§ 2887. — Job Corps centers.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 29USC2887]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 30--WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEMS
SUBCHAPTER III--JOB CORPS
Sec. 2887. Job Corps centers
(a) Operators and service providers
(1) Eligible entities
(A) Operators
The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with a Federal,
State, or local agency, an area vocational education school or
residential vocational school, or a private organization, for
the operation of each Job Corps center.
(B) Providers
The Secretary may enter into an agreement with a local
entity to provide activities described in this subchapter to the
Job Corps center.
(2) Selection process
(A) Competitive basis
Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of section 253
of title 41, the Secretary shall select on a competitive basis
an entity to operate a Job Corps center and entities to provide
activities described in this subchapter to the Job Corps center.
In developing a solicitation for an operator or service
provider, the Secretary shall consult with the Governor of the
State in which the center is located, the industry council for
the Job Corps center (if established), and the applicable local
board regarding the contents of such solicitation, including
elements that will promote the consistency of the activities
carried out through the center with the objectives set forth in
the State plan or in a local plan.
(B) Recommendations and considerations
(i) Operators
In selecting an entity to operate a Job Corps center,
the Secretary shall consider--
(I) the ability of the entity to coordinate the
activities carried out through the Job Corps center with
activities carried out under the appropriate State plan
and local plans;
(II) the degree to which the vocational training
that the entity proposes for the center reflects local
employment opportunities in the local areas in which
enrollees at the center intend to seek employment;
(III) the degree to which the entity is familiar
with the surrounding communities, applicable one-stop
centers, and the State and region in which the center is
located; and
(IV) the past performance of the entity, if any,
relating to operating or providing activities described
in this subchapter to a Job Corps center.
(ii) Providers
In selecting a service provider for a Job Corps center,
the Secretary shall consider the factors described in
subclauses (I) through (IV) of clause (i), as appropriate.
(b) Character and activities
Job Corps centers may be residential or nonresidential in character,
and shall be designed and operated so as to provide enrollees, in a
well-supervised setting, with access to activities described in this
subchapter. In any year, no more than 20 percent of the individuals
enrolled in the Job Corps may be nonresidential participants in the Job
Corps.
(c) Civilian Conservation Centers
(1) In general
The Job Corps centers may include Civilian Conservation Centers
operated under agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture or the
Secretary of the Interior, located primarily in rural areas, which
shall provide, in addition to other vocational 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.
(2) Selection process
The Secretary may select an entity to operate a Civilian
Conservation Center on a competitive basis, as provided in
subsection (a) of this section, if the center fails to meet such
national performance standards as the Secretary shall establish.
(d) Indian tribes
(1) General authority
The Secretary may enter into agreements with Indian tribes to
operate Job Corps centers for Indians.
(2) Definitions
In this subsection, the terms ``Indian'' and ``Indian tribe'',
have the meanings given such terms in subsections (d) and (e),
respectively, of section 450b of title 25.
(Pub. L. 105-220, title I, Sec. 147, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1010.)
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1697 of
this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-220.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2882, 2898 of this title.
