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[72 Stat. 1184]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 1184]

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PUBLIC LAW 85-857-SEPT. 2, 1958

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improving policies, standards, and legislation in connection with their duties under this chapter. (b) Any such utilization shall be pursuant to proper agreement with the Federal department or agency concerned; and payment to cover the cost thereof shall (except in the case of the Office of Education) be made either in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be provided in such agreement. Funds necessary to enable the Office of Education to carry out its functions under this chapter are authorized to be appropriated directly to such Office. § 1645. Reimbursement of expenses The Administrator is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with State and local agencies to pay such State and local agencies for reasonable and necessary expenses of salary and travel incurred by employees of such agencies in (1) renderin<v necessary services in ascertaining the qualifications of educational institutions and training establishments for furnishing courses of education or training to eligible veterans under this chapter, and in the supervision of such educational institutions and training establishments, and (2) furnishing, at the request of the Administrator, any other services in connection with this chapter. Each such contract or agreement shall be conditioned upon compliance with the standards and provisions of this chapter. Subchapter VI—Approval of Courses of Education and Training § 1651. Apprentice or other training on the job (a) Apprentice or other training on the job shall consist of courses offered by training establishments whenever such courses of training are furnished in accordance with the provisions of this section. Any training establishment desiring to furnish a course of apprentice or other training on the job shall submit to the appropriate State approving agency a written application setting forth the course of training for each job for which an eligible veteran is to be trained. The written application covering the course of training shall include the following: (1) Title and description of the specific job objective for which the eligible veteran is to be trained; (2) The length of the training period; (3) A schedule listing various operations for major kinds of work or tasks to be learned and showing for each, job operations or work, tasks to be performed, and the approximate length of time to be spent on each operation or task; (4) The wage or salary to be paid at the beginning of the course of training, at each successive step in the course, and at the completion of training; (5) The entrance wage or salary paid by the establishment to employees already trained in the kind of work for which the veteran is to be trained; and (6) The number of hours of supplemental related instruction required. (b) The appropriate State approving agency may approve a course of apprentice or other training on the job specified in an application submitted by a training establishment in accordance with subsection (a) if such training establishment is found upon investigation to have met the following criteria: (1) The training content of the course is adequate to qualify the eligible veteran for appointment to the job for which he is to be trained.