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(c) Rural enrollees; residential facilities

The Secretary shall assure that Job Corps enrollees include an appropriate number of candidates selected from rural areas, taking into

account the proportions of eligible youth who

reside in rural areas and the need to provide residential facilities for such youth.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §424, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1371.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 1693, 1703a of

this title.

§ 1695. Screening and selection: special limitations

(a) Disciplinary standards for enrollees

No individual shall be selected as an enrollee

unless there is reasonable expectation that the

individual can participate successfully in group

situations and activities, is not likely to engage

in behavior that would prevent other enrollees

from receiving the benefit of the program or be

incompatible with the maintenance of sound discipline and satisfactory relationships between

the center to which the individual might be assigned and surrounding communities, and unless

the individual manifests a basic understanding

of both the rules to which the individual will be

subject and of the consequences of failure to observe those rules.

(b) Enrollees on probation, parole, or supervised

release; contact with criminal justice system

no bar

An individual on probation, parole, or supervised release may be selected only if release

from the supervision of the probation or parole

officials is satisfactory to those officials and the

Secretary and does not violate applicable laws

or regulations. No individual shall be denied a

position in the Job Corps solely on the basis of

that individual’s contact with the criminal justice system.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §425, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1372; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §231, Oct. 12,

1984, 98 Stat. 2031.)

AMENDMENTS

1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–473 substituted ‘‘, parole,

or supervised release’’ for first reference to ‘‘or parole’’.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–473 effective Nov. 1, 1987,

and applicable only to offenses committed after the

taking effect of such amendment, see section 235(a)(1)

of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an Effective Date note

under section 3551 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 1693, 1703a of

this title.

§ 1696. Enrollment and assignment

(a) Maximum enrollment period

No individual may be enrolled in the Job

Corps for more than two years, except in any

case in which completion of an advanced career

program under section 1698 of this title would

require an individual to participate in excess of

two years, or except as the Secretary may authorize in special cases.

(b) Military obligation unaffected

Enrollment in the Job Corps shall not relieve

any individual of obligations under the Military

Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.).

(c) Proximity of center to enrollee’s home

After the Secretary has determined that an

enrollee is to be assigned to a Job Corps center,

the enrollee shall be assigned to the center

which is closest to the enrollee’s home, except

that the Secretary may waive this requirement

for good cause, including to ensure an equitable

opportunity for youth from various sections of

the Nation to participate in the program, to prevent undue delays in assignment, to adequately

meet the educational or other needs of an enrollee, and for efficiency and economy in the operation of the program.

(d) Concurrent or subsequent participation in

Job Corps and training services programs

for disadvantaged not prohibited

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to

prohibit an individual who has been a participant in the Job Corps from concurrently or subsequently participating in programs under subchapter II of this chapter, or to prohibit an individual who has been a participant in programs

under subchapter II of this chapter from concurrently or subsequently participating in the Job

Corps.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §426, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1372; Pub. L. 102–367, title IV, §402(b), Sept.

7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1076.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Military Selective Service Act, referred to in

subsec. (b), is act June 24, 1948, ch. 625, 62 Stat. 604, as

amended, which is classified principally to section 451

et seq. of Title 50, Appendix, War and National Defense.

For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

References in Text note set out under section 451 of

Title 50, Appendix, and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

1992—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–367 added subsec. (d).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–367 effective July 1, 1993,

see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 102–367, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment; Transition Provisions

note under section 1501 of this title.

§ 1697. Job Corps centers

(a) Operation through existing agencies and organizations; center functions; Civilian Conservation Centers; training centers; limit on

nonresidential participants

(1) The Secretary may make agreements with

Federal, State, or local agencies, including a

State board or agency designated pursuant to

section 111(a)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act [20 U.S.C. 2321(a)(1)] which

operates or wishes to develop area vocational

education school facilities or residential vocational schools (or both) as authorized by such

Act [20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.], or private organizations for the establishment and operation of Job