20 CFR § 686.200 - How are Job Corps center locations and sizes determined?

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title: "20 CFR § 686.200 - How are Job Corps center locations and sizes determined?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "686.200"
section_name: "How are Job Corps center locations and sizes determined?"
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "686"
part_name: "THE JOB CORPS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Secs. 142, 144, 146, 147, 159, 189, 503, Pub. L. 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 56443, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 686.200 How are Job Corps center locations and sizes determined?

(a) The Secretary must approve the location and size of all Job Corps centers based on established criteria and procedures.

(b) The Secretary establishes procedures for making decisions concerning the establishment, relocation, expansion, or closing of contract centers.