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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1748 

To provide at-risk and disconnected youth with subsidized summer and yearround employment and to assist local community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 28, 2017 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BASS, Ms. BONAMICI, 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY

of California, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, 

Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 

DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DESAULNIER, 

Ms. FUDGE, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, 

Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KIHUEN, Mr. 

LANGEVIN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE, Ms. 

MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, 

Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POLIS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of 

Ohio, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT

of Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, 

Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON

COLEMAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. SWALWELL of California, and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide at-risk and disconnected youth with subsidized 

summer and year-round employment and to assist local 

community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Opening Doors for 

5 Youth Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The time between the early teens and mid9 twenties represents a critical developmental period in 

10 which individuals can gain the education and train11 ing, entry-level work experiences, work-readiness 

12 skills, and social networks needed to smoothly tran13 sition into the labor market and build towards fu14 ture professional success. 

15 (2) Yet, nearly 5 million young people ages 16 

16 to 24 are out of school and unemployed, leaving 

17 them disconnected from the systems and institutions 

18 critical for developing the building blocks of inde19 pendence and self-sufficiency. 

20 (3) Communities of color experience the highest 

21 rates of youth disconnection: 25.4 percent of Native 

22 American youth, 18.9 percent of Black youth, and 

23 14.3 percent of Latino youth between the ages of 16 

24 and 24 were disconnected from school and work in 

25 2015. 


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1 (4) Disconnected youth are also three times 

2 more likely than other youth to have a disability, 

3 twice as likely to live below the Federal poverty 

4 threshold, and significantly more likely to live in ra5 cially segregated neighborhoods. Disconnected young 

6 women and girls are three times more likely to have 

7 a child, and young people involved in the juvenile 

8 justice system or aging out of the foster care system 

9 are at high risk of disconnection. 

10 (5) Disconnection from school and work can 

11 have significant consequences for youth, including 

12 decreased earning power and fewer future employ13 ment opportunities. According to the 2012 report, 

14 ‘‘The Economic Value of Opportunity Youth’’, dis15 connected youth will, on average, earn $392,070 less 

16 than the average worker over their lifetimes. 

17 (6) Failure to successfully connect young people 

18 to employment and educational opportunities also re19 sults in a significant loss in productivity for the 

20 overall economy, as well as increases in government 

21 spending. According to a recent report from Meas22 ure of America, in 2013, youth disconnection re23 sulted in $26.8 billion in public expenditures, includ24 ing spending on health care, public assistance, and 

25 incarceration. 


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1 (7) Disconnected young people, commonly re2 ferred to as ‘‘opportunity youth’’ because of their 

3 tremendous potential, can add great social and eco4 nomic value to our communities and the economy, if 

5 given the appropriate supports and resources. Ac6 cording to the Opportunity Index, an annual meas7 urement of opportunity in a geographic region, the 

8 number of opportunity youth, along with educational 

9 attainment and poverty rates, are strongly linked to 

10 overall opportunity in communities. When young 

11 adults do well, communities do well. 

12 (8) Despite their talent and motivation, many 

13 opportunity youth lack access to the training, edu14 cation, and entry-level jobs that can help them gain 

15 the work experience and credentials needed to suc16 cessfully transition into the labor market. 

17 (9) Lack of access to entry-level jobs can limit 

18 a young adult’s ability to accrue early work experi19 ence and demonstrate productivity and work readi20 ness to potential employers. Labor market shifts 

21 have also limited opportunities for young people 

22 without a high school diploma or with limited post23 secondary credentials. According to a 2013 report 

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1 mated 65 percent of all U.S. jobs will require post2 secondary education and training. 

3 (10) Summer and year-round youth employ4 ment programs that connect young people with 

5 entry-level jobs give youth the work experience and 

6 opportunity for skill development needed to transi7 tion into the labor market and prevent points of dis8 connection, such as involvement in the criminal and 

9 juvenile justice systems. 

10 (11) Evidence suggests that summer youth em11 ployment programs may help in-school youth remain 

12 connected to the education system. A 2014 study of 

13 the New York City Summer Youth Employment 

14 Program found that after program participation, 

15 youth older than 16 increased their school attend16 ance by four or five additional days compared to 

17 their previous fall semester attendance. This attend18 ance increase represented 25 percent of the total 

19 days students were permitted to miss school and still 

20 continue on to the next grade. 

21 (12) Evidence shows that participation in sum22 mer youth employment programs also reduces the 

23 rate of violent crimes arrests. For example, a 2014 

24 study of Chicago’s One Summer Plus program 

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1 rests among at-risk youth by approximately 43 per2 cent, with crime reduction benefits lasting over a 

3 year after the program had ended. This reduction 

4 can have significant impact for young people, given 

5 the impact of a criminal record on future employ6 ment prospects and wages. 

7 (13) Despite its benefits, summer youth em8 ployment has declined by more than 40 percent dur9 ing the past 12 years, at a loss of more than 3 mil10 lion summer jobs for young Americans. A J.P. Mor11 gan Chase study of 14 major U.S. cities found that 

12 summer youth employment programs were only able 

13 to provide opportunities for 46 percent of applicants 

14 in 2014. 

15 (14) According to research by Measure of 

16 America, the overwhelming number of youth discon17 nected from school and work come from discon18 nected communities marked by high adult unemploy19 ment, poverty, and racial segregation, as well as low 

20 levels of adult education attainment. These commu21 nities often lack the resources and supports needed 

22 to prevent and reverse youth disconnection. 

23 (15) Many at-risk or opportunity youth, finding 

24 that traditional pathways to educational attainment 

25 or employment are ill-matched to their individual 


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1 needs, struggle to remain connected or reconnect to 

2 school and work. 

3 (16) For some youth, individual barriers—such 

4 as unstable housing, lack access to affordable child 

5 care or transportation, or involvement in the juvenile 

6 or criminal justice system—make it difficult to take 

7 advantage of existing employment and education 

8 pathways. 

9 (17) According the 2016 report, ‘‘Supportive 

10 Services in Job Training and Education: A Research 

11 Review’’, studies suggest that education and training 

12 programs that offer supportive services, such as 

13 child care, transportation, and financial assistance, 

14 are associated with improved outcomes. 

15 (18) Community-based preventions and inter16 ventions can address the distinct problems oppor17 tunity youth may face in the local community and 

18 provide a connection to the education and training, 

19 re-engagement, and supportive services needed to 

20 help these young people succeed. 

21 (19) Previous Federal grant programs targeting 

22 communities with high rates of poverty have been 

23 successful in building such communities’ capacity to 

24 improve labor market participation and education at25 tainment rates for young people. 


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1 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec3 retary of Labor— 

4 (1) $1,500,000,000 to carry out section 5; 

5 (2) $2,000,000,000 to carry out section 6; and 

6 (3) $2,000,000,000 to provide competitive 

7 grants in accordance with section 7. 

8 SEC. 4. RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE 

9 AND OTHER PURPOSES. 

10 (a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of 

11 Labor shall reserve— 

12 (1) not more than 5 percent of amounts avail13 able under each of paragraphs (1) through (3) of 

14 section 3 for the costs of innovation and learning ac15 tivities under section 10; 

16 (2) not more than 5 percent of amounts avail17 able under each of paragraphs (1) through (3) of 

18 section 3 for the costs of Federal administration of 

19 this Act; and 

20 (3) not more than 2 percent of amounts avail21 able under each of paragraphs (1) through (3) of 

22 section 3 for the costs of evaluations conducted 

23 under section 11. 

24 (b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts appro25 priated under this Act shall be available for obligation by 


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1 the Secretary of Labor until the date that is 4 years after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 5. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR AT4 RISK YOUTH. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts available under 

6 section 3(1) that are not reserved under section 4, the Sec7 retary of Labor shall, for the purpose of carrying out sum8 mer employment programs under this section— 

9 (1) make an allotment in accordance with sec10 tion 127(b)(1)(C)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation 

11 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3162(b)(1)(C)(ii)) 

12 to each State that meets the requirements of section 

13 102 or 103 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3112, 3113); 

14 (2) reserve not more than one-quarter of 1 per15 cent of such amounts to provide assistance to the 

16 outlying areas; and 

(3) reserve not more than 11 17 ⁄2 percent of such 

18 amount to, on a competitive basis, make grants to, 

19 or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 

20 with, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Na21 tive entities, Indian-controlled organizations serving 

22 Indians, or Native Hawaiian organizations to carry 

23 out the activities described in subsection (d)(2). 

24 (b) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a State, in 

2 accordance with the State plan developed under sec3 tion 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and 

4 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112, 3113), shall allo5 cate the amounts that are allotted to the State 

6 under subsection (a)(1) to eligible local areas in ac7 cordance with section 128(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce 

8 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

9 3163(b)(2)(A)) for the purpose of developing and ex10 panding summer employment programs under this 

11 section. 

12 (2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds 

13 made available for summer youth employment pro14 grams under this section shall supplement and not 

15 supplant other State or local public funds expended 

16 for summer youth employment programs or other 

17 youth activities funded under section 129 of the 

18 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

19 U.S.C. 3163). 

20 (3) REALLOCATION AMONG LOCAL AREAS.—The 

21 Governor may, after consultation with the State 

22 board, reallocate to eligible local areas within the 

23 State amounts that are made available to local areas 

24 from allocations made under this section and that 

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1 tion 128(c)(2)–(4) of the Workforce Innovation and 

2 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3163(c)(2)–(4)). 

3 (4) LOCAL RESERVATION.—Of the amounts al4 located to a local area under paragraph (1), not 

5 more than 7 percent of such amounts may be used 

6 for the administrative costs, including costs for par7 ticipating in regional and national opportunities for 

8 in-person peer learning under section 10. 

9 (c) LOCAL PLANS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The local board of the local 

11 area shall develop and submit, in partnership with 

12 the chief elected official, a 4-year plan. The plan 

13 shall be consistent with the local plan submitted by 

14 the local board under section 108 of the Workforce 

15 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3123), 

16 as determined by the Governor. 

17 (2) SUBMISSION.—The plan shall be submitted 

18 to the Governor at such time and in such manner 

19 as the Governor may reasonably require. A local 

20 area may develop and submit to the Governor a local 

21 plan for programs under this section and a local 

22 plan for programs under section 6 in lieu of submit23 ting two plans. 

24 (3) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, each plan 

25 shall include— 


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1 (A) a description of how the local area will 

2 use program funds, in accordance with sub3 section (d), to develop or expand summer youth 

4 employment programs for each program year; 

5 (B) a description of how the local area will 

6 recruit eligible youth into the program; 

7 (C) the number of individuals expected to 

8 participate in the summer employment program 

9 each program year; 

10 (D) a description of the services, including 

11 supportive services, that the summer employ12 ment program is expected to provide; 

13 (E) reasonable goals for performance ac14 countability measures outlined in subsection (i); 

15 (F) an assurance that the summer employ16 ment program will be aligned with the youth 

17 services provided under the Workforce Innova18 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et 

19 seq.); 

20 (G) an assurance that the local area will 

21 adhere to the labor standards outlined in sec22 tion 8; and 

23 (H) any other information as the Governor 

24 may reasonably require. 

25 (d) LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.— 


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1 (1) YOUTH PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—To be 

2 eligible to participate in activities carried out under 

3 this section during any program year, an individual 

4 shall, at the time the eligibility determination is 

5 made, be either an out-of-school youth or an in6 school youth. 

7 (2) LOCAL ACTIVITIES.— 

8 (A) DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—A local 

9 area that has, at the beginning of the program 

10 year, no summer youth employment programs 

11 or programs that do not have all program ele12 ments described in paragraph (3)(B) shall use 

13 unreserved allotted funds to— 

14 (i) plan, develop, and carry out activi15 ties described in paragraph (3)(B); 

16 (ii) at the local area’s discretion, de17 velop technology infrastructure, including 

18 data and management systems, to support 

19 program activities; 

20 (iii) conduct outreach to youth partici21 pants and employers; and 

22 (iv) at the local area’s discretion, use 

23 not more than 25 percent of allocated pro24 gram funds to subsidize not more than 75 


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1 percent of the wages of each youth partici2 pant. 

3 (B) EXPANSION ACTIVITIES.—A local area 

4 that has, at the beginning of the program year, 

5 a summer youth employment program that has 

6 all program elements described in paragraph 

7 (3)(B) shall use unreserved allotted funds to— 

8 (i) increase the number of summer 

9 employment opportunities, including un10 subsidized or partly subsidized opportuni11 ties and opportunities in the private sector; 

12 (ii) conduct outreach to youth partici13 pants and employers; 

14 (iii) use allocated program funds to 

15 subsidize not more than 50 percent of the 

16 wages of each youth participant; and 

17 (iv) at the local area’s discretion, en18 hance activities described in paragraph 

19 (3)(B). 

20 (3) LOCAL ELEMENTS.— 

21 (A) PROGRAM DESIGN.—Programs funded 

22 under this section shall match each youth par23 ticipant with an appropriate employer, based on 

24 factors including the needs of the employer and 

25 the age, skill, and informed aspirations of the 


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1 youth participant, for a high-quality summer 

2 employment opportunity, which may not— 

3 (i) be less than 4 weeks; and 

4 (ii) pay less than the highest of the 

5 Federal, State, or local minimum wage. 

6 (B) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Program ele7 ments include— 

8 (i) work-readiness training and edu9 cational programs to enhance the summer 

10 employment opportunity; 

11 (ii) coaching and mentoring services 

12 for youth participants to enhance the sum13 mer employment opportunity and encour14 age program completion; 

15 (iii) coaching and mentoring services 

16 for employers on how to successfully em17 ploy each youth participant in meaningful 

18 work; 

19 (iv) career and college planning serv20 ices; 

21 (v) high-quality financial literacy edu22 cation, including education on the use of 

23 credit and financing higher education, and 

24 access to safe and affordable banking ac25 counts with consumer protections; 


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1 (vi) supportive services, or connection 

2 to existing supportive services, to enable 

3 participation in the program; 

4 (vii) integration of services provided 

5 by the program with existing year-round 

6 employment programs, youth development 

7 programs, secondary school programs, 

8 youth services provided under the Work9 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

10 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and skills training 

11 programs funded by the State or Federal 

12 Government; 

13 (viii) referral of at least 30 percent of 

14 participants from or to providers of youth, 

15 adult, vocational rehabilitation services, 

16 and adult education and literacy services 

17 under the Workforce Innovation and Op18 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) or 

19 skills training programs funded by the 

20 State or Federal Government; 

21 (ix) rigorous evaluation of programs 

22 using research approaches appropriate to 

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1 tions, implementation evaluations, pre-ex2 perimental studies, and feasibility studies; 

3 and 

4 (x) commitment and support from 

5 mayors or county executives. 

6 (C) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to 

7 summer employment opportunities— 

8 (i) in existing or emerging in-demand 

9 industry sectors or occupations; or 

10 (ii) that meet community needs in the 

11 public, private, or nonprofit sector. 

12 (4) IN-SCHOOL YOUTH PRIORITY.—For any 

13 program year, not less than 75 percent of the unre14 served funds allotted to local area under this section 

15 shall be used to provide summer employment oppor16 tunities for in-school youth. 

17 (e) REPORTS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that a local 

19 area receives funds under this section, the local area 

20 shall submit to the Secretary of Labor and the Gov21 ernor a report with— 

22 (A) the number of youth participants in 

23 the program, including the number of in-school 

24 and out-of-school youth; 


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1 (B) the number of youth participants who 

2 completed the summer employment opportunity; 

3 (C) the expenditures made from the 

4 amounts allocated under this section, including 

5 expenditures made to provide youth participants 

6 with supportive services; 

7 (D) a description of how the local area has 

8 used program funds to develop or expand sum9 mer youth employment programs, including a 

10 description of program activities and services 

11 provided, including supportive services provided 

12 and the number of youth participants accessing 

13 such services; 

14 (E) the source and amount of funding for 

15 the wages of each youth participant; 

16 (F) information specifying the levels of 

17 performance achieved with respect to the pri18 mary indicators of performance described in 

19 subsection (i) for the program; 

20 (G) the average number of hours and 

21 weeks worked and the average amount of wages 

22 earned by youth participants in the program; 

23 (H) the percent of youth participants 

24 placed in employment opportunities in the non25 profit, public, and private sectors; and 


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1 (I) any other information that the Sec2 retary of Labor determines necessary to mon3 itor the effectiveness of the program. 

4 (2) DISAGGREGATION.—The information re5 quired to be reported pursuant to subparagraphs 

6 (A), (B), and (G) of paragraph (1) shall be 

7 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, age, and sub8 populations described in section 129(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)– 

9 (VI) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

10 Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)–(VI)). 

11 (f) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—Primary indi12 cators of performance shall be the performance metrics de13 scribed in sections 116(b)(2)(A)(i)(V) and 

14 116(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the Workforce Innovation and Op15 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)(i)(V), 

16 3141(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)) and a work-readiness indicator es17 tablished by the Secretary of Labor. 

18 (g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL AREA FAIL19 URE TO MEET LOCAL PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY

20 MEASURES.—If a local area fails to meet performance ac21 countability goals established under local plans for any 

22 program year, the Governor, or, upon request by the Gov23 ernor, the Secretary of Labor, shall provide technical as24 sistance, which may include assistance in the development 

25 of a performance improvement plan. 


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1 SEC. 6. YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT FOR OPPORTUNITY 

2 YOUTH. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts available under 

4 section 3(1) that are not reserved under section 4, the Sec5 retary of Labor shall, for the purpose of carrying out year6 round employment programs under this section— 

7 (1) make an allotment in accordance with sec8 tion 127(b)(1)(C)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation 

9 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3162(b)(1)(C)(ii)) 

10 to each State that meets the requirements of section 

11 102 or 103 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3112, 3113); and 

12 (2) reserve not more than one-quarter of 1 per13 cent of such amounts to provide assistance to the 

14 outlying areas. 

15 (b) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a State, in 

17 accordance with the State plan developed under sec18 tion 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and 

19 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112, 3113), shall allo20 cate the amounts that are allotted to the State 

21 under subsection (a)(1) to eligible local areas in ac22 cordance with section 128(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce 

23 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

24 3163(b)(2)(A)) for the purpose of developing and ex25 panding year-round employment programs under 

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1 (2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds 

2 made available for year-round youth employment 

3 programs under this section shall supplement and 

4 not supplant other State or local public funds ex5 pended for year-round youth employment programs 

6 or other youth activities funded under section 129 of 

7 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

8 U.S.C. 3163). 

9 (3) REALLOCATION AMONG LOCAL AREAS.—The 

10 Governor may, after consultation with the State 

11 board, reallocate to eligible local areas within the 

12 State amounts that are made available to local areas 

13 from allocations made under this section and that 

14 are available for reallocation in accordance with sec15 tion 128(c)(2)–(4) of the Workforce Innovation and 

16 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3163(c)(2)–(4)). 

17 (4) LOCAL RESERVATION.—Of the amounts al18 located to a local area under paragraph (1), not 

19 more than 7 percent of such amounts may be used 

20 for the administrative costs, including costs for par21 ticipating regional and national opportunities for in22 person peer learning under section 10. 

23 (c) LOCAL PLANS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The local board of the local 

25 area shall develop and submit, in partnership with 


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1 the chief elected official, a 4-year plan. The plan 

2 shall be consistent with the local plan submitted by 

3 the local board under section 108 of the Workforce 

4 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3123), 

5 as determined by the Governor. 

6 (2) SUBMISSION.—The plan shall be submitted 

7 to the Governor at such time and in such manner 

8 as the Governor may reasonably require. A local 

9 area may develop and submit to the Governor a local 

10 plan for programs under this section and a local 

11 plan for programs under section 5 in lieu of submit12 ting two plans. 

13 (3) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, each plan 

14 shall include— 

15 (A) a description of how the local area will 

16 use program funds, in accordance with sub17 section (d), to develop or expand year-round 

18 youth employment programs for each program 

19 year; 

20 (B) a description of how the local area will 

21 recruit eligible youth into the program; 

22 (C) the number of individuals expected to 

23 participate in the year-round employment pro24 gram each program year; 


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1 (D) a description of the services, including 

2 supportive services, that the year-round employ3 ment program is expected to provide; 

4 (E) reasonable goals for performance ac5 countability measures outlined in subsection (i); 

6 (F) an assurance that the year-round em7 ployment program will be aligned with the 

8 youth services provided under the Workforce 

9 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

10 3101 et seq.); 

11 (G) an assurance that the local area will 

12 adhere to the labor standards outlined in sec13 tion 8; and 

14 (H) any other information as the Governor 

15 may reasonably require. 

16 (d) LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.— 

17 (1) YOUTH PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—To be 

18 eligible to participate in activities carried out under 

19 this section during any program year, an individual 

20 shall, at the time the eligibility determination is 

21 made be an out-of-school youth and unemployed in22 dividual. 

23 (2) LOCAL ACTIVITIES.— 

24 (A) DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—A local 

25 area that has, at the beginning of the program 


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1 year, no year-round youth employment pro2 grams or programs that do not have all pro3 gram elements described in paragraph (3)(B) 

4 shall use unreserved allotted funds to— 

5 (i) plan, develop, and carry out activi6 ties described in paragraph (3)(B); 

7 (ii) at the local area’s discretion, de8 velop technology infrastructure, including 

9 data and management systems, to support 

10 program activities; 

11 (iii) conduct outreach to youth partici12 pants and employers; and 

13 (iv) at the local area’s discretion, use 

14 not more than 30 percent of allocated pro15 gram funds to subsidize the wages of each 

16 youth participant. 

17 (B) EXPANSION ACTIVITIES.—A local area 

18 that has at the beginning of the program year, 

19 a year-round youth employment program that 

20 has all program elements described in para21 graph (3)(B) shall use unreserved allotted 

22 funds to— 

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1 subsidized or partly subsidized opportuni2 ties and opportunities in the private sector; 

3 (ii) conduct outreach to youth partici4 pants and employers; 

5 (iii) use allocated program funds to 

6 subsidize wages of each youth participant; 

7 and 

8 (iv) at the local area’s discretion, en9 hance activities described in paragraph 

10 (3)(B). 

11 (3) LOCAL ELEMENTS.— 

12 (A) PROGRAM DESIGN.— 

13 (i) IN GENERAL.—Programs funded 

14 under this section shall match each youth 

15 participant with an appropriate employer, 

16 based on factors including the needs of the 

17 employer and the age, skill, and informed 

18 aspirations of the youth participant, for 

19 high-quality year-round employment, which 

20 may not— 

21 (I) be less than 180 days and 

22 more than 1 year; 

23 (II) pay less than the highest of 

24 the Federal, State, or local minimum 

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1 (III) employ the youth partici2 pant for less than 20 hours per week. 

3 (ii) EMPLOYER SHARE OF WAGES.— 

4 Programs funded under this section shall 

5 require not less than 25 percent of the 

6 wages of each youth participant to be paid 

7 by the employer, except this requirement 

8 may be waived for not more than 10 per9 cent of youth participants with significant 

10 barriers to employment. 

11 (B) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Program ele12 ments include— 

13 (i) work-readiness training and edu14 cational programs to enhance year-round 

15 employment; 

16 (ii) coaching and mentoring services 

17 for youth participants to enhance the year18 round employment opportunity and encour19 age program completion; 

20 (iii) coaching and mentoring services 

21 for employers on how to successfully em22 ploy each youth participant in meaningful 

23 work; 

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1 (v) high-quality financial literacy edu2 cation, including education on the use of 

3 credit and financing higher education, and 

4 access to safe and affordable banking ac5 counts with consumer protections; 

6 (vi) supportive services, or connection 

7 to existing supportive services, to enable 

8 participation in the program; 

9 (vii) integration of services provided 

10 by the program with existing youth devel11 opment programs, secondary school pro12 grams, youth services provided under the 

13 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

14 (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and skills train15 ing programs funded by the State or Fed16 eral Government; 

17 (viii) referral of at least 30 percent of 

18 participants from or to providers of youth, 

19 adult, vocational rehabilitation services, 

20 and adult education and literacy services 

21 under the Workforce Innovation and Op22 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), or 

23 skills training programs funded by the 

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1 (ix) rigorous evaluation of programs 

2 using research approaches appropriate to 

3 programs in different levels of development 

4 and maturity, including random assign5 ment or quasi-experimental impact evalua6 tions, implementation evaluations, pre-ex7 perimental studies, and feasibility studies; 

8 and 

9 (x) commitment and support from 

10 mayors or county executives. 

11 (C) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to 

12 year-round employment opportunities— 

13 (i) in existing or emerging in-demand 

14 industry sectors or occupations; or 

15 (ii) that meet community needs in the 

16 public, private, or nonprofit sector. 

17 (e) REPORTS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that a local 

19 area receives funds under this section, the local area 

20 shall submit to the Secretary of Labor and the Gov21 ernor a report with— 

22 (A) the number of youth participants in 

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1 (B) the number of youth participants who 

2 completed the year-round employment oppor3 tunity; 

4 (C) the expenditures made from the 

5 amounts allocated under this section, including 

6 expenditures made to provide youth participants 

7 with supportive services; 

8 (D) a description of how the local area has 

9 used program funds to develop or expand year10 round youth employment programs, including a 

11 description of program activities and services 

12 provided, including supportive services provided 

13 and the number of youth participants accessing 

14 such services; 

15 (E) the source and amount of funding for 

16 the wages of each youth participant; 

17 (F) information specifying the levels of 

18 performance achieved with respect to the pri19 mary indicators of performance described in 

20 subsection (f) for the program; 

21 (G) the average number of hours and 

22 weeks worked and the average amount of wages 

23 earned by youth participants in the program; 


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1 (H) the percent of youth participants 

2 placed in employment opportunities in the non3 profit, public, and private sectors; 

4 (I) the number of youth participants who 

5 are asked to remain after the end of the year6 round employment and the number of youth 

7 participants actually retained for not less than 

8 90 days; and 

9 (J) any other information that the Sec10 retary of Labor determines necessary to mon11 itor the effectiveness of the program. 

12 (2) DISAGGREGATION.—The information re13 quired to be reported pursuant to subparagraphs 

14 (A), (B), and (G) of paragraph (1) shall be 

15 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, age, and sub16 populations described in section 129(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)– 

17 (VI) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

18 Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)–(VI)). 

19 (f) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—Primary indi20 cators of performance shall be the performance metrics de21 scribed in sections 116(b)(2)(A)(i)(III), 

22 116(b)(2)(A)(i)(V), and 116(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)–(II) of the 

23 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

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1 3141(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)–(II)) and a work-readiness indicator 

2 established by the Secretary of Labor. 

3 (g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL AREA FAIL4 URE TO MEET LOCAL PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY

5 MEASURES.—If a local area fails to meet performance ac6 countability goals established under local plans for any 

7 program year, the Governor, or upon request by the Gov8 ernor, the Secretary of Labor, shall provide technical as9 sistance, which may include assistance in the development 

10 of a performance improvement plan. 

11 SEC. 7. CONNECTING-FOR-OPPORTUNITIES COMPETITIVE 

12 GRANT PROGRAM. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts available under 

14 section 3(3) that are not reserved under section 4, the Sec15 retary of Labor shall, in consultation with the Secretary 

16 of Education, award grants on a competitive basis to as17 sist local community partnerships in improving high school 

18 graduation and youth employment rates. 

19 (b) LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.— 

20 (1) MANDATORY PARTNERS.—A local commu21 nity partnership shall include at a minimum— 

22 (A) one unit of general local government; 

23 (B) one local educational agency; 

24 (C) one institution of higher education; 

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1 (E) one community-based organization 

2 with experience or expertise in working with 

3 youth; 

4 (F) one public agency serving youth under 

5 the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system or 

6 criminal justice system; 

7 (G) a State or local child welfare agency; 

8 and 

9 (H) an agency administering programs 

10 under part A of title IV of the Social Security 

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 

12 (2) OPTIONAL PARTNERS.—A local community 

13 partnership may also include within the partner14 ship— 

15 (A) American Job Centers; 

16 (B) employers or employer associations; 

17 (C) representatives of labor organizations; 

18 (D) programs that receive funding under 

19 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven20 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.); 

21 (E) public agencies or community-based 

22 organizations with expertise in providing coun23 seling services, including trauma-informed and 

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1 (F) public housing agencies, collaborative 

2 applicants, as defined by the McKinney-Vento 

3 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et 

4 seq.), or private nonprofit organizations that 

5 serve homeless youth and households or foster 

6 youth; and 

7 (G) other appropriate State and local 

8 agencies. 

9 (c) APPLICATION.—A local community partnership 

10 desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Sec11 retary of Labor an application at such time, in such man12 ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 

13 reasonably require. At a minimum, each application shall 

14 include a comprehensive plan that— 

15 (1) demonstrates sufficient need for the grant 

16 in the local population (indicators of need may in17 clude high rates of high school dropouts and youth 

18 unemployment and a high percentage or number of 

19 low-income individuals in the local population); 

20 (2) demonstrates the capacity of each local 

21 community partnership to carry out the activities de22 scribed in subsection (d); 

23 (3) is consistent with the local plan submitted 

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1 3123), the local plan for career and technical edu2 cation programs authorized under the Carl D. Per3 kins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 

4 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) (if not part of the Work5 force Innovation and Opportunity Act local plan) 

6 and the State plan for programs under part A of 

7 title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 

8 et seq.); and 

9 (4) includes an assurance that the local commu10 nity partnership will adhere to the labor standards 

11 outlined in section 8. 

12 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—A local community partnership 

13 receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant 

14 funds— 

15 (1) to target individuals not younger than age 

16 14 or older than age 24; 

17 (2) to make appropriate use of existing edu18 cation, child welfare, social services, and workforce 

19 development data collection systems to facilitate the 

20 local community partnership’s ability to target the 

21 individuals described in paragraph (1); 

22 (3) to develop wide-ranging paths to higher 

23 education and employment, including— 

24 (A) using not less than 50 percent of the 

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1 paragraph (1) complete their secondary school 

2 education through various alternative means, 

3 including through high-quality, flexible pro4 grams that utilize evidence-based interventions 

5 and provide differentiated services (or path6 ways) to students returning to education after 

7 exiting secondary school without a regular high 

8 school diploma or who, based on their grade or 

9 age, are significantly off track to accumulate 

10 sufficient academic credits to meet high school 

11 graduation requirements, as established by the 

12 State; 

13 (B) creating career pathways focused on 

14 paid work-based learning consisting of on-the15 job training and classroom instruction that will 

16 lead to credential attainment and prioritize con17 nections to registered apprenticeship programs 

18 and pre-apprenticeship programs; 

19 (C) providing career navigators to provide 

20 individuals described in paragraph (1) with pre21 employment and employment counseling and to 

22 assist such individuals in— 

23 (i) finding and securing employment 

24 or work-based learning opportunities that 


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1 pay not less than the highest of the Fed2 eral, State, or local minimum wage; 

3 (ii) identifying and assessing eligibility 

4 for training programs and funding for such 

5 programs; 

6 (iii) completing necessary paperwork; 

7 and 

8 (iv) identifying additional services, if 

9 needed; 

10 (D) connecting individuals described in 

11 paragraph (1) with providers of youth services, 

12 adult services, vocational rehabilitation services, 

13 and adult education and literacy services, under 

14 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

15 (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), career planning serv16 ices, and federally and State funded programs 

17 that provide skills training; and 

18 (E) ensuring that such individuals success19 fully transition into pre-apprenticeship pro20 grams, registered apprenticeship programs, or 

21 programs leading to recognized postsecondary 

22 credentials in in-demand industry sectors or oc23 cupations; 

24 (4) to provide a comprehensive system aimed at 

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1 (1) from disconnecting from education, training, and 

2 employment and aimed at re-engaging any such indi3 vidual who has been disconnected by— 

4 (A) providing school-based dropout preven5 tion and community-based dropout recovery 

6 services, including establishing or improving 

7 school district early warning systems that— 

8 (i) connect such systems to existing 

9 data gathering and reporting systems es10 tablished under the Workforce Innovation 

11 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et 

12 seq.) for the purpose of identifying the in13 dividuals described in paragraph (1); and 

14 (ii) engage any such identified indi15 vidual using targeted, evidence-based inter16 ventions to address the specific needs and 

17 issues of the individual, including chronic 

18 absenteeism; and 

19 (B) providing the individuals described in 

20 paragraph (1) with access to re-engagement 

21 services for training programs and employment 

22 opportunities and using providers of youth serv23 ices under the Workforce Innovation and Op24 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) to con25 duct intake and refer such individuals and their 


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1 families to the appropriate re-engagement serv2 ice; and 

3 (5) to provide a comprehensive system of sup4 port for the individuals described in paragraph (1), 

5 including— 

6 (A) connecting such individuals with pro7 fessionals who can— 

8 (i) provide case management and 

9 counseling services; and 

10 (ii) assist such individuals in— 

11 (I) developing achievable short12 term goals and long-term goals; and 

13 (II) overcoming any social, ad14 ministrative, or financial barrier that 

15 may hinder the achievement of such 

16 goals; and 

17 (B) providing or connecting participants 

18 with available supportive services. 

19 (e) PRIORITY IN AWARDS.—In awarding grants 

20 under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall give pri21 ority to applications submitted by local community part22 nerships that include a comprehensive plan that— 

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1 uals and high rates of high school dropouts and 

2 youth unemployment; and 

3 (2) allows the individuals described in para4 graph (1) to earn academic credit through various 

5 means, including high-quality career and technical 

6 education, dual enrollment programs, or work-based 

7 learning. 

8 (f) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary 

9 shall ensure that consideration is given to geographic dis10 tribution (such as urban and rural areas) in the awarding 

11 of grants under section. 

12 (g) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For activities 

13 funded under this section, the primary indicators of per14 formance shall include— 

15 (1) the performance metrics described in sec16 tions 116(b)(2)(A)(i)(III)–(V) and 

17 116(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)–(II) of the Workforce Innovation 

18 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

19 3141(b)(2)(A)(i)(III)–(V), 3141 (b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)– 

20 (II)); 

21 (2) the four-year adjusted cohort graduation 

22 rate and the extended-year adjusted cohort gradua23 tion rate in a State that chooses to use such a grad24 uation rate, as defined in section 8101(25) of the 


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1 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

2 as amended; and 

3 (3) the rate of attaining a recognized equivalent 

4 of a diploma, such as a general equivalency diploma. 

5 (h) REPORTS.—For each year that a local community 

6 partnership administers a program under this section, the 

7 local community partnership shall submit to the Secretary 

8 of Labor and, if applicable, the State a report on— 

9 (1) the number of youth participants in the pro10 gram, including the number of in-school and out-of11 school youth, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, 

12 age, and subpopulations described in section 

13 129(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)–(VII) of the Workforce Innova14 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

15 3164(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)–(VII)); 

16 (2) the expenditures made from the amounts al17 located under this section, including any expendi18 tures made to provide youth participants with sup19 portive services; 

20 (3) a description of program activities and serv21 ices provided, including supportive services provided 

22 and the number of youth participants accessing such 

23 services; 

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1 of performance described in subsection (f) for the 

2 program, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, age, 

3 and subpopulations described in section 

4 129(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)–(VII) of the Workforce Innova5 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

6 3164(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)–(VII)); and 

7 (5) any other information that the Secretary of 

8 Labor determines necessary to monitor the effective9 ness of the program. 

10 SEC. 8. LABOR STANDARDS. 

11 Activities funded under this Act shall be subject to 

12 the requirements and restrictions, including the labor 

13 standards, described in section 181 of the Workforce In14 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2931) and the non15 discrimination provisions of section 188 of such Act (29 

16 U.S.C. 2938), in addition to other applicable Federal laws. 

17 SEC. 9. PRIVACY. 

18 Nothing in this Act— 

19 (1) shall be construed to supersede the privacy 

20 protections afforded parents and students under sec21 tion 444 of the General Education Provisions Act 

22 (20 U.S.C. 1232g); or 

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1 able information on individuals receiving services 

2 under this Act. 

3 SEC. 10. INNOVATION AND LEARNING. 

4 Using funds reserved under section 4, the Secretary 

5 shall— 

6 (1) provide technical assistance to ensure pro7 viders have sufficient organizational capacity, staff 

8 training, and expertise to effectively implement pro9 grams, described under this Act; 

10 (2) create regional and national opportunities 

11 for in-person peer learning; and 

12 (3) provide on a competitive basis sub-grants to 

13 States and local areas to conduct pilots and dem14 onstrations using emerging and evidence-based best 

15 practices, and models for youth employment pro16 grams and to evaluate such programs using designs 

17 that employ the most rigorous analytical and statis18 tical methods that are reasonably feasible. 

19 SEC. 11. EVALUATION AND REPORTS. 

20 (a) EVALUATION.—Not earlier than 1 year or later 

21 than 2 years after the end of the award grant period, the 

22 Secretary of Labor shall conduct an evaluation of the pro23 grams administered under this Act. 

24 (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 

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1 the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

3 the Senate not later than 5 years after the end of the 

4 award grant period, a final report on the results of the 

5 evaluation conducted under subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘extended-year 

9 adjusted cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘evidence-based’’, 

10 ‘‘four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘local 

11 educational agency’’, and ‘‘secondary school’’ have 

12 the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of 

13 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

14 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

15 (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

16 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

17 meaning given such term in section 101 of the High18 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

19 (3) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— 

20 The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship program’’ has 

21 the meaning given such term in section 171(b) of 

22 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

23 U.S.C. 3226(b)). 

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1 ‘‘career pathway’’, ‘‘career planning’’, ‘‘community2 based organization’’, ‘‘Governor’’, ‘‘in-demand indus3 try sector or occupation’’, ‘‘in-school youth’’, ‘‘local 

4 area’’, ‘‘local board’’, ‘‘low-income individual’’, ‘‘one5 stop center’’, ‘‘on-the-job training’’, ‘‘outlying area’’, 

6 ‘‘out-of-school youth’’, ‘‘school dropout’’, ‘‘State’’, 

7 ‘‘supportive services’’, ‘‘unemployed individual’’, and 

8 ‘‘unit of general local government’’ have the mean9 ings given such terms in section 3 of the Workforce 

10 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

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