(a) The Mayor shall establish an evening, weekend, and summer adult technical career training program (“Program”) for District residents in partnership with existing technical career training programs within 8 months of March 3, 2010. The Program shall provide technical career training opportunities for adults during evening hours, weekends, and summer months. The Program shall be conducted at the following locations:

(1) Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School;

(2) The Academy for Construction and Design at Cardozo Senior High School; and

(3) The Hospitality Public Charter High School at Roosevelt High School.

(b) Part of the funding directed to support adult technical career training should be applied to cover the cost of operating these facilities beyond traditional school hours.

Repealed.

(a) The Mayor shall select certain entities to provide technical instruction and expertise to the Program. The entities shall include trade associations, professional groups, unions, nonprofit organizations, and other groups certified to provide adult technical career training.

(b) The University of the District of Columbia shall work in conjunction with the Hospitality Public Charter High School at Roosevelt High School, and in partnership with existing adult technical career training programs, to open the Hospitality Public Charter High School at Roosevelt High School for night, weekend, and summer classes and training as one component of the Program.

(a) The Mayor shall apply for grants and additional federal funding that may be available as part of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, approved August 7, 1998 (112 Stat. 936; 29 U.S.C. § 9201 et seq.) (“the Act”), to support the Program and may administer funds pursuant to the Act.

(b)(1) To qualify for funding made available pursuant to the Act, agencies, organizations, and other groups that will offer adult technical career training as part of the Program shall be required to create and submit competitive proposals that match current and future employment needs within the District as identified by the Mayor.

(2) Entities that have been previously certified by the Mayor for adult technical career training and who have an established success rate, as determined by the Mayor, shall be exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(c) The Mayor shall apply for grants and additional federal funding that may be available as part of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, approved August 12, 2006 (120 Stat. 683; 20 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq.).

(d) The Mayor shall apply for additional federal funding that may be available for technical career training in the form of competitive grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, approved February 17, 2009 (123 Stat. 115; 26 U.S.C. § 1, note).

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 30-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, in whole or in part, by resolution within this 30-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.