[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR27.9]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 27--VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR ADULT INDIANS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Administrative Procedures
 
Sec. 27.9  Approval of on-the-job training.

    (a) On-the-job training contracts shall be approved only by the 
official to whom such authority has been delegated in the 10 BIAM.
    (b) On-the-job training may be approved when such training is 
offered by a corporation, small business, association, tribe or tribal 
enterprise which provides an on-the-job training program offering 
definite potential for skilled permanent employment.
    (c) Yearly on-the-job training contractual agreements with a 
specific contractor shall not be renewed beyond the second year without 
review and written approval from the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs. 
Extension of contracts exceeding two years will be based upon a 
contractors demonstrated expansion of the enterprise, need for 
additional trainees, and placement of trainees completing the program.
    (d) Reimbursement to the on-the-job training contractor may include 
one-half of the hourly wage paid during the training period with the 
contractor paying the other half. The hourly rate must be at least the 
established minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as 
amended.

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