educational or career training need in the 
area to be served under the grant; and 
‘‘(ii) agrees to be reimbursed under 
the grant only if the project achieves speci-
fied performance outcomes and criteria 
agreed to by the Secretary of Education. 
‘‘(5) The development of a multiple measures of 
job quality dashboard that experiments with dif-
ferent metrics to measure job quality. 
‘‘(g) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education 
shall establish performance measures for the pro-
grams carried out under this section. 
‘‘(2) MEASURES.—The performance measures 
shall consist of— 
‘‘(A) indicators of performance, including 
the number of program participants who are in 
unsubsidized employment during the second 
quarter after exit from the program; 
‘‘(B) a level of performance for each indi-
cator described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) analysis of the income of program 
participants during the second quarter after 
exit from the program compared to the dis-
tribution of earnings across the workforce in 
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the State and the region during that same time 
period. 
‘‘(3) MONITORING
PROGRESS.—The Secretary 
of Education shall monitor the progress of eligible 
entities that receive grants under this section in en-
suring that their programs meet the performance 
measures. 
‘‘SEC. 399B. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
the program established by section 399A. Funds appro-
priated under this subsection shall remain available until 
the end of the 5th full fiscal year after the date of enact-
ment of the 21st Century Workforce Partnerships Act. 
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE COST.—Not more than 5 per-
cent of the amounts made available under subsection (a) 
may be used by the Secretaries for Federal administration 
of the program established by section 399A, including pro-
viding technical assistance and carrying out evaluations 
for such program. 
‘‘SEC. 399C. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘basic skills defi-
cient’, ‘in-demand industry sector or occupation’, ‘in-
dividual with a barrier to employment’, ‘local board’, 
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‘recognized postsecondary credential’, and ‘State 
board’ have the meanings given the terms in section 
3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
‘‘(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘com-
munity college’ has the meaning given the term ‘jun-
ior or community college’ in section 312(f). 
‘‘(3) EDUCATIONAL OR CAREER TRAINING PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘educational or career training 
program’ means— 
‘‘(A) a program that supports career path-
ways, as defined in section 3 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102); or 
‘‘(B) a program that involves integrated 
education and training, as defined in section 
203 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3272). 
‘‘(4) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘Secretaries’ 
means the Secretary of Education in coordination 
with the Secretary of Labor.’’. 
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