Non-substantive Change Justification

Non-Substantiative Change Request

OMB Control Number 1205-0543 – Student Experiences Assessment (SEA) of Job Corps Centers

Expiration Date: 12/31/2026

Proposed Changes

To apply the implementation of Executive Order 14168 Defending Women to the Student Experience Assessment (SEA) based on the guidance provided.

• In O4, changed “Gender Identity” to “Sex” and deleted all options except for “Male and Female”

• Removed “O5. Do you identify as: (options for sexual orientation)”

• In question B3, changed “This center is a welcoming place for people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, religions, and viewpoints” to “This center is a welcoming place for all people.”

Purpose of Collection

WIOA requires that each Job Corps center “provide enrollees with an intensive, well organized, and fully supervised program of education, including English language acquisition programs, career and technical education and training, work experience, work-based learning, recreational activities, physical rehabilitation and development, driver’s education, and counseling, which may include information about financial literacy.” 29 U.S.C. § 3198(a)(1) (emphasis added). Further, these activities must be targeted to helping students, upon completion of the program, secure and maintain meaningful unsubsidized employment, enroll in and complete secondary education or post-secondary education or training programs, or satisfy Armed Forces requirements. 29 U.S.C. § 3198(a)(2).

In accordance with 5 C.F.R. Part 1320, the Department collects the data to obtain information from Job Corps enrolled students, on a voluntary basis, necessary to evaluating whether Job Corps center program activities are intensive, well organized, and fully supervised as required under WIOA. Evaluating Job Corps program activities using the SEA will help ensure that operators are providing contracted services and that the program is meeting the needs of its enrolled students.