Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/693

 PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978

92 STAT. 1973

"(5) in cooperation with State and local educational agencies, and other appropriate persons and organizations, encouraging programs to make available employment and career counseling to postsecondary youths; and "(6) providing technical assistance for programs designed to encourage public and private employers to list all available job opportunities for youths with the appropriate eligible applicant conducting occupational information and career counseling programs, local public employment services offices and to encourage cooperation and contact among such eligible applicants, employers, and oiRces. "(b) All funds available to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee under this Act, under section 161 of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and under section 12 of the Career Education Act may be used by the Committee to carry out any of its functions and responsibilities authorized by law.
 * ('EVALUATIONS

Allocation of funds. 20 USC 1341. 20 USC 2611.

AND INCENTIVE GRANTS

"SEC. 316. (a) Any prime sponsor may volunteer for an evaluation of its title II programs by the Department of Labor. Such evaluation may include monitoring of the rate of placement of title II enrollees after leaving the title II program, the salaries paid to such enrollees, the lengtli of time that they remain in the job, and whatever other information that the Secretary determines, by regulation, is important in evaluating the performance of the prime sponsors. For purposes of making this evaluation, the performance of the prime sponsor shall be assessed by comparing enrollees to a comparable group of nonenrollees within the prime sponsor's area. "(b) The Secretary shall make awards from the funds appropriated under this title to those prime sponsors which have performed well in their title II functions. The Secretary shall make awards according to a unit measurement; each such unit may consist of some degree of improvement among title II enrollees in job placement, salary, longevity, and whatever other factors the Secretary determines, by regulation, are important (each factor shall be weighed by the Secretary in a manner which best effectuates the purposes of this Act), over performance on each of the criteria set forth in this section by a comparable group of nonenrollees in the prime sponsor's area.

Regulation. 29 USC 884. Ante, p. 1950.

Regulation

a.VOUCHER DEMONSTRATrON PROJECTTS

"SEC. 317. (a) The Secretary shall establish a special voucher project to demonstrate the efficacy of providing vouchers to economically disadvantaged persons who are unemployed or underemployed. Such vouchers shall entitle private employers who provide employment with or without training to such individuals to payment in amounts equal to the value of the voucher pursuant to regulations of the Secretary. "(b) In establishing regulations under this section, the Secretary shall establish criteria, eligibility of participants and portability of vouchers between qualifying employers, the value of vouchers, the guarantees against displacement of eligible workers, and such other factors as the Secretary deems appropriate. "(c) Not later than March 1, 1981, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report evaluating the effectiveness of the demonstration projects conducted pursuant to this section, together with such recommendations, including recommendations for legisla-

Regulations.

29 USC 885.

Report to Congress,

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