 506. State plan.Sec. 507. Scope of services.Sec. 508. Standards and indicators.Sec. 509. Expenditure of certain amounts.Sec. 510. Collaboration with industry.Sec. 511. Reservation for expanded transition services.Sec. 512. Client assistance program.Sec. 513. Research.Sec. 514. Title III amendments.Sec. 515. Repeal of title VI.Sec. 516. Title VII general provisions.Sec. 517. Authorizations of appropriations.Sec. 518. Conforming amendments.TITLE VI—Studies by the Comptroller GeneralSec. 601. Study by the Comptroller General on exhausting Federal Pell Grants before accessing WIA funds.Sec. 602. Study by the Comptroller General on administrative cost savings.3.Except as otherwise expressly provided,
wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the amendment or
repeal shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.).4.Application
to fiscal yearsExcept as otherwise
provided, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2015 and succeeding fiscal years.<enum>I</enum><header>Amendments to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998</header><subtitle id="id11D4CD011D5442DB8FF45B9DF09961BE" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Workforce Investment Definitions</header><section id="HFC894F639E2845069FD88EE0036360F2"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id51FAAE9B5BE94CE4ACFB7CA7EE79D81C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9600B1C28924AF691863D9A0D42D3EF" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id02461D0ED044479BAFD3ECA90ECDFBA4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adult education
and family literacy education activities</header><text>The term <term>adult
education and family literacy education activities</term> has the meaning given
the term in section
203.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D151EE856B54FEB87EDE1953384D85D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (13) and (24);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7D60F2757ED34F8D96A74F1845AE69F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (12) as paragraphs (3) through (14), and paragraphs (14)
through (23) as paragraphs (15) through (24), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC275C4B0A91437CA08107929EDC97F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (52) and (53);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9D64D61A20D491E9A742E141AD9897E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>In this title:</quote> the following new paragraphs:</text><quoted-block id="HA004F608D0B944018A020CF079A72FA2" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HE09A6F5EB18C4467AFF671476C43B877"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Accrued
expenditures</header><text>The term <term>accrued expenditures</term>
means—</text><subparagraph id="id9A601853DBB54AD3B29CC0881B72B663"><enum>(A)</enum><text>charges incurred
by recipients of funds under this title for a given period requiring the
provision of funds for goods or other tangible property received;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD59CDF9067074C00BD5B0E28CD036B81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>charges incurred
for services performed by employees, contractors, subgrantees, subcontractors,
and other payees; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFBB5731D796A43F0A6489A6A8D1D0B95"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other amounts
becoming owed, under programs assisted under this title, for which no current
services or performance is required, such as amounts for annuities, insurance
claims, and other benefit payments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H95A6A0B4295B4BCA9640146529C4B773"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text>The term <term>administrative costs</term> means
expenditures incurred by State boards and local boards, direct recipients
(including State grant recipients under subtitle B and recipients of awards
under subtitles C and D), local grant recipients, local fiscal agents or local
grant subrecipients, and one-stop operators in the performance of
administrative functions and in carrying out activities under this title that
are not related to the direct provision of workforce investment activities
(including services to participants and employers). Such costs include both
personnel and non-personnel expenditures and both direct and indirect
expenditures.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H125C2636CB8F414FBA3B53E60B8F9103"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>Except in sections 127 and 132,
the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A522E9A3557455BA5D8A927A84F9622"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HBECE6FBE8FC443D19DAF1ECD35817234" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HDC30B876CCCE4E60A17061418D6249D5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Area career and
technical education school</header><text>The term <term>area career and
technical education school</term> has the meaning given the term in section
3(3) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
(20 U.S.C.
2302(3)).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4B6EAE2FB9F46E88EAEC7E4745B22BF"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
(as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>(or such other level as the Governor
may establish)</quote> after <quote>8th grade level</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD85DE3DAC76942CC9019B57CCBAAC39F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in paragraph
(10)(C) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>not less than 50 percent of
the cost of the training</quote> and inserting <quote>a significant portion of
the cost of training, as determined by the local board involved (or, in the
case of an employer in multiple local areas in the State, as determined by the
Governor), taking into account the size of the employer and such other factors
as the local board or Governor, respectively, determines to be
appropriate</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H492F1F8DE22343CAA985D1DDEFD904F0"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)
(as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="HD3CCEFC40A1245C1A12DCE25A9F956F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii)(II), by striking <quote>section 134(c)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 121(e)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H383E8BDE91F44D86891F724746AAE45F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(iii)—</text><clause id="H5747A4EFF2D9448381284AB2977BB9EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>134(d)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>134(c)(4)</quote>;
and</text></clause><clause id="H8A1807A579694A8C94DF9A60BE6FE9CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>intensive services described in section 134(d)(3)</quote> and
inserting <quote>work ready services described in section
134(c)(2)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H198F6FD0E1474E929CEECEABCFFEE80E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C3413EE847941FBA131B9A43FDFFDAE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB3285A7EE75487E8E9876AD5B4FC890"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H890E7E963E5B4010A4F0C8C71E1CCDA9" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H96884D2F5F99411B9849CA616572CA4F"><enum>(E)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8DA3E913A8DA4F818CF13804C9F90990"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is the spouse of a
member of the Armed Forces on active duty for a period of more than 30 days (as
defined in section
101(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code) who has experienced
a loss of employment as a direct result of relocation to accommodate a
permanent change in duty station of such member; or</text></clause><clause id="H31B83877D30E4E408F2F45911FEB7229" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is the spouse of a member of the
Armed Forces on active duty (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/101">section 101(d)(1)</external-xref> of title 10,
United States Code) who meets the criteria described in paragraph
(12)(B).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AE8E6FC34524FA0A1E7F2471F58288B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in paragraph
(12)(A) (as redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="HFF1E649FEEAF44E1B078CB4297764D45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon and inserting <quote>or</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H916D9829CCD5463CB6C86A98A69233B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>(A)(i)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2FD14AC9DF7F4E879D16E70F5AD1E2A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HA36D618988AE41E4B6B59EDC759F62EA" style="OLC"><clause id="H7C303F69078D495CABB687BC8EDF8BE9" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is the spouse of a member of the
Armed Forces on active duty for a period of more than 30 days (as defined in
section
101(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code) whose family income
is significantly reduced because of a deployment (as defined in
section
991(b) of title 10, United States Code, or pursuant to
paragraph (4) of such section), a call or order to active duty pursuant to a
provision of law referred to in
section
101(a)(13)(B) of title 10, United States Code, a permanent
change of station, or the service-connected (as defined in
section
101(16) of title 38, United States Code) death or disability of
the member;
and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H166C3C9010924834AC2C905645F5B149"><enum>(12)</enum><text>in paragraph (13)
(as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>or regional</quote> after
<quote>local</quote> each place it appears;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE4480581E6C4FD49AEAF3E7872CF06B"><enum>(13)</enum><text>in paragraph (14)
(as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="H80DE123BC33E48F1BBB6BBFEF2409755"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>section 122(e)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
122</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9969C6758BEA4AC281AD8B3B962D33CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B), and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="HC161E7FB329E4189AE25947BB4317BD0" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H602E425C8C98429F85514CE25812B95F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>work ready
services, means a provider who is identified or awarded a contract as described
in section 117(d)(5)(C); or</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF90A057FA0ED4A01B510EFFBD6AB5ACC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8336A7D10E624FED99FF0870FE1A566E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H774F139217B3448082A4F2549CF88924"><enum>(14)</enum><text>in paragraph (15)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>adult or dislocated worker</quote> and
inserting <quote>individual</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id480ECC9E7B04459D8C361ABA20FAC731"><enum>(15)</enum><text>in paragraph
(20), by striking <quote>The</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to section
116(a)(1)(E), the</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H389485EDEABE4DA99E9610911257042B"><enum>(16)</enum><text>in paragraph
(25)—</text><subparagraph id="H81BFCC4D60694CABB83C3454E12195D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>higher of—</quote> and all that follows through clause
(ii) and inserting <quote>poverty line for an equivalent
period;</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CE38FCB12854EF6B06FBB5594338485"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (D) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), respectively;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCCD5367831A4E81BD034418601F1BC8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (C) the following:</text><quoted-block id="H0C40CBC728ED44D4AE5AF4E903158A75" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H4E957EAC414240B0BE94D84A030E8C86"><enum>(D)</enum><text>receives or is
eligible to receive a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et
seq.);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D31425CFDD14FD98132F1D06CD9FAD0"><enum>(17)</enum><text>in paragraph
(32), by striking <quote>the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated
States of Micronesia,</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0942C2496124454B83103D7DEFD57D06"><enum>(18)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (33) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0FC1D6C72B4448C88087996A6317B8D" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HC071ABC630D94C76A0B91B925D9ED953"><enum>(33)</enum><header>Out-of-school
youth</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>out-of-school youth</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="H6B8BFA82AEDC4532804F052BFC3434AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an at-risk youth who is a school dropout;
or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1689D288C68A42DFB1A6422EE1767718"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an at-risk youth
who has received a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent but is
basic skills deficient, unemployed, or
underemployed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H42A7C431AF654939A07B9933DC20ADB9"><enum>(19)</enum><text>in paragraph
(38), by striking <quote>134(a)(1)(A)</quote> and inserting
<quote>134(a)(1)(B)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFB333B4CC4F84A459B5105A2CCFA4209"><enum>(20)</enum><text>in paragraph
(41), by striking <quote>, and the term means such Secretary for purposes of
section 503</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id62008D4ECABD433A83D1E08E5E2804A0"><enum>(21)</enum><text>in paragraph
(43), by striking <quote>clause (iii) or (v) of section 136(b)(3)(A)</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 136(b)(3)(A)(iii)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A8FA62D4ED948578794A51B0545C5D7"><enum>(22)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (49) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H67B0A72C63D64D74B508DA13556896B8" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H6247EBBD31DD41A7B2E53D564807AFAB"><enum>(49)</enum><header>Veteran</header><text>The
term <term>veteran</term> has the same meaning given the term in
section
2108(1) of title 5, United States
Code.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB22CC243D7B0425695B8DFF160C460B4"><enum>(23)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (50) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H79EE5A3B800949D1B7B953D40876BFC0" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HC4F9355F255B4D19B4B3C5A842A5ABF4"><enum>(50)</enum><header>Career and
technical education</header><text>The term <term>career and technical
education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C.
2302).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HAF9AB444BB674CC2BC9D7B0290DBFBBF"><enum>(24)</enum><text>in paragraph
(51), by striking <quote>, and a youth activity</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAAA629F5E8143B0B7A157016CC53238"><enum>(25)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA93DAA34DB454C98924C6791E1A9E46B" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H647D5F0493D14ACE893CC7927FAFF569"><enum>(52)</enum><header>At-risk
youth</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subtitle C, the term <term>at-risk youth</term> means an individual who—</text><subparagraph id="H6876FD1E41194124B208A002119CD0A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not less than
age 16 and not more than age 24;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEFAD2519EB5A42739516E0B67AC8B32D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is a low-income
individual; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB964DD33B88A48529E564FE53572C75D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is an individual
who is one or more of the following:</text><clause id="HDEFBC3184016468088D8730D0B25E56F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A
secondary school dropout.</text></clause><clause id="HA82CF6A4B092403DACA238F666C6671A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A
youth in foster care (including youth aging out of foster care).</text></clause><clause id="HA4B28749DCEA490E965B08E31A067470"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A youth
offender.</text></clause><clause id="H701A5CF00DDE4E0D8C6337CCE220D8CE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A
youth who is an individual with a disability.</text></clause><clause id="HC725B50AEC854D138987F7B83A05C670"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A
migrant youth.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB11304E35E75408BB27F55E8B639A1FE"><enum>(53)</enum><header>Industry or
sector partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>industry or sector partnership</term> means a partnership of—</text><subparagraph id="idAF13CE07F71D48E1AFB2D57CC62DED76"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State board or local board; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8045678C363F4FCA980AF995BC768A99"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one or more industry or sector
organizations, and other entities, that have the capability to help the State
board or local board determine the immediate and long-term skilled workforce
needs of in-demand industries or sectors and other occupations important to the
State or local economy, respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H076FE13EA71A4E92A23F89BB55997D89"><enum>(54)</enum><header>Industry-recognized
credential</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>industry-recognized credential</term> means a credential that is sought
or accepted by companies within the industry sector involved, across multiple
States, as recognized, preferred, or required for recruitment, screening, or
hiring and is awarded for completion of a program listed or identified under
subsection (d) or (i) of section 122, for the local area involved.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF39C79EEC33C42E285A5CA60C44D825D"><enum>(55)</enum><header>Pay-for-performance
contract strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>pay-for-performance contract strategy</quote> means a strategy in which
a pay-for-performance contract to provide a program of employment and training
activities incorporates provisions regarding—</text><subparagraph id="H2D6C0D672EA143398A4478650F8325AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the core indicators of performance
described in subclauses (I) through (IV) and (VI) of section
136(b)(2)(A)(i);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5B3C3B80CDF402DB1C5A2AFDF299478"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a fixed amount that will be paid to an
eligible provider of such employment and training activities for each program
participant who, within a defined timetable, achieves the agreed-to levels of
performance based upon the core indicators of performance described in
subparagraph (A), and may include a bonus payment to such provider, which may
be used to expand the capacity of such provider;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75F84BC62956404CB79AA5F4DBA22B3A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability for an eligible provider to
recoup the costs of providing the activities for a program participant who has
not achieved those levels, but for whom the provider is able to demonstrate
that such participant gained specific competencies required for education and
career advancement that are, where feasible, tied to industry-recognized
credentials and related standards, or State licensing requirements; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H054498E3C4CD4B6FA40EEB8F52214663"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability for an eligible provider that
does not meet the requirements under section 122(a)(2) to participate in such
pay-for-performance contract and to not be required to report on the
performance and cost information required under section 122(d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3F9C3A8FA6BD434D943F49FF49EBCCA9"><enum>(56)</enum><header>Recognized
postsecondary credential</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>recognized postsecondary credential</term> means a credential
awarded by a provider of training services or postsecondary educational
institution based on completion of all requirements for a program of study,
including coursework or tests or other performance evaluations. The term means
an industry-recognized credential, a certificate of completion of a registered
apprenticeship program, or an associate or baccalaureate degree from an
institution described in section 122(a)(2)(A)(i).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id41127ADF4BBC4DB5BC36E45BEE743DDA"><enum>(57)</enum><header>Registered
apprenticeship program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>registered apprenticeship program</term> means a program described
in section
122(a)(2)(B).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id2AADDFE467E7424A862693DCC16FA0B3" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Statewide and Local Workforce Investment Systems</header><section id="H2750325A2ACB423D9AB9A526DCF53DCD"><enum>102.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 106 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2811">29 U.S.C. 2811</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following: <quote>It is also the purpose of this subtitle
to provide workforce investment activities in a manner that enhances employer
engagement, promotes customer choices in the selection of training services,
and ensures accountability in the use of taxpayer funds.</quote>.</text></section><section id="H60471340664F4EF98277107AECBE4494"><enum>103.</enum><header>State workforce
investment boards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 111
(29 U.S.C.
2821) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H1EADD44A3CFC4E089DF56064FFAF16D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="H16D67429F8A0459C9FA0EF458B98A9BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="H4552B42BB4394C2B900E32C3EC44CAFD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (B);</text></clause><clause id="HE1B511B52F014C3BA0B54C2957FC190A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text></clause><clause id="H926217F7922247DDBC6318E84B41082E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)—</text><subclause id="H0B98FDA351054CD5A049CEEE02F8F336"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by amending clause
(i)(I), by striking <quote>section 117(b)(2)(A)(i)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 117(b)(2)(A)</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="H7ADE8CD7173D41B79D685617D04FC19A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by amending
clause (i)(II) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H4A671262C04B4DF2A7D403B850327401" style="OLC"><subclause id="HA7B90634069B4693BADD2CB9A0DA351B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>represent
businesses, including large and small businesses, each of which has immediate
and long-term employment opportunities in an in-demand industry or other
occupation important to the State economy;
and</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="H040713399BCE4064A768F6AA6655825F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
clause (iii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="H4780ED58884F45F6BDC168C2A998C287" style="OLC"><clause id="H1E6F0CF1B4AE4E68A4FE2F0E8F6B7FED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a State agency
official responsible for economic development;
and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="H3FA60C7C1EC54DD0BBFC8F53C4A6DFCC"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by striking
clauses (iv) through (vi);</text></subclause><subclause id="HE1EAB2A6EAC34A389D4413E37AF69C60"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by amending clause
(vii) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HFDFC1E26B49243AF817DCE0E18B8B494" style="OLC"><clause id="HE04CAEF79CB742D4A5B36A7E94A6A80C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other representatives and State agency
officials as the Governor may designate, including—</text><subclause id="HD533AC14B24E4DF694A9B978ABD992A3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>members of the
State legislature;</text></subclause><subclause id="HB643D61FC2B64C0381B6D7DE4E2B4DC8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>representatives
of individuals and organizations that have experience with respect to youth
activities;</text></subclause><subclause id="HF5263BC644DB483CB9CEFE60292A49A5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>representatives
of individuals and organizations that have experience and expertise in the
delivery of workforce investment activities, including chief executive officers
of community colleges and community-based organizations within the
State;</text></subclause><subclause id="HCAB89DFCC89D4A2395763304F0FFC020"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>representatives
of the lead State agency officials with responsibility for the programs and
activities that are described in section 121(b) and carried out by one-stop
partners; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H23D255BB54AA49EC84139A58159CC85A"><enum>(V)</enum><text>representatives of
veterans service organizations.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="H2CC479343C2947D8814CE401F23288F3"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (vii) (as so amended) as clause (iv); and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5A2C14989A0429FB84B2E7C33D8BF87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H254B0E7EDECF480F97B26EF0F8E8A2D5" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H16A8B3BD7D404396B2DBD7CF7492EE8C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Majority</header><text>A
<fraction>2/3</fraction> majority of the members of the board shall be
representatives described in paragraph
(1)(B)(i).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9DB1E7908CFD411CBCBFD7EFBBA0AC66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking <quote>(b)(1)(C)(i)</quote> and inserting
<quote>(b)(1)(B)(i)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF9F44423E034484AA2732EB4083B5843"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (d) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H45CB478B3A264FD5BA81D62FEDF1B969" style="OLC"><subsection id="HE42F59B3EFFD43DA85710D13320BE783"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The
State board shall assist the Governor of the State as follows:</text><paragraph id="H031A1E8A92AE459E8C1FA2F7E473629E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
plan</header><text>Consistent with section 112, the State board shall develop a
State plan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF6F5B441D544EE58D56D59204C6005A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Statewide
workforce development system</header><text>The State board shall review and
develop statewide policies and programs in the State in a manner that supports
a comprehensive statewide workforce development system that will result in
meeting the workforce needs of the State and its local areas. Such review shall
include determining whether the State should consolidate additional amounts for
additional activities or programs into the Workforce Investment Fund in
accordance with section 501(e).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H360806DB8A414CDDB215060B971FD9C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Workforce and
labor market information system</header><text>The State board shall develop a
statewide workforce and labor market information system described in section
15(e) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/49l-2">29 U.S.C. 49l–2(e)</external-xref>), which may include using
information collected under Federal law other than this Act by the State
economic development entity or a related entity in developing such
system.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDE9ECE0A24C4E11AF0F5A63B2A00024"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Employer
engagement</header><text>The State board shall develop strategies, across local
areas, that meet the needs of employers and support economic growth in the
State by enhancing communication, coordination, and collaboration among
employers, economic development entities, and service providers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H477CD289AA3240318D89F98410A0D919"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Designation of
local areas</header><text>The State board shall designate local areas as
required under section 116.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H100FC7A065914F0795AF1CC42CA36AC2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>One-stop
delivery system</header><text>The State board shall identify and disseminate
information on best practices for effective operation of one-stop centers,
including use of innovative business outreach, partnerships, and service
delivery strategies.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F2C61568DBA4797BB502EAEF50205E5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Program
oversight</header><text>The State board shall conduct the following program
oversight:</text><subparagraph id="H2A536FACAD90442EB7B07CFCF865AFBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Reviewing and
approving local plans under section 118.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4E4785D6F2C4835AFD97D7A9ECB5DDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Ensuring the
appropriate use and management of the funds provided for State employment and
training activities authorized under section 134.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74F985BC84A9468584FF0B229A791993"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Preparing an
annual report to the Secretary described in section 136(d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3A187AB9F83B436E8F770F391F29ED3B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Development of
performance measures</header><text>The State board shall develop and ensure
continuous improvement of comprehensive State performance measures, including
State adjusted levels of performance, as described under section
136(b).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H1545D8762E5544919ECDB9BEA5F64418"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e) and redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5835AE774836490ABBB1DB6AA091CBC0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)
(as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>or participate in any action
taken</quote> after <quote>vote</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H897D65D7F6714E33BA2DCC8638374FAB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e) (as so redesignated), the following:</text><quoted-block id="H1A09B570166C4A9F9AEF25C6E9536BA2" style="OLC"><subsection id="HE37A26F240C144F7A076301CD1A92BA0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The
State board may employ staff to assist in carrying out the functions described
in subsection (d).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H88F7FF8256AA423A822198646CEA8AF0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (g),
by inserting <quote>electronic means and</quote> after <quote>on a regular
basis through</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H37ABF8459C7445C89ABE30D2E1F6A281"><enum>104.</enum><header>State
plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 112
(29 U.S.C.
2822)—</text><paragraph id="HF67F03F85DA848CFB605D1798BA9DD57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="HDFF0DFFEE7604A7987BF5C80CDED063D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>127 or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CA49328DB1547F8825547615D09E414"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>5-year strategy</quote> and inserting <quote>3-year
strategy</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H003FD5564C8D48DCB8E5E657C0834740"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="HF7FFA52D25F040A18D8DFB9307E58744"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (4) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H7AB237A006DB43B5ADC36041A5DC48AF" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H31D6326401DC4EB9BEC5ADD2D0A0CFD8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>information
describing—</text><subparagraph id="HB83D43A9C92F46818FAB402468C2DB7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the economic
conditions in the State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H673013813677498291FD6304741AA0F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the immediate and long-term skilled
workforce needs of in-demand industries, small businesses, and other
occupations important to the State economy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66C9F54A8F2C4CD3A5A3A10FEEAAC5E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the knowledge and
skills of the workforce in the State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H526C1287E0F14C5AA3A5E812B9B8C93F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>workforce
development activities (including education and training) in the
State;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD04CF65BE97F4EE3A96F2CABBAA74CAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (7) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H19DA1672D9574B6EBCA14D7F089AC074" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HFCB2E4408C5A4BBB89E6E589891A7A16"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a description of
the State criteria for determining the eligibility of training services
providers in accordance with section 122, including how the State will take
into account the performance of providers and whether the training services
relate to in-demand industries and other occupations important to the State
economy;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9DDA041FD2D4F9FB56790340ED01ECF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (8) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H1CD0AEF58AEE483F9D2F9C7D054B009F" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HA7516BB9BE1A448DA9A55A75E797A8FC"><enum>(8)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEA6092395F1B429B97ACBA9179ED291E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the
procedures that will be taken by the State to assure coordination of, and avoid
duplication among, the programs and activities identified under section
501(b)(2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88C42E492758474F8C88F7986A5C1A08" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of and an assurance
regarding common data collection and reporting processes used for the programs
and activities described in subparagraph (A), which are carried out by one-stop
partners, including—</text><clause id="HE256F1DCA6744276B0E3AB98B82D592F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an assurance that such processes
use quarterly wage records for performance measures described in section
136(b)(2)(A) that are applicable to such programs or activities; or</text></clause><clause id="H2C1B73526E6D43AD99C2667893BD422B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if such wage records are not being
used for the performance measures, an identification of the barriers to using
such wage records and a description of how the State will address such barriers
within 1 year of the approval of the
plan;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50166AEA69D648BC9835702837A8641A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
by striking <quote>, including comment by representatives of businesses and
representatives of labor organizations,</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H102B042027804093AD88936724305FE1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (11),
by striking <quote>under sections 127 and 132</quote> and inserting
<quote>under section 132</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65D2F06957C7411BADD4B69A3E166EFD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (12);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB20A71FC6C7F4EA2902A8D9E7038379B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (13) through (18) as paragraphs (12) through (17),
respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H605123847C3948B29DEC80A09245F7DD"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in paragraph (12)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>111(f)</quote> and inserting
<quote>111(e)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB31DC0BAA3F44FDB8E7F84298F2D172C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in paragraph (13)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>134(c)</quote> and inserting
<quote>121(e)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6E752F70F244C39B8677ED73D689790"><enum>(J)</enum><text>in paragraph (14)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>116(a)(5)</quote> and inserting
<quote>116(a)(3)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA11C85A25C66489095965FD405A24733"><enum>(K)</enum><text>in paragraph (16)
(as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="H8065102396944B73B59D2B48A8729137"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="HF68DFA05F9C64C6B867F474706204F34"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text><item id="idC6B7144CE68A4DF1AA7967680013168B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>to dislocated workers</quote>; and</text></item><item id="idDE92B8FBA7734FF8804A6910ABB7105E"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>and additional assistance</quote> after <quote>rapid response
activities</quote>;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="HE551CEFF36F5492B962606DCB9BB9C37"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by striking <quote>134(d)(4)</quote> and inserting
<quote>134(c)(4)</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="HF4361899EF754BD0B5322B554A74A149"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (iii);</text></subclause><subclause id="H02D805C5B2BE4A0CB9E0CD03244BB0CF"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by amending
clause (iv) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HF916EF8E24BE4E73A00FD62F13B6F8D0" style="OLC"><clause id="H7ADB9DC62D214E3AA3A252444A39EE3E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the State will serve the employment and
training needs of dislocated workers (including displaced homemakers),
low-income individuals (including recipients of public assistance such as
supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits pursuant to the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>)), long-term
unemployed individuals (including individuals who have exhausted entitlement to
Federal and State unemployment compensation), English learners, homeless
individuals, individuals training for nontraditional employment, youth
(including out-of-school youth and at-risk youth), older workers, ex-offenders,
migrant and seasonal farmworkers, refugees and entrants, veterans (including
disabled and homeless veterans), and Native Americans;
and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="HB388E31F30264A78BE241A9B10D2AAF0"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new clause:</text><quoted-block id="H24FE5F13496F4219ABA9F0282F17228D" style="OLC"><clause id="H992BD5E73A91487C8CCA95CF616DE1F9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>how the State
will—</text><subclause id="H0EBEA263A03A42F7839F793296CD0F08"><enum>(I)</enum><text>consistent with
section 188 and Executive Order No. 13217 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12131">42 U.S.C. 12131</external-xref> note), serve the
employment and training needs of individuals with disabilities; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H1F7F4460110445AD97C0DCC627821FA9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>consistent with
sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/794">29 U.S.C. 794</external-xref>, 794d),
include the provision of outreach, intake, assessments, and service delivery,
the development of performance measures, the training of staff, and other
aspects of accessibility for individuals with disabilities to programs and
services under this subtitle;</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="H506619BBF2D44B11BD7C85988EBE5A34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>to the extent practicable</quote> and
inserting <quote>in accordance with the requirements of the Jobs for Veterans
Act (Public
Law 107–288) and the amendments made by such Act</quote>;
and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AE49AE807B04EB0B4AA7EB7EF9891C8"><enum>(L)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (17) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="HFEC5988CF1414A7C95C1E527100D0A4C" style="OLC"><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC472762097E84B5BB7311044EE36CE67"><enum>(17)</enum><text>a description of
the strategies and services that will be used in the State—</text><subparagraph id="H0168D36162D94DC19299FE386B55FF17"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to more fully engage employers, including
small businesses and employers in in-demand industries and occupations
important to the State economy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC57396DB27D243359DE1BE2FDFC74B4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to meet the needs
of employers in the State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3A993B725584A30BD444AA3EFCAF951"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to better
coordinate workforce development programs with economic development
activities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F1A589C72E24CA2A00DB3653735253B"><enum>(18)</enum><text>a description of
how the State board will convene (or help to convene) industry or sector
partnerships that lead to collaborative planning, resource alignment, and
training efforts across a targeted cluster of multiple firms for a range of
workers employed or potentially employed by the industry or sector—</text><subparagraph id="H21FE9B565F6F4A3599C45B2CC3480F99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to encourage
industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention,
and advancement in the industry or sector;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71F24A07D9C84CE48B1B93B8CC32A5FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to address the
immediate and long-term skilled workforce needs of in-demand industries, small
businesses, and other occupations important to the State economy; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E88455754D94BB18D8DAC0DEC4FDE82"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to address
critical skill gaps within and across industries and sectors;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H693031ADEC0D48698BF599AAE463FE28"><enum>(19)</enum><text>a description of
how the State will utilize technology, to facilitate access to services in
remote areas, which may be used throughout the State;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1675AB9EDA5E413786DEABF14CBA8CDF"><enum>(20)</enum><text>a description of
the State strategy and assistance to be provided by the State for encouraging
regional cooperation within the State and across State borders, as
appropriate;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H63A8601954654C0AAB317529E5750970"><enum>(21)</enum><text>a description of
the actions that will be taken by the State to foster communication,
coordination, and partnerships with nonprofit organizations (including public
libraries, community, faith-based, and philanthropic organizations) that
provide employment-related, training, and complementary services, to enhance
the quality and comprehensiveness of services available to participants under
this title;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C928D7EA03E4159928042B5A8B96C78"><enum>(22)</enum><text>a description of
the process and methodology for determining—</text><subparagraph id="H89BD82D5CCCC4AB0B41A25C1AD36B7B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one-stop partner
program contributions for the costs of infrastructure of one-stop centers under
section 121(h)(1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47AB87F9442041D484819F8E66C5D743"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the formula for
allocating such infrastructure funds to local areas under section
121(h)(3);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFBFD509123714495AD14FA8659A4DA30"><enum>(23)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the strategies and
services that will be used in the State to assist at-risk youth and
out-of-school youth in acquiring the education and skills, credentials
(including recognized postsecondary credentials, such as industry-recognized
credentials), and employment experience to succeed in the labor market,
including—</text><subparagraph id="HB571308FC1C847EF87DC7247170384E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>training and
internships in in-demand industries or occupations important to the State and
local economy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB06218C9F17746FFA7A5580F5A116EB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dropout recovery
activities that are designed to lead to the attainment of a regular secondary
school diploma or its recognized equivalent, or other State-recognized
equivalent (including recognized alternative standards for individuals with
disabilities); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FA009C0EA8A43C1B69EBF84FBAABE2A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>activities
combining remediation of academic skills, work readiness training, and work
experience, and including linkages to postsecondary education and training and
career-ladder employment; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2BCB2875A5DF41E78A7F5FEB31FAF352"><enum>(24)</enum><text>a description
of—</text><subparagraph id="H980C5A2A164E45CE8098AA91689F4B1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the State will furnish employment,
training, including training in advanced manufacturing, supportive, and
placement services to veterans, including disabled and homeless
veterans;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H001FB254897E4C9586CFC19011082148"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the strategies and
services that will be used in the State to assist in and expedite reintegration
of homeless veterans into the labor force; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99F823CD4EA14081932375ADD9417878"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the veterans
population to be served in the
State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B8AEE7574FA4334B07D60E1E5C0FDAE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking
<quote>period, that—</quote> and all that follows through paragraph (2) and
inserting <quote>period, that the plan is inconsistent with the provisions of
this title.</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA3B592C044444DDE8B382DAD8D9E87D7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by striking
<quote>5-year</quote> and inserting <quote>3-year</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H857274BE4C074496AC293C924893C3A1"><enum>105.</enum><header>Local workforce
investment areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 116
(29 U.S.C.
2831) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H70833DCB7C7245468DCA43022A7BC448"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71F4D046BDF5474687E8FBA2FE215E00"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (1) to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48B4285DE8AA479AB56BA0E8CC90D7FD" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H6A3EA8C2DE394B72B9340B86D957D728"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><subparagraph id="H360EEDBCEB984225BD5D12E789E63039"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to receive an allotment under
section 132, a State, through the State board, shall establish a process to
designate local workforce investment areas within the State. Such process
shall—</text><clause id="H78678C86F44D419DA2EC87E2FBB5F218"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support the statewide workforce development
system developed under section 111(d)(2), enabling the system to meet the
workforce needs of the State and its local areas;</text></clause><clause id="HFDEB14BE5A1C490D8F5C6F3E4ABF5319"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include consultation, prior to the
designation, with chief elected officials;</text></clause><clause id="HD6DEFD96A446411D974020EED791B624"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include consideration of comments received
on the designation through the public comment process as described in section
112(b)(9); and</text></clause><clause id="H88CE342169FB4D29A34F87BB55251700"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the submission of an application
for approval under subparagraph (B).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5B3D7F67CDC413D8A2426964D90DC8A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To obtain designation of a local area under
this paragraph, a local or regional board (or consortia of local or regional
boards) seeking to take responsibility for the area under this Act shall submit
an application to a State board at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the State board may require, including—</text><clause id="HBCB028C163C4487C9501BF0174E4299D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the local area, including
the population that will be served by the local area, and the education and
training needs of its employers and workers;</text></clause><clause id="H34338075A9174AAE9A230361AAB61D08"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the local area is
consistent or aligned with—</text><subclause id="HF74F8307CE7240D4A2FC254FE13143A7"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">service delivery areas (as determined by
the State);</text></subclause><subclause id="HDD84F159EA1B494B97CB51EAAFC8B38D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">labor market areas; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H22DD5E2E7F0440EF8C79C28342145BBF"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">economic development regions;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HA2D5DBFFAAD84887915F7D62CBF86B54"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the eligible providers of
education and training, including postsecondary educational institutions such
as community colleges, located in the local area and available to meet the
needs of the local workforce;</text></clause><clause id="H0071D906262746FEAECD45A791D8B4AA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the distance that
individuals will need to travel to receive services provided in such local
area; and</text></clause><clause id="H5F5373CE09194D8AA58924FE8D60EF16"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other criteria that the State board may
require.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D9D0717B1764171A84B0C2F39D7B075"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In designating local areas under this
paragraph, a State board shall give priority consideration to an area proposed
by an applicant demonstrating that a designation as a local area under this
paragraph will result in the reduction of overlapping service delivery areas,
local market areas, or economic development regions.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9503A122C3C4CECA63348BF1E2B7B0B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Alignment with
local plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may
designate an area proposed by an applicant as a local area under this paragraph
for a period not to exceed 3 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0A2E353112944ED6BB09FC5047406900"><enum>(E)</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this Act, a reference to a
local area—</text><clause commented="no" id="id50B90FA7A433426FB5BBAF941034B17A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used with respect to a geographic area,
refers to an area designated under this paragraph; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idA3ED9267CFBE4FAA897D8078E10D2ED6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used with respect to an entity, refers to
the applicant.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCE89ABCD06F4F57822B623A9EE0C1BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HFC7B30BBE2E543089BB7B936387401B4" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HFDE15658ACB143B39157CD9BA59994E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall, if requested by the Governor of a
State, provide the State with technical assistance in making the determinations
required under paragraph (1). The Secretary shall not issue regulations
governing determinations to be made under paragraph
(1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79950B237CCB4820AE3828212EC78B0B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB094CDA9D544665933FDE1ECC65F7B9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86516B17DCE9440587CF1F34778F657C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph
(3); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13986385A4884EF68A801AED81D71FAC"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by
striking <quote>(2) or (3)</quote> both places it appears and inserting
<quote>(1)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0CF17B6E119D4465889C8930A1D84787"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H6927EB89B07F409C91859634056A28D1" style="OLC"><subsection id="HC5403A26F9224176AA65C31E435141C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Single
states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with
subsection (a), the State board of a State may designate the State as a single
State local area for the purposes of this
title.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H2AE67F09466E4217B9108871C3E96F1E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="HB09AD0233EE74917A74F6EF0C426FE3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by adding at the end the following: <quote>The State may require the local
boards for the designated region to prepare a single regional plan that
incorporates the elements of the local plan under section 118 and that is
submitted and approved in lieu of separate local plans under such
section.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA921B95549934B21B3B2E98ECDDE6907"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>employment statistics</quote> and inserting <quote>workforce
and labor market information</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H68FBAD1A40F94941B7C20B0BEA759963"><enum>106.</enum><header>Local workforce
investment boards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 117
(29 U.S.C.
2832) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H70F621C070F64AA69F50C44849A6A91B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="H57B5DC08DD874D5D91D74B840BCA8D42"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="H76E9B27302754C17A122472C1644A973"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="HD83C52A59884496CBE914DFEFE14696B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>include—</quote> and all
that follows through <quote>representatives</quote> and inserting
<quote>include representatives</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="H3FFE1A5E1D57412A907672796B1DA341"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
clauses (ii) through (vi);</text></subclause><subclause id="H65FDB7B823EC4C43A591265202C9F640"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating
subclauses (I) through (III) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively (and by
moving the margins of such clauses 2 ems to the left);</text></subclause><subclause id="HAC7C920C101248ABA618B7140E196018"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by striking
clause (ii) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DBFC6D2C9C2407AB455E01AEEE97337" style="OLC"><clause id="H2EC9AD73BE9E4C59B3A412F25EB8A3AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">represent businesses, including large and
small businesses, each of which has immediate and long-term employment
opportunities in an in-demand industry or other occupation important to the
local economy; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="HD266D062A6014DE9A6E9F35A10A0B2D3"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end of clause (iii) (as so redesignated) and inserting
<quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H4A16F12A2E9440408DB2DC363BEE7B61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H092ED7FFF53040088CEA1DCE1C1117F5" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H75ACFB4E4C2342DBB4490950A416819D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include such other individuals or
representatives of entities as the chief elected official in the local area may
determine to be appropriate, including—</text><clause id="H4A18D9DEEBD444BA8DBF3ECB5868C935"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the superintendent
or other employee of the local educational agency who has primary
responsibility for secondary education, the presidents or chief executive
officers of postsecondary educational institutions (including a community
college, where such an entity exists), or administrators of local entities
providing adult education and family literacy education activities;</text></clause><clause id="H4C182B3EC266403EB7F0E36704EB902E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>representatives
of community-based organizations (including organizations representing
individuals with disabilities and veterans, for a local area in which such
organizations are present); or</text></clause><clause id="H35BC882A3A15478A933AA0DE818DE3A3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>representatives
of veterans service
organizations.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD80B3ADDB4040718E784D7DC8C7C752"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text><clause id="HD515DB96C54942E6A938EF52E83CAE31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>A majority</quote> and inserting <quote>A
<fraction>2/3</fraction> majority</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HCE999B1DFC6048C4B5256897A88CF25A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>(2)(A)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2)(A)</quote>;
and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H894E91392C074CEC96F5B0A6BB8A20EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>(2)(A)(i)</quote> and inserting
<quote>(2)(A)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1B85D620620C40C7B6EB422BF90BEA5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="id06C003604F624B88898B32A8910BABA7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph
(C); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC2CBE3FEDEF74181919CD188062D3C0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) through (7)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraphs (1) through (8)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD269F84DAF26415EA2167C7B788C6800"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (d) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HD30382DCF6554C0E8C3C8CC0608A37AB" style="OLC"><subsection id="H7F3ED819F5784BB1AFF3DEE4E4840AA2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Functions of
local board</header><text>The functions of the local board shall include the
following:</text><paragraph id="H9A0C3C2E24AB4A34B1916F6472F232CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Local
plan</header><text>Consistent with section 118, each local board, in
partnership with the chief elected official for the local area involved, shall
develop and submit a local plan to the Governor.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H93F052B2656A4C529DC2EF1AA96205A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Workforce
research and regional labor market analysis</header><subparagraph id="HA10310396AA44549A1B4A666E264F1F8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The local board shall—</text><clause id="H775CF1B4F3DD49DFBEA74D699C8D8254"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conduct, and
regularly update, an analysis of—</text><subclause id="H564AD0A13BB84EAB8D1D9FE96F6C5353"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the economic
conditions in the local area;</text></subclause><subclause id="H41680881D32D460AB1A27316F3065F65"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the immediate and
long-term skilled workforce needs of in-demand industries and other occupations
important to the local economy;</text></subclause><subclause id="H6F08FE8BB9CE45CDB40DE8D5C0B8D716"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the knowledge
and skills of the workforce in the local area; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H2150D7B9ECAB45BA815E5D2B71F243A0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>workforce
development activities (including education and training) in the local area;
and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HCFE406CC90314C6595B66D2825AA5BC8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assist the
Governor in developing the statewide workforce and labor market information
system described in section 15(e) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C.
49l–2(e)).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21E866E4EC5042DEA949B2304439DA92"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Existing
analysis</header><text>In carrying out requirements of subparagraph (A)(i), a
local board shall use an existing analysis, if any, by the local economic
development entity or related entity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H686612DC1F664BBEB3E1BB74454C8B0B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Employer
engagement</header><text>The local board shall meet the needs of employers and
support economic growth in the local area by enhancing communication,
coordination, and collaboration among employers, economic development entities,
and service providers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H610B466AECAC4F10B16538134B5A98CE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Budget and
administration</header><subparagraph id="H77863E69EE334D439EB01A24F75B5FAE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Budget</header><clause id="HEB00707C43CF4BFB8816268250FA463B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The local board shall develop a budget for the activities
of the local board in the local area, consistent with the requirements of this
subsection.</text></clause><clause id="HE91F3896CC604E8F87569E587AAC322B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Training
reservation</header><text>In developing a budget under clause (i), the local
board shall reserve a percentage of funds to carry out the activities specified
in section 134(c)(4). The local board shall use the analysis conducted under
paragraph (2)(A)(i) to determine the appropriate percentage of funds to reserve
under this clause.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70C6C190C47A4A1292EC907C57CE340A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration</header><clause id="HF59FA652FFD64059A8E6DAE076CE0CD8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Grant
recipient</header><text>The chief elected official in a local area shall serve
as the local grant recipient for, and shall be liable for any misuse of, the
grant funds allocated to the local area under section 133, unless the chief
elected official reaches an agreement with the Governor for the Governor to act
as the local grant recipient and bear such liability.</text></clause><clause id="H84F3DAA51CC644E2A2333F3A5C624A26"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>In
order to assist in administration of the grant funds, the chief elected
official or the Governor, where the Governor serves as the local grant
recipient for a local area, may designate an entity to serve as a local grant
subrecipient for such funds or as a local fiscal agent. Such designation shall
not relieve the chief elected official or the Governor of the liability for any
misuse of grant funds as described in clause (i).</text></clause><clause id="HB54F31BB444E47E9BC9DFEB88CA36FF9"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Disbursal</header><text>The
local grant recipient or an entity designated under clause (ii) shall disburse
the grant funds for workforce investment activities at the direction of the
local board, pursuant to the requirements of this title. The local grant
recipient or entity designated under clause (ii) shall disburse the funds
immediately on receiving such direction from the local board.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38E397CCCBE2413392F4B6CE162CC058"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The
local board may employ staff to assist in carrying out the functions described
in this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42EC9DF31D644509A4837AB203383314"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Grants and
donations</header><text>The local board may solicit and accept grants and
donations from sources other than Federal funds made available under this
Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H041A0F21E1684EF58D86F9ECA4108FA1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Selection of
operators and providers</header><subparagraph id="H03FE4F64B73C4AACB49B8FFEA1B417B5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Selection of
one-stop operators</header><text>Consistent with section 121(d), the local
board, with the agreement of the chief elected official—</text><clause id="H63153C55D5A64CD4BC6AB97755A2390A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall designate or
certify one-stop operators as described in section 121(d)(2)(A); and</text></clause><clause id="HC084FAF1237C4D1080A1A1E63239D9B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may terminate for
cause the eligibility of such operators.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AC95A42395C457DB17FD6EA7C18FCC5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Identification
of eligible training service providers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with this subtitle, the local
board shall identify eligible providers of training services described in
section 134(c)(4) in the local area, annually review the outcomes of such
eligible providers using the criteria under section 122(b)(2), and designate
such eligible providers in the local area who have demonstrated the highest
level of success with respect to such criteria as priority eligible providers
for the program year following the review.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71B9136A115A4ECC900235C19EF0BE66"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Identification
of eligible providers of work ready services</header><text>If the one-stop
operator does not provide the services described in section 134(c)(2) in the
local area, the local board shall identify eligible providers of such services
in the local area by awarding contracts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8836920C039846CA97763853034B7C0D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Program
oversight</header><text>The local board, in partnership with the chief elected
official, shall be responsible for—</text><subparagraph id="H5AA29841BE984F329C8F66588D778C76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensuring the
appropriate use and management of the funds provided for local employment and
training activities authorized under section 134(b); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E6D1B62D0474988B66C89C74B548BED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conducting
oversight of the one-stop delivery system, in the local area, authorized under
section 121.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H134C1D7EF069469EB19EDFD7BB586976"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Negotiation of
local performance measures</header><text>The local board, the chief elected
official, and the Governor shall negotiate and reach agreement on local
performance measures as described in section 136(c).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9E5121E31734976A06F8D1BF98CF027"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Technology
improvements</header><text>The local board shall develop strategies for
technology improvements to facilitate access to services authorized under this
subtitle and carried out in the local area, including access in remote
areas.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H09A3B895642847D68AE7B560E361E49C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text><subparagraph id="H930CF8A52EAF4318AE40F0BB170226CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>electronic means and</quote> after <quote>regular basis through</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2BD545FD9E447F1A4F9AF9304BB1B07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and the award of grants or contracts to eligible providers of youth
activities,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H63612D1F66DB4C6BBF19D6550182AE93"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text><subparagraph id="HB803F4B106E1480BAB5D35505CD862CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by striking <quote>section 134(d)(4)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 134(c)(4)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H257F3DB599074402AF186701417A3436"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="HFBC9BBC8F0EA4A6DAF31D09DDEB1D0D4" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HAB1BE0B7FC4B455B8A33211D750AD664"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Work ready
services; designation or certification as one-stop operators</header><text>A
local board may provide work ready services described in section 134(c)(2)
through a one-stop delivery system described in section 121 or be designated or
certified as a one-stop operator only with the agreement of the chief elected
official and the
Governor.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE3D9DE2756EF4B1C9DF331263F992CBE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(1), by inserting <quote>or participate in any action taken</quote> after
<quote>vote</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE67800C51FC4BC0A2CB61CFD08DE3C6"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (h) and (i).</text></paragraph></section><section id="H1E2D51B1367B4F61A4439F7B6798C7E5"><enum>107.</enum><header>Local
plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 118
(29 U.S.C.
2833) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H01D957467E044936A38357D1C1119A77"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>5-year</quote> and inserting <quote>3-year</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC040FA0B3225416F9C0A504427193440"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (b) to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99E92936ED894917B55BF9F0D9EE69DB" style="OLC"><subsection id="HA8267B385377477F973EC123B2026FA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The local plan shall include—</text><paragraph id="HCE502747A1664D16BCD48D2AA5B39982"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the analysis of the local
area's economic and workforce conditions conducted under subclauses (I) through
(IV) of section 117(d)(2)(A)(i), and an assurance that the local board will use
such analysis to carry out the activities under this subtitle;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9903B79BBA1A49278F99569FC4831702"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of
the one-stop delivery system in the local area, including—</text><subparagraph id="HB76AF11648914C4A904E7B7805DBEB50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of
how the local board will ensure—</text><clause id="H557E3DC529184D1AA6719452D2A5CD24"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the continuous
improvement of eligible providers of services through the system; and</text></clause><clause id="H4992841386C849C7B504F3730E9B011D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that such
providers meet the employment needs of local businesses and participants;
and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56226B9EF25644E1B3039E53CD4B26BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of
how the local board will facilitate access to services described in section
117(d)(8) and provided through the one-stop delivery system consistent with
section 117(d)(8);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3261CC3262BA4CD99520D989D3544BF9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
the strategies and services that will be used in the local area—</text><subparagraph id="HA09B7FECF9704B2AAB77F8D2573ADA03"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to more fully
engage employers, including small businesses and employers in in-demand
industries and occupations important to the local economy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4428960CDBFF4D8DAF9B65CABA7016FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to meet the needs
of employers in the local area;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAED3F45A96AB4BF6BB40F4ED9CA9EF65"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to better
coordinate workforce development programs with economic development activities;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6587974049894859B96FA641F4368BAD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to better
coordinate workforce development programs with employment, training, and
literacy services carried out by nonprofit organizations, including public
libraries, as appropriate;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DF8A67CB41649749D33CED933C8C72F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of
how the local board will convene (or help to convene) industry or sector
partnerships that lead to collaborative planning, resource alignment, and
training efforts across multiple firms for a range of workers employed or
potentially employed by a targeted industry or sector—</text><subparagraph id="H079557C95DB14A0BA1A7FC2B8F03BCCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to encourage
industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention,
and advancement in the targeted industry or sector;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5F226435F1C4679B3C60CE2E3AB0A32"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to address the immediate and long-term
skilled workforce needs of in-demand industries, small businesses, and other
occupations important to the local economy; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F3CEEE9F0F841C7B14746D760B9CC1F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to address
critical skill gaps within and across industries and sectors;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E05699C52AC4B1186899E7E95884A0D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of
how the funds reserved under section 117(d)(4)(A)(ii) will be used to carry out
activities described in section 134(c)(4);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFB03C985495F4491B53C54DF6F8063AB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a description of
how the local board will coordinate workforce investment activities carried out
in the local area with statewide workforce investment activities, as
appropriate;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF40D89719CD64C68A81726D1E2E62A9E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a description of
how the local area will—</text><subparagraph id="H32FE1A0B337A4575BBF6B90171AF57E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate
activities with the local area’s disability community, and with transition
services (as defined under section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1401">20 U.S.C. 1401</external-xref>)) provided under that Act by local
educational agencies serving such local area, to make available comprehensive,
high-quality services to individuals with disabilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0F1684473664C77AB3CAE914105CADF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent with section 188 and Executive
Order No. 13217 (42
U.S.C. 12131 note), serve the employment and training needs of
individuals with disabilities, with a focus on employment that fosters
independence and integration into the workplace; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBA581D4EAA947E6A085590B92758804"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consistent with
sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/794">29 U.S.C. 794</external-xref>, 794d),
include the provision of outreach, intake, assessments, and service delivery,
the development of performance measures, the training of staff, and other
aspects of accessibility for individuals with disabilities to programs and
services under this subtitle;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A43C3339924478C850416C1EE6EC0A8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a description of
the local levels of performance negotiated with the Governor and chief elected
official pursuant to section 136(c), to be—</text><subparagraph id="HADD8515340DE4B2B98D86BF7EF6D7901"><enum>(A)</enum><text>used to measure
the performance of the local area; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DF47ECB75444B2A942C304EAACF1A01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>used by the local
board for measuring performance of the local fiscal agent (where appropriate),
eligible providers, and the one-stop delivery system, in the local area;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE51673740E754CCA874040A4F01E2486"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a description of
the process used by the local board, consistent with subsection (c), to provide
an opportunity for public comment prior to submission of the plan;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCBC202021CD44DFC9270886C50E212F8"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the local area will
serve the employment and training needs of dislocated workers (including
displaced homemakers), low-income individuals (including recipients of public
assistance such as supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits pursuant
to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>)), long-term
unemployed individuals (including individuals who have exhausted entitlement to
Federal and State unemployment compensation), English learners, homeless
individuals, individuals training for nontraditional employment, youth
(including out-of-school youth and at-risk youth), older workers, ex-offenders,
migrant and seasonal farmworkers, refugees and entrants, veterans (including
disabled veterans and homeless veterans), and Native Americans;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H964210F172B24CBBAEB81F5C6802BB2D"><enum>(11)</enum><text>an identification
of the entity responsible for the disbursal of grant funds described in section
117(d)(4)(B)(iii), as determined by the chief elected official or the Governor
under such section;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE7DD64C59AB8431EA26DFAF6E66862FD"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the strategies and
services that will be used in the local area to assist at-risk youth and
out-of-school youth in acquiring the education and skills, credentials
(including recognized postsecondary credentials, such as industry-recognized
credentials), and employment experience to succeed in the labor market,
including—</text><subparagraph id="HE604D53123C24FA8AA245BC820334613"><enum>(A)</enum><text>training and
internships in in-demand industries or occupations important to the local
economy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2AAF1836BC4411584900D9545A4BDCB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dropout recovery
activities that are designed to lead to the attainment of a regular secondary
school diploma or its recognized equivalent, or other State-recognized
equivalent (including recognized alternative standards for individuals with
disabilities); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6C8EF20EB2F481AB1A83BDC380B9669"><enum>(C)</enum><text>activities
combining remediation of academic skills, work readiness training, and work
experience, and including linkages to postsecondary education and training and
career-ladder employment;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC166BB4B35A41A09B3B2A848BFC4795"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of—</text><subparagraph id="H3A7192FBC2004E22B321D76784FB86FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the local area will furnish employment,
training, including training in advanced manufacturing, supportive, and
placement services to veterans, including disabled and homeless
veterans;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2807AD4DA7AF4C54BCB20EBF014097D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the strategies and
services that will be used in the local area to assist in and expedite
reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CAEA48C67E54E5C9AC7BCCF674942CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the veteran
population to be served in the local area;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF68985B25EC4D768B86DA93420BB10A"><enum>(14)</enum><text>a description
of—</text><subparagraph id="H810FB75EA32444C3A640072A9398BA00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the duties
assigned to the veteran employment specialist consistent with the requirements
of section 134(f);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4CBF36AD141244B7BF9E54B20011EA74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the manner in
which the veteran employment specialist is integrated into the one-stop career
system described in section 121;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC4AE4ED585E41E4A82A516C02592E2C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the date on which
the veteran employment specialist was assigned; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H174DC1F2669F4BF08966F11BCCDB72CC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether the
veteran employment specialist has satisfactorily completed related training by
the National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H091C27E69585494CA83E91CDA1D712E2"><enum>(15)</enum><text>such other
information as the Governor may
require.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H40B43B0CE9FA4C8D8F687DC9A138F331"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="id7A4F2BF19BE046D987BB3C72E44B758E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>such means</quote> and inserting <quote>electronic means and
such means</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85A2200251ED472EA3147A16DEDE4D36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>, including representatives of business and representatives
of labor organizations,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H00F3AFF99280448E8CEA1EBAE2584ABE"><enum>108.</enum><header>Establishment
of one-stop delivery system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 121 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2841">29 U.S.C. 2841</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H1282C2BD0AAB492FB7BDD6BC7352C35A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="H4B5B6BA1FCA94786B46B69D536DCB778"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="H6E8395EF4E1B4D7EB7FA910D87E506EF" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H9014AA547B2C4D179FA1F6B10E8BD94A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Roles and
responsibilities of one-stop partners</header><text>Each entity that carries
out a program or activities described in subparagraph (B) shall—</text><clause id="HA4EF20CCF3424EA59281B79116420771"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide access
through a one-stop delivery system to the program or activities carried out by
the entity, including making the work ready services described in section
134(c)(2) that are applicable to the program or activities of the entity
available at one-stop centers (in addition to any other appropriate
locations);</text></clause><clause id="H32E0CBA0A8C04418A421256F205EE9FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>use a portion of
the funds available to the program or activities of the entity to maintain the
one-stop delivery system, including payment of the costs of infrastructure of
one-stop centers in accordance with subsection (h);</text></clause><clause id="HEDF2EBFC0E0048CD98924DCE3DFB963E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>enter into a
local memorandum of understanding with the local board, relating to the
operation of the one-stop delivery system, that meets the requirements of
subsection (c); and</text></clause><clause id="H20ACE24E463041459861AF210FABFD26"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>participate in
the operation of the one-stop delivery system consistent with the terms of the
memorandum of understanding, the requirements of this title, and the
requirements of the Federal laws authorizing the program or activities carried
out by the
entity.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE45D5A80163C45F8A6BC2784AF00B147"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B)—</text><clause id="H1DB50D4A90CD4B4AB4BC34A75D901890"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking clauses (ii), (v), and (vi);</text></clause><clause id="HC42EE77CD18A4B9389B3414FFC3233F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (ii) and (iii),
respectively;</text></clause><clause id="H453DE7A1EF734ED8BA3183766016FC87"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating clauses (vii) through (xii) as clauses (iv) through (ix),
respectively;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H7ED62F055D94454DA409E410E16A9590"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
as so redesignated, by striking <quote>adult education and literacy
activities</quote> and inserting <quote>adult education and family literacy
education activities</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id431550B25A824B14888D7B880104FB89"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
clause (viii), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the
end;</text></clause><clause id="H55C8147070EF4E0AA24BB8F2C79EAB65"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in
clause (ix), as so redesignated, by striking the period and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H780670DCE6374B879BC18BBB89AF9937"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H215C60810F8C4F48A9D1CD46DB00DB73" style="OLC"><clause id="HF0B276F7770545DD8127EE5D3EA52BC1"><enum>(x)</enum><text>subject to
subparagraph (C), programs authorized under part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act (42
U.S.C. 601 et seq.).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BC3444962A44087A15A1C299C2A60B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1)(B) the following:</text><quoted-block id="H3BB806B9CE9244A1BA599CE8B6862D36" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="H187B8F1F75EF422584121F7BB0ACD896"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determination by
the governor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each entity
carrying out a program described in subparagraph (B)(x) shall be considered to
be a one-stop partner under this title and carry out the required partner
activities described in subparagraph (A) unless the Governor of the State in
which the local area is located provides the Secretary and Secretary of Health
and Human Services written notice of a determination by the Governor that such
an entity shall not be considered to be such a partner and shall not carry out
such required partner activities.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3E7EE077BC34CAA9D7788550FF3BEA1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="H99012209BE274894AA40AFBC014175F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>section 134(d)(2)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 134(c)(2)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H7371C78260A444C7889EB3433718FD01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="HC547092BFFA24F25BC136C7F6702FB43"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
clauses (i), (ii), and (v);</text></subclause><subclause id="H42B7F53442194B2889DF4056EC6581E5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iv),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause><subclause id="H927A0EC0D05746E9A958395A2C06980C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H781507E527AD4241B9E78FFFA9E4E1A5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HBB2874B2FD1F4AE08F0999ED97C2746B" style="OLC"><clause id="HB27A7A22AFEE4AEF8C7B94E26B69BE04"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employment and training programs
administered by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration;</text></clause><clause id="H60474947B83E44198EC2B15C36A9B864"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employment and training programs carried
out by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration;</text></clause><clause id="H0E0321F93C9940C5BA62D4B433D8DF66"><enum>(v)</enum><text>employment,
training, and literacy services carried out by public libraries; and</text></clause><clause id="H0793ED10B81C4DD8958CB5B9660B5721"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other appropriate
Federal, State, or local programs, including programs in the private
sector.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEF7968812D0744F2BC9C4F0D436743EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HBF67C78A24594F398C552C9321B8423C" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H1954230D00C841819BCDBF13BB12F9FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provisions
describing—</text><clause id="HBE1F73CFF7624BFF8007A77193CC8F23"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the services to be
provided through the one-stop delivery system consistent with the requirements
of this section, including the manner in which the services will be coordinated
through such system;</text></clause><clause id="HA6F62488058F47829DDDB1E5B0F8B0A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>how the costs of
such services and the operating costs of such system will be funded, through
cash and in-kind contributions, to provide a stable and equitable funding
stream for ongoing one-stop system operations, including the funding of the
costs of infrastructure of one-stop centers in accordance with subsection
(h);</text></clause><clause id="H542A2201D1504D7387BC59EB72D14241"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>methods of
referral of individuals between the one-stop operator and the one-stop partners
for appropriate services and activities, including referrals for training for
nontraditional employment; and</text></clause><clause id="H733CFDFF42704C5DBB808ED82E14B3A6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the duration of
the memorandum of understanding and the procedures for amending the memorandum
during the term of the memorandum, and assurances that such memorandum shall be
reviewed not less than once every 3-year period to ensure appropriate funding
and delivery of services under the memorandum;
and</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H650F85D8751C495DA854B402151DD82D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H493BE147F49B4DF59D5B26DB297DF33E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading for
paragraph (1), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Designation and certification</header-in-text></quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Local
designation and certification</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE5109382081941A4AF4DC15341E70F4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause commented="no" id="H1CA3A2CAAF6845E088E6709FD58AAEAB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 134(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(e)</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H5E2BA0E3DA4646ACAA3A630891042481"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HB9293E244FB44755A8F273BACE8FF230" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="H596E3AAEB9EE48AD829D18480FFD6AFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be
designated or certified as a one-stop operator through a competitive process;
and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="HBF39A10387CB4316BBC656098990E3DC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking clause (ii) and redesignating clauses (iii) through (vi) as
clauses (ii) through (v), respectively; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B1D4D39B88B44B9A007647EBC70598A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career and
technical</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC2D6C38D4F5E45ACA88F9CF934326733"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (e) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HFAFBA2BB039A4B04A70E295A813B8EF9" style="OLC"><subsection id="H8EC1BD35C0FC41AA947767957B90825E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Establishment of
one-Stop delivery system</header><paragraph id="H66CD96318B18459EAC8319874868B5EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There shall be established in a State that receives an
allotment under section 132(b) a one-stop delivery system, which shall—</text><subparagraph id="H806B28E92E3048988F59620B31EFB539"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide the work
ready services described in section 134(c)(2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD788C14FF5840AE9341F8F762844345"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide access to
training services as described in paragraph (4) of section 134(c), including
serving as the point of access to career enhancement accounts for training
services to participants in accordance with paragraph (4)(F) of such
section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0604B9E04B664A52BCCEB2452F360E95"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide access to
the activities carried out under section 134(d), if any;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBB49DCC099A4A2C98509F64F16BDDC5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide access to
programs and activities carried out by one-stop partners that are described in
subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8B06F92C29B4158A12E5995D3E1A7EA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide access to
the data and information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
15(a)(1) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/49l-2">29 U.S.C. 49l–2(a)(1)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAA4B211A9E5E46508A6EF1803FA4498A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>One-stop
delivery</header><text>At a minimum, the one-stop delivery system—</text><subparagraph id="H12A94DF6CBF04471806E01C888B99529"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall make each of
the programs, services, and activities described in paragraph (1) accessible at
not less than one physical center in each local area of the State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19DFB9A95CF04A5A86EF62CB11C1311D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may also make
programs, services, and activities described in paragraph (1) available—</text><clause id="H359449F823FA460E9B24068D7BDFD7B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>through a network
of affiliated sites that can provide one or more of the programs, services, and
activities to individuals; and</text></clause><clause id="HE7850B7D8BC14438B1A7150BFCCA2A6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>through a network
of eligible one-stop partners—</text><subclause id="H740131BF1F414A0EB71A67D78942745C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in which each
partner provides one or more of the programs, services, and activities to such
individuals and is accessible at an affiliated site that consists of a physical
location or an electronically or technologically linked access point;
and</text></subclause><subclause id="H32EBCF5B0C9F481386F546F25BA893FB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that assures
individuals that information on the availability of the work ready services
will be available regardless of where the individuals initially enter the
statewide workforce investment system, including information made available
through an access point described in subclause (I).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H48A5091D5D7B4033B26FCFD58B54F985"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Specialized
centers</header><text>The centers and sites described in paragraph (2) may have
a specialization in addressing special
needs.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H77C480C6733E410E9D03780FBE6B8CBD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HC53202803DA04F92BE2AC12FE97DDB5E" style="OLC"><subsection id="H3414BE8A3D0D434E80D4EB234F9C09DE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Certification of
one-Stop centers</header><paragraph id="HFBC4158EAFD54ACA877AAA72D8BB2FB5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><subparagraph id="H3BEE15FD7CDF49D0A7C2128DD9BA8E06"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The State board shall establish objective procedures and
criteria for certifying, at least once every 3 years, one-stop centers for the
purpose of awarding the one-stop infrastructure funding described in subsection
(h).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE61270D68A346EC8BC3791025F30FD3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The
criteria for certification of a one-stop center under this subsection shall
include—</text><clause id="H9314EA9318E547FA8B6557E9347E8D28"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meeting the
expected levels of performance for each of the corresponding core indicators of
performance as outlined in the State plan under section 112;</text></clause><clause id="HEF08EF450A874CCF999981BDC82D22C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meeting minimum
standards relating to the scope and degree of service integration achieved by
the center, involving the programs provided by the one-stop partners;
and</text></clause><clause id="HF26CA1F100F244708881D6B9DBE50F2A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>meeting minimum
standards relating to how the center ensures that eligible providers meet the
employment needs of local employers and participants.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1903998A10584B6C9065FBF5AB80D85F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effect of
certification</header><text>One-stop centers certified under this subsection
shall be eligible to receive the infrastructure funding authorized under
subsection (h).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H83EF37B72DDF4D838B5BE716DDDF12B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Local
boards</header><text>Consistent with the criteria developed by the State, the
local board may develop, for certification referred to in paragraph (1)(A),
additional criteria or higher standards on the criteria referred to in
paragraph (1)(B) to respond to local labor market and demographic conditions
and trends.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9E54576EFC84A83B79CA552DF65C4DC"><enum>(h)</enum><header>One-Stop
infrastructure funding</header><paragraph id="H7B9795FDAD3B4E908E17F1592D97254F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Partner
contributions</header><subparagraph id="H55BF0C86800F48BB8DD70F4A11A70A64"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Provision of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, as determined under subparagraph (B), a portion of the
Federal funds provided to the State and areas within the State under the
Federal laws authorizing the one-stop partner programs described in subsection
(b)(1)(B) and participating additional partner programs described in subsection
(b)(2)(B), for a fiscal year shall be provided to the Governor by such partners
to carry out this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95D38E8C28CF46C1B8F88908068A70C6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination of
governor</header><clause id="H138C84B622204EEAA298A014829E7CB1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (C), the Governor, in
consultation with the State board, shall determine the portion of funds to be
provided under subparagraph (A) by each one-stop partner and in making such
determination shall consider the proportionate use of the one-stop centers in
the State by each such partner, the costs of administration for purposes not
related to one-stop centers for each such partner, and other relevant factors
described in paragraph (3).</text></clause><clause id="H764BDAEB15DD4F6EAAD307332F76E50F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>In those States where the State constitution places
policy-making authority that is independent of the authority of the Governor in
an entity or official with respect to the funds provided for adult education
and family literacy education activities authorized under title II and for
postsecondary career and technical education activities authorized under the
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et
seq.), the determination described in clause (i) with respect to the
corresponding 2 programs shall be made by the Governor with the appropriate
entity or official with such independent policy-making authority.</text></clause><clause id="HC5B7C11887344A9FBB2A796FFC5FBC32"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Appeal by
one-stop partners</header><text>The Governor shall establish a procedure for
the one-stop partner administering a program described in subsection (b) and
subparagraph (A) to appeal a determination regarding the portion of funds to be
provided under this paragraph on the basis that such determination is
inconsistent with the requirements described in the State plan for the program
or with the requirements of this paragraph. Such procedure shall ensure prompt
resolution of the appeal.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9734BA9FA2A7426CB032E0EFFDE59503"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitations</header><clause id="HEC8C95B47C5C47B5ABD63BA210E8978B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Provision from
administrative funds</header><text>The funds provided under this paragraph by a
one-stop partner shall be provided only from funds available for the costs of
administration under the program administered by such partner, and shall be
subject to the limitations with respect to the portion of funds under such
program that may be used for administration.</text></clause><clause id="H547CE59CD15A479CAF0EADE7429CF0AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Federal direct
spending programs</header><subclause id="id3DE04744DA08409FAF6FBA76364A9832"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A program that provides Federal direct spending under
section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 (2 U.S.C.
900(c)(8)) shall not, for purposes of this paragraph, be
required to provide more than the maximum amount determined under subclause
(II).</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idE9A5ADF479484F1694267CE1BE9F3C86"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header><text>The maximum amount for the program is the amount that
bears the same relationship to the costs referred to in paragraph (2) for the
State as the use of the one-stop centers by such program bears to the use of
such centers by all one-stop partner programs in the State.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H415EC8E8751846AAA12F056D207411F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation by
governor</header><text>From the funds provided under paragraph (1), the
Governor shall allocate funds to local areas in accordance with the formula
established under paragraph (3) for the purposes of assisting in paying the
costs of infrastructure of one-stop centers certified under subsection
(g).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7379E87D967E4EF08A4869EE40F561FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation
formula</header><text>The State board shall develop a formula to be used by the
Governor to allocate the funds provided under paragraph (1) to local areas. The
formula shall include such factors as the State board determines are
appropriate, which may include factors such as the number of centers in a local
area that have been certified, the population served by such centers, and the
performance of such centers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H634BD91A9F5C4D16AC9E64DAC89B2A7F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Costs of
infrastructure</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term
<term>costs of infrastructure</term> means the nonpersonnel costs that are
necessary for the general operation of a one-stop center, including the rental
costs of the facilities involved, and the costs of utilities and maintenance,
and equipment (including assistive technology for individuals with
disabilities).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBF2EEE820D344E1CBB820DB07AEC2906"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Other
funds</header><paragraph id="HBC60C8F2FEDE4A94A17352AE7A19E457"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In addition to the funds provided under subsection (h), a
portion of funds made available under Federal law authorizing the one-stop
partner programs described in subsection (b)(1)(B) and participating additional
partner programs described in subsection (b)(2)(B), or the noncash resources
available under such 2 types of programs, shall be used to pay the costs
relating to the operation of the one-stop delivery system that are not paid for
from the funds provided under subsection (h), to the extent not inconsistent
with the Federal law involved. Such portion shall be used to pay for costs
including—</text><subparagraph id="HCBED51433D0C4FEA8CD907DB8FC25BAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>costs of
infrastructure (as defined in subsection (h)) that are in excess of the funds
provided under subsection (h);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC688B8602D14376987F1F5973C84B56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>common costs that
are in addition to the costs of infrastructure (as so defined); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23C02826FB1546CB8BF87F665E10C446"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the costs of the
provision of work ready services applicable to each program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H719C545E7C3B4D8683BD187B260B7A84"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination
and standards</header><text>The method for determining the appropriate portion
of funds and noncash resources to be provided by each program under paragraph
(1) shall be determined as part of the memorandum of understanding under
subsection (c). The State board shall provide standards to facilitate the
determination of appropriate allocation of the funds and noncash resources to
local
areas.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H8B04479CCE234FF2B4C26F6E86E373EB"><enum>109.</enum><header>Identification
of eligible providers of training services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 122 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2842">29 U.S.C. 2842</external-xref>) is amended to read
as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H20E3A4BAF5B746DFAD6BD0BA682F4362" style="OLC"><section id="H2E6CE03E7FD548F6958A38A297EDA351"><enum>122.</enum><header>Identification
of eligible providers of training services</header><subsection id="HD0A71685E3DA44CB80C0D7F8B5FB0CA3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><paragraph id="H6B89BE3A81914CD5AC9BD65F942C5386"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Governor, after consultation with the State board,
shall establish criteria and procedures regarding the eligibility of providers
of training services described in section 134(c)(4) to receive funds provided
under section 133(b) for the provision of such training services and be
included on the list of eligible providers of training services described in
subsection (d).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4B7814C62029474FB297DD24AF9EE31F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Providers</header><text>Subject
to the provisions of this section, to be eligible to receive the funds and be
included on the list, the provider shall be—</text><subparagraph id="H92367335D1304AF28B4BF0E453CD0501"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a postsecondary
educational institution that—</text><clause id="HF06FEFB2DDCB422BB1759007752ED946"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
eligible to receive Federal funds under title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070
et seq.); and</text></clause><clause id="HA75036BF067C4B54856A72ECC299D15A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides a
program that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3D24541907E41EE9A3C318FA3DD5C29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an entity that
carries out programs under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the
<quote>National Apprenticeship Act</quote>; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663;
29 U.S.C. 50 et
seq.); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC32776FF179D41D69C5EE847BC3ED03B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>another public or
private provider of a program of training services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H000D3BFBC4AD48829D41C3998F85A55E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inclusion in
list of eligible providers</header><text>A provider described in subparagraph
(A) or (C) of paragraph (2) shall comply with the criteria and procedures
established under this subsection to be eligible to receive the funds and be
included on the list. A provider described in paragraph (2)(B) shall be
eligible to receive the funds and be included on the list with respect to
programs described in paragraph (2)(B) for so long as the provider remains
certified by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the programs.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE46DF8C00A3B416EAC09AFB9C9637143"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria</header><paragraph id="H285DC7E2B32145C7A263A56C876C2844"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The criteria established by the Governor pursuant to
subsection (a) shall take into account—</text><subparagraph id="H266FC1BED5A648BB9AB9E1CC716E651C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the performance of
providers of training services with respect to the performance measures
described in section 136, measures for other matters for which information is
required under paragraph (2), and other appropriate measures of performance
outcomes for those participants receiving training services under this
subtitle;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C26C6936E4D46518E4ABBF1796F571C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether the
training programs of such providers relate to in-demand industries or
occupations important to the local economy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF380502C66B043BC8954FA9B3897C602"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the need to ensure
access to training services throughout the State, including in rural
areas;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B0933CFE8694183AA2CD75D0C2F2C6F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the ability of the
providers to offer programs that lead to a recognized postsecondary credential,
and the quality of such programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H195B5B2467F04FDCA49A26A96470826D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the performance of
the providers as reflected in the information such providers are required to
report to State agencies with respect to other Federal and State programs
(other than the program carried out under this subtitle), including one-stop
partner programs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA26F506806D44DDAB1B07533790503A6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>such other factors
as the Governor determines are appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB8A1E71E668B4EF5951BDCD7D53B4FE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information</header><text>The
criteria established by the Governor shall require that a provider of training
services submit appropriate, accurate, and timely information to the State for
purposes of carrying out subsection (d), with respect to participants receiving
training services under this subtitle in the applicable program,
including—</text><subparagraph id="H0AB789A23C8F4E0E9A0C20E7ECC04766"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on
recognized postsecondary credentials received by such participants;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CA9D8937D554613A32D58D9E88B54C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on
costs of attendance for such participants;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5316B823A62D4982B3FB0CEDDF335F58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information on the
program completion rate for such participants; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AABC6591F6B4E8F9382209874B7B551"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information on the
performance of the provider with respect to the performance measures described
in section 136 for such participants.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H607788F215F143A98899CABFF217A679"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>The
criteria established by the Governor shall also provide for a review on the
criteria every 3 years and renewal of eligibility under this section for
providers of training services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H557DC3EC96EF484BB7911FCF29F17A4A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Local
criteria</header><text>A local board in the State may establish criteria in
addition to the criteria established by the Governor, or may require higher
levels of performance than required on the criteria established by the
Governor, for purposes of determining the eligibility of providers of training
services under this section in the local area involved.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7E11356383344C78BAB42028403D762"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>In
carrying out the requirements of this subsection, no entity may disclose
personally identifiable information regarding a student, including a Social
Security number, student identification number, or other identifier, without
the prior written consent of the parent or student in compliance with section
444 of the General Education Provisions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232g">20 U.S.C. 1232g</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA1E718D20FCA4D58AF1F9BAD8879C31A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
procedures established under subsection (a) shall—</text><paragraph id="H39FA67B01FDF469190BED3E771FBFDE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify—</text><subparagraph id="H85F5C733AB87411799E452AE2C037B1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the application
process for a provider of training services to become eligible under this
section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E95B76B04524BAA9BE76CA928278240"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the respective
roles of the State and local areas in receiving and reviewing applications and
in making determinations of eligibility based on the criteria established under
this section; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAB1E843A84C49BDBFC234B9B5D2B9A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish a
process, for a provider of training services to appeal a denial or termination
of eligibility under this section, that includes an opportunity for a hearing
and prescribes appropriate time limits to ensure prompt resolution of the
appeal.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H635B1E339F8F43AAA0DA4864816389C8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Information To
assist participants in choosing providers</header><text>In order to facilitate
and assist participants under chapter 5 in choosing providers of training
services, the Governor shall ensure that an appropriate list of providers
determined eligible under this section in the State, including information
provided under subsection (b)(2) with respect to such providers, is provided to
the local boards in the State and is made available to such participants and to
members of the public through the one-stop delivery system in the State.</text></subsection><subsection id="HFA561E9735C945C7900FA4D5869C025C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><paragraph id="H2F8866A2DE7743C1AF284B565EDDA737"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The procedures established under this section shall
provide the following:</text><subparagraph id="H8070A17D29B241D3BC0C0FB2D029DAF2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Intentionally
supplying inaccurate information</header><text>Upon a determination, by an
individual or entity specified in the procedures, that a provider of training
services, or individual providing information on behalf of the provider,
intentionally supplied inaccurate information under this section, the
eligibility of such provider under this section shall be terminated for a
period of time that is not less than 2 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCF9539AF92A4681AD92506D50ADBA66"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Substantial
violations</header><text>Upon a determination, by an individual or entity
specified in the procedures, that a provider of training services substantially
violated any requirement under this title, the eligibility of such provider
under this section shall be terminated for a period of time that is not less
than 10 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23A477A8E4174CA6B125153E7229DD7D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Repayment</header><text>A
provider of training services whose eligibility is terminated under
subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be liable for the repayment of funds received
under chapter 5 during a period of noncompliance described in such
subparagraph. For purposes of subparagraph (A), that period shall be considered
to be the period beginning on the date on which the inaccurate information
described in subparagraph (A) was supplied, and ending on the date of the
termination described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2242F1DC4BB84738B8FE78FA52F43D4E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Paragraph
(1) shall be construed to provide remedies and penalties that supplement, but
do not supplant, other civil and criminal remedies and penalties.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD23F4C83220049BB962229D59D3B4CA2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Agreements with
other states</header><text>A State may enter into an agreement with another
State, on a reciprocal basis, to permit eligible providers of training services
to accept career enhancement accounts provided in the other State.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD89918F7F8534318A162EC07D832666B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>In
developing the criteria (including requirements for related information) and
procedures required under this section, the Governor shall solicit and take
into consideration the recommendations of local boards and providers of
training services within the State.</text></subsection><subsection id="H129275DE82744384AC95AA10DF773209"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Opportunity To
submit comments</header><text>During the development of the criteria and
procedures, and the list of eligible providers required under this section, the
Governor shall provide an opportunity for interested members of the public to
submit comments regarding such criteria, procedures, and list.</text></subsection><subsection id="H6F8FA6B50112437485C44BA3D29C65E5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>On-the-Job
training or customized training exception</header><paragraph id="H9AA811A89A3042E88D363CD704805E53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Providers of on-the-job training or customized training
shall not be subject to the requirements of subsections (a) through (d).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4EB245E26D01496496A0647594A04FB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collection and
dissemination of information</header><text>A one-stop operator in a local area
shall collect such performance information from on-the-job training and
customized training providers as the Governor may require, determine whether
the providers meet such performance criteria as the Governor may require, and
disseminate information identifying providers that meet the criteria as
eligible providers, and the performance information, through the one-stop
delivery system. Providers determined to meet the criteria shall be considered
to be identified as eligible under this section, to be providers of the
training services
involved.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H7F6F699AB7B944E1829D8F8184727FC6"><enum>110.</enum><header>General
authorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 5 of
subtitle B of title I is amended—</text><paragraph id="HC995FE2CB18147DE95CDCA2FC09FF9DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
heading for chapter 5 and inserting the following: <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="OLC">Employment and training activities</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4918FC39D6A8400B9D3377F4FB2F7374"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 131
(29 U.S.C.
2861)—</text><subparagraph id="H590A17887DC24E42967493E6178544D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D574D97E4E84646BC5722FE960AA3AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>adults, and dislocated workers,</quote> and inserting
<quote>individuals</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H7B2C3A50F1754EF1B7ABBF2E765B6DA0"><enum>111.</enum><header>State
allotments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 132
(29 U.S.C.
2862) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H3E8B96694BB34B9696B9C16099D54040"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (a) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HDC0481A91B8B4886A0F04D6B330138E6" style="OLC"><subsection id="H18E6254E9885477395404B2546FC2144"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="H0E20B6B12DB744C19DBD506B2C91AA67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reserve ½ of 1
percent of the total amount appropriated under section 137 for a fiscal year,
of which—</text><subparagraph id="H9CAB3A9F392C41A0B03ED567D62461B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be used to provide technical assistance under section 170; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74C27CA077894A1B955309A6FFE10B4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be used for evaluations under section 172;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H58CD846520254807BA640BD85C8CCFBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reserve 1 percent
of the total amount appropriated under section 137 for a fiscal year to make
grants to, and enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with Indian
tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, Indian-controlled
organizations serving Indians, or Native Hawaiian organizations to carry out
employment and training activities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8B287B5B8A2C428584455F2F963B668A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reserve not more
than 25 percent of the total amount appropriated under section 137 for a fiscal
year to carry out the Jobs Corps program under subtitle C;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8C4D41951984982BA44E1060339AFDD"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reserve not more than 3.5 percent of the
total amount appropriated under section 137 for a fiscal year to—</text><subparagraph id="H81FBE57682554EDCA40DC2C11DCCB49D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make grants to
State boards or local boards to provide employment and training assistance to
workers affected by major economic dislocations, such as plant closures, mass
layoffs, or closures and realignments of military installations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA56E3EBD47B64CF3AD7EFF685234CCE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide assistance to Governors of States
with an area that has suffered an emergency or a major disaster (as such terms
are defined in paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of section 102 of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122</external-xref>)) to
provide disaster relief employment in the area; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2A5FEC089D0A4ACB94B20BCFDE4ED8DB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>from the remaining
amount appropriated under section 137 for a fiscal year (after reserving funds
under paragraphs (1) through (4)), make allotments in accordance with
subsection (b) of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H94997FD01733409EB40C03EF040B8619"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H34CDDD661C614AB7BCA47DF69E402B4F" style="OLC"><subsection id="HCCFF3C06FE95431EBAA14E684DD44C2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Workforce
investment fund</header><paragraph id="H684A0F140CD74D2491791150C7B10BED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation for
outlying areas</header><subparagraph id="H7A99520637DE49A6AA43F434B771BAA8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amount made available under subsection (a)(5)
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not more than
<fraction>1/4</fraction> of 1 percent to provide assistance to the outlying
areas.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H091E1B2731FE485DB2F47F10F3481737"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Republic of Palau shall cease to be
eligible to receive funding under this paragraph upon entering into an
agreement for extension of United States educational assistance under the
Compact of Free Association (approved by the Compact of Free Association
Amendments Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/188">Public Law 108–188</external-xref>)) after the date of
enactment of the SKILLS Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8558CAAB6E5845E0B3F74E6D7ED30D9A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>States</header><subparagraph id="H2CB9D0C1F5B74E71B8D483772C7975FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After determining the amount to be reserved under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall allot the remainder of the amount referred
to in subsection (a)(5) for a fiscal year to the States pursuant to
<internal-xref idref="HC5FE4F048B724031B9B1AAD7EC9F9E9B" legis-path="q:H34CDDD661C614AB7BCA47DF69E402B4F:(b)(2)(B)">subparagraph
(B)</internal-xref> for employment and training activities and statewide
workforce investment activities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5FE4F048B724031B9B1AAD7EC9F9E9B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Formula</header><text>Subject
to
<internal-xref idref="H1942328761C244BFA032E6ED65B47FE2" legis-path="q:H34CDDD661C614AB7BCA47DF69E402B4F:(b)(2)(C)">subparagraphs
(C)</internal-xref> and
<internal-xref idref="H80DC28C812254B4DA37F8694C5BE04ED" legis-path="q:H34CDDD661C614AB7BCA47DF69E402B4F:(b)(2)(D)">(D)</internal-xref>,
of the remainder—</text><clause id="H70B0EDD21A53427A8DBEB90A1568B99F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>25
percent shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of unemployed
individuals in areas of substantial unemployment in each State, compared to the
total number of unemployed individuals in areas of substantial unemployment in
all States;</text></clause><clause id="H147733CF00264ECDBC27D8FFFCC87056"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allotted on the basis of the relative number of individuals in the civilian
labor force in each State, compared to the total number of such individuals in
all States;</text></clause><clause id="H84CEDACD6B964E9682650FD0D86B4EB0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allotted on the basis of the relative number of individuals in each State
who have been unemployed for 15 weeks or more, compared to the total number of
individuals in all States who have been unemployed for 15 weeks or more;
and</text></clause><clause id="H5F03064BF6684546AB4400668BFD2108"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent shall be allotted on the basis
of the relative number of disadvantaged youth in each State, compared to the
total number of disadvantaged youth in all States.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1942328761C244BFA032E6ED65B47FE2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Minimum and
maximum percentages</header><clause commented="no" id="H451F0251C9154330A2E577684E84CEA9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Minimum
percentage</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that no State shall receive
an allotment under this paragraph for—</text><subclause commented="no" id="H92E781D877E54DEC9D7085BC0986C82B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2017, that is less than 100 percent of the allotment
percentage of the State for fiscal year 2013; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H872F7F67C0734FB6A46F4192C0D30B4A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>fiscal year 2018
and each succeeding fiscal year, that is less than 90 percent of the allotment
percentage of the State for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year
involved.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HEE44E229AC27451AA55FFD1777E2DF4F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maximum
percentage</header><text>Subject to clause (i), the Secretary shall ensure that
no State shall receive an allotment under this paragraph for—</text><subclause id="HD6514E17CE17427D9A7F39AC5B679682"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each of fiscal years 2015 through 2017,
that is more than 130 percent of the allotment percentage of the State for
fiscal year 2013; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H1245A624A0B84AE3B15B183B14C9F7D1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>fiscal year 2018
and each succeeding fiscal year, that is more than 130 percent of the allotment
percentage of the State for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year
involved.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80DC28C812254B4DA37F8694C5BE04ED"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Small state
minimum allotment</header><text>Subject to
<internal-xref idref="H1942328761C244BFA032E6ED65B47FE2" legis-path="q:H34CDDD661C614AB7BCA47DF69E402B4F:(b)(2)(C)">subparagraph
(C)</internal-xref>, the Secretary shall ensure that no State shall receive an
allotment under this paragraph for a fiscal year that is less than
<fraction>1/5</fraction> of 1 percent of the remainder described in
<internal-xref idref="H2CB9D0C1F5B74E71B8D483772C7975FB" legis-path="q:H34CDDD661C614AB7BCA47DF69E402B4F:(b)(2)(A)">subparagraph
(A)</internal-xref> for the fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF22F0B32FDCF4A30BEF411D6EEE1ED01"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
the purpose of the formula specified in this paragraph:</text><clause commented="no" id="HC4B497CADE144A55BBDAAEAC85F15293"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Allotment
percentage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>allotment percentage</term>—</text><subclause commented="no" id="H9B1906E1A5C945929A33CEBAE6CAEFC9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used with respect to fiscal year 2013,
means the percentage of the amounts allotted to States under title I of this
Act, title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3056">42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.</external-xref>), the Women
in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act (29 U.S.C. 2501 et
seq.), sections
4103A and
4104
of title 38, United States Code, and sections 1 through 14 of the Wagner-Peyser
Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et
seq.), as such provisions were in effect for fiscal year 2013,
that is received under such provisions by the State involved for fiscal year
2013; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HB2C5B462B49246CDBF63C753D573F7F7"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used with respect to fiscal year 2017 or a
succeeding fiscal year, means the percentage of the amounts allotted to States
under this paragraph for the fiscal year, that is received under this paragraph
by the State involved for the fiscal year.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id20E1B669684C4BABBC6E129ACEADA116"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Area of
substantial unemployment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>area of substantial unemployment</term> means any area that is of sufficient size and scope to sustain a program of workforce investment activities carried out under this subtitle and that has an average rate of unemployment of at least 7 percent for the most recent 12 months, as determined by the Secretary. For purposes of this clause, determinations of areas of substantial unemployment shall be made once each fiscal year.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HBD9F664897C14EA8897EA37A808C3E1F"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Disadvantaged
youth</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>disadvantaged youth</term> means an individual who is not less than age
16 and not more than age 24 who receives an income, or is a member of a family
that receives a total family income, that in relation to family size, does not
exceed the higher of—</text><subclause id="H9EEA69C665FA419082FC37F9281340CD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the poverty line;
or</text></subclause><subclause id="HD7AC0400363041BE81747BB8A1BB95F8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>70 percent of the
lower living standard income level.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H8CBA4FC779ED419599C74C58C2BA7EA1"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Individual</header><text>The
term <term>individual</term> means an individual who is age 16 or
older.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H81CB0B28FEE143ED83F06B7D5493D8AC"><enum>112.</enum><header>Within State
allocations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 133 (29
U.S.C. 2863) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H8AD6C740BA4A4C5797215CB66C057E17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (a) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H4419CDDA83CB4B618EB330E359FA77F1" style="OLC"><subsection id="HEFE262FC993D45ADB9CFE3A564F925D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservations for
Statewide workforce investment activities</header><paragraph id="HB4B07A6A90F5443D9840F284064A2363"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Statewide
employment and training activities</header><text>The Governor of a State shall
reserve not more than 15 percent of the total amount allotted to the State
under section 132(b)(2) for a fiscal year to carry out the statewide activities
described in section 134(a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA0853B29A6564D0F9149C2BF5B360E78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Statewide rapid
response activities and additional assistance</header><text>Of the amount
reserved under
<internal-xref idref="HB4B07A6A90F5443D9840F284064A2363" legis-path="q:H4419CDDA83CB4B618EB330E359FA77F1:(a)(1)">paragraph
(1)</internal-xref> for a fiscal year, the Governor of the State shall reserve
not more than 25 percent for statewide rapid response activities and additional
assistance described in section 134(a)(4).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEE23EE5672A54A7A964236990F1B1333"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Statewide grants
for individuals with barriers to employment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount reserved under paragraph (1)
for a fiscal year, the Governor of the State shall reserve 15 percent to carry
out statewide activities described in section 134(a)(5).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F63801ACC5D40FE98BDD29BA782CCB4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State
administrative cost limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
more than 5 percent of the funds reserved under paragraph (1) may be used by
the Governor of the State for administrative costs of carrying out the
statewide activities described in section
134(a).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H72983EEB7C764324AB412F9FD2084260"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HA73266B51C6944668B19CE059BE6FE90" style="OLC"><subsection id="H1C763E058A2348A78746458235F75168"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Within state
allocation</header><paragraph id="H9B3144089FB8480E83E99C59F5391385"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Methods</header><text>The
Governor, acting in accordance with the State plan, and after consulting with
chief elected officials in the local areas in the State, shall—</text><subparagraph id="HD5E5FA30212347AB9A590AE2FAA52657"><enum>(A)</enum><text>allocate the funds
that are allotted to the State under section 132(b)(2) and not reserved under
subsection (a), in accordance with paragraph (2)(A); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF90781C17FFE4A37ADE5E8B66869D25E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">award the funds that are reserved by the
State under subsection (a)(3) through competitive grants to eligible entities,
in accordance with section 134(a)(1)(C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4A9A27E6F9344F8BAC9FBC4E47E21E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Formula
allocations for the workforce investment fund</header><subparagraph id="HEF59C2F0904F40B9A2F8602714B6730F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>In
allocating the funds described in paragraph (1)(A) to local areas, a State
shall allocate—</text><clause id="HD4D4DBD888AA4F55B5FC065429894B00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>25
percent on the basis described in section 132(b)(2)(B)(i);</text></clause><clause id="H1A454129E14C42B8B46C1A256A863DDE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25 percent on the
basis described in section 132(b)(2)(B)(ii);</text></clause><clause id="HB077BADD920E4654BC979F1D91788823"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>25 percent on
the basis described in section 132(b)(2)(B)(iii); and</text></clause><clause id="H69BAC83D6E004D6E910801A5060AEAA8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>25 percent on the
basis described in section 132(b)(2)(B)(iv),</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">except
that a reference in a section specified in any of clauses (i) through (iv) to
<quote>each State</quote> shall be considered to refer to each local area, and
to <quote>all States</quote> shall be considered to refer to all local
areas.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD1CEFC444424622954C65BF8C5D14FD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum and
maximum percentages</header><clause id="HECBF542BCBB144659DF69C36223AC98F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Minimum
percentage</header><text>The State shall ensure that no local area shall
receive an allocation under this paragraph for—</text><subclause id="HB2A629966B7E41A29492C9C7C8B402F4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2017, that is less than 100 percent of the allocation
percentage of the local area for fiscal year 2013; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H51359736F2AD4682871A7E7525C64632"><enum>(II)</enum><text>fiscal year 2018
and each succeeding fiscal year, that is less than 90 percent of the allocation
percentage of the local area for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year
involved.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HB05B022726BE4B35BEE0F462B225E9D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maximum
percentage</header><text>Subject to
<internal-xref idref="HECBF542BCBB144659DF69C36223AC98F" legis-path="q:HA73266B51C6944668B19CE059BE6FE90:(b)(2)(B)(i)">clause
(i)</internal-xref>, the State shall ensure that no local area shall receive an
allocation for a fiscal year under this paragraph for—</text><subclause id="H9D6CC4AABBFD48C595FC2845C03D3947"><enum>(I)</enum><text>each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2017, that is more than 130 percent of the allocation
percentage of the local area for fiscal year 2013; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H475A8A5570094AAEBDADFD6577E9C334"><enum>(II)</enum><text>fiscal year 2018
and each succeeding fiscal year, that is more than 130 percentage of the
allocation percentage of the local area for the fiscal year preceding the
fiscal year involved.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3F0282C534594B1E9DAA402B14E9363C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
the purpose of the formula specified in this paragraph, the term
<term>allocation percentage</term>—</text><clause commented="no" id="H75C38E7E4AD24730AF5DD53D1894F5CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used with respect to fiscal year 2013,
means the percentage of the amounts allocated to local areas under title I of
this Act, title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et
seq.), the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional
Occupations Act (29
U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), sections
4103A and
4104
of title 38, United States Code, and sections 1 through 14 of the Wagner-Peyser
Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et
seq.), as such provisions were in effect for fiscal year 2013,
that is received under such provisions by the local area involved for fiscal
year 2013; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HF3E78F1F5CFB47A0BE043F47BBE823F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used with respect to fiscal year 2017 or a
succeeding fiscal year, means the percentage of the amounts allocated to local
areas under this paragraph for the fiscal year, that is received under this
paragraph by the local area involved for the fiscal
year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8614E5E4832417289F1DC4ADEC0F194"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="H04704BC5F3E240F3BB22B4AE67E62106"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5533E6CC923A48F284233E63E93E819D" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H552DA3FC3A3441BC912CE9BA9F6C9955"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor may, in
accordance with this subsection, reallocate to eligible local areas within the
State amounts that are allocated under subsection (b) for employment and
training activities and that are available for
reallocation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13CE6C42EF17421B9CA1BB5E8EB0E2ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(A) or (3) of subsection (b) for such
activities</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b) for such
activities</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE989F7DA9040476CBFD48B9414F9D165"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADB58242103F4F7589FA82A59F2239C7" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H23388AC5217042EC9BBA05A09BA583ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reallocations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making reallocations to eligible local
areas of amounts available pursuant to paragraph (2) for a program year, the
Governor shall allocate to each eligible local area within the State an amount
based on the relative amount allocated to such local area under subsection
(b)(2) for such activities for such prior program year, as compared to the
total amount allocated to all eligible local areas in the State under
subsection (b)(2) for such activities for such prior program
year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CCFEFE35BFD481B9C3D1576D80F850A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(A) or (3) of</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBAD9940F058042878B48924026146CBC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98D894BC47FE4120928D39085FE3881C" style="OLC"><subsection id="H9B441953E77F45199CA792C3449DBCFC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Local
administrative cost limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of
the amount allocated to a local area under this section for a fiscal year, not
more than 10 percent of the amount may be used by the local board involved for
the administrative costs of carrying out local workforce investment activities
in the local area under this
chapter.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H761E9801EC4D42EB8E85E920ABC87825"><enum>113.</enum><header>Use of funds
for employment and training activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 134 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2864">29 U.S.C. 2864</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="HD63E3956492D45A8A9AE9B30CE29BBCF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (a) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB80FB4B1AA9D4E8999DE82BA5E0A61E2" style="OLC"><subsection id="HD4C19378CDAA4451993E73C7AAD855AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statewide
Employment and Training Activities</header><paragraph id="HF97DDE84E2B941D18079F6695A5ECC56"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><subparagraph id="H855A32F258AE41DDA0CEBE5A35F7D3DA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Distribution of
statewide activities</header><text>Funds reserved by a Governor for a State as
described in section 133(a)(1) and not reserved under paragraph (2) or (3) of
section 133(a)—</text><clause id="H1EEC55F76BCB4C90BA3CC5BC604C1750"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be used to
carry out the statewide employment and training activities described in
paragraph (2); and</text></clause><clause id="H9C07B311BC23463FB65BF4B1A7406C19"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may be used to
carry out any of the statewide employment and training activities described in
paragraph (3).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA5DE6B9C1B54413A5DB7F5513A41168"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Statewide rapid
response activities and additional assistance</header><text>Funds reserved by a
Governor for a State as described in section 133(a)(2) shall be used to provide
the statewide rapid response activities and additional assistance described in
paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFC4B6F2A6D04AFEAEB5D69377839BBA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Statewide grants
for individuals with barriers to employment</header><text>Funds reserved by a
Governor for a State as described in section 133(a)(3) shall be used to award
statewide grants for individuals with barriers to employment on a competitive
basis, and carry out other activities, as described in paragraph (5).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5C4558E6A6F34EF388DE7B0B4527E21C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required
statewide employment and training activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall use funds referred to in
paragraph (1)(A) to carry out statewide employment and training activities,
which shall include—</text><subparagraph id="H19E5C79F6A604EC09C94C03CA67A7B15"><enum>(A)</enum><text>disseminating the
State list of eligible providers of training services described in section
122(d), information identifying eligible providers of on-the-job training and
customized training described in section 122(i), and performance information
and program cost information described in section 122(b)(2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB379DF3E69BC47E5A09AF7162E929609"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supporting the
provision of work ready services described in subsection (c)(2) in the one-stop
delivery system;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B5DC0D9E3D5468BB780B537BB0DDFCF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementing strategies and services that
will be used in the State to assist at-risk youth and out-of-school youth in
acquiring the education and skills, recognized postsecondary credentials, and
employment experience to succeed in the labor market;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0371CDC076AD42E9B42F4C2A6E60E476"><enum>(D)</enum><text>conducting
evaluations under section 136(e) of activities authorized under this chapter in
coordination with evaluations carried out by the Secretary under section
172;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A5416CC38CD4983947BD0E6F18CD6BF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>providing
technical assistance to local areas that fail to meet local performance
measures;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D9D8B638852499793C9EC77E47D728F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>operating a fiscal
and management accountability system under section 136(f); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB352900DC14E43E38C5594DD29DF6C53"><enum>(G)</enum><text>carrying out
monitoring and oversight of activities carried out under this chapter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE95CEC406CC4B249ECB2F0019D1BACE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allowable
statewide employment and training activities</header><text>A State may use
funds referred to in paragraph (1)(A) to carry out statewide employment and
training activities which may include—</text><subparagraph id="HAEFE45C09941425FB47B6CB6E735DF4A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implementing
innovative programs and strategies designed to meet the needs of all employers
in the State, including small employers, which may include incumbent worker
training programs, sectoral and industry cluster strategies and partnership
initiatives, career ladder programs, micro-enterprise and entrepreneurial
training and support programs, utilization of effective business
intermediaries, activities to improve linkages between the one-stop delivery
system in the State and all employers (including small employers) in the State,
and other business services and strategies that better engage employers in
workforce investment activities and make the workforce investment system more
relevant to the needs of State and local businesses, consistent with the
objectives of this title;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62F87F4C29054C858DCFE7B392F058FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing
incentive grants to local areas—</text><clause id="idCBB8B6E8ECBF4B01A2D0C2340D19BC04"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for regional
cooperation among local boards (including local boards in a designated region
as described in section 116(c));</text></clause><clause id="idB737B38E3DF84C21802FBC36046C89D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for local
coordination of activities carried out under this Act; and</text></clause><clause id="idFD785430D8554DA6B83D0E8F1ED55432"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for exemplary
performance by local areas on the local performance measures;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H641D0CE80A494CDB86955C551B2FDF73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>developing
strategies for effectively integrating programs and services among one-stop
partners;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H663BB554CEBA4D6A8B2B041173419A3A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>carrying out
activities to facilitate remote access to services provided through a one-stop
delivery system, including facilitating access through the use of
technology;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC91F3A7CD6024B23B48BD1642CAD1241"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporating pay-for-performance contract
strategies as an element in funding activities under this section and providing
technical support to local areas and eligible providers in order to carry out
such a strategy, which may involve providing assistance with data collection
and data entry requirements;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63A244E9A766466C997E9A5C55F3564C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>carrying out the
State option under subsection (f)(8); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DF721CBC2DF4CC0A39CC8A763C9A6C9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>carrying out other
activities authorized under this section that the State determines to be
necessary to assist local areas in carrying out activities described in
subsection (c) or (d) through the statewide workforce investment system.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D8E9676C5084C1F9E3062624CB14AC6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Statewide rapid
response activities and additional assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall use funds reserved as
described in section 133(a)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id0454EF1DA1914DC1A6AEFDE4AC94DFEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to carry out statewide rapid response
activities, which shall include provision of rapid response activities, carried
out in local areas by the State or by an entity designated by the State,
working in conjunction with the local boards and the chief elected officials in
the local areas; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H038BAB6466274DE2A383358D4E42467E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide
additional assistance to local areas that experience disasters, mass layoffs,
or plant closings, or other events that precipitate substantial increases in
the number of unemployed individuals, carried out in local areas by the State
or by an entity designated by the State, working in conjunction with the local
boards and the chief elected officials in the local areas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7D0AD9F577AD464CB1E6E80786ED6A82"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Statewide grants
for individuals with barriers to employment</header><subparagraph id="H125E9FE446AD4D31B5F8F3243B9B9CE1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds reserved
as described in section 133(a)(3), the Governor of a State—</text><clause id="H1E6E35715A2B4D878758E8244F6BD967"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may reserve up to 5 percent to provide
technical assistance for, and conduct evaluations as described in section
136(e) of, the programs carried out under this paragraph; and</text></clause><clause id="H00BC203D549A42B0B1642264DCA94FC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">using the remainder, shall award grants on
a competitive basis to eligible entities (that meet specific performance
outcomes and criteria established by the Governor) described in subparagraph
(B) to carry out employment and training programs authorized under this
paragraph for individuals with barriers to employment.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3801853F13D843EB802C5D361B061AE4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible entity
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
paragraph, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means an entity that—</text><clause id="H56CC640735054A5B86D80AF96A1C54AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
a—</text><subclause id="H4E5B66DD1ADA47BA9388B07873B05C9F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>local board or a
consortium of local boards;</text></subclause><subclause id="H370D1F78AD5544EB9C7559FF2B7C59A6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>nonprofit entity,
for-profit entity, or a consortium of nonprofit or for-profit entities;
or</text></subclause><subclause id="H868BD47D72744C30BF21D5A9129BC02D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>consortium of
the entities described in subclauses (I) and (II);</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H18DAD736B9DA493BA1A5D5BD7B24D7AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has a
demonstrated record of placing individuals into unsubsidized employment and
serving hard-to-serve individuals; and</text></clause><clause id="HAD716F1D56CA4B9DABFBC060EF570804"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>agrees to be
reimbursed primarily on the basis of meeting specified performance outcomes and
criteria established by the Governor.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2150EC9C44754AA9A81CF9793D8785D3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Grant
period</header><clause id="HBE43A5B2E63C4838B652C2B638638333"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under this
paragraph shall be awarded for a period of 1 year.</text></clause><clause id="HFC521022EBA449968EA60DB2A596C85D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Grant
renewal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Governor of a State
may renew, for up to 4 additional 1-year periods, a grant awarded under this
paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67DCA3B1835442D39FB808E340B7201D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Eligible
Participants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible
to participate in activities under this paragraph, an individual shall be a
low-income individual age 16 or older.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC61FC498343F4B2AAA0A3EF06FC59785"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Use of
Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity
receiving a grant under this paragraph shall use the grant funds for programs
of activities that are designed to assist eligible participants in obtaining
employment and acquiring the education and skills necessary to succeed in the
labor market. To be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph for an
employment and training program, an eligible entity shall submit an application
to a State at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the
State may require, including—</text><clause id="HEE16132C531645FBA79018160C10E4A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
description of how the strategies and activities of the program will be aligned
with the State plan submitted under section 112 and the local plan submitted
under section 118, with respect to the area of the State that will be the focus
of the program under this paragraph;</text></clause><clause id="H25ED865CBB674E9EAF68CD076FB09F42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
description of the educational and skills training programs and activities the
eligible entity will provide to eligible participants under this
paragraph;</text></clause><clause id="H9A8113D0CB614B8D8E3F9F5D6EE12325"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>how the eligible
entity will collaborate with State and local workforce investment systems
established under this title in the provision of such programs and
activities;</text></clause><clause id="H05F43E463191405BA11D09451C7AD3FD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a
description of the programs of demonstrated effectiveness on which the
provision of such educational and skills training programs and activities are
based, and a description of how such programs and activities will improve
education and skills training for eligible participants;</text></clause><clause id="H1C09B08E704C41EC8CA5F35D827AB139"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a
description of the populations to be served and the skill needs of those
populations, and the manner in which eligible participants will be recruited
and selected as participants;</text></clause><clause id="H1E55E6BB6C174AC4B650CC5D038EDFB5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a
description of the private, public, local, and State resources that will be
leveraged, with the grant funds provided, for the program under this paragraph,
and how the entity will ensure the sustainability of such program after grant
funds are no longer available;</text></clause><clause id="H580DFC57FDEC42189196C1F5DAB39E91"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a description of
the extent of the involvement of employers in such program;</text></clause><clause id="H1027A6DEA3FE4BB2941571F8A2F7C328"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>a description
of the levels of performance the eligible entity expects to achieve with
respect to the indicators of performance for all individuals specified in
section 136(b)(2);</text></clause><clause id="H05E352D1D89E404CAF0FE2160CE37FB4"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>a
detailed budget and a description of the system of fiscal controls, and
auditing and accountability procedures, that will be used to ensure fiscal
soundness for the program provided under this paragraph; and</text></clause><clause id="HF253FCB5420D450BA302692A1F2941E6"><enum>(x)</enum><text>any other criteria
the Governor may
require.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HEA378E26647E47B2B700C1997A1A34C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H541B3843F6A7442E8105B14C80CC93EB" style="OLC"><subsection id="HA83A29FAABF4402EA8ADA7294AD8EB00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Local employment
and training activities</header><text>Funds allocated to a local area under
section 133(b)—</text><paragraph id="HE7D8CEA4767748D594E6AAEDB6CA09A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be used to
carry out employment and training activities described in subsection (c);
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H921AA2D882A74B76B79779D09139EF57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may be used to
carry out employment and training activities described in subsection
(d).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H761C2BC3165D4C6485790E9D19E316A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD6DAFD0FE3C04960A0C83F5602857F0D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d) and (e), as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H42C4458A843943A2A9F98585C67B30FF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c) (as so
redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="H736415DA89C64DA38828C2C21940F2CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5993F7BD891F46869ECFFA5305963F21" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H411CDE41E25641F790634149773497E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds allocated to a
local area under section 133(b) shall be used—</text><subparagraph id="HEEC83DE41D87499B8717ADE2BC9A09A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish a one-stop delivery system as
described in section 121(e);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E711DD1C2C144379D5B8F76A8B06938"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide the
work ready services described in paragraph (2) through the one-stop delivery
system in accordance with such paragraph; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53A783ACFA9E42A6B698A44001E25FAE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide training services described in
paragraph (4) in accordance with such
paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F532C4518BE488CBE6DCEAEA4E44335"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="HD55D1437E5F64D64B1252C2D04A08C8A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Core services</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Work ready
services</header-in-text></quote>;</text></clause><clause id="HC273D9CA624D4F069898F57ED71CCA17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="H603A516B19914FCB830079C044901324"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(1)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1)</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="H2FF710902F1D4D11A121C5658B4B18CA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>core services</quote> and inserting <quote>work ready services</quote>;
and</text></subclause><subclause id="HB6B42B5BC00F4750B148175592797122"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>who are adults or dislocated workers</quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HCB9343BEE0A54463AFD3274829A0A03E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph (K) as subparagraph (V);</text></clause><clause id="H041C0A38C583475D868691E35AB574E7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (J) as subparagraphs (C) through (K),
respectively;</text></clause><clause id="HA75B351FB38E4E12B0E1A3FCAD73F8C9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA40788B385854BC7B692F4B41FF7D934" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HC57C1FCDF87C4E1C9B5C15B744985272"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance in obtaining eligibility
determinations under the other one-stop partner programs through activities,
where appropriate and consistent with the authorizing statute of the one-stop
partner program involved, such as assisting in—</text><clause id="id1B5E3F2E291C43F8A81EAFA4E0A9E8E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the submission of applications;</text></clause><clause id="idC6A1E3F608A04FBD9B8A3FCA6BB7836E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of information on the results
of such applications; and</text></clause><clause id="id5BEB6863EF26476E9F79C9F76568976F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of intake services and
information;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10A98142C6224BBDB8A1994297D49D98"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB206BFD4C644453EB90EB84162B3D34D" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H69DC819CA9D94553B1E04FD294A0B56A"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">labor exchange services, including—</text><clause id="H58B1954D4BE1404AAE0BC5F45BE99D27"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">job search and placement assistance, and
where appropriate, career counseling;</text></clause><clause id="HB9651446F8B645D196F00FB31FD63CD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>appropriate
recruitment services for employers, including small employers, in the local
area, which may include services described in this subsection, including
provision of information and referral to specialized business services not
traditionally offered through the one-stop delivery system; and</text></clause><clause id="HCD938FA5A9AD4E09AA6EBB502517373A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reemployment
services provided to unemployment claimants, including claimants identified as
in need of such services under the worker profiling system established under
section 303(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
503(j));</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="HE7684FF0564E479782068A01CF35897D"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>employment
statistics</quote> and inserting <quote>workforce and labor
market</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H71D41DC794E8425E8755FF1A86EAF75D"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and eligible providers of youth
activities described in section 123,</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="HB25812B1108A4C4AA9C0AE1147E97FBD"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (H), as so redesignated, by inserting <quote>under section
136</quote> after <quote>local performance measures</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="HFC1BA6F7BBC44915B2B3950F6FCF823C"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (J), as so redesignated, by
inserting <quote>and information regarding the administration of the work test
for the unemployment compensation system</quote> after
<quote>compensation</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H7B1083CA97C347ADAB0A33812B8DCF5B"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>by
amending subparagraph (K), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AFCBE8541544F94AEFEFDD46E8D3450" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H77210557D2E541C0A102EA2C774C8C38"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance in establishing eligibility for
programs of financial aid assistance for education and training programs that
are not funded under this Act and are available in the local
area;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H8CFAEC2A17B74FDFB912952B16CB29D2"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>by
inserting the following new subparagraphs after subparagraph (K), as so
redesignated:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC80FEEAC92164EDAB6AF95B918B494B0" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H0A422C9E1D1548FBB55452F7F3E65036"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of information from official
publications of the Internal Revenue Service regarding Federal tax credits,
available to participants in employment and training activities, and relating
to education, job training, and employment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20B5DB16273D435B8F37D91A7533DB9D"><enum>(M)</enum><text>comprehensive and
specialized assessments of the skill levels and service needs of workers, which
may include—</text><clause id="HB4BC6C28965E449DB3C33F4E361B7438"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">diagnostic testing and use of other
assessment tools; and</text></clause><clause id="H3C906827F4664A988AF44AB9DC343846"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in-depth
interviewing and evaluation to identify employment barriers and appropriate
employment goals;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1379E75C4364BB991F09E21D670E7A3"><enum>(N)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development of an individual employment
plan, to identify the employment goals, appropriate achievement objectives, and
appropriate combination of services for the participant;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA4220CE4296439C93D92B5763690053"><enum>(O)</enum><text>group
counseling;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA3FE238892C457DA36554530C0A0E05"><enum>(P)</enum><text>individual
counseling and career planning;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52A2F20F40FF40FFAD92612F55BDF7F6"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>case
management;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8D1B43DCF6E4EEB8F9BE98FF17BD960"><enum>(R)</enum><text>short-term
pre-career services, including development of learning skills, communications
skills, interviewing skills, punctuality, personal maintenance skills, and
professional conduct, to prepare individuals for unsubsidized employment or
training;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97117688D201424ABBD71048B74422CD"><enum>(S)</enum><text>internships and
work experience;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8073C508036D4788B4284A5D5ED070CD"><enum>(T)</enum><text>literacy
activities relating to basic work readiness, information and communication
technology literacy activities, and financial literacy activities, if the
activities involved are not available to participants in the local area under
programs administered under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
(20 U.S.C. 2901 et
seq.);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H653CF373B973492F90211545AD2B3D56"><enum>(U)</enum><text>out-of-area job
search assistance and relocation assistance;
and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEE7CDF7821249A8A925367D534A614D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC0C398FEF2B4114A00ADBCA8168F00C" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H522A5F9F74184151992F2A16DB66D12C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Delivery of
services</header><text>The work ready services described in paragraph (2) shall
be provided through the one-stop delivery system and may be provided through
contracts with public, private for-profit, and private nonprofit service
providers, approved by the local board.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEDCAEE8D3804FE3BD890469D8C9A1E7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text><clause id="H9739D4EF634A4C99B8A7AAB1CEF93FB4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55139C9DF3944D1F9FE8D2E9A325A5C2" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H20E66607324B4DB4BF983B5BD84EE8CA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds described in
paragraph (1)(C) shall be used to provide training services to individuals
who—</text><clause id="H7920EC7BC81F46979FA1089192B77305"><enum>(i)</enum><text>after an
interview, evaluation, or assessment, and case management, have been determined
by a one-stop operator or one-stop partner, as appropriate, to—</text><subclause id="HF3D9317524B64C199B067BB80286E2C2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be in need of
training services to obtain or retain employment; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HC6C1F4C8F4724B6FA0197A0477731AA4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>have the skills
and qualifications to successfully participate in the selected program of
training services;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H184EF02F3B2447BDB7525B07B79E3357"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>select programs
of training services that are directly linked to the employment opportunities
in the local area involved or in another area in which the individual receiving
such services are willing to commute or relocate; and</text></clause><clause id="H06F368AC5FF849E5A11425D8BD077C46"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who meet the requirements of subparagraph
(B).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="HA03453CEB4DB4D8A85AC746A8035561A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking
<quote>Except</quote> and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding section 479B of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087uu">20 U.S.C. 1087uu</external-xref>) and
except</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H27917DA2B45D4240A33A70D70D350D6A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (D) to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA69E4852011B4E1A8C7515EF89B6AA19" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H78248D8B524F4560B3A28BDCA68EE9DE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Training
services</header><text>Training services authorized under this paragraph may
include—</text><clause id="H014B478526DA458CA33E876A19B8C67F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>occupational
skills training;</text></clause><clause id="H03963E8365604CC793423AD9C7578C8B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on-the-job
training;</text></clause><clause id="H129408779BEE418199F006D5A8DFB8BA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>skill upgrading
and retraining;</text></clause><clause id="HCBF904EDBE794B8FAAC4FA584357FB0C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>entrepreneurial
training;</text></clause><clause id="H39DB9440D96947A8B77B46A903463CCC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>education
activities leading to a regular secondary school diploma or its recognized
equivalent in combination with, concurrently or subsequently, occupational
skills training;</text></clause><clause id="H2ADBFA67E97D4B0CA0CDEC1570C98D16"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>adult education
and family literacy education activities provided in conjunction with other
training services authorized under this subparagraph;</text></clause><clause id="H63A17D2891D84C9084FEDFDE271EAC6C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>workplace
training combined with related instruction;</text></clause><clause id="H93BFBE2E37824B74A19B0F4651990650"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>occupational
skills training that incorporates English language acquisition;</text></clause><clause id="H33B0B64738BB4633AA2582FA3E8F4813"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>customized
training conducted with a commitment by an employer or group of employers to
employ an individual upon successful completion of the training; and</text></clause><clause id="H37DA266AC8B046C4B54DFE163AE59619"><enum>(x)</enum><text>training programs
operated by the private
sector.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H1C3AEAE88CD140B88FE7E72B99E3E6CE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (E) and
redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (E) and (F),
respectively;</text></clause><clause id="HBB0EAA96BD8A45AB90886C15A10555B7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated)—</text><subclause id="H7FD83C7998194431A7025C9B6DEED554"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text><item id="H7821579691504A9F970157771C03E2A5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subclause (I), by
striking <quote>subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
121</quote>;</text></item><item id="H6DAE5103DE6F41F4B74062F6DB833A6F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in
subclause (I), by striking <quote>section 122(e)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 122(d)</quote> and by striking <quote>section 122(h)</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 122(i)</quote>; and</text></item><item id="H38372AE9066544A79D3F5E392DAA2076"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in
subclause (II), by striking <quote>subsections (e) and (h)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsections (d) and (i)</quote>; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="HAAEB069256DA4707B6E85A4C0C2803A1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
clause (iii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E838D0D05914308BDCC2C987E0C44C6" style="OLC"><clause id="H2A4144FF408246298ED1993C0A347F5C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Career
enhancement accounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
individual who seeks training services and who is eligible pursuant to
subparagraph (A), may, in consultation with a case manager, select an eligible
provider of training services from the list or identifying information for
providers described in clause (ii)(I). Upon such selection, the one-stop
operator involved shall, to the extent practicable, refer such individual to
the eligible provider of training services, and arrange for payment for such
services through a career enhancement account.</text></clause><clause id="H04EC916C2DAA4C6DB739CD31FC597B73"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>Each
local board may, through one-stop centers, coordinate career enhancement
accounts with other Federal, State, local, or private job training programs or
sources to assist the individual in obtaining training services from
(notwithstanding any provision of this title) eligible providers for those
programs and sources.</text></clause><clause id="H5A21CA6631A246C8A6C07C5168BBA559"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Each
local board may, through one-stop centers, assist individuals receiving career
enhancement accounts in obtaining funds (in addition to the funds provided
under this section) from other programs and sources that will assist the
individual in obtaining training
services.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="H25710CFB0AF5498AAF302A4035498FE5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (F) (as so
redesignated)—</text><subclause id="H437440043FFC40F6AC566FED66C259C5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subparagraph heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">individual training
accounts</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">career enhancement
accounts</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="H9C29D6EA554143B197AA58559943CA04"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>individual training accounts</quote> and inserting
<quote>career enhancement accounts</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="HB9A4DF6FF41A476E8FEAF6E3039723F7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text><item id="H357B415181934AEB9C3B1654A2E8510C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>an individual training
account</quote> and inserting <quote>a career enhancement
account</quote>;</text></item><item id="H46FD1E2B29004867A7178F6F86EFEFD5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>subparagraph (F)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph
(E)</quote>;</text></item><item id="H393D7FCDEFC847F5A97C5CCF0015F237"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in
subclause (II), by striking <quote>individual training accounts</quote> and
inserting <quote>career enhancement accounts</quote>;</text></item><item id="HA35FAD512A4741E7BB1CB88E97C0D3FD"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>in
subclause (II), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text></item><item id="H6993CADAB6044FD7B28F36DB41DF8989"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>in
subclause (III), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text></item><item id="HBF00F6FE7DE6455CAB55D548B38E5064"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03247CE0A5834B9EB9E95743E79547C0" style="OLC"><subclause id="H5046352B18FA431C80953CA72EE19D8B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local board determines that it would be
most appropriate to award a contract to a postsecondary educational institution
that has been identified as a priority eligible provider under section
117(d)(5)(B) in order to facilitate the training of multiple individuals in
in-demand industries or occupations important to the State or local economy,
that such contract may be used to enable the expansion of programs provided by
a priority eligible provider, and that such contract does not limit customer
choice.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></item></subclause><subclause id="H9655E46A5A4546B98E5C92219760B6F1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii), by striking <quote>adult
or dislocated worker</quote> and inserting <quote>individual</quote>;
and</text></subclause><subclause id="HED501EAFD48C4C8EB98AF418751AF672"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in clause
(iv)—</text><item id="H74593C38EF1F4F98921B89D5E250A7FE"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subclause (IV) as
subclause (V); and</text></item><item id="idA56E03F726694B369BE4234FDC92A1BF"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subclause (III) the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48AE4903451F42F4BD6B8D8118824077" style="OLC"><subclause id="H04EDBBD322554AD2ACACF0F0392C1F04"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals with
disabilities.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45156173A7D0413ABEF7841502009939"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d) (as so
redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="HEB03E24E165D461C833CC6D541355B32"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (1) to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6748CCE509AD4F64AD1F7DF9AE9953A8" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H01DD2DB1ED714508BFA16252813852E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Discretionary
one-stop delivery activities</header><subparagraph id="H39E067F8B0CB4B14BF2B611503FBC4E3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds allocated to a
local area under section 133(b)(2) may be used to provide, through the one-stop
delivery system—</text><clause id="HF3AC8AE3683E48BEB60B039782AF85AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">customized screening and referral of
qualified participants in training services to employers;</text></clause><clause id="HE468BD0620514075B3783A5C70FAC6B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>customized
employment-related services to employers on a fee-for-service basis;</text></clause><clause id="H45AB7C23148B4CD7A5FF35D0011BB13A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>customer
supports, including transportation and child care, to navigate among multiple
services and activities for special participant populations that face multiple
barriers to employment, including individuals with disabilities;</text></clause><clause id="H2FC89833520F4D9DBB13A9FBCB2E6151"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>employment and
training assistance provided in coordination with child support enforcement
activities of the State agency carrying out subtitle D of title IV of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/651">42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause id="H81D6FFCA4CB942CF8AE02D653FD85220"><enum>(v)</enum><text>incorporation of
pay-for-performance contract strategies as an element in funding activities
under this section;</text></clause><clause id="HBECB0C23CCD245C0B4181B19DA89AEB0"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>activities to
facilitate remote access to services provided through a one-stop delivery
system, including facilitating access through the use of technology; and</text></clause><clause id="HA4E0838EFFBD49C58FA4CB08138E1136"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>activities to
carry out business services and strategies that meet the workforce investment
needs of local area employers, as determined by the local board, consistent
with the local plan under section
118.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5855E13E2F3143A9A2483695E411422F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2) and (3); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A7D52411EC544B496A3A26C2485FD88"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD534AAE45DCF4623A67DB7FFE52479CA" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H816287FCC97E42AAB710FCFC99543633"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Incumbent worker
training programs</header><subparagraph id="HBEBC26A8F24F4D6E835E33671F8DA095"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The local board may
use funds allocated to a local area under section 133(b)(2) to carry out
incumbent worker training programs in accordance with this paragraph.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9625E01388A74BDC9C131BD70BEFCBE4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Training
activities</header><text>The training programs for incumbent workers under this
paragraph shall be carried out by the local area in conjunction with the
employers of such workers for the purpose of assisting such workers in
obtaining the skills necessary to retain employment and avert layoffs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD750A85490F745A8A27E6544AEAB6504"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employer match
required</header><clause id="HE6B6C51A5BB84D9E8A4C351F47FAAAD4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employers
participating in programs under this paragraph shall be required to pay a
proportion of the costs of providing the training to the incumbent workers of
the employers. The local board shall establish the required payment toward such
costs, which may include in-kind contributions.</text></clause><clause id="H252E0B3BDDC04101A16F840CF02CEEAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Calculation of
match</header><text>The wages paid by an employer to a worker while they are
attending training may be included as part of the required payment of the
employer.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEE205E2D3DE84375A8574129B0DAAF95"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A3367E0D4344008ACC0AF2EAE91B30E" style="OLC"><subsection id="HC99CBCC9149B4E278E62DB8B9B332215"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Priority for
Placement in Private Sector Jobs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing employment and training
activities authorized under this section, the State board and local board shall
give priority to placing participants in jobs in the private sector.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4F08DB9273F2468798F4BAB54FC34BF1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Veteran
employment specialist</header><paragraph id="H5FE1EFBD7FAD4451BC456E6F578C9149"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(8), a local board shall hire and employ one or more veteran employment
specialists to carry out employment, training, supportive, and placement
services under this subsection in the local area served by the local
board.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8693BBCFB21547F1B93E6352B6FC00AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Principal
duties</header><text>A veteran employment specialist in a local area
shall—</text><subparagraph id="H4CA78CA619B84F8B90423A737D42CA0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct outreach
to employers in the local area to assist veterans, including disabled veterans,
in gaining employment, including—</text><clause id="H6C8BF5DCF1F74793B6EAF18087713E7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducting
seminars for employers; and</text></clause><clause id="H81B691E20A7E4B07BDEB327EFCA8791A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in conjunction
with employers, conducting job search workshops, and establishing job search
groups; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA5B8087CAC7748D99AA2157EEC52E37D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitate the
furnishing of employment, training, supportive, and placement services to
veterans, including disabled and homeless veterans, in the local area.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEA9371F0A3604ECF9949AC7BFA727F44"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hiring
preference for veterans and individuals with expertise in serving
veterans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(8), a local board shall, to the maximum extent practicable, employ veterans or
individuals with expertise in serving veterans to carry out the services
described in paragraph (2) in the local area served by the local board. In
hiring an individual to serve as a veteran employment specialist, a local board
shall give preference to veterans and other individuals in the following
order:</text><subparagraph id="H6A822353D7CA45B795C0FE78D462D009"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To
service-connected disabled veterans.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E43245253414175AD93E6B0B5861953"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If no veteran
described in subparagraph (A) is available, to veterans.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB085474BE1014FC9B764B71CE6E83337"><enum>(C)</enum><text>If no veteran
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) is available, to any member of the Armed
Forces transitioning out of military service.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF17D3D0FF2A40228517B64E77E953D9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>If no veteran or
member described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) is available, to any spouse
of a veteran or a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces transitioning out of
military service.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H141D30F512E944BCB6F56300E8055396"><enum>(E)</enum><text>If no veteran or
member described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) is available and no spouse
described in paragraph (D) is available, to any other individuals with
expertise in serving veterans.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H55E60B64D98C41D79B716818F68C37B6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administration
and reporting</header><subparagraph id="HAD0CC295608C4303A1ED989A68DF3AB1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each veteran employment specialist shall be
administratively responsible to the one-stop operator of the one-stop center in
the local area and shall provide, at a minimum, quarterly reports to the
one-stop operator of such center and to the Assistant Secretary for Veterans’
Employment and Training for the State on the specialist's performance, and
compliance by the specialist with Federal law (including regulations), with
respect to the—</text><clause id="H5CD2AF7AADFE4947B353B1F817963455"><enum>(i)</enum><text>principal duties
(including facilitating the furnishing of services) for veterans described in paragraph (2);
and</text></clause><clause id="H193613ED8E10418FA8D0B28238334FE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>hiring
preferences described in paragraph (3) for veterans and other
individuals.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFF0F6C5614245B49A2AC3AA7C5004F3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report to
Secretary</header><text>Each State shall submit to the Secretary an annual
report on the qualifications used by each local board in the State in making
hiring determinations for a veteran employment specialist and the salary
structure under which such specialist is compensated.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H905E6F31287B475282810E3D1A60639F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on
Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the
Senate an annual report summarizing the reports submitted under subparagraph
(B), and including summaries of outcomes achieved by participating veterans,
disaggregated by local areas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F7DD286267944E5AEBCD117285F6729"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Part-time
employees</header><text>A part-time veteran employment specialist shall perform
the functions of a veteran employment specialist under this subsection on a
halftime basis.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B1006EB6F824E71BEB42E7F91BFD8DA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Training
requirements</header><text>Each veteran employment specialist described in
paragraph (2) shall satisfactorily complete training provided by the National
Veterans' Employment and Training Institute during the 3-year period that
begins on the date on which the employee is so assigned.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H78AA8D9A976D47BF86EE1D4B4A509B29"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Specialist’s
duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A full-time veteran
employment specialist shall perform only duties related to employment,
training, supportive, and placement services under this subsection, and shall
not perform other non-veteran-related duties if such duties detract from the
specialist’s ability to perform the specialist's duties related to employment,
training, supportive, and placement services under this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8695FDC55C7844E8B628D5445D9CD8B0"><enum>(8)</enum><header>State
option</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of a
local board, a State may opt to assume the duties assigned to the local board
under paragraphs (1) and (3), including the hiring and employment of one or
more veteran employment specialists for placement in the local area served by
the local
board.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="HFD96C140463040A69786A0233CC79A00"><enum>114.</enum><header>Performance
accountability system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
136 (29 U.S.C.
2871) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HCE8D30EB50AF480C9CD7806AAB7E1E49"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="H82B1D3FB696F4E82AF7BCED1441E9B64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending
paragraphs (1) and (2) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H1AC9F097029747248EF50B7360AB7571" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H6F9299C652904748A0CDC8054B877490"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For each State, the State performance measures shall
consist of—</text><subparagraph id="H8A0EDE2280A545D389CAC8A0BC707915"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HED86A916CB554999B6B6A11593DABB7E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the core indicators of
performance described in paragraph (2)(A); and</text></clause><clause id="H456758BBE806401F9907BD486CBE2988" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>additional indicators of
performance (if any) identified by the State under paragraph (2)(B); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED51752352654496A9CA54FD7C1212A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State adjusted
level of performance for each indicator described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD2323B69DCE4D819402953F214834AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indicators of
performance</header><subparagraph id="H24078532177A42DA8ED3DF523AD0E58C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Core indicators
of performance</header><clause id="H322251AE49B74BEAA90196026928373C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The core indicators
of performance for the program of employment and training activities authorized
under sections 132(a)(2) and 134, the program of adult education and family
literacy education activities authorized under title II, and the program
authorized under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 720 et
seq.), other than section 112 or part C of that title
(29 U.S.C.
732, 741), shall consist of the following indicators of
performance (with performance determined in the aggregate and as disaggregated
by the populations identified in the State and local plan in each case):</text><subclause id="HE9BCD9C12B6E4A9D98B185DA828808D3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The percentage and
number of program participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the
second full calendar quarter after exit from the program.</text></subclause><subclause id="H4CB4F82586CD4D819C9EA61C185728C0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The percentage
and number of program participants who are in unsubsidized employment during
the fourth full calendar quarter after exit from the program.</text></subclause><subclause id="H156B0D733444475A88DE3042E08ED74F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>The difference
in the median earnings of program participants who are in unsubsidized
employment during the second full calendar quarter after exit from the program,
compared to the median earnings of such participants prior to participation in
such program.</text></subclause><subclause id="H183D1D9E567E4F9C93FCC4F238C0BE0A"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>The percentage
and number of program participants who obtain a recognized postsecondary
credential (such as an industry-recognized credential or a certificate from a
registered apprenticeship program), or a regular secondary school diploma or
its recognized equivalent (subject to clause (ii)), during participation in or
within 1 year after exit from the program.</text></subclause><subclause id="H79E54FF0413647D99149E8205A86D880"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage and number of program
participants who, during a program year—</text><item id="H4A6C06ACEE5F4804BABCAF6906F2C411"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>are
in an education or training program that leads to a recognized postsecondary
credential (such as an industry-recognized credential or a certificate from a
registered apprenticeship program), a certificate from an on-the-job training
program, a regular secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, or
unsubsidized employment; and</text></item><item id="HEB914653BC1148A99D58530FFF69E65F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>are
achieving measurable basic skill gains toward such a credential, certificate,
diploma, or employment.</text></item></subclause><subclause id="HF9F562E953E74210B1ED2FC787494239"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage and number of program
participants who obtain unsubsidized employment in the field relating to the
training services described in section 134(c)(4) that such participants
received.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H4A2B4A1ADCA643CE9D2F5E4145644565"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Indicator
relating to credential</header><text>For purposes of clause (i)(IV), program
participants who obtain a regular secondary school diploma or its recognized
equivalent shall be included in the percentage counted as meeting the criterion
under such clause only if such participants (in addition to obtaining such
diploma or its recognized equivalent), within 1 year after exit from the
program, have obtained or retained employment, have been removed from public
assistance, or have begun an education or training program leading to a
recognized postsecondary credential.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7A9D1C36CD4449F94AA49E8C6102972"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
indicators</header><text>A State may identify in the State plan additional
indicators for workforce investment activities authorized under this
subtitle.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93588E8298024AE29ECA8039A899D0C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text><clause id="HEB08A0EC5FA2424297BAD5C0C2F334D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="HE9CC55B99DD045A2A971BD8F1AAF25DC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">and customer
satisfaction indicator</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="H7C07EA18BEA34E7E85F0605FB74B9479"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and the customer satisfaction indicator described in paragraph
(2)(B)</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="H111587B489D84833B81D2CE792CF567E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>and the customer satisfaction indicator of performance, for
the first 3</quote> and inserting <quote>, for all 3</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="H564D8601934945BD9951039AAC02709A"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in clause
(iii)—</text><item id="HDA99839C26484AE6AED41EBE3F1D4D94"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in
the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">for
first 3 years</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></item><item id="H044A0FF93BAE4E9BBE18E7AE8D3FABFE"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>and the customer satisfaction indicator of performance, for the
first 3 program years</quote> and inserting <quote>for all 3 program
years</quote>;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="HB341DBF0583547F68202FF909775152C"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in clause
(iv)—</text><item id="HD7962CD8F8A846928683F2592A0FA041"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>or (v)</quote>;</text></item><item id="H68E78E478B6F45878FFCE9C697B6C0DE"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by
striking subclause (I) and redesignating subclauses (II) and (III) as
subclauses (I) and (II), respectively; and</text></item><item id="H66C99B5AB56340E38F401BB69700A9F1"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in
subclause (I) (as so redesignated)—</text><subitem id="HE63D87579DCA47AAABCA6B0284FD7B28"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>, such as unemployment rates and job losses or gains in
particular industries</quote> after <quote>economic conditions</quote>;
and</text></subitem><subitem id="H28A26A125A0048E09A6322D18A4B0820"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>, such as indicators of poor work experience, dislocation from
high-wage employment, low levels of literacy or English proficiency, disability
status (including disability status among veterans), and welfare
dependency,</quote> after <quote>program</quote>;</text></subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="H39D78E3C63F048E08E3DBDAF19570C4F"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>by striking
clause (v) and redesignating clause (vi) as clause (v); and</text></subclause><subclause id="HD93E4F93A0964D489DB48C939ED85A6B"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>in clause (v)
(as so redesignated)—</text><item id="H79D3F928FB8C46808C4697B29F9C4A6D"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>described in clause (iv)(II)</quote> and inserting
<quote>described in clause (iv)(I)</quote>; and</text></item><item id="H4D334F82A2D142A28E36561A2E38D44E"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>or (v)</quote>; and</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="H5BDFF6AEF0BD4F728372BA82C05C5D02"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(C)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraph (2)(B)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF1B0EA533A448B89A147A6C818FA451"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="H1C41831EFB504ADF85A2E5CA56D58D8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending clause (i) of paragraph (1)(A)
to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE170037D677C438A8832E698AA5D9023" style="OLC"><clause id="idF4D8F4FBAAD949A8BE2389CB2E2FFB4A" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the core indicators of performance
described in subsection (b)(2)(A) for activities described in such subsection,
other than statewide workforce investment activities;
and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E9430E381EA4369BFD4B3BF3DD70E1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii) of paragraph (1)(A), by
striking <quote>(b)(2)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>(b)(2)(B)</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H587F156E9BAE44E0A6517CC1AD1BF477"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H7935E5EC6D20488DAC3891689D2ED16F" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H5CBDF3EDE6B243F8BE856BEC4D16A09B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determinations</header><text>In
determining such local levels of performance, the local board, the chief
elected official, and the Governor shall ensure such levels are adjusted based
on the specific economic conditions (such as unemployment rates and job losses
or gains in particular industries), or demographic characteristics or other
characteristics of the population to be served, in the local
area.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDA93F105EE044E7785DBA8C84D317164"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text><subparagraph id="H8C4A8D73EF704075AF06379A79B809A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="H8EFAAB80DAF34F57A493BDF82DF54594"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>127 or</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="HD96F4FE7D91B463E9EB0C8AA3D907582"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>and the customer satisfaction indicator</quote> each place it
appears; and</text></clause><clause id="H2DBB0C264E8C425EAFE35A34806A896C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
the last sentence, by inserting before the period the following: <quote>, and
on the amount and percentage of the State’s annual allotment under section 132
the State spends on administrative costs and on the amount and percentage of
its annual allocation under section 133 each local area in the State spends on
administrative costs</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB9C30FF297D4F87AC54D38B33D48491"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="H39D3946630C94074A2D66E91BD936638"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D);</text></clause><clause id="H114F7B1D07F04A2DBB44A9ED03355DCD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (A);</text></clause><clause id="HBA039A0210E048C6A976DCF720AA36CB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (B);</text></clause><clause id="HA3F971B9D2D14B7280275A3CA73528F9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), as so redesignated—</text><subclause id="H66DE51ABE9944285A67C49C7CC40515C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(excluding participants who received only self-service and informational
activities)</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HE6DF3A46AE824FE2AE825CC28D71F670"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the
end;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H4F3EF09ACA5D41EDACF2ACCD28DA8334"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (F); and</text></clause><clause id="H59B693468E034B4F8504B4117DEE96D5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HF013C4F557E64F11924D9A7CE56843FB" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HB07DD4FD7BC34879B9A712BB14CDA7BD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to
each local area in the State—</text><clause id="HFD3F604CF4834BC7AEEB0EC730305EEC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
individuals who received work ready services described in section 134(c)(2) and
the number of individuals who received training services described in section
134(c)(4), during the most recent program year and fiscal year, and the
preceding 5 program years, disaggregated (for individuals who received work
ready services) by the type of entity that provided the work ready services and
disaggregated (for individuals who received training services) by the type of
entity that provided the training services, and the amount of funds spent on
each of the 2 types of services during the most recent program year and fiscal
year, and the preceding 5 fiscal years;</text></clause><clause id="HB598D53842FC408BA315C952D2975F4E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
individuals who successfully exited out of work ready services described in
section 134(c)(2) and the number of individuals who exited out of training
services described in section 134(c)(4), during the most recent program year
and fiscal year, and the preceding 5 program years, disaggregated (for
individuals who received work ready services) by the type of entity that
provided the work ready services and disaggregated (for individuals who
received training services) by the type of entity that provided the training
services; and</text></clause><clause id="HE1DA045C85614930A4A5D48406D1AAAC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the average cost
per participant of those individuals who received work ready services described
in section 134(c)(2) and the average cost per participant of those individuals
who received training services described in section 134(c)(4), during the most
recent program year and fiscal year, and the preceding 5 program years,
disaggregated (for individuals who received work ready services) by the type of
entity that provided the work ready services and disaggregated (for individuals
who received training services) by the type of entity that provided the
training services; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H787718B0A70C451AA5F57A40D24887E2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of funds spent on training
services and discretionary activities described in section 134(d),
disaggregated by the populations identified under section 112(b)(16)(A)(iv) and
section
118(b)(10).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98DC9EFD8DF84907ACB116E1C4B90BC2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A), by striking <quote>through publication</quote> and inserting
<quote>through electronic means</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H676085D54DD94C58A391CEA8B30FA21E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HC5F380687C6049CEB61095A41F32D385" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H0D0809C453464D83947D103CDB3764A5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Data
validation</header><text>In preparing the reports described in this subsection,
each State shall establish procedures, consistent with guidelines issued by the
Secretary, to ensure the information contained in the reports is valid and
reliable.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBFB329894BF24B5986967B49784E220D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State and local
policies</header><subparagraph id="H586410FD097945B19899968F5FD5C33A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State
policies</header><text>Each State that receives an allotment under section 132
shall maintain a central repository of policies related to access, eligibility,
availability of services, and other matters, and plans approved by the State
board and make such repository available to the public, including by electronic
means.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF6BBB6928704E5484E819C8C26AAB58"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Local
policies</header><text>Each local area that receives an allotment under section
133 shall maintain a central repository of policies related to access,
eligibility, availability of services, and other matters, and plans approved by
the local board and make such repository available to the public, including by
electronic
means.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBF08367BFB2341509E29F7CF7842B849"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)—</text><subparagraph id="H931786AADAFC4139A831DE9D816A7A36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="id14352637BE904D5E82DE68B10A400AF8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or (B)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id3EE651AB0F994533B0C249EDA4B0343C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>may reduce by not more than 5
percent,</quote> and inserting <quote>shall reduce</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0655BB4239A4EBB85EC4EF03A60BD96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="H978757C55C394F07BA0ABA3FF6BB0FB9" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H2DABB90038D24D919A4ECDF14C2D925E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funds resulting
from reduced allotments</header><text>The Secretary shall return to the
Treasury the amount retained, as a result of a reduction in an allotment to a
State made under paragraph
(1)(B).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE66CEBF1728A43E7B74E60534300DFC6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)—</text><subparagraph id="id8777BE5A7B8E43ADA6D21E05D7BEC248"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>or (B)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F80EBDA0FA2496D81B9C45A07F10B89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="H59A1E158320040008D170C83A4CD1A04"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by amending the matter preceding clause (i) to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block id="HB5CC03AD33EF4142BC06B3B92C037E9D" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HE585EC7937624D799A017BAA36C03696"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If such failure continues for a second consecutive year,
the Governor shall take corrective actions, including the development of a
reorganization plan. Such plan
shall—</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H20B2EFCF8F8D4E2E8C3FE7B6F74FBB2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D),
respectively;</text></clause><clause id="H42583C7BB9F141279407CC93CD6E7D2A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (A), the following:</text><quoted-block id="H692E4D4CDD924365884B5B732742056E" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H2A2A7119A0644EED82FB059C7805CF34"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reduction in the
amount of grant</header><text>If such failure continues for a third consecutive
year, the Governor shall reduce the amount of the grant that would (in the
absence of this subparagraph) be payable to the local area under such program
for the program year after such third consecutive year. Such penalty shall be
based on the degree of failure to meet local levels of
performance.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H252714840AA64253AEFD138624E4EF6D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)(i) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>a reorganization
plan under subparagraph (A) may, not later than 30 days after receiving notice
of the reorganization plan, appeal to the Governor to rescind or revise such
plan</quote> and inserting <quote>corrective action under subparagraph (A) or
(B) may, not later than 30 days after receiving notice of the action, appeal to
the Governor to rescind or revise such action</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HE83D9DF63A584BD78EEE94235E445980"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>subparagraph
(B)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subparagraph
(C)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3E4970A7789D479083C71C49BF4B5479"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(i)—</text><subparagraph id="idBE4744BE9B9448009C5F102ECABDC111"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="id9375262FD3FD43BEB6CD8770CD0504AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>subsection (b)(2)(C)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (b)(2)(B)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H9D2C08582FE040EC9B9480768C53CED7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>(b)(3)(A)(vi)</quote> and inserting
<quote>(b)(3)(A)(v)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0E84517B5E64A44A85CDBAB06A7A98A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>the activities described in section 502 concerning</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98D8D49856914844AD7F7B36768D8691"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>described in paragraph (1) and in the activities described
in section 502</quote> and inserting <quote>and activities described in this
subsection</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFA89CF51D2424077A5181EFF6CABDA28"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsections:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF67E22E9E3DD478FBDDA2669C29820D7" style="OLC"><subsection id="HB254B7FCD4E64F579C5F6CB27B461AB5"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Use of core
indicators for other programs</header><text>Consistent with the requirements of
the applicable authorizing laws, the Secretary shall use the core indicators of
performance described in subsection (b)(2)(A) to assess the effectiveness of
the programs described in section 121(b)(1)(B) (in addition to the programs
carried out under chapter 5) that are carried out by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDC7A85D982804E2EB4960860D656E02E"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Establishing
pay-for-Performance incentives</header><paragraph id="H50D56E78449A41CF9F8611B69E0A4D77"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the discretion of the Governor of a State, a State may
establish an incentive system for local boards to implement pay-for-performance
contract strategies for the delivery of employment and training activities in
the local areas served by the local boards.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9A6DD45126924BBBBD719F19F3B93D23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>A
State that establishes a pay-for-performance incentive system shall reserve not
more than 10 percent of the total amount allotted to the State under section
132(b)(2) for a fiscal year to provide funds to local areas in the State whose
local boards have implemented a pay-for-performance contract strategy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H884C4A23F5034018A723BE194D7FE86D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text>A
State described in paragraph (2) shall use funds reserved by the State under
section 133(a)(1) to evaluate the return on investment of pay-for-performance
contract strategies implemented by local boards in the
State.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="HBD9C9BF69B3D47B1B165485950532CDD"><enum>115.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 137
(29 U.S.C.
2872) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H64E29AC0D74D48A690F336B3329C9C8E" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="H2009E9ADEB264FD7A9939B68908F026A"><enum>137.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities described in section
132, $5,945,639,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal
years.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id1855581BF93D48F8BBF4D1C54DB90F3F" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Job Corps</header><section id="H802255DDFC744A1DBF7731A5C1315331"><enum>116.</enum><header>Job Corps
purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of
section 141 (29
U.S.C. 2881(1)) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10706A2AF15D4A8E831EEEABB6047EFA" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H5C803D4EA3194C7C8BC1D50330CF196F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to maintain a national Job Corps program
for at-risk youth, carried out in partnership with States and communities, to
assist eligible youth to connect to the workforce by providing them with
intensive academic, career and technical education, and service-learning
opportunities, in residential and nonresidential centers, in order for such
youth to obtain regular secondary school diplomas and recognized postsecondary
credentials leading to successful careers in in-demand industries that will
result in opportunities for
advancement;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H079F141146F343DA957CD82341BC707E"><enum>117.</enum><header>Job Corps
definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 142
(29 U.S.C.
2882) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H5A1FABFBAE87417D9F589835555D9C92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><subparagraph id="HB725540C95A84265A0EF76D417919296"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Applicable one-stop</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">One-stop</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H244A5E8C95CD4FB3A822ECFD5F14E45F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>applicable</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5E7C440BE4E4BA68EDCF3798C35BA6F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>customer service</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6ED90267EF0041ED92F060C9D93CB5F2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>intake</quote> and inserting <quote>assessment</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34CF63F1A0144689902ACD4AE3B04674"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>before completing the requirements</quote> and all that
follows and inserting <quote>prior to becoming a graduate.</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB209A1541DA4323832E8517566A3034"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>has completed the requirements</quote> and all that follows
and inserting the following: <quote>who, as a result of participation in the
Job Corps program, has received a regular secondary school diploma, completed
the requirements of a career and technical education and training program, or
received, or is making satisfactory progress (as defined under section 484(c)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1091">20 U.S.C. 1091(c)</external-xref>)) toward
receiving, a recognized postsecondary credential (including an
industry-recognized credential) that prepares individuals for employment
leading to economic self-sufficiency.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H4AF09166E8C549B6A8BBFE239F1F93B8"><enum>118.</enum><header>Individuals
eligible for the Job Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 144 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2884">29 U.S.C. 2884</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H22510084A3FB4CA49560537CE26AB39F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H6A42DDBC146C4B4FA4F86D45378954BD" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H68C735EE54EF43DE98570F6285880BFF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than age
16 and not more than age 24 on the date of
enrollment;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A032564EE6D483FB0B0B0BB353B4309"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(B), by inserting <quote>secondary</quote> before <quote>school</quote>;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H56CEAF74BA1849F686B14D6BACAB5314"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(E), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career and
technical education and</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HB1DA91B952B847B099165DC09131A3FE"><enum>119.</enum><header>Recruitment,
screening, selection, and assignment of enrollees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 145 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2885">29 U.S.C. 2885</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H3166C97C3AED4AEDB306C809F9ED9D00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="HB24DAAA3D31045ED8059B6F038FCBA89"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(C)(i) by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career and
technical education and training</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA90769E9C0AA40CBB6DA9894E9E10B2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text><clause id="H48FE95DAB5A740F29804FB15BDA1E711"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>To the extent practicable, the</quote> and inserting
<quote>The</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H32F2F05F076E44628C9136C124A85685"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="H1B1BAF83D5D94318A63C18AD628EC631"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>applicable</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H08F3C2477B474BE6A699D736D2EB31CC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HDAD305619E8540B681D32F4D1328C60A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraphs (B) and (C); and</text></clause><clause id="H03832A3F7B534D98BFE1963FD2420D60"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HD2B67EECAD6A4C679D7AD6010B2E5712" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HF5A4ADECCFCC40899A42D01D3BBE7EBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>organizations that
have a demonstrated record of effectiveness in placing at-risk youth into
employment.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE162773B4F824EA9BC807D4DE4EA4564"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="H5A0590DA548940118E33E5A58AE82099"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="HBA1674669FD84D0897E9FF8F2AB2F1AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and agrees to such rules</quote> after
<quote>failure to observe the rules</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H5D86D8BE6F6841E7ACE89AFBF3737268"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (C) to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA49DD22ED3247DD930F75B0E3B140F4" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H2A2E94CDE7554C62B3E6BDE1A056C74C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the individual has passed a background
check conducted in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary,
which shall include—</text><clause id="H89C68FF547D84F0C8432D69D7E7822D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a search of the State criminal registry or
repository in the State where the individual resides and each State where the
individual previously resided;</text></clause><clause id="HD56E2B07F0DF44F3835326D0C3484ACC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
search of State-based child abuse and neglect registries and databases in the
State where the individual resides and each State where the individual
previously resided;</text></clause><clause id="H3C29F550DD114877B5DBBF80D9F95162"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a search of the
National Crime Information Center;</text></clause><clause id="H778836BE0E8D4E9C875B1120A3F55904"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a
Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint check using the Integrated
Automated Fingerprint Identification System; and</text></clause><clause id="H01E565EB70124AD29294B27E1D141DDC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a
search of the National Sex Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et
seq.).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C6B3AEAEFF64182AE0929F45B3D3971"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDB625AC1121432C8BFBAA90B788FBF4" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HA9C521FDBFFE481A9A6E346EE419F7DC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Individuals
convicted of a crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
individual shall be ineligible for enrollment if the individual—</text><subparagraph id="HF0833418601F4D689C1CCFE5AD205F94"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">makes a false statement in connection with
the criminal background check described in paragraph (1)(C);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5883114871B24E629FBB0F0B7D586746"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is registered or is required to be
registered on a State sex offender registry or the National Sex Offender
Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2006 (42 U.S.C.
16901 et seq.); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB461E1B7B9B470D8E0A096D0AC0AD2F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been convicted of a felony consisting
of—</text><clause id="HB8746FCD18504AC18CE32850240B90F0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>homicide;</text></clause><clause id="H462DBAB6470840418DB025A209B454BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>child abuse or
neglect;</text></clause><clause id="H9C1CFD4EF30943909DC9415FB1302426"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a crime against
children, including child pornography;</text></clause><clause id="HA365D4EA3DF44FBE800022A18179DB5F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a
crime involving rape or sexual assault; or</text></clause><clause id="HC2E2FF2F1BFF40F58405A5065B715120"><enum>(v)</enum><text>physical assault,
battery, or a drug-related offense, committed within the past 5
years.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB67CAC304DA04CDC871120C055D8B7FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="H6C897E5BB6134C4FBFD7F18202910756"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="H936FED185D79471C8DD0F0000EB133C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>2 years</quote> and inserting <quote>year</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H8293B9BAA4484AEAB6F00F7E5968D487"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>an assignment</quote> and inserting <quote>a</quote>;
and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FEE4F5AE7D64E5B84389C9BD98FE545"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="HF197E9499CA8488CB0EE0423E31B5152"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>, every 2
years,</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H2E6585176E724104A848667E0D647BBD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="H723A6C61337349B4B37B3AD497316777"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)—</text><subclause id="HE5453AD60F05427BA4D671C653CE61F4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>the education and training</quote> after <quote>including</quote>;
and</text></subclause><subclause id="HFE29D2E2EB124F3CB60C2D523B6FBF7F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABE2F4ACFBEA4A26825B3F661553DE4B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HA0FA4BFF8FA943559274D2DC5CD7F784" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HE1DE9374D8E34D148C17491EFA6FF79E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the performance of
the Job Corps center relating to the indicators described in paragraphs (1) and
(2) in section 159(c), and whether any actions have been taken with respect to
such center pursuant to section 159(f).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5340CDD765EB4AEE8FC5F96DD47995EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text><subparagraph id="H85EE0732D46245B8A8B863090274EE8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="HAA2B96238C7540BF8FB4C7C124F3F8E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>is closest to the
home of the enrollee, except that the</quote> and inserting <quote>offers the
type of career and technical education and training selected by the individual
and, among the centers that offer such education and training, is closest to
the home of the individual. The</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H97065A3CFF624985AC15FE86B291A6E8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="H45BD1DBAF1EF4895BF78C3FAF11F008A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B),
respectively; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H430C8C3C43E54CF19330CF72AD690E29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>that offers the career and technical education and training
desired by</quote> after <quote>home of the enrollee</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H6945825793DE4BF99235CD1BC3A4E42E"><enum>120.</enum><header>Job Corps
centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 147
(29 U.S.C.
2887) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HB11B3E39D681428F84BD12B84DE7234B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="H2DFA908E68104FC3B05814C2AB646496"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> both places it appears and
inserting <quote>career and technical</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EB1098F9F954CEE8F102A03FA43DEC8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="HC62B9D62F2ED44BC9F13B7C9D8EEB0D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="HD36D1BC9BB6344CF900A265619774756"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subsections (c) and (d) of section 303 of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/253">41 U.S.C. 253</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsections (a) and (b) of
section
3304 of title 41, United States Code</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H1487DA85883E4E0780AE20D06B038CD9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>industry council</quote> and inserting <quote>workforce
council</quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H4985B0E48A1B45AE885A077CF3A41642"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(i)—</text><subclause id="HC628D6EE986C4190A3358A99F7CAE834"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by amending
subclause (II) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H7654DD346F7241CEBD97A151296C9C51" style="OLC"><subclause id="HE297DF2087F645D38D5C830C53D8A0A0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the ability of
the entity to offer career and technical education and training that the
workforce council proposes under section
154(c);</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="H10ACEEBCD10441CC8B9189A049977F18"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subclause
(III), by striking <quote>is familiar with the surrounding communities,
applicable</quote> and inserting <quote>demonstrates relationships with the
surrounding communities, employers, workforce boards,</quote> and by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause><subclause id="H1A1F7C32738948A0A77198FADF3CF0D3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by amending
subclause (IV) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H0C0C81FD9A5144D5BEAB42F0C8AD3DC4" style="OLC"><subclause id="H8B0825FAC120466794CB2F793949F526"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the performance
of the entity, if any, relating to operating or providing activities described
in this subtitle to a Job Corps center, including the entity’s demonstrated
effectiveness in assisting individuals in achieving the primary and secondary
indicators of performance described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
159(c); and</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="HCFCC25303114448691323D367498563F"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subclause:</text><quoted-block id="HEB5EEE90622E4059A22CF90F08D3E7FB" style="OLC"><subclause id="H41B2AB57EBB940DC9E6E8D4C26178589"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the ability of the
entity to demonstrate a record of successfully assisting at-risk youth to
connect to the workforce, including by providing them with intensive academic,
and career and technical education and
training.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="HF80235323C7044499F4660DCC9EA3362"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(ii)—</text><subclause id="id823F24EF2479400ABAFBC38E9BA5FCD1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, as appropriate</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id304A5EAA24974D769F81AAA330709462"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>through (IV)</quote> and inserting <quote>through (V)</quote>;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB3C83349240241A9846A4B14177BA626"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>In any year, no more than 20 percent of the individuals
enrolled in the Job Corps may be nonresidential participants in the Job
Corps.</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE5E593B71A2F428E86F6BE99B259D3C9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (c) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H0174648055644D51B7352587914128C4" style="OLC"><subsection id="H1E40732EB0F941F28551467503C49FB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Civilian
conservation centers</header><paragraph id="H025025A4EF7D429E887A69EAD8C703E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Job Corps centers may include Civilian Conservation
Centers, operated under an agreement between the Secretary of Labor and the
Secretary of Agriculture, that are located primarily in rural areas. Such
centers shall adhere to all the provisions of this subtitle, and shall provide,
in addition to education, career and technical education and training, and
workforce preparation skills training described in section 148, programs of
work experience to conserve, develop, or manage public natural resources or
public recreational areas or to develop community projects in the public
interest.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5010520127D34FBEA367C1B8B92B1457"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection
process</header><text>The Secretary shall select an entity that submits an
application under subsection (d) to operate a Civilian Conservation Center on a
competitive basis, as provided in subsection
(a).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H05C5252CE0284ECBB4D467DB4B74037F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="H4BB4FDBB3C0A4EE9B78C72FF8B2DBCB1" style="OLC"><subsection id="H06B8CDB4401940F4B6CFB822048FF230"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
be eligible to operate a Job Corps center under this subtitle, an entity shall
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—</text><paragraph id="H43EF122F9F9E4D96A8EDBFC01141DB4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the program activities that will be offered at the center, including how the
career and technical education and training reflect State and local employment
opportunities, including in in-demand industries;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H203D61A22F344022A503DC0714F3CAA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of
the counseling, placement, and support activities that will be offered at the
center, including a description of the strategies and procedures the entity
will use to place graduates into unsubsidized employment upon completion of the
program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H734A284949A94C60B3AE288E2C1F61FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
the demonstrated record of effectiveness that the entity has in placing at-risk
youth into employment, including past performance of operating a Job Corps
center under this subtitle;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H720DC4B0C3934675BB658F6C5D6DB173"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of
the relationships that the entity has developed with State and local workforce
boards, employers, State and local educational agencies, and the surrounding
communities in an effort to promote a comprehensive statewide workforce
investment system;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBF5894F6454E4BE88DEB6BFF0DE822C3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of
the strong fiscal controls the entity has in place to ensure proper accounting
of Federal funds, and a description of how the entity will meet the
requirements of section 159(a);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DD49120C04E41C4A1E97B530EFCEEDF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a description of
the strategies and policies the entity will utilize to reduce participant
costs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H70EE0CD9EE89486F9365969CBA2F8D3A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a description of
the steps taken to control costs in accordance with section 159(a)(3);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCB9AB21B877E4E428D71E2EE6A55569B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a detailed budget
of the activities that will be supported using funds under this
subtitle;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6808E6FD3104DFE87FD052DEC6F4F63"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a detailed budget
of the activities that will be supported using funds from non-Federal
resources;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF88DDAB91ED41E89CD8D2172AD28EE2"><enum>(10)</enum><text>an assurance the
entity will comply with the administrative cost limitation included in section
151(c);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7C429E2C9CD4377AF4FB68B2FF61D67"><enum>(11)</enum><text>an assurance the
entity is licensed to operate in the State in which the center is located;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H590C9285D1E241B89E6E3FF4CA5268A7"><enum>(12)</enum><text>an assurance the
entity will comply with and meet basic health and safety codes, including those
measures described in section 152(b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC9D5DD77B07E45B6A031EFCA0D3EE8F7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Length of
agreement</header><text>The agreement described in subsection (a)(1)(A) shall
be for not longer than a 2-year period. The Secretary may renew the agreement
for 3 1-year periods if the entity meets the requirements of subsection
(f).</text></subsection><subsection id="HD6E05F2843BB48AC9296C0CE5C95F816"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Renewal</header><paragraph id="HD86160B56592438392F49B095A980E96"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may renew the
terms of an agreement described in subsection (a)(1)(A) for an entity to
operate a Job Corps center if the center meets or exceeds each of the
indicators of performance described in section 159(c)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC2AC255CCBAD4CC199BA808C659A05C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recompetition</header><subparagraph id="H6B9D8DD4BD034EF8B731CDBEEFDE03D6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not
renew the terms of the agreement for an entity to operate a Job Corps center if
such center is ranked in the bottom quintile of centers described in section
159(f)(2) for any program year. Such entity may submit a new application under
subsection (d) only if such center has shown significant improvement on the
indicators of performance described in section 159(c)(1) over the last program
year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H102D9F05E010443D871CADDC1F50CDE8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Violations</header><text>The
Secretary shall not select an entity to operate a Job Corps center if such
entity or such center has been found to have a systemic or substantial material
failure that involves—</text><clause id="H3469148F6707447F9164D6EBC5E3B6B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
threat to the health, safety, or civil rights of program participants or
staff;</text></clause><clause id="H99B74C0F1D0849BDA0A62055D94BAF58"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the misuse of
funds received under this subtitle;</text></clause><clause id="HBC9C987F2BD245468AC372F98A97C8CB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>loss of legal
status or financial viability, loss of permits, debarment from receiving
Federal grants or contracts, or the improper use of Federal funds;</text></clause><clause id="H55C63CB0BDC74DD98989607AB17A2E0D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>failure to meet
any other Federal or State requirement that the entity has shown an
unwillingness or inability to correct, after notice from the Secretary, within
the period specified; or</text></clause><clause id="HAD5DACBDB3654BCA88C7510DFDA4B6F2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an
unresolved area of noncompliance.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC84E701EA11F4F59B832E02E7DAC6C92"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Current
grantees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60
days after the date of enactment of the SKILLS Act and notwithstanding any
previous grant award or renewals of such award under this subtitle, the
Secretary shall require all entities operating a Job Corps center under this
subtitle to submit an application under subsection (d) to carry out the
requirements of this
section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="HDB9946120D6C4B9AAF88759F6DA7FE79"><enum>121.</enum><header>Program
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 148
(29 U.S.C.
2888) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H42AFDF59B2A64C7DBC711A196691F730"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block id="HC8496EC8EC9848C7B4A36C796885F4BA" style="OLC"><subsection id="HA084B9D66B5741C99BFA2BEA4DEF6F16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Activities
provided through job corps centers</header><paragraph id="H2A6824D8FA8C4195B35E2B42A4B1689A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Each Job Corps center shall provide enrollees with an
intensive, well-organized, and supervised program of education, career and
technical education and training, work experience, recreational activities,
physical rehabilitation and development, and counseling. Each Job Corps center
shall provide enrollees assigned to the center with access to work ready
services described in section 134(c)(2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3EA55A6F4C644EDF824DA7C11751CD8A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relationship to
opportunities</header><subparagraph id="H032459B6E46140FF803C2B7ACC2DA1CA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The activities provided under this subsection shall be
targeted to helping enrollees, on completion of their enrollment—</text><clause id="H30B0BD3868CE42F6A5B311F196492DF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>secure and
maintain meaningful unsubsidized employment;</text></clause><clause id="H013A87EEB45F4C83AD0300A4EBC5256E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>complete
secondary education and obtain a regular secondary school diploma;</text></clause><clause id="H7F7EC89DBBFC4798931F8285895FDE48"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>enroll in and
complete postsecondary education or training programs, including obtaining
recognized postsecondary credentials (such as industry-recognized credentials
and certificates from registered apprenticeship programs); or</text></clause><clause id="HFB6775561F4C439CB4C09A0FFED79894"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>satisfy Armed
Forces requirements.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF6E78C33AC3496C80ED4D4936B76B67"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Link to
employment opportunities</header><text>The career and technical education and
training provided shall be linked to the employment opportunities in in-demand
industries in the State in which the Job Corps center is
located.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H7322A3B7577949B4B61005B795B39E85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="H20B015AF55E44D878136951BECD730AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Education and Vocational</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Academic and Career and
Technical Education and</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93EE514E277A40378892DAA987AC0923"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>may</quote> after <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting
<quote>shall</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA2C4ACDF6B845B4AF6D933253C59430"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>vocational</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>career and
technical</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8908A4DF00CF4C458A006ABBAF915FCF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (3) of subsection (c) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H6594009B7EA04B68B0D8C5AE1327EA70" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HBC6F925F2E4647AB9ADA50AE21D357CB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Demonstration</header><text>Each
year, any operator seeking to enroll additional enrollees in an advanced career
training program shall demonstrate, before the operator may carry out such
additional enrollment, that—</text><subparagraph id="H6470844EEA64419AB9E7DB52056185C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>participants in
such program have achieved a satisfactory rate of completion and placement in
training-related jobs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD335C862EBF244D5B8C1F3C4D1E59704"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such operator has
met or exceeded the indicators of performance described in paragraphs (1) and
(2) of section 159(c) for the previous
year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H5B332AD6DC6C4C14B003AD5CFE191314"><enum>122.</enum><header>Counseling and
job placement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 149
(29 U.S.C.
2889) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H06FA7ECD2FD2464D9CFF1FA24BF07A3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career and technical
education and</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8E23583976E648AFA6F9A68BE998F152"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="idCDC937C143CC47D5882A9F0179EE8CEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>make every effort to arrange to</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF132A01473074A229B3863FD9A82FB7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to assist</quote> and inserting <quote>assist</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAC8DA3DE3C842BE86A1DB61DB76ED25"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d).</text></paragraph></section><section id="HC544420390AB4A6BB14E70C9ED143132"><enum>123.</enum><header>Support</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 150
(29 U.S.C.
2890) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H149074C47FFC449D9E7DC902A159F4BB" style="OLC"><subsection id="H5A69DFF356114D089DEB787849245781"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transition
allowances and support for graduates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall arrange for a
transition allowance to be paid to graduates. The transition allowance shall be
incentive-based to reflect a graduate’s completion of academic, career and
technical education or training, and attainment of a recognized postsecondary
credential, including an industry-recognized
credential.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HE2D9D8C81AF949E4881F59913160B5DA"><enum>124.</enum><header>Operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 151 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2891">29 U.S.C. 2891</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H5A78524EB04F46DCA8495382E2232563"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the header, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Operating
plan</header-in-text>.</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Operations</header-in-text>.</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8E308FD72723475AB98925844A4BFC1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
General.</header-in-text>—</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Operating
Plan.</header-in-text>—</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H05A7557BF20E4699A6AF2B34EA21DA35"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE03139E8C3B146B4800CE99D3258CD88"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="HC0BA9D8E95E041F78F76B16DD568E32D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading by
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">of Operating
Plan</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Availability</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F293589579C4E049603EB938F47AC1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subsections (a) and (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4B3FA0B09CE493E87483E714AA5642B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA61A0B430D647CAAAD50864655DFD3F" style="OLC"><subsection id="HAF4A1645F7604395A6D0AD70AEA2514F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 10
percent of the funds allotted under section 147 to an entity selected to
operate a Job Corps center may be used by the entity for administrative costs
under this
subtitle.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H74A4CE9015404D429629E5CF3056C8EC"><enum>125.</enum><header>Community
participation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 153
(29 U.S.C.
2893) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8AED74D4DE69480E8473D77C538F0891" style="OLC"><section id="H089088EDBEF44FEA85DF172953D3B59D"><enum>153.</enum><header>Community
participation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The director of
each Job Corps center shall encourage and cooperate in activities to establish
a mutually beneficial relationship between Job Corps centers in the State and
nearby communities. Such activities may include the use of any local workforce
development boards established under section 117 to provide a mechanism for
joint discussion of common problems and for planning programs of mutual
interest.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H42954E70808D489392B608940C107896"><enum>126.</enum><header>Workforce
councils</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 154
(29 U.S.C.
2894) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27075EF8CAA04C87956437A1A94FA583" style="OLC"><section id="H55A3441C59F5472DA3F3120884889629"><enum>154.</enum><header>Workforce
councils</header><subsection id="HB8BFC67E41134B28ACE9DBE5A367B37F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each Job Corps center shall have a workforce council
appointed by the Governor of the State in which the Job Corps center is
located.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5905B1DCBB3A4BDE9F735A9F0F3CDA7B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Workforce
council composition</header><paragraph id="HBEDCAA5951B84CA8B23437A4E5099A5D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>A workforce council shall be comprised of—</text><subparagraph id="HC46D971DE70845C6B210469763F761D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>business members
of the State board described in section 111(b)(1)(B)(i);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5285C4244144027B1F1374E1D454363"><enum>(B)</enum><text>business members
of the local boards described in section 117(b)(2)(A) located in the
State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8283695DBF124941AA9C6E4D5A732900"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a representative
of the State board described in section 111(f); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD11644824962496FA2F52001B53AF0AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such other
representatives and State agency officials as the Governor may
designate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8FBE223B88E47A2B3BD6AC112B13E04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Majority</header><text>A
<fraction>2/3</fraction> majority of the members of the workforce council shall
be representatives described in paragraph (1)(A).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD1B1881344DA4CED8F0F3B4E6FB35B0D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
responsibilities of the workforce council shall be—</text><paragraph id="H266A386F97E4407C9BB3BCB42567F97D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to review all the
relevant labor market information, including related information in the State
plan described in section 112, to—</text><subparagraph id="H7E8E58C8A9344868992C20E9BEE39B83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine the
in-demand industries in the State in which enrollees intend to seek employment
after graduation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87AE4534163441C794B22352C53B14D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determine the
skills and education that are necessary to obtain the employment opportunities
described in subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE130BF72E4845C6B3CCC912DF20257C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>determine the type
or types of career and technical education and training that will be
implemented at the center to enable the enrollees to obtain the employment
opportunities; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE027EFDEC59432CB4B3384D96B48A65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to meet at least
once a year to reevaluate the labor market information, and other relevant
information, to determine any necessary changes in the career and technical
education and training provided at the
center.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF143C280E4DF4F1681A991BA65CC5B99"><enum>127.</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 156
(29 U.S.C.
2896) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16713F0BFCEE445895821CC39E8E962C" style="OLC"><section id="HE777725EB228463B9C5E63A24EC2C050"><enum>156.</enum><header>Technical
assistance to centers</header><subsection id="HCCD731456C7E4D5CBA131612F6748CBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the funds
reserved under section 132(a)(3), the Secretary shall provide, directly or
through grants, contracts, or other agreements or arrangements as the Secretary
considers appropriate, technical assistance and training for the Job Corps
program for the purposes of improving program quality.</text></subsection><subsection id="H9DE5A5C30FA9460591FD6E0323573DCE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>In
providing training and technical assistance and for allocating resources for
such assistance, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="H1C20D81C3C4642CA870D62CE298CF229"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assist entities,
including those entities not currently operating a Job Corps center, in
developing the application described in section 147(d);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA903581BB74D4AB8B7A054511DEABD5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assist Job Corps
centers and programs in correcting deficiencies and violations under this
subtitle;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB90D019F54D44BFCA02EC40B1F917A10"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assist Job Corps
centers and programs in meeting or exceeding the indicators of performance
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 159(c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC5CE728AEDCB453C8D1B2AED873447AD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assist Job Corps
centers and programs in the development of sound management practices,
including financial management
procedures.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H6D43892D9C674F38AA676427D008E323"><enum>128.</enum><header>Special
provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 158(c)(1)
(29 U.S.C.
2989(c)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>title II of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481 et
seq.)</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter 5 of title 40,
United States Code,</quote>.</text></section><section id="H82B43D0F04D5409F88956FD22CD3F703"><enum>129.</enum><header>Performance
accountability management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 159 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2899">29 U.S.C. 2899</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H295FF7E6F90C4223ACFD3D498F527E0A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Management Information</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Performance Accountability
and Management</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB0290087B984BD0AD011D68322FB058"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, or
operating costs for such centers result in a budgetary
shortfall</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4EFC03BDC0224112A1B967B13628E5C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (c) through (g); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8CDA01E48C14C6CA8E12CF4DDF4AE7D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (b) the following:</text><quoted-block id="H289D73CC8B534E2386349BD5AACAE4ED" style="OLC"><subsection id="H158B615C79E14D1C9F708D3D562CAAF1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Indicators of
Performance</header><paragraph id="H64A0FE7A465149F7824645CACD8F3020"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Primary
indicators</header><text>The annual primary indicators of performance for Job
Corps centers shall include—</text><subparagraph id="H5B44CA84041C40F48DA9B617A93BFB04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the percentage and
number of enrollees who graduate from the Job Corps center;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33FB01A8564E4605AF1D8EAEA3B2B8A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage and
number of graduates who entered unsubsidized employment related to the career
and technical education and training received through the Job Corps center,
except that such calculation shall not include enrollment in education, the
military, or volunteer service;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B35268BDF9E454CBFB83078E7B20F3D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the percentage and
number of graduates who obtained a recognized postsecondary credential,
including an industry-recognized credential or a certificate from a registered
apprenticeship program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EC947512F0948BF93FCA57256D96621"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the cost per
successful performance outcome, which is calculated by comparing the number of
graduates who were placed in unsubsidized employment or obtained a recognized
postsecondary credential, including an industry-recognized credential, to total
program costs, including all operations, construction, and administration costs
at each Job Corps center.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F1507272C0046E8AF4038C6D914A547"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secondary
indicators</header><text>The annual secondary indicators of performance for Job
Corps centers shall include—</text><subparagraph id="H812173B919B04B00BD34126CFC10F739"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the percentage and
number of graduates who entered unsubsidized employment not related to the
career and technical education and training received through the Job Corps
center;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF20A179EDB44134B95789F4943E293A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage and
number of graduates who entered into postsecondary education;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64A6D3937983476ABEE877580FA451E6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the percentage and
number of graduates who entered into the military;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C9D61F01E4E4A3B915A27CF2909707B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the average wage
of graduates who are in unsubsidized employment—</text><clause id="HAB48D7551C3748538221ECF31B700FB7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on
the first day of employment; and</text></clause><clause id="HEACE532BB89F4C98AF64AB1527CC3832"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>6
months after the first day;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F6786C8468043BEB51C17783088AA7F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of graduates who entered unsubsidized employment and were retained
in the unsubsidized employment—</text><clause id="H4707FA78FB434432BD11746C409FFA37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>6
months after the first day of employment; and</text></clause><clause id="H619C5AB5427842D687BB4A3FE4E481C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>12 months after
the first day of employment;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2478ACDF9B8541C78C0210B79254BBE4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the percentage and
number of enrollees compared to the percentage and number of enrollees the
Secretary has established as targets in section 145(c)(1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A681B7846A54667947D62F619FF6F06"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the cost per
training slot, which is calculated by comparing the program’s maximum number of
enrollees that can be enrolled in a Job Corps center at any given time during
the program year to the number of enrollees in the same program year;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D07B8C0BC4A4D33B449B6F2EA731514"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of former enrollees, including the number dismissed under the zero
tolerance policy described in section 152(b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H78475F2EF1054EE0A0828E6B71E28D4B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indicators of
performance for recruiters</header><text>The annual indicators of performance
for recruiters shall include the measurements described in subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1) and subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H) of paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2EDCF210A1644FD888494389CEFD7B33"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Indicators of
performance of career transition service providers</header><text>The annual
indicators of performance of career transition service providers shall include
the measurements described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) and
subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H035906685AF94CE28E197A8A25353CB3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
information</header><text>The Secretary shall collect, and submit in the report
described in subsection (f), information on the performance of each Job Corps
center, and the Job Corps program, regarding—</text><paragraph id="H56F6341973794432B42B72761039E707"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of former enrollees who obtained a regular secondary school
diploma;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2AE2A07E39AE4D0C9B35C717FD497504"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of former enrollees who entered unsubsidized employment;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H259CBB5013A044C0A42A74DF5C2A1DD6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of former enrollees who obtained a recognized postsecondary
credential, including an industry-recognized credential;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB83283614C514B25A306B813C6982EED"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of former enrollees who entered into military service; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H547D6EC7FD854E34B972865E0302F1FD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any additional
information required by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H07FD820BA17844318801E453DAEF550D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Methods</header><text>The
Secretary shall collect the information described in subsections (c) and (d),
using methods described in section 136(f)(2) and consistent with State law, by
entering into agreements with the States to access such data for Job Corps
enrollees, former enrollees, and graduates.</text></subsection><subsection id="H500AB87295EF4C2EB9C76B31A454B53D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Transparency and
accountability</header><paragraph id="HFF82BCB08A1E45A1B29B8F5077887D8A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall collect and annually
submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the Senate, and make available to the public by electronic means, a report
containing—</text><subparagraph id="HC50318815DBF4421AA02F12F6183CFFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on the
performance of each Job Corps center, and the Job Corps program, on the
performance indicators described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
(c);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF77EA11FE9C401AA0792E80CBF9D901"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a comparison of
each Job Corps center, by rank, on the performance indicators described in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF05998B016D7486284C1587924DFD758"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a comparison of
each Job Corps center, by rank, on the average performance of all primary
indicators described in paragraph (1) of subsection (c);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C81FAEAF13643BF861433C7C80A6C3F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information on the
performance of the service providers described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of
subsection (c) on the performance indicators established under such paragraphs;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB15B0F4C4664565A866172EDCF99458"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a comparison of
each service provider, by rank, on the performance of all service providers
described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (c) on the performance
indicators established under such paragraphs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C9F3C6EA5C046708F93C488DA00FA7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>The
Secretary shall conduct an annual assessment of the performance of each Job
Corps center which shall include information on the Job Corps centers
that—</text><subparagraph id="H85CD7956B9334B3BAD3232A8C18B00C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are ranked in the
bottom 10 percent on the performance indicator described in paragraph (1)(C);
or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H228F1BF999084787A9F02D41E51C9CA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have failed a
safety and health code review described in subsection (g).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA07245830E14CDF8596B2FFB65F808C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Performance
improvement</header><text>With respect to a Job Corps center that is identified
under paragraph (2) or reports less than 50 percent on the performance
indicators described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (c)(1), the
Secretary shall develop and implement a 1 year performance improvement plan.
Such a plan shall require action including—</text><subparagraph id="H18DD34CD67ED4E11948913FB0B1E4951"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing
technical assistance to the center;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F850035B010405896CDCE22A1F3F55F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>changing the
management staff of the center;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF68EDAAAD1D144A3A6D4977E633479FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>replacing the
operator of the center;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E2556D0C61D41A6AC42C2A741B01CDB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reducing the
capacity of the center; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C1DD5787A3F4E40BAFDF41CFABD44B4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>closing the
center.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF523EC05E860412CAD3BF5BCC08DC30C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Closure of job
corps centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Job Corps
centers that have been identified under paragraph (2) for more than 4
consecutive years shall be closed. The Secretary shall ensure—</text><subparagraph id="H2FBFE94E5BBA402CBADDD6DDEC62EB79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that the proposed
decision to close the center is announced in advance to the general public
through publication in the Federal Register and other appropriate means;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7EF5549D49947639A2FA6F685D47BD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the establishment
of a reasonable comment period, not to exceed 30 days, for interested
individuals to submit written comments to the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF58AE2535524680B6A97D6788FE48B0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Participant
health and safety</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into an agreement
with the General Services Administration or the appropriate State agency
responsible for inspecting public buildings and safeguarding the health of
disadvantaged students, to conduct an in-person review of the physical
condition and health-related activities of each Job Corps center annually. Such
review shall include a passing rate of occupancy under Federal and State
ordinances.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id1E2A798245F445A49A220452B66AF152" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>National Programs</header><section id="H4967A94EEC7D4F529C6206FE1B68EBBE"><enum>130.</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 170
(29 U.S.C.
2915) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HAB38844B1CAC49A1B93663AD44E48612"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H57715AD0ACF043309D3A4234E51CBDCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking:</text><quoted-block id="H6EA6F0B70BC549D4B2FA462BFA90AB7A" style="OLC"><subsection id="HBBDCA6A5C4624E01B5F87E7B3EB606BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
technical
assistance</header></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H2183E61D93F948B5B154B16920F6563C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3) as subsections (a), (b), and (c) respectively, and moving such subsections
2 ems to the left, and conforming the casing style of the headings of such
subsections to the casing style of the heading of subsection (d), as added by
paragraph (7) of this section;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DD5057700A74CDA9CD087806EBC4354"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
(as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="H323975BCBCE84986BF9B6E4329F6299F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>the training of staff providing rapid response services and additional
assistance, the training of other staff of recipients of funds under this
title, assistance regarding accounting and program operation practices (when
such assistance would not be duplicative to assistance provided by the State),
technical assistance to States that do not meet State performance measures
described in section 136,</quote> after <quote>localities,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H074714DE7A284E7E82A887925004DF22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>from carrying out activities</quote> and all that follows up to the
period and inserting <quote>to implement the amendments made by the SKILLS
Act</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC45EAF187CE1419A954EBEA0100457A9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (b)
(as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="H173A7EE00B4B401D8E99B493D9B219C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12F95796AE5E44E6A8E5ADC4814BC12B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, or recipient of financial assistance under any of sections 166 through
169,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H338DB422E16D4C159D3DD413A6D88905"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or grant recipient</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9BBF785046DD4F8888AD717F199DFF86"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (c)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (a)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0FA7BDD93ACA467F87127263E256A538"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting,
after subsection (c) (as so redesignated), the following:</text><quoted-block id="H7B0A62B590594F358F5267E6A9875ADC" style="OLC"><subsection id="H61B344528733423C81BD529F69003767"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Best practices
coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="H14187B92C20A43A5B178A64DD3C9ACE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish a system
through which States may share information regarding best practices with regard
to the operation of workforce investment activities under this Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H72892BEEB9A944E98E89CA9297111606"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate and
disseminate information regarding best practices and identify knowledge
gaps.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H895E6A492D6D481C81A0E6DDD44FC145"><enum>131.</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 172 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2917">29 U.S.C. 2917</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H024F23932DCD4A3A8367A7ECF21EFD7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>the Secretary shall provide for the continuing evaluation of
the programs and activities, including those programs and activities carried
out under section 171</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary, through
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, shall conduct, at least once
every 5 years, an independent evaluation of the programs and activities funded
under this Act</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H47A4073702AE46C188AE8A62283C60AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (a)(4) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H67AC1F72B30240C1BAD352D507A1D46B" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H8EB3BB6F736C45F5B8AB2BDE860428A1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the impact of
receiving services and not receiving services under such programs and
activities on the community, businesses, and
individuals;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H78BF9BE1F007469F834311C46DEFB361"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (c) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HD16267A788D44E509D00828AF3FEF8C4" style="OLC"><subsection id="H2131261313C74DF3A6CB7C36427E3A0F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Techniques</header><text>Evaluations
conducted under this section shall utilize appropriate and rigorous methodology
and research designs, including the use of control groups chosen by scientific
random assignment methodologies, quasi-experimental methods, impact analysis
and the use of administrative data. The Secretary shall conduct an impact
analysis, as described in subsection (a)(4), of the formula grant program under
subtitle B not later than 2016, and thereafter shall conduct such an analysis
not less than once every 4
years.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H9E6C9BE84F6649878212D596A68695E9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
by striking <quote>the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate</quote> and inserting <quote>the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions of the Senate</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB04F0CEEE83C4A7FAA5A43254838E744"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (f) as
subsection (g) and inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA74BFF37F67C43748D737607B666B942" style="OLC"><subsection id="H0970F21404E0413D979767FC57E299A2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reduction of
amounts authorized To be appropriated for late reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a report required to be transmitted to
Congress under this section is not transmitted on or before the time period
specified for that report, amounts authorized to be appropriated under this
title shall be reduced by 10 percent for the fiscal year that begins after the
date on which the final report required under this section is required to be
transmitted and reduced by an additional 10 percent each subsequent fiscal year
until each such report is transmitted to
Congress.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H6DBB1732C09843659A9BF3EA37BE3E02"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the
end, the following:</text><quoted-block id="HC40E1D2F4AFA426A99E78CB91165B772" style="OLC"><subsection id="HBFE02AD3B84D44158B9A6A711DCE9182"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The results of the evaluations conducted under this
section shall be made publicly available, including by posting such results on
the Department’s
website.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id4F11E2B1DE16463CB71C34156BAE6CF8" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Administration</header><section id="H6B91742129D24CD994D260707E12DEB4"><enum>132.</enum><header>Requirements
and restrictions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 181
(29 U.S.C.
2931) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H7429291ECF0F47B2B6E08AC55E964A9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(6), by striking <quote>, including representatives of businesses and of
labor organizations,</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H072D860D616A4FF3810ECED121F14188"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>shall</quote>
and inserting <quote>may</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFBD3B3B7D46F4D32B166F505E75D7CAC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text><subparagraph id="HE1D572CE61504A7F81FC4CC5D27993AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>training for</quote> and inserting <quote>the entry into employment,
retention in employment, or increases in earnings of</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4D2FF20F5DB463DBF69D9C0F80D9F9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subtitle B</quote> and inserting <quote>this Act</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H09952DE678514730B514D91D6DCFA30C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(4), by striking <quote>134(a)(3)(B)</quote> and inserting
<quote>133(a)(4)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6974E808A77D40F69CAFCC25B0161F63"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CC7A149D86F44C584B7F7F60E90E14A" style="OLC"><subsection id="H1F39D7ED80994C13A50B1E328AD99C83"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Salary and bonus
limitation</header><paragraph id="id84D09015ED054E72B8D3629CBAD7D03A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds provided
under this title shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to
pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect
costs, at a rate in excess of the rate prescribed in level II of the Executive
Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD05A2BA888E24EA0A0FE18D8E26CF2F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vendors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitation described in paragraph (1)
shall not apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined in OMB
Circular A–133.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA60317F8B997452EA4214DAC710CFDD4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Lower
limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a case in which a
State is a recipient of such funds, the State may establish a lower limit than
is provided in paragraph (1) for salaries and bonuses of those receiving
salaries and bonuses from a subrecipient of such funds, taking into account
factors including the relative cost of living in the State, the compensation
levels for comparable State or local government employees, and the size of the
organizations that administer the Federal programs involved.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA17F22EDA274C7FB94684C5CB872C05"><enum>(h)</enum><header>General
authority</header><paragraph id="HD6D6A2DE7CC14ECD8659290DDBDCE409"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Employment and
Training Administration of the Department of Labor (referred to in this Act as
the <quote>Administration</quote>) shall administer all programs authorized
under title I and the Wagner-Peyser Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/49">29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.</external-xref>). The
Administration shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary appointed by the
President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Except for title II
and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/701">29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.</external-xref>), the Administration
shall be the principal agency, and the Assistant Secretary shall be the
principal officer, of such Department for carrying out this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB73C1904C8184EC78EED5C634B99C274"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
Assistant Secretary shall be an individual with substantial experience in
workforce development and in workforce development management. The Assistant
Secretary shall also, to the maximum extent possible, possess knowledge and
have worked in or with the State or local workforce investment system or have
been a member of the business community.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD0E060AC9674422EAF1D513C22238B66"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>In
the performance of the functions of the office, the Assistant Secretary shall
be directly responsible to the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary of Labor, as
determined by the Secretary. The functions of the Assistant Secretary shall not
be delegated to any officer not directly responsible, both with respect to
program operation and administration, to the Assistant Secretary. Any reference
in this Act to duties to be carried out by the Assistant Secretary shall be
considered to be a reference to duties to be carried out by the Secretary
acting through the Assistant
Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H802BA66F22B8412C80CDE828B2E4B4A1"><enum>133.</enum><header>Prompt
allocation of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
182 (29 U.S.C.
2932) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HA11050BD65BB4B5C9C69409651A0E8DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="idD9E8E92A03EA4495AD41A307BB8DDB73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>127 or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id42E4D897C5C446C1BF820764762DAC78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, except that</quote> and all that follows and inserting a period;
and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9F4FE24A65484752B5F871F75D288DEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text><subparagraph id="HA2BF8A7B2ED3483E8A0A97BA2397BDCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>sections 128 and 133</quote> and inserting <quote>section 133</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74A9649F426C4E34AB0FC989D76DF219"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>127 or</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H3BEE9A571B034DA08DC6E0CB1B922D1A"><enum>134.</enum><header>Fiscal
controls; sanctions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
184(a)(2) (29 U.S.C.
2934(a)(2)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H602B808DA55A4A3B8EDBC1521337B908"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(A)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Each</quote> and
inserting <quote>Each</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H78A9A26615E242B9B7035989CD0DFD8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B).</text></paragraph></section><section id="H5AE9598C7A7041ACB0548F1A477E0D8E"><enum>135.</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 185
(29 U.S.C.
2935) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HA6DF5092732D49B6802389AA2B751A02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="HC6C278E8F3574FDD8C2C81540CF94A63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00099DAB665749C3AE8117F53F11653C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC088234389D1487A9496C510711EB2DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H269A7A95665441A09C0E20F3989C19CD" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HD96B073468A44E2AB6ECAE30C47128FD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>shall have the
option to submit or disseminate electronically any reports, records, plans, or
other data that are required to be collected or disseminated under this
title.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC6BF0FD91D99492489AB1B8D5A47E7D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(2), by inserting <quote>and the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate,</quote> after
<quote>Secretary,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H2B3FC26128DB463EADC8AD0294AC78DB"><enum>136.</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 189
(29 U.S.C.
2939) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HB9690F29A8274B6E90DAE24CFBCADEC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)—</text><subparagraph id="HDC4708261A344E1AB15D5135A4620BF6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H355D50A3E0FF4A23BA2BB305077E757E" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H95744FE1E0D8492195722AF1B771C03E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Appropriations for any fiscal year for programs and
activities carried out under this title shall be available for obligation only
on the basis of a program year. The program year shall begin on October 1 in
the fiscal year for which the appropriation is
made.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF931D8CEF584DCC8846FB5FB6A1D605"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="H9F253A14E769498CA5F526405A7E2CDC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by
striking <quote>each State</quote> and inserting <quote>each recipient (except as otherwise provided in this
paragraph)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HD80C23AB03024EDBB6F2723EAECCF517"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by
striking <quote>171 or</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBF116C3A0B5E4AEDA028BCAAD970BE1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(i)—</text><subparagraph id="H105B938DC1754DBBB833D185D131E020"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2) and (3);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2AD25ADD53464C0CB5BD834014AC3B41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H857B7DAD51AA4E158E48C75FFBE63F38"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2)(A), as so redesignated—</text><clause id="H09F69B02B9874FB9865F1C218BA65A4C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (i), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period at the
end;</text></clause><clause id="H90A1CFEA447846ADA6119418A03A0890"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>requirements of subparagraph (B)</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>any of the statutory or regulatory requirements of subtitle
B</quote> and inserting <quote>requirements of subparagraph (B) or (D), any of
the statutory or regulatory requirements of subtitle B</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H010B6A9B828A4C9B899F58858EE2D93E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking clause (ii); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9EC0421DB0E4B5C9034290F5D38D85E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H9D3E0247E7AC4EAD90CDE1AC388C082B" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H93BFB0115FED44BDB6E4DA525A063871"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Expedited
process for extending approved waivers to additional states</header><text>The
Secretary may establish an expedited procedure for the purpose of extending to
additional States the waiver of statutory or regulatory requirements that have
been approved for a State pursuant to a request under subparagraph (B), in lieu
of requiring the additional States to meet the requirements of subparagraphs
(B) and (C). Such procedure shall ensure that the extension of such a waiver to
additional States is accompanied by appropriate conditions relating to the
implementation of such waiver.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2725CF78903B4C77887431E588F6C168"><enum>(E)</enum><header>External
Conditions</header><text>The Secretary shall not require or impose new or
additional requirements, that are not specified under this Act, on a State in
exchange for providing a waiver to the State or a local area in the State under
this
paragraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H21F570E630A44D23A76E1B4E778BD9C4"><enum>137.</enum><header>State
legislative authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
191(a) (29 U.S.C.
2941(a)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H7D548E3D2B2644BEAF2462EC1B712CB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>consistent with the provisions of this title</quote> and inserting
<quote>consistent with State law and the provisions of this title</quote>;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H064BA6F5ACF4411FB4347B6F3956B40E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>consistent with the terms and conditions required under this
title</quote> and inserting <quote>consistent with State law and the terms and
conditions required under this title</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HA1A6EEEEA78B4CDC93F1ADE329DDA594"><enum>138.</enum><header>General program
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 195
(29 U.S.C.
2945) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H4908B7D0653E45F7825622C37D900B89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by inserting at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H99CB25D1C1B34AFB88AA3A9CF1D79439" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H588C4FE33B924B62A9DF7CC0B6AA2A23" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds received under a program by a public
or private nonprofit entity that are not described in subparagraph (B), such as
funds privately raised from philanthropic foundations, businesses, or other
private entities, shall not be considered to be income under this title and
shall not be subject to the requirements of this
paragraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id577304C374FB4D7CB711B15281D3D59F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (9);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idFC8DA093846F4BFB89D1B33D9EDE8663"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (10) through (13) as paragraphs (9) through (12),
respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H95C33FDF9BFC4EA49974CC63AABCA1F8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:</text><quoted-block id="H787C42A2318047B9BD6E70018AFB2CAB" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H5EEB4E3ADDD947ACB9085808BB703B3F"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Funds provided
under this title shall not be used to establish or operate stand-alone
fee-for-service enterprises that compete with private sector employment
agencies within the meaning of section 701(c) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(42 U.S.C.
2000e(c)), except that for purposes of this paragraph, such an
enterprise does not include a one-stop center.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H56BD43DA38154931B8A97CE4AF245106"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Any report
required to be submitted to Congress, or to a Committee of Congress, under this
title shall be submitted to both the chairmen and ranking minority members of
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H00C4770F772A4259B0E23B160858D91A"><enum>139.</enum><header>Federal agency
staff and restrictions on political and lobbying activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle E of title I (29 U.S.C. 2931 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
sections:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H527C22575A524A4EBEEB284282F7057F" style="OLC"><section id="HF558C533E1B04F189D85975193D8D068"><enum>196.</enum><header>Federal agency
staff</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall—</text><paragraph id="H5ACBD99BA5634790AF6F8D5DDE429A3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 60
days after the date of the enactment of the SKILLS Act—</text><subparagraph id="H3A88C79BF2CF44CEBCFAB7781D7652C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify the
number of Federal government employees who, on the day before the date of
enactment of the SKILLS Act, worked on or administered each of the programs and
activities that were authorized under this Act or were authorized under a
provision listed in section 401 of the SKILLS Act; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85D8F8DA13E942A3895C04C8D5DF2AB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the number of full-time equivalent
employees who on the day before that date of enactment, worked on or
administered each of the programs and activities described in subparagraph (A),
on functions for which the authorizing provision has been repealed, or for
which an amount has been consolidated (if such employee is in a duplicate position), on or after such date of
enactment;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE949BB4883BF430D8794414DE0466DEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 90 after such date of
enactment, publish the information described in paragraph (1) on the Office of
Management and Budget website; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC1FD30E35A1470E84F7A0219306CAAD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not later than 1
year after such date of enactment—</text><subparagraph id="H035B9FE91E6E40E8BF591216336F2847"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduce the
workforce of the Federal Government by the number of full-time equivalent
employees identified under paragraph (1)(B); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF25427EFF91492EA46CAE1975F7E4AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to Congress
a report on how the Director carried out the requirements of subparagraph
(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HF454007306F64B3EAFBAEDDF6BFD7698"><enum>197.</enum><header>Restrictions on
lobbying and political activities</header><subsection id="HF09638C185D34D21998F4D9BA2E2D66A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Lobbying
restrictions</header><paragraph id="H6C9B3F4627B04DBCA3FD77BAD7D9AFDE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Publicity
restrictions</header><subparagraph id="H555E12AF2D4949FBB82CD5AA52E66BA3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), no funds provided under this
Act shall be used or proposed for use, for—</text><clause id="H4C5B58BACCB146ADB1C2D93995FADB0C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>publicity or
propaganda purposes; or</text></clause><clause id="HE52BAAC738934782AEE9E803C7288497"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the preparation, distribution, or use of
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic communication, radio,
television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment
of legislation before the Congress or any State or local legislature or
legislative body.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F4DFCBEEDD24A01B83A4D9173D25222"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to—</text><clause id="H72D31BFF48554EB59C67118567DC4ACB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>normal and
recognized executive-legislative relationships;</text></clause><clause id="HC7826B2E8CEF433D9C863DA52E7FD825"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the preparation,
distribution, or use of the materials described in subparagraph (A)(ii) in
presentation to the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative
body (except that this subparagraph does not apply with respect to such
preparation, distribution, or use in presentation to the executive branch of
any State or local government); or</text></clause><clause id="HE91A9B3EB5E44A53BD9759192ABD64FA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such
preparation, distribution, or use of such materials, that are designed to
support or defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or
order issued by the executive branch of any State or local government.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4C2304A59FD4F3BBE7463373CA744F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Salary payment
restriction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds provided
under this Act shall be used, or proposed for use, to pay the salary or
expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such
recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the enactment or
issuance of legislation, appropriations, regulations, administrative action, or
an Executive order proposed or pending before the Congress or any State
government, or a State or local legislature or legislative body, other than for
normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships or participation by
an agency or officer of a State, local, or tribal government in policymaking
and administrative processes within the executive branch of that
government.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E16B7CD968E422EB7AE7F73B0DF0AD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Political
restrictions</header><paragraph id="H34A6FB0FD3174729853D3CE5E7AD0E8A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds received by
a participant of a program or activity under this Act shall be used for—</text><subparagraph id="HEBE2FA0A12944606A3D54B965BAB0032"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any partisan or
nonpartisan political activity or any other political activity associated with
a candidate, or contending faction or group, in an election for public or party
office; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5AD98F69962485B9B414A2E9445DE7A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any activity to
provide voters with transportation to the polls or similar assistance in
connection with any such election.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB291F2DEB524BD79D615BD2F0FCA97D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restriction on
voter registration activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds under this Act shall be used to
conduct voter registration activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F8FDFC92C414B179125F881D391EDED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this subsection, the
term <quote>participant</quote> includes any State, local area, or government,
nonprofit, or for-profit entity receiving funds under this
Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id114DA58D9826424089D6FF04938C8D44" style="OLC"><enum>F</enum><header>State unified plan</header><section id="HB0A5EBB03F224A2C8085F979891BA9F4"><enum>140.</enum><header>State unified
plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501
(20 U.S.C.
9271) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H70AA954C293E4FE4873F9479FAAC771A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (a) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H962418DBA76B48F6B5965A77658DB3D0" style="OLC"><subsection id="H10DCC2A6DD3E43F481A90B5B9BBD2B79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
receive and approve State unified plans developed and submitted in accordance
with this
section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H7ABDCD0877F94F4AAB2ABEE96369AF56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H2E371FA0B567499F89DF15B4C3A856F3" style="OLC"><subsection id="H37656ECC01214BD0BC5D7071E39DFEB3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State unified
plan</header><paragraph id="H309AB176563B4C5CABD9150A12F40707"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State may develop and submit to the Secretary a State
unified plan for 2 or more of the activities or programs set forth in paragraph
(2). The State unified plan shall cover one or more of the activities or
programs set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) and shall cover
one or more of the activities or programs set forth in subparagraphs (C)
through (N) of paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0082C1942A914E5E876FD0E8C7DC0652"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities and
programs</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term <term>activity
or program</term> means any 1 of the following 14 activities or
programs:</text><subparagraph id="H1A70C592C0314EE7A3245AD66F90D495"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Activities and
programs authorized under title I.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7B3270849E84114A6135502C4547D1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Activities and
programs authorized under title II.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3129C3C0CF664A6DB7E6C51077121918"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Programs
authorized under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 710 et
seq.).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C496F6AEC3844A08941BD72A73BDA73"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Secondary career
and technical education programs authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Career
and Technical Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2301">20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D07221997604973AB8E168595DA8A14"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Postsecondary
career and technical education programs authorized under the Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7ED85E5535A14A55B1970023E1044D59"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Activities and
programs authorized under title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et
seq.).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA9F87038399E429581BBE5B48C730290"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Programs and
activities authorized under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the
<quote>National Apprenticeship Act</quote>; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29
U.S.C. 50 et seq.).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB3A469DB6454E78B80C34E8F8C26467"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Programs
authorized under the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et
seq.).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A3F2824AC4344348DEB74F3FA8F8C14"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Programs
authorized under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601
et seq.).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95EAAB3353E94D2FBF8B06E0B8707AE1"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Programs
authorized under State unemployment compensation laws (in accordance with
applicable Federal law).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3AF67F83B9143D1B4C4F9B4D8049C93"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Work programs
authorized under section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2015(o)).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C043E2256DB469B872283ED723E6712"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Activities and
programs authorized under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5301">42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8554090D869F44E3B42F2FD74D8AFBD2"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Activities and
programs authorized under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3121">42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9E414C10A6A4DEFBAA65D5C218CA9EE"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Activities
authorized under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/41">chapter 41</external-xref> of title 38,
United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HB65387DD6E2C492EA078FC8D0A60EE4D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (d) to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B44661F6CF84AE78692F84401208968" style="OLC"><subsection id="HEC71BEC0E716484EA8E5C0FAC0B4D516"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Approval</header><paragraph id="H9BA6EE7AF92F4D7D83785AFC230FCC28"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In approving a State unified plan under
this section, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="H7D6A19C45D84476493A2D356DF5BF2BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit the portion of the State unified
plan covering an activity or program described in subsection (b)(2) to the head
of the Federal agency who exercises administrative authority over the activity
or program for the approval of such portion by such Federal agency head;
or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A742855AA9045D1B2693C031F8FEC59"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate approval of the portion of the
State unified plan covering an activity or program described in subsection
(b)(2) with the head of the Federal agency who exercises administrative
authority over the activity or program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H879B2987877344E797B64AD741D08C4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timeline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State unified plan shall be considered to
be approved by the Secretary at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the
day the Secretary receives the plan, unless the Secretary makes a written
determination, during the 90-day period, that details how the plan is not
consistent with the requirements of the Federal statute authorizing an activity
or program described in subsection (b)(2) and covered under the plan or how the
plan is not consistent with the requirements of subsection (c)(3).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6DECD9EA5F4741C8BF89FEE2FF8B211C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Scope of
portion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
paragraph (1), the portion of the State unified plan covering an activity or
program shall be considered to include the plan described in subsection (c)(3)
and any proposal described in subsection (e)(2), as that part and proposal
relate to the activity or program.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H78E72A3C884C46379D75B6D11002FF44"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H282A363B810F41C98DBEEBCB6F789C08" style="OLC"><subsection id="H24C7C60230C04ABA826F65D400386B96"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
employment and training funds</header><paragraph id="HEF4A8E525A3A4F13856C44AD87653ADB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the purpose of this subsection to
reduce inefficiencies in the administration of federally funded State and local
employment and training programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9FC1DA06D286459FA3E0EE98788D75D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing a State
unified plan for the activities or programs described in subsection (b)(2), and
subject to paragraph (4) and to the State plan approval process under
subsection (d), a State may propose to consolidate the amount, in whole or
part, provided for the activities or programs covered by the plan into the
Workforce Investment Fund under section 132(b) to improve the administration of
State and local employment and training programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAAC37FB636A045E686061AE3DEA48265"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that has a State unified plan
approved under subsection (d) with a proposal for consolidation under paragraph
(2), and that is carrying out such consolidation, shall—</text><subparagraph id="H350CCA68416B415CB97A39BBB718F864"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in providing an activity or program for
which an amount is consolidated into the Workforce Investment Fund—</text><clause id="id2B9792E895C64505984B562DDAC401EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continue to meet the program requirements,
limitations, and prohibitions of any Federal statute authorizing the activity
or program; and</text></clause><clause id="H0643F8B86A624B298B13B4BED53901CD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meet the intent
and purpose for the activity or program; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B6BCA2CBDCF41039A5156F3980902E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>continue to make
reservations and allotments under subsections (a) and (b) of section
133.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD4C0567935E4C72B48C0BD72D1D420B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>A
State may not consolidate an amount under paragraph (2) that is allocated to
the State under—</text><subparagraph id="HBD3FB70C6C6F494684FB2D3D622E918A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2301">20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.</external-xref>);
or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5EBC8F175864D99AEE11FBC3C44FCF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>title I of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 710 et
seq.).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Adult Education and Family Literacy Education</header><section id="H376C1BE9D30943789E60ACE96F22AC0F"><enum>201.</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title II (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9201">20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended
to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95B0299D661848B5913538D04C973093" style="OLC"><title id="HEB48A6D3839B43B898607F58009C3E0D"><enum>II</enum><header>ADULT EDUCATION
AND FAMILY LITERACY EDUCATION</header><section id="H419C7527361A4584BDD1AF8974647E4F"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Adult Education and Family Literacy Education Act</quote>.</text></section><section id="HCB667B39764149E4A57371B9180C4C8B"><enum>202.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of this title to provide
instructional opportunities for adults seeking to improve their literacy
skills, including their basic reading, writing, speaking, and mathematics skills, and
support States and local communities in providing, on a voluntary basis, adult
education and family literacy education programs, in order to—</text><paragraph id="H53F392F0974E4454B7242DD1E63E603C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increase the
literacy of adults, including the basic reading, writing, speaking, and mathematics
skills, to a level of proficiency necessary for adults to obtain employment and
self-sufficiency and to successfully advance in the workforce;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0695E4B5EE3543D59E1B7948B1C15B10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assist adults in
the completion of a secondary school education (or its equivalent) and the
transition to a postsecondary educational institution;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H45AB17AC106649239407E35CFB8B8433"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assist adults who
are parents to enable them to support the educational development of their
children and make informed choices regarding their children’s education
including, through instruction in basic reading, writing, speaking, and mathematics
skills; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H126322D3A9544037BAF6D53BB7F158D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assist adults who
are not proficient in English in improving their reading, writing, speaking,
listening, comprehension, and mathematics skills.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HFBD4A4783F4F4A65A0760307F067578C"><enum>203.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="H21B9B8CD4E384DFF8CE42788A6E5C065"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adult education
and family literacy education programs</header><text>The term <term>adult
education and family literacy education programs</term> means a sequence of
academic instruction and educational services below the postsecondary level
that increase an individual’s ability to read, write, and speak English and
perform mathematical computations leading to a level of proficiency equivalent
to at least a secondary school completion that is provided for
individuals—</text><subparagraph id="H041C69C212794A3A9ADD63344F6C1D57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who are at least
16 years of age;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A705855DF9A46CAA8D3F16C7DFA2462"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who are not
enrolled or required to be enrolled in secondary school under State law;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB6A0BAB45C14AEC970F89E3161F6173"><enum>(C)</enum><text>who—</text><clause id="H9B3EFA391C9E4E13B5781757D12CD8A2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lack sufficient
mastery of basic reading, writing, speaking, and mathematics skills to enable the
individuals to function effectively in society;</text></clause><clause id="HCAF2CC115C1542ED9D957F37E434758F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>do not have a
secondary school diploma or its equivalent and have not achieved an equivalent
level of education; or</text></clause><clause id="H8798BF22AF1B4743B2D155C28BBF41E5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are English
learners.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1E851DC3DB348A4B35EAA6897A2D5D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
agency</header><text>The term <term>eligible agency</term>—</text><subparagraph id="HB91BA6428C804AA2AB30D04392EF90F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means the primary
entity or agency in a State or an outlying area responsible for administering
or supervising policy for adult education and family literacy education
programs in the State or outlying area, respectively, consistent with the law
of the State or outlying area, respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C9107B1F5244DE8B23027AA959B462A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be the State
educational agency, the State agency responsible for administering workforce
investment activities, or the State agency responsible for administering
community or technical colleges.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF7B6863A4E14C709CF6983D95881C6E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
provider</header><text>The term <term>eligible provider</term> means an
organization of demonstrated effectiveness that is—</text><subparagraph id="HBEDF1120A9624787B05F1D2FF3652CD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a local
educational agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38A7F9C074C8438FB08DF87DA5034B31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a community-based
or faith-based organization;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46E3AA121C984576BA244E902322E535"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a volunteer
literacy organization;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FF2A120D2B44D4198B0320BD80F13C8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an institution of
higher education;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42F6B6352BE0456DAB63FDAC4D3DABC8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a public or
private educational agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC1421C5A6C94E24A2C1E6260FCD5D91"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a library;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C093F023EA64A1BB9557519991115AD"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a public housing
authority;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEA077E1718940AEB045793ACAD7EDB8"><enum>(H)</enum><text>an institution
that is not described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (G) and has the
ability to provide adult education, basic skills, and family literacy education
programs to adults and families; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9B143127B334820AB812BA1BF3A3E57"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a consortium of
the agencies, organizations, institutions, libraries, or authorities described
in any of subparagraphs (A) through (H).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCFD3C0B7BA8B4621BA70B63897684A4D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>English language
acquisition program</header><text>The term <term>English language acquisition
program</term> means a program of instruction—</text><subparagraph id="H1555A85D80AA478882AE6711B06AC531"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designed to help
English learners achieve competence in reading, writing, speaking, and
comprehension of the English language; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D46D04F33BB40C5838D6E81B4A0BF22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that may lead
to—</text><clause id="H3F4C187B5FBB4A5DA7E5B73C297F3468"><enum>(i)</enum><text>attainment of a
secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent;</text></clause><clause id="HFBD14BCE22964669BEFA1EB8E8AA62BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>transition to
success in postsecondary education and training; and</text></clause><clause id="H53072A0931594878B7B725BF7C23A114"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>employment or
career advancement.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7496326DC6B41B2BA5B51D9414F3F55"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Family literacy
education program</header><text>The term <term>family literacy education
program</term> means an educational program that—</text><subparagraph id="H813604FA113F493086C7CB154C719503"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assists parents
and students, on a voluntary basis, in achieving the purpose of this title as
described in section 202; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC63DDCFF2A5A47479419B285CD608E4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is of sufficient
intensity in terms of hours and of sufficient quality to make sustainable
changes in a family, is evidence-based, and, for the purpose of substantially
increasing the ability of parents and children to read, write, and speak
English, integrates—</text><clause id="H87C212888F02478DB88458AA68F08A93"><enum>(i)</enum><text>interactive
literacy activities between parents and their children;</text></clause><clause id="H7F3F0CACECAD44E289B8AB7AE91EBC61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>training for
parents regarding how to be the primary teacher for their children and full
partners in the education of their children;</text></clause><clause id="H6B2E1941036F40EA98516FEF56E5C633"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>parent literacy
training that leads to economic self-sufficiency; and</text></clause><clause id="HEE14730F2B61432787DF70BB9712CEF6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an
age-appropriate education to prepare children for success in school and life
experiences.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H01BB471A516B4D79915694D46BC6B173"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Governor</header><text>The
term <term>Governor</term> means the chief executive officer of a State or
outlying area.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3A49FCE02FCC41468AF2E236299DA541"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Individual with
a disability</header><subparagraph id="H7F6CDFCE563640E0921881072A00C44E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>individual with a disability</term> means
an individual with any disability (as defined in section 3 of the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H606F2D893CC34F50B9356131210D0A22"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Individuals with
disabilities</header><text>The term <term>individuals with disabilities</term>
means more than one individual with a disability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7BE451BEDA34B60B2F1219FCB5AE699"><enum>(8)</enum><header>English
learner</header><text>The term <term>English learner</term> means an adult or
out-of-school youth who has limited ability in reading, writing, speaking, or
understanding the English language, and—</text><subparagraph id="H9569BB10D96A4F4AA2E583C72554EA3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whose native
language is a language other than English; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DC34EE725CB4594AA3C151365343930"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who lives in a
family or community environment where a language other than English is the
dominant language.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H07946872214F4B4CA882D99AB2EE98F5"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Integrated
Education and Training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>integrated education and training</term> means services that provide
adult education and literacy activities contextually and concurrently with
workforce preparation activities and workforce training for a specific
occupation or occupational cluster. Such services may include offering adult
education services concurrent with postsecondary education and training,
including through co-instruction.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H167AC38501594CA9AE8A31EF5E19C197"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Institution of
higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher
education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6EBA2A8504434E52A9A1B36374A9BA70"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Literacy</header><text>The
term <term>literacy</term> means an individual’s ability to read, write, and
speak in English, compute, and solve problems at a level of proficiency
necessary to obtain employment and to successfully make the transition to
postsecondary education.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDFE1B566994148C8BDC6880706E80DB1"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Local
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>local educational agency</term>
has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE139BE2F7064DC5B2B43DA57689DA73"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Outlying
area</header><text>The term <term>outlying area</term> has the meaning given
the term in section 101 of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD788D3903F5E48D9AA057D5C333B6976"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Postsecondary
educational institution</header><text>The term <term>postsecondary educational
institution</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="H7079352C949F451C89E67FFE7D56E10D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an institution of
higher education that provides not less than a 2-year program of instruction
that is acceptable for credit toward a bachelor’s degree;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BD76F8EE27044CF82181D680D7E971E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a tribally
controlled community college; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCA2C56E8C294BCBADC3F1CE8EE6EFA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a nonprofit
educational institution offering certificate or apprenticeship programs at the
postsecondary level.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4F1E587862CF48368846DD613FD23DD9"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9DE4AC59528C455C8C9069EC20C1B72C"><enum>(16)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the several States of the United States,
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8398EE6A3D24CC3938F8A6A51C71340"><enum>(17)</enum><header>State
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>State educational agency</term>
has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E38DA6424C0447BA676446FF4B3293B"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Workplace
literacy program</header><text>The term <term>workplace literacy program</term>
means an educational program that is offered in collaboration between eligible
providers and employers or employee organizations for the purpose of improving
the productivity of the workforce through the improvement of reading, writing,
speaking, and mathematics skills.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HB9E7DD3C9347428C82532885684DD37C"><enum>204.</enum><header>Home
schools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title
shall be construed to affect home schools, whether or not a home school is
treated as a home school or a private school under State law, or to compel a
parent engaged in home schooling to participate in adult education and family
literacy education activities under this title.</text></section><section id="H46FD6889E1AF4BD5B60E2A198E479E7B"><enum>205.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title, $606,294,933 for fiscal
year 2015 and for each of the 6 succeeding fiscal years.</text></section><subtitle id="H6319370BFA3F454FA990AEFE20001CBB"><enum>A</enum><header>Federal
Provisions</header><section id="H6C906A5E63074979982C11104F5D2465"><enum>211.</enum><header>Reservation of
funds; grants to eligible agencies; allotments</header><subsection id="H30685D5D5279411EB1CE208522439A67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds</header><text>From the sums appropriated under section 205 for a fiscal
year, the Secretary shall reserve 2.0 percent to carry out section 242.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF38C3E74A3D34FC59193B6D9F811CBAD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants to
eligible agencies</header><paragraph id="H2415587D94FE4CF992F5D3B5AD0523EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the sums appropriated under section 205 and not
reserved under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award a
grant to each eligible agency having a State plan approved under section 224 in
an amount equal to the sum of the initial allotment under subsection (c)(1) and
the additional allotment under subsection (c)(2) for the eligible agency for
the fiscal year, subject to subsections (f) and (g).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB4A2AF7046E42299E295B71AEC05EFC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose of
grants</header><text>The Secretary may award a grant under paragraph (1) only
if the eligible agency involved agrees to expend the grant in accordance with
the provisions of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85A584EBB9DA4FB698F84D71651049C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allotments</header><paragraph id="HC5A24B25BBD147E98EDE7CAA8975F09A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
allotments</header><text>From the sums appropriated under section 205 and not
reserved under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to
each eligible agency having a State plan approved under section 224—</text><subparagraph id="H94D06F4F6730430CB3BABAE6CFBF36F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$100,000, in the
case of an eligible agency serving an outlying area; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6175E35EBC514C6F9A56B61A97DAA997"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$250,000, in the
case of any other eligible agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA219918859384A2FB3A23A69268AE46E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
allotments</header><text>From the sums appropriated under section 205, not
reserved under subsection (a), and not allotted under paragraph (1), for a
fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each eligible agency that receives an
initial allotment under paragraph (1) an additional amount that bears the same
relationship to such sums as the number of qualifying adults in the State or
outlying area served by the eligible agency bears to the number of such adults
in all States and outlying areas.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5D7B473178F146E5A508905C7CEA742F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Qualifying
adult</header><text>For the purpose of subsection (c)(2), the term
<term>qualifying adult</term> means an adult who—</text><paragraph id="HD0748A17420A412C8FD75A3709039A56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is at least 16
years of age;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEC73D9FF3D1647B5BBE4535F6673D16A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is beyond the age
of compulsory school attendance under the law of the State or outlying
area;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H874ACEACD6164A4BBAE53990A306B882"><enum>(3)</enum><text>does not have a
secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3A5DA20AD11B4732A8A02F6E26BB0CCE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is not enrolled in
secondary school.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H294E560BF9F54BDF839821E6D56FBD31"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><paragraph id="HA10149BF8B8440E9803E4A23476046B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts made available under subsection (c) for the
Republic of Palau, the Secretary shall award grants to Guam, American Samoa,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Republic of Palau to
carry out activities described in this title in accordance with the provisions
of this title as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H61D2787D7092443297ABE4C88C426214"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination of
eligibility</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Republic of Palau shall be eligible to receive a grant under this title until
an agreement for the extension of United States education assistance under the
Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau becomes effective.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69EE654719984F5799737324BCFABD62"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Hold-Harmless
provisions</header><paragraph id="H2ED4292500424203A37A8E3653B3A169"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (c) and subject to paragraph
(2), for—</text><subparagraph id="H2D786E17FED843668D0A52AB13A42EF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fiscal year 2015,
no eligible agency shall receive an allotment under this title that is less
than 90 percent of the allotment the eligible agency received for fiscal year
2012 under this title; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22F873B21C854C8FB2580579FDC96E5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fiscal year 2016
and each succeeding fiscal year, no eligible agency shall receive an allotment
under this title that is less than 90 percent of the allotment the eligible
agency received for the preceding fiscal year under this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H94B3E65EEC6F417B9CD9E54E70B43D92"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ratable
reduction</header><text>If, for any fiscal year the amount available for
allotment under this title is insufficient to satisfy the provisions of
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ratable reduce the payments to all eligible
agencies, as necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0B9F9F7E1D364A31B5AA9365DB6E2DA9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text>The
portion of any eligible agency’s allotment under this title for a fiscal year
that the Secretary determines will not be required for the period such
allotment is available for carrying out activities under this title, shall be
available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates during such period
as the Secretary shall fix, to other eligible agencies in proportion to the
original allotments to such agencies under this title for such year.</text></subsection></section><section id="H91C922CA809943A4ABC7322D8A95AA8D"><enum>212.</enum><header>Performance
accountability system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Programs
and activities authorized under this title are subject to the performance
accountability provisions described in paragraphs (2)(A) and (3) of section
136(b) and may, at a State’s discretion, include additional indicators
identified in the State plan approved under section 224.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H55C662BE2F9C4515978F2DAC6FF00DA4"><enum>B</enum><header>State
Provisions</header><section id="H69C9BD5A9EC94E839CA07F065780D33F"><enum>221.</enum><header>State
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each eligible
agency shall be responsible for the following activities under this
title:</text><paragraph id="HA8596A3FD3FD490AB283C77A35C4DA17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The development,
submission, implementation, and monitoring of the State plan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD7AC06B519654C2F8CB780E079EC7EF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Consultation with
other appropriate agencies, groups, and individuals that are involved in, or
interested in, the development and implementation of activities assisted under
this title.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5013379E423448A3BBF9BE912919F77A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Coordination and
avoidance of duplication with other Federal and State education, training,
corrections, public housing, and social service programs.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H15588318BBE0496BA8DFD3AD04B30B04"><enum>222.</enum><header>State
distribution of funds; matching requirement</header><subsection id="H842BF421BD644C02849ACAFDB26E6BF7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State
distribution of funds</header><text>Each eligible agency receiving a grant
under this title for a fiscal year—</text><paragraph id="H68ECC1ACC33A4659AE245D3AB850E47D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall use not less than 82.5 percent of the grant funds to award grants and
contracts under section 231 and to carry out section 225, of which not more
than 10 percent of such amount shall be available to carry out section
225;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H213F966F09ED47E1BB8FF0F1AEF82ED1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall use not more
than 12.5 percent of the grant funds to carry out State leadership activities
under section 223; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2EC2B0E522D34BAB904FBF43F6C41F9A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall use not more
than 5 percent of the grant funds, or $65,000, whichever is greater, for the
administrative expenses of the eligible agency.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H36BC7DE82DE244F58E7F8471424AAFDA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header><paragraph id="H711C1308A0D24009BDE3F2D50C2FFA6A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to receive a grant from the Secretary under
section 211(b), each eligible agency shall provide, for the costs to be
incurred by the eligible agency in carrying out the adult education and family
literacy education programs for which the grant is awarded, a non-Federal
contribution in an amount that is not less than—</text><subparagraph id="H8B1E50BC25234BF09F6BE1DA13C6DD48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of an
eligible agency serving an outlying area, 12 percent of the total amount of
funds expended for adult education and family literacy education programs in
the outlying area, except that the Secretary may decrease the amount of funds
required under this subparagraph for an eligible agency; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59AF2175CEB94208B0448876A8378EFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an
eligible agency serving a State, 25 percent of the total amount of funds
expended for adult education and family literacy education programs in the
State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H929D57E2145B45B3BB914D0E6980F9AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-federal
contribution</header><text>An eligible agency’s non-Federal contribution
required under paragraph (1) may be provided in cash or in kind, fairly
evaluated, and shall include only non-Federal funds that are used for adult
education and family literacy education programs in a manner that is consistent
with the purpose of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAFEF943589E84C2E82BF4EA752540DB6"><enum>223.</enum><header>State
leadership activities</header><subsection id="H7D55693E65A140DB8F1FE4CC97539361"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible agency may use funds made available under
section 222(a)(2) for any of the following adult education and family literacy
education programs:</text><paragraph id="H67A80A307E2A4BC0B2AD41F08D606C6A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The establishment
or operation of professional development programs to improve the quality of
instruction provided pursuant to local activities required under section
231(b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3523C6E91E3E4392BC41D4CACB1A21C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The provision of
technical assistance to eligible providers of adult education and family
literacy education programs, including for the development and dissemination of
evidence based research instructional practices in reading, writing, speaking,
mathematics, and English language acquisition programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F855BF3394144C6AD92C6E973870865"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The provision of
assistance to eligible providers in developing, implementing, and reporting
measurable progress in achieving the objectives of this title.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H106F052B4EDD4A2CA658AF46718308D9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The monitoring and
evaluation of the quality of, and the improvement in, adult education and
literacy activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4CD2B28ADAA847BFAECBEBCAF4E287FD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The provision of
technology assistance, including staff training, to eligible providers of adult
education and family literacy education programs, including distance education
activities, to enable the eligible providers to improve the quality of such
activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A05912E961F4D7EA39556248A0B3CBB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The development
and implementation of technology applications or distance education, including
professional development to support the use of instructional technology.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC567CA1BC41C443798CA209EF903CBE9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Coordination with
other public programs, including programs under title I of this Act, and other
welfare-to-work, workforce development, and job training programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H36E82C090CD94D56ACD23CAB68100E5D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Coordination with
existing support services, such as transportation, child care, and other
assistance designed to increase rates of enrollment in, and successful
completion of, adult education and family literacy education programs, for
adults enrolled in such activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H35E02F7FF05F4163A719556950FA991F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The development
and implementation of a system to assist in the transition from adult basic
education to postsecondary education.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H543400EFA97449EA93F1547C31FEDA72"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Activities to
promote workplace literacy programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCFAC4390000142E686A09980D5EFFE0C"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Other activities
of statewide significance, including assisting eligible providers in achieving
progress in improving the skill levels of adults who participate in programs
under this title.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HACE30DE2570A4ABA84F7AA8764CB4C77"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Integration of
literacy, instructional, and occupational skill training and promotion of
linkages with employees.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H632A101341DD422281F6A4FFB573847E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In
carrying out this section, eligible agencies shall coordinate where possible,
and avoid duplicating efforts, in order to maximize the impact of the
activities described in subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="H73677CE09DF94FE9BE79D610A2BD479F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State-Imposed
requirements</header><text>Whenever a State or outlying area implements any
rule or policy relating to the administration or operation of a program
authorized under this title that has the effect of imposing a requirement that
is not imposed under Federal law (including any rule or policy based on a State
or outlying area interpretation of a Federal statute, regulation, or
guideline), the State or outlying area shall identify, to eligible providers,
the rule or policy as being imposed by the State or outlying area.</text></subsection></section><section id="H65A9F2678276485F973B8858A6D750BD"><enum>224.</enum><header>State
plan</header><subsection id="HE6343ECD3993457BB0AFC50EB35A549D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>3-Year
plans</header><paragraph id="HC8D8C54F9DE643E387F08E8520D27F94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible agency desiring a grant under this title
for any fiscal year shall submit to, or have on file with, the Secretary a
3-year State plan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7349815ACB184D0F980D7D5FCC9CE87F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State unified
plan</header><text>The eligible agency may submit the State plan as part of a
State unified plan described in section 501.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF969D2BE7B8F4D06A7D4119038B22792"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan
contents</header><text>The eligible agency shall include in the State plan or
any revisions to the State plan—</text><paragraph id="H7A8C05E297E4447EB0CCE290E394DDAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an objective
assessment of the needs of individuals in the State or outlying area for adult
education and family literacy education programs, including individuals most in
need or hardest to serve;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C5AE1CE8CFF41F3A81684B0AE189D04"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of
the adult education and family literacy education programs that will be carried
out with funds received under this title;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6288A1D2233E4692BADC82F43C286E3D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assurance that
the funds received under this title will not be expended for any purpose other
than for activities under this title;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2DF356828F54EBE9375F6FDCB62E644"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the eligible agency
will annually evaluate and measure the effectiveness and improvement of the
adult education and family literacy education programs funded under this title
using the indicators of performance described in section 136, including how the
eligible agency will conduct such annual evaluations and measures for each
grant received under this title;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2A06A0F93BBC49BEAF3CA0B7D64617CB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of
how the eligible agency will fund local activities in accordance with the
measurable goals described in section 231(d);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB982388CF5234E98A0E61471DB9641B6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an assurance that
the eligible agency will expend the funds under this title only in a manner
consistent with fiscal requirements in section 241;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6436361ABFD64DFBBBB070E7764715F0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a description of
the process that will be used for public participation and comment with respect
to the State plan, which—</text><subparagraph id="H7995D2CAADCC4E47BD2E452AB7DE5F5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include
consultation with the State workforce investment board, the State board
responsible for administering community or technical colleges, the Governor,
the State educational agency, the State board or agency responsible for
administering block grants for temporary assistance to needy families under
title IV of the Social Security Act, the State council on disabilities, the
State vocational rehabilitation agency, and other State agencies that promote
the improvement of adult education and family literacy education programs, and
direct providers of such programs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H960CB619ADBF419FA380B4B9014D256D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include
consultation with the State agency on higher education, institutions
responsible for professional development of adult education and family literacy
education programs instructors, representatives of business and industry,
refugee assistance programs, and faith-based organizations;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1FF1564F7763447290D33703792F54F2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a description of
the eligible agency’s strategies for serving populations that include, at a
minimum—</text><subparagraph id="H0A873E7682894956A6F4B3DCE02083B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>low-income
individuals;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D2A1757887240E4B1A18BFEB2B7F44A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>individuals with
disabilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB574E14753B94644873E88B1DA93AF26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the
unemployed;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0F49CF188A74677B081AE2EC644E804"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the underemployed;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60F169A177EE4502AC95B8E82F75B76D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>individuals with
multiple barriers to educational enhancement, including English
learners;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE9E44AAF23994A65BB43026B91CE5AFE"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a description of
how the adult education and family literacy education programs that will be
carried out with any funds received under this title will be integrated with
other adult education, career development, and employment and training
activities in the State or outlying area served by the eligible agency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C44EC88B1BD4A69B86097236559446A"><enum>(10)</enum><text>a description of
the steps the eligible agency will take to ensure direct and equitable access,
as required in section 231(c)(1), including—</text><subparagraph id="HD52793169C0F4E5AAD45347CA4B64E12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the State will
build the capacity of community-based and faith-based organizations to provide
adult education and family literacy education programs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE99B0559CA3F4B889C18CEF6ACA54F6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the State will
increase the participation of business and industry in adult education and
family literacy education programs;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1751376A0F0E480CAA6050B141B3ED4D"><enum>(11)</enum><text>an assessment of
the adequacy of the system of the State or outlying area to ensure teacher
quality and a description of how the State or outlying area will use funds
received under this subtitle to improve teacher quality, including
evidence-based professional development to improve instruction; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF7924B0DED0A44AFA844D5E3118D6AD9"><enum>(12)</enum><text>a description of
how the eligible agency will consult with any State agency responsible for
postsecondary education to develop adult education that prepares students to
enter postsecondary education without the need for remediation upon completion
of secondary school equivalency programs.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E3AACFCD4BC40059CB6D77DEAB17329"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan
revisions</header><text>When changes in conditions or other factors require
substantial revisions to an approved State plan, the eligible agency shall
submit the revisions of the State plan to the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="HAB28615BA1624A3DB5C50D167CA94840"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
eligible agency shall—</text><paragraph id="H2B54D25CF50F4FE6BFB745638C538884"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit the State
plan, and any revisions to the State plan, to the Governor, the chief State
school officer, or the State officer responsible for administering community or
technical colleges, or outlying area for review and comment; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEA735CCD7C15470EB070BEF4BAAAAE7A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that any
comments regarding the State plan by the Governor, the chief State school
officer, or the State officer responsible for administering community or
technical colleges, and any revision to the State plan, are submitted to the
Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9470439A7A224093A8B4CF43BC628D4C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Plan
approval</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="HE8AE994C9DAE45D6A87FC9258FBE12A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>approve a State
plan within 90 days after receiving the plan unless the Secretary makes a
written determination within 30 days after receiving the plan that the plan
does not meet the requirements of this section or is inconsistent with specific
provisions of this subtitle; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H90447C1064064C7C8DC0FF210631425B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not finally
disapprove of a State plan before offering the eligible agency the opportunity,
prior to the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the
eligible agency received the written determination described in paragraph (1),
to review the plan and providing technical assistance in order to assist the
eligible agency in meeting the requirements of this subtitle.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H998DFC353D42410A9874DFF1E776BCB9"><enum>225.</enum><header>Programs for
corrections education and other institutionalized individuals</header><subsection id="H856EDD4D3C344C1BAE1BA771E3E26749"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>From funds made available under section 222(a)(1) for
a fiscal year, each eligible agency shall carry out corrections education and
education for other institutionalized individuals.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC8FF6EFEC80942129C76C4B5399394B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Uses of
funds</header><text>The funds described in subsection (a) shall be used for the
cost of educational programs for criminal offenders in correctional
institutions and for other institutionalized individuals, including academic
programs for—</text><paragraph id="H44DA9BAAD4DD420A8AF1307B0BB49A1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>basic skills
education;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9B76C42B22504529ADC39509F56CB1F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>special education
programs as determined by the eligible agency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A28CF7D75F2413F9621DC7F20BB16D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reading, writing,
speaking, and mathematics programs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA99E61463A79449D9FE7870315D7B0C2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>secondary school
credit or diploma programs or their recognized equivalent; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B5CDEC9B37E4129B92D50CE9DC13017"><enum>(5)</enum><text>integrated
education and training.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAF5BBEC415EA4D138CB0124701B5345F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>Each
eligible agency that is using assistance provided under this section to carry
out a program for criminal offenders within a correctional institution shall
give priority to serving individuals who are likely to leave the correctional
institution within 5 years of participation in the program.</text></subsection><subsection id="H560F7B579C8A47E1BF9E4C9589396FC1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="HD48DFEC3A48948E2B3CDA4C0743B7562"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Correctional
institution</header><text>The term <term>correctional institution</term> means
any—</text><subparagraph id="HBB8BDA3741304758B51897611BCF975D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prison;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49E34C01C07D4F54B6FB4FF7F494447C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>jail;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68974E7C45C149AAB75D88620A1752B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reformatory;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD696A552963740FDBC20E333DDEA6012"><enum>(D)</enum><text>work farm;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85BBE8CECABA4F0AB475C86D19EFDB7F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>detention center;
or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF86E93CD268458793E53A1F4535E541"><enum>(F)</enum><text>halfway house,
community-based rehabilitation center, or any other similar institution
designed for the confinement or rehabilitation of criminal offenders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF4932D0EF70741D1B5F719662D00A57F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criminal
offender</header><text>The term <term>criminal offender</term> means any
individual who is charged with, or convicted of, any criminal offense.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HCD51D73124174B649F07072E98963900"><enum>C</enum><header>Local
Provisions</header><section id="H583831F4459145338664754E3FFE8FDE"><enum>231.</enum><header>Grants and
contracts for eligible providers</header><subsection id="H1193E2BBE26841679626C6FBD0058E7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants and
contracts</header><text>From grant funds made available under section
222(a)(1), each eligible agency shall award multi-year grants or contracts, on
a competitive basis, to eligible providers within the State or outlying area
that meet the conditions and requirements of this title to enable the eligible
providers to develop, implement, and improve adult education and family
literacy education programs within the State.</text></subsection><subsection id="H39729EA28A7948A2A0653C3E4070486B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Local
activities</header><text>The eligible agency shall require eligible providers
receiving a grant or contract under subsection (a) to establish or
operate—</text><paragraph id="H666607AFE9A74B868506A3F38E96FFB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>programs that
provide adult education and literacy activities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H19963EF45F674CCE81A76495DF567732"><enum>(2)</enum><text>programs that
provide integrated education and training activities; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE43C11557B7D4FC78192737973D825F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>credit-bearing
postsecondary coursework.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB04E246C4EDC432A9D9C5EF31C548B3E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Direct and
equitable access; same process</header><text>Each eligible agency receiving
funds under this title shall ensure that—</text><paragraph id="H42F7DA9E5FA0402FA89F7A57A63D9612"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all eligible
providers have direct and equitable access to apply for grants or contracts
under this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE604E3A44F54C11A7255658B5CDEBFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the same grant or
contract announcement process and application process is used for all eligible
providers in the State or outlying area.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF53181F0921D40578615741849134D69"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Measurable
goals</header><text>The eligible agency shall require eligible providers
receiving a grant or contract under subsection (a) to demonstrate—</text><paragraph id="HBB4D321B3987480B852808CD232EC417"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the eligible
provider’s measurable goals for participant outcomes to be achieved annually on
the core indicators of performance described in section 136(b)(2)(A);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A977A80F4B248CCB0249F984A7EAB3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the past
effectiveness of the eligible provider in improving the basic academic skills
of adults and, for eligible providers receiving grants in the prior year, the
success of the eligible provider receiving funding under this title in
exceeding its performance goals in the prior year;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H02F13BF36C154B2499A01AF2BF767235"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the commitment of
the eligible provider to serve individuals in the community who are the most in
need of basic academic skills instruction services, including individuals with
disabilities and individuals who are low-income or have minimal reading,
writing, speaking, and mathematics skills, or are English learners;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7BD740F9FF34695A23EC290EC7A3E5E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the program is of
sufficient intensity and quality for participants to achieve substantial
learning gains;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCED44CCAAD424605AE8650F12AB22B61"><enum>(5)</enum><text>educational
practices are evidence-based;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H65BD0BA7AE3D4C3B98383CF18E19E8AD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the activities of
the eligible provider effectively employ advances in technology, and delivery
systems including distance education;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B909BF80AA04323818E6B576E8566D1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the activities
provide instruction in real-life contexts, including integrated education and
training when appropriate, to ensure that an individual has the skills needed
to compete in the workplace and exercise the rights and responsibilities of
citizenship;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB5066709960442E804DDA29771A2B88"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the activities are
staffed by well-trained instructors, counselors, and administrators who meet
minimum qualifications established by the State;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0E899BA4C53145D09D041180F4361B2A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the activities are
coordinated with other available resources in the community, such as through
strong links with elementary schools and secondary schools, postsecondary
educational institutions, local workforce investment boards, one-stop centers,
job training programs, community-based and faith-based organizations, and
social service agencies;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H244F4F27907B4B91864FF6220B04EDFB"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the activities
offer flexible schedules and support services (such as child care and
transportation) that are necessary to enable individuals, including individuals
with disabilities or other special needs, to attend and complete
programs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD51F43C3A0034F35A750A7407793FF41"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the activities
include a high-quality information management system that has the capacity to
report measurable participant outcomes (consistent with section 136) and to
monitor program performance;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB8FBAC89BA0C44C3AF669C5CD661A77D"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the local
communities have a demonstrated need for additional English language
acquisition programs, and integrated education and training programs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H07919CCED8714FDBBB6F2DBB56425B96"><enum>(13)</enum><text>the capacity of
the eligible provider to produce valid information on performance results,
including enrollments and measurable participant outcomes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA54A5C8EEE1642C9ADD02075A5884456"><enum>(14)</enum><text>adult education
and family literacy education programs offer rigorous reading, writing,
speaking, and mathematics content that are evidence based; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E44A2EE33F4407B998EB133E346FD45"><enum>(15)</enum><text>applications of
technology, and services to be provided by the eligible providers, are of
sufficient intensity and duration to increase the amount and quality of
learning and lead to measurable learning gains within specified time
periods.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF0B7D172CB994A8E948C8FF8E9C58976"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>Eligible providers may use grant funds under this title to
serve children participating in family literacy programs assisted under this
part, provided that other sources of funds available to provide similar
services for such children are used first.</text></subsection></section><section id="H9DBF9AA99E7E4E798B203326FD90DEFC"><enum>232.</enum><header>Local
application</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each eligible
provider desiring a grant or contract under this title shall submit an
application to the eligible agency containing such information and assurances
as the eligible agency may require, including—</text><paragraph id="H9143FAA1C72248628AB6F4402D5816C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
how funds awarded under this title will be spent consistent with the
requirements of this title;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB303DE5594EE42799C613F2F3C4C5D0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of
any cooperative arrangements the eligible provider has with other agencies,
institutions, or organizations for the delivery of adult education and family
literacy education programs; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3BC70D1BAAEA43C39F03D62933E82DC3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>each of the
demonstrations required by section 231(d).</text></paragraph></section><section id="H96235B7033B64988BD1E9B15DE5B251F"><enum>233.</enum><header>Local
administrative cost limits</header><subsection id="HCB3545C6F038440EBFFFA1C271AA21F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), of the amount that is made
available under this title to an eligible provider—</text><paragraph id="H127C2F75EE41456A9CCCFFB03AE90853"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at least 95
percent shall be expended for carrying out adult education and family literacy
education programs; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBF7298D0A100432C97BA339BD4222FB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the remaining
amount shall be used for planning, administration, personnel and professional
development, development of measurable goals in reading, writing, speaking, and
mathematics, and interagency coordination.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2F35CEC4874A4A989B986ED4239853D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>In cases where the cost limits described in subsection (a)
are too restrictive to allow for adequate planning, administration, personnel
development, and interagency coordination, the eligible provider may negotiate
with the eligible agency in order to determine an adequate level of funds to be
used for noninstructional purposes.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H1AE2E3E6E2334A6BA13FD4D259A20AD1"><enum>D</enum><header>General
Provisions</header><section id="HBD86510357B84196958750B2BCD725C0"><enum>241.</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds made
available for adult education and family literacy education programs under this
title shall supplement and not supplant other State or local public funds
expended for adult education and family literacy education programs.</text></section><section id="H5E1AABDFBC0A4BD8A56DD8BC770ECD5B"><enum>242.</enum><header>National
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall
establish and carry out a program of national activities that may include the
following:</text><paragraph id="H2FA177F773BD4DD6B43289BF35C92CA6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Providing
technical assistance to eligible entities, on request, to—</text><subparagraph id="H27A6C457A1C246008249FCB27E48DA46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve their
fiscal management, research-based instruction, and reporting requirements to
carry out the requirements of this title;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97698780D787445E9A79A9C9B5C9FD56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve its
performance on the core indicators of performance described in section
136;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H734454764E764D8195409FD0AB6B3BCB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide adult
education professional development; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3E95197FF8A46BC81E5DA2E8E3A0D29"><enum>(D)</enum><text>use distance
education and improve the application of technology in the classroom, including
instruction in English language acquisition for English learners.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0DF6CE62A42B42508267BB209B8087A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Providing for the
conduct of research on national literacy basic skill acquisition levels among
adults, including the number of adult English learners functioning at different
levels of reading proficiency.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H17526A958B4B412D81896BA87C9FF8A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Improving the
coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of adult education and workforce
development services at the national, State, and local levels.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4D49F0DD85D4284890ED0C7EF99B636"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Determining how
participation in adult education, English language acquisition, and family
literacy education programs prepares individuals for entry into and success in
postsecondary education and employment, and in the case of prison-based
services, the effect on recidivism.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF9454C56A5B84D7A947AF5DB0E38FDBF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Evaluating how
different types of providers, including community and faith-based organizations
or private for-profit agencies measurably improve the skills of participants in
adult education, English language acquisition, and family literacy education
programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9C914515000C4E5A92736695C9036FBA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Identifying model
integrated basic and workplace skills education programs, including programs
for English learners coordinated literacy and employment services, and
effective strategies for serving adults with disabilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F9608F654994B48945062FBB6F78EFF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Initiating other
activities designed to improve the measurable quality and effectiveness of
adult education, English language acquisition, and family literacy education
programs
nationwide.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle>.<enum>III</enum><header>Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act</header><section id="H97899F4862394D828601C76A133540B9"><enum>301.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Wagner-Peyser Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/49l-2">29 U.S.C. 49l–2</external-xref>) is amended to read
as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB7166D55CF0454D90F8C6C2048CC5F7" style="OLC"><section id="H1A72E9624E6E464E8F1FF961FC32BF48"><enum>15.</enum><header>Workforce and
labor market information system</header><subsection id="H3DE635AD5EA1456892FB7876EC51F315"><enum>(a)</enum><header>System
content</header><paragraph id="HCE1720191C454250AC1DC9CABCE4CE9A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Labor (referred to in this section as
the <term>Secretary</term>), in accordance with the provisions of this section,
shall oversee the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of a
nationwide workforce and labor market information system that includes—</text><subparagraph id="HDB0C37F1994E47EB9A1F08B49B69A6FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>statistical data
from cooperative statistical survey and projection programs and data from
administrative reporting systems that, taken together, enumerate, estimate, and
project employment opportunities and conditions at national, State, and local
levels in a timely manner, including statistics on—</text><clause id="H98262D37507F428381F74B80BAB0CD21"><enum>(i)</enum><text>employment and
unemployment status of national, State, and local populations, including
self-employed, part-time, and seasonal workers;</text></clause><clause id="H742FA57FC1DB485387B3C62DF5E8E4F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>industrial
distribution of occupations, as well as current and projected employment
opportunities, wages, benefits (where data is available), and skill trends by
occupation and industry, with particular attention paid to State and local
conditions;</text></clause><clause id="HE6320D14E8684455B97EDDECFE8C268E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the incidence
of, industrial and geographical location of, and number of workers displaced
by, permanent layoffs and plant closings; and</text></clause><clause id="H883C50D224BC4BBD99695F62B5747C74"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>employment and
earnings information maintained in a longitudinal manner to be used for
research and program evaluation;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECF0BC93B8864772A537C571ADB1524E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on
State and local employment opportunities, and other appropriate statistical
data related to labor market dynamics, which—</text><clause id="H96869623F9ED49808E270458BF984E29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be current
and comprehensive;</text></clause><clause id="H8EC3193512414B4C89592694A4925DF0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall meet the
needs identified through the consultations described in subparagraphs (C) and
(D) of subsection (e)(1); and</text></clause><clause id="HEF9DB4C834564D969A4788F6C90F7B76"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall meet the
needs for the information identified in section 121(e)(1)(E) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2841">29 U.S.C. 2841(e)(1)(E)</external-xref>);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BA3B6F97B5043DA82B7C99ACE9F24A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>technical
standards (which the Secretary shall publish annually) for data and information
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) that, at a minimum, meet the criteria of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44,
United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDDA95E27BCF4609B2EBDEFC9E8F5081"><enum>(D)</enum><text>procedures to
ensure compatibility and additivity of the data and information described in
subparagraphs (A) and (B) from national, State, and local levels;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H598C8CCBC0C04923B7C85884D7524631"><enum>(E)</enum><text>procedures to
support standardization and aggregation of data from administrative reporting
systems described in subparagraph (A) of employment-related programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71E0118AA84246959FBA4E0E837C58A4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>analysis of data
and information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) for uses such as—</text><clause id="HD94041A4A718428694E11D1005569460"><enum>(i)</enum><text>national, State,
and local policymaking;</text></clause><clause id="H58A6B271AB2E4BF2B5F3A889C8D5EEF6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>implementation of
Federal policies (including allocation formulas);</text></clause><clause id="H3F39C7F0982E4FBDA25CFE157BFFCB5C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>program planning
and evaluation; and</text></clause><clause id="H966BB4EF926C472D99F34D4D135CF0BB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>researching labor
market dynamics;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C91D2DA552149538A81B35D26B42536"><enum>(G)</enum><text>wide dissemination
of such data, information, and analysis in a user-friendly manner and voluntary
technical standards for dissemination mechanisms; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6B5971DAC9D4D0E985150B25AB1464A"><enum>(H)</enum><text>programs
of—</text><clause id="HE6C90ADAD19F4800A15FEAEB1649B03F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>training for
effective data dissemination;</text></clause><clause id="HCED053EC51234DE8AD848C3710204604"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>research and
demonstration; and</text></clause><clause id="H014C18FD03E04BC99DF973CA16CAD23A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>programs and
technical assistance.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE3874080F964253BE3A821CED58714E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information to
be confidential</header><subparagraph id="H18E6A2070A7D437A97A9D9E73260655C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No officer or employee of the Federal Government or agent
of the Federal Government may—</text><clause id="H87C87E1D4B914D4BAED385FF33BD2959"><enum>(i)</enum><text>use any submission
that is furnished for exclusively statistical purposes under the provisions of
this section for any purpose other than the statistical purposes for which the
submission is furnished;</text></clause><clause id="HEE49DE13E3064E7094A47B4FBC0DE059"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>disclose to the
public any publication or media transmittal of the data contained in the
submission described in clause (i) that permits information concerning an
individual subject to be reasonably inferred by either direct or indirect
means; or</text></clause><clause id="H3D25B7A22738473496C14BF70F4C193A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>permit anyone
other than a sworn officer, employee, or agent of any Federal department or
agency, or a contractor (including an employee of a contractor) of such
department or agency, to examine an individual submission described in clause
(i),</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">without
the consent of the individual, agency, or other person who is the subject of
the submission or provides that submission.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5595E79363C84E2EB5FDEA8CF81A7C77"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Immunity from
legal process</header><text>Any submission (including any data derived from the
submission) that is collected and retained by a Federal department or agency,
or an officer, employee, agent, or contractor of such a department or agency,
for exclusively statistical purposes under this section shall be immune from
the legal process and shall not, without the consent of the individual, agency,
or other person who is the subject of the submission or provides that
submission, be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any action,
suit, or other judicial or administrative proceeding.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H898C59486B3D4B97B35B56255CEA33E3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to
provide immunity from the legal process for such submission (including any data
derived from the submission) if the submission is in the possession of any
person, agency, or entity other than the Federal Government or an officer,
employee, agent, or contractor of the Federal Government, or if the submission
is independently collected, retained, or produced for purposes other than the
purposes of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC25852DB240641AB9B4D4D68FEAA4D3A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>System
responsibilities</header><paragraph id="HC895D850B11F480398A10D8598152AE5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The workforce and labor market information system
described in subsection (a) shall be planned, administered, overseen, and
evaluated through a cooperative governance structure involving the Federal
Government and States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4DD032C04CF4F1FB7E805B9C56BC9BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Secretary, with respect to data collection, analysis, and dissemination of
workforce and labor market information for the system, shall carry out the
following duties:</text><subparagraph id="HA8137D63AD714E69AE3DFCBCCEEEBB7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Assign
responsibilities within the Department of Labor for elements of the workforce
and labor market information system described in subsection (a) to ensure that
all statistical and administrative data collected is consistent with
appropriate Bureau of Labor Statistics standards and definitions.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C7A85510D954275B80C47EAEB72BEE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Actively seek the
cooperation of other Federal agencies to establish and maintain mechanisms for
ensuring complementarity and nonduplication in the development and operation of
statistical and administrative data collection activities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB34CC7DE174454199BE8E3BB25BD5A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Eliminate gaps and
duplication in statistical undertakings, with the systemization of wage surveys
as an early priority.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H666CC9DC29274E0080BA244189B26DCB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In collaboration
with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and States, develop and maintain the
elements of the workforce and labor market information system described in
subsection (a), including the development of consistent procedures and
definitions for use by the States in collecting the data and information
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D6ACF02E9334676BF542B6AA9EDCC2D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Establish
procedures for the system to ensure that—</text><clause id="HFDD9482B9446416EAA86AB9163DBFB82"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such data and
information are timely;</text></clause><clause id="H7D307A4EE1694EFFB7E0243342873BC5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>paperwork and
reporting for the system are reduced to a minimum; and</text></clause><clause id="H6510C5F7065C409E9DDB1C68F8912861"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>States and
localities are fully involved in the development and continuous improvement of
the system at all levels.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF89023CDAF564F7C931FB928B1E6AA9C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National
electronic tools To provide services</header><text>The Secretary is authorized
to assist in the development of national electronic tools that may be used to
facilitate the delivery of work ready services described in section 134(c)(2)
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2864">29 U.S.C. 2864(c)(2)</external-xref>) and to provide workforce and labor market information to individuals through
the one-stop delivery systems described in section 121 and through other
appropriate delivery systems.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC4242684BC104654972327D6977664DB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination
with the states</header><paragraph id="H00FAC35D459B4B399FE991BC7BEE9F8C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, working through the Bureau of Labor
Statistics and the Employment and Training Administration, shall regularly
consult with representatives of State agencies carrying out workforce
information activities regarding strategies for improving the workforce and
labor market information system.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H086BCEC83DF44EA9A9D4FD2B56E4C5A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Formal
consultations</header><text>At least twice each year, the Secretary, working
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall conduct formal consultations
regarding programs carried out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics with
representatives of each of the Federal regions of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, elected (pursuant to a process established by the Secretary) from
the State directors affiliated with State agencies that perform the duties
described in subsection (e)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H39E00A8C03184FFCB98B253D1B5C65E8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State
responsibilities</header><paragraph id="H8F200F9CBC024B2BA22B9339ACCD9BE5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to receive Federal financial assistance under
this section, the Governor of a State shall—</text><subparagraph id="HD14A18F5773B46C2B6038C6FF71AEA9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be responsible for the
management of the portions of the workforce and labor market information system
described in subsection (a) that comprise a statewide workforce and labor
market information system;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBB8F68898B74DCFB2E78DAF6BE03B69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish a
process for the oversight of such system;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FB3DB4B56B448E5928B98726F8A34A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consult with State
and local employers, participants, and local workforce investment boards about
the labor market relevance of the data to be collected and disseminated through
the statewide workforce and labor market information system;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H449E073CBDBF48A8881BE433B63C0793"><enum>(D)</enum><text>consult with State
educational agencies and local educational agencies concerning the provision of
workforce and labor market information in order to meet the needs of secondary
school and postsecondary school students who seek such information;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8839251D4E6F46B6AE343D9EFCB8E580"><enum>(E)</enum><text>collect and
disseminate for the system, on behalf of the State and localities in the State,
the information and data described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection
(a)(1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAB4A7CD30DB4AB6814F79F94D163A66"><enum>(F)</enum><text>maintain and
continuously improve the statewide workforce and labor market information
system in accordance with this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7553B9F428A4462E85C3E04E2EDC8AEF"><enum>(G)</enum><text>perform contract
and grant responsibilities for data collection, analysis, and dissemination for
such system;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA15C0A93C0048229F04CA9CFCF97EE4"><enum>(H)</enum><text>conduct such other
data collection, analysis, and dissemination activities as will ensure an
effective statewide workforce and labor market information system;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05EEA71FC4D64120A9B6DDE16191BAE1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>actively seek the
participation of other State and local agencies in data collection, analysis,
and dissemination activities in order to ensure complementarity, compatibility,
and usefulness of data;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76750FF915EF494BB2785B95877FC0F1"><enum>(J)</enum><text>participate in the
development of, and submit to the Secretary, an annual plan to carry out the requirements and authorities of this subsection; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32377D3BC2C14F44B6AE8BBC944425A2"><enum>(K)</enum><text>utilize the
quarterly records described in section 136(f)(2) of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2871">29 U.S.C. 2871(f)(2)</external-xref>) to assist the State and other States in
measuring State progress on State performance measures.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H54BFD9ED8DC546AD87968F63806E0887"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as
limiting the ability of a Governor to conduct additional data collection,
analysis, and dissemination activities with State funds or with Federal funds
from sources other than this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CF635A5589B4384A29D58F432FB4B77"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Nonduplication
requirement</header><text>None of the functions and activities carried out
pursuant to this section shall duplicate the functions and activities carried
out under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
(20 U.S.C. 2301 et
seq.).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFD881E5D23E443D808DC4CA186F3D02"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $60,153,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding
fiscal years.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Repeals and Conforming Amendments </header><section id="HD884A361219F4C7F9C0B0464BCA9A83D"><enum>401.</enum><header>Repeals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following provisions are
repealed:</text><paragraph id="HD2D768E37B6E474F904B7D2A482E5649"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 4 of subtitle B of title I, and
sections 123, 155, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 173, 173A, 174, 192, 194, 502, 503,
and 506 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as in effect on the day before
the date of enactment of the SKILLS Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H027F0890B4404A7782012C329A4B74D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Title V of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3056">42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1E624EE83E047D8B552FA5609C3D77C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 1 through 14 of the Wagner-Peyser
Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et
seq.).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFCDB4727B86F4DD98B187C6C8895ECA1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission
Act (29 U.S.C.
2701 note).</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F9A2865EF1546CC86345E1EDBC4F705"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public Law 91–378,
16 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq. (popularly known as the <quote>Youth Conservation Corps
Act of 1970</quote>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H601722181EE04EBAA4490F89F48016C4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 821 of the
Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1151">20 U.S.C. 1151</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H511E3C2EB39D4259AD82BC3A479FDDCF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Women in
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act (29 U.S.C. 2501 et
seq.).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H31AF8485126248B29DCBE0BD10E745C0"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections
4103A and
4104 of title 38, United States
Code.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H520BCF8F3AD04D52BB0910CBF9357613"><enum>402.</enum><header>Amendments to
other laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(k)(6)(A) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(42 U.S.C.
9604(k)(6)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>training, research, and</quote> and inserting <quote>research and</quote>.</text><subsection id="H007195043B394044853B1843ECE74CF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments to the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008</header><paragraph id="H64F52078AE474E0BB8EFD8D85B323094"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2012(t)) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idE068F3C5DC19477AB822219E48639D2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>means (1) the agency</quote> and inserting the following: “means—</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81836E13A7F24ACF924F9AA5300EFFD3" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id84E59CE15E6C4443ADEB4147F1A34570"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
agency</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D292268AAF14C67A02E32CCA23A0411"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>programs, and (2) the tribal</quote> and inserting the following:
“programs;</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05276FB3F65F48EAAD83F2179F649095" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idA38B20177E78496CA5C704BD7BFE9375"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the
tribal</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA0399BE2A9C4DF2B08A3900BA49BB4A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>this Act.</quote> and inserting the following: “this Act; and</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8831C35D267E4622968F60D9361443CA" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idEB65AEB6D8844F07A35CD09A25CE8C69"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the context of
employment and training activities under section 6(d)(4), a State board as
defined in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2801).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF73E3066184F4FAA8718FED8E5BCEC70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
households</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HA99D11BBA05A485CA4D45D83A967C601"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(14) by striking <quote>section 6(d)(4)(I)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 6(d)(4)(C)</quote>, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C1171F598044A5B91529ECA30E72AA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(3), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>constitutes adequate participation in an employment
and training program under section 6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>allows the
individual to participate in employment and training activities under section
6(d)(4)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H334BDAC6512247AD9427F83AA1BE3A5D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility
disqualifications</header><text>Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2015(d)(4)) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AD43D294C174C98AB01B80A58E15203" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HE9929889FDF3418A97805BCF99620C34"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Employment and
training</header><clause id="HAD86A4F5BFF04285AF5EB4C4BF48321F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State agency shall provide employment
and training services authorized under section 134 of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. 2864) to eligible members of households participating in
the supplemental nutrition assistance program in gaining skills, training,
work, or experience that will increase their ability to obtain regular
employment.</text></clause><clause id="H2F975667ED744FEA85B881446833E341"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Statewide
workforce development system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with subparagraph (A),
employment and training services shall be provided through the statewide
workforce development system, including the one-stop delivery system
authorized by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.).</text></clause><clause id="H96D335F055064F88994A688898977B22"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Reimbursements</header><subclause id="H559EDAA2D1AA4E96AE8BEB8791EB6C83"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Actual
costs</header><text>The State agency shall provide payments or reimbursement to
participants served under this paragraph for—</text><item id="HCA1DF3BD9D9B4E988455DDD4A07060A3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the actual costs of transportation and
other actual costs (other than dependent care costs) that are reasonably
necessary and directly related to the individual participating in employment
and training activities; and</text></item><item id="H5548ED2101344B939D59B95276FDBDCA"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the actual costs of such dependent care
expenses as are determined by the State agency to be necessary for the
individual to participate in employment and training activities (other than an
individual who is the caretaker relative of a dependent in a family receiving
benefits under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.) in a local area where an employment, training, or
education program under title IV of that Act is in operation), except that no
such payment or reimbursement shall exceed the applicable local market
rate.</text></item></subclause><subclause id="H490CA911B47546F7BCC55B186058A870"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Service
contracts and vouchers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
lieu of providing reimbursements or payments for dependent care expenses under
clause (i), a State agency may, at the option of the State agency, arrange for dependent care
through providers by the use of purchase of service contracts or vouchers or by
providing vouchers to the household.</text></subclause><subclause id="HB5157ED62F3042AA8305161122F15F76"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Value of
reimbursements</header><text>The value of any dependent care services provided
for or arranged under clause (ii), or any amount received as a payment or
reimbursement under clause (i), shall—</text><item id="HCD56148E822347A3B81E5E6459BF9818"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>not be treated as
income for the purposes of any other Federal or federally assisted program that
bases eligibility for, or the amount of benefits on, need; and</text></item><item id="HA93746CE1BA040BEB7D29B05A24AA0B9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>not be claimed as
an employment-related expense for the purposes of the credit provided under
section
21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.
21).</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9088E1DDEB148D383337DCCC5780C50"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Section
11(e)(19) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(11)</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE08D91C85BEE45C8B34C0BC6FAB81CA5" style="traditional"><subparagraph id="H8743EAC9963A486BB938FB465EB57F51"><enum>(S)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the plans of the State agency for providing
employment and training services under section
6(d)(4);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HD9FD7B84E6C049ACB3E3721BB085CE8F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Administrative
cost-sharing and quality control</header><text>Section 16(h) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HB545F178314240178F36641DFFA2ABE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="H762CBFD6D853484F98F9EB8554E65963"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>carry out employment and training programs</quote> and
inserting <quote>provide employment and training services to eligible
households under section 6(d)(4)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HD34210AFF1C34FD4AC6F0589EF597F54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>operating an employment and training program</quote> and
inserting <quote>providing employment and training services consistent with
section 6(d)(4)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4C0F55CB9F54420909C320F0A2A17A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="idD721B90267E747B8AD9824848E66BC37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>participation in an employment and training
program</quote> and inserting <quote>the individual participating in employment
and training activities</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id42FABA17930D4EDE85742B19D6B97689"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(II)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 6(d)(4)(C)(i)(II)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6485E63C88B48B1A7EF5935DBE28EC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>for operating an employment and training program</quote> and
inserting <quote>to provide employment and training services</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3403F634B17547D296CEC920DA53D693"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC73D3622479140D7BEAAE2B494F4E6AA" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H2177681306EE4029AA04F97F32283760"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><clause id="id9F5B2FA5C35C43778E6538B86D1F5BC8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in conjunction with the
Secretary of Labor, shall monitor each State agency responsible for
administering employment and training services under section 6(d)(4) to ensure
funds are being spent effectively and efficiently.</text></clause><clause id="id623623B7BB3A40B58CC3041FFE8D0344"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Accountability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each program of employment
and training receiving funds under section 6(d)(4) shall be subject to the
requirements of the performance accountability system, including having to meet
the State performance measures described in section 136 of the Workforce
Investment Act (29
U.S.C.
2871).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A6AF536285044429BD2C1A9779A620F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Research,
demonstration, and evaluations</header><text>Section 17 of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HB85DD9E149EA4F82B3ACE84694881BE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><clause id="id1DF3EEC35DC34A929E4C0B1BD138EA88"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(iv)(III)(dd), by striking <quote>, (4)(F)(i), or (4)(K)</quote> and inserting <quote>or (4)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id8A149617C484464C8AB56206D1201EEC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC9942BCA279481489AA6FB2CEDDD72E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(g), in the first sentence in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="H19DF5493418C4D50B105A7B90A808350"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>programs established</quote> and inserting <quote>activities provided to
eligible households</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H91F2019CD8AC470AA49D73ECD884C1D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, in conjunction with the Secretary of Labor,</quote> after
<quote>Secretary</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A9E420C240F4D76A7D1FB53180ABCD3"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Minnesota family
investment project</header><text>Section 22(b)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2031(b)(4)) is amended by striking <quote>equivalent to those
offered under the employment and training program</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H44689469EF8446BD9B88F20E1CD30831"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments to
section 412 of the Immigration and Nationality Act</header><paragraph id="H29D91B5346F84723864DA46E867C6162"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conditions and
considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 412(a)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1522">8 U.S.C. 1522(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H6AE171C5975343A3A0FC03D6D4D699AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="H63EAF8142A624208BC99948B370E7437"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(i), by striking <quote>make available sufficient resources for employment
training and placement</quote> and inserting <quote>provide refugees with the
opportunity to access employment and training services, including job
placement,</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HA637E6076CC940E0A4B4456E1E24A252"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking
<quote>services;</quote> and inserting <quote>services provided through the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.);</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A4A807A72904C3FA5734964057F50CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(C)(iii)(II), by inserting <quote>and training</quote> after
<quote>employment</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE375AF1390B74C6D85E4233FBCD2DA31"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)(A)(ii)—</text><clause id="HD05208ABCB354AE3875A3446B87FF067"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>insure</quote> and inserting <quote>ensure</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H3EBC63E06B824CF2A6C0458A73C941C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and training</quote> after <quote>employment</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H488A9B811DAA4CA28A817E83AFF3DE90"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>available</quote> the following: <quote>through the one-stop delivery
system under section 121 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(29 U.S.C.
2841)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05B5F222A1F8430896CA5AB1DDEEF178"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
by inserting <quote>the Secretary of Labor,</quote> after
<quote>Education,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H72DFC3B839164A8AB34C0C883D1A4CF4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program of
initial resettlement</header><text>Section 412(b)(2) of such Act
(8 U.S.C.
1522(b)(2)) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HDA22CD5711BA45C49DED707EEAACFC1A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>orientation, instruction</quote> and inserting <quote>orientation and
instruction</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2B30210E643494A8768737361CB5496"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, and job training for refugees, and such other education and training
of refugees, as facilitates</quote> and inserting <quote>for refugees to
facilitate</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA75DCA704D854F5D915F4B7E4264610B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Project grants
and contracts for services for refugees</header><text>Section 412(c) of such
Act (8 U.S.C.
1522(c)) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H7D847575EE674ED48092EF888DF1D5B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="H1A5F1F14246A4709A0C7691CD7AEBB84"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(i), by inserting <quote>and training</quote> after
<quote>employment</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H703B4349138A49E099E8E6EBABEDB2A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E2BEF70DA5F45A7BBE243AF0C05A66C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(B), by striking
<quote>paragraph—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>in a
manner</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph in a manner</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FFBA01EF0B94A53A76E38D451B7F5AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBC0E8D451EA46F48563486CBB9C9927" style="traditional"><subparagraph id="H2F602B70777049F996897E7076D4CEF7" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Director
shall ensure that employment and training services are provided through the
statewide workforce development system, as appropriate, authorized by the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>). Such
action may include—</text><clause id="H980936585CEA495FBEC0F9826B54A872"><enum>(i)</enum><text>making employment and training
activities described in section 134 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2864">29 U.S.C. 2864</external-xref>)
available to refugees; and</text></clause><clause id="HA876D266EA224FA18BFE794143BAEB73"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing refugees with access to a
one-stop delivery system established under section 121 of such Act (29 U.S.C.
2841).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C2AB1C3960640AAA4846076468E7ED3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cash assistance
and medical assistance to refugees</header><text>Section 412(e) of such Act
(8 U.S.C.
1522(e)) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HE84F97B227B0452C9A90ADC911388320"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A)(i), by inserting <quote>and training</quote> after <quote>providing
employment</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71F50434F9CA47F98E4D66427CF76BCE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>The</quote> and inserting <quote>Consistent with subsection
(c)(3), the</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H81EDFD27619D46518F18378BE2A0E6F8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendments
relating to the Second Chance Act of 2007</header><paragraph id="HAC59A118A11445D0997CBE0ED9DB2F2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal Prisoner
Reentry Initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
231 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17541">42 U.S.C. 17541</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF3E48A877C9946878A20B59442C0DBE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1)(E)—</text><clause commented="no" id="H5C0F935E2B5042F3911E72F6FC3DC87D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>the Department of Labor and</quote> before <quote>other Federal
agencies</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H2CE8BE55BFA24AEBAD57DE744F66167D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>State and local workforce investment boards,</quote> after
<quote>community-based organizations,</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBA371B4DAC75493484F40B24202C866D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><clause commented="no" id="H980432CECF2E4EFD800909A3DF27D3EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking at the end <quote>and</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HF663E58D473C49EB991DD0A5B58C1A23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking at the end the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H903831A259904F4FB24945DA29716563"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3322C7F1CF9646219A21C91097B6121B" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE6150FA153CF4A5681B15C75CD72BDDC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to coordinate reentry programs with the
employment and training services provided through the statewide workforce
investment system under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2811 et seq.).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC304B46F240B41FAA6875E291011064D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (d),
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD46381AF3E0442E9A19DA9AA310FDD86" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E74CEA3742B48FB8182F12A1E04C0F9"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Interaction with
the workforce investment system</header><clause commented="no" id="H658ACC1E849E4D83AF72DE967C131965"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this
section, the Director shall ensure that employment and training services,
including such employment and services offered through reentry programs, are
provided, as appropriate, through the statewide workforce investment system
under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(29 U.S.C. 2811 et
seq.), which may include—</text><subclause commented="no" id="H323DA3B06DDD4D848308EC0A29A634BF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>making employment
and training services available to prisoners prior to and immediately following
the release of such prisoners; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HEACF056CBF9D408D8EAE6958A5B962F8"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing prisoners with access by remote
means to a one-stop delivery system under section 121 of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2841">29 U.S.C. 2841</external-xref>) in the State in
which the prison involved is located.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HA412901CF32F4B63AD025D4E14148CCF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Service
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph,
the term <term>employment and training services</term> means those services
described in section 134 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(29 U.S.C.
2864) offered by the Bureau of Prisons, including—</text><subclause commented="no" id="HAEBD78D2A5A64641B119C10AA0777723"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the skills
assessment described in subsection (a)(1)(A);</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H9BBB0B0FFF824360AF2C3BF4325C7BAB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the skills
development plan described in subsection (a)(1)(B); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HD22FC9AD229444748CCA798D29366074"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the enhancement,
development, and implementation of reentry and skills development
programs.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA19E41A6D63048EA8EC63F0A532E86B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties of the
Bureau of Prisons</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/4042">Section 4042(a)</external-xref> of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC9D35F61FAD24DB0B17E8D453B49760A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E),
as added by section 231(d)(1)(C) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law
110–199; 122 Stat. 685), as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively, and adjusting
the margin accordingly;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id756F795A9FBE4DABBF5FE988A866EF29"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by
redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively,
and adjusting the margin accordingly;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCAE8279C4A4C4657B9AA264696703353"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
as so redesignated—</text><clause commented="no" id="id6E08BF057A0843FC8531288DD62345A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking
<quote>Employment</quote> and inserting <quote>Employment and training services
(as defined in paragraph (6) of section 231(d) of the Second Chance Act of
2007), including basic skills attainment, consistent with such
paragraph</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H56E3E8834B784154A7A925EB22C50527"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (iii); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9265527362E6456A96E57C807407E2F1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi), and (vii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C),
(D), (E), and (F), respectively, and adjusting the margin accordingly.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDD59B6B45A2E4168BCFB6E7E81F0962D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendments to
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3797w">42 U.S.C. 3797w</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="H03EBC72CF8134C1CA380885B6158C19E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="H8463136CE7EA4E9AA8AA7C3118806902"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career and technical
education (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2302">20 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref>)) and
training</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68C42B0A89104DF7AB1F5240BA3689E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68FE2D783CD8411ABCC62B898553C68D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE9FB19B76FF45FFA67700F9F31A6E2A" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HDEAB617A6302493982876DA9866EDC9A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinating employment and training
services provided through the statewide workforce investment system under
subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 et
seq.), including a one-stop delivery system under section 121
of such Act (29
U.S.C. 2841), for offenders upon release from prison, jail, or
a juvenile facility, as
appropriate;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4F8728BFCA1F4CCDBDAF4C06334FA985"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(2), by inserting <quote>, including local workforce investment boards
established under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(29 U.S.C.
2832),</quote> after <quote>nonprofit
organizations</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H558864DFE3A5408090AD7E157272B2A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text><subparagraph id="HE84F5D27032A41309976CC568A606A54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>victims services, and employment services</quote> and
inserting <quote>and victim services</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71E6DDBA28054139A1EDE1A985E66457"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E093940D0F945F7B9F30F802BE5C375"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F9AD79980E94D91B39FB0E357702DB8" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H92957C81EF3B44648D7B4014D4476ABF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides employment and training services
through the statewide workforce investment system under subtitle B of title I
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2811">29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq.</external-xref>), including
a one-stop delivery system under section 121 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2841">29 U.S.C. 2841</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD171D4E49CB41CABF2EA417B249ADF6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text><subparagraph id="HD586E5D458EA4ED195171CC23351D9AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by inserting <quote>, in accordance with paragraph (2)</quote> after
<quote>under this section</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB33D3BF82A6449289995F20F9C7BC55F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD43A26F796E41E59D11B27872062172"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF39877BAC0BF4269B2EC78BEA94F7656" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HEC8750E1311045E7BD286A85805F1E44"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Employment and
training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General
shall require each grantee under this section to measure the core indicators of
performance as described in section 136(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. 2871(b)(2)(A)) with respect to the program of such
grantee funded with a grant under this
section.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H479747CBAE314158BDBDE33661A4AB31"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments to title 38, United States Code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 38, United States Code, is
amended—</text><paragraph id="H098E3340D8C44527A1286DC5F76701AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
3672(d)(1), by striking <quote>disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists
under section 4103A</quote> and inserting <quote>veteran employment specialists
appointed under section 134(f) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H37A491B1DB6741BFB4E4E67F51F4D5E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 41, by striking the items relating to
sections 4103A and 4104;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H92C2979B93174C168ABC1F12E1012A37"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
4102A—</text><subparagraph id="HE01FB1C35ADF489D824150DD3D24AEED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><clause id="H5E528A0D5EA14DDAA6CA69A88A0B8F95"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking paragraphs (5), (6), and (7); and</text></clause><clause id="H0B1F0E19247747438EB7212EA769D330"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (5);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B243F75062F45D184A1AA32BF0D8D8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (c) and (h);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA946603AA1AA4BC1ABE2CEE662B08FC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f);
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE37A86B0954E424085AEE239FD55CF27"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="H3D37D688C15442029DE6B9A5DB41BE96"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>, including disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists and
local veterans' employment representatives providing employment, training, and
placement services under this chapter in a State</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HA68E0F8C811B489C9F8DA9EEE1C54E28"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>for purposes of subsection (c)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H653029BD357E48AAA85FAEFE466B6B9C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section
4104A—</text><subparagraph id="HF04DDC2708644D56A1B99D62DC34BD30"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7C3076E2C504B25AF44B6A6017273E8" style="USC"><clause id="H3574E8A489BB405A96B28B15B3A7DC81"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the appropriate veteran employment
specialist (in carrying out the functions described in section 134(f) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998);</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H925EC2849C8D4F23AD25E71D2523F318"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8544CBF9C414F47B89272928FEF53BB" style="OLC"><clause id="H4CC976C86BBD4D8594312E63DB8AADB9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collaborate with the appropriate veteran
employment specialist (as described in section 134(f)) and the appropriate
State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 101 of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2801));</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E96738DBAAE4D68825FBC0529E90750"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 4109—</text><subparagraph id="id6B59320C8D6B45CEB2F68DA00180713F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking
<quote>disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists and local veterans’
employment representative</quote> and inserting <quote>veteran employment
specialists appointed under section 134(f) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D948D621BD94C11B7F886C4D623DC27"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(1), by striking
<quote>disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists and local veterans’
employment representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>veteran employment
specialists appointed under section 134(f) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H787EAA2E58F543C5AC675AC4360A531F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section
4112(d)—</text><subparagraph id="H284B642F46F84F1C8FDEDD300C8FA13E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>disabled veterans’ outreach program specialist</quote> and
inserting <quote>veteran employment specialist appointed under section 134(f)
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DED2ED868604B61858F16BC804362D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HA87E688A14A04C99940F028453DEA032"><enum>403.</enum><header>Conforming
amendment to table of contents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1(b) is
amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52695745E142462A91EA93C6C9EB9DB5" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id4855DA9E4CF8458A91BFD614377359D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:</text><toc><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="title">TITLE I—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
SYSTEMS</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Workforce Investment
Definitions</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 101. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Statewide and Local Workforce
Investment Systems </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 106. Purpose.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="chapter">Chapter 1—State Provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 111. State workforce investment
boards.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 112. State plan.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="chapter">Chapter 2—Local Provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 116. Local workforce investment
areas.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 117. Local workforce investment
boards.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 118. Local plan.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="chapter">Chapter 3—Workforce Investment Activities
Providers</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 121. Establishment of one-stop
delivery systems.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 122. Identification of eligible
providers of training services.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="chapter">Chapter 5—Employment and Training
Activities</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 131. General
authorization.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 132. State allotments.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 133. Within State
allocations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 134. Use of funds for employment and
training activities.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="chapter">Chapter 6—General Provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 136. Performance accountability
system.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 137. Authorization of
appropriations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Job Corps</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 141. Purposes.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 142. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 143. Establishment.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 144. Individuals eligible for the Job
Corps.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 145. Recruitment, screening,
selection, and assignment of enrollees.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 146. Enrollment.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 147. Job Corps centers.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 148. Program activities.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 149. Counseling and job
placement.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 150. Support.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 151. Operations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 152. Standards of
conduct.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 153. Community
participation.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 154. Workforce councils.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 156. Technical assistance to
centers.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 157. Application of provisions of
Federal law.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 158. Special provisions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 159. Performance accountability and
management.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 160. General provisions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 161. Authorization of
appropriations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle D—National Programs</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 170. Technical
assistance.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 172. Evaluations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle E—Administration</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 181. Requirements and
restrictions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 182. Prompt allocation of
funds.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 183. Monitoring.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 184. Fiscal controls;
sanctions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 185. Reports; recordkeeping;
investigations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 186. Administrative
adjudication.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 187. Judicial review.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 188. Nondiscrimination.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 189. Administrative
provisions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 190. References.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 191. State legislative
authority.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 193. Transfer of Federal equity in
State employment security real property to the States.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 195. General program
requirements.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 196. Federal agency
staff.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 197. Restrictions on lobbying and
political activities.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle F—Repeals and Conforming
Amendments</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199. Repeals.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199A. Conforming
amendments.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="title">TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY
EDUCATION</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 201. Short title.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 202. Purpose.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 203. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 204. Home schools.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 205. Authorization of
appropriations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Federal Provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 211. Reservation of funds; grants to
eligible agencies; allotments.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 212. Performance accountability
system.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle B—State Provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 221. State
administration.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 222. State distribution of funds;
matching requirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 223. State leadership
activities.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 224. State plan.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 225. Programs for corrections
education and other institutionalized individuals.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Local Provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 231. Grants and contracts for
eligible providers.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 232. Local application.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 233. Local administrative cost
limits.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle D—General Provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 241. Administrative
provisions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 242. National activities.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="title">TITLE III—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT-RELATED
ACTIVITIES</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Wagner-Peyser Act</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 301. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 302. Functions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 303. Designation of State
agencies.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 304. Appropriations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 305. Disposition of allotted
funds.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 306. State plans.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 307. Repeal of Federal advisory
council.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 308. Regulations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 309. Employment
statistics.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 310. Technical
amendments.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 311. Effective date.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Linkages With Other
Programs</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 321. Trade Act of 1974.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 322. Veterans' employment
programs.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 323. Older Americans Act of
1965.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle D—Application of Civil Rights
and Labor-Management Laws to the Smithsonian Institution</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 341. Application of civil rights and
labor-management laws to the Smithsonian Institution.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="title">TITLE IV—REHABILITATION ACT AMENDMENTS OF
1998</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 401. Short title.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 402. Title.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 403. General provisions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 404. Vocational rehabilitation
services.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 405. Research and
training.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 406. Professional development and
special projects and demonstrations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 407. National Council on
Disability.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 408. Rights and advocacy.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 409. Employment opportunities for
individuals with disabilities.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 410. Independent living services and
centers for independent living.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 411. Repeal. </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 412. Helen Keller National Center
Act.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 413. President's Committee on
Employment of People With Disabilities.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 414. Conforming
amendments.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="title">TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 501. State unified plan.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 504. Privacy.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 505. Buy-American
requirements.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 507. Effective
date.</toc-entry></toc></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>V</enum><header>Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973</header><section id="HC22C8C5CF113484B8C604FB6D0B119CD"><enum>501.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 (29 U.S.C.
701(a)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H3760D54ED4F44E5DAA4F03DF8472793E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE83FB107546A46D9BB5BB2DFF69157CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9A5CFC81911A4863A5231FC847C1B375"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H238CC78EFC784CB9B6B409FEF2B73A8F" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H6A9B304AEB924545ACA88B8E3AF944D1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>there is a
substantial need to improve and expand services for students with disabilities
under this
Act.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="HB349E2D2A53F4488B5B7EA505D1C5A8A"><enum>502.</enum><header>Rehabilitation
Services Administration</header><subsection id="H77EE6F3092274FFDB74B239BF650DF48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rehabilitation
services administration</header><text>The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(29 U.S.C. 701 et
seq.) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H73030AD3DAD7455FB63C2FA90D1355C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 3(a)
(29 U.S.C.
702(a))—</text><subparagraph id="HFCD7E6609B4D4B4088D79E8A8639E598"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Office of the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Department of
Education</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31AD60A154834C19A90B6E0BB5C98D69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate</quote> and
inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0EF557B54944E8D9DEE6627856B883E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, and the Commissioner shall be the principal officer,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD128CB3FA62C4C33BA7E68B1A066019F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Commissioner</quote> each place it appears (except in section 21) and
inserting <quote>Director</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1DEDBB40C7F443C38B0AA9D43589DEF7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 12(c)
(29 U.S.C.
709(c)), by striking <quote>Commissioner’s</quote> and
inserting <quote>Director’s</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC0E09F68701A4CDD935DE27C6B49E290"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 21
(29 U.S.C.
718)—</text><subparagraph id="H9773AD7DAB8A4D279561EE754945EEEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)—</text><clause id="H09D9C1C9D00E474CBFB47C43073E6FEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Commissioner</quote> the first place it appears and inserting
<quote>Director of the Rehabilitation Services Administration</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H1F77EFDB59864884B138848350F7C740"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>(referred to in this subsection as the
<quote>Director</quote>)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H9027BB6E4992461E97603986FF59B867"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>The Commissioner and the Director</quote> and inserting
<quote>Both such Directors</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03BA03DA410E4B61AF79A81C55B64E62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Commissioner and the Director</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>both such Directors</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2BDE053367C341E0914E3C38DCFF9EAB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in the heading for
subparagraph (B) of section 100(d)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/720">29 U.S.C. 720(d)(2)</external-xref>), by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">commissioner</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">director</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5415BDF5A05A43C4A14E8DD39B958625"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section
401(a)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/781">29 U.S.C. 781(a)(1)</external-xref>), by inserting <quote>of the National Institute
on Disability and Rehabilitation Research</quote> after
<quote>Director</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB80274155D0A4E989689326FE76BA7D2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in the heading for
section 706 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/796d-1">29 U.S.C. 796d–1</external-xref>), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">commissioner</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">director</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H20B6696F2EF94B9A8EA0A8DF4CF0F08E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in the heading for
paragraph (3) of section 723(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/796f-2">29 U.S.C. 796f–2(a)</external-xref>), by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">commissioner</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">director</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H212F5226F58F46DEA98140FEB3A1E8CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date;
application</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall—</text><paragraph id="H9F1201A87A2D4E13BE92BF3E2FF8F232"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEE0E2C6575A9427DA68A83A9B8519C94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>apply with respect
to the appointments of Directors of the Rehabilitation Services Administration
made on or after the date of enactment of this Act, and the Directors so
appointed.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9340458489404FAF9EEC3F1B12B3B909"><enum>503.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(29 U.S.C.
705) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HDA4C56B8F959437492C81FC48345A77F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (35) through (39) as paragraphs (36) through (40),
respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4FB66CCA56344BB8AE91E27BB166F266"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii) of paragraph (36) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking
<quote>paragraph (36)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(37)(C)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8FBBBD5C69E4C7CAE4FDB7C9FF6920F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (34) the following:</text><quoted-block id="HE0B53730535A4B66A47EFB05C9C55EA3" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H890675191159482889F1731E99BC754C"><enum>(35)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H949D1CC6594344E49AE60F437BCCEE85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>student
with a disability</term> means an individual with a disability who—</text><clause id="H17D4C1277FFA4FC485A49886C829F512" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is not younger than 16 and not
older than 21;</text></clause><clause id="HB4691E65941340149B8469F19B7F5A93" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has been determined to be eligible
under section 102(a) for assistance under this title; and</text></clause><clause id="H48B61AF77C3747B1ADC967A95BE8DB3C" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H215A1FF4F16B4EBBA9810A4A2F22ACFA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is eligible for, and is
receiving, special education under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20
U.S.C. 1411 et seq.); or</text></subclause><subclause id="HE7A5CE48CFAD4A2E94D15CA3873C185E" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is an individual with a
disability, for purposes of section 504.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BA8082F12024BE69AE1EBC6649FEAD7" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>students with
disabilities</term> means more than 1 student with a
disability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id01EF082B403340FAA6151121B1D28B6A"><enum>504.</enum><header>Carryover</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19(a)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
716(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>part B of title
VI,</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="H2DD816876AFC4C66B7E527CAAECFCA6B"><enum>505.</enum><header>Traditionally
underserved populations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 21 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(29 U.S.C.
718) is amended, in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of subsection
(b), and in subsection (c), by striking <quote>VI,</quote>.</text></section><section id="id01388A09CC3E4EB8BC75A28897AE9273"><enum>506.</enum><header>State
plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a) of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/721">29 U.S.C. 721(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HA668D2F93F74409FA7BFE4F6FEFFEFF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(10)—</text><subparagraph id="id37E7143C2F954F98847418F82CE7432B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>on the eligible individuals</quote> and all that
follows and inserting <quote>of information necessary to assess the State’s
performance on the core indicators of performance described in section
136(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2871(b)(2)(A)).</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD778A42B6D2C4E928EA0620554F041FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E)(ii), by striking <quote>, to the extent the measures are applicable to
individuals with disabilities</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF0D8BF1D47A42748B12B64E2CA87AF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(11)—</text><subparagraph id="HEF25D159187344C08C7503A1DC099DC7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D)(i), by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, which may be
provided using alternative means of meeting participation (such as
participation through video conferences and conference calls)</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB90578F37AEA4A378CD4433A4458D31E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HD901D6C656B84176A7E367C8C97946A8" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H1CEB134E45FD4F718A182C59036EE6B7"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Coordination
with assistive technology programs</header><text>The State plan shall include
an assurance that the designated State unit and the lead agency or implementing
entity responsible for carrying out duties under the Assistive Technology Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
3001 et seq.) have developed working relationships and
coordinate their
activities.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE04B1D84C4074E52B5E580A13659C9A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(15)—</text><subparagraph id="H297E076FF6BD4AA88851C88188077764"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text><clause id="H570E3491EFA447E9B715FFFE16261A3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (i)—</text><subclause id="HE3680873B9664B7985383C6DE2D52FC9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subclause (II),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause><subclause id="H817DB4FB3B214689A0977CAD60E21E72"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subclause
(III), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H60AF6D1631EC4BBB92252E55ACEC76A0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HB07DAB1019A34DCFBB1FA714B38F4712" style="OLC"><subclause id="HEEF74D65120640AC952261E0A7257A0F"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>students with
disabilities, including their need for transition
services;</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="H0AF528A2EDF146CBAD4D3C7C194C92FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively;
and</text></clause><clause id="H0E6084745E704109822B9F7573A976D2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
inserting after clause (i) the following:</text><quoted-block id="H4AB5BBC6464743729A9ECCC1C2D74202" style="OLC"><clause id="H3CDF584239984C969CB43BE3CD3425EE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include an
assessment of the transition services provided under this Act, and coordinated
with transition services provided under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1400">20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.</external-xref>), about the extent to which those 2 types
of services meet the needs of individuals with
disabilities;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id616F8136F24F4DB18997E313BD7AB28F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(ii), by striking <quote>and under part B of title VI</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB034CAEFBAC48E29D9D51D5BA3A35CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D)—</text><clause id="H8C74AA1967C244C9B6359E7785CE94AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
redesignating clauses (iii), (iv), and (v) as clauses (iv), (v), and (vi),
respectively;</text></clause><clause id="H2C5F6FD858E84042B1B642A58357B20F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text><quoted-block id="H4B438962D41140359CB5D73EDBFF7100" style="OLC"><clause id="H19C1D09F88E645F6983F9835292852CE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the methods to
be used to improve and expand vocational rehabilitation services for students
with disabilities, including the coordination of services designed to
facilitate the transition of such students from the receipt of educational
services in school to the receipt of vocational rehabilitation services under
this title or to postsecondary education or
employment;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id5217C9D54DF443EA89C825547D2D3893"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (v),
as redesignated by clause (i) of this subparagraph, by striking
<quote>evaluation standards</quote> and inserting <quote>performance
standards</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H838063C9A2474D98BFA4FC322EEBCA8A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(22)—</text><subparagraph id="id878C58AD60DB46D9855B9760FA1F6079"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">state plan
supplement</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6478B51FD06C4DA0852AE21256775F9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>carrying out part B of title VI, including</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F1B9F4B99FD467F9A7A513ABD30EE8D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>that part to supplement funds made available under part B
of</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC693B1F2C39D463A8E5AD6D59562879B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph
(24)—</text><subparagraph id="idEC4307C1D6334B4D931017940E7E98C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">contracts</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">grants</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB76F7E252CD34645B804881DEF976746"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text><clause id="idA429638277AF45428C6D7AF54856B9CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the subparagraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Contracts</header-in-text></quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Grants</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id721320D91A024129ADF66001A2DAE5A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>part A of title VI</quote> and inserting <quote>section
109A</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1630FED75DC04D15A12763F019549C00"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H9DF395ECA5484BF0A88B0D860EC3D536" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H2F5DEC0B580142FE82B3BE0890BAB55B"><enum>(25)</enum><header>Collaboration
with industry</header><text>The State plan shall describe how the designated
State agency will carry out the provisions of section 109A, including—</text><subparagraph id="HC80FDD07C3D6484888BF169E3AB4CC2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the criteria such
agency will use to award grants under such section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE2DA3E7576F478F883A4961F4076348"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the activities
carried out under such grants will be coordinated with other services provided
under this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1496DEE15CF8409092D6E0175C4AEE26"><enum>(26)</enum><header>Services for
students with disabilities</header><text>The State plan shall provide an
assurance satisfactory to the Secretary that the State—</text><subparagraph id="H0FC59172EA8B4F25AB97DBAF1F4F6275"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has developed and
implemented strategies to address the needs identified in the assessments
described in paragraph (15), and achieve the goals and priorities identified by
the State in that paragraph, to improve and expand vocational rehabilitation
services for students with disabilities on a statewide basis in accordance with
paragraph (15); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H968075F048624C68B639F4142EA1F558"><enum>(B)</enum><text>from funds
reserved under section 110A, shall carry out programs or activities designed to
improve and expand vocational rehabilitation services for students with
disabilities that—</text><clause id="HEA4C4F0B5E214F8F9E0BD6EC9A9FDB92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>facilitate the
transition of students with disabilities from the receipt of educational
services in school, to the receipt of vocational rehabilitation services under
this title, including, at a minimum, those services specified in the
interagency agreement required in paragraph (11)(D);</text></clause><clause id="H4DF578509B9F4EEB8A3A1493DE8F59DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improve the
achievement of post-school goals of students with disabilities, including
improving the achievement through participation (as appropriate when career
goals are discussed) in meetings regarding individualized education programs
developed under section 614 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C.
1414);</text></clause><clause id="H68CBB57DDD0A4C4DBC5E569ECBDAC284"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide career
guidance, career exploration services, job search skills and strategies, and
technical assistance to students with disabilities;</text></clause><clause id="HF8482CBD8ECB45C19CDF3EFBBE5EE9C0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>support the
provision of training and technical assistance to State and local educational
agencies and designated State agency personnel responsible for the planning and
provision of services to students with disabilities; and</text></clause><clause id="H1C14F623414F4F198A1A919EBCC0C622"><enum>(v)</enum><text>support outreach
activities to students with disabilities who are eligible for, and need,
services under this
title.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H65ED21D289DB48728A986973FFE71793"><enum>507.</enum><header>Scope of
services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/723">29 U.S.C. 723</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H30ABDC0E20084B769C1849D00C819AE7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking paragraph (15) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="HB4EE4C6E0BDB49E2B12E6E0DE0D052ED" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H7535E11010CD4AFAA353EAC853BD98C3"><enum>(15)</enum><text>transition
services for students with disabilities, that facilitate the achievement of the
employment outcome identified in the individualized plan for employment
involved, including services described in clauses (i) through (iii) of section
101(a)(26)(B);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H45F0ABAA5C8B4F5B8B09E6801F6D4D8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="HFA286E8217C44B7DBD615F3E6D9B3B84" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H46DAEC2FA19B4C60A2713194C9429401"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8DCB156FC5384FD69DE4033B139D6ECA"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H849A08B7935B4C57A1AFE18E8752B863"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Consultation and
technical assistance services to assist State and local educational agencies in
planning for the transition of students with disabilities from school to
post-school activities, including employment.</text></clause><clause id="H849E6D25985F4FD88127EDE50DA2C1F7" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Training and technical assistance
described in section 101(a)(26)(B)(iv).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62E11B519A3B4BE19F6FA5757B643AE0" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Services for groups of individuals
with disabilities who meet the requirements of clauses (i) and (iii) of section
7(35)(A), including services described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (v) of
section 101(a)(26)(B), to assist in the transition from school to post-school
activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H4CB318D732FE4064BF488E7F7AC6C05D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by inserting at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H07191F9162CC4E2582243B0A74C2AC2D" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H642CE9AED7DD4D929C9AE4323821FE08"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The establishment,
development, or improvement of assistive technology demonstration, loan,
reutilization, or financing programs in coordination with activities authorized
under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3001">29 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>) to promote access
to assistive technology for individuals with disabilities and
employers.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="HF4B1A7E424574F0BA7B22E97166948E5"><enum>508.</enum><header>Standards and
indicators</header><subsection id="id454C80A31E3C4A4C901B04A56894B403"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 106 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/726">29 U.S.C. 726</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id48AA2DE4A65E4151944A7AE43082A5E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Evaluation standards</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Performance
standards</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB3A4D50C759A4731A006F74585B94DF7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC538E887CEE4C0AB30E01E0788F0F97" style="OLC"><subsection id="H19E5A048015646A6959AF3D112125F0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standards and
indicators</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The performance
standards and indicators for the vocational rehabilitation program carried out
under this title—</text><paragraph id="H70302BD2E95A41D58CB291E6EAC7DCB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be subject
to paragraphs (2)(A) and (3) of section 136(b) of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2871">29 U.S.C. 2871(b)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDD35A188D784A9DA75104D8C757177D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may, at a State’s
discretion, include additional indicators identified in the State plan
submitted under section 101.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HA6B1914E28014A049AC412EB738F8BE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking clause
(i) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA27C8E43221F49B4AB21AEAD9828703F" style="OLC"><clause id="H426ACE6730854F0D852A6ADC24DA422E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on a biannual basis, review the program
improvement efforts of the State and, if the State has not improved its
performance to acceptable levels, as determined by the Director, direct the
State to make revisions to the plan to improve performance;
and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id39AA56C70C274B839A875ECBC61341C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 107 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 727) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4433FA7E6A004E30AEB657F63519EECF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsections
(a)(1)(B) and (b)(2), by striking <quote>evaluation standards</quote> and
inserting <quote>performance standards</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id436D5EEB61AE4CB2934034FC5CCE743A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1)(B), by striking <quote>an evaluation standard</quote> and inserting
<quote>a performance standard</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idB8839E697F564748AD5BF4C9D554F090"><enum>509.</enum><header>Expenditure of
certain amounts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 108(a)
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/728">29 U.S.C. 728(a)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>under part B of title VI, or</quote>.</text></section><section id="H6810DF66D018435BAF2C0B530128F56B"><enum>510.</enum><header>Collaboration
with industry</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is amended by inserting after section 109
(29 U.S.C.
728a) the following:</text><quoted-block id="HE37733A8D7704CD8AD23761B80D6A02D" style="OLC"><section id="H8BD0BD5DD4F341F28AC8653AE3130CEC"><enum>109A.</enum><header>Collaboration
with industry</header><subsection id="HB3053E82C5FF4ADCBA1AB261133F413F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible entity
defined</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <term>eligible
entity</term> means a for-profit business, alone or in partnership with one or
more of the following:</text><paragraph id="H2E65F295CD80408BA46C5734C95B2A91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Community
rehabilitation program providers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H88F5B74836FA4A9C92472FEEB91D9819"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Indian
tribes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H986A7BEF78F6416899C8D4AAA47B2AAD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Tribal
organizations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB4991D8D8B9D414A8B79C1F7A7B9BF38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>A
State shall use not less than one-half of one percent of the payment the State
receives under section 111 for a fiscal year to award grants to eligible
entities to pay for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out collaborative
programs, to create practical job and career readiness and training programs,
and to provide job placements and career advancement.</text></subsection><subsection id="H07C40D36F50F405FA8C758C912FBADD0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Awards</header><text>Grants
under this section shall—</text><paragraph id="H3DE9D9D350E94DDCAA4FACE3A3218A48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be awarded for a
period not to exceed 5 years; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5AEB70DD5CD949109F8BA93E0FA5EF95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be awarded
competitively.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H068ECFF8C2AD499AB238478AED48BA50"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an
application to a designated State agency at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as such agency shall require. Such application
shall include, at a minimum—</text><paragraph id="H44232889261043DCAC02D11A37051364"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a plan for
evaluating the effectiveness of the collaborative program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4911405D7D16426AA060567CE4B858F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a plan for
collecting and reporting the data and information described under subparagraphs
(A) through (C) of section 101(a)(10), as determined appropriate by the
designated State agency; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9D462AF288C4992A1AE3C9F9C9CC297"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a plan for
providing for the non-Federal share of the costs of the program.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H881136D4A5924142976D5BAEF5D08C18"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>An
eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant funds
to carry out a program that provides one or more of the following:</text><paragraph id="H5D248B52B1564B7EA3875D798BB38872"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Job development,
job placement, and career advancement services for individuals with
disabilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD46D06708124410D8EFEA669DEF23993"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Training in
realistic work settings in order to prepare individuals with disabilities for
employment and career advancement in the competitive market.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H67A669B9C0484077A323BFB0111F225A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Providing
individuals with disabilities with such support services as may be required in
order to maintain the employment and career advancement for which the
individuals have received training.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCAA188B67F9646D7B40DF3D4BB4B563E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility for
services</header><text>An individual shall be eligible for services provided
under a program under this section if the individual is determined under
section 102(a)(1) to be eligible for assistance under this title.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC53CFA4721884A54B95159EAAC0030A4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share for a program under this section shall not
exceed 80 percent of the costs of the
program.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H5009510B96A74465ADB855201F8C8270"><enum>511.</enum><header>Reservation for
expanded transition services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is amended by
inserting after section 110 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/730">29 U.S.C. 730</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block id="HD60E895B8D584B7EA2B63570F4EE253A" style="OLC"><section id="H826CBAD1D8D242778653DE423EEE16FF"><enum>110A.</enum><header>Reservation
for expanded transition services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each State shall reserve not less than 10
percent of the funds allotted to the State under section 110(a) to carry out
programs or activities under sections 101(a)(26)(B) and
103(b)(6).</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HF9C6F7E9A48C4C238B229138C8832218"><enum>512.</enum><header>Client
assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
112(e)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/732">29 U.S.C. 732(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by
redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E) and inserting after
subparagraph (C) the following:</text><quoted-block id="HA9081FEDA62146E2AA36E68B8E8BBD58" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H5E554C459A284B11B1EF690DB83BBADC" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Secretary shall make grants to
the protection and advocacy system serving the American Indian Consortium under
the Developmental Disabilities and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15001
et seq.) to provide services in accordance with this section, as determined by
the Secretary. The amount of such grants shall be the same as the amount
provided to territories under this
subsection.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="id94458E9950724C3A90F020B0048C79D2"><enum>513.</enum><header>Research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204(a)(2)(A) of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 764(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking
<quote>VI,</quote>.</text></section><section id="HA666B08EA7F44F9DA1FAB659AFB2ACCD"><enum>514.</enum><header>Title III
amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/771">29 U.S.C. 771 et seq.</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="HA9B5B9428BE349A586A6E6B5323A5033"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 301(a)
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/771">21 U.S.C. 771(a)</external-xref>)—</text><subparagraph id="H2FB8A89D08E1419EA157AFFBA845B62F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4895F14289B342B9A0F9944D2683AF21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (3) and (4); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27C9CDE9C72D46019298C0AE720152A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (3);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4EA70719633B471A99C24A11863FA3C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 302 (29
U.S.C. 772)—</text><subparagraph id="H6531E5B25BDF4A85A99A2032726D5792"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)—</text><clause id="idB57190A04EA941368B7A3FC0CD4D6A59"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and In-Service Training</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HCC9C745C35C042E2982065F3064D238A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking paragraph (3); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0EB0EB1D50A148448D135A96A885AD02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(h), by striking <quote>section 306</quote> and inserting <quote>section
304</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9EDF5D39DD184BE5B8678F9ADDBD2573"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 303 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/773">29 U.S.C. 773</external-xref>)—</text><subparagraph id="id9A618898B6094BFEB0DE287905DADAD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>section 306</quote> and inserting <quote>section
304</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58DEE479A9C641F2ABA679873FE39E9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><clause id="HF01FAB92BEEB4BA78D78E6CEE891972C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (4)—</text><subclause id="H91AB9A4BD19F40708D4AFD08C75EF73C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (A)(ii) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7604296459024F1B91C25FA7D16DCDB7" style="OLC"><clause id="H5039B60A36DF462D85C5731744CA0E38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to coordinate activities and work closely
with the parent training and information centers established pursuant to
section 671 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
1471), the community parent resource centers established pursuant to section
672 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/1472">29 U.S.C. 1472</external-xref>), and the eligible entities receiving awards
under section 673 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1473">20 U.S.C. 1473</external-xref>);
and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="H8F2EB3B0B13C4F4AA13348C0FF8DDF29"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>,
and demonstrate the capacity for serving,</quote> after <quote>serve</quote>;
and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H1C6BEF4D56D14A97873C7CDA6DE2DD57"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B86A75757C74E25A6B6A67C1CEF6864" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="H176F1AD95F394600817B88C7D2526CE5"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amount appropriated to carry out
this subsection for a fiscal year, 20 percent of such amount or $500,000,
whichever is less, shall be reserved to carry out paragraph
(6).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5FCC023A366F41C5A0F0AD643A54C3CD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
sections 304 and 305 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/774">29 U.S.C. 774</external-xref>, 775); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB4BB3294C8444DEB2C44148E281EBA8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 306 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/776">29 U.S.C. 776</external-xref>) as section 304.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H9C2DD2089E244E2EA21E28DDB5005A57"><enum>515.</enum><header>Repeal of title
VI</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VI of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/795">29 U.S.C. 795 et seq.</external-xref>) is
repealed.</text></section><section id="H02A338DC95D44BE4836A2B547C54ABAB"><enum>516.</enum><header>Title VII
general provisions</header><subsection id="idE26780057FE04800B2BE7079750718FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 701(3) of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 (29 U.S.C.
796(3)) is amended by striking <quote>State programs of
supported employment services receiving assistance under part B of title
VI,</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6B5CD7CEE179467089501CE76157E313"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 705(b)(5) of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
796d(b)(5)) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H4E4D29902F61484BBEB23D3C3FA32D96" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H6F68E5EAD7B6425BB0152E60D195C1E0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The
Council shall select a chairperson from among the voting membership of the
Council.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="H4A06DFA89EB44AFEAC829BAEB744CCC0"><enum>517.</enum><header>Authorizations
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/701">29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.</external-xref>) is further
amended—</text><paragraph id="H11DAE6BAED954A4E9487512393EC52D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 100
(29 U.S.C.
720)—</text><subparagraph id="id85A63113C8A3435691B242D9D9C662DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1999
through 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,066,192,000 for fiscal year 2015
and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal years</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4C0F734418914DC7912CC2F61D4C698A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1)(B), by striking <quote>2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>2021</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H33E9B21578494DEBAB04D339F0B31167"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 110(c)
(29 U.S.C.
730(c)), by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H7F24F736C56443DAAD9E3C657C734E93" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HED94B55EB87A4556B686EFC370E93BC6" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The sum referred to in paragraph (1)
shall be, as determined by the Secretary, not less than 1 percent and not more
than 1.5 percent of the amount referred to in paragraph (1) for each of fiscal
years 2015 through
2020.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H7AE448C7F7AF4D9282C918CB60C0B706"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 112(h)
(29 U.S.C.
732(h)), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal years 1999 through 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>$11,600,000 for
fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal years</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H23F2A275504044BD8B36CA2D85250727"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (a) of section 201 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/761">29 U.S.C. 761(a)</external-xref>) to read as
follows: <quote>(a) There are authorized to be appropriated $103,125,000 for
fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal years to carry out this
title.</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H29763A1725734221940276F166CB50DC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 302(i)
(29 U.S.C.
772(i)), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>$33,657,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1FCE2EEBF504229A20312EF1A98269F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 303(e)
(29 U.S.C.
773(e)), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>$5,046,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H34C3C69F139C4CDBA783DD7AD4FE03D6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section 405
(29 U.S.C.
785), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for each
of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,081,000
for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal years</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD0A79C253ED8435186D37CE9B6713516"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in section 502(j)
(29 U.S.C.
792(j)), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>$7,013,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H200EF112EB344F10A9A7070F490A9931"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in section 509(l)
(29 U.S.C.
794e(l)), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>$17,088,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD88DADC600A545FEA337F78E206ADF56"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in section 714
(29 U.S.C.
796e–3), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>$22,137,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7BADE9DB2F0A4174ADC69BA2D33748D1"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in section 727
(29 U.S.C.
796f–6), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>$75,772,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H06913FD5362F4473A75B4A1F9F48E2E1"><enum>(12)</enum><text>in section 753
(29 U.S.C.
796l), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>$32,239,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H716DD78513554E6BAE17DBD50AF3BFE0"><enum>518.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1(b) of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is amended—</text><paragraph id="HEAD90ECE222D440E913791B03787F757"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting after
the item relating to section 109 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4BF00435948447294537E3F628C04A1" style="OLC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 109A. Collaboration with
industry.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H1694C9790A814EEC805E32D1307B3563"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
the item relating to section 110 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE105EB8872C4449E8BEEC18DE3E2496D" style="OLC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 110A. Reservation for expanded
transition services.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H761B707E529840F8A049BD4F21C31C68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the
item related to section 304 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H421107C4A06C476B90337A28E7A893FE" style="OLC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 304. Measuring of project outcomes
and performance.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5005BB416B94E619F39917BC9653695"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking the
items related to sections 305 and 306;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD48772CED1C841D2A27E732D9A553D24"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the items related to title VI;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED66FB01129C4B3CA0C5E470BB928096"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking the
item related to section 706 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE69F1218FBD74811B1E88EADDF0A1353" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 706. Responsibilities of
the
Director.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Studies by the Comptroller General</header><section id="HFE2C3C78E5104FB8B573143209748961"><enum>601.</enum><header>Study by the
Comptroller General on exhausting Federal Pell Grants before accessing WIA
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 12 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall complete and submit to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that—</text><paragraph id="H3DBEB73B2606474FABA2F95B5F292728"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluates the effectiveness of subparagraph
(B) of section 134(d)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(29 U.S.C.
2864(d)(4)(B)) (as such subparagraph was in effect on the day
before the date of enactment of this Act), including—</text><subparagraph id="H270AE8D3E5D84D7086AB774DD4A34E9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the regulations and guidance
issued by the Secretary of Labor to State and local areas on how to comply with
such subparagraph;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF494B1F1340247FE818A34628E7C09D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a review of State
policies to determine how local areas are required to comply with such
subparagraph;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF15ED5CB8B1F4C27B0C38ADA6FBB4FA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a review of local
area policies to determine how one-stop operators are required to comply with
such subparagraph; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H122B063C1F8946C48A17AFB78203C74D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of a sampling of individuals
receiving training services under section 134(d)(4) of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. 2864(d)(4)) to determine if, before receiving such
training services, such individuals have exhausted funds received through the
Federal Pell Grant program under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1070 et
seq.); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD3236223D684764988DB260CD61FBCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">makes appropriate recommendations with
respect to the matters evaluated under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></section><section id="id25016A66766E4966859BDED911B8A01B"><enum>602.</enum><header>Study by the
Comptroller General on administrative cost savings</header><subsection id="HE8AB7DD2163047DBACEF5838A1F60D3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
complete and submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate a report that—</text><paragraph id="H9A2399BCA6794131B3CF9A318F916F66"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines the amount of administrative
costs at the Federal and State levels for the most recent fiscal year for which
satisfactory data are available for—</text><subparagraph id="H8FD41CBDF8BF4857B82C27F5C35C2CA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each of the
programs authorized under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.) or repealed under section 401 of this Act, as such
programs were in effect for such fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EFA271502144E23887D39B107D495F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each of the programs described in
subparagraph (A) that have been repealed or consolidated on or after the date
of enactment of this Act;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HED43C5779DB54DD6BBDCE6CBF1BBA56B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines the amount of administrative
cost savings at the Federal and State levels as a result of repealing and
consolidating programs by calculating the differences in the amount of
administrative costs between subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H83427C95CF214153855E58A93566D094"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates the administrative cost savings
at the Federal and State levels for a fiscal year as a result of States
consolidating amounts under section 501(e) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (20 U.S.C.
9271(e)) to reduce inefficiencies in the administration of
federally funded State and local employment and training programs.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46F37DAC127D40C992557F5AE2ABB923"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the term <quote>administrative costs</quote> has the
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(29 U.S.C.
2801).</text></subsection></section>