Youth Education and Work Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Youth Education and Work Act - Title I: Amendments to Title IV of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act - Amends title IV (Youth Programs) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to establish a Youth Education and Work Entitlement program to guarantee employment and supplemental employment opportunities to eligible youth in poverty areas. Defines "eligible youth" as a person between the ages of 15 and 19, inclusive, who has not acquired a high school diploma or its equivalent and is either attending a qualified high school or is a resident of a poverty area and has not attended school within the previous 12 months. Defines "qualifying school" as any high school a majority of whose students are residents of poverty areas and which serves all the residents of a poverty area. Defines "poverty area" as any Bureau of Census geographic division in which 20 percent or more of the residents are at or below the poverty level. Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education ("the Secretaries") administer youth education and work entitlement programs. Requires that applications for financial assistance for such programs be submitted jointly by any local e…