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The Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) are implementing, through final regulations, jointly-administered activities authorized by title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113-128). Through these regulations, the Departments will implement job training system reforms and strengthen the nation’s workforce development system to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century. This joint 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 welfare dependency, and enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the nation.  

WIOA strengthened the alignment of the workforce development system’s six core programs by imposing unified strategic planning requirements, common performance accountability measures, and requirements governing the one-stop delivery system. In so doing, WIOA placed heightened emphasis on coordination and collaboration at the Federal, State, and local levels to ensure a streamlined and coordinated service delivery system for job seekers, including those with disabilities, and employers. To that end, ED and DOL are issuing final regulations to implement jointly-administered activities under title I of WIOA.  These regulations lay the foundation, through coordination and collaboration at the Federal level, for implementing the vision and goals of WIOA. 

Statement of Need:

WIOA mandates that the Department issue final regulations by January 2016.

Summary of the Legal Basis:

WIOA mandates that the Department issue final regulations by January 2016.

Alternatives:

These will be discussed in the final regulations.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

These will be discussed in the final regulations.

Risks:

These will be discussed in the final regulations.