[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR379.5]

[Page 421-422]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 379--PROJECTS WITH INDUSTRY--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec.  379.5  What definitions apply?

    (a) The following terms used in this part are defined in 34 CFR part 
361:

Act
Community rehabilitation program
Designated State unit
Individual who is blind
Individual with a disability
Individual with a significant disability
Physical or mental impairment
Substantial impediment to employment

    (b) The following definitions also apply to this part:
    (1) Career advancement services mean services that develop specific 
job skills beyond those required by the position currently held by an 
individual with a disability to assist the individual to compete for a 
promotion or achieve an advanced position.
    (2) Competitive employment, as the placement outcome under this 
program, means work--
    (i) In the competitive labor market that is performed on a full-time 
or part-time basis in an integrated setting; and
    (ii) For which an individual is compensated at or above the minimum 
wage, but not less than the customary or usual wage and terms and 
benefits provided by the employer for the same or similar work performed 
by individuals who are not disabled.
    (3) Integrated setting, as part of the definition of ``competitive 
employment,'' means a setting typically found in the community in which 
individuals

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with disabilities interact with non-disabled individuals, other than 
non-disabled individuals who are providing services to them, to the same 
extent that non-disabled individuals in comparable positions interact 
with other persons.
    (4) Job readiness training, as used in Sec.  379.41(a), means--
    (i) Training in job-seeking skills;
    (ii) Training in the preparation of resumes or job applications;
    (iii) Training in interviewing skills;
    (iv) Participating in a job club; or
    (v) Other related activities that may assist an individual to secure 
competitive employment.
    (5) Job training, as used in this part, means one or more of the 
following training activities provided prior to placement, as that term 
is defined in Sec.  379.5(b)(7):
    (i) Occupational skills training.
    (ii) On-the-job training.
    (iii) Workplace training combined with related instruction.
    (iv) Job skill upgrading and retraining.
    (v) Training to enhance basic work skills and workplace 
competencies.
    (vi) On-site job coaching.
    (6) Person served means an individual for whom services by a PWI 
project have been initiated with the objective that those services will 
result in a placement in competitive employment.
    (7) Placement means the attainment of competitive employment by a 
person who has received services from a PWI project and has maintained 
employment for a period of at least 90 days.

(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 795)