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Corps centers. Job Corps centers may, subject to

paragraph (2), be residential or nonresidential in

character, or both, and shall be designed and operated so as to provide enrollees, in a well-supervised setting, with education, vocational training, work experience (either in direct program

activities or through arrangements with employers), counseling, and other services appropriate to their needs. The centers shall include

Civilian Conservation Centers, located primarily

in rural areas, which shall provide, in addition

to other training and assistance, 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. The centers shall also include

training centers located in either urban or rural

areas which shall provide activities including

training and other services for specific types of

skilled or semiskilled employment.

(2) In any year, not more than 20 percent of

the individuals enrolled in the Job Corps may be

nonresidential participants. In enrolling individuals who are to be nonresidential participants,

priority shall be given to those eligible individuals who are single parents with dependent children. The Secretary shall not reduce the number

of residential participants in Job Corps programs under this part during any program year

below the number of residential participants

during program year 1991 in order to increase

the number of individuals who are nonresidential participants in the Job Corps.

(b) Availability of center opportunities to participants in other programs

To the extent feasible, Job Corps centers shall

offer education and vocational training opportunities, together with supportive services, on a

nonresidential basis to participants in other

programs under this chapter. Such opportunities

may be offered on a reimbursable basis or

through such other arrangements as the Secretary may specify.

(c) Limitation of use of Department of Labor appropriations; nongovernmental contracts

No funds appropriated to the Department of

Labor for any fiscal year may be used to carry

out any contract with a nongovernmental entity

to administer or manage a Civilian Conservation

Center of the Job Corps.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §427, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1372; Pub. L. 98–524, §4(a)(4), Oct. 19, 1984, 98

Stat. 2487; Pub. L. 102–367, title IV, §402(c), (d),

Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1076, 1077.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 88–210, Dec. 18, 1963,

77 Stat. 403, as amended, known as the Carl D. Perkins

Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act,

which is classified generally to chapter 44 (§2301 et seq.)

of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of

this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under

section 2301 of Title 20 and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

1992—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102–367, §402(c), substituted ‘‘20 percent’’ for ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserted at

end ‘‘In enrolling individuals who are to be nonresidential participants, priority shall be given to those eligible individuals who are single parents with dependent

children. The Secretary shall not reduce the number of

residential participants in Job Corps programs under

this part during any program year below the number of

residential participants during program year 1991 in

order to increase the number of individuals who are

nonresidential participants in the Job Corps.’’

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–367, §402(d), added subsec. (c).

1984—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98–524 substituted ‘‘section 111(a)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act’’ for ‘‘section 104(a)(1) of the Vocational

Education Act of 1963’’.

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.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–524 effective for fiscal

years beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1984, except as otherwise provided, see section 2 of Pub. L. 98–524, set out as

an Effective Date note under section 2301 of Title 20,

Education.

CLOSING OF JOB CORPS CENTER

Pub. L. 99–349, title I, July 2, 1986, 100 Stat. 741, provided that: ‘‘No Job Corps Center operating under part

B of title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act [29

U.S.C. 1691 et seq.] shall be closed prior to July 1, 1987.’’

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1703a of this

title.

§ 1698. Program activities

(a) Center programs: training; counseling; center

maintenance

Each Job Corps center shall provide enrollees

with an intensive, well-organized, and fully supervised program of education, vocational training, work experience, planned vocational and

recreational activities, physical rehabilitation

and development, and counseling. To the fullest

extent feasible, the required program shall include activities to assist enrollees in choosing

realistic career goals, coping with problems they

may encounter in home communities, or in adjusting to new communities, and planning and

managing their daily affairs in a manner that

will best contribute to long-term upward mobility. Center programs shall include required participation in center maintenance work to assist

enrollees in increasing their sense of contribution, responsibility, and discipline.

(b) Use of existing educational agencies providing substantially equivalent training

The Secretary may arrange for enrollee education and vocational training through local

public or private educational agencies, vocational educational institutions, or technical institutes, whenever such institutions provide

training substantially equivalent in cost and

quality to that which the Secretary could provide through other means.

(c) High school equivalency certificates

To the extent feasible, arrangements for education, both at the center and at other locations, shall provide opportunities for qualified

enrollees to obtain the equivalent of a certificate of graduation from high school. The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
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Education, shall develop certificates to be issued

to each enrollee who satisfactorily completes

service in the Job Corps and which will reflect

the enrollee’s level of educational attainment.

(d) Advanced career training: postsecondary institutions; company-sponsored training programs; availability of benefits; demonstration

of reasonable program completion and placement

(1) The Secretary may arrange for programs of

advanced career training for selected Corps enrollees in which they may continue to participate for a period not to exceed one year in addition to the period of participation to which

Corps enrollees would otherwise be limited.

(2) Advanced career training may be provided

for in postsecondary institutions for Corps enrollees who have attained a high school diploma

or its equivalent, have demonstrated commitment and capacity in their previous Job Corps

participation, and have an identified occupational goal.

(3) The Secretary may contract with private

for-profit businesses and labor unions to provide

intensive training in company-sponsored training programs, combined with internships in

work settings.

(4) During the period of participation in advanced career training programs, Corps enrollees shall be eligible for full Job Corps benefits or

a monthly stipend equal to the average value of

residential support, food, allowances, and other

benefits in residential Job Corps centers, except

that the total amount for which an enrollee

shall be eligible shall be reduced by the amount

of any scholarship or other educational grant assistance received by such enrollee.

(5) After an initial period of time, determined

to be reasonable by the Secretary, any Job

Corps center seeking to enroll new Corps enrollees in any advanced career training program

shall demonstrate that such program has

achieved a reasonable rate of completion and

placement in training-related jobs before such

new enrollments may occur.

(e) Child care

The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable,

provide child care at or near Job Corps centers,

for individuals who require child care for their

children in order to participate in the Job Corps.

(f) Alcohol and drug abuse counseling

Each Job Corps center shall provide to enrollees who are dependent on, or who have a history

of abuse of, alcohol or drugs, with counseling

and referral to related services necessary to prevent the continuance or recurrence of such dependency or abuse.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §428, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1373; Pub. L. 102–367, title IV, §402(e), Sept.

7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1077.)

AMENDMENTS

1992—Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 102–367 added subsecs.

(e) and (f).

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.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 1696, 1699, 1703a

of this title.

§ 1699. Allowances and support

(a) Subsistence; rates of allowances; incentive

and disciplinary variations

The Secretary shall provide enrollees with

such personal, travel, and leave allowances, and

such quarters, subsistence, transportation,

equipment, clothing, recreational services, and

other expenses as he may deem necessary or appropriate to their needs. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, personal allowances shall

be established at a rate not to exceed $65 per

month during the first six months of an enrollee’s participation in the program and not to exceed $110 per month thereafter, except that allowances in excess of $65 per month, but not exceeding $110 per month, may be provided from

the beginning of an enrollee’s participation if it

is expected to be of less than six months’ duration and the Secretary is authorized to pay personal allowances in excess of the rates specified

in this subsection in unusual circumstances as

determined by him. Such allowances shall be

graduated up to the maximum so as to encourage continued participation in the program,

achievement and the best use by the enrollee of

the funds so provided and shall be subject to reduction in appropriate cases as a disciplinary

measure. To the degree reasonable, enrollees

shall be required to meet or contribute to costs

associated with their individual comfort and enjoyment from their personal allowances.

(b) Rules governing leave

The Secretary shall prescribe rules governing

the accrual of leave by enrollees. Except in the

case of emergency, he shall in no event assume

transportation costs connected with leave of

any enrollee who has not completed at least six

months’ service in the Job Corps.

(c) Termination readjustment allowance: minimum period; advances; misconduct penalty;

payment in case of death

The Secretary may provide each former enrollee upon termination, a readjustment allowance at a rate not to exceed, for the fiscal year

ending September 30, 1983, $110 for each month of

satisfactory participation in the Job Corps. No

enrollee shall be entitled to a readjustment allowance unless he has remained in the program

at least 90 days, except in unusual circumstances as determined by the Secretary. The

Secretary may, from time to time, advance to or

on behalf of an enrollee such portions of his readjustment allowances as the Secretary deems

necessary to meet extraordinary financial obligations incurred by that enrollee. The Secretary

is authorized, pursuant to rules or regulations,

to reduce the amount of an enrollee’s readjustment allowance as a penalty for misconduct during participation in the Job Corps. In the event

of an enrollee’s death during his period of service, the amount of any unpaid readjustment allowance shall be paid in accordance with the

provisions of section 5582 of title 5.

(d) Remittance to dependents; supplement

Such portion of the readjustment allowance as

prescribed by the Secretary may be paid month-