20 USC 6438 - Transition services

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 6438.

Transition services

(a)

Transition services

(1)

projects that facilitate the transition of children and youth between State-operated institutions, or institutions in the State operated by the Secretary of the Interior, and schools served by local educational agencies or schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education; or

(2)

the successful reentry of youth offenders, who are age 20 or younger and have received a regular high school diploma or its recognized equivalent, into postsecondary education, or career and technical training programs, through strategies designed to expose the youth to, and prepare the youth for, postsecondary education, or career and technical training programs, such as—

(A)

preplacement programs that allow adjudicated or incarcerated youth to audit or attend courses on college, university, or community college campuses, or through programs provided in institutional settings;

(B)

worksite schools, in which institutions of higher education and private or public employers partner to create programs to help students make a successful transition to postsecondary education and employment; and

(C)

essential support services to ensure the success of the youth, such as—

(i)

personal, career and technical, and academic, counseling;

(ii)

placement services designed to place the youth in a university, college, or junior college program;

(iii)

information concerning, and assistance in obtaining, available student financial aid;

(iv)

counseling services; and

(v)

job placement services.

(b)

Conduct of projects

(c)

Rule of construction

(Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1418, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1586; amended Pub. L. 114–95, title I, § 1401(6), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1903.)

cite as: 20 USC 6438