[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: 20CFR638.502]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 638--JOB CORPS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE IV-B OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart E--Center Operations
 
Sec. 638.502  Job Corps basic education program.

    The Job Corps Director shall prescribe or provide for basic 
education curricula to be used at centers. Students are considered to be 
in-school youths. The Job Corps Director, in coordination with regional 
offices, shall review and approve the basic education program at each 
center. Center operators shall provide the following educational 
programs at a minimum:
    (a) Reading and language skills;
    (b) Mathematics;
    (c) A program to prepare eligible students for the American Council 
on Education Tests of General Educational Development (GED);
    (d) World of work;
    (e) Health education;
    (f) Driver education; and
    (g) English as a second language (ESL) programs for selected center 
operators (regional offices shall arrange for the assignment of selected 
applicants needing ESL programs to the centers where such programs are 
available).