§ 686.1070 How and when will the Secretary use performance improvement plans? ( a ) The Secretary establishes standards and procedures for developing and implementing performance improvement plans. ( 1 ) The Secretary will develop and implement a performance improvement plan for a center when that center fails to meet the expected levels of performance described in § 686.1050. ( i ) The Secretary will consider a center to have failed to meet the expected level of performance if the center: ( A ) Is ranked among the lowest 10 percent of Job Corps centers for the most recent preceding program year according to the rankings calculated under § 686.1060; and
( B ) The center fails to achieve an average of 90 percent of the expected level of performance for all of the primary indicators.
( ii ) For any program year that precedes the implementation of the establishment of the expected levels of performance under § 686.1050 and the application of the primary indicators of performance for Job Corps centers identified in § 686.1010, the Secretary will consider a center to have failed to meet the expected levels of performance if the center: ( A ) Is ranked among the lowest 10 percent of Job Corps centers for the most recent preceding program year according to the rankings calculated under § 686.1060; and
( B ) The center's composite OMS score for the program year is 88 percent or less of the year's OMS national average.
( 2 ) The Secretary also may develop and implement additional performance improvement plans, which will require improvements for a Job Corps center that fails to meet criteria established by the Secretary other than the expected levels of performance.
( b ) A performance improvement plan will require action be taken to correct identified performance issues within 1 year of the implementation of the plan, and it will identify criteria that must be met for the center to complete the performance improvement plan. ( 1 ) The center operator must implement the actions outlined in the performance improvement plan.
( 2 ) If the center fails to take the steps outlined in the performance improvement plan or fails to meet the criteria established to complete the performance improvement plan after 1 year, the center will be considered to have failed to improve performance under a performance improvement plan detailed in paragraph (a) of this section. ( i ) Such a center will remain on a performance improvement plan and the Secretary will take action as described in paragraph (c) of this section.
( ii ) If a Civilian Conservation Center fails to meet expected levels of performance relating to the primary indicators of performance specified in § 686.1010, or fails to improve performance under a performance improvement plan detailed in paragraph (a) of this section after 3 program years, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, must select an entity to operate the Civilian Conservation Center on a competitive basis, in accordance with the requirements of § 686.310.
( c ) Under a performance improvement plan, the Secretary may take the following actions, as necessary: ( 1 ) Providing technical assistance to the center;
( 2 ) Changing the management staff of a center;
( 3 ) Changing the career technical training offered at the center;
( 4 ) Replacing the operator of the center;
( 5 ) Reducing the capacity of the center;
( 6 ) Relocating the center; or
( 7 ) Closing the center in accordance with the criteria established under § 686.200(b).