work training programs—revision of the program

work training programs—revision of the program Sec. 112. (a) Sections 111, 112, and 113 of Part B of title I of the Act are amended to read as follows: “neighborhood youth corps “Sec. 112. (a) The Director shall formulate and carry out— “(1) programs to provide part-time employment, on-the-job training, and useful work experience for students from low-income families who are in the ninth through twelfth grades of school (or are of an age equivalent to that of students in such grades) who are in need of the earnings to permit them to resume or maintain attendance in school, and “(2) programs to provide unemployed individuals useful work experience and on-the-job training, combined where needed with educational and training assistance, including basic literacy and occupational training designed to assist the individuals to develop their maximum occupational potential. Enrollment shall be limited to individuals aged sixteen through twenty-one years. “(b) In determining for purposes of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) whether a student is from a low-income family, the Director shall consider a student to be from such a family if the family receives cash welfare payments. “financial assistance “Sec. 113. (a) The Director is authorized to enter into agreements providing for the payment by him of part or all of the cost of a program submitted under section 112 if he determines, in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe, that— “(1) enrollees will be employed either (A) on publicly owned and operated facilities or projects, or (B) on local projects sponsored by private organizations; “(2) no enrollees will be employed on projects involving political parties, or the construction, operation, or maintenance of so much of any facility as is used or to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship; 80 Stat. 1455 “(3) the program will not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts for services; and “(4) the rates of pay for time spent in work, training or education and other conditions of employment will be appropriate and reasonable in the light of such factors as the type of work performed, geographical region, and proficiency of the employee. “(b) In approving on-the-job training projects with other than public or private nonprofit organizations, the Director is authorized to enter into agreements to pay reasonable training costs but not wages paid to enrollees for services performed. “(c) In approving projects under this part, the Director shall give priority to projects with high training potential and high potential for contributing to the upward mobility or the trainee.” (b) Section 114(a) of the Act is amended by striking out “Participation” and inserting in lieu thereof “Enrollment” and by striking out “who have attained age sixteen but have not attained age twenty-two,”. (c) Section 114(c) of the Act is amended by striking out “non-profit”. (d) Section 115 of the Act is amended by striking out “paid for the period ending three years after the date of enactment of this Act” and by striking out “and such assistance paid for periods thereafter shall not exceed 50 per centum of such costs,”.