§1697. Job Corps centers

(a) Operation through existing agencies and organizations; center functions; Civilian Conservation Centers; training centers; limit on nonresidential participants

(1) The Secretary may make agreements with Federal, State, or local agencies, including a State board or agency designated pursuant to section 111(a)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act which operates or wishes to develop area vocational education school facilities or residential vocational schools (or both) as authorized by such Act [20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.], or private organizations for the establishment and operation of Job Corps centers. Job Corps centers may, subject to paragraph (2), be residential or nonresidential in character, or both, and shall be designed and operated so as to provide enrollees, in a well-supervised setting, with education, vocational training, work experience (either in direct program activities or through arrangements with employers), counseling, and other services appropriate to their needs. The centers shall include Civilian Conservation Centers, located primarily in rural areas, which shall provide, in addition to other training and assistance, programs of work experience to conserve, develop, or manage public natural resources or public recreational areas or to develop community projects in the public interest. The centers shall also include training centers located in either urban or rural areas which shall provide activities including training and other services for specific types of skilled or semiskilled employment.

(2) In any year, not more than 20 percent of the individuals enrolled in the Job Corps may be nonresidential participants. In enrolling individuals who are to be nonresidential participants, priority shall be given to those eligible individuals who are single parents with dependent children. The Secretary shall not reduce the number of residential participants in Job Corps programs under this part during any program year below the number of residential participants during program year 1991 in order to increase the number of individuals who are nonresidential participants in the Job Corps.

(b) Availability of center opportunities to participants in other programs

To the extent feasible, Job Corps centers shall offer education and vocational training opportunities, together with supportive services, on a nonresidential basis to participants in other programs under this chapter. Such opportunities may be offered on a reimbursable basis or through such other arrangements as the Secretary may specify.

(c) Limitation of use of Department of Labor appropriations; nongovernmental contracts

No funds appropriated to the Department of Labor for any fiscal year may be used to carry out any contract with a nongovernmental entity to administer or manage a Civilian Conservation Center of the Job Corps.

( Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §427, Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1372 ; Pub. L. 98–524, §4(a)(4), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2487 ; Pub. L. 102–367, title IV, §402(c), (d), Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1076 , 1077.)

Repeal of Section

Pub. L. 105–220, title I, §199(b)(2), (c)(2)(B), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1059 , provided that this section is repealed effective July 1, 2000.

References in Text

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 88–210, as added by Pub. L. 98–524, §1, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2435 , as amended, which was classified generally to chapter 44 (§2301 et seq.) of Title 20, Education. The Act was subsequently amended extensively by Pub. L. 101–392, Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 753 , which renamed it the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, and amended generally by Pub. L. 105–332, §1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3076 , which renamed it the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998. Section 111 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act was classified to section 2421 of Title 20 prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 88–210 by Pub. L. 105–332. For additional details, see Codification note preceding section 2301 of Title 20.

Amendments

1992-Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102–367, §402(c), substituted "20 percent" for "10 percent" and inserted at end "In enrolling individuals who are to be nonresidential participants, priority shall be given to those eligible individuals who are single parents with dependent children. The Secretary shall not reduce the number of residential participants in Job Corps programs under this part during any program year below the number of residential participants during program year 1991 in order to increase the number of individuals who are nonresidential participants in the Job Corps."

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–367, §402(d), added subsec. (c).

1984-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98–524 substituted "section 111(a)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act" for "section 104(a)(1) of the Vocational Education Act of 1963".

Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–367 effective July 1, 1993, see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 102–367, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section 1501 of this title.

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–524 effective for fiscal years beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1984, except as otherwise provided, see section 2 of Pub. L. 98–524, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2301 of Title 20, Education.

Closing of Job Corps Center

Pub. L. 99–349, title I, July 2, 1986, 100 Stat. 741 , provided that: "No Job Corps Center operating under part B of title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act [29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.] shall be closed prior to July 1, 1987."

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 1703a of this title.