Title 29 — Labor
Part C · Chapter 32 — Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
§ 3206. Experimental projects and technical assistance
Statutory text
Projects
The Secretary may carry out experimental, research, or demonstration projects relating to carrying out the Job Corps program. The Secretary may waive any provisions of this part that the Secretary finds would prevent the Secretary from carrying out the projects if the Secretary informs the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, in writing, not less than 90 days in advance of issuing such waiver.
Technical assistance
From the funds provided under section 3212 of this title (for the purposes of administration), the Secretary may reserve ¼ of 1 percent to provide, directly or through grants, contracts, or other agreements or arrangements as the Secretary considers appropriate, technical assistance for the Job Corps program for the purpose of improving program quality. Such assistance shall include—
assisting Job Corps centers and programs—
in correcting deficiencies under, and violations of, this part;
in meeting or exceeding the expected levels of performance under section 3209(c)(1) of this title for the indicators of performance described in section 3141(b)(2)(A) of this title;
in the development of sound management practices, including financial management procedures; and
assisting entities, including entities not currently operating a Job Corps center, in developing the additional selection factors information described in section 3197(a)(3) of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 113–128 title I § 156 · 128 Stat. 1425
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 3206
(Pub. L. 113–128, title I, § 156, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1552.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 113–128, title I, § 156, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1552.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 156. EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. (a) Projects.— The Secretary may carry out experimental, research, or demonstration projects relating to carrying out the Job Corps program. Waiver authority. Deadline. The Secretary may waive any provisions of this subtitle that the Secretary finds would prevent the Secretary from carrying out the projects if the Secretary informs the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, in writing, not less than 90 days in advance of issuing such waiver. (b) Technical Assistance.— From the funds provided under section 162 (for the purposes of administration), the Secretary may reserve ¼ of 1 percent to provide, directly or through grants, contracts, or other agreements or arrangements as the Secretary considers appropriate, technical assistance for the Job Corps program for the purpose of improving program quality. Such assistance shall include— (1) assisting Job Corps centers and programs— (A) in correcting deficiencies under, and violations of, this subtitle; (B) in meeting or exceeding the expected levels of performance under section 159(c)(1) for the indicators of performance described in section 116(b)(2)(A); (C) in the development of sound management practices, including financial management procedures; and (2) assisting entities, including entities not currently operating a Job Corps center, in developing the additional selection factors information described in section 147(a)(3).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after (), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.