The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education released what they coined as the “next step in shaping a new generation of workforce and education strategies” with the release of the proposed rules implementing the Workforce Investment Opportunities that Congress passed last July with overwhelming bipartisan support.

According to the helpful reporting from the Workforce Investment Opportunities, the Departments posted five Notices of Proposed Rulemaking governing the implementation of WIOA which cover jointly administered activities, DOL-administered WIOA provisions, Adult Education and Family Literacy, and the Rehabilitation Act. These proposed rules include specific regulatory proposals as well as key questions to which DOL and ED are seeking answers during the public comment period.

All individuals or organizations wishing to submit public comments on WIOA’ rules have 60 days to do so beginning on April 16th through www.regulations.gov.

 For the full WIOA regulations document, please click here http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/draft-wioa-regulations-posted. This is an interactive site that has recent press releases and e-news as well as posts that have federal, state and national initiatives listed.

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