1205-AB74 201510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule with U.S. Department of Education for Combined and Unified State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions

On July 22, 2014, the President signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113-128) which repeals the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). (29 U.S.C.  2801 et seq.)  As directed by WIOA, the Departments of Education and Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on April 16, 2015 to implement the changes in regulations that WIOA makes to the public workforce system regarding Combined and Unified State Plans, performance accountability for WIOA title I, title II, title III, and title IV programs, and the one-stop delivery system.

All of the other regulations implementing WIOA were published by the Departments of Labor and Education in separate NPRMs. The Departments are analyzing the comments received and developing a final rule.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No 20 CFR 675 20 CFR 676 20 CFR 677 20 CFR 678 Section 503(f) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Pub. L. 113-128) Statutory NPRM 01/22/2015 Public Law 113-128 Statutory Final 01/18/2016 No NPRM 04/16/2015 80 FR 20574 NPRM Comment Period End 06/15/2015 Analyze Comments 11/00/2015 Yes Businesses Governmental Jurisdictions Organizations Federal Local State Tribal No Yes No Portia Wu Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 202 639-2700 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Washington DC 20210