Ariz. Admin. Code § 6-10-118

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section R6-10-118 - Vocational Educational Training

A. Based on information obtained through the assessment or contained in a participant's employment and career development plan, the Jobs Program may assign a participant to vocational educational training as a core activity, for any period of time up to the maximum of 12 months if other work activities have not resulted in employment and vocational educational training that is consistent with the participant's employment plan, according to 45 CFR 261.33(a).

B. In addition to criteria in R6-10-118(A), the Jobs Program shall use the following criteria to determine whether a participant should shall be assigned to, or remain in, vocational educational training:

1. The participant:

a. Lacks a self-supporting skill for available jobs in the participant's geographical area; and

b. Remains in good standing with the educational or training institution and maintains satisfactory attendance, as defined by the institution.

2. The participant seeks the education or training activities to attain skills directly related to job opportunities for self-supporting employment in a recognized occupation that does not have high turnover due to substandard wages or working conditions.

C. The Jobs Program may approve, as vocational educational training, the educational or training activities of an individual who is already enrolled in educational, vocational, or technical training at the time the individual is selected for the Jobs Program.

D. The Jobs Program shall use the following criteria to determine whether the educational or training activities of an individual already enrolled in education or training is approved:

1. The individual is:

a. Attending an educational or training facility that is legally authorized, accredited, or recognized in the United States as providing a program to prepare students for gainful employment; and

b. In good standing with the educational or training institution and is maintaining satisfactory attendance, as defined by the institution.

2. The individual seeks the education or training activities to attain skills directly related to job opportunities for self-supporting employment in a recognized occupation that does not have high turnover due to substandard wages or working conditions.

E. The Jobs Program shall allow homework time under 45 CFR 261.60(e).

Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-10-118

Adopted effective January 10, 1977 (Supp. 77-1). Amended effective July 27, 1983 (Supp. 83-4). Section repealed, new Section adopted effective June 6, 1995 (Supp. 95-2). Section repealed; new Section adopted effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 5371, effective January 14, 2006 (05-4). Section expired under A.R.S. § 41-1056(J) at 22 A.A.R. 1393, effective December 31, 2015 (Supp. 16-2). Amended and renumbered from R6-10-116 by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 3236, effective 12/7/2019.

The following Section was repealed and a new Section adopted under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pursuant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74 (A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not submit these rules to the Governor's Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this Section.