19 U.S.C. § 2371 — Community College and Career Training Grant Program
submitted 17 years ago by Pub. L. 93-618 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 1,030 words · no verdicts yet
The Labor Secretary may award up to one $1 million community-college or career-training grant per eligible institution. The section sets proposal, outreach, award, and annual-report requirements.
(a)(1) Starting August 1, 2009, the Secretary may award Community College and Career Training Grants to eligible institutions to develop, offer, or improve education or career-training programs for workers eligible under § 2296. (2) An eligible institution may receive no more than one grant and no grant over $1 million.
(b) “Eligible institution” means an institution of higher education as defined in 20 U.S.C. § 1002, but only for a program that can be completed in no more than two years. “Secretary” means the Labor Secretary.
(c)(1) An applicant must submit a proposal when, how, and with the information the Secretary requires. (2) By June 1, 2009, the Secretary must issue proposal guidelines and publish and maintain them on the Labor Department website. (3) The Secretary must help any requesting eligible institution prepare a proposal. (4) The proposal must detail the project and how it will serve eligible workers; how it will meet the community’s eligible workers’ training needs; and the institution’s prior experience serving them. Lack of prior experience may not automatically disqualify an institution. (5) The proposal must show outreach to employers about gaps in current opportunities, future jobs and needed skills, and outreach to similarly situated institutions about shared best practices. It must detail the outreach’s extent and results, how the project addresses identified gaps and needs, and employers’ commitment—including small and medium firms—to hiring beneficiaries.
(d)(1) Subject to appropriations, the Secretary awards grants based on proposal merit; likely jobs for completers; and past demand, existing-program availability, and capacity to meet future demand. (2) A grant may not satisfy a private matching requirement under another law.
(e) By December 15, 2009, and each year after, the Secretary must report to the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees. The report must describe each prior-year grant, assess earlier grants’ effect on eligible workers, and provide: (A) grantee spending; (B) average grant amount; (C) average grant length; (D) the percentage of part 2 beneficiaries served; (E) the percentage and number of part 2 beneficiaries who earned degrees through the programs and their average training participation; and (F) the number of served beneficiaries who did not earn degrees and their average training participation.
Beginning August 1, 2009, the Secretary may award Community College and Career Training Grants to eligible institutions for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for workers eligible for training under section 2296 of this title.
An eligible institution may not be awarded—
more than one grant under this section; or
a grant under this section in excess of $1,000,000.
In this section:
The term “eligible institution” means an institution of higher education (as defined in section 1002 of title 20), but only with respect to a program offered by the institution that can be completed in not more than 2 years.
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.
An eligible institution seeking to receive a grant under this section shall submit a grant proposal to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
Not later than June 1, 2009, the Secretary shall—
promulgate guidelines for the submission of grant proposals under this section; and
publish and maintain such guidelines on the website of the Department of Labor.
The Secretary shall offer assistance in preparing a grant proposal to any eligible institution that requests such assistance.
A grant proposal submitted to the Secretary under this section shall include a detailed description of—
the specific project for which the grant proposal is submitted, including the manner in which the grant will be used to develop, offer, or improve an educational or career training program that is suited to workers eligible for training under section 2296 of this title;
the extent to which the project for which the grant proposal is submitted will meet the educational or career training needs of workers in the community served by the eligible institution who are eligible for training under section 2296 of this title; and
any previous experience of the eligible institution in providing educational or career training programs to workers eligible for training under section 2296 of this title.
The absence of any previous experience in providing educational or career training programs described in subparagraph (A)(iii) shall not automatically disqualify an eligible institution from receiving a grant under this section.
In order to be considered by the Secretary, a grant proposal submitted by an eligible institution under this section shall—
demonstrate that the eligible institution—
reached out to employers to identify—
any shortcomings in existing educational and career training opportunities available to workers in the community; and
any future employment opportunities within the community and the educational and career training skills required for workers to meet the future employment demand; and
reached out to other similarly situated institutions in an effort to benefit from any best practices that may be shared with respect to providing educational or career training programs to workers eligible for training under section 2296 of this title; and
include a detailed description of—
the extent and outcome of the outreach conducted under subparagraph (A);
the extent to which the project for which the grant proposal is submitted will contribute to meeting any shortcomings identified under subparagraph (A)(i)(I) or any educational or career training needs identified under subparagraph (A)(i)(II); and
the extent to which employers, including small- and medium-sized firms within the community, have demonstrated a commitment to employing workers who would benefit from the project for which the grant proposal is submitted.
Subject to the appropriation of funds, the Secretary shall award a grant under this section based on—
a determination of the merits of the grant proposal submitted by the eligible institution to develop, offer, or improve educational or career training programs to be made available to workers eligible for training under section 2296 of this title;
an evaluation of the likely employment opportunities available to workers who complete an educational or career training program that the eligible institution proposes to develop, offer, or improve; and
an evaluation of prior demand for training programs by workers eligible for training under section 2296 of this title in the community served by the eligible institution, as well as the availability and capacity of existing training programs to meet future demand for training programs.
A grant awarded under this section may not be used to satisfy any private matching requirement under any other provision of law.
Not later than December 15, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report—
describing each grant awarded under this section during the preceding fiscal year;
assessing the impact of each award of a grant under this section in a fiscal year preceding the fiscal year referred to in paragraph (1) on workers receiving training under section 2296 of this title; and
providing the following data relating to program performance and outcomes:
Of the grants awarded under this section, the amount of funds spent by grantees.
The average dollar amount of grants awarded under this section.
The average duration of grants awarded under this section.
The percentage of workers receiving benefits under part 2 that are served by programs developed, offered, or improved using grants awarded under this section.
The percentage and number of workers receiving benefits under part 2 who obtained a degree through such programs and the average duration of the participation of such workers in training under section 2296 of this title.
The number of workers receiving benefits under part 2 served by such programs who did not complete a degree and the average duration of the participation of such workers in training under section 2296 of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 271, formerly § 278, as added Pub. L. 111–5, div. B, title I, § 1872(a), Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 406; amended Pub. L. 111–344, title I, § 101(c)(8), Dec. 29, 2010, 124 Stat. 3614; as added, renumbered § 271, and amended Pub. L. 112–40, title II, §§ 201(b), (c), 222(a)(3), (b)(1), (c)(1), Oct. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 403, 411.)
- 2009Enacted · Pub. L. 93-618 · 123 Stat. 406
- 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-344 · 124 Stat. 3614
- 2011Amended · Pub. L. 112-40 · 125 Stat. 403, 411
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