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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 798 (Introduced in House) — To reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States workforce investment system throu... · Sec. 143

Sec. 143. Performance accountability and management

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Section 159 is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting management information ; and Performance accountability and management by striking subsections
(c)through (f), redesignating subsection
(g)as subsection (j), and inserting after subsection
(b)the following: The Secretary shall annually establish expected levels of performance for Job Corps centers and the Job Corps program relating to each of the primary indicators of performance for eligible youth activities described in section 136(b)(2)(A)(ii). The Secretary shall also establish performance indicators, and expected performance levels on the performance indicators, for recruitment service providers serving the Job Corps program. The performance indicators shall relate to the number of enrollees recruited, compared to the established goals for such recruitment, and the number of enrollees who remain committed to the program for 90 days after enrollment. The Secretary also shall establish performance indicators, and expected levels of performance for such indicators, for local and national career transition service provides serving the Job Corps program. The performance indicators shall include the number of graduates and former enrollees— who entered an unsubsidized employment related to the training they received at Job Corps and their average wage; and who entered other types of unsubsidized employment, the military, postsecondary education, or advanced training programs, including registered apprenticeship programs, and their average wage, if applicable. The Secretary shall collect, and annually submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, a report containing— information on the performance of each Job Corps center, and the Job Corps program, on the performance indicators described in paragraph (1), as compared to the expected level of performance established under such paragraph for each performance accountability measure; and information on the performance of the service providers described in paragraph
(2)on the performance indicators established under such paragraph, as compared to the expected performance levels for the performance indicators. The Secretary shall also collect, and submit in the report described in subsection (c), information on the performance of each Job Corps center, and the Job Corps program, regarding— the number of enrollees entering and completing by field of education or training; demographic information on the enrollees served, including age, race, gender, and education and income level; the number of graduates who entered the Armed Forces; the number of graduates who entered unsubsidized employment related to the career and technical education and training received through the Job Corps program and the number who entered unsubsidized employment not related to the education and training received; the starting hourly wages of graduates and whether they receive other forms of compensation and benefits; the number and percentage of former enrollees, including the number dismissed under the zero tolerance policy described in section 152(b); and any additional information required by the Secretary. The disaggregation of data under this subsection shall not be required when the number of individuals in a category is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or when the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual. The Secretary shall collect the information described in subsections
(c)and (d), using methods described in section 136(i)(2) and consistent with State law, by entering into agreements with the States to access such data for Job Corps enrollees, former enrollees, and graduates. The Secretary shall conduct an annual assessment of the performance of each Job Corps center. Based on the assessment, the Secretary shall take measures to continuously improve the performance of the Job Corps program. With respect to a Job Corps center that fails to meet the expected levels of performance relating to the primary indicators of performance specified in subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall develop and implement a performance improvement plan. Such a plan shall require action to be taken during a one-year period, including— providing technical assistance to the center; changing the career and technical education and training offered at the center; changing the management staff of the center; replacing the operator of the center; reducing the capacity of the center; relocating the center; or closing the center. In addition to the performance improvement plans required under paragraph (2), the Secretary may develop and implement additional performance improvement plans. Such a plan shall require improvements, including the actions described in such paragraph, for a Job Corps center that fails to meet criteria established by the Secretary other than the expected levels of performance described in such paragraph. With respect to a Civilian Conservation Center that fails to meet the expected levels of performance relating to the primary indicators of performance specified in subsection (c)(1), or fails to improve performance as described in paragraph (2), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, may select an entity to operate a Civilian Conservation Center on a competitive basis, in accordance with the requirements of section 147(a)(2)(B). The Secretary shall require that an entity that has entered into a contract with a Job Corps operator to provide work-based learning activities for any Job Corps enrollee under this subtitle shall comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 20 U.S.C. 651 et seq. ) or, as appropriate, under the corresponding State Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 requirements in the State in which such activities occur. The Secretary shall collect, and submit in the report described in subsection (c), information regarding the state of Job Corps buildings and facilities. Such report shall include— a review of requested construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition projects, by each Job Corps center; and a review of new facilities under construction. The Secretary shall include in the report described in subsection
(c)available information regarding the national and community service activities of enrollees, particularly those enrollees at Civilian Conservation Centers. .
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