Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/601

 PUBLIC LAW 100-323—MAY 20, 1988

102 STAT. 563

"(iii) may take into account the State's personnel merit system requirements and other local circumstances and requirements; and "(iv) may request the assistance of such Director. "(C) Such standards shall include as one of the measures of the performance of such a specialist the extent to which the specialist, in serving as a case manager under section 14(b)(1)(A) of the Veterans' Job Training Act (29 U.S.C. 1721 note), facilitates rates of successful completion of training by veterans participating in programs of job training under the Act. "(3)(A) The Secretary, after consultation with State employment agencies or their representatives, or both, shall provide to such agencies a prototype of performance standards for use by such agencies in the development of performance standards under subsection (a)(1) of this section. "(B) Each Director for Veterans' Employment and Training— "(i) shall, upon the request of the State employment agency under paragraph (2)(B)(iv) of this subsection, provide appropriate assistance in the development of performance standards, "(ii) may, within 30 days after receiving proposed standards under paragraph (2)(B)(ii) of this subsection, provide comments on the proposed standards, particularly regarding the consistency of the proposed standards with such prototype. "(b)(1) Directors for Veterans' Employment and Training and Assistant Directors for Veterans' Employment and Training shall regularly monitor the performance of the specialists and representatives referred to in subsection (a)(1) of this section through the application of the standards required to be prescribed by subsection (a)(1). "(2) A Director for Veterans' Employment and Training for a State may submit to the head of the employment service in the State recommendations and comments in connection with each annual performance rating of such specialists and representatives in the State.". (2) Each State employment agency (A) shall develop and promul- 38 USC 2004A gate standards under section 2004A of title 38, United States Code, note, as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection, as soon as feasible, and in doing so (B) shall submit proposed standards to the Director for Veterans' Employment and Training for the State not later than 12 months after the date on which the Secretary provides the agency with prototype standards under subsection (a)(3)(A) of such section, and (C) shall adopt final standards not later than 90 days after submitting the proposed standards to the Director for Veterans' Employment and Training for comment under subsection (a)(3)(B)(ii) of such section. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 41 is amended by adding after the item for section 2004 the following new item: "2004A. Performance of disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives.". SEC. 5. WAIVER OF RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR DIRECTORS AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS FOR VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.

Section 2003(b)(l) is amended— (1) by inserting "(A)" after "(1)";

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