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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions; Final Rule rule (2016)

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The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions; Final Rule rule is a significant rule issued by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor effective October 18, 2016, that amended regulations to implement reforms to workforce education and employment systems. The regulations implement activities administered by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).[1]

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  • Name: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions; Final Rule
  • Code of Federal Regulations: 20 CFR Parts 676, 677, and 678; 34 CFR Parts 361 and 463
  • Agency: Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, Department of Education; Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
  • Action: Final rule
  • Type of significant rule: Economically significant rule

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    President Barack Obama (D) signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) into law on July 22, 2014, which aimed "to improve coordination among the six core programs and other Federal programs that support employment services, workforce development, adult education and literacy, and vocational rehabilitation (VR) activities," according to the regulations published in the Federal Register. The law was sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R) as an amendment to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The law provides states with programs and services to help unemployed persons to attain employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in finding employment.[1][3]

    The WIOA directed executive departments to implement regulations in an effort to streamline workforce systems to improve the quality of services provided. In response to the directive of the WIOA, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on April 16, 2015, to implement jointly administered activities.[2]

    Summary of the rule

    The following is a summary of the rule from the rule's entry in the Federal Register:

    “ The Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) (or, collectively, Departments) issue this Joint Final Rule to implement jointly administered activities authorized by title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) signed into law on July 22, 2014 (hereafter “Joint WIOA Final Rule”). Through these regulations, the Departments implement workforce education and employment system reforms and strengthen the nation's public workforce development system to provide increased economic opportunity and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century evolving labor market. This Joint WIOA Final Rule provides guidance for State and local workforce development systems that increase the skill and credential attainment, employment, retention, and earnings of participants, especially those with significant barriers to employment, thereby improving the quality of the workforce, reducing dependency on public benefits, increasing economic opportunity, and enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the nation.[1][4] ”

    Summary of provisions

    The following is a summary of the provisions from the final rule's entry in the Federal Register:[1]

    “ To implement those provisions of WIOA that affect the WIOA programs and which will be jointly administered by both Departments, these regulations implement a number of improvements that WIOA makes to the public workforce system. These include improvements to:
    • Ensure that workforce education and employment services are coordinated and complementary by requiring a single, 4-year strategic State Plan for achieving the workforce goals of the State. Additionally, States may conduct, along with the core programs, collaborative planning with other Federal education and training programs specified in WIOA;
    • Ensure that Federal investments in education, employment, and training are evidence-based, data-driven, and accountable to participants and taxpayers by establishing a common performance accountability system for the core programs, requiring other authorized programs to report on the common performance indicators, and providing easy-to-understand information to consumers and the public about training providers and program performance to help inform their decision-making; and
    • Enhance services provided to all job seekers and employers through the one-stop delivery system, also known as the American Job Center system, by: Requiring the colocation of the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service program; adding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program as a required partner; providing for State-established certification to ensure high-quality American Job Centers; requiring partners to dedicate funding for allowable infrastructure and other shared costs that are commensurate to the partner's proportionate use and relative benefit received by the program; and promoting the development of integrated intake, case management, and reporting systems.[4]
    		 ”

    Significant impact

    See also: Significant regulatory action

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) deemed this rule economically significant pursuant to Executive Order 12866. An agency rule can be deemed a significant rule if it has had or might have a large impact on the economy, environment, public health, or state or local governments. The term was defined by E.O. 12866, which was issued in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.[1]

    Text of the rule

    The full text of the rule is available below:[1]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Federal Register, "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions; Final Rule," August 19, 2016
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Federal Register, "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking," April 16, 2015
    3. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.803 - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," accessed April 11, 2023
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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