mary of the information submitted under paragraph 
(1) for the most recent 2-year period. 
(g) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall reserve not 
less than 1 percent and not more than 5 percent of any 
amounts made available for each fiscal year to conduct 
a rigorous, independent evaluation of, and technical assist-
ance for, the programs and activities carried out under 
this section. 
(h) SATISFACTORY PROGRESS.— 
(1) DETERMINATION OF CRITERIA.—The Sec-
retary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Education, shall determine the criteria for satis-
factory progress on the indicators of performance 
under section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce In-
novation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3141(b)(2)(A)(i)) for programs and activities funded 
by grants awarded to eligible entities under this sec-
tion. 
(2) CESSATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may 
not provide funds to any eligible entity under a 
grant under this section after the third year of the 
grant period unless each program and activity car-
ried out by the eligible entity with the grant has met 
the criteria for satisfactory progress for the first 3 
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years of such grant period, as determined under 
paragraph (1). 
(i) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Education and each eligible en-
tity that receives funds under grants awarded under this 
section after the third year of the grant periods for such 
grants, shall— 
(1) establish best practices for using immersive 
technology in workforce training and education pro-
grams; and 
(2) publish such best practices on a publicly 
available website of the Department of Labor. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
COVERED
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.—The 
term ‘‘covered community college’’ means— 
(A) a public institution of higher education 
(as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), at 
which— 
(i) the highest degree awarded is an 
associate degree; or 
(ii) an associate degree is the most 
frequently awarded degree; 
(B) a branch campus of a 4-year public in-
stitution of higher education (as defined in sec-
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tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001)), if, at such branch campus— 
(i) the highest degree awarded is an 
associate degree; or 
(ii) an associate degree is the most 
frequently awarded degree; 
(C) a 2-year Tribal College or University 
(as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1059c(b)(3))); or 
(D) a degree-granting Tribal College or 
University (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1059c(b)(3))) at which— 
(i) the highest degree awarded is an 
associate degree; or 
(ii) an associate degree is the most 
frequently awarded degree. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a partnership between or among a local 
board or State board and— 
(A) a covered community college; 
(B) an area career and technical education 
school; 
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(C) a postsecondary vocational institution 
(as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c))); or 
(D) a consortium of such colleges, schools, 
or institutions. 
(3) IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘immersive 
technology’’ means tools (including extended re-
ality, virtual reality, augmented reality, and 
mixed augmented reality) that integrate the 
physical environment with digital content to 
support user engagement. 
(B) VIRTUAL REALITY.—The term ‘‘virtual 
reality’’ means an immersive technology tool 
that occludes a user’s physical surroundings 
with a simulated environment, such as a con-
struction site, a subway system, a coastal flood-
plain, or an energy grid. 
(C) AUGMENTED
REALITY.—The term 
‘‘augmented reality’’ means an immersive tech-
nology tool that layers computer-generated im-
agery onto a user’s view of the physical world, 
thus providing a composite view. 
(D) MIXED REALITY.—The term ‘‘mixed 
reality’’ means an immersive technology tool 
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that blends augmented and virtual reality, al-
lowing users to experience simulated content 
within their physical worlds and to manipulate 
and interact with virtual elements in real time. 
(4) RURAL.—The term ‘‘rural’’ means all popu-
lations, housing, and territories not included within 
an urban area, in which an urban area is defined as 
any gathered populations, housing, and territories 
that meets or exceeds 50,000 or more people, or is 
comprised of clusters consisting of at least 2,500 
gathered populations, housing, and territory but less 
than 50,000 people. 
(5) WIOA TERMS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, any term used in this section 
that is defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) shall 
have the meaning given that term in such section 3 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
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