U.S. Code > Title 29 Labor > CHAPTER 30—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 2801—2945) > SUBCHAPTER V—ADMINISTRATION (§§ 2931—2945) > § 2944. Continuation of State activities and policies

§ 2944. Continuation of State activities and policies

(a) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary may not deny approval of a State plan for a covered State, or an application of a covered State for financial assistance, under this chapter or find a covered State (including a State board or Governor), or a local area (including a local board or chief elected official) in a covered State, in violation of a provision of this chapter, on the basis that—
(1)
(A) the State proposes to allocate or disburse, allocates, or disburses, within the State, funds made available to the State under section 2852 or 2862 of this title in accordance with the allocation formula for the type of activities involved, or in accordance with a disbursal procedure or process, used by the State under prior consistent State laws; or
(B) a local board in the State proposes to disburse, or disburses, within the local area, funds made available to a State under section 2852 or 2862 of this title in accordance with a disbursal procedure or process used by a private industry council under prior consistent State law;
(2) the State proposes to carry out or carries out a State procedure through which local areas use, as fiscal agents for funds made available to the State under section 2852 or 2862 of this title and allocated within the State, fiscal agents selected in accordance with a process established under prior consistent State laws;
(3) the State proposes to carry out or carries out a State procedure through which the local board in the State (or the local boards, the chief elected officials in the State, and the Governor) designate or select the one-stop partners and one-stop operators of the statewide system in the State under prior consistent State laws, in lieu of making the designation, or certification described in section 2841 of this title (regardless of the date the one-stop delivery systems involved have been established);
(4) the State proposes to carry out or carries out a State procedure through which the persons responsible for selecting eligible providers for purposes of subchapter II of this chapter are permitted to determine that a provider shall not be selected to provide both intake services under section 2864 (d)(2) of this title and training services under section 2864 (d)(4) of this title, under prior consistent State laws;
(5) the State proposes to designate or designates a State board, or proposes to assign or assigns functions and roles of the State board (including determining the time periods for development and submission of a State plan required under section 2822 of this title), for purposes of subchapter II of this chapter in accordance with prior consistent State laws; or
(6) a local board in the State proposes to use or carry out, uses, or carries out a local plan (including assigning functions and roles of the local board) for purposes of subchapter II of this chapter in accordance with the authorities and requirements applicable to local plans and private industry councils under prior consistent State laws.
(b) Definition
In this section:
(1) Covered State
The term “covered State” means a State that enacted State laws described in paragraph (2).
(2) Prior consistent State laws
The term “prior consistent State laws” means State laws, not inconsistent with the Job Training Partnership Act or any other applicable Federal law, that took effect on September 1, 1993, September 1, 1995, and September 1, 1997.