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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2651 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a |
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| 6 | 6 | | State innovation demonstration authority. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. O |
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| 10 | 10 | | WENSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 11 | 11 | | on Education and Workforce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act |
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| 14 | 14 | | to establish a State innovation demonstration authority. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘One Door to Work 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. STATE INNOVATION DEMONSTRATION AUTHORITY. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 190 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3250) is amended to read as follows: 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ‘‘SEC. 190. STATE INNOVATION DEMONSTRATION AUTHOR-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ITY. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ‘‘(a) P |
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| 29 | 29 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to— 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(1) authorize States to apply under this sec-4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tion on behalf of the entire State, or on behalf of a 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | local area or a consortium of local areas in the 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | State, to receive the allotments or allocations of the 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | State or the local areas, respectively, for youth work-8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | force investment activities and adult and dislocated 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | worker employment and training activities under this 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act, as a consolidated grant for 5 years for the pur-11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | pose of carrying out a demonstration project to pur-12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | sue innovative reforms to achieve better outcomes 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | for jobseekers, employers, and taxpayers; and 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(2) require that rigorous evaluations be con-15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ducted to demonstrate if better outcomes and associ-16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ated innovative reforms were achieved as a result of 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | such demonstration projects. 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(b) G |
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| 46 | 46 | | ENERALAUTHORITY.— 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(1) W |
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| 48 | 48 | | AIVERS AND DEMONSTRATION GRANT 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | AMOUNTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | law, during the demonstration period applicable to a 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | demonstration project approved for a State pursuant 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | to subsection (d)(3), the Secretary shall comply with 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | each of the following: 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(A) WAIVERS.—Subject to paragraph (2), 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | waive for the State as a whole, or for the local 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | area or the consortium of local areas in such 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | State selected by the State to carry out such 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | demonstration project, all the statutory and 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | regulatory requirements of subtitle A and sub-6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | title B. 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(B) D |
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| 65 | 65 | | EMONSTRATION GRANT 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | AMOUNTS.—For each fiscal year applicable to 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | such demonstration period: 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(i) S |
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| 69 | 69 | | TATE AS A WHOLE .—In a case 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of a State approved to carry out a dem-12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | onstration project under this section on be-13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | half of the State as a whole, distribute as 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | a consolidated sum to the State, for pur-15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | poses of carrying out the project, the 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | State’s total allotment for such fiscal year 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | under— 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(I) subsections (b)(1)(C) and 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | subsection (c) of section 127; 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(II) paragraphs (1)(B) and 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (2)(B) of section 132(b); and 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(III) section 132(c). 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘(ii) L |
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| 83 | 83 | | OCAL AREA.—In a case of a 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | local area selected by a State to carry out 25 |
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| 88 | 88 | | a demonstration project under this section, 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | require the State to— 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(I) distribute as a consolidated 3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | sum to the local board for such local 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | area, for purposes of carrying out the 5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | project, the local area’s allocation for 6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | such fiscal year under— 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(aa) subsections (b) and (c) 8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | of section 128; and 9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(bb) subsections (b) and 10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (c) of section 133; or 11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ‘‘(II) if the local board of the 12 |
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| 100 | 100 | | local area enters into a written agree-13 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ment with the State for the State to 14 |
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| 102 | 102 | | serve as the fiscal agent for the local 15 |
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| 103 | 103 | | board during the demonstration 16 |
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| 104 | 104 | | project, use the funds described in 17 |
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| 105 | 105 | | subclause (I) for purposes of carrying 18 |
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| 106 | 106 | | out the project on behalf of the local 19 |
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| 107 | 107 | | board. 20 |
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| 108 | 108 | | ‘‘(iii) C |
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| 109 | 109 | | ONSORTIUM OF LOCAL 21 |
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| 110 | 110 | | AREAS.—In a case of a consortium of local 22 |
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| 111 | 111 | | areas selected by a State to carry out a 23 |
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| 112 | 112 | | demonstration project under this section, 24 |
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| 113 | 113 | | require the State to— 25 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(I) distribute as a consolidated 1 |
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| 118 | 118 | | sum to the consortium, for purposes 2 |
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| 119 | 119 | | of carrying out the project, the total 3 |
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| 120 | 120 | | amount of the allocations for the local 4 |
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| 121 | 121 | | areas in such consortium for such fis-5 |
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| 122 | 122 | | cal year under— 6 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(aa) subsections (b) and (c) 7 |
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| 124 | 124 | | of section 128; and 8 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ‘‘(bb) subsections (b) and 9 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (c) of section 133; or 10 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(II) if the consortium enters 11 |
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| 128 | 128 | | into a written agreement with the 12 |
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| 129 | 129 | | State for the State to serve as the fis-13 |
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| 130 | 130 | | cal agent for the consortium during 14 |
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| 131 | 131 | | the demonstration project, use the 15 |
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| 132 | 132 | | funds described in subclause (I) for 16 |
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| 133 | 133 | | purposes of carrying out the project 17 |
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| 134 | 134 | | on behalf of such consortium. 18 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 136 | 136 | | XCEPTIONS.— 19 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 138 | 138 | | N GENERAL.—A State, local area, or 20 |
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| 139 | 139 | | consortium of local areas carrying out a dem-21 |
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| 140 | 140 | | onstration project under this section shall com-22 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ply with statutory or regulatory requirements of 23 |
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| 142 | 142 | | this Act relating to— 24 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ‘‘(i) performance accountability and 1 |
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| 147 | 147 | | reporting, except as otherwise provided in 2 |
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| 148 | 148 | | this section; 3 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(ii) the membership of local or State 4 |
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| 150 | 150 | | boards in instances where a State carrying 5 |
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| 151 | 151 | | out a demonstration project will maintain 6 |
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| 152 | 152 | | the use of such boards during the dem-7 |
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| 153 | 153 | | onstration period; and 8 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(iii) the priority of service described 9 |
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| 155 | 155 | | in section 134(c)(3)(E). 10 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 157 | 157 | | PPLICABILITY OF DEFINED 11 |
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| 158 | 158 | | TERMS.—In carrying out a demonstration 12 |
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| 159 | 159 | | project under this section, a State, local area, 13 |
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| 160 | 160 | | or consortium of local areas may only use a 14 |
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| 161 | 161 | | term defined in section 3 to describe an activity 15 |
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| 162 | 162 | | carried out under such demonstration project if 16 |
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| 163 | 163 | | the State, local area, or consortium of local 17 |
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| 164 | 164 | | areas gives such term the same meaning as 18 |
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| 165 | 165 | | such term is given under such section. 19 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 167 | 167 | | UTHORITY FOR THIRD -PARTY EVALUA-20 |
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| 168 | 168 | | TION.— 21 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 170 | 170 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 22 |
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| 171 | 171 | | days after the first demonstration project is ap-23 |
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| 172 | 172 | | proved under this section, the Secretary shall 24 |
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| 173 | 173 | | contract with a third-party evaluator to conduct 25 |
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| 177 | 177 | | a rigorous evaluation of each demonstration 1 |
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| 178 | 178 | | project approved under this section. The evalua-2 |
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| 179 | 179 | | tion shall— 3 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(i) cover the 5-year period of each 4 |
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| 181 | 181 | | demonstration project; 5 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ‘‘(ii) compare the employment and 6 |
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| 183 | 183 | | earnings outcomes of participants in activi-7 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ties carried out under the demonstration 8 |
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| 185 | 185 | | project to— 9 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(I) the outcomes of similarly sit-10 |
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| 187 | 187 | | uated individuals that do not partici-11 |
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| 188 | 188 | | pate in such activities who are located 12 |
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| 189 | 189 | | in such State, local area, or a local 13 |
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| 190 | 190 | | area in such consortium; and 14 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(II) the outcomes of partici-15 |
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| 192 | 192 | | pants in activities under this chapter 16 |
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| 193 | 193 | | in the State, local area, or a local area 17 |
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| 194 | 194 | | in the consortium that was awarded a 18 |
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| 195 | 195 | | waiver prior to the award of such 19 |
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| 196 | 196 | | waiver; 20 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ‘‘(iii) conduct a qualitative analysis 21 |
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| 198 | 198 | | that identifies any promising practices or 22 |
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| 199 | 199 | | innovative strategies that— 23 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ‘‘(I) would not have been con-24 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ducted without the waiving of statu-25 |
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| 205 | 205 | | tory or regulatory provisions through 1 |
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| 206 | 206 | | the demonstration project; and 2 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(II) lead to positive employment 3 |
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| 208 | 208 | | and earnings outcomes for the partici-4 |
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| 209 | 209 | | pants; and 5 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(iv) compare the outcomes for sub-6 |
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| 211 | 211 | | clauses (I) and (II) of clause (ii) with re-7 |
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| 212 | 212 | | spect to the subpopulations described in 8 |
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| 213 | 213 | | section 116(d)(2)(B). 9 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 215 | 215 | | EPORT.—Not later than 2 years 10 |
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| 216 | 216 | | after the fifth year of each demonstration 11 |
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| 217 | 217 | | project approved under this section, the Sec-12 |
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| 218 | 218 | | retary shall submit to the Committee on Edu-13 |
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| 219 | 219 | | cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep-14 |
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| 220 | 220 | | resentatives and the Committee on Health, 15 |
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| 221 | 221 | | Education, Labor, and Pensions, the results of 16 |
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| 222 | 222 | | the evaluation of such conducted under this 17 |
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| 223 | 223 | | paragraph. 18 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ‘‘(c) D |
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| 225 | 225 | | EMONSTRATIONPERIOD; LIMITATIONS.— 19 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 227 | 227 | | N GENERAL.—A demonstration project 20 |
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| 228 | 228 | | approved under this section for a State, local area, 21 |
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| 229 | 229 | | or consortium— 22 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(A) shall be carried out for a 5-year dem-23 |
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| 231 | 231 | | onstration period; and 24 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(B) may be renewed for an additional 5- 1 |
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| 236 | 236 | | year demonstration period, if the State, local 2 |
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| 237 | 237 | | area, or consortium— 3 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ‘‘(i) for each of the final 3 years of 4 |
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| 239 | 239 | | the preceding 5-year demonstration period, 5 |
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| 240 | 240 | | meets its expected levels of performance 6 |
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| 241 | 241 | | established under subsection (f)(1)(C); and 7 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ‘‘(ii) on the final year of the preceding 8 |
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| 243 | 243 | | 5-year demonstration period, achieves a 9 |
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| 244 | 244 | | performance improvement of not less than 10 |
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| 245 | 245 | | an average of a 5-percent increase across 11 |
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| 246 | 246 | | all of the indicators of performance de-12 |
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| 247 | 247 | | scribed in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection 13 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (f)(1)(A), compared with— 14 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ‘‘(I) the highest level of perform-15 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ance for the corresponding indicators 16 |
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| 251 | 251 | | of performance, as described in sub-17 |
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| 252 | 252 | | section (f)(1)(B)(i) with respect to 18 |
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| 253 | 253 | | such State, for the most recent pro-19 |
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| 254 | 254 | | gram year that ended prior to the be-20 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ginning of the first year of the pre-21 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ceding 5-year demonstration period; 22 |
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| 257 | 257 | | or 23 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ‘‘(II) the alternate baseline level 24 |
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| 264 | 264 | | agreed upon between the State and 2 |
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| 265 | 265 | | the Secretary under subsection 3 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (f)(1)(B)(ii). 4 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 268 | 268 | | IMITATIONS.— 5 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ‘‘(A) D |
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| 270 | 270 | | EMONSTRATION PERIOD LIMITA -6 |
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| 271 | 271 | | TIONS.—For each 5-year demonstration period 7 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (including renewals of such period) the Sec-8 |
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| 273 | 273 | | retary may not approve— 9 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ‘‘(i) more than 8 demonstration 10 |
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| 275 | 275 | | projects for States to carry out a dem-11 |
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| 276 | 276 | | onstration project described in subsection 12 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (b)(1)(B)(i); and 13 |
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| 278 | 278 | | ‘‘(ii) more than 8 demonstration 14 |
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| 279 | 279 | | projects for local areas (or consortia of 15 |
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| 280 | 280 | | local areas) to carry out a demonstration 16 |
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| 281 | 281 | | project described in clause (ii) or (iii) of 17 |
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| 282 | 282 | | subsection (b)(1)(B). 18 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 284 | 284 | | TATE LIMITATIONS.—No more than 19 |
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| 285 | 285 | | 1 demonstration project may be approved under 20 |
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| 286 | 286 | | this section per State. For purposes of this sub-21 |
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| 287 | 287 | | paragraph, a demonstration project described in 22 |
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| 288 | 288 | | clause (ii) or (iii) of subsection (b)(1)(B) ap-23 |
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| 289 | 289 | | proved for a local area or a consortium of local 24 |
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| 290 | 290 | | areas, respectively, in a State shall be consid-25 |
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| 295 | 295 | | this section for the State. 2 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ‘‘(d) A |
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| 297 | 297 | | PPLICATION.— 3 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 299 | 299 | | N GENERAL.—To be eligible to carry out 4 |
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| 300 | 300 | | a demonstration project under this section, a State 5 |
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| 301 | 301 | | shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 6 |
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| 302 | 302 | | time and in such manner as the Secretary may rea-7 |
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| 303 | 303 | | sonably require, and containing the information de-8 |
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| 304 | 304 | | scribed in paragraph (2). 9 |
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| 305 | 305 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 306 | 306 | | ONTENT.—Each application submitted by 10 |
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| 307 | 307 | | a State under this subsection shall include the fol-11 |
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| 308 | 308 | | lowing: 12 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ‘‘(A) A description of the demonstration 13 |
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| 310 | 310 | | project to be carried out under this section, in-14 |
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| 311 | 311 | | cluding— 15 |
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| 312 | 312 | | ‘‘(i) whether the project will be car-16 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ried out— 17 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ‘‘(I) by the State as a whole; 18 |
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| 315 | 315 | | ‘‘(II) by a local area, and if so— 19 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ‘‘(aa) an identification of— 20 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ‘‘(AA) such local area; 21 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ‘‘(BB) whether the 22 |
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| 319 | 319 | | local board for such local 23 |
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| 320 | 320 | | area is the fiscal agent for 24 |
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| 327 | 327 | | the State for the State to 3 |
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| 328 | 328 | | serve as the fiscal agent dur-4 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ing the project; and 5 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ‘‘(bb) written verification 6 |
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| 331 | 331 | | from the local board for such 7 |
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| 332 | 332 | | local area that such local board 8 |
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| 333 | 333 | | agrees— 9 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ‘‘(AA) to carry out such 10 |
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| 335 | 335 | | project; and 11 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ‘‘(BB) to the fiscal 12 |
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| 337 | 337 | | agent identified in item 13 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (aa)(BB); and 14 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ‘‘(III) by a consortium of local 15 |
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| 340 | 340 | | areas in the State, and if so— 16 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ‘‘(aa) an identification of— 17 |
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| 342 | 342 | | ‘‘(AA) each local area 18 |
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| 343 | 343 | | that comprises the consor-19 |
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| 344 | 344 | | tium; and 20 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ‘‘(BB) the local area 21 |
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| 346 | 346 | | that will serve as the fiscal 22 |
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| 347 | 347 | | agent for the consortium 23 |
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| 348 | 348 | | during the project, or wheth-24 |
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| 353 | 353 | | tered into a written agree-1 |
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| 354 | 354 | | ment with the State for the 2 |
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| 355 | 355 | | State to serve as the fiscal 3 |
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| 356 | 356 | | agent; and 4 |
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| 357 | 357 | | ‘‘(bb) written verification 5 |
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| 358 | 358 | | from each local board of each 6 |
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| 359 | 359 | | local area identified in item 7 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (aa)(AA) that such local board 8 |
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| 361 | 361 | | agrees— 9 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ‘‘(AA) to carry out such 10 |
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| 363 | 363 | | project as a consortium; and 11 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ‘‘(BB) to the fiscal 12 |
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| 365 | 365 | | agent for the consortium 13 |
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| 366 | 366 | | identified in item (aa)(BB); 14 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ‘‘(ii) a description of the activities to 15 |
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| 368 | 368 | | be carried out under the project; and 16 |
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| 369 | 369 | | ‘‘(iii) the goals the State, local area, 17 |
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| 370 | 370 | | or consortium intends to achieve through 18 |
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| 371 | 371 | | such activities, which shall be aligned with 19 |
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| 372 | 372 | | the purpose described in subsection (a). 20 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ‘‘(B) A description of the performance out-21 |
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| 374 | 374 | | comes the State, the local area, or consortium 22 |
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| 375 | 375 | | expects to achieve for such activities for each 23 |
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| 376 | 376 | | year of the demonstration period as described 24 |
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| 377 | 377 | | in subsection (f)(1). 25 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ‘‘(C) A description of how the State, local 1 |
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| 382 | 382 | | area, or consortium consulted with employers, 2 |
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| 383 | 383 | | the State board, and the local boards in the 3 |
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| 384 | 384 | | State in determining the activities to carry out 4 |
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| 385 | 385 | | under the demonstration project. 5 |
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| 386 | 386 | | ‘‘(D) A description of how the State will 6 |
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| 387 | 387 | | make such activities available to jobseekers and 7 |
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| 388 | 388 | | employers in each of the local areas in the State 8 |
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| 389 | 389 | | or, in a case of a project that will be carried out 9 |
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| 390 | 390 | | by a local area or a consortium, a description 10 |
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| 391 | 391 | | of how such services will be made available to 11 |
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| 392 | 392 | | jobseekers and employers in such local area or 12 |
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| 393 | 393 | | each of the local areas in the consortium. 13 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ‘‘(E) A description, if appropriate, of how 14 |
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| 395 | 395 | | the State, local area, or consortium will inte-15 |
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| 396 | 396 | | grate the funds received, and the activities car-16 |
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| 397 | 397 | | ried out, under the demonstration project under 17 |
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| 398 | 398 | | this section with State workforce development 18 |
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| 399 | 399 | | programs and other Federal, State, or local 19 |
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| 400 | 400 | | workforce, education, or social service programs 20 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (including the programs and activities listed in 21 |
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| 402 | 402 | | section 103(a)(2), the program of adult edu-22 |
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| 403 | 403 | | cation and literacy activities authorized under 23 |
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| 404 | 404 | | title II, and the program authorized under title 24 |
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| 408 | 408 | | I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 1 |
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| 409 | 409 | | 720 et seq.)). 2 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ‘‘(F) An assurance that the State, local 3 |
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| 411 | 411 | | area, or consortium will meet the requirements 4 |
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| 412 | 412 | | of this section. 5 |
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| 413 | 413 | | ‘‘(3) S |
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| 414 | 414 | | ECRETARIAL APPROVAL .— 6 |
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| 415 | 415 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 416 | 416 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 7 |
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| 417 | 417 | | days after the date on which a State submits an 8 |
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| 418 | 418 | | application under this subsection, the Secretary 9 |
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| 419 | 419 | | shall— 10 |
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| 420 | 420 | | ‘‘(i) in a case in which the application 11 |
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| 421 | 421 | | meets the requirements of this section and 12 |
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| 422 | 422 | | is not subject to the limitations described 13 |
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| 423 | 423 | | in subsection (c)(2), approve such applica-14 |
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| 424 | 424 | | tion and the demonstration project de-15 |
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| 425 | 425 | | scribed in such application; or 16 |
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| 426 | 426 | | ‘‘(ii) provide to the State a written ex-17 |
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| 427 | 427 | | planation of initial disapproval that meets 18 |
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| 428 | 428 | | the requirements of subparagraph (C). 19 |
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| 429 | 429 | | ‘‘(B) D |
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| 430 | 430 | | EFAULT APPROVAL .—With respect 20 |
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| 431 | 431 | | to an application submitted by a State under 21 |
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| 432 | 432 | | this subsection that is not subject to the limita-22 |
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| 433 | 433 | | tions described in subsection (c), if the Sec-23 |
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| 434 | 434 | | retary fails to approve such application or pro-24 |
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| 435 | 435 | | vide an explanation of initial disapproval for 25 |
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| 439 | 439 | | such application as required under subpara-1 |
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| 440 | 440 | | graph (A), the application and the demonstra-2 |
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| 441 | 441 | | tion project described in such application shall 3 |
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| 442 | 442 | | be deemed approved by the Secretary. 4 |
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| 443 | 443 | | ‘‘(C) I |
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| 444 | 444 | | NITIAL DISAPPROVAL .—An expla-5 |
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| 445 | 445 | | nation of initial disapproval provided by the 6 |
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| 446 | 446 | | Secretary to a State under subparagraph (A)(ii) 7 |
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| 447 | 447 | | shall provide the State— 8 |
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| 448 | 448 | | ‘‘(i) a detailed explanation of why the 9 |
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| 449 | 449 | | application does not meet the requirements 10 |
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| 450 | 450 | | of this section; and 11 |
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| 451 | 451 | | ‘‘(ii) if the State is not subject to the 12 |
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| 452 | 452 | | limitations described in subsection (c), an 13 |
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| 453 | 453 | | opportunity to revise and resubmit the 14 |
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| 454 | 454 | | State’s application under this section. 15 |
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| 455 | 455 | | ‘‘(e) S |
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| 456 | 456 | | TATEDEMONSTRATION PROJECTREQUIRE-16 |
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| 457 | 457 | | MENTS.—A State, local area, or consortium that has been 17 |
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| 458 | 458 | | approved to carry out a demonstration project under this 18 |
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| 459 | 459 | | section shall meet each of the following requirements: 19 |
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| 460 | 460 | | ‘‘(1) U |
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| 461 | 461 | | SE OF FUNDS.—Use the funds received 20 |
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| 462 | 462 | | pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B) solely to carry out 21 |
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| 463 | 463 | | the activities of the demonstration project to achieve 22 |
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| 464 | 464 | | the goals described in subsection (d)(2)(A). 23 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 466 | 466 | | DMINISTRATIVE COSTS LIMITATION .— 24 |
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| 467 | 467 | | Use not more than 10 percent of the funds received 25 |
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| 471 | 471 | | pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B) for a fiscal year for 1 |
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| 472 | 472 | | the administrative costs of carrying out the dem-2 |
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| 473 | 473 | | onstration project. 3 |
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| 474 | 474 | | ‘‘(3) P |
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| 475 | 475 | | RIORITY FOR SERVICES .—Give priority 4 |
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| 476 | 476 | | for services under the project to veterans and their 5 |
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| 477 | 477 | | eligible spouses in accordance with the requirements 6 |
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| 478 | 478 | | of section 4215 of title 38, United States Code, re-7 |
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| 479 | 479 | | cipients of public assistance, low-income individuals, 8 |
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| 480 | 480 | | and individuals who are basic skills deficient. 9 |
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| 481 | 481 | | ‘‘(4) N |
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| 482 | 482 | | UMBER OF PARTICIPANTS .—Serve a 10 |
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| 483 | 483 | | number of participants under the activities of the 11 |
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| 484 | 484 | | demonstration project for each year of the dem-12 |
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| 485 | 485 | | onstration period that— 13 |
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| 486 | 486 | | ‘‘(A) is greater than the number of partici-14 |
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| 487 | 487 | | pants served by such State, local area, or con-15 |
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| 488 | 488 | | sortium under the programs described in sub-16 |
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| 489 | 489 | | paragraph (A) of the definition of the term 17 |
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| 490 | 490 | | ‘core program provision’ under section 3 for the 18 |
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| 491 | 491 | | most recent program year that ended prior to 19 |
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| 492 | 492 | | the beginning of the first year of the dem-20 |
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| 493 | 493 | | onstration period; or 21 |
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| 494 | 494 | | ‘‘(B) is not less than the number of par-22 |
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| 495 | 495 | | ticipants to be served under the activities of the 23 |
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| 496 | 496 | | demonstration project that is agreed upon be-24 |
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| 500 | 500 | | tween the State, local area, or consortium, and 1 |
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| 501 | 501 | | the Secretary— 2 |
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| 502 | 502 | | ‘‘(i) prior to the Secretary’s approval 3 |
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| 503 | 503 | | of the application submitted under sub-4 |
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| 504 | 504 | | section (d); and 5 |
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| 505 | 505 | | ‘‘(ii) after the Secretary takes into ac-6 |
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| 506 | 506 | | count— 7 |
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| 507 | 507 | | ‘‘(I) the goals the State, local 8 |
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| 508 | 508 | | area, or consortium intends to achieve 9 |
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| 509 | 509 | | through the demonstration project; 10 |
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| 510 | 510 | | and 11 |
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| 511 | 511 | | ‘‘(II) the participants the State, 12 |
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| 512 | 512 | | local area, or consortium intends to 13 |
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| 513 | 513 | | serve under such project; and 14 |
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| 514 | 514 | | ‘‘(iii) prior to approval of the applica-15 |
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| 515 | 515 | | tion submitted under subsection (d). 16 |
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| 516 | 516 | | ‘‘(5) R |
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| 517 | 517 | | EPORTING OUTCOMES .—Submit, on an 17 |
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| 518 | 518 | | annual basis, to the Secretary a report, with respect 18 |
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| 519 | 519 | | to such State, local area, or consortium, on— 19 |
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| 520 | 520 | | ‘‘(A) participant outcomes for each indi-20 |
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| 521 | 521 | | cator of performance described in subsection 21 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (f)(1)(A) for the activities carried out under the 22 |
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| 523 | 523 | | project; and 23 |
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| 524 | 524 | | ‘‘(B) the applicable requirements of section 24 |
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| 525 | 525 | | 116(d)(2), including subparagraphs (B) 25 |
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| 529 | 529 | | through (G) and subparagraph (J), as such 1 |
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| 530 | 530 | | subparagraphs are applicable to activities under 2 |
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| 531 | 531 | | the demonstration project. 3 |
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| 532 | 532 | | ‘‘(6) C |
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| 533 | 533 | | OMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN EXISTING RE -4 |
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| 534 | 534 | | QUIREMENTS.—Comply with the statutory or regu-5 |
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| 535 | 535 | | latory requirements listed in subsection (b)(2). 6 |
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| 536 | 536 | | ‘‘(f) P |
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| 537 | 537 | | ERFORMANCEACCOUNTABILITY.— 7 |
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| 538 | 538 | | ‘‘(1) E |
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| 539 | 539 | | STABLISHMENT OF BASELINE LEVEL 8 |
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| 540 | 540 | | FOR PERFORMANCE .— 9 |
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| 541 | 541 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 542 | 542 | | N GENERAL.—Each State shall de-10 |
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| 543 | 543 | | scribe in the application submitted under sub-11 |
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| 544 | 544 | | section (d), for each year of the demonstration 12 |
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| 545 | 545 | | period— 13 |
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| 546 | 546 | | ‘‘(i) with respect to participants who 14 |
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| 547 | 547 | | are at least 25 years old, the expected lev-15 |
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| 548 | 548 | | els of performance for each of the indica-16 |
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| 549 | 549 | | tors of performance under section 17 |
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| 550 | 550 | | 116(b)(2)(A)(i) for the activities carried 18 |
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| 551 | 551 | | out under the project under this section, 19 |
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| 552 | 552 | | which shall meet the requirements of sub-20 |
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| 553 | 553 | | paragraph (B); and 21 |
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| 554 | 554 | | ‘‘(ii) with respect to participants who 22 |
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| 555 | 555 | | are at least 16 years old and no older than 23 |
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| 556 | 556 | | 24 years old, the expected levels of per-24 |
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| 557 | 557 | | formance for each of the indicators of per-25 |
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| 561 | 561 | | formance under section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) 1 |
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| 562 | 562 | | for the activities carried out under the 2 |
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| 563 | 563 | | project under this section, which shall meet 3 |
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| 564 | 564 | | the requirements of subparagraph (B). 4 |
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| 565 | 565 | | ‘‘(B) 5 |
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| 566 | 566 | | TH YEAR.—Each of the expected 5 |
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| 567 | 567 | | levels of performance established pursuant to 6 |
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| 568 | 568 | | subparagraph (A) for each of the indicators of 7 |
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| 569 | 569 | | performance for the 5th year of the demonstra-8 |
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| 570 | 570 | | tion period shall be higher than— 9 |
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| 571 | 571 | | ‘‘(i) the highest level of performance 10 |
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| 572 | 572 | | for the corresponding indicator of perform-11 |
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| 573 | 573 | | ance for the programs described in sub-12 |
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| 574 | 574 | | paragraph (A) of the definition of the term 13 |
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| 575 | 575 | | ‘core program provisions’ under section 3 14 |
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| 576 | 576 | | for the most recent program year for such 15 |
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| 577 | 577 | | State that ended prior to the beginning of 16 |
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| 578 | 578 | | the first year of the demonstration period; 17 |
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| 579 | 579 | | or 18 |
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| 580 | 580 | | ‘‘(ii) an alternate baseline level of per-19 |
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| 581 | 581 | | formance that is agreed upon between the 20 |
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| 582 | 582 | | State and the Secretary— 21 |
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| 583 | 583 | | ‘‘(I) prior to the Secretary’s ap-22 |
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| 584 | 584 | | proval of the application submitted 23 |
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| 585 | 585 | | under subsection (d); and 24 |
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| 589 | 589 | | ‘‘(II) after the Secretary takes 1 |
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| 590 | 590 | | into account— 2 |
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| 591 | 591 | | ‘‘(aa) the goals the State in-3 |
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| 592 | 592 | | tends to achieve through the 4 |
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| 593 | 593 | | demonstration project; and 5 |
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| 594 | 594 | | ‘‘(bb) the participants the 6 |
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| 595 | 595 | | State intends to serve under such 7 |
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| 596 | 596 | | project. 8 |
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| 597 | 597 | | ‘‘(C) A |
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| 598 | 598 | | GREED LEVEL FOR PERFORMANCE 9 |
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| 599 | 599 | | ON EXPECTED LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE .— 10 |
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| 600 | 600 | | Prior to approving an application for a dem-11 |
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| 601 | 601 | | onstration project submitted by a State, and 12 |
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| 602 | 602 | | using the expected levels of performance de-13 |
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| 603 | 603 | | scribed in such application, the Secretary shall 14 |
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| 604 | 604 | | reach an agreement with such State on the ex-15 |
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| 605 | 605 | | pected levels of performance for each of the in-16 |
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| 606 | 606 | | dicators of performance. In reaching an agree-17 |
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| 607 | 607 | | ment on such expected levels of performance, 18 |
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| 608 | 608 | | the Secretary and the State may consider the 19 |
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| 609 | 609 | | factors described in section 116(b)(3)(A)(v). 20 |
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| 610 | 610 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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| 611 | 611 | | ANCTIONS.— 21 |
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| 612 | 612 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 613 | 613 | | N GENERAL.—The sanctions de-22 |
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| 614 | 614 | | scribed in section 116(f)(1)(B) shall apply to a 23 |
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| 615 | 615 | | State, local area, or consortium beginning on 24 |
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| 616 | 616 | | the 3rd year of the demonstration period for 25 |
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| 620 | 620 | | such State, local area, or consortium, except 1 |
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| 621 | 621 | | that the levels of performance established under 2 |
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| 622 | 622 | | subsection (f)(1)(C) of this section shall be— 3 |
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| 623 | 623 | | ‘‘(i) deemed to be the State negotiated 4 |
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| 624 | 624 | | levels of performance for purposes of this 5 |
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| 625 | 625 | | paragraph; and 6 |
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| 626 | 626 | | ‘‘(ii) adjusted at the end of each pro-7 |
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| 627 | 627 | | gram year to reflect the actual characteris-8 |
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| 628 | 628 | | tics of participants served and the actual 9 |
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| 629 | 629 | | economic conditions experienced using a 10 |
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| 630 | 630 | | statistical adjustment model similar to the 11 |
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| 631 | 631 | | model described in section 12 |
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| 632 | 632 | | 116(b)(3)(A)(viii). 13 |
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| 633 | 633 | | ‘‘(B) I |
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| 634 | 634 | | NELIGIBILITY FOR RENEWAL .—A 14 |
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| 635 | 635 | | State, local area, or consortium that is subject 15 |
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| 636 | 636 | | to such sanctions shall be ineligible to renew its 16 |
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| 637 | 637 | | demonstration period under subsection (c). 17 |
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| 638 | 638 | | ‘‘(3) I |
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| 639 | 639 | | MPACT OF LOCAL OR CONSORTIUM DEM -18 |
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| 640 | 640 | | ONSTRATIONS ON STATEWIDE ACCOUNTABILITY .— 19 |
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| 641 | 641 | | With respect to a State with an approved dem-20 |
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| 642 | 642 | | onstration project for a local area or consortium of 21 |
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| 643 | 643 | | local areas in the State— 22 |
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| 644 | 644 | | ‘‘(A) the performance of such local area or 23 |
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| 645 | 645 | | consortium for the programs described in sub-24 |
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| 646 | 646 | | paragraph (A) of the definition of the term 25 |
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| 650 | 650 | | ‘core program provision’ under section 3 shall 1 |
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| 651 | 651 | | not be included in the levels of performance for 2 |
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| 652 | 652 | | such State for any of such programs for pur-3 |
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| 653 | 653 | | poses of section 116 for any program year that 4 |
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| 654 | 654 | | is applicable to any year of the demonstration 5 |
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| 655 | 655 | | period; and 6 |
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| 656 | 656 | | ‘‘(B) with respect to any local areas of the 7 |
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| 657 | 657 | | State that are not part of the demonstration 8 |
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| 658 | 658 | | project, the State shall reach a new agreement 9 |
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| 659 | 659 | | with the Secretary, for purposes of section 10 |
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| 660 | 660 | | 116(b)(3)(A), on levels of performance for such 11 |
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| 661 | 661 | | programs for such program years.’’. 12 |
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