(9) The designations made under this sub-
section may not be revised more than once every
four years.
(b) DESIGNATION OF SUBSTATE GRANTEES.—
(1) AGREEMENT—A substate grantee shall be
designated, on a quadrennial basis, for each substate
area. Such substate grantee shall be designated in
accordance with an agreement among the Governor,
the local elected official or officials of such area, and
the private industry council or councils of such area.
Whenever a substate area is represented by more
than one such official or council, the respective offi-
cials and councils shall each designate representa-
tives, in accordance with procedures established by
the Governor (after consultation with the State
council), to negotiate such agreement. In the event
agreement cannot be reached on the selection of a
substate grantee, the Governor shall select the sub-
state grantee.
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—Entities eligible for designa-
tion as substate grantees include—
(A) private industry councils in the sub-
state area;
(B) service delivery area grant recipients
or administrative entities under the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act;
(C) private nonprofit organizations;
(D) units of general local government in
the substate area, or agencies thereof;
(E) local offices of State agencies;
(F) other public agencies, such as commu-
nity colleges and area vocational schools; and
(G) consortia of the entities described in
subparagraphs (A) through (F).
(c) FUNCTIONS OF SUBSTATE GRANTEES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the substate grantees designated pursu-
ant to this subsection shall—
(A) receive and administer funds allocated
to the substate area, including the administra-
tion of payments to service providers in accord-
ance with section 119(d)(2);
(B) administer the process for the selection
of career center operators established pursuant
to section 118;
(C) conduct oversight and monitoring of
the program carried out within the substate
area and coordinate the operation of the career
centers established within the substate area;
and
(D) prepare and make publically available
a biennial written plan describing the objectives
to be accomplished and the activities to be un-
dertaken in the substate area under this title.
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—
(A) SELECTION
PROCESS
FOR
CAREER
CENTER OPERATORS.—If a substate grantee de-
sires to be selected to operate a career center,
the process for the selection of career center op-
erators in the substate area shall be adminis-
tered by the private industry council or councils
established in such substate area. If such sub-
state grantee is such private industry council,
the process for the selection of career center op-
erators in the substate area shall be adminis-
tered by the Governor.
(B) OVERSIGHT.—If a substate grantee is
selected to operate a career center, the over-
sight of the career centers in the substate area
shall be carried out by the Governor.
SEC. 118. ESTABLISHMENT OF CAREER CENTERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The substate grantee designated
pursuant to section 117 shall, in accordance with the re-
quirements of this section, establish one or more career
centers in each substate area.
(b) FUNCTIONS OF CENTERS.—Each career center
shall be the point of access for eligible individuals to the
services provided pursuant to section 119.
(c) SELECTION OF CENTERS.—
(1) SELECTION PROCESS.—The substate grant-
ee shall select the career center operators in accord-
ance with the requirements of this subsection.
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Any entity or consor-
tium of entities located in the substate area may
apply, in accordance with the procedures described
in paragraph (3), to be selected as a career center
operator. Such entities may include—
(A) Employment Service offices,
(B) service delivery area grant recipients
or administrative entities under the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act,
(C) substate grantees under this title,
(D) community colleges and area voca-
tional schools,
(E) community-based and other private,
nonprofit organizations, and
(F) other interested private for-profit and
public organizations and entities.
(3) PUBLICATION OF PROCEDURES.—The sub-
state grantee, after consultation with the Governor
and local elected officials, shall publish, in a manner
that is generally available, information to notify or-
ganizations and individuals in the substate area of—
(A) the estimated number of career centers
to be established in the substate area;
(B) the application procedure for any en-
tity or consortium of entities desiring to be se-
lected to operate such centers, including when
and where such application is to be submitted
and what information such application is to
contain;
(C) the criteria for selection that will be
used, consistent with paragraph (4); and
(D) other information the substate grantee
considers relevant to the selection of operators
and administration of such centers.
(4) SELECTION CRITERIA.—
(A) OBJECTIVE
FACTORS.—The substate
grantee, consistent with guidelines issued by the
Secretary, shall use objective criteria and per-
formance measures in assessing applications
submitted for selection as a career center opera-
tor.