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 PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1015 SEC. 154. INDUSTRY COUNCILS. 29 USC 2894. (a) IN GENERAL. — Each Job Corps center shall have an industry council, appointed by the director of the center after consultation with the Lieiison, in accordcince with procedures established by the Secretary. (b) INDUSTRY COUNCIL COMPOSITION.— (1) IN GENERAL. —An industry council shall be comprised of— (A) a majority of members who shall be local and distant owners of business concerns, chief executives or chief operating officers of nongovernmental employers, or other private sector employers, who— (i) have substantial management, hiring, or policy responsibility; and (ii) represent businesses with employment opportunities that reflect the employment opportunities of the applicable local area; (B) representatives of labor organizations (where present) and representatives of employees; and (C) enrollees and graduates of the Job Corps. (2) LOCAL BOARD. —The industry council may include members of the applicable local boards who meet the requirements described in paragraph (1). (c) RESPONSIBILITIES. — The responsibilities of the industry council shall be— (1) to work closely with all applicable local boards in order to determine, and recommend to the Secretary, appropriate vocational tredning for the center; (2) to review all the relevant labor market information to— (A) determine the employment opportunities in the local areas in which the enrollees intend to seek employ- ment after graduation; (B) determine the skills and education that are necessary to obtain the employment opportunities; and (C) recommend to the Secretary the type of vocational training that should be implemented at the center to enable the enrollees to obtain the employment opportunities; and (3) to meet at least once every 6 months to reevaluate the labor market information, and other relevant information, to determine, and recommend to the Secretary, any necessary changes in the vocational training provided at the center. (d) NEW CENTERS. —The industry council for a Job Corps center that is not yet operating shall carry out the responsibilities described in subsection (c) at least 3 months prior to the date on which the center accepts the first enrollee at the center. SEC. 155. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 29 USC 2895. The Secretary may establish and use advisory committees in connection with the operation of the Job Corps program, and the operation of Job Corps centers, whenever the Secretary determines that the availability of outside advice and counsel on a regular basis would be of substantial benefit in identifying and overcoming problems, in planning program or center development, or in strengthening relationships between the Job Corps and agencies, institutions, or groups engaged in related activities.

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