Sec. 137. Program activities
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Section 148 is amended— by amending subsection
(a)to read as follows: Each Job Corps center shall provide enrollees with an intensive, organized, and supervised program of education, including English language acquisition programs, career and technical education and training, work experience, work-based learning, recreational activities, physical rehabilitation and development, and counseling, which may include information about financial literacy. Each Job Corps center shall provide enrollees assigned to the center with access to core services described in section 134(c)(2) and the intensive services described in section 134(c)(3). The activities provided under this subsection shall be targeted to helping enrollees, on completion of their enrollment— secure and maintain meaningful unsubsidized employment; enroll in and complete secondary education or postsecondary education or training programs, including other suitable career and technical education and training, and registered apprenticeship programs; or satisfy Armed Forces requirements. The career and technical education and training provided shall be linked to the employment opportunities in the local area in which the enrollee intends to seek employment after graduation. ; in subsection (b)— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Education and Vocational ; Academic and Career and Technical Education and by striking education and vocational and inserting career and technical education ; by striking vocational educational and inserting career and technical educational ; and by striking or technical institutes and inserting technical institutes, or national service providers ; in subsection (c)— by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: During the period of participation in an advanced career training program, an enrollee shall be eligible for full Job Corps benefits, or a monthly stipend equal to the average value of the residential support, food, allowances, and other benefits provided to enrollees assigned to residential Job Corps centers. ; and in paragraph (3), by striking Each year, and inserting The Secretary shall develop standards by which ; and by amending subsection
(d)to read as follows: In order to promote the retention of graduates in employment or postsecondary education, the Secretary shall arrange for the provision of job placement and support services to graduates for up to 12 months after the date of graduation. One-stop partners, may support the provision of these services, including services from the State vocational rehabilitation agency to supplement job placement and job development efforts for Job Corps graduates who are individuals with disabilities. .