2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 23 — Labor and worker's compensation
RS 23:1827 — Youth corps litter control and incentive plan

§1827. Youth corps litter control and incentive plan

A. Each administrative entity which desires to obtain funds under this Chapter shall submit to the executive director a youth incentive plan which shall include:

(1) Procedures for selecting among and allocating priorities to eligible youths for participation in qualifying employment and for selecting employment, training, and education programs which will enable such youths to obtain meaningful unsubsidized employment upon completion of participation in the program;

(2) Provisions to ensure coordination with, and to avoid duplication of, services and assistance made available under the Workforce Investment Act, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, and the Adult Education Act;

(3) A description of arrangements made with local educational agencies:

(a) For the establishment and enforcement of attendance and performance standards with respect to education programs for eligible youths participating in qualifying employment, and

(b) For the development of flexible class schedules to permit such participation during the regular school year;

(4) A description of arrangements made with private nonprofit organizations, including community-based organizations, for the establishment and enforcement of attendance and performance standards with respect to alternative education programs for eligible youths conducted by such organizations;

(5) A description of arrangements for the development and enforcement of attendance and performance standards with respect to eligible youths on the worksites at which they are engaged in qualifying employment;

(6) A description of the specific outreach services and programs that will be established to ensure participation in qualifying employment by eligible youths who are school dropouts, as well as by in-school youths;

(7) Assurances that special efforts will be made to recruit youths from families receiving public assistance, including parents of dependent children who meet the age requirement of this Chapter; and

(8) A description of any arrangements made with labor organizations to enable youths to enter into apprenticeship training as part of employment provided under this Chapter.

(9) A description of any arrangement made with the Department of Transportation and Development to provide a program of summer roadway cleanup and beautification.

B. No youth incentive plan under Subsection (A) shall be submitted to the executive director unless:

(1) The plan has been approved by the appropriate chief elected official or officials for such area;

(2) The plan has been approved by the local workforce investment board for the workforce investment area;

(3) The plan has been submitted for review and comment to the governor for a period of thirty days and includes, or is accompanied by:

(a) A statement that the governor has reviewed the plan for consistency with the governor's coordination and special services plan (established under Section 121 of the Workforce Investment Act);

(b) To the extent such comments contain suggestions with which the plan does not conform, an explanation of the reason for the nonconformance.

C. For each of the program years beginning on July 1 of 1987, 1988, and 1989, the executive director shall select a representative sample of workforce investment areas and direct such areas to include in their youth incentive plans a description of a performance bonus system to reward those students who show continued improvement in their academic performance. Such bonus systems may include the award of one or more of the following bonuses:

(1) Cash bonuses.

(2) Additional hours that may be worked in qualifying employment subject to the limitations contained in Section 1825.

(3) Assignment to preferred worksites.

D. The executive director shall approve any plan which is submitted in compliance with the requirements of this Chapter and shall not disapprove any such plan except after notice and opportunity for a hearing to the administrative entity.

Acts 1986, No. 612, §1; Acts 1989, No. 834, §1; Acts 1999, No. 386, §1.