[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: 20CFR670.120]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 670--THE JOB CORPS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--Scope and Purpose
 
Sec. 670.120  What definitions apply to this part?

    The following definitions apply to this part:
    Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) means an adverse enrollment 
status to which a student is assigned based on extended, unapproved 
absence from his/her assigned center or off-center place of duty. 
Students do not earn Job Corps allowances while in AWOL status.
    Applicable local board means a local Workforce Investment Board 
that:
    (1) Works with a Job Corps center and provides information on local 
demand occupations, employment opportunities, and the job skills needed 
to obtain the opportunities, and
    (2) Serves communities in which the graduates of the Job Corps seek 
employment when they leave the program.
    Capital improvement means any modification, addition, restoration or 
other improvement:
    (1) Which increases the usefulness, productivity, or serviceable 
life of an existing site, facility, building, structure, or major item 
of equipment;
    (2) Which is classified for accounting purposes as a ``fixed 
asset;'' and
    (3) The cost of which increases the recorded value of the existing 
building, site, facility, structure, or major item of equipment and is 
subject to depreciation.
    Center means a facility and an organizational entity, including all 
of its parts, providing Job Corps training and designated as a Job Corps 
center.
    Center operator means a Federal, State or local agency, or a 
contractor that runs a center under an agreement or contract with DOL.
    Civilian conservation center (CCC) means a center operated on public 
land under an agreement between DOL and another Federal agency, which 
provides, in addition to other training and assistance, programs of 
work-based learning to conserve, develop, or manage public natural 
resources or public recreational areas or to develop community projects 
in the public interest.
    Contract center means a Job Corps center operated under a contract 
with DOL.
    Contracting officer means the Regional Director or other official 
authorized to enter into contracts or agreements on behalf of DOL.
    Enrollee means an individual who has voluntarily applied for, been 
selected for, and enrolled in the Job Corps program, and remains with 
the program, but has not yet become a graduate. Enrollees are also 
referred to as ``students'' in this part.
    Enrollment means the process by which individual formally becomes a 
student in the Job Corps program.
    Graduate means an enrollee who has:

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    (1) Completed the requirements of a vocational training program, or 
received a secondary school diploma or its equivalent as a result of 
participating in the Job Corps program; and
    (2) Achieved job readiness and employment skills as a result of 
participating in the Job Corps program.
    Individual with a disability means an individual with a disability 
as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12102).
    Interagency agreement means a formal agreement between DOL and 
another Federal agency administering and operating centers. The 
agreement establishes procedures for the funding, administration, 
operation, and review of those centers as well as the resolution of any 
disputes.
    Job Corps means the agency of the Department established by section 
143 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (20 U.S.C. 9201 et 
seq.) to perform those functions of the Secretary of Labor set forth in 
subtitle C of WIA Title I.
    Job Corps Director means the chief official of the Job Corps or a 
person authorized to act for the Job Corps Director.
    Low income individual means an individual who meets the definition 
in WIA section 101(25).
    National Office means the national office of Job Corps.
    National training contractor means a labor union, union-affiliated 
organization, business organization, association or a combination of 
such organizations, which has a contract with the national office to 
provide vocational training, placement, or other services.
    Operational support services means activities or services required 
to support the operation of Job Corps, including:
    (1) Outreach and admissions services;
    (2) Contracted vocational training and off-center training;
    (3) Placement services;
    (4) Continued services for graduates;
    (5) Certain health services; and
    (6) Miscellaneous logistical and technical support.
    Outreach and admissions agency means an organization that performs 
outreach, and screens and enrolls youth under a contract or other 
agreement with Job Corps.
    Placement means student employment, entry into the Armed Forces, or 
enrollment in other training or education programs following separation 
from Job Corps.
    Placement agency means an organization acting under a contract or 
other agreement with Job Corps to provide placement services for 
graduates and, to the extent possible, for former students.
    Regional appeal board means the board designated by the Regional 
Director to consider student appeals of disciplinary discharges.
    Regional Director means the chief Job Corps official of a regional 
office or a person authorized to act for the Regional Director.
    Regional Office means a regional office of Job Corps.
    Regional Solicitor means the chief official of a regional office of 
the DOL Office of the Solicitor, or a person authorized to act for the 
Regional Solicitor.
    Separation means the action by which an individual ceases to be a 
student in the Job Corps program, either voluntarily or involuntarily.
    Student means an individual enrolled in the Job Corps.
    Unauthorized goods means:
    (1) Firearms and ammunition;
    (2) Explosives and incendiaries;
    (3) Knives with blades longer than 2 inches;
    (4) Homemade weapons;
    (5) All other weapons and instruments used primarily to inflict 
personal injury;
    (6) Stolen property;
    (7) Drugs, including alcohol, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, 
hallucinogens, tranquilizers, and drug paraphernalia except for drugs 
and/or paraphernalia that are prescribed for medical reasons; and
    (8) Any other goods prohibited by the center operator in a student 
handbook.