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The 2016 OAA amended the statutory provisions authorizing SCSEP and required changes to SCSEP performance regulations by December 31, 2017. This interim final rule makes substantive revisions to 20 CFR part 641, subpart G (Performance Accountability) to implement the amended SCSEP performance measures in OAA section 513, which in large part align the SCSEP performance measures with those mandated for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) core programs under WIOA section 116. The WIOA performance measures were implemented in a joint final rule issued by the Departments of Labor and Education on August 19, 2016 (81 FR 55792) and codified in 20 CFR part 677. In addition, this interim final rule makes technical amendments to other subparts of 20 CFR 641 to reflect 2016 OAA amendments that aligned the SCSEP program statutory language with WIOA, such as updating outdated terminology and references to the Workforce Investment Act, which WIOA superseded.

Overall Description of Deadline: The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016 (2016 OAA) calls for several specific changes to the existing SCSEP performance accountability system, and requires that the Department of Labor implement the new SCSEP core measures of performance after consultation with stakeholders. The 2016 OAA amended section 513(d)(4) of the Older Americans Act to require the Department to implement the core measures of performance identified in the 2016 OAA amendments "not later than December 31, 2017."