---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 686.515"
title: "20"
number: "686.515"
heading: "What are advanced career training programs?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/686.515"
---

# §686.515. What are advanced career training programs?

- (a) The Secretary may arrange for programs of advanced career training (ACT) for selected students, which may be provided through the eligible training providers identified in WIOA [sec. 122](/cfr/20/122.md) in which the students continue to participate in the Job Corps program for a period not to exceed 1 year in addition to the period of participation to which these students would otherwise be limited.
- (b) **Students participating in an ACT program are eligible to receive—**
  - (1) All of the benefits provided to a residential Job Corps student; or
  - (2) A monthly stipend equal to the average value of the benefits described in [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section.
- (c) Any operator may enroll more students than otherwise authorized by the Secretary in an ACT program if, in accordance with standards developed by the Secretary, the operator demonstrates:
  - (1) Participants in such a program have achieved a satisfactory rate of completion and placement in training-related jobs; and
  - (2) For the most recently preceding 2 program years, the operator has, on average, met or exceeded the expected levels of performance under WIOA [sec. 159(c)(1)](/cfr/20/159.md?p=c-1) for each of the primary indicators described in WIOA [sec. 116(b)(2)(A)(ii)](/cfr/20/116.md?p=b-2-A-ii), listed in [§ 686.1010](/cfr/20/686.1010.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 142, 144, 146, 147, 159, 189, 503, Pub. L. 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 56443, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.