[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16577-16579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8806]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Job Training Partnership Act: Employment and Training Assistance 
for Dislocated Workers; Reallotment of Title III Funds

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor is publishing for public information 
the Job Training Partnership Act Title III (Employment and Training 
Assistance for Dislocated Workers) funds identified by States for 
reallotment, and the amount to be reallotted to eligible States.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Doug Holl, Office of Worker Retraining and Adjustment Programs, 
Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, Room N-
5426, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20210. Telephone: 
202-219-5577 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Title III of the Job Training 
Partnership Act (JTPA or the Act), as amended by the Economic 
Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAA), the Secretary 
of Labor (Secretary) is required to recapture funds from States 
identified pursuant to section 303(b) of the Act, and reallot such 
funds by a Notice of Obligation (NOO) adjustment to current year funds 
to ``eligible States'' and ``eligible high unemployment States,'' as 
set forth in section 303(a), (b), and (c) of JTPA. 29 U.S.C. 1653. The 
basic reallotment process was described in Training and Employment 
Guidance Letter No. 4-88, dated November 25, 1988, Subject: Reallotment 
and Reallocation of Funds under Title III of the Job Training 
Partnership Act (JTPA), as amended, 53 FR 43737 (December 2, 1988). The 
reallotment process for Program Year (PY) 1996 funds was described in 
Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 2-96, dated January 28, 
1997, Subject: Reallotment of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title 
III Formula-Allotted Funds.
    NOO adjustments to the PY 1997 (July 1, 1997-June 30, 1998) formula 
allotments are being issued based on expenditures reported to the 
Secretary by the States, as required by the recapture and reallotment 
provisions at Section 303 of JTPA. 29 U.S.C. 1653.
    Excess funds are recaptured from PY 1997 formula allotments, and 
are distributed by formula to eligible States and eligible high 
unemployment States, resulting in either an upward or downward 
adjustment to every State's PY 1997 allotment.

Unemployment Data

    The unemployment data used in the formula for reallotments, 
relative numbers of unemployed and relative numbers of excess 
unemployed, were for the October 1996 through September 1997 period. 
Long-term unemployment data used were for calendar year 1996. The 
determination of ``eligible high unemployment States'' for the 
reallotment of excess unexpended funds was also based on unemployment 
data for the period October 1996 through September 1997, with all 
average unemployment rates rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent. 
The unemployment data were provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
based upon the Current Population Survey.
    The table below displays the distribution of the net changes to PY 
1997 formula allotments.

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Explanation of Table

    Column 1: This column shows each State's unemployment rate for the 
twelve months ending September 1997.
    Column 2: This column shows the amount of excess funds which are 
subject to recapture. PY 1997 funds in an amount equal to the excess 
funds identified will be recaptured from such States and distributed as 
discussed below.
    Column 3: This column shows total excess funds initially 
distributed among all ``eligible States'' by applying the regular Title 
III formula. ``Eligible States'' are those with unexpended PY 1996 
funds at or below the level of 20 percent of their PY 1996 formula 
allotments as described above.
    Column 4: Eligible States with unemployment rates higher than the 
national average, which was 5.1 percent for the 12-month period, are 
``eligible high unemployment States.'' These eligible high unemployment 
States received amounts equal to their share of the excess funds (the 
amounts shown in column 3) according to the regular Title III formula. 
This is Step 1 of the reallotment process. These amounts are shown in 
column 4 and total $228,653.
    Column 5: The sum of the remaining shares of available funds 
($121,452) is distributed among all eligible States, again using the 
regular Title III allotment formula. This is Step 2 of the reallotment 
process. These amounts are shown in column 5.
    Column 6: Net changes in PY 1997 formula allotment are presented. 
This column represents the decreases in Title III funds shown in column 
2, and the increases in Title III funds shown in columns 4 and 5. NOOs 
in the amounts shown in column 6 are being issued to the States listed.

Equitable Procedures

    Pursuant to section 303(d) of the Act, Governors of States required 
to make funds available for reallotment shall prescribe equitable 
procedures for making funds available from the State and substate 
grantees. 29 U.S.C. 1653(d).

Distribution of Funds

    Funds are being reallotted by the Secretary in accordance with 
section 303(a), (b), and (c) of the Act, using the factors described in 
section 302(b) of the Act. 29 U.S.C. 1652(b) and 1653(a), (b), and (c). 
Distribution within States of funds allotted to States shall be in 
accordance with section 302(c) and (d) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 1652(c) 
and (d)), and the JTPA regulation at 20 CFR 631.12(d).

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 25th day of March, 1998.
Raymond J. Uhalde,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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