Administration Unveils Draft WIOA Regulations

On Thursday, the implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) took a big step forward when the Obama Administration unveiled the long-awaited draft federal regulations. Theses Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) includes thousands of pages of implementation guidelines for WIOA programs as proposed by the Departments of Labor and Education. The Administration will formally publish the NPRMs on April 16, at which point they will provide 60 days for the public to submit comments on the proposed rules. Topics covered by the NPRMs include:

• Department of Labor Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act administered activities
• Unified and combined state plans, performance accountability, and the one-stop system 
• Programs and activities authorized by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (WIOA Title II)
• Miscellaneous program changes

We will continue to update the CTE Policy Watch Blog with additional details and analysis on the proposed rules in the coming days.