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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to ETA |
| Employees' Benefits |
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| Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor |
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| The Job Corps Under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act |
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| Scope and Purpose |
20 CFR 670.120 - What definitions apply to this part?
- Section Number: 670.120
- Section Name: What definitions apply to this part?
The following definitions apply to this part:
Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) means an adverse enrollment
status to which a student is assigned based on extended, unapproved
absence from his/her assigned center or off-center place of duty.
Students do not earn Job Corps allowances while in AWOL status.
Applicable local board means a local Workforce Investment Board
that:
(1) works with a Job Corps center and provides information on local
demand occupations, employment opportunities, and the job skills needed
to obtain the opportunities, and
(2) serves communities in which the graduates of the Job Corps seek
employment when they leave the program.
Capital improvement means any modification, addition, restoration
or other improvement:
(1) Which increases the usefulness, productivity, or serviceable
life of an existing site, facility, building, structure, or major item
of equipment;
(2) Which is classified for accounting purposes as a ``fixed
asset;'' and
(3) The cost of which increases the recorded value of the existing
building, site, facility, structure, or major item of equipment and is
subject to depreciation.
Center means a facility and an organizational entity, including all
of its parts, providing Job Corps training and designated as a Job
Corps center.
Center operator means a Federal, State or local agency, or a
contractor that runs a center under an agreement or contract with DOL.
Civilian conservation center (CCC) means a center operated on
public land under an agreement between DOL and another Federal agency,
which provides, in addition to other training and assistance, programs
of work-based learning to conserve, develop, or manage public natural
resources or public recreational areas or to develop community projects
in the public interest.
Contract center means a Job Corps center operated under a contract
with DOL.
Contracting officer means the Regional Director or other official
authorized to enter into contracts or agreements on behalf of DOL.
Enrollee means an individual who has voluntarily applied for, been
selected for, and enrolled in the Job Corps program, and remains with
the program, but has not yet become a graduate. Enrollees are referred
to as ``students'' in this part.
Enrollment means the process by which individual formally becomes a
student in the Job Corps program.
Graduate means an enrollee who has:
(1) Completed the requirements of a vocational training program, or
received a secondary school diploma or its equivalent as a result of
participating in the Job Corps program; and
(2) Achieved job readiness and employment skills as a result of
participating in the Job Corps program.
Individual with a disability means an individual with a disability
as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 12102).
Interagency agreement means a formal agreement between DOL and
another Federal agency administering and operating centers. The
agreement establishes procedures for the funding, administration,
operation, and review of those centers as well as the resolution of any
disputes.
Job Corps means the agency of the Department established by section
143 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (20 U.S.C. 9201) to
perform those functions of the Secretary of Labor set forth in subtitle
C of WIA Title I.
Job Corps Director means the chief official of the Job Corps or a
person authorized to act for the Job Corps Director.
Low income individual means an individual who meets the definition
in WIA section 101(25).
National Office means the national office of Job Corps.
National training contractor means a labor union, union-affiliated
organization, business organization, association or a combination of
such organizations, which has a contract with the national office to
provide vocational training, placement, or other services.
Operational support services means activities or services required
to support the operation of Job Corps, including:
(1) Outreach and admissions services;
(2) Contracted vocational training and off-center training;
(3) Placement services;
(4) Continued services for graduates;
(5) Certain health services; and
(6) Miscellaneous logistical and technical support.
Outreach and admissions agency means an organization that performs
outreach, and screens and enrolls youth under a contract or other
agreement with Job Corps.
Placement means student employment, entry into the Armed Forces, or
enrollment in other training or education programs following separation
from Job Corps.
Placement agency means an organization acting under a contract or
other agreement with Job Corps to provide placement services for
graduates and, the extent possible, for former students.
Regional appeal board means the board designated by the Regional
Director to consider student appeals of disciplinary discharges.
Regional Director means the chief Job Corps official of a regional
office or a person authorized to act for the Regional Director.
Regional Office means a regional office of Job Corps.
Regional Solicitor means the chief official of a regional office of
the DOL Office of the Solicitor, or a person authorized to act for the
Regional Solicitor.
Separation means the action by which an individual ceases to be a
student in the Job Corps program, either voluntarily or involuntarily.
Student means an individual enrolled in the Job Corps.
Unauthorized goods means:
(1) Firearms and ammunition;
(2) Explosives and incendiaries;
(3) Knives with blades longer than 2 inches;
(4) Homemade weapons;
(5) All other weapons and instruments used primarily to inflict
personal injury;
(6) Stolen property;
(7) Drugs, including alcohol, marijuana, depressants, stimulants,
hallucinogens, tranquilizers, and drug paraphernalia except for drugs
and/or paraphernalia that are prescribed for medical reasons; and
(8) Any other goods prohibited by the center operator in a student
handbook.
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