Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/687

 PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978

92 STAT. 1967

"(4) develop and establish programs to develop methods designed to assure increased labor force participation by older workers who are able and willing to work but who have been unable to secure employment or who have been discouraged from seeking employment. "(b) In carrying out the provisions of subsection (a) the Secretary shall provide for appropriate arrangements to be made with prime sponsors, members of the business community (including small business), labor organizations, local educational agencies, and community-based organizations as defined in section 3. Such arrangements Ante, p. 1912. may include, but need not be limited to— "(1) an analysis of the local labor force on the basis of such factors as age, educational background, income, race, and sex, focusing particularly on comparative rates of labor force participation and of unemployment and underemployment among the various demographic groups studied; " (2) an assessment of each participant's skills and work experience for purposes of formulating realistic second career objectives, .e- '-Ai t^S including formal vocational testing instruments supplemented by such functional assessment methods and techniques to detect those skills and abilities of a participant as may be related to desired second career and occupational upgrading objectives; "(3) second career and occupational upgrading counseling by Counseling, individuals knowledgeable about the employment and training needs of middle-aged and older workers; "(4) the establishment of second career objectives which will— Second career "(A) provide reasonable assurances to the participant that objectives. public and private sector demand exists for the skills developed in the second careers program; and "(B) enable the participant to compete successfully in the job market; and "(5) establishment of formal second careers training agreements, between participants and program sponsors, which— "(A) set forth the career objectives of the participants and the steps required of each participant and prime sponsor to achieve these objectives; "(B) will remain in force until its terms are fulfilled, or renegotiated or terminated according to such procedures as shall be prescribed by the Secretary; and "(C) may be renegotiated or terminated, at any time, by the participant, or by the program sponsor for good cause. "(c) The Secretary is hereby authorized to pay program sponsors Payment, reasonable training costs to participants in second careers programs regulations. to the extent necessary to achieve the objectives of such programs in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, but in no case shall such payment exceed the permissible maximum under section 122(i)(1). Such costs may include reasonable tuition for partici- ^»^«' P- 1938 pants engaged in technical or other institutional training and payments to program sponsors providing on-the-job training, provided that such payments are based on the actual number of hours of such training given to the second careers program participant. The Secretary is authorized to pay for equipment, materials, and such other costs necessary for a participant to achieve the objectives of his second careers program. "(d) Programs assisted under this section may provide for partici- Part- or flexibl*!pation in employment and training programs on a part-time or time programs. flexible-time basis.

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