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advisers. The rules shall also provide for the interviewing

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"(1) determining whether the applicant's educa

tional and vocational needs can best be met through the Job Corps or an alternative program in the applicant's home community;

"(2) obtaining from the applicant pertinent data relating to background, needs, and interests for determining eligibility and potential assignment; and

"(3) giving the applicant a full understanding of

the Job Corps and what will be expected of an enrollee

in the event of acceptance.

"(b) The Secretary shall make no payments to any 14 individual or organization solely as compensation for referring 15 the names of candidates for Job Corps.

16 "(c) The Secretary shall assure that Job Corps enrollees 17 include an appropriate number of candidates selected from 18 rural areas, taking into account the proportions of eligible 19 youth who reside in rural areas and the need to provide 20 residential facilities for such youth.

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"SEC. 454. (a) No individual shall be selected as an 23 enrollee unless there is reasonable expectation that the indi24 vidual can participate successfully in group situations and

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1 activities, is not likely to engage in behavior that would 2 prevent other enrollees from receiving the benefit of the 3 program or be incompatible with the maintenance of sound 4 discipline and satisfactory relationships between the center to which the individual might be assigned and surrounding 6 communities, and unless the individual manifests a basic

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be subject and of the consequences of failure to observe these 9 rules. Before selecting an individual who has a history of 10 serious and violent behavior against persons or property, 11 repetitive delinquent acts, narcotics addiction, or other major 12 behavioral aberrations, the Secretary shall obtain a finding 13 from a professionally qualified person who knows such indi14 vidual's situation that there is reasonable expectation that 15 the individual's conduct will not be inimical to the Job Corps 16 and that the Job Corps will help to overcome the individual's 17 problem.

18 (b) An individual on probation or parole may be 19 selected only if release from the supervision of the proba20 tion or parole officials is satisfactory to those officials and 21 the Secretary, does not violate applicable laws or regulations, 22 and the Secretary has arranged to supervise the individual 23 and provide all required reports to State or other authorities.

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"SEC. 455. (a) No individual may be enrolled in the

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8 "(c) After the Secretary has determined whether an 9 enrollee is to be assigned to a Job Corps Center or a Job 10 Corps Civilian Conservation Center, the enrollee shall be 11 assigned to the center of the appropriate type which is 12 closest to the enrollee's home, except that the Secretary 13 may waive this requirement for good cause, including to 14 insure an equitable opportunity for youth from various sec15 tions of the country to participate in the program, to prevent 16 undue delays in assignment, to adequately meet the educa17 tional or other needs of an enrollee, and for efficiency and 18 economy in the operation of the program.

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"SEC. 456. (a) The Secretary may make agreements 21 with Federal, State, or local agencies, or private organiza22 tions for the establishment and operation of Job Corps cen23 ters. Job Corps centers may be residential or nonresidential 24 in character, or both, and shall be designed and operated so 25 as to provide enrollees, in a well-supervised setting, with

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1 education, vocational training, work experience (either in . 2 direct program activities or through arrangements with em3 ployers), counseling, and other services appropriate to their 4 needs. The centers shall include Civilian Conservation Cen5 ters, located primarily in rural areas, which shall provide, 6 in addition to other training and assistance, programs of 7 work experience to conserve, develop, or manage public nat8 ural resources or public recreational areas or to develop com9 munity projects in the public interest. The centers shall also 10 include training centers located in either urban or rural areas 11 which shall provide activities including training and other services for specific types of skilled or semi-skilled em13 ployment.

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"SEC. 457. (a) Each Job Corps center shall provide 22 enrollees with an intensive, well-organized and fully super23 vised program of education, vocational training, work ex24 perience, planned vocational and recreational activities, phys25 ical rehabilitation and development, and counseling. To the

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1 fullest extent feasible, the required program shall include 2 activities to assist enrollees in choosing realistic career goals, 3 coping with problems they may encounter in home com4 munities, or in adjusting to new communities, and planning 5 and managing daily affairs in a manner that will best con6 tribute to long-term upward mobility. Center programs shall 7 include required participation in center maintenance work 8 to assist enrollees in increasing their sense of contribution, 9 responsibility and discipline.

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"(b) The Secretary may arrange for enrollee education 11 and vocational training through local public or private edu12 cational agencies, vocational educational institutions, or tech13 nical institutes, whenever such institutions provide training 14 substantially equivalent in cost and quality to that which the 15 Secretary could provide through other means.

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"(c) To the extent feasible, arrangements for education 17 both on and off center shall provide opportunities for quali18 fied enrollees to obtain the equivalent of a certificate of grad19 uation from high school. The Secretary, with the concurrence 20 of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall 21 develop certificates to be issued to each enrollee who satisfac22 torily completes his or her service in the Job Corps and 23 which will reflect the enrollee's level of educational attain24 ment.