Flash Edition
April 3, 2015
On
Thursday, April 2, 2015, the Department of Education released a program memorandum announcing five
notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) related to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). We encourage you to share this information with interested
stakeholders, and to become familiar now with the content of the NPRMs in
advance of the comment period.
The
notices are:
- A NPRM between ED and the Department of Labor
(DOL) to implement jointly-administered activities under Title I of WIOA regarding unified and combined state plans, performance
accountability, and the one-stop system.
This NPRM applies to all core programs, including state vocational
rehabilitation services and adult education programs.
- A DOL-only NPRM to implement changes made to
the adult, dislocated worker, and youth programs authorized under Title I of WIOA.
- An ED-only NPRM that will implement changes to
programs authorized under Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA),
which are contained in Title II of
WIOA.
-
Two ED-only NPRMs that will implement changes
made to the programs authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which are contained in Title IV of WIOA, as well as new provisions.
The
AEFLA Title II NPRM is available online
at https://federalregister.gov/a/2015-05540. The other four NRPMs are posted on the Federal
Register Public Inspection website at https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection. They
will all be available for comment during a 60-day period beginning on April 16,
2015.
Please
visit www.ed.gov/aefla for links to
the NPRMs and additional resources and information.
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