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may affect or be of interest to the community; (2) affording th community a meaningful voice in center affairs of direct concer to it, including policies governing the issuance and terms passes to enrollees; (3) providing center officials with full ar rapid access to relevant community groups and agencies, inclu ing law enforcement agencies and agencies which work wi young poeple in the community; (4) encouraging the fullest pra ticable participation of enrollees in programs or projects f community improvement or betterment, with adequate advan 42 USC consultation with business, labor, professional, and other inte 2721 ested community groups and organizations; (5) arranging recre tional, athletic, or similar events in which enrollees and loc residents may participate together; (6) providing community res dents with opportunities to work with enrollees directly, as par time instructors, tutors, or advisers, either in the center or the community; (7) developing, where feasible, job or care opportunities for enrollees in the community; and (8) promoti interchanges of information and techniques among, and cooper tive projects involving, the center and community schools, educ tional institutions, and agencies serving young people.

COUNSELING AND JOB PLACEMENT

SEC. 112. (a) The Director shall provide for the counseli and testing of each enrollee at regular intervals to follow his pr gress in educational and vocational programs.

(b) The Director shall counsel and test each enrollee pri to his scheduled termination to determine his capabilities a 42 USC shall seek to place him in a job in the vocation for which he

trained and in which he is likely to succeed, or shall assist hi in attaining further training or education. In placing enrolle in jobs, the Director shall utilize the United States Employme Service to the fullest extent possible.

(c) The Secretary of Labor shall make arrangements determine the status and progress of terminees and to assu that their needs for further education, training, and counseli may be met.

(d) Upon termination of an enrollee's training, a copy his pertinent records, including data derived from his couns ing and testing, other than confidential information, shall be ma available immediately to the Department of Labor and the Off of Economic Opportunity.

(e) The Director shall, to the extent feasible in accordan with section 637 (b) of this Act, arrange for the readjustme allowance provided for in section 109 (c) of this Act, less a sums already paid pursuant to subsection (d) of that secti to be paid to former enrollees (who have not already found e ployment) at the public employment service office nearest home of any such former enrollee, if he is returning to his hon or at the nearest such office to the community in which the for er enrollee has indicated an intent to reside. The Secretary Labor shall make arrangements by which public employme

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(2) the number who were successfully placed in jobs without further education or training;

(3) the number who were found to require further training before being placed in jobs and the types of training programs in which they participated; and

(4) the number who were found to require further remedial or basic education in order to qualify for training programs, together with information as to the types of programs for which such former enrollees were found unqualified for enrollment.

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If the Director deems it advisable to utilize the services of any other public or private organization or agency in lieu of the public 42 USC employment office, he shall arrange for that organization or agency to make the payment of the readjustment allowance and maintain the same types of records regarding former enrollees. as are herein specified for maintenance by public employment service offices, and shall furnish copies of such records to the Secretary of Labor. In the case of enrollees who are placed in jobs by the Director prior to the termination of their participation in the Job Corps, the Director shall maintain records providing pertinent placement and follow-up information.

EVALUATION: EXPERIMENTAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS

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SEC. 113. (a) The Director shall provide for the careful and systematic evaluation of the Job Corps program, directly or by contracting for independent evaluations, with a view to meas- 42 USC Caring specific benefits, so far as practicable, and providing information needed to assess the effectiveness of program procedures, policies, and methods of operation. In particular, this evaluation shall seek to determine the costs and benefits resulting from the use of residential as opposed to nonresidential facilities, from the use of facilities combining residential and nonresidential components from the use of centers with large as opposed to small enrollments, and from the use of different types of program sponsors, including public agencies, institutions of higher education, boards of education, and private corporations. The evaluation shall also include comparisons with proper control groups composed of persons who have not participated in the program. In carrying out such evaluations, the Director shall arrange for obtaining the opinions of participants about the strengths and weaknesses of the program and shall consult with other agencies and officials in order to compare the relative effectiveness of Job The Corps techniques with those used in other programs, and shall endeavor to secure, through employers, schools, or other Government and private agencies specific information concerning the residence of former enrollees, their employment status, compensation, and success in adjusting to community life. He shall also

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secure, to the extent feasible, similar information directly fro enrollees at appropriate intervals following their completion the Job Corps program. The results of such evaluation shall published and shall be summarized in the report required by se tion 608.

(b) The Director may undertake or make grants or contrac for experimental, research, or demonstration projects direct to developing or testing ways of securing the better use of fac ities, of encouraging a more rapid adjustment of enrollees community life that will permit a reduction in the period of the enrollment, of reducing transportation and support costs, or otherwise promoting greater efficiency and effectiveness in t program authorized under this part. These projects shall inclu one or more projects providing youths with education, trainin and other supportive services on a combined residential and no residential basis. The Director may, if he deems it advisab undertake one or more pilot projects designed to involve you who have a history of serious and violent behavior against p sons or property, repetitive delinquent acts, narcotics addicti or other behavioral aberrations. Projects under this subsecti shall be developed after appropriate consultation with other F eral or State agencies conducting similar or related programs projects and with the prime sponsors, as described in part B of t title, in the communities where the projects will be carried o They may be undertaken jointly with other Federal or federa assisted programs, including programs under part B of this ti and funds otherwise available for activities under those progra shall, with the consent of the head of any agency concerned, available to projects under this section to the extent they inclu the same or substantially similar activities. The Director m waive any provision of this title which he finds would prev the carrying out of elements of projects under this subsect essential to a determination of their feasibility and usefulne He shall, either in the report required by section 608 or a separ annual document, report to the Congress concerning the acti taken under this section, including a full description of progr made in connection with combined residential and nonresiden projects.

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(c) In order to determine whether upgraded vocational e cation schools could eliminate or substantially reduce the sch dropout problem, and to demonstrate how communities 42 USC make maximum utilization of existing educational and train facilities, the Director, in cooperation with the Commissio of Education, shall enter into one or more agreements with St educational agencies to pay the cost of establishing and operat model community vocational education schools and skill cent Such facilities shall be centrally located in an urban area hav a high dropout rate, a large number of unemployed youths, a need in the area for a combination vocational school and' s center. No such agreement shall be entered into unless it conta provisions designed to assure that—

(1) a job survey be made of the area;

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(2) the training program of the school and skill center reflect the job market needs as projected by the survey;

(3) an advisory committee composed of representatives of business, labor, education, and community leaders be formed to follow the center's activities and to make periodic recommendations regarding its operation;

(4) arrangements have been worked out with schools in the area and the administrator of the skill center for maximum utilization of the center both during and after school hours; and

(5) such accounting and evaluation procedures as the Director and the Commissioner of Education deem necessary to carry out the purpose of this project will be provided.

ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

SEC. 114. The Director shall make use of advisory committees or boards in connection with the operation of the Job Corps, and 42 USC the operation of Job Corps centers, whenever he determines that 2725 the availability of outside advice and counsel on a regular basis would be of substantial benefit in identifying and overcoming problems, in planning program or center development, or in strengthening relationships between the Job Corps and agencies, institutions, or groups engaged in related activities. Nothing in this section shall be considered as limiting the functions of the National Advisory Council, established pursuant to section. 605 of this Act, with respect to any matter or question involving the Job Corps; but this shall not prevent the establishment through or in cooperation with the National Advisory Council of one or more boards or committees under this section.

PARTICIPATION OF THE STATES

SEC. 115 (a) The Director shall take necessary action to facilitate the effective participation of States in the Job Corps program, including, but not limited to, consultation with appropriate State agencies on matters pertaining to the enforcement of applicable State laws, standards of enrollee conduct and discipline, the development of meaningful work experience and other activities for enrollees, and coordination with State-operated pro

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(b) The Director may enter into agreements with States to assist in the operation or administration of State-operated pro- 42 USC grams which carry out the purpose of this part. The Director may, pursuant to regulations, pay part or all of the operative or administrative costs of such programs.

(c) No Job Corps center or other similar facility designed to carry out the purpose of this Act shall be established within a State unless a plan setting forth such proposed establishment has been submitted to the Governor, and such plan has not been. disapproved by him within 30 days of such submission.

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APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL LAW

SEC. 116 (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in t following paragraphs of this subsection, enrollees in the J 42 USC Corps shall not be considered Federal employees and shall n 2727 be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal emplo ment including those regarding hours of work, rates of compe sation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employ benefits:

(1) For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 ( U.S.C. 1 et seq.) and title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S. 401 et seq.), enrollees shall be deemed employees of the Unit States and any service performed by an individual as an enroll shall be deemed to be performed in the employ of the Unit States.

(2) For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5 the United States Code (relating to compensation to Feder employees for work injuries), enrollees shall be deemed civil e ployees of the United States within the meaning of the term "e ployee" as defined in section 8101 of title 5, United States Co and the provisions of that subchapter shall apply except as f lows:

(A) The term "performance of duty" shall not inclu any act of an enrollee while absent from his or her assign post of duty, except while participating in an activity ( cluding an activity while on pass or during travel to or fr such post of duty) authorized by or under the direction a supervision of the Job Corps;

(B) In computing compensation benefits for disabil or death, the monthly pay of an enrollee shall be deem that received under the entrance salary for a grade GS employee, and sections 8113 (a) and (b) of title 5, Uni States Code, shall apply to enrollees; and

(C) Compensation for disability shall not begin to acc until the day following the date on which the injured rollee is terminated.

(3) For purposes of the Federal tort claims provisions title 28, United States Code, enrollees shall be considered ployees of the Government.

(b) When the Director finds a claim for damage to pers or property resulting from the operation of the Job Corps be a proper charge against the United States, and it is not c nizable under section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, may adjust and settle it in an amount not exceeding $500.

(c) Personnel of the uniformed services who are detailed assigned to duty in the performance of agreements made by Director for the support of the Corps shall not be counted computing strength under any law limiting the strength of s services or in computing the percentage authorized by law any grade therein.