[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: 20CFR641.326] [Page 379] TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 641--SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents Subpart C--Grant Operations Sec. 641.326 Experimental private sector training projects. (a) The Department may authorize a grantee to develop an experimental job training project(s) designed to provide second career training and the placement of eligible individuals in employment opportunities with private business concerns. [Section 502(e) of the OAA.] (b) Experimental project agreements for training may be with States, public agencies, non-profit private organizations, and private business concerns. (c) The geographic location of these projects shall be determined by the Department to insure an equitable distribution of such projects. (d) To the extent feasible, experimental projects shall emphasize second-career training, and innovative work modes, including those with reduced physical exertion, and placement into growth industries and jobs reflecting new technologies. (e) The Department shall establish by administrative guidelines the application schedule, content, format, allocation levels and reporting requirements for experimental projects. (f) Current title V eligibility standards shall be used for experimental projects unless the Department permits, in writing, the use of another approved income index. (g) Projects funded under section 502(e) of the OAA shall seek to be coordinated with projects carried out under title II-A of the JTPA to the extent feasible. (h) National grantees shall distribute funds for experimental projects in accordance with the State allocation in their title V grant. (i) A grantee may exclude a project, permitted under section 502(e) of the OAA, from meeting the non-federal share requirement set forth in Sec. 641.407; however, this exclusion does not relieve the grantee from the matching requirement, under Sec. 641.407, which applies to the entire grant.