2018 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 9 - CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS
Chapter 25
Section 9:25-4 - Creation; function; administrator; agreements

Section: 9:25-4: Creation; function; administrator; agreements

a. The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs is hereby authorized to create the New Jersey Youth Corps within the Department of Community Affairs. The function of the corps shall be to recruit, train and employ eligible youth in community service projects designated by the administrator, so as to accomplish the purposes set forth in section 2 of this act.

b. The commissioner or person administering the office of commissioner of that department shall be the administrator of the corps, and all personnel, budgetary and other administrative services necessary or incidental to its proper functioning shall be provided by and through that department.

c. The administrator may enter into agreements with the Department of Education or the Department of Labor, or with any public or private educational institution approved for the purpose and for the design, provision or supervision of educational, vocational-training or apprenticeship programs necessary or expedient to the implementation of this act. Approval of any public or private educational institution for purposes of this subsection shall be, in all cases, by the Commissioner of Education and, in regard to programs involving job training, by the Commissioner of Labor.

d. The administrator may enter into agreements with recognized labor unions, or any member or representative thereof, for provision of supervisory services on any project, or of vocational training or apprenticeship programs, or, where appropriate, a combination of supervisory and training services in connection with any project, and may provide for just compensation for such services. The agreements shall be subject to approval by the Commissioner of Labor.

L.1984, c. 198, s. 4, eff. Nov. 27, 1984.