[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: 20CFR638.503]

[Page 342-343]
 
                      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. 638.503  Vocational training.

    (a) Each center shall provide enrollees with competency-based or 
individualized training in an area which will best contribute to the 
student's opportunities for permanent long-term employment. Specific 
vocational training programs offered at individual centers will be 
subject to the approval of the Job Corps Director in accordance with 
policies issued by the Job Corps Director.
    (b) The Job Corps Director may determine that it is appropriate to 
contract for vocational training programs at specific centers with 
national business, union, or union-affiliated organizations in order to 
facilitate entry of students into the workforce. All agreements with 
these national training contractors will be contracted at the national 
level in accordance with policies issued by the Job Corps Director; the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR chapter 1); the DOL Acquisition

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Regulation (48 CFR chapter 29); and, if CCCs, interagency agreements.