[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR631.41]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 631--PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE III OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart E--State Programs
 
Sec. 631.41  Allowable State activities.

    (a) States may use funds reserved under Sec. 631.32(c) of this part, 
subject to

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the provisions of the State biennial and program operational plans, for:
    (1) Rapid response assistance;
    (2) Basic readjustment services when undertaken in Statewide, 
regional or industrywide projects, or, initially, as part of rapid 
response assistance;
    (3) Retraining services, including (but not limited to) those in 
section 314(d) of the Act when undertaken in Statewide, industrywide and 
regional programs;
    (4) Coordination with the unemployment compensation system, in 
accordance with Sec. 631.37(b) of this part;
    (5) Discretionary allocation for basic readjustment and retraining 
services to provide additional assistance to substate areas that 
experience substantial increases in the number of dislocated workers, to 
be expended in accordance with the substate plan or a modification 
thereof;
    (6) Incentives to provide training of greater duration for those who 
require it; and
    (7) Needs-related payments in accordance with section 315(b) of the 
Act.
    (b) Activities shall be coordinated with other programs serving 
dislocated workers, including training under Chapter 2 of Title II of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271, et seq.) and part 617 of this 
chapter.
    (c) Where appropriate, State-level activities should be coordinated 
with activities and services provided by substate grantees.
    (d) Retraining services provided to individuals with funds available 
to a State should be limited to those individuals who can most benefit 
from and are in need of such services.
    (e) Other than basic and remedial education, literacy and English 
for non-English speakers training, retraining services provided with 
funds available to a State shall be limited to those for occupations in 
demand in the area or another area to which the participant is willing 
to relocate, or in sectors of the economy with a high potential for 
sustained demand or growth.
    (f) Services provided to displaced homemakers should be part of 
ongoing programs and activities under Title III and this part and not 
separate and discrete programs.
    (g) Basic readjustment services described in Sec. 631.3(b)(1), 
provided to individuals who have not received a specific notice of 
termination or layoff and who work at a facility at which the employer 
has made a public announcement that such facility will close shall, to 
the extent practicable be funded by the State with funds reserved under 
Sec. 631.32(c) (section 314(h)).
    (h) The provisions of section 107(a), (b) and (e) of the Act (but 
not subsections (c) and (d) of section 107) and Sec. 627.422 of this 
chapter apply to State selection of service providers for funded 
activities authorized in Sec. 631.32(c) of this part.