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Minnesota Department of Human Services

Disability Services Division eList

LEAD AGENCY ARCHIVE | STAKEHOLDER ARCHIVE

July 28, 2016

TO: Lead agency staff and other interested stakeholders
FROM: DHS Disability Services Division
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
PURPOSE: Provide information about implementation of Title I of the Rehabilitation Act to all interested stakeholders
CONTACT: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act final regulations published

The U.S. Department of Education published final regulations that will govern the implementation of Title I of the Rehabilitation Act (PDF), as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), on June 30, 2016.

Part 397, which is the portion of the rule that places limitations on the use of subminimum wage, begins on page 954. An earlier section of the rule document, on pages 478-591, provides the Rehabilitation Services Administration responses to public comments on the draft regulations as well as its rationale for the final regulations.

A key goal of Part 397 is to encourage access to competitive, integrated employment – and to reduce the incidence of people with disabilities working in jobs or work training experiences that pay less than the minimum wage. The effective date for Part 397 was Friday, July 22.

These documents detail the new Part 397 requirements and the Vocational Rehabilitation Services implementation plan for students who are known to be seeking subminimum wage jobs (DOC)  and for individuals, regardless of age, who are already working in subminimum wage jobs (DOC).