PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 951 (B) identifying the criteria to be used by local boards in awarding grants for youth activities, including criteria that the Governor and local boards will use to identify effective and ineffective youth activities and providers of such activities; (C) describing how the State will coordinate the youth activities carried out in the State under section 129 with the services provided by Job Corps centers in the State (where such centers exist); and (D) describing how the State will coordinate youth activities described in subparagraph (C) with activities carried out through the youth opportunity grants under section 169. (c) PLAN SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL.— A State plan submitted to the Secretary under this section by a Governor shall be considered to be approved by the Secretary at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the day the Secretary receives the plan, unless the Secretary makes a written determination, during the 90-day period, tha1>- (1) the plan is inconsistent with the provisions of this title; and (2) in the case of the portion of the plan described in section 8(a) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49g(a)), the portion does not satis^ the criteria for approval provided in section 8(d) of such Act. (d) MODIFICATIONS TO PLAN.— A State may submit modifications to a State plan in accordance with the requirements of this section and section 111 as necessary during the 5-year period covered by the plan, CHAPTER 2—LOCAL PROVISIONS SEC. 116. LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREAS. 29 USC 2831. (a) DESIGNATION OF AREAS. — (1) IN GENERAL. — (A) PROCESS.— Except as provided in subsection (b), and consistent with paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), in order for a State to receive an allotment under section 127 or 132, the Governor of the State shall designate local workforce investment areas within the State— (i) through consultation with the State board; and (ii) after consultation with chief elected officials and after consideration of comments received through the public comment process as described in section 112(b)(9). (B) CONSIDERATIONS.— In making the designation of local areas, the Governor shall take into consideration the following: (i) Greographic areas served by local educational agencies and intermediate educational agencies. (ii) Geographic areas served by postsecondary educational institutions and area vocational education schools. (iii) The extent to which such local areas are consistent with labor market areas. (iv) The distance that individuals will need to travel to receive services provided in such local areas.
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