able information on individuals receiving services 
under this Act. 
SEC. 10. INNOVATION AND LEARNING. 
Using funds reserved under section 4, the Secretary 
shall— 
(1) provide technical assistance to ensure pro-
viders have sufficient organizational capacity, staff 
training, and expertise to effectively implement pro-
grams, described under this Act; 
(2) create regional and national opportunities 
for in-person peer learning; and 
(3) provide on a competitive basis sub-grants to 
States and local areas to conduct pilots and dem-
onstrations using emerging and evidence-based best 
practices, and models for youth employment pro-
grams and to evaluate such programs using designs 
that employ the most rigorous analytical and statis-
tical methods that are reasonably feasible. 
SEC. 11. EVALUATION AND REPORTS. 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not earlier than 1 year or later 
than 2 years after the end of the award grant period, the 
Secretary of Labor shall conduct an evaluation of the pro-
grams administered under this Act. 
(b) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall transmit to the Committee on Education and 
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the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate not later than 5 years after the end of the 
award grant period, a final report on the results of the 
evaluation conducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘extended-year 
adjusted cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘evidence-based’’, 
‘‘four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘local 
educational agency’’, and ‘‘secondary school’’ have 
the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(3) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship program’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 171(b) of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3226(b)). 
(4) OTHER WIOA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘adminis-
trative costs’’, ‘‘career and technical education’’, 
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‘‘career pathway’’, ‘‘career planning’’, ‘‘community- 
based organization’’, ‘‘Governor’’, ‘‘in-demand indus-
try sector or occupation’’, ‘‘in-school youth’’, ‘‘local 
area’’, ‘‘local board’’, ‘‘low-income individual’’, ‘‘one- 
stop center’’, ‘‘on-the-job training’’, ‘‘outlying area’’, 
‘‘out-of-school youth’’, ‘‘school dropout’’, ‘‘State’’, 
‘‘supportive services’’, ‘‘unemployed individual’’, and 
‘‘unit of general local government’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in section 3 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
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