CFR > Title 20 - Employees' Benefits > CHAPTER V—EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR > PART 638—JOB CORPS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE IV-B OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT > SUBPART E—Center Operations (§638.500 to §638.543) > 638.502—Job Corps basic education program.

638.502—Job Corps basic education program.

The Job Corps Director shall prescribe or provide for basic education curricula to be used at centers. Students are considered to be in-school youths. The Job Corps Director, in coordination with regional offices, shall review and approve the basic education program at each center. Center operators shall provide the following educational programs at a minimum:
(a) Reading and language skills;
(b) Mathematics;
(c) A program to prepare eligible students for the American Council on Education Tests of General Educational Development (GED);
(d) World of work;
(e) Health education;
(f) Driver education; and
(g) English as a second language (ESL) programs for selected center operators (regional offices shall arrange for the assignment of selected applicants needing ESL programs to the centers where such programs are available).