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 112 STAT. 1008 PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 (A) prescribe procedures for informing enrollees that drug tests will be administered to the enrollees and the results received within 45 days after the enrollees enroll in the Job Corps; (B) establish standards for recruitment of Job Corps applicants; (C) establish standards and procedures for— (i) determining, for each applicant, whether the educational and vocationsil needs of the applicant can best be met through the Job Corps program or an alternative program in the community in which the applicant resides; and (ii) obtaining from each applicant pertinent data relating to background, needs, and interests for determining eligibility and potential assignment; (D) where appropriate, take measures to improve the professional capability of the individuals conducting screening of the applicants; and (E) assure that an appropriate number of enrollees are from rural areas. (3) IMPLEMENTATION.— To the extent practicable, the standards and procedures shall be implemented through arrangements with— (A) applicable one-stop centers; (B) community action agencies, business organizations, and labor organizations; and (C) agencies and individuals that have contact with youth over substantial periods of time and are able to offer reliable information about the needs and problems of youth. (4) CONSULTATION. — The standards and procedures shall provide for necessary consultation with individuals and organizations, including court, probation, parole, law enforcement, education, welfare, and medical authorities and advisers. Contracts. (5) REIMBURSEMENT.— The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts with and make payments to individueds and organizations for the cost of conducting recruitment, screening, and selection of eligible applicants for the Job Corps, as provided for in this section. The Secretary shall make no payment to any individual or organization solely as compensation for referring the names of applicants for the Job Corps. (b) SPECIAL LIMITATIONS ON SELECTION. — (1) IN GENERAL. —No individual shall be selected as an enrollee unless the individual or organization implementing the standards and procedures described in subsection (a) determines that— (A) there is a reasonable expectation that the individual considered for selection can participate successfully in group situations and activities, and is not likely to engage in behavior that would prevent other enrollees from receiving the benefit of the Job Corps progrsun or be incompatible with the maintenance of sound discipline and satisfactory relationships between the Job Corps center to which the individual might be assigned and communities surrounding the Job Corps center;

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