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Union Calendar No. 368 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6655 

[Report No. 118–444, Part I] 

To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 7, 2023 

Ms. FOXX (for herself and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

APRIL 5, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. OWENS, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

ALLEN, Mr. SMUCKER, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. LATURNER, Mrs. BICE, Mr. 

JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. ROGERS of 

Kentucky, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. WILD, Mrs. 

HAYES, Ms. MANNING, Mr. MRVAN, and Ms. WILSON of Florida 

APRIL 5, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Education and the Workforce with an 

amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

APRIL 5, 2024 

Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 7, 2023] 

A BILL 

To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘A 

5 Stronger Workforce for America Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Effective date; transition authority. 

TITLE I—WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 

Subtitle A—General Provisions 

Sec. 101. Definitions. 

Sec. 102. Table of contents amendments. 

Subtitle B—System Alignment 

CHAPTER 1—STATE PROVISIONS

Sec. 111. State workforce development board. 

Sec. 112. Unified State plan. 

CHAPTER 2—LOCAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 115. Workforce development areas. 

Sec. 116. Local workforce development boards. 

Sec. 117. Local plan. 

CHAPTER 3—PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY

Sec. 119. Performance accountability system. 

Subtitle C—Workforce Investment Activities and Providers 

CHAPTER 1—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDERS

Sec. 121. Establishment of one-stop delivery systems. 

Sec. 122. Identification of eligible providers and programs of training services. 

CHAPTER 2—YOUTH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES

Sec. 131. Reservations for statewide activities. 

Sec. 132. Use of funds for youth workforce investment activities. 

CHAPTER 3—ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

ACTIVITIES

Sec. 141. State allotments. 

Sec. 142. Reservations for State activities; within State allocations. 


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Sec. 143. Use of funds for employment and training activities. 

CHAPTER 4—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 145. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle D—Job Corps 

Sec. 151. Purposes. 

Sec. 152. Definitions. 

Sec. 153. Individuals eligible for the Job Corps. 

Sec. 154. Recruitment, screening, selection, and assignment of enrollees. 

Sec. 155. Job Corps Campuses. 

Sec. 156. Program activities. 

Sec. 157. Support. 

Sec. 158. Operations. 

Sec. 159. Standards of conduct. 

Sec. 160. Community participation. 

Sec. 161. Workforce councils. 

Sec. 162. Advisory committees. 

Sec. 163. Experimental projects and technical assistance. 

Sec. 164. Special provisions. 

Sec. 165. Management information. 

Sec. 166. Job Corps oversight and reporting. 

Sec. 167. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle E—National Programs 

Sec. 171. Native American programs. 

Sec. 172. Migrant and seasonal farmworker programs. 

Sec. 173. Technical assistance. 

Sec. 174. Evaluations and research. 

Sec. 175. National dislocated worker grants. 

Sec. 176. YouthBuild Program. 

Sec. 178. Reentry employment opportunities. 

Sec. 179. Strengthening community colleges grant program. 

Sec. 180. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle F—Administration 

Sec. 191. Requirements and restrictions. 

Sec. 192. General waivers of statutory or regulatory requirements. 

Sec. 193. State innovation demonstration authority. 

TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY 

Sec. 201. Purpose. 

Sec. 202. Definitions. 

Sec. 203. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 204. Special rule. 

Sec. 205. Performance accountability system. 

Sec. 206. Matching requirement. 

Sec. 207. State leadership activities. 

Sec. 208. Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized individuals. 

Sec. 209. Grants and contracts for eligible providers. 

Sec. 210. Local application. 


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Sec. 211. Local administrative cost limits. 

Sec. 212. National leadership activities. 

Sec. 213. Integrated English literacy and civics education. 

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 

Sec. 301. Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act. 

Sec. 302. Job training grants. 

Sec. 303. Access to National Directory of New Hires. 

1 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION AUTHORITY. 

2 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act, and the amendments 

3 made by this Act, shall take effect on the first date of the 

4 first program year (as determined under the Workforce In5 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.)) 

6 that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 

7 (b) TRANSITION AUTHORITY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor and 

9 the Secretary of Education shall have the authority to 

10 take such steps as are necessary before the effective 

11 date of this Act to provide for the orderly implemen12 tation on such date of the amendments to the Work13 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

14 3101 et seq.) made by this Act. 

15 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 503 of 

16 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

17 U.S.C. 3343) is repealed (and by striking the item re18 lating to such section in the table of contents of such 

19 Act). 


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1 TITLE I—WORKFORCE 

2 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 

3 Subtitle A—General Provisions 

4 SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 

5 (a) FOUNDATIONAL SKILL NEEDS.—Section 3(5) of 

6 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

7 3102(5)) is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(5) FOUNDATIONAL SKILL NEEDS.—The term 

9 ‘foundational skill needs’ means, with respect to an 

10 individual who is a youth or adult, that the indi11 vidual— 

12 ‘‘(A) has English reading, writing, or com13 puting skills at or below the 8th-grade level on 

14 a generally accepted standardized test; or 

15 ‘‘(B) is unable to compute or solve problems, 

16 or read, write, or speak English, or does not pos17 sess digital literacy skills, at a level necessary to 

18 function on the job, in the individual’s family, 

19 or in society.’’. 

20 (b) EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.— 

21 Section 3(14) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

22 Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(14)) is amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(14) EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVELOP24 MENT.—The term ‘employer-directed skills develop25 ment’ means a program— 


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1 ‘‘(A) that is selected or designed to meet the 

2 specific skill demands of an employer (including 

3 a group of employers); 

4 ‘‘(B) that is conducted pursuant to the 

5 terms and conditions established under an em6 ployer-directed skills agreement described in sec7 tion 134(c)(3)(I), including a commitment by 

8 the employer to employ an individual upon suc9 cessful completion of the program; and 

10 ‘‘(C) for which the employer pays a portion 

11 of the cost of the program, as determined by the 

12 local board involved, which shall not be less 

13 than— 

14 ‘‘(i) 10 percent of the cost, in the case 

15 of an employer with 50 or fewer employees; 

16 ‘‘(ii) 25 percent of the cost, in the case 

17 of an employer with more than 50, but 

18 fewer than 100 employees; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) 50 percent of the cost, in the case 

20 of an employer with 100 or more employ21 ees.’’. 

22 (c) DISLOCATED WORKER.—Section 3(15)(E)(ii) of 

23 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

24 3102(15)(E)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘who meets the cri25 teria described in paragraph (16)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘who 


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1 meets the criteria described in subparagraph (B) of the defi2 nition of the term ‘displaced homemaker’ in this section’’. 

3 (d) DISPLACED HOMEMAKER.—Section 3(16) of the 

4 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

5 3102(16)) is amended, in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A), by striking ‘‘family members’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

7 family member’’. 

8 (e) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—Section 3(18) of the Workforce 

9 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(18)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘out-of-school’’ and inserting ‘‘oppor11 tunity’’. 

12 (f) ENGLISH LEARNER.—Section 3 of the Workforce 

13 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is fur14 ther amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (21)— 

16 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘LAN17 GUAGE’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘language’’; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (24)(I), by striking ‘‘lan20 guage’’. 

21 (g) JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL.—Section 3 of the 

22 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

23 3102) is further amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (24), by amending subpara25 graph (F) to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(F) Justice-involved individuals.’’; and 

2 (2) in paragraph (38)— 

3 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OF4 FENDER’’ and inserting ‘‘JUSTICE-INVOLVED IN5 DIVIDUAL’’; and 

6 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

7 (A), by striking ‘‘offender’’ and inserting ‘‘jus8 tice-involved individual’’. 

9 (h) OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.—Section 3(46) of the Work10 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(46)) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OUT-OF13 SCHOOL’’ and inserting ‘‘OPPORTUNITY’’; and 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘out-of-school’’ and inserting ‘‘op15 portunity’’. 

16 (i) PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE CONTRACT STRATEGY.— 

17 Section 3(47) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

18 Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(47)) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(47) PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE CONTRACT STRAT20 EGY.—The term ‘pay-for-performance contract strat21 egy’ means a specific type of performance-based ac22 quisition that uses pay-for-performance contracts in 

23 the provision of services described in paragraph (2) or 

24 (3) of section 134(c) or activities described in section 

25 129(c)(2), and includes— 


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1 ‘‘(A) contracts, each of which— 

2 ‘‘(i) shall specify a fixed amount that 

3 will be paid to an eligible service provider 

4 (which may include a local or national 

5 community-based organization or inter6 mediary, community college, or other pro7 vider) based on the achievement of specified 

8 levels of performance on the primary indi9 cators of performance described in section 

10 116(b)(2)(A) for target populations as iden11 tified by the local board (including individ12 uals with barriers to employment), within a 

13 defined timetable; 

14 ‘‘(ii) may not be required by the Sec15 retary to be informed by a feasibility study; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(iii) may provide for bonus payments 

18 to such service provider to expand capacity 

19 to provide effective training; 

20 ‘‘(B) a strategy for validating the achieve21 ment of the performance described in subpara22 graph (A); and 

23 ‘‘(C) a description of how the State or local 

24 area will reallocate funds not paid to a provider 

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1 scribed in subparagraph (A) did not occur, for 

2 further activities related to such a procurement 

3 strategy, subject to section 189(g)(4).’’. 

4 (j) RAPID RESPONSE ACTIVITY.—Section 3(51) of the 

5 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

6 3102(51)) is amended— 

7 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

8 by inserting ‘‘, through a rapid response unit’’ after 

9 ‘‘designated by a State’’; 

10 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the 

11 semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, including indi12 vidual training accounts for eligible dislocated work13 ers under section 414(c) of the American Competitive14 ness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 

15 U.S.C. 3224a)’’; 

16 (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub19 paragraph (F); 

20 (5) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol21 lowing new subparagraph: 

22 ‘‘(E) assistance in identifying employees eli23 gible for assistance, including workers who work 

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1 (6) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by 

2 striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

3 and 

4 (7) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(G) business engagement or layoff aversion 

6 strategies and other activities designed to prevent 

7 or minimize the duration of unemployment, such 

8 as— 

9 ‘‘(i) connecting employers to short-term 

10 compensation or other programs designed to 

11 prevent layoffs; 

12 ‘‘(ii) conducting employee skill assess13 ment and matching programs to different 

14 occupations; 

15 ‘‘(iii) establishing incumbent worker 

16 training or other upskilling approaches, in17 cluding incumbent worker upskilling ac18 counts described in section 134(d)(4)(E); 

19 ‘‘(iv) facilitating business support ac20 tivities, such as connecting employers to 

21 programs that offer access to credit, finan22 cial support, and business consulting; and 

23 ‘‘(v) partnering or contracting with 

24 business-focused organizations to assess 

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1 ment, and measure the impact of strategies 

2 and services to address such risks.’’. 

3 (k) VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM.—Section 

4 3(64) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (20 

5 U.S.C. 3102(64)) is amended by striking ‘‘under a provi6 sion covered under paragraph (13)(D)’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘under a provision covered under subparagraph (D) of the 

8 definition of the term ‘core program provision’ under this 

9 section’’. 

10 (l) NEW DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Workforce In11 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is further 

12 amended— 

13 (1) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(72) CO-ENROLLMENT.—The term ‘co-enroll15 ment’ means simultaneous enrollment in more than 

16 one of the programs or activities carried out by a one17 stop partner in section 121(b)(1)(B). 

18 ‘‘(73) DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS.—The term 

19 ‘digital literacy skills’ has the meaning given the term 

20 in section 203. 

21 ‘‘(74) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘evidence22 based’, when used with respect to an activity, service, 

23 strategy, or intervention, means an activity, service, 

24 strategy, or intervention that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) demonstrates a statistically significant 

2 effect on improving participant outcomes or 

3 other relevant outcomes based on— 

4 ‘‘(i) strong evidence from at least 1 

5 well-designed and well-implemented experi6 mental study; 

7 ‘‘(ii) moderate evidence from at least 1 

8 well-designed and well-implemented quasi9 experimental study; or 

10 ‘‘(iii) promising evidence from at least 

11 1 well-designed and well-implemented cor12 relational study with statistical controls for 

13 selection bias; or 

14 ‘‘(B)(i) demonstrates a rationale based on 

15 high-quality research findings or positive evalua16 tion that such activity, strategy, or intervention 

17 is likely to improve student outcomes or other 

18 relevant outcomes; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) includes ongoing efforts to examine the 

20 effects of such activity, service, strategy, or inter21 vention. 

22 ‘‘(75) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘labor 

23 organization’ has the meaning given the term in sec24 tion 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 

25 U.S.C. 152(5)). 


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1 ‘‘(76) WORK-BASED LEARNING.—The term ‘work2 based learning’ has the meaning given the term in 

3 section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

4 Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).’’; and 

5 (2) by reordering paragraphs (1) through (71), 

6 as amended by this section, and the paragraphs 

7 added by paragraph (1) of this subsection in alpha8 betical order, and renumbering such paragraphs as so 

9 reordered. 

10 SEC. 102. TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS. 

11 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Workforce 

12 Innovation and Opportunity Act is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating the item relating to section 

14 172 as section 174; 

15 (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 

16 171, the following: 

‘‘Sec. 172. Reentry employment opportunities. 

‘‘Sec. 173. Strengthening community colleges workforce development grants program.’’; and 

17 (3) by striking the item relating to section 190 

18 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 190. State innovation demonstration authority.’’. 

19 Subtitle B—System Alignment 

20 CHAPTER 1—STATE PROVISIONS 

21 SEC. 111. STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD. 

22 Section 101(b)(1)(C)(ii)(IV) of the Workforce Innova23 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 


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1 3112(b)(1)(C)(ii)(IV)) is amended by striking ‘‘out-of-school 

2 youth’’ and inserting ‘‘opportunity youth’’. 

3 SEC. 112. UNIFIED STATE PLAN. 

4 Section 102 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor5 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

9 through (E) as subparagraphs (D) through 

10 (F), respectively; 

11 (ii) by inserting the following after 

12 subparagraph (B): 

13 ‘‘(C) a description of— 

14 ‘‘(i) how the State will use real-time 

15 labor market information to continually as16 sess the economic conditions and workforce 

17 trends described in subparagraphs (A) and 

18 (B); and 

19 ‘‘(ii) how the State will communicate 

20 changes in such conditions or trends to the 

21 workforce system in the State;’’; 

22 (iii) in subparagraph (D), as so redes23 ignated, by inserting ‘‘the extent to which 

24 such activities are evidence-based,’’ after ‘‘of 

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1 (iv) in subparagraph (E), as so redes2 ignated, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (v) in subparagraph (F), as so redesig4 nated, by striking the period at the end and 

5 inserting a semicolon; and 

6 (vi) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(G) a description of any activities the 

8 State is conducting to expand economic oppor9 tunity for individuals and reduce barriers to 

10 labor market entry by— 

11 ‘‘(i) developing, in cooperation with 

12 employers, education and training pro13 viders, and other stakeholders, statewide 

14 skills-based initiatives that promote the use 

15 of demonstrated skills and competencies as 

16 an alternative to the exclusive use of degree 

17 attainment as a requirement for employ18 ment or advancement in a career; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) evaluating the existing occupa20 tional licensing policies in the State and 

21 identifying potential changes to recommend 

22 to the appropriate State entity to— 

23 ‘‘(I) remove or streamline licens24 ing requirements, as appropriate; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) improve the reciprocity of li2 censing, including through partici3 pating in interstate licensing com4 pacts; and 

5 ‘‘(H) an analysis of the opportunity youth 

6 population in the State, including the estimated 

7 number of opportunity youth and any gaps in 

8 services provided to such population by other ex9 isting workforce development activities, as iden10 tified under subparagraph (D).’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

13 ‘‘including a description’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘which may include a description’’; 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

16 (I) in clause (ii)(I), by inserting 

17 ‘‘utilizing a continuous quality im18 provement approach,’’ after ‘‘year,’’ 

19 (II) in clause (vi), by inserting 

20 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (III) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘; 

22 and’’ and inserting a period; and 

23 (IV) by striking clause (viii); 

24 (iii) in subparagraph (D)(i)(II), by 

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1 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

2 (I) in clause (viii)(II), by insert3 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (II) in clause (ix), by striking ‘‘; 

5 and’’ at the end and inserting a pe6 riod; and 

7 (III) by striking clause (x); and 

8 (2) in subsection (c)(3)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘shall’’ the second place it appears and inserting 

11 ‘‘may’’; and 

12 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘required’’; and 

14 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, except that commu15 nicating changes in economic conditions 

16 and workforce trends to the workforce sys17 tem in the State as described in subsection 

18 (b)(1)(C) shall not be considered modifica19 tions subject to approval under this para20 graph’’ before the period at the end. 

21 CHAPTER 2—LOCAL PROVISIONS 

22 SEC. 115. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREAS. 

23 (a) REGIONS.—Section 106(a) of the Workforce Inno24 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3121(a)) is amend25 ed by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) REVIEW.—Before the second full program 

2 year after the date of enactment of the A Stronger 

3 Workforce for America Act, in order for a State to re4 ceive an allotment under section 127(b) or 132(b) and 

5 as part of the process for developing the State plan, 

6 a State shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) review each region in the State identi8 fied under this subsection (as such subsection 

9 was in effect on the day before the date of enact10 ment of the A Stronger Workforce for America 

11 Act); and 

12 ‘‘(B) after consultation with the local boards 

13 and chief elected officials in the local areas and 

14 consistent with the considerations described in 

15 subsection (b)(1)(B)— 

16 ‘‘(i) revise such region and any other 

17 region impacted by such revision; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) make a determination to main19 tain such region with no revision.’’. 

20 (b) LOCAL AREAS.—Section 106(b) of the Workforce 

21 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3121(b)) is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(ex2 cept for those local areas described in paragraphs 

3 (2) and (3))’’; and 

4 (2) by striking paragraphs (2) through (7), and 

5 inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(2) CONTINUATION PERIOD.—Subject to para7 graph (5), in order to receive an allotment under sec8 tion 127(b) or 132(b), the Governor shall maintain 

9 the designations of local areas in the State under this 

10 subsection (as in effect on the day before the date of 

11 enactment of the A Stronger Workforce for America 

12 Act) until the end of the third full program year after 

13 the date of enactment of the A Stronger Workforce for 

14 America Act. 

15 ‘‘(3) INITIAL ALIGNMENT REVIEW.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the third full 

17 program year after the date of enactment of the 

18 A Stronger Workforce for America Act, the Gov19 ernor shall— 

20 ‘‘(i) review the designations of local 

21 areas in the State (as in effect on the day 

22 before the date of enactment of the A 

23 Stronger Workforce for America Act); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) based on the considerations de25 scribed in paragraph (1)(B), issue proposed 


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1 redesignations of local areas in the State 

2 through the process described in paragraph 

3 (1)(A), which shall— 

4 ‘‘(I) include an explanation of the 

5 strategic goals and objectives that the 

6 State intends to achieve through such 

7 redesignations; and 

8 ‘‘(II) be subject to the approval of 

9 the local boards in the State in accord10 ance with the process described in sub11 paragraph (C). 

12 ‘‘(B) DESIGNATION OF LOCAL AREAS.—A 

13 redesignation of local areas in a State that is 

14 approved by a majority of the local boards in the 

15 State through the process described in subpara16 graph (C) shall take effect on the first day of the 

17 4th full program year after the date of enactment 

18 of the A Stronger Workforce for America Act. 

19 ‘‘(C) PROCESS TO REACH MAJORITY AP20 PROVAL.—To approve a designation of local 

21 areas in the State, the local boards in the State 

22 shall comply with the following: 

23 ‘‘(i) INITIAL VOTE.—Not later than 60 

24 days after the Governor issues proposed re25 designations under subparagraph (A), the 


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1 chairperson of each local board shall review 

2 the proposed redesignations and submit a 

3 vote on behalf of such local board to the 

4 Governor either approving or rejecting the 

5 proposed redesignations. 

6 ‘‘(ii) RESULTS OF INITIAL VOTE.—If a 

7 majority of the local boards in the State 

8 vote under clause (i)— 

9 ‘‘(I) to approve such proposed re10 designations, such redesignations shall 

11 take effect in accordance with subpara12 graph (B); or 

13 ‘‘(II) to disapprove such proposed 

14 redesignations, the chairpersons of the 

15 local boards in the State shall comply 

16 with the requirements of clause (iii). 

17 ‘‘(iii) ALTERNATE REDESIGNATIONS.— 

18 In the case of the disapproval described in 

19 clause (ii)(II), not later than 60 days after 

20 initial votes were submitted under clause 

21 (i), the chairpersons of the local boards in 

22 the State shall— 

23 ‘‘(I) select 2 alternate redesigna24 tions of local areas— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) one of which aligns 

2 with the regional economic devel3 opment areas in the State; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) one of which aligns 

5 with the regions described in sub6 paragraph (A) or (B) of sub7 section (a)(2); and 

8 ‘‘(II) conduct a vote to approve, 

9 by majority vote, 1 of the 2 alternate 

10 redesignations described in subclause 

11 (I). 

12 ‘‘(iv) EFFECTIVE DATE OF ALTERNATE

13 DESIGNATIONS.—The alternate redesigna14 tions approved pursuant to clause (iii)(II) 

15 shall take effect in accordance with sub16 paragraph (B). 

17 ‘‘(4) SUBSEQUENT ALIGNMENT REVIEWS.—On 

18 the date that is the first day of the 12th full program 

19 year after the date of enactment of the A Stronger 

20 Workforce for America Act, and every 8 years there21 after, the Governor shall review the designation of 

22 local areas based on the considerations described in 

23 paragraph (1)(B) and conduct a process in accord24 ance with paragraph (3). 

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1 ‘‘(A) AUTOMATIC APPROVAL OF CERTAIN

2 REDESIGNATION REQUESTS.— 

3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—At any time, and 

4 notwithstanding the requirements of para5 graphs (2), (3), and (4), the Governor, upon 

6 receipt of a request for a redesignation of a 

7 local area described in clause (ii), shall ap8 prove such request. 

9 ‘‘(ii) REQUESTS.—The following re10 quests shall be approved pursuant to clause 

11 (i) upon request: 

12 ‘‘(I) A request from multiple local 

13 areas to be redesignated as a single 

14 local area. 

15 ‘‘(II) A request from multiple 

16 local areas for a revision to the des17 ignations of such local areas, which 

18 would not impact the designations of 

19 local areas that have not made such re20 quest. 

21 ‘‘(III) A request for designation as 

22 a local area from an area described in 

23 section 107(c)(1)(C). 

24 ‘‘(B) OTHER REDESIGNATIONS.—Other than 

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1 (A), the Governor may only redesignate a local 

2 area outside of the process described in para3 graphs (3) and (4), if the local area that will be 

4 subject to such redesignation has not— 

5 ‘‘(i) performed successfully; 

6 ‘‘(ii) sustained fiscal integrity; or 

7 ‘‘(iii) in the case of a local area in a 

8 planning region, met the requirements de9 scribed in subsection (c)(1). 

10 ‘‘(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Any redesignation 

11 of a local area approved by the Governor under 

12 subparagraph (A) or (B) shall take effect on the 

13 first date of the first full program year after such 

14 date of approval. 

15 ‘‘(6) APPEALS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A local area that is 

17 subject to a redesignation of such local area 

18 under paragraph (3), (4), or (5) may submit an 

19 appeal to maintain its existing designation to 

20 the State board under an appeal process estab21 lished in the State plan as specified in section 

22 102(b)(2)(D)(i)(III). 

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1 scribed in subparagraph (A) if the local area can 

2 demonstrate that the process for redesignation of 

3 such local area under paragraph (3), (4), or (5), 

4 as applicable, has not been followed. 

5 ‘‘(C) SECRETARIAL REQUIREMENTS.—If a 

6 request to maintain an existing designation as a 

7 local area is not granted as a result of such ap8 peal, the Secretary, after receiving a request for 

9 review from such local area and determining 

10 that the local area was not accorded procedural 

11 rights under the appeals process referred to in 

12 subparagraph (A), shall— 

13 ‘‘(i) review the process for the redesig14 nation of the local area under paragraph 

15 (3), (4), or (5), as applicable; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) upon determining that the appli17 cable process has not been followed, require 

18 that the local area’s existing designation be 

19 maintained. 

20 ‘‘(7) REDESIGNATION INCENTIVE.—The State 

21 may provide funding from funds made available 

22 under sections 128(a)(1) and 133(a)(1) to provide 

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1 ‘‘(A) groups of local areas to request to be 

2 redesignated as a single local area under para3 graph (5)(A); or 

4 ‘‘(B) multiple local boards in a planning 

5 region to develop an agreement to operate as a 

6 regional consortium under subsection (c)(3).’’. 

7 (c) REGIONAL COORDINATION.—Section 106(c) of the 

8 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

9 3121(c)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 

12 through (H) as subparagraphs (G) through (I), 

13 respectively; and 

14 (B) by inserting the following after sub15 paragraph (E): 

16 ‘‘(F) the establishment of cost arrangements 

17 for services described in subsections (c) and (d) 

18 of section 134, including the pooling of funds for 

19 such services, as appropriate, for the region;’’; 

20 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including 

21 to assist with establishing administrative costs ar22 rangements or cost arrangements for services under 

23 subparagraphs (F) and (G) of such paragraph’’ after 

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1 (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para2 graph (4); and 

3 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so 

4 amended, the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) REGIONAL CONSORTIUMS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The local boards and 

7 chief elected officials in any planning region de8 scribed in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection 

9 (a)(2) may develop an agreement to receive fund10 ing under section 128(b) and section 133(b) as 

11 a single consortium for the planning region. 

12 ‘‘(B) FISCAL AGENT.—If the local boards 

13 and chief elected officials develop such an agree14 ment— 

15 ‘‘(i) one of the chief elected officials in 

16 the planning region shall be designated as 

17 the fiscal agent for the consortium; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the local boards shall develop a 

19 memorandum of understanding to jointly 

20 administer the activities for the consortium; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(iii) the required activities for local 

23 areas under this Act, (including the re24 quired functions of the local boards de25 scribed in section 107(d)) shall apply to 


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1 such a consortium as a whole and may not 

2 be applied separately or differently to the 

3 local areas or local boards within such con4 sortium.’’. 

5 (d) SINGLE STATE LOCAL AREAS.—Section 106(d) of 

6 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

7 3121(d)) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para9 graph (3); and 

10 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1), the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(2) NEW DESIGNATION.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the 

14 process described in subsection (b)(1)(A) and 

15 during a review of designations described in 

16 paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (b), the Gov17 ernor may propose to designate a State as a sin18 gle State local area for the purposes of this title. 

19 ‘‘(B) PROCESS FOR APPROVAL.—If the Gov20 ernor proposes a single State local area, the 

21 chairpersons of the existing local boards shall 

22 vote to approve or reject such designation 

23 through the process described in subsection 

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1 ‘‘(C) DESIGNATION AS A SINGLE STATE

2 LOCAL AREA.—If the majority of the chair3 persons of the local boards in the State vote to 

4 approve such proposed designation, the State 

5 shall be designated as a single State local area 

6 and the Governor shall identify the State as a 

7 local area in the State plan.’’. 

8 (e) DEFINITION OF ‘‘PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY’’.— 

9 Section 106(e)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor10 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3121(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘ad11 justed levels of performance’’ and inserting ‘‘adjusted levels 

12 of performance described in section 116(g)(1)’’. 

13 SEC. 116. LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS. 

14 (a) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 107(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the 

15 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

16 3122(b)(2)(B)(iv)) is amended by striking ‘‘out-of-school 

17 youth’’ and inserting ‘‘opportunity youth’’. 

18 (b) FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL BOARD.—Section 107(d) of 

19 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3122(d)) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, including, 

22 to the extent practicable, local representatives of the 

23 core programs and the programs described in section 

24 102(a)(2),’’ after ‘‘system stakeholders’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘proven’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘evidence-based’’; 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘individual’’ after ‘‘needs 

4 of’’; and 

5 (C) by inserting ‘‘from a variety of indus6 tries and occupations’’ after ‘‘and employers’’; 

7 (3) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and which, 

8 to the extent practicable, shall be aligned with career 

9 and technical education programs of study (as defined 

10 in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech11 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(3)) of12 fered within the local area’’ before the period at the 

13 end; 

14 (4) in paragraph (6)— 

15 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PROVEN’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘EVIDENCE-BASED’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘proven’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘evidence-based’’; 

20 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and covered veterans 

21 (as defined in section 4212(a)(3)(A) of title 

22 38, United States Code)’’ after ‘‘employ23 ment’’; 

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1 4212(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code’’ 

2 after ‘‘delivery system’’; and 

3 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘prov4 en’’ and inserting ‘‘evidence-based’’; 

5 (5) in paragraph (10)(C)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘, on the State eligible 

7 training provider list,’’ after ‘‘identify’’; and 

8 (B) by inserting ‘‘that operate in or are ac9 cessible to individuals’’ after ‘‘training services’’; 

10 and 

11 (6) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘activi12 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘funds allocated to the local area 

13 under section 128(b) and section 133(b) for the youth 

14 workforce development activities described in section 

15 129 and local employment and training activities de16 scribed in section 134(b), and the activities’’. 

17 SEC. 117. LOCAL PLAN. 

18 Section 108 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor19 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3123) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘shall prepare’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘may prepare’’; and 

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1 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

2 (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (E), 

3 (F), and (H), respectively; 

4 (ii) by inserting the following after 

5 subparagraph (C): 

6 ‘‘(D) a description of— 

7 ‘‘(i) how the local area will use real8 time labor market information to contin9 ually assess the economic conditions and 

10 workforce trends described in subparagraphs 

11 (A), (B), and (C); and 

12 ‘‘(ii) how changes in such conditions or 

13 trends will be communicated to jobseekers, 

14 education and training providers, and em15 ployers in the local area;’’; 

16 (iii) in subparagraph (F), as so redes17 ignated, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

18 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

19 (F), as so redesignated, the following: 

20 ‘‘(G) an analysis of the opportunity youth 

21 population in the local area, including the esti22 mated number of such youth and any gaps in 

23 services for such population from other existing 

24 workforce development activities, as identified 

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1 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

2 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

3 (I) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 

4 of clause (iii); and 

5 (II) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(v) carry out any statewide skills8 based initiatives identified in the State 

9 plan that promote the use of demonstrated 

10 skills and competencies as an alternative to 

11 the exclusive use of degree attainment as a 

12 requirement for employment or advance13 ment in a career; and’’; and 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘customized training’’ and inserting ‘‘em16 ployer-directed skills development’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (6)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 

18 such as the use of affiliated sites’’ after ‘‘means’’; 

19 (D) in paragraph (9)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘including activities’’ 

21 and inserting the following: ‘‘including— 

22 ‘‘(A) the availability of community based 

23 organizations that serve youth primarily during 

24 nonschool time hours to carry out activities 

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1 ‘‘(B) activities’’; and 

2 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or evidence-based’’ 

3 after ‘‘successful’’; and 

4 (E) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘in5 cluding as described in section 134(c)(2),’’ after 

6 ‘‘system,’’. 

7 CHAPTER 3—PERFORMANCE 

8 ACCOUNTABILITY 

9 SEC. 119. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 

10 (a) STATE PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MEAS11 URES.— 

12 (1) PRIMARY INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

13 Section 116(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and 

14 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)) is amend15 ed— 

16 (A) in clause (i)— 

17 (i) in subclause (II)— 

18 (I) by striking ‘‘fourth’’ and in19 serting ‘‘second’’; and 

20 (II) by inserting ‘‘and remain in 

21 unsubsidized employment during the 

22 fourth quarter after exit from the pro23 gram’’ after ‘‘the program’’; 

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1 (I) by striking ‘‘, during a pro2 gram year,’’; 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘are in’’ and in4 serting ‘‘enter into’’; and 

5 (III) by inserting before the semi6 colon at the end the following: ‘‘within 

7 6 months after the quarter in which 

8 the participant enters into the edu9 cation and training program’’; and 

10 (iii) by amending subclause (VI) to 

11 read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(VI) of the program participants 

13 who received training services and who 

14 exited the program during a program 

15 year, the percentage of such program 

16 participants who completed, prior to 

17 such exit, on-the-job training, em18 ployer-directed skills development, in19 cumbent worker training, or an ap20 prenticeship.’’; 

21 (B) in clause (ii)— 

22 (i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

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1 (ii) in subclause (III), by striking the 

2 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

3 and 

4 (iii) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(IV) the percentage of program 

7 participants who, during a program 

8 year, participate in paid or unpaid 

9 work experiences as described in sec10 tion 129(c)(2)(C).’’; and 

11 (C) by striking clause (iv). 

12 (2) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.—Section 

13 116(b)(3)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor14 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(3)(A)) is amended— 

15 (A) by amending clause (iii) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(iii) IDENTIFICATION IN STATE

18 PLAN.— 

19 ‘‘(I) SECRETARIES.—For each 

20 State submitting a State plan, the Sec21 retaries of Labor and Education shall, 

22 not later than December 1 of the year 

23 prior to the year in which such State 

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1 and not later than December 1 of the 

2 year prior to the third program year 

3 covered by the State plan, for the third 

4 and fourth program years covered by 

5 the State plan— 

6 ‘‘(aa) propose expected levels 

7 of performance for each of the cor8 responding primary indicators of 

9 performance for each of the pro10 grams described in clause (ii) for 

11 such State, which shall— 

12 ‘‘(AA) be consistent with 

13 the factors listed in clause 

14 (v); and 

15 ‘‘(BB) be proposed in a 

16 manner that ensures suffi17 cient time is provided for the 

18 State to evaluate and re19 spond to such proposals; and 

20 ‘‘(bb) publish, on a public 

21 website of the Department of 

22 Labor, the statistical model devel23 oped under clause (viii) and the 

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1 such proposed level of perform2 ance. 

3 ‘‘(II) STATES.—Each State 

4 shall— 

5 ‘‘(aa) evaluate each of the ex6 pected levels of performance pro7 posed under subclause (I) with re8 spect to such State; 

9 ‘‘(bb) based on such evalua10 tion of each such proposed level of 

11 performance— 

12 ‘‘(AA) accept the ex13 pected level of performance as 

14 so proposed; or 

15 ‘‘(BB) provide a coun16 terproposal for such proposed 

17 expected level of performance, 

18 including an analysis of how 

19 the counterproposal addresses 

20 factors or circumstances 

21 unique to the State that may 

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1 ‘‘(cc) include in the State 

2 plan, with respect to each of the 

3 corresponding primary indicators 

4 of performance for each of the pro5 grams described in clause (ii) for 

6 such State— 

7 ‘‘(AA) the expected level 

8 of performance proposed 

9 under subclause (I); 

10 ‘‘(BB) the counter11 proposal for such proposed 

12 level, if any; and 

13 ‘‘(CC) the expected level 

14 of performance that is agreed 

15 to under clause (iv).’’; and 

16 (B) in clause (v)(II)— 

17 (i) in the matter preceding item (aa), 

18 by striking ‘‘based on’’ and inserting ‘‘based 

19 on each of the following considerations that 

20 are found to be predictive of performance on 

21 an indicator for a program’’; and 

22 (ii) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘ex-of23 fender status’’ and inserting ‘‘justice-in24 volved individual status, foster care status, 


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1 school status, education level, highest grade 

2 level completed, low-income status’’. 

3 (b) PERFORMANCE REPORTS.—Section 116(d) of the 

4 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

5 3141(d)) is amended— 

6 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

9 ‘‘(A) TEMPLATE FOR PERFORMANCE RE10 PORTS.—Not later than 12 months after the date 

11 of enactment of the A Stronger Workforce for 

12 America Act, the Secretary of Labor, in conjunc13 tion with the Secretary of Education, shall de14 velop, or review and modify, as appropriate, to 

15 comply with the requirements of this subsection, 

16 the template for performance reports that shall 

17 be used by States (including by States on behalf 

18 of eligible providers of training services under 

19 section 122) and local boards to produce a report 

20 on outcomes achieved by the core programs. In 

21 developing, or reviewing and modifying, such 

22 templates, the Secretary of Labor, in conjunction 

23 with the Secretary of Education, shall take into 

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1 elected officials, State officials, Federal policy2 makers, and other key stakeholders. 

3 ‘‘(B) STANDARDIZED REPORTING.—In de4 veloping, or reviewing and modifying, the tem5 plate under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of 

6 Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of Edu7 cation, shall ensure that performance reports 

8 produced by States and local areas for core pro9 grams and eligible training providers collect and 

10 report, in a comparable and uniform format, 

11 common data elements, which use terms that are 

12 assigned identical meanings across all such re13 ports. 

14 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL REPORTING.—The Sec15 retary of Labor, in conjunction with the Sec16 retary of Education— 

17 ‘‘(i) in addition to the common data 

18 elements described under subparagraph (B), 

19 may require a core program to provide ad20 ditional information as necessary for effec21 tive reporting; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) shall periodically review any re23 quirement for additional information to en24 sure the requirement is necessary and does 

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1 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) 

3 through (L) as subparagraphs (K) through (M), 

4 respectively and inserting after subparagraph (I) 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(J) the median earnings gain of partici7 pants who received training services, calculated 

8 as the difference between— 

9 ‘‘(i) median participant earnings in 

10 unsubsidized employment during the second 

11 quarter after program exit; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) median participant earnings in 

13 the second quarter prior to entering the pro14 gram;’’. 

15 (B) in subparagraph (L), as so redesig16 nated, by striking clause (ii); and 

17 (C) by striking ‘‘strategies for programs’’ 

18 and all that follows through ‘‘the performance’’, 

19 and inserting ‘‘strategies for programs, the per20 formance’’; 

21 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

23 at the end; 

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1 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(C) the percentage of a local area’s alloca4 tion under section 133(b) that the local area 

5 spent on services paid for through an individual 

6 training account described in section 

7 134(c)(3)(F)(iii) or a training contract described 

8 in section 134(c)(3)(G)(ii); 

9 ‘‘(D) the percentage of a local area’s alloca10 tion under section 133(b) that the local area 

11 spent on supportive services; and’’; 

12 (4) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(4) CONTENTS OF ELIGIBLE TRAINING PRO15 VIDERS PERFORMANCE REPORT.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall use the 

17 information submitted by the eligible providers 

18 of training services under section 122 and ad19 ministrative records, including quarterly wage 

20 records, of the participants of the programs of21 fered by the providers to produce a performance 

22 report on the eligible providers of training serv23 ices in the State, which shall include, subject to 

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1 ‘‘(i) with respect to each program of 

2 study (or the equivalent) of such a pro3 vider— 

4 ‘‘(I) information specifying the 

5 levels of performance achieved with re6 spect to the primary indicators of per7 formance described in subclauses (I) 

8 through (IV) of subsection (b)(2)(A)(i) 

9 with respect to all individuals engag10 ing in the program of study (or the 

11 equivalent); and 

12 ‘‘(II) the total number of individ13 uals exiting from the program of study 

14 (or the equivalent); and 

15 ‘‘(ii) with respect to all such pro16 viders— 

17 ‘‘(I) the total number of partici18 pants who received training services 

19 through each adult and dislocated 

20 worker program authorized under 

21 chapter 3 of subtitle B, disaggregated 

22 by the type of entity that provided the 

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1 ‘‘(II) the total number of partici2 pants who exited from training serv3 ices, disaggregated by the type of entity 

4 that provided the training, during the 

5 most recent program year and the 3 

6 preceding program years; 

7 ‘‘(III) the average cost per partic8 ipant for the participants who received 

9 training services, disaggregated by the 

10 type of entity that provided the train11 ing, during the most recent program 

12 year and the 3 preceding program 

13 years; and 

14 ‘‘(IV) the number of individuals 

15 with barriers to employment served by 

16 each adult and dislocated worker pro17 gram authorized under chapter 3 of 

18 subtitle B, disaggregated by each sub19 population of such individuals, and by 

20 race, ethnicity, sex, and age. 

21 ‘‘(iii) with respect to each recognized 

22 postsecondary credential on the list of cre23 dentials awarded by eligible providers in 

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1 ‘‘(I) information specifying the 

2 levels of performance achieved with re3 spect to the primary indicators of per4 formance described in subclauses (I) 

5 through (IV) of subsection (b)(2)(A)(i) 

6 for all participants in the State receiv7 ing such credential; and 

8 ‘‘(II) information specifying the 

9 levels of performance achieved with re10 spect to the primary indicators of per11 formance described in subclauses (I) 

12 through (IV) of subsection (b)(2)(A)(i) 

13 for participants in the State receiving 

14 such credential with respect to individ15 uals with barriers to employment, 

16 disaggregated by each subpopulation of 

17 such individuals, and by race, eth18 nicity, sex, and age.’’; and 

19 (5) in paragraph (6)— 

20 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

21 as follows: 

22 ‘‘(A) STATE PERFORMANCE REPORTS.—The 

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1 mation described in paragraph (2), which shall 

2 include making such reports available— 

3 ‘‘(i) digitally using transparent, 

4 linked, open, and interoperable data for5 mats that are human readable and machine 

6 actionable such that the data from these re7 ports— 

8 ‘‘(I) are easily understandable; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(II) can be easily included in 

11 web-based tools and services supporting 

12 search, discovery, comparison, anal13 ysis, navigation, and guidance; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) in a printable format.’’; and 

15 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘(including by elec17 tronic means), in an easily understandable 

18 format,’’; and 

19 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary 

21 of Education shall include, on the website 

22 where the State performance reports re23 quired under subparagraph (A) are made 

24 available, a link to local area performance 

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1 report for each State. Such reports shall be 

2 made available in each of the formats de3 scribed in subparagraph (A).’’. 

4 (c) EVALUATION OF STATE PROGRAMS.—Section 

5 116(e) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act(29 

6 U.S.C. 3141(e)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘shall conduct ongoing’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘shall use data to conduct analyses and 

10 ongoing’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘conduct the’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘conduct such analyses and’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (2), by adding ‘‘A State may 

14 use other forms of analysis, such as machine learning 

15 or other advanced analytics, to improve program op16 erations and outcomes and to identify areas for fur17 ther evaluation.’’ at the end; 

18 (d) SANCTIONS FOR STATE FAILURE TO MEET STATE

19 PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.—Section 

20 116(f) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

21 (29 U.S.C. 3141(f)) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(f) SANCTIONS FOR STATE FAILURE TO MEET STATE

23 PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.— 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a State fails to meet 

2 80 percent of the State adjusted level of perform3 ance for an indicator described in subsection 

4 (b)(2)(A) for a program for any program year, 

5 the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Edu6 cation shall provide technical assistance. 

7 ‘‘(B) SANCTIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the State fails in 

9 the manner described in subclause (I) or 

10 (II) of clause (ii) with respect to a program 

11 year, the percentage of each amount that 

12 would (in the absence of this paragraph) be 

13 reserved by the Governor under section 

14 128(a)(1) for the immediately succeeding 

15 program year shall be reduced by 5 percent16 age points until such date as the Secretary 

17 of Labor or the Secretary of Education, as 

18 appropriate, determines that the State 

19 meets the State adjusted level of perform20 ance, in the case of a failure described in 

21 clause (ii)(I), or has submitted the reports 

22 for the appropriate program years, in the 

23 case of a failure described in clause (ii)(II). 

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1 ‘‘(I) if (except in the case of excep2 tional circumstances as determined by 

3 the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary 

4 of Education, as appropriate), such 

5 State fails to submit a report under 

6 subsection (d) for any program year; 

7 or 

8 ‘‘(II) for a failure under subpara9 graph (A) that continues for a second 

10 consecutive year. 

11 ‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND ASSIST12 ANCE.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a State fails to meet 

14 an average of 90 percent of the State adjusted 

15 levels of performance for a program across all 

16 performance indicators for any program year, or 

17 if a State fails to meet an average of 90 percent 

18 of the State adjusted levels of performance for a 

19 single performance indicator across all programs 

20 for any program year, the Secretary of Labor 

21 and the Secretary of Education shall provide 

22 technical assistance, as described and authorized 

23 under section 168(b), including assistance in the 

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1 ‘‘(B) SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR FAIL2 URE.—If such failure under subparagraph (A) 

3 continues for a second consecutive year, the per4 centage of each amount that would (in the ab5 sence of this subsection) be reserved by the Gov6 ernor under section 128(a)(1) for the imme7 diately succeeding program year shall be reduced 

8 by 10 percentage points until such date as the 

9 Secretary of Labor or the Secretary of Edu10 cation, as appropriate, determines that the State 

11 meets such State adjusted levels of performance. 

12 ‘‘(3) REALLOTMENT OF REDUCTIONS.—Any 

13 amounts not reserved under section 128(a)(1) for a 

14 State for a program year pursuant to paragraph 

15 (1)(B) or (2)(B) of this subsection shall be realloted 

16 to other States in a manner consistent with para17 graph (1)(B) or (2)(B) of section 132(b).’’; 

18 (e) SANCTIONS FOR LOCAL AREA FAILURE TO MEET

19 LOCAL PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.—Sec20 tion 116(g) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

21 Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(g)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘80 percent of the’’ before 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘accountability measures’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘accountability levels of perform3 ance on an indicator of performance, an average 

4 of 90 percent of the local levels of performance 

5 across indicators for a single program, or an av6 erage of 90 percent for a single performance in7 dicator across all programs’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

10 as follows: 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If such failure con12 tinues, the Governor shall take corrective actions, 

13 which shall include— 

14 ‘‘(i) in the case of a failure, for a sec15 ond consecutive year, on any individual in16 dicator, across indicators for a single pro17 gram, or on a single indicator across pro18 grams, a 5-percent reduction in the amount 

19 that would have otherwise been provided (in 

20 the absence of this clause) to the local area 

21 for the immediately succeeding program 

22 year under chapter 2 or 3 of subtitle B for 

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1 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a failure, as de2 scribed in paragraph (1), for a third con3 secutive year, the development of a reorga4 nization plan through which the Governor 

5 shall— 

6 ‘‘(I) require the appointment and 

7 certification of a new local board, con8 sistent with the criteria established 

9 under section 107(b); 

10 ‘‘(II) prohibit the use of one-stop 

11 partners identified as achieving a poor 

12 level of performance; and 

13 ‘‘(III) revise or redesignate a local 

14 area, which may include merging a 

15 local area with another local area if 

16 the Governor determines that the likely 

17 cause of such continued performance 

18 failure of a local area is due to such 

19 local area’s designation being granted 

20 without the appropriate consideration 

21 of parameters described under section 

22 106(b)(1)(B); or 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting 

2 ‘‘(ii)’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(D) REALLOCATION OF REDUCTIONS.— 

5 Any amounts not allocated under chapter 2 or 3 

6 of subtitle B to a local area for a program year 

7 pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) shall be reallo8 cated to other local areas in a manner consistent 

9 with subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 

10 133(b)(2) or subparagraph (A) of section 

11 128(b)(2), as applicable.’’. 

12 (f) ESTABLISHING PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE CONTRACT

13 STRATEGY INCENTIVES.—Section 116(h) of the Workforce 

14 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(h)) is 

15 amended by striking ‘‘non-Federal funds’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘the funds reserved under section 128(a)(1)’’. 

17 (g) FISCAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY IN18 FORMATION SYSTEMS.—Section 116(i) of the Workforce In19 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(i)) is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (2), by in22 serting ‘‘, and may use information provided from the 

23 National Directory of New Hires in accordance with 

24 section 453(j)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para2 graph (4); and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(3) DESIGNATED ENTITY.—The Governor shall 

6 designate a State agency (or appropriate State enti7 ty) to assist in carrying out the performance report8 ing requirements for core programs and eligible train9 ing providers. The designated State agency (or appro10 priate State entity) shall be responsible for— 

11 ‘‘(A) facilitating data matches using quar12 terly wage record information, including wage 

13 record information made available by other 

14 States, to measure employment and earnings 

15 outcomes; 

16 ‘‘(B) data validation and reliability, as de17 scribed in subsection (d)(5); and 

18 ‘‘(C) protection against disaggregation that 

19 would violate applicable privacy standards, as 

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1 Subtitle C—Workforce Investment 

2 Activities and Providers 

3 CHAPTER 1—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT 

4 ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDERS 

5 SEC. 121. ESTABLISHMENT OF ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYS6 TEMS. 

7 (a) ONE-STOP PARTNERS.—Section 121(b) of the 

8 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

9 3151(b)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

11 (A) in clause (xi), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the 

12 end; and 

13 (B) by striking clause (xii); 

14 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘With’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘At the direction of the Governor or with’’; 

16 and 

17 (3) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

18 (A) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

19 end; 

20 (B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause 

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1 ‘‘(vii) workforce and economic develop2 ment programs carried out by the Economic 

3 Development Administration; and’’. 

4 (b) ONE-STOP OPERATORS.—Section 121(d) of the 

5 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

6 3151(d)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

8 (A) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘edu9 cation’’ the following: ‘‘or an area career and 

10 technical education school’’; 

11 (B) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

12 (C) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause 

13 (viii); 

14 (D) by inserting after clause (v) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(vi) a public library; 

17 ‘‘(vii) a local board that meets the re18 quirements of paragraph (4); and’’; 

19 (E) in clause (viii), as so redesignated, by 

20 inserting after ‘‘labor organization’’ the fol21 lowing: ‘‘joint labor-management organization’’; 

22 and 

23 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

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1 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In operating a one-stop 

5 system referred to in subsection (e), a one-stop 

6 operator— 

7 ‘‘(i) shall— 

8 ‘‘(I) manage the physical and vir9 tual infrastructure and operations of 

10 the one-stop system in the local area; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(II) facilitate coordination 

13 among the partners in such one-stop 

14 system; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) may, subject to the requirements 

16 under subparagraph (B), directly provide 

17 services to job seekers and employers. 

18 ‘‘(B) INTERNAL CONTROLS.—In a case in 

19 which a one-stop operator seeks to operate as a 

20 service provider pursuant to subparagraph 

21 (A)(ii), the local board shall establish internal 

22 controls (which shall include written policies and 

23 procedures)— 

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1 be selected as such service provider, and the 

2 subsequent oversight, monitoring, and eval3 uation of the performance of such one-stop 

4 operator as such service provider; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) which— 

6 ‘‘(I) require compliance with— 

7 ‘‘(aa) relevant Office of Man8 agement and Budget circulars re9 lating to conflicts of interest; and 

10 ‘‘(bb) any applicable State 

11 conflict of interest policy; and 

12 ‘‘(II) prohibit a one-stop operator 

13 from developing, managing, or con14 ducting the competition in which the 

15 operator intends to compete to be se16 lected as a service provider. 

17 ‘‘(4) LOCAL BOARDS AS ONE-STOP OPERATORS.— 

18 Subject to approval from the chief elected official and 

19 Governor and in accordance with any other eligibility 

20 criteria established by the State, a local board may 

21 serve as a one-stop operator, if the local board— 

22 ‘‘(A) enters into a written agreement with 

23 the chief elected official that clarifies how the 

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1 that complies with the appropriate internal con2 trols to prevent any conflicts of interest, which 

3 shall include how the local board, while serving 

4 as a one-stop operator, will— 

5 ‘‘(i) comply with the relevant Office of 

6 Management and Budget circulars relating 

7 to conflicts of interest; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) any applicable State conflict of 

9 interest policy; and 

10 ‘‘(B) complies with the other applicable re11 quirements of this subsection.’’. 

12 (c) ONE-STOP DELIVERY.—Section 121(e)(2) of the 

13 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

14 3151(e)(2)) is amended— 

15 (1) in subparagraph (A), to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(A) shall make each of the programs, serv17 ices, and activities described in paragraph (1) 

18 accessible— 

19 ‘‘(i) to individuals through electronic 

20 means, in a single, virtually accessible loca21 tion, and in a manner that improves effi22 ciency, coordination, and quality, as deter23 mined by the State, in the delivery of such 

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1 ‘‘(ii) at not less than 1 physical center 

2 in each local area of the State; and’’; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting after 

4 ‘‘affiliated sites’’ the following: ‘‘(such as any of the 

5 entities described in subsection (d)(2)(B))’’; 

6 (3) in subparagraph (C), by inserting after ‘‘cen7 ters’’ the following: ‘‘(which may be virtual or phys8 ical centers)’’; 

9 (4) in subparagraph (D)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘as applicable and prac11 ticable, shall’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of a 

12 one-stop delivery system that is making each of 

13 the programs, services, and activities described 

14 in paragraph (1) accessible at not less than 1 

15 physical center, as described in subparagraph 

16 (A)(ii), the one-stop delivery system shall, as ap17 plicable and practicable,’’; and 

18 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

19 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (5) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(E) in the case of a one-stop delivery sys23 tem that is making each of the programs, serv24 ices, and activities accessible through electronic 

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1 one-stop delivery system shall have not less than 

2 two affiliated sites with a physical location 

3 where individuals can access, virtually, each of 

4 the programs, services, and activities described 

5 in paragraph (1) that are virtually accessible.’’. 

6 (d) CERTIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT CRITERIA.— 

7 Section 121(g)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Op8 portunity Act is amended by striking ‘‘under subsections 

9 (h)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘under subsections (h)(1)(C)’’. 

10 (e) FUNDING OF ONE-STOP INFRASTRUCTURE.—Sec11 tion 121(h) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

12 Act is amended— 

13 (1) by striking paragraph (1); 

14 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

15 paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; 

16 (3) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated— 

17 (A) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

18 as follows: 

19 ‘‘(B) PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS.—Subject to 

20 subparagraph (D), the covered portions of fund21 ing for a fiscal year shall be provided to the Gov22 ernor from the programs described in subsection 

23 (b)(1) to pay the costs of infrastructure of one24 stop centers in local areas of the State.’’; and 

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1 (i) in clause (i)— 

2 (I) by striking ‘‘for funding pur3 suant to clause (i)(II) or (ii) of para4 graph (1)(A) by each partner,’’; and 

5 (II) by striking the fourth sen6 tence; and 

7 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘under 

8 a provision covered by section 3(13)(D)’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘under a provision covered by 

10 subparagraph (D) of the definition of the 

11 term ‘core program provision’ under section 

12 3’’; 

13 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

14 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘For local 

15 areas in a State that are not covered by 

16 paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), the’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘The’’; 

18 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

19 (I) in subclause (I)— 

20 (aa) by striking ‘‘WIA’’ in 

21 the header and inserting ‘‘WIOA’’; 

22 and 

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1 (II) by striking subclause (III); 

2 and 

3 (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘For 

4 local areas in a State that are not covered 

5 by paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), an’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘An’’; 

7 (4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘pur9 poses of assisting in’’ and inserting ‘‘purpose of’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

12 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

13 ‘‘not funding costs of infrastructure under 

14 the option described in paragraph 

15 (1)(A)(i)(I)’’; and 

16 (ii) in the second sentence, by inserting 

17 after ‘‘local area,’’ the following: ‘‘the inten18 sity of services provided by such centers,’’; 

19 (5) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so redes20 ignated, the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND22 ING.—For any fiscal year in which the allocation re23 ceived by a local area under paragraph (2) is insuffi24 cient to cover the total costs of infrastructure of one25 stop centers in such local area, the local board, the 


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1 chief elected official, and the one-stop partners that 

2 have entered into the local memorandum of under3 standing with the local board under subsection (c) 

4 may agree to fund any such remaining costs using a 

5 method described in such memorandum.’’; and 

6 (6) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘oper7 ation of the one-stop center’’ the following: ‘‘(whether 

8 for in-person or virtual service delivery)’’. 

9 SEC. 122. IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS AND 

10 PROGRAMS OF TRAINING SERVICES. 

11 (a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 122(a) of the Workforce In12 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(a)) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub17 section (i), the Governor, after consultation with the 

18 State board and considering the State’s adjusted levels 

19 of performance described in section 116(b)(3)(A)(iv), 

20 shall establish— 

21 ‘‘(A) procedures regarding the eligibility of 

22 providers of training services to receive funds 

23 provided under section 133(b) for the provision 

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1 section (in this section referred to as ‘eligible 

2 programs’) in local areas in the State; and 

3 ‘‘(B) the minimum levels of performance on 

4 the criteria for a program to receive such stand5 ard or conditional eligibility.’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting be8 fore the semicolon at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(other than an institution of higher education 

10 described in subparagraph (C))’’; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

12 at the end; 

13 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

14 subparagraph (D); 

15 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(C) an institution of higher education that 

18 offers a program that— 

19 ‘‘(i) is of at least 150 clock hours of in20 struction, but less than 600 clock hours of 

21 instruction, or an equivalent number of 

22 credit hours; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) is an eligible program for pur2 poses of the Federal Pell Grant program; 

3 or’’; and 

4 (E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesig5 nated— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘(including providers 

7 of such a program that is conducted (in 

8 whole or in part) online)’’ before ‘‘, which 

9 may’’; and 

10 (ii) by inserting ‘‘providers of entre11 preneurial skills development programs, in12 dustry or sector partnerships, groups of em13 ployers, trade or professional associations,’’ 

14 after ‘‘organizations,’’; and 

15 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(C)’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘(D)’’; 

18 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

19 ‘‘paragraph (2)(B)’’ the first place it appears 

20 and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) or (C) of para21 graph (2)’’; and 

22 (C) by inserting before the period at the end 

23 the following: ‘‘or remains eligible for the Federal 

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1 (b) CRITERIA AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

2 Section 122(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor3 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(b)) is amended to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(b) CRITERIA AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) GENERAL CRITERIA FOR PROGRAMS.— 

8 Each provider shall demonstrate that the pro9 gram for which the provider is seeking eligibility 

10 under this section— 

11 ‘‘(i) prepares participants to meet the 

12 hiring requirements of potential employers 

13 in the State or a local area within the State 

14 for employment that— 

15 ‘‘(I) is high skill and high wage; 

16 or 

17 ‘‘(II) is in in-demand industry 

18 sectors or occupations; 

19 ‘‘(ii) leads to a recognized postsec20 ondary credential; 

21 ‘‘(iii) has been offered by the provider 

22 for not less than 1 year; and 

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1 ‘‘(II) has received conditional eligi2 bility described in paragraph (3). 

3 ‘‘(B) PROVIDER ELIGIBILITY ELECTION.— 

4 Any provider may elect to seek standard eligi5 bility under paragraph (2) or conditional eligi6 bility under paragraph (3). 

7 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR STANDARD

8 ELIGIBILITY.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) establish and publicize minimum 

11 levels of performance for each of the criteria 

12 listed in subparagraph (B) that a program 

13 offered by a provider of training services 

14 shall achieve to receive and maintain stand15 ard eligibility under this section; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) verify the performance achieved 

17 by such a program with respect to each such 

18 criteria to determine whether the program 

19 meets the corresponding minimum level of 

20 performance established under clause (i)— 

21 ‘‘(I) in the case of the criteria de22 scribed in (ii) through (iv) of subpara23 graph (B), using State administrative 

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1 ‘‘(II) in the case of the criteria de2 scribed in subparagraph (B)(i), using 

3 any applicable method for such 

4 verification; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) in verifying the performance 

6 achievement of a program, verify that such 

7 program included a sufficient number of 

8 program participants to protect participant 

9 personally identifiable information, and to 

10 be a reliable indicator of performance 

11 achievement. 

12 ‘‘(B) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.—The per13 formance criteria to receive and maintain stand14 ard eligibility for a program under this section 

15 are as follows: 

16 ‘‘(i) The credential attainment rate of 

17 program participants calculated as the per18 centage of program participants who obtain 

19 the recognized postsecondary credential for 

20 which the program prepares participants to 

21 earn within 6 months of exit from the pro22 gram. 

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1 sidized employment during the second quar2 ter after exit from the program. 

3 ‘‘(iii) The median earnings of program 

4 participants who are in unsubsidized em5 ployment during the second quarter after 

6 exit from the program. 

7 ‘‘(iv) The ratio of median earnings in8 crease to the total cost of program, cal9 culated as follows: 

10 ‘‘(I) The difference between— 

11 ‘‘(aa) the median participant 

12 wages from unsubsidized employ13 ment during the second quarter 

14 after program exit; and 

15 ‘‘(bb) the median earnings of 

16 participants wages during the 

17 quarter prior to entering the pro18 gram, to 

19 ‘‘(II) The total cost of the pro20 gram (as described in paragraph 

21 (5)(B)(iii)). 

22 ‘‘(C) LOCAL CRITERIA.—With respect to 

23 any program receiving standard eligibility 

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1 formance than the minimum performance levels 

2 established by the Governor under this para3 graph, but may not— 

4 ‘‘(i) require any information or appli5 cation from the provider that is not re6 quired for such standard eligibility; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) establish a performance require8 ment with respect to any criteria not listed 

9 in subparagraph (B). 

10 ‘‘(3) CONDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY.— 

11 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Governor shall 

13 establish procedures and criteria for condi14 tional eligibility for a program of a pro15 vider of training services that does not meet 

16 the requirements under subparagraph (2). 

17 ‘‘(ii) PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA.—In 

18 establishing the procedures and criteria 

19 under this subparagraph for conditional eli20 gibility under this paragraph, the Gov21 ernor— 

22 ‘‘(I) shall establish the maximum 

23 period, not to exceed a 4-year period, 

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1 ‘‘(II) with respect to a program 

2 that has received conditional eligibility 

3 for the maximum period established 

4 under subclause (I) and that is seeking 

5 approval for an additional period of 

6 conditional eligibility, may not con7 sider such program for such condi8 tional eligibility during the 3-year pe9 riod that begins on the day after the 

10 end of most recent period for which the 

11 program received conditional eligi12 bility; and 

13 ‘‘(III) may establish other require14 ments related to program performance, 

15 including setting separate minimum 

16 levels of performance on the criteria de17 scribed in paragraph (2) for a pro18 gram to maintain such conditional eli19 gibility. 

20 ‘‘(B) PAYMENTS.—Payments under this Act 

21 for the provision of training services by a pro22 gram with conditional eligibility shall be made 

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1 ticipant of such training services, in accordance 

2 with the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) Upon participant enrollment, the 

4 provider shall receive not less than 25 per5 cent of the total funds to be provided under 

6 section 133(b) for the provision of training 

7 services by such program to such partici8 pant. 

9 ‘‘(ii) Upon participant completion and 

10 credential attainment, the provider shall re11 ceive not less than 25 percent of such total 

12 funds. 

13 ‘‘(iii) Upon verification of the partici14 pant’s employment during the second quar15 ter after program completion, the provider 

16 shall receive not less than 25 percent of such 

17 total funds. 

18 ‘‘(iv) The remainder of such total funds 

19 may be awarded at any of the intervals de20 scribed in clauses (i) through (iii) as deter21 mined by the Governor in accordance with 

22 the procedures established under subpara23 graph (A). 

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1 for whom a provider expects to be paid pursuant 

2 to subparagraph (B), the provider may not— 

3 ‘‘(i) charge such participant tuition 

4 and refund such charges after receiving such 

5 payments; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) if such program participant does 

7 not achieve the outcomes necessary for the 

8 provider to receive the provider’s full pay9 ment pursuant to subparagraph (B) for 

10 such participant, bill a participant for any 

11 of the amounts described in subparagraph 

12 (B). 

13 ‘‘(4) EMPLOYER-SPONSORED OR INDUSTRY OR

14 SECTORAL PARTNERSHIP DESIGNATION.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor shall es16 tablish procedures and criteria for providers to 

17 apply for an employer-sponsored designation for 

18 a program that has received standard or condi19 tional eligibility under this paragraph, which 

20 shall include a commitment from an employer or 

21 an industry or sectoral partnership to— 

22 ‘‘(i) pay to the provider, on behalf of 

23 each participant enrolled in such program 

24 under this Act, not less than 25 percent of 

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1 paragraph (5)(B)(iii)), which shall be pro2 vided in lieu of 25 percent of the amount 

3 that the provider would have otherwise re4 ceived under section 133(b) for the provision 

5 of training services by such program to such 

6 participant; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) guarantee an interview and con8 sideration for a job with the employer, or in 

9 the case of an industry or sectoral partner10 ship, an employer within such partnership, 

11 for each such participant that successfully 

12 completes the program. 

13 ‘‘(B) RESTRICTION ON FINANCIAL ARRANGE14 MENT.—A provider receiving an employer-spon15 sored designation under this paragraph may 

16 not— 

17 ‘‘(i) have an ownership stake in the 

18 employer or industry or sectoral partner19 ship making a commitment described in 

20 subparagraph (A); or 

21 ‘‘(ii) enter into an arrangement to re22 imburse an employer or partnership for the 

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1 ‘‘(5) INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible 

2 provider shall submit appropriate, accurate, and 

3 timely information to the Governor, to enable the 

4 Governor to carry out subsection (d), with respect to 

5 all participants of each eligible program (including 

6 participants for whom the provider receives payments 

7 under this title) offered by the provider, which shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) be made available by the State in a 

9 common, linked, open, and interoperable data 

10 format; 

11 ‘‘(B) include information on— 

12 ‘‘(i) the performance of the program 

13 with respect to the performance account14 ability measures described in section 116 for 

15 such participants; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the recognized postsecondary cre17 dentials received by such participants, in18 cluding, in relation to each such credential, 

19 the issuing entity, any third-party endorse20 ments, the occupations for which the creden21 tial prepares individuals, the competencies 

22 achieved, the level of mastery of such com23 petencies (including how mastery is as24 sessed), and any transfer value or 

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1 ‘‘(iii) the total cost of the program, in2 cluding the costs of the published tuition 

3 and fees, supplies, books, and any other 

4 costs required by the provider for partici5 pants in the program; 

6 ‘‘(iv) the percentage of such partici7 pants that complete the program within the 

8 number of weeks that full-time participants 

9 would take to complete the program; and 

10 ‘‘(v) in the case of a provider offering 

11 programs seeking or maintaining standard 

12 eligibility, the criteria described in para13 graph (2) and not otherwise included in 

14 clause (i) of this subparagraph; and 

15 ‘‘(C) with respect to employment and earn16 ings measures described in subclauses (I) through 

17 (III) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) for such partici18 pants— 

19 ‘‘(i) the necessary information for the 

20 State to develop program performance data 

21 using State administrative data (such as 

22 wage records); and 

23 ‘‘(ii) the necessary information to de24 termine the percentage of such participants 

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1 occupation related to the program, to the ex2 tent practicable.’’. 

3 (c) PROCEDURES.—Section 122(c) of the Workforce In4 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(c)) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by in7 serting ‘‘, which shall be implemented in a manner 

8 that minimizes the financial and administrative bur9 den on the provider and shall not require the submis10 sion of information in excess of the information re11 quired to determine a program’s eligibility under sub12 section (b)’’ after ‘‘provision of training services’’; 

13 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para14 graph (3), and inserting the following after para15 graph (1): 

16 ‘‘(2) APPROVAL.—A Governor shall make an eli17 gibility determination with respect to a provider of 

18 training services and the program for which the pro19 vider is seeking eligibility under this section not later 

20 than 30 days after receipt of an application sub21 mitted by such provider consistent with the proce22 dures in paragraph (1).’’; 

23 (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘biennial’’ and inserting 

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1 (B) by inserting before the period at the end 

2 the following: ‘‘that continue to meet the require3 ments under subsection (b)’’; and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘Any program with standard or conditional eli6 gibility that, upon such review, does not meet the 

7 eligibility criteria established under subsection 

8 (b) for standard or conditional eligibility, respec9 tively, shall, except as otherwise provided in sub10 section (g)(1)(E), no longer be an eligible pro11 gram and shall be removed from the list de12 scribed in subsection (d).’’; and 

13 (4) by inserting at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) MULTISTATE PROVIDERS.—The procedures 

15 established under subsection (a) shall specify the proc16 ess for any provider of training services offering a 

17 program in multiple States to establish eligibility in 

18 such States, which shall, to the extent practicable, 

19 minimize financial and administrative burdens on 

20 any such provider by authorizing the provider to sub21 mit the same application materials and information 

22 to the Governor of each State in which such program 

23 will be providing services, as long as the program 

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1 ‘‘(5) ONLINE PROVIDERS.—If a participant 

2 chooses a provider that delivers training services ex3 clusively online and is not located in the State of the 

4 local area that approved such training services for the 

5 participant in accordance with section 

6 133(c)(3)(A)(i), such provider shall be ineligible to re7 ceive payment for such participant from funds allo8 cated to such State unless such provider is on the list 

9 of eligible providers of training services described in 

10 subsection (d) for such State.’’. 

11 (d) LIST AND INFORMATION TO ASSIST PARTICIPANTS

12 IN CHOOSING PROVIDERS.—Section 122(d) of the Workforce 

13 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 

16 as paragraphs (3), (4), and (6), respectively; 

17 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(2) CREDENTIAL NAVIGATION FEATURE.—In 

20 order to enhance the ability of participants and em21 ployers to understand and compare the value of the 

22 recognized postsecondary credentials awarded by eli23 gible programs offered by providers of training serv24 ices in a State, the Governor shall establish (or de25 velop in partnership with other States), a credential 


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1 navigation feature that allows participants and the 

2 public to search a list of such recognized postsec3 ondary credentials, and the providers and programs 

4 awarding such a credential, which shall include, with 

5 respect to each such credential (aggregated for all par6 ticipants in the State that have received such creden7 tial)— 

8 ‘‘(A) the information required under sub9 section (b)(5)(B)(ii); and 

10 ‘‘(B) the employment and earnings out11 comes described in subclause (I) through (III) of 

12 section 116(b)(2)(i).’’; 

13 (3) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by para14 graph (1))— 

15 (A) by amending subparagraph (A), by 

16 striking ‘‘(C) of subsection (a)(2)’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘(D) of subsection (a)(2)’’; 

18 (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

19 as follows: 

20 ‘‘(B) with respect to a program described in 

21 subsection (b)(3) that is offered by a provider, 

22 consist of information designating the program 

23 as having conditional eligibility;’’; and 

24 (C) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 

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1 ‘‘(C) with respect to a program described in 

2 subsection (b)(4) that is offered by a provider, 

3 consist of the information promoting the pro4 gram as having an employer-sponsored designa5 tion and identifying the employer or partnership 

6 sponsoring the program.’’. 

7 (4) by amending paragraph (4) (as so redesig8 nated) to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY.—The list (including the cre10 dential navigation feature described in paragraph 

11 (2)), and the accompanying information shall be 

12 made available to such participants and to members 

13 of the public through the one-stop delivery system in 

14 the State— 

15 ‘‘(A) on a publicly accessible website that— 

16 ‘‘(i) is consumer-tested; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) is searchable, easily understand18 able, and navigable, and allows for the com19 parison of eligible programs through the use 

20 of common, linked, open-data descriptive 

21 language; and 

22 ‘‘(B) in a manner that does not reveal per23 sonally identifiable information about an indi24 vidual participant.’’; and 


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1 (5) by inserting before paragraph (6) (as so re2 designated), the following: 

3 ‘‘(5) WEBSITE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

4 Secretary shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) upon request, provide technical assist6 ance to a State on establishing a website that 

7 meets the requirements of paragraph (4); and 

8 ‘‘(B) disseminate to each State effective 

9 practices or resources from States and private 

10 sector entities related to establishing a website 

11 that is consumer-tested to ensure that the website 

12 is easily understood, searchable, and navigable.’’. 

13 (e) PROVIDER PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES.—Section 

14 122 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

15 U.S.C. 3152), as amended by this section, is further amend16 ed— 

17 (1) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘information 

18 requirements,’’ in each place it appears; 

19 (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) 

20 as subsection (g) through (j), respectively; 

21 (3) by inserting after subsection (e), as so 

22 amended, the following: 

23 ‘‘(f) PROVIDER PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES.— 

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1 tive payments to be awarded to providers in addition 

2 to the amount paid under section 133(b) to such pro3 viders for the provision of training services to partici4 pants of eligible programs. Such system of perform5 ance incentives may be established to award eligible 

6 programs that— 

7 ‘‘(A) achieve performance levels above the 

8 minimum levels established by the Governor 

9 under subsection (b)(2); 

10 ‘‘(B) serve a significantly higher number of 

11 individuals with barriers to employment com12 pared to training providers offering similar 

13 training services; or 

14 ‘‘(C) achieve other performance successes, 

15 including those related to jobs that provide eco16 nomic stability and upward mobility (such as 

17 leading to jobs with high wages and family sus18 tainable benefits) as determined by the State or 

19 the local board. 

20 ‘‘(2) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—Incentive payments 

21 to providers established under paragraph (1) shall be 

22 awarded to providers from the following allotments: 

23 ‘‘(A) In the case of a system of performance 

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1 from funds reserved by the Governor under sec2 tion 128(a). 

3 ‘‘(B) In the case of a system of performance 

4 incentive payments established by a local board, 

5 from the allocations made to the local area for 

6 youth under section 128(b), for adults under 

7 paragraph (2)(A) or (3) of section 133(b), or for 

8 dislocated workers under section 133(b)(2)(B), as 

9 appropriate.’’; 

10 (f) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 122(g)(1) of the Work11 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (as redesignated by 

12 subsection (e)(2)), is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(D) FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED IN15 FORMATION.—With respect to a provider of 

16 training services that is eligible under this sec17 tion for a program year with respect to an eligi18 ble program, but that does not provide the infor19 mation described in subsection (b)(5) with re20 spect to such program for such program year 

21 (including information on performance necessary 

22 to determine if the program meets the minimum 

23 levels on the criteria to maintain eligibility), the 

24 provider shall be ineligible under this section 

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1 year after the program year for which the pro2 vider fails to provide such information. 

3 ‘‘(E) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE CRI4 TERIA.— 

5 ‘‘(i) FIRST YEAR.—An eligible program 

6 that has received standard eligibility under 

7 subsection (c)(2) for a program year but 

8 fails to meet the minimum levels of per9 formance on the criteria described in sub10 section (b)(2) during the most recent pro11 gram year for which performance data on 

12 such criteria are available shall be notified 

13 of such failure by the Governor. 

14 ‘‘(ii) SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.—A 

15 program that fails to meet the minimum 

16 levels of performance for a second consecu17 tive program year shall lose standard eligi18 bility for such program for at least the pro19 gram year following such second consecutive 

20 program year. 

21 ‘‘(iii) REAPPLICATION.— 

22 ‘‘(I) STANDARD ELIGIBILITY.—A 

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1 section (c) if the program performance 

2 for the most recent program year for 

3 which performance data is available 

4 meets the minimum levels of perform5 ance required to receive such standard 

6 eligibility. 

7 ‘‘(II) CONDITIONAL ELIGI8 BILITY.—A program that loses stand9 ard eligibility may apply to receive 

10 conditional eligibility under the proc11 ess and criteria established by the Gov12 ernor under subsection (b)(3).’’. 

13 (g) ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYER-DIRECTED

14 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING, 

15 AND OTHER TRAINING EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (i) (as re16 designated by subsection (e)(2)) of section 122 of the Work17 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152) is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘customized training’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘employer-directed skills development’’; 

22 and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘subsections (a) through (f)’’ 

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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by amending the first sen2 tence to read as follows: ‘‘A one-stop operator in a 

3 local area shall collect the minimum amount of infor4 mation from providers of on-the-job training, em5 ployer-directed skills development, incumbent worker 

6 training, internships, paid or unpaid work experience 

7 opportunities, and transitional employment as nec8 essary to enable the use of State administrative data 

9 to generate such performance information as the Gov10 ernor may require.’’. 

11 (h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 122 of the 

12 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

13 3152) is further amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(k) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Governor may 

16 apply to the Secretary for technical assistance, as described 

17 in section 168(c), for purposes of carrying out the require18 ments of subsection (c)(4), or paragraph (2) or (5) of sub19 section (d), or any other amendments made by the A 

20 Stronger Workforce for America Act to this section, and the 

21 Secretary shall provide such technical assistance in a time22 ly manner.’’. 

23 (i) TRANSITION.—A Governor and local boards shall 

24 implement the requirements of section 122 of the Workforce 

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1 amended by this Act, not later than 12 months after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act. In order to facilitate early 

3 implementation of this section, the Governor may establish 

4 transition procedures under which providers eligible to pro5 vide training services under chapter 1 of subtitle B of title 

6 I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

7 U.S.C. 3151 et seq.), as such chapter was in effect on the 

8 day before the date of enactment of this Act, may continue 

9 to be eligible to provide such services until December 31, 

10 2024, or until such earlier date as the Governor determines 

11 to be appropriate. 

12 CHAPTER 2—YOUTH WORKFORCE 

13 INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES 

14 SEC. 131. RESERVATIONS FOR STATEWIDE ACTIVITIES. 

15 Section 128(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Op16 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(a)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘reserved 

18 amounts’’ in each place and inserting ‘‘reserved 

19 amounts under paragraph (1)’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) STATEWIDE CRITICAL INDUSTRY SKILLS

22 FUND.— 

23 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZED RESERVATION.—In addi24 tion to the reservations required under para25 graph (1) and section 133(a)(2), and subject to 


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1 subparagraph (B), the Governor may reserve not 

2 more than 10 percent of each of the amounts al3 lotted to the State under section 127(b)(1)(C) 

4 and paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of section 

5 132(b) for a fiscal year to establish and admin6 ister a critical industry skills fund described in 

7 section 134(a)(4). 

8 ‘‘(B) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

9 ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT.—The amount of 

10 funds reserved by a Governor under sub11 paragraph (A) for a fiscal year may not ex12 ceed the amount of funds that such Gov13 ernor commits to using from any of the 

14 funds listed in clause (ii) for such fiscal 

15 year for the purposes of establishing and 

16 administering the critical industry skills 

17 fund for which funds are reserved under 

18 subparagraph (A). 

19 ‘‘(ii) SOURCES OF MATCHING FUNDS.— 

20 The funds listed in this clause are as fol21 lows: 

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1 ‘‘(II) Other Federal funds not de2 scribed in subclause (I). 

3 ‘‘(III) State funds.’’. 

4 SEC. 132. USE OF FUNDS FOR YOUTH WORKFORCE INVEST5 MENT ACTIVITIES. 

6 (a) OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.—Section 129 of the Work7 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164) is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘out-of-school’’ each place it appears 

9 and inserting ‘‘opportunity’’. 

10 (b) YOUTH PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.— 

11 (1) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.— 

12 (A) ELIGIBILITY.—Subparagraph (A) of 

13 section 129(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation 

14 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1) is 

15 amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(A) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.— 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to 

18 participate in activities carried out under 

19 this chapter during any program year, an 

20 individual shall, at the time the eligibility 

21 determination is made, be an opportunity 

22 youth or an in-school youth. 

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1 this chapter reasonably believes that an in2 dividual is eligible to participate in such 

3 activities, the operator or provider may 

4 allow such individual to participate in such 

5 activities for not more than a 30-day period 

6 during which the operator or provider shall 

7 obtain the necessary information to make 

8 an eligibility determination with respect to 

9 such individual (which may involve work10 ing with such individual, other entities in 

11 the local area, and available sources of ad12 ministrative data to obtain the necessary 

13 information). 

14 ‘‘(iii) DETERMINATION OF INELIGI15 BILITY.—With respect to an individual who 

16 is determined to be ineligible for activities 

17 under this chapter by a one-stop operator or 

18 a service provider during the period de19 scribed in clause (ii) and who does not 

20 qualify for an exception under paragraph 

21 (3)(A)(ii) applicable to the local area in22 volved, such operator or service provider— 

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1 ‘‘(aa) continue serving such 

2 individual using non-Federal 

3 funds; or 

4 ‘‘(bb) end the participation 

5 of such individual in activities 

6 under this chapter and refer the 

7 individual to other services that 

8 may be available in the local area 

9 for which the individual may be 

10 eligible; and 

11 ‘‘(II) shall be paid for any serv12 ices provided to such individual under 

13 this chapter during the period de14 scribed in clause (ii) by the local area 

15 involved using funds allocated to such 

16 area under section 128(b). 

17 ‘‘(iv) DETERMINATION PROCESS FOR

18 HOMELESS AND FOSTER YOUTH.—In deter19 mining whether an individual is eligible to 

20 participate in activities carried out under 

21 this chapter on the basis of being an indi22 vidual who is a homeless child or youth, or 

23 a youth in foster care, as described in sub24 paragraph (B)(iii)(V), the one-stop operator 

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1 ‘‘(I) if determining whether the 

2 individual is a homeless child or 

3 youth, use a process that is in compli4 ance with the requirements of sub5 section (a) of section 479D of the High6 er Education Act of 1965, as added by 

7 section 702(l) of the FAFSA Sim8 plification Act (Public Law 116–260), 

9 for financial aid administrators; and 

10 ‘‘(II) if determining whether the 

11 individual is a youth in foster care, 

12 use a process that is in compliance 

13 with the requirements of subsection (b) 

14 of section 479D of the Higher Edu15 cation Act of 1965, as added by section 

16 702(l) of the FAFSA Simplification 

17 Act (Public Law 116–260), for finan18 cial aid administrators.’’. 

19 (B) DEFINITION OF OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.— 

20 Subparagraph (B) of section 129(a)(1) of the 

21 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

22 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1) is amended— 

23 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

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1 (ii) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, except 

2 that an individual described in subpara3 graph (IV) or (V) of clause (iii) may be at4 tending school’’ after ‘‘(as defined under 

5 State law)’’; and 

6 (iii) in clause (iii)(III)(bb), by striking 

7 ‘‘language’’. 

8 (C) DEFINITION OF IN-SCHOOL YOUTH.— 

9 Subparagraph (C)(iv) of section 129(a)(1) of the 

10 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

11 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)) is amended— 

12 (i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘lan13 guage’’; 

14 (ii) by striking subclauses (III) and 

15 (IV); and 

16 (iii) by redesignating subclauses (V), 

17 (VI), and (VII) as subclauses (III), (IV), 

18 and (V), respectively. 

19 (2) EXCEPTION AND LIMITATION.—Section 

20 129(a)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor21 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)) is amended— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 

23 ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’; and 

24 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph 

2 (1)(C)(iv)(VII)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

3 (1)(C)(iv)(V)’’. 

4 (3) OPPORTUNITY YOUTH PRIORITY.—Section 

5 129(a)(4) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor6 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)) is amended— 

7 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘OUT-OF-SCHOOL’’ and inserting ‘‘OPPOR9 TUNITY’’; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘75’’ each place it ap12 pears and inserting ‘‘65’’; 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘the total amount of’’ 

14 before ‘‘funds available’’; and 

15 (iii) by inserting ‘‘in the State’’ after 

16 ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 

17 (C) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 

18 ‘‘75’’ and inserting ‘‘65’’; 

19 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (B), as 

20 so amended, as subparagraph (C); and 

21 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(B) LOCAL AREA TARGETS.—The local 

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1 imum amount of funds provided to a local area 

2 under subsection (c) that shall be used to provide 

3 youth workforce investment activities for oppor4 tunity youth based on the needs of youth in the 

5 local area, as necessary for the State to meet the 

6 percentage described in subparagraph (A).’’. 

7 (c) REQUIRED STATEWIDE YOUTH ACTIVITIES.— Sec8 tion 129(b)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor9 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(b)(1))— 

10 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

11 by striking ‘‘sections 128(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 

12 128(a)(1)’’; and 

13 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘through 

14 a website that is consumer-tested to ensure that the 

15 website is easily understood, searchable, and navigable 

16 and allows for comparison of eligible providers based 

17 on the program elements offered by such providers 

18 and the performance of such providers on the primary 

19 indicators of performance for the youth program as 

20 described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii)’’ after ‘‘under 

21 section 123’’. 

22 (d) ALLOWABLE STATEWIDE YOUTH ACTIVITIES.— 

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1 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

2 by striking ‘‘sections 128(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 

3 128(a)(1)’’; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, which 

5 may include providing guidance on career options in 

6 in-demand industry sectors or occupations’’ after ‘‘in 

7 the State’’; 

8 (3) in subparagraph (D)— 

9 (A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

10 end; and 

11 (B) by inserting after clause (v) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(vi) supporting the ability to under14 stand relevant tax information and obliga15 tions;’’; 

16 (4) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

17 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

18 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(F) establishing, supporting, and expand20 ing work-based learning opportunities, including 

21 transitional jobs, that are aligned with career 

22 pathways; 

23 ‘‘(G) raising public awareness (including 

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1 ondary school showcases and school visits) about 

2 career and technical education programs and 

3 community-based and youth services organiza4 tions, and other endeavors focused on programs 

5 that prepare students for in-demand industry 

6 sectors or occupations; and 

7 ‘‘(H) developing partnerships between edu8 cational institutions (including area career and 

9 technical schools and institutions of higher edu10 cation) and employers to create or improve 

11 workforce development programs to address the 

12 identified education and skill needs of the work13 force and the employment needs of employers in 

14 the regions or local areas of the State, as deter15 mined based on the most recent analysis con16 ducted under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of sec17 tion 102(b)(1).’’. 

18 (e) LOCAL ELEMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS.— 

19 (1) PROGRAM DESIGN.—Section 129(c)(1) of the 

20 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

21 U.S.C. 3164(c)(1)) is amended— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

23 ‘‘(which, in the case of a participant 18 years or 

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1 134 for adults)’’ after ‘‘services for the partici2 pant’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (C)(v), by inserting 

4 ‘‘high-skill, high-wage, or’’ after ‘‘small employ5 ers, in’’; and 

6 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘40’’; and 

9 (ii) by inserting before the period the 

10 following: ‘‘, except that after 2 consecutive 

11 years of the local board implementing such 

12 a pay-for-performance contract strategy, the 

13 local board may reserve and use not more 

14 than 60 percent of such total funds allocated 

15 to the local area for such strategy if— 

16 ‘‘(i) the local board demonstrates to the 

17 Governor that such strategy resulted in per18 formance improvements; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the Governor approves a request 

20 to use such percentage of total funds’’. 

21 (2) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Section 129(c)(2) of 

22 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

23 U.S.C. 3164(c)(2)) is amended— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (C)— 

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1 (I) by striking ‘‘other’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘year-round’’; and 

3 (II) by inserting ‘‘that meet the 

4 requirements of paragraph (10)’’ after 

5 ‘‘school year’’; 

6 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and 

7 job shadowing; and’’ and inserting the fol8 lowing: ‘‘that, to the extent practicable, are 

9 aligned with in-demand industry sectors or 

10 occupations in the State or local area and 

11 for which participants shall be paid (by the 

12 entity providing the internship, through 

13 funds allocated to the local area pursuant to 

14 paragraph (1) for the program, or by an15 other entity) if such internships are longer 

16 than— 

17 ‘‘(I) 4 weeks in the summer or 8 

18 weeks during the school year for in19 school youth and opportunity youth 

20 who are enrolled in school; or 

21 ‘‘(II) 8 weeks for opportunity 

22 youth who are not enrolled in school;’’; 

23 (iii) by redesignating clause (iv) as 

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1 (iv) by inserting after clause (iii), as 

2 so amended, the following: 

3 ‘‘(iv) job shadowing; and’’; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

5 ‘‘adult mentoring’’ and inserting ‘‘coaching and 

6 adult mentoring services’’; 

7 (C) in subparagraph (M)— 

8 (i) by inserting ‘‘high-skill, high-wage, 

9 or’’ before ‘‘in-demand industry’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking the ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

11 (D) in subparagraph (N), by striking the 

12 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(O) activities to develop fundamental 

15 workforce readiness, which may include cre16 ativity, collaboration, critical thinking, digital 

17 literacy, persistence, and other relevant skills.’’. 

18 (3) PRIORITY.—Section 129(c)(4) of the Work19 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3164(c)(2)) is amended, by striking ‘‘20’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘40’’. 

22 (4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 129(c)(5) 

23 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

24 U.S.C. 3164(c)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or local 

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1 (5) INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNTS.—Section 

2 129(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

3 Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(c)(2)) is further amended by 

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(9) INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNTS.—Funds 

6 allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) to a local area 

7 may be used to pay, through an individual training 

8 account, an eligible provider of training services de9 scribed in section 122(d) for training services de10 scribed in section 134(c)(3) provided to in-school 

11 youth who are not younger than age 16 and not older 

12 than age 21 and opportunity youth, in the same 

13 manner that an individual training account is used 

14 to pay an eligible provider of training services under 

15 section 134(c)(3)(F)(iii) for training services provided 

16 to an adult or dislocated worker.’’. 

17 (6) SUMMER AND YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT OP18 PORTUNITIES REQUIREMENTS.—Section 129(c) of the 

19 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

20 U.S.C. 3164(c)(2)) is further amended by adding at 

21 the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(10) SUMMER AND YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT

23 OPPORTUNITIES REQUIREMENTS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A summer employment 

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1 tunity referred to in paragraph (2)(C)(i) shall be 

2 a program that matches eligible youth partici3 pating in such program with an appropriate 

4 employer (based on factors including the needs of 

5 the employer and the age, skill, and informed as6 pirations of the eligible youth) that— 

7 ‘‘(i) shall include— 

8 ‘‘(I) a component of occupational 

9 skills education; and 

10 ‘‘(II) not less than 2 of the activi11 ties described in subparagraphs (G), 

12 (H), (I), (K), (M), and (O) of para13 graph (2); 

14 ‘‘(ii) may not use funds allocated 

15 under this chapter to subsidize more than 

16 50 percent of the wages of each eligible 

17 youth participant in such program; 

18 ‘‘(iii) in the case of a summer employ19 ment opportunity, complies with the re20 quirements of subparagraph (B); and 

21 ‘‘(iv) in the case of a year-round em22 ployment opportunity, complies with the re23 quirements of subparagraph (C). 

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1 ments described in subparagraph (A), a summer 

2 employment opportunity— 

3 ‘‘(i) may not be less than 4 weeks; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) may not pay less than the greater 

5 of the applicable Federal, State, or local 

6 minimum wage. 

7 ‘‘(C) YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT OPPOR8 TUNITY.—In addition to the applicable require9 ments described in subparagraph (B), a year10 round employment opportunity— 

11 ‘‘(i) may not be shorter than 180 days 

12 or longer than 1 year; 

13 ‘‘(ii) may not pay less than the greater 

14 of the applicable Federal, State, or local 

15 minimum wage; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) may not employ the eligible 

17 youth for less than 20 hours per week, ex18 cept in instances when the eligible youth are 

19 under the age of 18 or enrolled in school. 

20 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In selecting summer em21 ployment opportunities or year-round employ22 ment opportunities for purposes of paragraph 

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1 skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors 

2 or occupations.’’. 

3 CHAPTER 3—ADULT AND DISLOCATED 

4 WORKER EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 

5 ACTIVITIES 

6 SEC. 141. STATE ALLOTMENTS. 

7 Section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and 

8 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3172(a)(2)(A)) is amended 

9 by— 

10 (1) striking ‘‘, 169(c) (relating to dislocated 

11 worker projects),’’; and 

12 (2) by inserting ‘‘, and under subsections (c) (re13 lated to dislocated worker projects) and (d) (related to 

14 workforce data quality initiatives) of section 169’’ be15 fore ‘‘; and’’ 

16 SEC. 142. RESERVATIONS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES; WITHIN 

17 STATE ALLOCATIONS. 

18 (a) RESERVATIONS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES.—Section 

19 133(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

20 (29 U.S.C. 3173(a)) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 

22 128(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 128(a)(1)’’; 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(3) STATEWIDE CRITICAL INDUSTRY SKILLS

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1 under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, the 

2 Governor may make the reservation authorized under 

3 section 128(a)(3).’’. 

4 (b) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 133(b)(1) 

5 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

6 U.S.C. 3173(b)) is amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection 

8 (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1) or (3) of sub9 section (a)’’; and 

10 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

11 (1) or (2) of subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘para12 graph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a)’’. 

13 SEC. 143. USE OF FUNDS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 

14 ACTIVITIES. 

15 (a) STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVI16 TIES.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 134(a)(1) of the 

18 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

19 U.S.C. 3174(a)(1))— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

21 at the end; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

23 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

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1 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

2 (I) by striking the comma at the 

3 end and inserting ‘‘or to establish and 

4 administer a critical skills fund under 

5 paragraph (4); and’’ ; and 

6 (C) by inserting before the flush left text at 

7 the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(C) as described in section 128(a)(3), shall 

9 be used to establish and administer a critical in10 dustry skills fund described in paragraph (4).’’. 

11 (2) REQUIRED STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND

12 TRAINING ACTIVITIES.— 

13 (A) STATEWIDE RAPID RESPONSE ACTIVI14 TIES.—Section 134(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce In15 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

16 3174(a)(2)(A)) is amended— 

17 (i) in clause (i)— 

18 (I) in subclause (I)— 

19 (aa) by striking ‘‘working’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘as a rapid re21 sponse unit working’’; and 

22 (bb) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

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1 (II) in subclause (II), by striking 

2 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

3 and’’; and 

4 (III) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(III) provision of additional as7 sistance to a local area that has excess 

8 demand for individual training ac9 counts for dislocated workers in such 

10 local area and requests such assistance 

11 under paragraph (5) of section 414(c) 

12 of the American Competitiveness and 

13 Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 

14 (29 U.S.C. 3224a(5)), upon a deter15 mination by the State that, in using 

16 funds allocated to such local area pur17 suant to paragraph (1) of such section 

18 414(c) and subsection (c)(1)(B) of this 

19 section for the purpose described in 

20 paragraph (2)(A) of such section 

21 414(c), the local area was in compli22 ance with the requirements of such sec23 tion 414(c).’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(iii) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO MEET

2 EXCESS DEMAND.—If a State determines 

3 that a local area with excess demand as de4 scribed in clause (i)(III) met the compliance 

5 requirements described in such clause, but 

6 the State does not have sufficient funds re7 served under section 133(a)(2) to meet such 

8 excess demand, the State— 

9 ‘‘(I) shall notify the Secretary of 

10 such excess demand; and 

11 ‘‘(II) if eligible, may apply for a 

12 national dislocated worker grant under 

13 section 170 of this Act.’’. 

14 (B) STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN15 ING ACTIVITIES.—Section 134(a)(2)(B) of the 

16 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

17 U.S.C. 3174(a)(2)(B) is amended— 

18 (i) in clause (i)— 

19 (I) in subclause (III), by striking 

20 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (II) in subclause (IV)— 

22 (aa) by inserting ‘‘the devel23 opment and education of staff to 

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1 (as defined in section 

2 4212(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 

3 States Code) to enter in-demand 

4 industry sectors or occupations 

5 and nontraditional occupations),’’ 

6 after ‘‘exemplary program activi7 ties,’’; and 

8 (bb) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 

9 end; and 

10 (III) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(V) local boards and eligible 

13 training providers in carrying out the 

14 performance reporting required under 

15 section 116(d), including facilitating 

16 data matches for program participants 

17 using quarterly wage record informa18 tion (including the wage records made 

19 available by any other State) and other 

20 sources of information, as necessary to 

21 measure the performance of programs 

22 and activities conducted under chapter 

23 2 or chapter 3 of this subtitle;’’; 

24 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘(7)’’ 

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1 (iii) in clause (v)— 

2 (I) in subclause (II), by striking 

3 ‘‘customized training’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘employer-directed skills development’’; 

5 and 

6 (II) in subclause (VI), by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

8 (iv) in clause (vi), by striking the pe9 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

10 and 

11 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(vii) coordinating (which may be 

13 done in partnership with other States) with 

14 industry organizations, employers (includ15 ing small and mid-sized employers), indus16 try or sector partnerships, training pro17 viders, local boards, and institutions of 

18 higher education to identify or develop com19 petency-based assessments that are a valid 

20 and reliable method of collecting informa21 tion with respect to, and measuring, the 

22 prior knowledge, skills, and abilities of indi23 viduals who are adults or dislocated workers 

24 for the purpose of— 


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1 ‘‘(I) awarding, based on the 

2 knowledge, skills, and abilities of such 

3 an individual validated by such assess4 ments— 

5 ‘‘(aa) a recognized postsec6 ondary credential that is used by 

7 employers in the State for recruit8 ment, hiring, retention, or ad9 vancement purposes; 

10 ‘‘(bb) postsecondary credit to11 ward a recognized postsecondary 

12 credential aligned with in-demand 

13 industry sectors and occupations 

14 in the State for the purpose of ac15 celerating attainment of such cre16 dential; and 

17 ‘‘(cc) postsecondary credit for 

18 progress along a career pathway 

19 developed by the State or a local 

20 area within the State; 

21 ‘‘(II) developing individual em22 ployment plans under subsection 

23 (c)(2)(B)(vii)(II) that incorporate the 

24 knowledge, skills, and abilities of such 

25 an individual to identify— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) in-demand industry 

2 sectors or occupations that require 

3 similar knowledge, skills, and 

4 abilities; and 

5 ‘‘(bb) any upskilling needed 

6 for the individual to secure em7 ployment in such a sector or occu8 pation; and 

9 ‘‘(III) helping such an individual 

10 communicate such knowledge, skills, 

11 and abilities to prospective employers 

12 through a skills-based resume, profile, 

13 or portfolio; and 

14 ‘‘(viii) disseminating to local areas 

15 and employers information relating to the 

16 competency-based assessments identified or 

17 developed pursuant to clause (vii), includ18 ing— 

19 ‘‘(I) any credential or credit 

20 awarded pursuant to items (aa) 

21 through (cc) of clause (vii)(I); 

22 ‘‘(II) the industry organizations, 

23 employers, training providers, and in24 stitutions of higher education located 

25 within the State that recognize the 


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1 knowledge, skills, and abilities of an 

2 individual validated by such assess3 ments; 

4 ‘‘(III) how such assessments may 

5 be provided to, and accessed by, indi6 viduals through the one-stop delivery 

7 system; and 

8 ‘‘(IV) information on the extent to 

9 which such assessments are being used 

10 by employers and local areas in the 

11 State.’’. 

12 (3) ALLOWABLE STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND

13 TRAINING ACTIVITIES.—Section 134(a)(3)(A) of the 

14 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

15 U.S.C. 3174(a)(3)(A))— 

16 (A) in clause (i)— 

17 (i) by inserting ‘‘or evidence-based’’ 

18 after ‘‘innovative’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘customized training’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘employer-directed skills de21 velopment’’; 

22 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, or bring23 ing evidence-based strategies to scale,’’ after 

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1 (C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘ and prior 

2 learning assessment to’’ and inserting ‘‘, prior 

3 learning assessment, or a competency-based as4 sessment identified or developed by the State 

5 under paragraph (2)(B)(vii), to’’; 

6 (D) in clause (viii)(II)— 

7 (i) in item (dd), by striking ‘‘and lit8 eracy’’ and inserting ‘‘, literacy, and digital 

9 literacy’’; 

10 (ii) in item (ee), by striking ‘‘ex-of11 fenders in reentering the workforce; and’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘ justice-involved individuals 

13 in reentering the workforce;’’; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(gg) programs under the 

17 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

18 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) that support 

19 employment and economic secu20 rity; and’’; 

21 (E) in clause (xiii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; 

23 (F) in clause (xiv), by striking the period at 

24 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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1 ‘‘(xv) supporting employers seeking to 

2 implement skills-based hiring practices, 

3 which may include technical assistance on 

4 the use and validation of employment as5 sessments (including competency-based as6 sessments developed or identified by the 

7 State pursuant to paragraph (2)(B)(vii)), 

8 and support in the creation of skills-based 

9 job descriptions; 

10 ‘‘(xvi) developing partnerships between 

11 educational institutions (including area ca12 reer and technical education schools, local 

13 educational agencies, and institutions of 

14 higher education) and employers to create 

15 or improve workforce development programs 

16 to address the identified education and skill 

17 needs of the workforce and the employment 

18 needs of employers in regions of the State, 

19 as determined by the most recent analysis 

20 conducted under subparagraphs (A), (B), 

21 and (C) of section 102(b)(1); 

22 ‘‘(xvii) identifying and making avail23 able to residents of the State, free or reduced 

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1 dustries or occupations in the State and 

2 lead to attainment of a recognized postsec3 ondary credential valued by employers in 

4 such industries or occupations; and 

5 ‘‘(xviii) establishing and administering 

6 critical skills fund under paragraph (4).’’. 

7 (4) CRITICAL INDUSTRY SKILLS FUND.—Section 

8 134(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

9 Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(a)), as amended, is further 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(4) CRITICAL INDUSTRY SKILLS FUND.— 

12 ‘‘(A) PERFORMANCE-BASED PAYMENTS.—A 

13 State shall use funds reserved under paragraph 

14 (3)(A) of section 128(a), and any funds reserved 

15 under paragraph (3)(B) of section 128(a), to es16 tablish and administer a critical industry skills 

17 fund to award performance-based payments on a 

18 per-worker basis to eligible entities that provide 

19 eligible skills development programs to prospec20 tive workers or incumbent workers (which may 

21 include youth age 18 through age 24) in indus22 tries and occupations identified by the Governor 

23 under subparagraph (B) that will result in em24 ployment or retention with a participating em25 ployer. 


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1 ‘‘(B) INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Governor (in 

3 consultation with the State board)— 

4 ‘‘(I) shall identify the industries 

5 and occupations for which an eligible 

6 skills development program carried out 

7 by an eligible entity in the State may 

8 receive funds under this paragraph; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(II) may select the industries 

11 and occupations identified under sub12 clause (I) that will receive priority for 

13 funds under this paragraph. 

14 ‘‘(ii) HIGH GROWTH AND HIGH

15 WAGE.—In selecting industries or occupa16 tions to prioritize pursuant to clause 

17 (i)(II), the Governor may consider— 

18 ‘‘(I) industries that have, or are 

19 expected to have, a high rate of growth 

20 and an unmet demand for skilled 

21 workers; and 

22 ‘‘(II) occupations— 

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1 pation of similar level of skill or 

2 needed skill development; or 

3 ‘‘(bb) that are aligned with 

4 career pathways into higher wage 

5 occupations. 

6 ‘‘(C) SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to re8 ceive a payment under the critical industry 

9 skills fund established under this paragraph 

10 by a State, an eligible entity shall submit 

11 a proposal to the Governor in such form 

12 and at such time as the Governor may re13 quire (subject to the requirements of clause 

14 (ii)), which shall include— 

15 ‘‘(I) a description of the indus16 tries or occupations in which the par17 ticipating employer is seeking to fill 

18 jobs, the specific skills or credentials 

19 necessary for an individual to obtain 

20 such a job, and the salary range of 

21 such a job; 

22 ‘‘(II) the expected number of indi23 viduals who will participate in the 

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1 ‘‘(III) a description of the eligible 

2 skills development program, including 

3 the provider, the length of the program, 

4 the skills to be gained, and any recog5 nized postsecondary credentials that 

6 will be awarded; 

7 ‘‘(IV) the total cost of providing 

8 the program; 

9 ‘‘(V) for purposes of receiving a 

10 payment pursuant to subparagraph 

11 (D)(i)(II)(bb), a commitment from the 

12 participating employer in the eligible 

13 entity to employ each participant of 

14 the program for not less than a 6- 

15 month period (or a longer period as 

16 determined by the State) after success17 ful completion of the program; and 

18 ‘‘(VI) an assurance that the entity 

19 will— 

20 ‘‘(aa) establish the written 

21 agreements described in subpara22 graph (D)(ii)(I); 

23 ‘‘(bb) maintain and submit 

24 the documentation described in 

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1 ‘‘(cc) maintain and submit 

2 the necessary documentation for 

3 the State to verify participant 

4 outcomes and report such out5 comes as described in subpara6 graph (F). 

7 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN.—The 

8 Governor shall ensure that the form and 

9 manner in which a proposal required to be 

10 submitted under clause (i) is designed to 

11 minimize paperwork and administrative 

12 burden for entities. 

13 ‘‘(iii) APPROVAL OF SUBSEQUENT PRO14 POSALS.—With respect to an eligible entity 

15 that has had a proposal approved by the 

16 Governor under this subparagraph and that 

17 submits a subsequent proposal under this 

18 subparagraph, the eligible entity may only 

19 receive approval from the Governor for the 

20 subsequent proposal if— 

21 ‘‘(I) with respect to the most re22 cent proposal approved under this sub23 paragraph— 

24 ‘‘(aa) the skills development 

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1 ‘‘(bb) for any participants 

2 employed by the participating em3 ployer in accordance with sub4 paragraph (C)(i)(V), the min5 imum periods of such employment 

6 described in such subparagraph 

7 have ended; 

8 ‘‘(cc) all the payments under 

9 subparagraph (D) owed to the eli10 gible entity have been made; and 

11 ‘‘(dd) not fewer than 70 per12 cent of the participants who en13 rolled in the skills development 

14 program— 

15 ‘‘(AA) completed such 

16 program; and 

17 ‘‘(BB) after such com18 pletion, were employed by the 

19 participating employer for 

20 the minimum period de21 scribed in subparagraph 

22 (C)(i)(V); and 

23 ‘‘(II) the eligible entity meets any 

24 other requirements that the Governor 

25 may establish with respect to eligible 


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1 entities submitting subsequent pro2 posals. 

3 ‘‘(D) REIMBURSEMENT FOR APPROVED PRO4 POSALS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) STATE REQUIREMENTS.— 

6 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—With respect 

7 to each eligible entity whose proposal 

8 under subparagraph (C) has been ap9 proved by the Governor, the Governor 

10 shall make payments (in an amount 

11 determined by the Governor and sub12 ject to the requirements of subclause 

13 (II) of this clause, subparagraphs (E) 

14 and (G), and any other limitations de15 termined necessary by the State) from 

16 the critical industry skills fund estab17 lished under this paragraph to such el18 igible entity for each participant of the 

19 eligible skills development program de20 scribed in such proposal and with re21 spect to whom the eligible entity meets 

22 the requirements of clause (ii). 

23 ‘‘(II) PAYMENTS.—In making 

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1 subclause (I) with respect to a partici2 pant— 

3 ‘‘(aa) 50 percent of the total 

4 payment shall be made after the 

5 participant completes the eligible 

6 skills development program offered 

7 by the eligible entity; and 

8 ‘‘(bb) the remaining 50 per9 cent of such total payment shall 

10 be made after the participant has 

11 been employed by the partici12 pating employer for the minimum 

13 period described in subparagraph 

14 (C)(i)(V). 

15 ‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE ENTITY REQUIRE16 MENTS.—To be eligible to receive the pay17 ments described in clause (i) with respect to 

18 a participant, an eligible entity described 

19 in such clause shall— 

20 ‘‘(I) establish a written agreement 

21 with the participant that includes the 

22 information described in subclauses (I) 

23 and (III) of subparagraph (C)(i); and 

24 ‘‘(II) submit documentation as the 

25 Governor determines necessary to 


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1 verify that such participant has com2 pleted the skills development program 

3 offered by the eligible entity and has 

4 been employed by the participating 

5 employer for the minimum period de6 scribed in subparagraph (C)(i)(V). 

7 ‘‘(E) NON-FEDERAL COST SHARING.— 

8 ‘‘(i) LIMITS ON FEDERAL SHARE.—An 

9 eligible entity may not receive funds under 

10 subparagraph (D) with respect to a partici11 pant of the eligible skills development pro12 gram offered by the eligible entity in excess 

13 of the following costs of such program: 

14 ‘‘(I) In the case of a participating 

15 employer of such eligible entity with 25 

16 or fewer employees, 90 percent of the 

17 costs. 

18 ‘‘(II) In the case of a partici19 pating employer of such eligible entity 

20 with more than 25 employees, but 

21 fewer than 100 employees, 75 percent 

22 of the costs. 

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1 with 100 or more employees, 50 per2 cent of the costs. 

3 ‘‘(ii) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 

4 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Any costs of 

5 the skills development program offered 

6 to a participant by such eligible entity 

7 that are not covered by the funds re8 ceived under subparagraph (D) shall be 

9 the non-Federal share provided by the 

10 eligible entity (in cash or in-kind). 

11 ‘‘(II) EMPLOYER COST SHAR12 ING.—If the eligible skills development 

13 program is being provided on-the-job, 

14 the non-Federal share provided by an 

15 eligible entity may include the amount 

16 of the wages paid by the participating 

17 employer of the eligible entity to a par18 ticipant while such participant is re19 ceiving the training. 

20 ‘‘(F) PERFORMANCE REPORTING.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The State shall use 

22 the participant information provided by eli23 gible entities to submit to the Secretary a 

24 report, on an annual basis, with respect to 

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1 opment programs for which the eligible enti2 ties received funds under this paragraph for 

3 the most recent program year, which 

4 shall— 

5 ‘‘(I) be made digitally available 

6 by the Secretary using linked, open, 

7 and interoperable data, which shall in8 clude; and 

9 ‘‘(II) include— 

10 ‘‘(aa) the number of individ11 uals who participated in pro12 grams, unless such information 

13 would reveal personally identifi14 able information about an indi15 vidual); and 

16 ‘‘(bb) performance outcomes 

17 on the measures listed in clause 

18 (ii). 

19 ‘‘(ii) MEASURES.—The measures listed 

20 below are as follows: 

21 ‘‘(I) The percentage of partici22 pants who completed the skills develop23 ment program. 

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1 ticipating employer for a 6-month pe2 riod after program completion. 

3 ‘‘(III) The percentage of partici4 pants who were employed by the par5 ticipating employer as described in 

6 subclause (II), and who remained em7 ployed by the participating employer 1 

8 year after program completion. 

9 ‘‘(IV) The median earnings of 

10 program participants who are in un11 subsidized employment during the sec12 ond quarter after program completion. 

13 ‘‘(V) The median earnings in14 crease of program participants, meas15 ured by comparing the earning of a 

16 participant in the second quarter prior 

17 to entry into the program to the earn18 ings of such participant in the second 

19 quarter following completion of the 

20 program. 

21 ‘‘(G) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eli23 gible entity’ means an employer, a group of 

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1 mediary (such as a local board) that is in 

2 a partnership with at least one employer in 

3 an industry or occupation identified by the 

4 Governor under subparagraph (B)(i) (re5 ferred to in this paragraph as the ‘partici6 pating employer’). 

7 ‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

8 PROGRAM.—The term ‘eligible skills develop9 ment program’, with respect to which a 

10 State may set a maximum and minimum 

11 length (in weeks)— 

12 ‘‘(I) includes work-based edu13 cation or related occupational skills in14 struction that— 

15 ‘‘(aa) develops the specific 

16 technical skills necessary for suc17 cessful performance of the occupa18 tions in which participants are to 

19 be employed upon completion; and 

20 ‘‘(bb) may be provided by the 

21 eligible entity or by any training 

22 provider selected by the eligible 

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1 training services described in sec2 tion 122(d); and 

3 ‘‘(II) may not include employee 

4 onboarding, orientation, or profes5 sional development generally provided 

6 to employees.’’. 

7 (5) STATE-IMPOSED REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

8 134(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

9 Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(a)), as amended, is further 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(5) STATE-IMPOSED REQUIREMENTS.—When12 ever a State or outlying area implements any rule or 

13 policy relating to the administration or operation of 

14 activities authorized under this title that has the effect 

15 of imposing a requirement that is not imposed under 

16 Federal law, or is not a requirement, process, or cri17 teria that the Governor or State is directed to estab18 lish under Federal law, the State or outlying area 

19 shall identify to local areas and eligible providers the 

20 requirement as being imposed by the State or out21 lying area.’’. 

22 (b) REQUIRED LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

23 ACTIVITIES.— 

24 (1) MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR SKILLS DEVELOP25 MENT.—Section 134(c)(1) of the Workforce Innovation 


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1 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(1)) is 

2 amended— 

3 (A) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by striking 

4 ‘‘to’’ and inserting ‘‘to provide business services 

5 described in paragraph (4) and’’; 

6 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

7 subparagraph (C); and 

8 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A), as 

9 so amended, the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR SKILLS DEVEL11 OPMENT.—Not less than 50 percent of the funds 

12 described in subparagraph (A) shall be used by 

13 the local area— 

14 ‘‘(i) for the payment of training serv15 ices— 

16 ‘‘(I) provided to adults under 

17 paragraph (3)(F)(iii); and 

18 ‘‘(II) provided to adults and dis19 located workers under paragraph 

20 (3)(G)(ii); and 

21 ‘‘(ii) for the payment of training serv22 ices under paragraph (2)(A) of section 

23 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and 

24 Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 

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1 such local area under paragraph (1) of such 

2 section 414(c) have been exhausted.’’; and 

3 (D) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig4 nated, by striking ‘‘and (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

5 (ii), and (iv)’’. 

6 (2) CAREER SERVICES.—Section 134(c)(2) of the 

7 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

8 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)) is amended— 

9 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

10 through (C) as subparagraphs (B) through (D), 

11 respectively; 

12 (B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 

13 as so redesignated, the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) BASIC CAREER SERVICES.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The one-stop deliv16 ery system— 

17 ‘‘(I) shall coordinate with the Em18 ployment Service office colocated with 

19 the one-stop delivery system for such 

20 Employment Service office to provide, 

21 using the funds allotted to the State 

22 under section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser 

23 Act (29 U.S.C. 49e), basic career serv24 ices, which shall— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) include, at a min2 imum, the services listed in clause 

3 (ii); and 

4 ‘‘(bb) be available to individ5 uals who are adults or dislocated 

6 workers in an integrated manner 

7 to streamline access to assistance 

8 for such individuals, to avoid du9 plication of services, and to en10 hance coordination of services; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(II) may use funds allocated 

13 under paragraph (1)(A), as necessary, 

14 to supplement the services that are pro15 vided pursuant to subclause (I) to in16 dividuals who are adults or dislocated 

17 workers. 

18 ‘‘(ii) SERVICES.—The basic career 

19 services provided pursuant to clause (i) 

20 shall include— 

21 ‘‘(I) provision of workforce and 

22 labor market employment statistics in23 formation, including the provision of 

24 accurate (and, to the extent prac25 ticable, real-time) information relating 


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1 to local, regional, and national labor 

2 market areas, including— 

3 ‘‘(aa) job vacancy listings in 

4 such labor market areas; 

5 ‘‘(bb) information on job 

6 skills necessary to obtain the jobs 

7 described in item (aa); and 

8 ‘‘(cc) information relating to 

9 local occupations in demand 

10 (which may include entrepreneur11 ship opportunities), and the earn12 ings, skill requirements, and op13 portunities for advancement for 

14 such occupations; 

15 ‘‘(II) labor exchange services, in16 cluding job search and placement as17 sistance and, in appropriate cases, ca18 reer counseling, including— 

19 ‘‘(aa) provision of informa20 tion on in-demand industry sec21 tors and occupations; 

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1 ‘‘(cc) provision of informa2 tion on entrepreneurship, as ap3 propriate; 

4 ‘‘(III)(aa) provision of informa5 tion, in formats that are usable by and 

6 understandable to one-stop center cus7 tomers, relating to the availability of 

8 supportive services or assistance, in9 cluding child care, child support, med10 ical or child health assistance under 

11 title XIX or XXI of the Social Security 

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. and 

13 1397aa et seq.), benefits under the sup14 plemental nutrition assistance pro15 gram established under the Food and 

16 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 

17 et seq.), assistance through the earned 

18 income tax credit under section 32 of 

19 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

20 and assistance under a State program 

21 for temporary assistance for needy 

22 families funded under part A of title 

23 IV of the Social Security Act (42 

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1 provided through funds made available 

2 under such part, available in the local 

3 area; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) referral to the services or as5 sistance described in item (aa), as ap6 propriate; 

7 ‘‘(IV) provision of information 

8 and assistance regarding filing claims 

9 for unemployment compensation; and 

10 ‘‘(V) assistance in establishing eli11 gibility for programs of financial aid 

12 assistance for training and education 

13 programs that are not funded under 

14 this Act.’’; 

15 (C) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig16 nated— 

17 (i) in the heading, by striking the 

18 heading and inserting ‘‘INDIVIDUALIZED

19 CAREER’’; 

20 (ii) by inserting ‘‘individualized’’ be21 fore ‘‘career services’’; 

22 (iii) by inserting ‘‘shall, to the extent 

23 practicable, be evidence-based,’’ before ‘‘and 

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1 (iv) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘, and 

2 a determination (considering factors includ3 ing prior work experience, military service, 

4 education, and in-demand industry sectors 

5 and occupations in the local area) of wheth6 er such an individual would benefit from a 

7 competency-based assessment developed or 

8 identified by the State pursuant to sub9 section (a)(2)(B)(vii) to accelerate the time 

10 to obtaining employment that leads to eco11 nomic self-sufficiency or career advance12 ment’’ before the semi-colon at the end; 

13 (v) by striking clauses (iv), (vi), (ix), 

14 (x), and (xi); 

15 (vi) by redesignating clauses (v), (vii), 

16 (viii), (xii), and (xiii) as clauses (iv), (v), 

17 (vi), (vii), and (viii), respectively; 

18 (vii) in clause (v), as so redesignated, 

19 by inserting ‘‘and credential’’ after ‘‘by pro20 gram’’; and 

21 (viii) in clause (vii)(I)(aa), as so re22 designated, by inserting ‘‘, including a com23 petency-based assessment developed or iden24 tified by the State pursuant to subsection 

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1 (D) by amending subparagraph (C), as so 

2 redesignated, to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(C) USE OF PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS.—A 

4 one-stop operator or one-stop partner shall not be 

5 required to conduct a new interview, evaluation, 

6 or assessment of a participant under subpara7 graph (B)(vii) if the one-stop operator or one8 stop partner determines that— 

9 ‘‘(i) it is appropriate to use a recent 

10 interview, evaluation, or assessment of the 

11 participant conducted pursuant to another 

12 education or training program; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) using such recent interview, eval14 uation, or assessment will accelerate an eli15 gibility determination.’’; and 

16 (E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesig17 nated— 

18 (i) by inserting ‘‘individualized’’ before 

19 ‘‘career’’; and 

20 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, li21 braries, and community-based organiza22 tions’’ after ‘‘nonprofit service providers’’. 

23 (3) TRAINING SERVICES.—Section 134(c)(3) of 

24 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

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1 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

2 (i) in clause (i), in the matter pre3 ceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘clause 

4 (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (ii) or (iii)’’ 

5 (ii) in clause (i)(II)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘or in’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘in’’ and 

8 (II) by inserting ‘‘, or that may 

9 be performed remotely’’ after ‘‘relo10 cate’’; 

11 (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 

12 clause (iv); 

13 (iv) by inserting after clause (ii) the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(iii) EMPLOYER REFERRAL.— 

16 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A one-stop op17 erator or one-stop partner shall not be 

18 required to conduct an interview, eval19 uation, or assessment of an individual 

20 under clause (i)(I) if such indi21 vidual— 

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1 velopment in connection with that 

2 employer; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) has been certified by 

4 the employer as being in need of 

5 training services to obtain unsub6 sidized employment with such em7 ployer and having the skills and 

8 qualifications to successfully par9 ticipate in the selected program of 

10 training services. 

11 ‘‘(II) PRIORITY.—A one-stop oper12 ator or one-stop partner shall follow 

13 the priority described in subparagraph 

14 (E) to determine whether an indi15 vidual that meets the requirements of 

16 subclause (I) of this clause is eligible to 

17 receive training services.’’; and 

18 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(v) ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY

20 LITERACY ACTIVITIES.—In the case of an 

21 individual who is determined to not have 

22 the skills and qualifications to successfully 

23 participate in the selected program of train24 ing services under clause (i)(I)(cc), the one25 stop operator or one-stop partner shall refer 


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1 such individual to adult education and lit2 eracy activities under title II, including for 

3 co-enrollment in such activities, as appro4 priate.’’; 

5 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

6 (i) in clause (i)— 

7 (I) in subclause (I), by striking 

8 ‘‘other grant assistance for such serv9 ices, including’’ and inserting ‘‘assist10 ance for such services under’’; and 

11 (II) by striking ‘‘under other 

12 grant assistance programs, including’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘under’’; and 

14 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(iv) PARTICIPATION DURING ELIGI16 BILITY DETERMINATION.—An individual 

17 may participate in a program of training 

18 services during the period which such indi19 vidual’s eligibility for training services 

20 under clause (i) is being determined, except 

21 that the provider of such a program shall 

22 only receive reimbursement under this Act 

23 for the individual’s participation during 

24 such period if such individual is determined 

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1 (C) in subparagraph (D)(xi), by striking 

2 ‘‘customized training’’ and inserting ‘‘employer3 directed skills development’’; 

4 (D) in subparagraph (E)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘are basic skills defi6 cient’’ and inserting ‘‘have foundational 

7 skill needs’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph 

9 (2)(A)(xii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

10 (2)(B)(vii)’’; 

11 (E) in subparagraph (G)(ii)— 

12 (i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘cus13 tomized training’’ and inserting ‘‘employer14 directed skills development’’; and 

15 (ii) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘is 

16 a’’ and inserting ‘‘is an evidence-based’’; 

17 (F) in subparagraph (H)— 

18 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘reim19 bursement described in section 3(44)’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘reimbursement described in the 

21 definition of the term ‘‘on-the-job training’’ 

22 in section 3’’; and 

23 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

24 (I) in subclause (I), by inserting 

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1 pants are individuals with barriers to 

2 employment’’ after ‘‘participants’’; and 

3 (II) in subclause (III), by insert4 ing ‘‘, including whether the skills a 

5 participant will obtain are transfer6 able to other employers, occupations, or 

7 industries in the local area or the 

8 State’’ after ‘‘opportunities’’; and 

9 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(I) EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVEL11 OPMENT.—An employer may receive a contract 

12 from a local board to provide employer-directed 

13 skills development to a participant or group of 

14 participants if the employer submits to the local 

15 board an agreement that establishes— 

16 ‘‘(i) the provider of the skills develop17 ment program, which may be the employer; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the length of the skills develop19 ment program; 

20 ‘‘(iii) the recognized postsecondary cre21 dentials that will be awarded to, or the oc22 cupational skills that will be gained by, 

23 program participants; 

24 ‘‘(iv) the cost of the skills development 

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1 ‘‘(v) the amount of such cost that will 

2 be paid by the employer, which shall not be 

3 less than the amount specified in section 

4 3(14)(C); and 

5 ‘‘(vi) a commitment by the employer to 

6 employ the participating individual or in7 dividuals upon successful completion of the 

8 program.’’. 

9 (c) BUSINESS SERVICES.—Section 134(c) of the Work10 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)) 

11 is further amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)(iv), by inserting ‘‘pro13 vide business services described in paragraph (4) 

14 and’’ before ‘‘establish’’; and 

15 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(4) BUSINESS SERVICES.—Funds described in 

17 paragraph (1) shall be used to provide appropriate 

18 recruitment and other business services and strategies 

19 on behalf of employers, including small employers, 

20 that meet the workforce investment needs of area em21 ployers, as determined by the local board and con22 sistent with the local plan under section 108, which 

23 services— 

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1 the local board, and may also be provided on a 

2 fee-for-service basis or through the leveraging of 

3 economic development, philanthropic, and other 

4 public and private resources in a manner deter5 mined appropriate by the local board; and 

6 ‘‘(B) may include one or more of the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(i) Developing and implementing in9 dustry sector strategies (including strategies 

10 involving industry partnerships, regional 

11 skills alliances, industry skill panels, and 

12 sectoral skills partnerships). 

13 ‘‘(ii) Developing and delivering inno14 vative workforce investment services and 

15 strategies for area employers, which may 

16 include career pathways, skills upgrading, 

17 skill standard development and certification 

18 for recognized postsecondary credential or 

19 other employer use, apprenticeship, and 

20 other effective initiatives for meeting the 

21 workforce investment needs of area employ22 ers and workers. 

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1 under subsection (a)(2)(A) and developing 

2 strategies for the aversion of layoffs, which 

3 strategies may include early identification 

4 of firms at risk of layoffs, use of feasibility 

5 studies to assess the needs of and options for 

6 at-risk firms, and the delivery of employ7 ment and training activities to address risk 

8 factors. 

9 ‘‘(iv) The marketing of business serv10 ices offered under this title to appropriate 

11 area employers, including small and mid12 sized employers. 

13 ‘‘(v) Technical assistance or other sup14 port to employers seeking to implement 

15 skills-based hiring practices, which may in16 clude technical assistance on the use and 

17 validation of employment assessments, in18 cluding competency-based assessments devel19 oped or identified by the State pursuant to 

20 paragraph (2)(B)(vii), and support in the 

21 creation of skills-based job descriptions. 

22 ‘‘(vi) Other services described in this 

23 subsection, including providing information 

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1 ices not traditionally offered through the 

2 one-stop delivery system.’’. 

3 (d) PERMISSIBLE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

4 ACTIVITIES.— 

5 (1) ACTIVITIES.—Section 134(d)(1)(A) of the 

6 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

7 U.S.C. 3174(d)(1)(A)) is amended— 

8 (A) by amending clause (iii) to read as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘(iii) implementation of a pay-for-per11 formance contract strategy for training 

12 services, for which the local board may re13 serve and use not more than 40 percent of 

14 the total funds allocated to the local area 

15 under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 

16 133(b), except that after 2 fiscal years of a 

17 local board implementing such pay-for-per18 formance contract strategy, the local board 

19 may request approval from the Governor to 

20 reserve and use not more than 60 percent of 

21 the total funds allocated to the local area 

22 under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 

23 133(b) for such strategy for the following 

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1 improvements achieved through the use of 

2 such strategy;’’; 

3 (B) in clause (vii)— 

4 (i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

5 at the end; 

6 (ii) in subclause (III), by inserting 

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

8 (iii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(IV) to strengthen, through pro11 fessional development activities, the 

12 knowledge and capacity of staff to use 

13 the latest digital technologies, tools, 

14 and strategies to deliver high quality 

15 services and outcomes for jobseekers, 

16 workers, and employers;’’; 

17 (C) in clause (ix)(II)— 

18 (i) in item (cc), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

19 the end; 

20 (ii) in item (dd), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 

21 at the end; and 

22 (iii) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(ee) technical assistance or 

25 other support to employers seeking 


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1 to implement skills-based hiring 

2 practices, which may include tech3 nical assistance on the use and 

4 validation of employment assess5 ments, including competency6 based assessments developed or 

7 identified by the State pursuant 

8 to paragraph (2)(B)(vii), and 

9 support in the creation of skills10 based job descriptions;’’; 

11 (D) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

12 end; 

13 (E) in clause (xii), by striking the period at 

14 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

15 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(xiii) the use of competency-based as17 sessments for individuals upon initial as18 sessment of skills (pursuant to subsection 

19 (c)(2)(A)(iii)) or completion of training 

20 services or other learning experiences; and 

21 ‘‘(xiv) the development of partnerships 

22 between educational institutions (including 

23 area career and technical education schools, 

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1 or improve workforce development programs 

2 to address the identified education and skill 

3 needs of the workforce and the employment 

4 needs of employers in a region, as deter5 mined based on the most recent analysis 

6 conducted by the local board under section 

7 107(d)(2).’’. 

8 (2) INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING PROGRAMS.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 134(d)(4)(A) of 

10 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

11 (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(4)(A)) is amended— 

12 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘20’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘30’ ’’ 

14 (ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 

15 (iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; 

16 and 

17 (iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(ii) INCREASE IN RESERVATION OF

20 FUNDS.—Notwithstanding clause (i)— 

21 ‘‘(I) with respect to a local area 

22 that had a rate of unemployment of 

23 not more than 3 percent for not less 

24 than 6 months during the preceding 

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1 plied by substituting ‘40 percent’ for 

2 ‘30 percent’; or 

3 ‘‘(II) with respect to a local area 

4 that meets the requirement in subclause 

5 (I) and is located in a State that had 

6 a labor force participation rate of not 

7 less than 68 percent for not less than 

8 6 months during the preceding pro9 gram year, clause (i) shall be applied 

10 by substituting ‘45 percent’ for ‘30 per11 cent’.’’. 

12 (B) INCUMBENT WORKER UPSKILLING AC13 COUNTS.—Section 134(d)(4) of the Workforce In14 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

15 3174(d)(4)) is further amended by adding at the 

16 end the following: 

17 ‘‘(E) INCUMBENT WORKER UPSKILLING AC18 COUNTS.— 

19 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To establish incum20 bent worker upskilling accounts through 

21 which an eligible provider of training serv22 ices under section 122 may be paid for the 

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1 ‘‘(I) may use up to 5 percent of 

2 the funds reserved by the local area 

3 under subparagraph (A)(i) or, if the 

4 local area reserved funds under sub5 paragraph (A)(ii), up to 10 percent of 

6 such reserved funds; and 

7 ‘‘(II) may use funds reserved 

8 under section 134(a)(2)(A) for state9 wide rapid response activities and pro10 vided by the State to local area to es11 tablish such accounts. 

12 ‘‘(ii) ELIGIBILITY.— 

13 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

14 subclause (II), a local board that seeks 

15 to establish incumbent worker 

16 upskilling accounts under clause (i) 

17 shall establish criteria for determining 

18 the eligibility of an incumbent worker 

19 to receive such an account, which shall 

20 take into account factors of— 

21 ‘‘(aa) the wages of the in22 cumbent worker as of the date of 

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1 ‘‘(bb) the career advancement 

2 opportunities for the incumbent 

3 worker in the occupation of such 

4 worker as of such date; and 

5 ‘‘(cc) the ability of the in6 cumbent worker to, upon comple7 tion of the program of training 

8 services selected by such worker, 

9 secure employment in an in-de10 mand industry or occupation in 

11 the local area that will lead to 

12 economic self-sufficiency and 

13 wages higher than the current 

14 wages of the incumbent worker. 

15 ‘‘(II) LIMITATION.— 

16 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—An in17 cumbent worker described in item 

18 (bb) shall be ineligible to receive 

19 an incumbent worker upskilling 

20 account under this subparagraph. 

21 ‘‘(bb) INELIGIBILITY.—Item 

22 (aa) shall apply to an incumbent 

23 worker— 

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1 cent year are greater than 

2 the median household income 

3 of the State; or 

4 ‘‘(BB) who has earned a 

5 baccalaureate or professional 

6 degree. 

7 ‘‘(iii) COST SHARING FOR CERTAIN IN8 CUMBENT WORKERS.—With respect to an 

9 incumbent worker determined to be eligible 

10 to receive an incumbent worker upskilling 

11 account who is not a low-income indi12 vidual— 

13 ‘‘(I) such incumbent worker shall 

14 pay not less than 25 percent of the cost 

15 of the program of training services se16 lected by such worker; and 

17 ‘‘(II) funds provided through the 

18 incumbent worker upskilling account 

19 established for such worker shall cover 

20 the remaining 75 percent of the cost of 

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1 CHAPTER 4—AUTHORIZATION OF 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 SEC. 145. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Section 136 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor5 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3181) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 136. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 ‘‘(a) YOUTH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES.— 

8 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 

9 activities described in section 127(a) $976,573,900 for each 

10 of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030. 

11 ‘‘(b) ADULT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVI12 TIES.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

13 the activities described in section 132(a)(1) $912,218,500 

14 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030. 

15 ‘‘(c) DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN16 ING ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to be appropriated 

17 to carry out the activities described in section 132(a)(2) 

18 $1,451,859,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 

19 2030.’’. 

20 Subtitle D—Job Corps 

21 SEC. 151. PURPOSES. 

22 Section 141 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor23 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3191) is amended by striking ‘‘cen24 ters’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘campuses’’. 


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1 SEC. 152. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 142 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor3 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3192) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraphs (1), (7), (8), and (10), by 

5 striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘campus’’; and 

7 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘CENTER’’ in 

8 the header and inserting ‘‘CAMPUS’’. 

9 SEC. 153. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR THE JOB CORPS. 

10 Section 144 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor11 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3194) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘21’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘24’’; 

16 (ii) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

17 read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(A) an individual who is age 16 or 17 

19 shall be eligible only upon an individual deter20 mination by the director of a Job Corps campus 

21 that such individual meets the criteria described 

22 in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 145(b)(1); 

23 and’’; and 

24 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 

2 ‘‘individual’’ the following: ‘‘or a resident of a 

3 qualified opportunity zone as defined in section 

4 1400Z–1(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

5 1986’’; and 

6 (C) in paragraph (3), by amending sub7 paragraph (A) to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(A) Has foundational skill needs.’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘a vet10 eran’’ the following: ‘‘or a member of the Armed 

11 Forces eligible for preseparation counseling of the 

12 Transition Assistance Program under section 1142 of 

13 title 10, United States Code’’; and 

14 (3) by inserting at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR HOMELESS AND FOSTER

16 YOUTH.—In determining whether an individual is eligible 

17 to enroll for services under this subtitle on the basis of being 

18 an individual who is a homeless child or youth, or a youth 

19 in foster care, as described in subsection (a)(3)(C), staff 

20 shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) if determining whether the individual is a 

22 homeless child or youth, use a process that is in com23 pliance with the requirements of subsection (a) of sec24 tion 479D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

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1 Act (Public Law 116–260), for financial aid adminis2 trators; and 

3 ‘‘(2) if determining whether the individual is a 

4 youth in foster care, use a process that is in compli5 ance with the requirements of subsection (b) of such 

6 section 479D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

7 added by section 702(l) of the FAFSA Simplification 

8 Act (Public Law 116–260), for financial aid adminis9 trators.’’. 

10 SEC. 154. RECRUITMENT, SCREENING, SELECTION, AND AS11 SIGNMENT OF ENROLLEES. 

12 Section 145 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor13 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3195) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

17 read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(A) prescribe procedures for— 

19 ‘‘(i) administering drug tests to enroll20 ees; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) informing such enrollees that 

22 drug tests will be administered;’’; 

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1 (iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

2 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (iv) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(F) assist applicable one-stop centers and 

5 other entities identified in paragraph (3) in de6 veloping joint applications for Job Corps, 

7 YouthBuild, and the youth activities described in 

8 section 129.’’; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(6) DRUG TEST PROCEDURES.—The procedures 

11 prescribed under paragraph (2)(A)(i) shall require 

12 that— 

13 ‘‘(A) each enrollee take a drug test not more 

14 than 48 hours after such enrollee arrives on cam15 pus; 

16 ‘‘(B) if the result of the drug test taken by 

17 an enrollee pursuant to subparagraph (A) is 

18 positive, the enrollee take a subsequent drug test 

19 at the earliest appropriate time (considering the 

20 substance and potency levels identified in the 

21 initial test) to determine if the enrollee has con22 tinued to use drugs since arriving on campus, 

23 the results of which must be received not later 

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1 ‘‘(C) if the result of the subsequent test ad2 ministered under subparagraph (B) is positive, 

3 the enrollee be terminated from the program and 

4 referred to a substance use disorder treatment 

5 program.’’; and 

6 (2) in subsections (b), (c), and (d)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it ap8 pears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it ap10 pears and inserting ‘‘campus’’. 

11 SEC. 155. JOB CORPS CAMPUSES. 

12 Section 147 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor13 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197) is amended— 

14 (1) in the header, by striking ‘‘CENTERS’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘CAMPUSES’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it 

19 appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

21 after ‘‘area career and technical education 

22 school,’’ the following: ‘‘an institution of 

23 higher education,’’; 

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1 (I) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place 

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

3 and 

4 (II) by inserting after ‘‘United 

5 States Code,’’ the following: ‘‘and para6 graph (2)(C)(iii) of section 159(f),’’; 

7 and 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (I) in clause (i)— 

10 (aa) by striking ‘‘operate a 

11 Job Corps center’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘operate a Job Corps campus’’; 

13 (bb) by striking subclause 

14 (IV); 

15 (cc) by redesignating sub16 clauses (I), (II), (III), and (V), as 

17 subclauses (III), (IV), (V), and 

18 (VI), respectively; 

19 (dd) by inserting before sub20 clause (III), as so redesignated, 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(I)(aa) in the case of an entity 

23 that has previously operated a Job 

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1 cators of performance for eligible youth 

2 described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii); or 

3 ‘‘(bb) in the case of an entity that 

4 has not previously operated a Job 

5 Corps campus, an alternative numeric 

6 metric on the past effectiveness of the 

7 entity in successfully assisting at-risk 

8 youth to connect to the labor force, 

9 based on such primary indicators of 

10 performance for eligible youth; 

11 ‘‘(II) in the case of an entity that 

12 has previously operated a Job Corps 

13 campus, any information regarding 

14 the entity included in any report devel15 oped by the Office of Inspector General 

16 of the Department of Labor;’’; 

17 (ee) in subclauses (III) and 

18 (IV), as so redesignated, by strik19 ing ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

20 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

21 (ff) in subclause (V), as so re22 designated, by striking ‘‘center is 

23 located’’ and inserting ‘‘campus is 

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1 learning opportunities aligned 

2 with the career and technical edu3 cation provided to enrollees’’; and 

4 (gg) by amending subclause 

5 (VI), as so redesignated, to read 

6 as follows: 

7 ‘‘(VI) the ability of the entity to 

8 implement an effective behavior man9 agement plan, as described in section 

10 152(a), and maintain a safe and se11 cure learning environment for enroll12 ees.’’; and 

13 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 

14 ‘‘center’’ and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

15 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it 

17 appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

19 after ‘‘is located’’ the following: ‘‘, including 

20 agreements to provide off-campus work21 based learning opportunities aligned with 

22 the career and technical education provided 

23 to enrollees’’; 

24 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

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1 paragraphs (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), and 

2 (L), respectively; and 

3 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

4 (D) the following: 

5 ‘‘(E) A description of the policies that will 

6 be implemented at the campus regarding security 

7 and access to campus facilities, including proce8 dures to report on and respond to criminal ac9 tions and other emergencies occurring on cam10 pus.’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (b)— 

12 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘CENTERS’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘CAMPUSES’’; 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it ap15 pears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it ap17 pears and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; 

18 (D) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘20 

19 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; and 

20 (E) by striking paragraph (3); 

21 (4) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘centers’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘campuses’’; and 

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1 (5) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each 

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; 

3 (6) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘centers’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; 

5 (7) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2-year period’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘3-year period’’; and 

7 (8) in subsection (g)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it ap9 pears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (i) by striking subparagraph (A); 

12 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) 

13 as subparagraph (A); 

14 (iii) by amending subparagraph (A), 

15 as so redesignated— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘50 percent’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘80 percent’’; and 

18 (II) by striking the period at the 

19 end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

20 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

21 (A), as so redesignated and amended, the 

22 following: 

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1 in the agreement described in subsection 

2 (a)(1)(A).’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘shall pro4 vide’’ and inserting ‘‘shall provide, at least 30 

5 days prior to renewing the agreement’’; and 

6 (D) in paragraph (4)— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

8 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

9 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) 

10 as subparagraph (E); and 

11 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

12 (C) the following: 

13 ‘‘(D) has maintained a safe and secure 

14 campus environment; and’’. 

15 SEC. 156. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. 

16 Section 148 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor17 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3198) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘center’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘campus’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 

22 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and pro23 ductive activities, such as tutoring or other skills 

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1 and work hours in order to increase supervision 

2 of enrollees and reduce behavior infractions’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘the eligible providers’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘any eligible provider’’; and 

10 (ii) by inserting after ‘‘under section 

11 122’’ the following: ‘‘that is aligned with the 

12 career and technical education an enrollee 

13 has completed’’. 

14 SEC. 157. SUPPORT. 

15 Section 150 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor16 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3200) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘centers’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘campuses’’; and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF TRANSITION.—Notwithstanding the 

21 requirements of section 146(b), a Job Corps graduate may 

22 remain an enrollee and a resident of a Job Corps campus 

23 for not more than one month after graduation as such grad24 uate transitions into independent living and employment 

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1 ‘‘(1) has not had a behavioral infraction in the 

2 90 days prior to graduation; and 

3 ‘‘(2) receives written approval from the director 

4 of the Job Corps campus to remain such a resident.’’. 

5 SEC. 158. OPERATIONS. 

6 Section 151 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor7 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3201) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

9 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(d) LOCAL AUTHORITY.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations of 

13 the budget approved by the Secretary for a Job Corps 

14 campus, the operator of a Job Corps campus shall 

15 have the authority, without prior approval from the 

16 Secretary, to— 

17 ‘‘(A) hire staff and provide staff profes18 sional development; 

19 ‘‘(B) set terms and enter into agreements 

20 with Federal, State, or local educational part21 ners, such as secondary schools, institutions of 

22 higher education, child development centers, 

23 units of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps 

24 programs established under section 2031 of title 

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1 ‘‘(C) engage with and educate stakeholders 

2 about Job Corps operations and activities. 

3 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.—In the case of 

4 an agreement described in paragraph (1)(B) that does 

5 not involve the Job Corps operator providing mone6 tary compensation to the entity involved in such 

7 agreement from the funds made available under this 

8 subtitle, such agreement shall not be considered a sub9 contract (as defined in section 8701 of title 41, 

10 United States Code). 

11 ‘‘(e) PRIOR NOTICE.—Prior to making a change to the 

12 agreement described in section 147(a) or an operating plan 

13 described in this section, the Secretary shall solicit from the 

14 operators of the Job Corps campuses information on any 

15 operational costs the operators expect to result from such 

16 change.’’. 

17 SEC. 159. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. 

18 Section 152 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor19 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3202) is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it appears 

21 and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘As part of 

23 the operating plan required under section 151(a), the 

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1 with the standards of conduct and subject to the ap2 proval of the Secretary.’’ at the end; and 

3 (3) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘or dis4 ruptive’’; 

5 (4) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol6 lows: 

7 ‘‘(c) APPEAL PROCESS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) ENROLLEE APPEALS.—A disciplinary meas9 ure taken by a director under this section shall be 

10 subject to expeditious appeal in accordance with pro11 cedures established by the Secretary. 

12 ‘‘(2) DIRECTOR APPEALS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es14 tablish an appeals process under which the direc15 tor of a Job Corps campus may submit a request 

16 that an enrollee who has engaged in an activity 

17 which is a violation of the guidelines established 

18 pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A) remain enrolled 

19 in the program, but be subject to other discipli20 nary actions. 

21 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—An request under para22 graph (A) shall include— 

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1 rollee would not impact the safety or learn2 ing environment of the campus; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the behavioral records of such en4 rollee. 

5 ‘‘(C) TIMELINE.—The Secretary shall re6 view such appeal and either approve or deny the 

7 appeal within 30 days of receiving such appeal. 

8 ‘‘(D) INELIGIBILITY FOR APPEAL.—The Sec9 retary shall reject an appeal made by a director 

10 of a Job Corps campus if such campus has been 

11 found out of compliance with the requirements 

12 under subsection (d) at any time during the pre13 vious 5 years.’’; and 

14 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(d) INCIDENT REPORTING.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 

17 that the director of a Job Corps campus report to the 

18 appropriate regional office— 

19 ‘‘(A) not later than 2 hours after the cam20 pus management becomes aware of the occur21 rence of— 

22 ‘‘(i) an enrollee or on-duty staff death; 

23 ‘‘(ii) any incident— 

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1 ‘‘(II) involving a missing minor 

2 student; or 

3 ‘‘(III) where substantial property 

4 damage has occurred; or 

5 ‘‘(iii) a level 1 infraction; 

6 ‘‘(B) in the case of a level 2 infraction, on 

7 a quarterly basis, including the number and type 

8 of such infractions that occurred during such 

9 time period; and 

10 ‘‘(C) in the case of a minor infraction, as 

11 determined necessary by the Secretary. 

12 ‘‘(2) INFRACTIONS DEFINED.—In this subsection: 

13 ‘‘(A) LEVEL 1 INFRACTION.—The term ‘level 

14 1 infraction’ means an activity described in sub15 section (b)(2)(A). 

16 ‘‘(B) LEVEL 2 INFRACTION.—The term ‘level 

17 2 infraction’ means an activity, other than a 

18 level 1 infraction, determined by the Secretary to 

19 be a serious infraction. 

20 ‘‘(C) MINOR INFRACTION.—The term ‘minor 

21 infraction’ means an activity, other than a level 

22 1 or 2 infraction, determined by the Secretary to 

23 be an infraction. 

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1 agreement with the local law enforcement agency with 

2 jurisdiction regarding procedures for the prompt re3 porting and investigation of potentially illegal activ4 ity on Job Corps campuses.’’. 

5 SEC. 160. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. 

6 Section 153 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor7 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3203) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

9 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it appears 

11 and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; and 

12 (3) in subsection (c), in the heading, by striking 

13 ‘‘CENTERS’’ and inserting ‘‘CAMPUSES’’. 

14 SEC. 161. WORKFORCE COUNCILS. 

15 Section 154 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor16 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3204) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

18 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (d), in the heading, by striking 

20 ‘‘NEW CENTERS’’ and inserting ‘‘NEW CAMPUSES’’. 

21 SEC. 162. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 

22 Section 155 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor23 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3205) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘centers’’ and inserting ‘‘cam2 puses’’ 

3 (3) by striking ‘‘center’’ and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

4 and 

5 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO IMPROVE JOB CORPS

7 SAFETY.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enact8 ment of the A Stronger Workforce for America Act, the Sec9 retary shall establish an advisory committee to provide rec10 ommendations on effective or evidence-based strategies to 

11 improve— 

12 ‘‘(1) safety, security, and learning conditions on 

13 Job Corps campuses; and 

14 ‘‘(2) the standards for campus safety established 

15 under section 159(c)(4).’’. 

16 SEC. 163. EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS AND TECHNICAL AS17 SISTANCE. 

18 Section 156 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor19 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3206) is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘centers’’ and inserting ‘‘cam22 puses’’; 

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1 (4) by inserting the following after subsection 

2 (a): 

3 ‘‘(b) JOB CORPS SCHOLARS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 

5 grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of high6 er education to enroll cohorts of Job Corps eligible 

7 youth in Job Corps Scholars activities for a 24-month 

8 period and pay the tuition and necessary costs for en9 rollees for such period. 

10 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—Job Corps Scholar activities 

11 shall include— 

12 ‘‘(A) intensive counseling services and sup13 portive services; 

14 ‘‘(B) a 12-month career and technical edu15 cation component aligned with in-demand in16 dustries and occupations in the State where the 

17 institution of higher education that is receiving 

18 the grant is located; and 

19 ‘‘(C) a 12-month employment placement pe20 riod that follows the component described in sub21 paragraph (B). 

22 ‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE DATA.—The Secretary shall 

23 collect performance information from institutions of 

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1 eligible youth described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii), 

2 the cost per participant and cost per graduate, and 

3 other information as necessary to evaluate the success 

4 of Job Corps Scholars grantees in improving outcomes 

5 for at-risk youth. 

6 ‘‘(4) EVALUATION.—At the end of each 2-year 

7 period for which the Secretary awards grants under 

8 this subsection, the Secretary shall provide for an 

9 independent, robust evaluation that compares— 

10 ‘‘(A) the outcomes achieved by Job Corps 

11 Scholars participants with the outcomes achieved 

12 by other participants in the Job Corps program 

13 during such 2-year period; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the costs of the Job Corps Scholars 

15 programs with the costs of other Job Corps pro16 grams during such 2-year period.’’; and 

17 (5) in subsection (c)(1), as so redesignated, is 

18 amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara19 graph (C) and by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(D) in the development and implementa21 tion of a behavior management plan under sec22 tion 152(a); and 

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1 SEC. 164. SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 

2 Section 158 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor3 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3208) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

5 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (f)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘may accept on behalf of the 

8 Job Corps or individual Job Corps centers chari9 table donations of cash’’ and inserting ‘‘, on be10 half of the Job Corps or Job Corps campus oper11 ators, may accept grants, charitable donations of 

12 cash,’’; and 

13 (B) by inserting at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘Notwithstanding sections 501(b) and 522 of 

15 title 40, United States Code, any property ac16 quired by a Job Corps campus shall be directly 

17 transferred, on a nonreimbursable basis, to the 

18 Secretary.’’. 

19 SEC. 165. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION. 

20 (a) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.—Section 159 of the 

21 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

22 3209) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

24 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

2 inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’. 

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘that are ambitious 

5 yet achievable and’’ after ‘‘program’’; and 

6 (iii) by adding at the end the following 

7 new subparagraphs: 

8 ‘‘(B) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.—In estab9 lishing the expected performance levels under 

10 subparagraph (A) for a Job Corps campus, the 

11 Secretary shall take into account— 

12 ‘‘(i) how the levels involved compare 

13 with the recent performance of such campus 

14 and the performance of other campuses 

15 within the same State or geographic region; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the levels of performance set for 

17 the primary indicators of performance for 

18 eligible youth described in section 

19 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) for the State in which the 

20 campus is located; 

21 ‘‘(iii) the differences in actual eco22 nomic conditions (including differences in 

23 unemployment rates and job losses or gains 

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1 area of such campus and other local areas 

2 with a campus; and 

3 ‘‘(iv) the extent to which the levels in4 volved promote continuous improvement in 

5 performance on the primary indicators of 

6 performance by such campus and ensure op7 timal return on the use of Federal funds. 

8 ‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE PER CONTRACT.—The 

9 Secretary shall ensure the expected levels of per10 formance are established in the relevant contract 

11 or agreement. 

12 ‘‘(D) REVISIONS BASED ON ECONOMIC CON13 DITIONS AND INDIVIDUALS SERVED DURING THE

14 PROGRAM YEAR.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the event of a 

16 significant economic downturn, the Sec17 retary may revise the applicable adjusted 

18 levels of performance for each of the cam19 puses for a program year to reflect the ac20 tual economic conditions during such pro21 gram year. 

22 ‘‘(ii) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Prior to 

23 implementing the revisions described in 

24 clause (i), the Secretary shall submit to the 

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1 of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

3 and Pensions of the Senate a report ex4 plaining the reason for such revisions. 

5 ‘‘(E) REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE LEVELS.— 

6 The Office of Inspector General of the Depart7 ment of Labor shall, every 5 years, submit to the 

8 Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

9 the House of Representatives and the Committee 

10 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

11 the Senate, and publish in the Federal Register 

12 and on a publicly available website of the De13 partment, a report containing— 

14 ‘‘(i) a quadrennial review of the ex15 pected levels of performance; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) an evaluation of whether— 

17 ‘‘(I) the Secretary is establishing 

18 such expected levels of performance in 

19 good faith; and 

20 ‘‘(II) such expected levels have led 

21 to continued improvement of the Job 

22 Corps program.’’; 

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1 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(4) CAMPUS SAFETY.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es5 tablish campus and student safety standards. A 

6 Job Corps campus failing to achieve such stand7 ards shall be required to take the performance 

8 improvement actions described in subsection (f). 

9 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing the 

10 campus and student safety standards under sub11 paragraph (A), the Secretary shall take into ac12 count— 

13 ‘‘(i) incidents reported under section 

14 152(d); 

15 ‘‘(ii) survey data from enrollees, fac16 ulty, staff, and community members; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) any other considerations identi18 fied by the Secretary after reviewing the 

19 recommendations of the advisory group de20 scribed in section 155(b).’’; 

21 (D) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— 

22 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 the period at the end and inserting a semi3 colon; and 

4 (iii) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(C) the number of contracts that were 

7 awarded a renewal compared to those eligible for 

8 a renewal; 

9 ‘‘(D) the number of campuses where the con10 tract was awarded to a new operator; and 

11 ‘‘(E) the number of campuses that were re12 quired to receive performance improvement, as 

13 described under subsection (f)(2), including 

14 whether any actions were taken as described in 

15 subparagraphs (B) and (C) of such subsection.’’; 

16 and 

17 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(6) WAGE RECORDS.—The Secretary shall make 

19 arrangements with a State or other appropriate enti20 ty to facilitate the use of State wage records to evalu21 ate the performance of Job Corps campuses on the em22 ployment and earnings indicators described in clause 

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1 paragraph for the purposes of the report required 

2 under paragraph (5).’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (d)(1)— 

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘and make available on the 

5 website of the Department pertaining to the Job 

6 Corps program in a manner that is consumer7 tested to ensure it is easily understood, search8 able, and navigable,’’ after ‘‘subsection (c)(4),’’; 

9 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘gen10 der’’ and inserting ‘‘sex’’; 

11 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) 

12 through (O) as subparagraphs (K) through (P), 

13 respectively; and 

14 (D) by inserting the following after sub15 paragraph (I): 

16 ‘‘(J) the number of appeals under section 

17 152(c) and a description of each appeal that was 

18 approved;’’; and 

19 (4) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘comply’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘attest to compliance’’. 

21 (b) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND IMPROVE22 MENTS.—Section 159(f) of the Workforce Innovation and 

23 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3209) is amended to read as 

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1 ‘‘(f) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND IMPROVE2 MENTS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary shall con4 duct an annual assessment of the performance of each 

5 Job Corps campus on the primary indicators of per6 formance described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii), where 

7 each indicator shall be given equal weight in deter8 mining the overall performance of the campus. Based 

9 on the assessment, the Secretary shall take measures 

10 to continuously improve the performance of the Job 

11 Corps program. 

12 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT.— 

13 ‘‘(A) INITIAL FAILURE.—With respect to a 

14 Job Corps campus that fails to meet an average 

15 of 90 percent on the expected levels of perform16 ance across all the primary indicators of per17 formance specified in subsection (c)(1) or is 

18 ranked among the lowest 10 percent of Job Corps 

19 campuses, the Secretary shall, after each pro20 gram year of such performance failure, develop 

21 and implement a performance improvement plan 

22 for such campus. Such a plan shall require ac23 tion to be taken during a 1-year program year 

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1 ‘‘(B) REPEAT FAILURE.—With respect to a 

2 Job Corps campus that, for two consecutive pro3 gram years, fails to meet an average of 85 per4 cent on the expected levels of performance across 

5 all the primary indicators of performance or is 

6 ranked among the lowest 10 percent of Job Corps 

7 campuses, the Secretary shall take substantial 

8 action to improve the performance of such cam9 pus, which shall include— 

10 ‘‘(i) changing the management staff of 

11 the campus; 

12 ‘‘(ii) changing the career and technical 

13 education and training offered at the cam14 pus; 

15 ‘‘(iii) replacing the operator of the 

16 campus; or 

17 ‘‘(iv) reducing the capacity of the cam18 pus. 

19 ‘‘(C) CHRONIC FAILURE.—With respect to a 

20 Job Corps campus that, for the two consecutive 

21 program years immediately following the Sec22 retary taking substantial performance action 

23 under subparagraph (B), fails to meet an aver24 age of 85 percent on the expected levels of per25 formance across all the primary indicators or is 


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1 ranked among the lowest 10 percent of Job Corps 

2 campuses, the Secretary shall take further sub3 stantial action to improve the performance of 

4 such campus, which shall include— 

5 ‘‘(i) relocating the campus; 

6 ‘‘(ii) closing the campus; or 

7 ‘‘(iii) awarding funding directly to the 

8 State in which the campus is located for op9 eration of the campus, and for which the 

10 Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of 

11 understanding with such State for purposes 

12 of operating the campus in its current loca13 tion and may encourage innovation in such 

14 memorandum of understanding by waiving 

15 any statutory or regulatory requirement of 

16 this subtitle except for those related to par17 ticipant eligibility under section 144, stand18 ards of conduct under section 152, and per19 formance reporting and accountability 

20 under this section. 

21 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE IMPROVE22 MENT.—In addition to the performance improvement 

23 plans required under paragraph (2), the Secretary 

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1 to meet criteria established by the Secretary other 

2 than the expected levels of performance described in 

3 subsection (c)(1). 

4 ‘‘(4) CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CENTERS.—With 

5 respect to a Civilian Conservation Center that, for 3 

6 consecutive program years, fails to meet an average of 

7 90 percent of the expected levels of performance across 

8 all the primary indicators of performance specified in 

9 subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of Labor or, if appro10 priate, the Secretary of Agriculture shall select, on a 

11 competitive basis, an entity to operate part or all of 

12 the Civilian Conservation Center in accordance with 

13 the requirements of section 147.’’. 

14 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 159 of the 

15 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

16 3209) is further amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it appears 

18 and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (g)(1), in the header, by strik20 ing ‘‘CENTER’’ and inserting ‘‘CAMPUS’’. 

21 SEC. 166. JOB CORPS OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING. 

22 Section 161 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor23 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3211) is amended— 

24 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 

2 new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(d) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDA4 TIONS.—The Secretary shall, on an annual basis, prepare 

5 and submit to the appropriate committees a report regard6 ing the implementation of all outstanding recommendations 

7 from the Office of Inspector General of the Department of 

8 Labor or the Government Accountability Office.’’. 

9 SEC. 167. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 Section 162 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor11 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3212) is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 162. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

14 this subtitle $1,760,155,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 

15 through 2030.’’. 

16 Subtitle E—National Programs 

17 SEC. 171. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS. 

18 Section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor19 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (d)(1)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’; 

23 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

24 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(C) are evidence-based, to the extent prac2 ticable.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (d)(2)— 

4 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

5 subparagraph (C); and 

6 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more 

9 than 10 percent of the funds provided to an enti10 ty under this section may be used for the admin11 istrative costs of the activities and services car12 ried out under subparagraph (A).’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (h), by inserting after para14 graph (2) the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) WAGE RECORDS.—The Secretary shall make 

16 arrangements with a State or other appropriate enti17 ty to facilitate the use of State wage records to evalu18 ate the performance of entities funded under this sec19 tion on the employment and earnings indicators de20 scribed in subclauses (I) through (III) of section 

21 116(b)(2)(A)(i) for the purposes of the report required 

22 under paragraph (4). 

23 ‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE RESULTS.—For each pro24 gram year, the Secretary shall make available on a 

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1 on the performance, during such program year, of en2 tities funded under this section on— 

3 ‘‘(A) the primary indicators of performance 

4 described in section 116(b)(2)(A); 

5 ‘‘(B) any additional indicators established 

6 under paragraph (1)(A); and 

7 ‘‘(C) the adjusted levels of performance for 

8 such entities as described in paragraph (2).’’; 

9 (4) in subsection (i)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘and 

11 judicial review.’’ and inserting ‘‘judicial review, 

12 and performance accountability pertaining to 

13 the primary indicators of performance described 

14 in section 116(b)(2)(A).’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (4)(B)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘The Council’’ and in17 serting the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Council’’; and 

19 (ii) by inserting at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(ii) VACANCIES.—An individual ap22 pointed to fill a vacancy on the Council oc23 curring before the expiration of the term for 

24 which the predecessor of such individual 

25 was appointed shall be appointed only for 


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1 the remainder of that term. Such an indi2 vidual may serve on the Council after the 

3 expiration of such term until a successor is 

4 appointed.’’; and 

5 (5) by amending subsection (k)(2) to read as fol6 lows: 

7 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

9 this subsection $542,000 for each of the fiscal years 

10 2025 through 2030.’’. 

11 SEC. 172. MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER PRO12 GRAMS. 

13 Section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor14 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(5) WAGE RECORDS.—The Secretary shall make 

18 arrangements with a State or other appropriate enti19 ty to facilitate the use of State wage records to evalu20 ate the performance of entities funded under this sec21 tion on the employment and earnings indicators de22 scribed in subclauses (I) through (III) of section 

23 116(b)(2)(A)(i) for the purposes of the report required 

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1 ‘‘(6) PERFORMANCE RESULTS.—For each pro2 gram year, the Secretary shall make available on a 

3 publicly accessible website of the Department a report 

4 on the performance, during such program year, of en5 tities funded under this section on— 

6 ‘‘(A) the primary indicators of performance 

7 described in section 116(b)(2)(A); and 

8 ‘‘(B) the adjusted levels of performance for 

9 such entities as described in paragraph (3).’’; 

10 (2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), 

11 and (i) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respec12 tively; 

13 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 10 per16 cent of the funds provided to an entity under this section 

17 may be used for the administrative costs of the activities 

18 and services carried out under subsection (d).’’; and 

19 (4) in subsection (i), as so redesignated, to read 

20 as follows: 

21 ‘‘(i) FUNDING ALLOCATION; FUNDING OBLIGATION.— 

22 ‘‘(1) FUNDING ALLOCATION.—From the funds 

23 appropriated and made available to carry out this 

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1 percent for discretionary purposes, such as providing 

2 technical assistance to eligible entities. 

3 ‘‘(2) FUNDING OBLIGATION.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated 

5 and made available to carry out this section for 

6 any fiscal year may be obligated by the Sec7 retary during the period beginning on April 1 of 

8 the calendar year that begins during such fiscal 

9 year and ending on June 30 of the following cal10 endar year to be made available to an entity de11 scribed in subsection (b) for the period described 

12 in subparagraph (B). 

13 ‘‘(B) OBLIGATED AMOUNT.—Funds made 

14 available under this section for a fiscal year to 

15 any entity described in subsection (b) may be 

16 spent or reserved for spending by such entity 

17 during the period beginning on July 1 of the cal18 endar year that begins during such fiscal year, 

19 and ending on June 30 of the following calendar 

20 year.’’. 

21 SEC. 173. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

22 (a) GENERAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 

23 168(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘appropriate training, technical 

2 assistance, staff development’’ and inserting ‘‘appro3 priate education, technical assistance, professional de4 velopment for staff’’; 

5 (2) in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), by strik6 ing ‘‘training’’ each place it appears and inserting 

7 ‘‘professional development’’; 

8 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and (H) 

9 as subparagraphs (J) and (K), respectively; and 

10 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(G) assistance to the one-stop delivery sys13 tem and the Employment Service established 

14 under the Wagner-Peyser Act for the integration 

15 of basic career service activities pursuant to sec16 tion 134(c)(2)(A); 

17 ‘‘(I) assistance to States with maintaining, 

18 and making accessible to jobseekers and employ19 ers, the lists of eligible providers of training serv20 ices required under section 122; 

21 ‘‘(H) assistance to States that apply for 

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1 (b) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY TECHNICAL AS2 SISTANCE.—Section 168(b) of the Workforce Innovation and 

3 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3223(b)) is amended— 

4 (1) in the header, by striking ‘‘DISLOCATED

5 WORKER’’ and inserting ‘‘PERFORMANCE ACCOUNT6 ABILITY’’; and 

7 (2) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘, pursuant to paragraphs 

9 (1) and (2) of section 116(f),’’ after ‘‘technical 

10 assistance’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘with respect to employment 

12 and training activities for dislocated workers’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘with respect to the core pro14 grams’’. 

15 (c) COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY OPIOID USE DIS16 ORDERS.—Section 168 of the Workforce Innovation and 

17 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3223) is further amended by 

18 adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(d) COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY OPIOID USE DIS20 ORDERS.—The Secretary shall, as part of the activities de21 scribed in subsection (c)(2), evaluate and disseminate to 

22 States and local areas information regarding evidence23 based and promising practices for addressing the economic 

24 workforce impacts associated with high rates of opioid use 

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1 ‘‘(1) be updated annually to reflect the most re2 cent and available research; and 

3 ‘‘(2) include information— 

4 ‘‘(A) shared by States and local areas re5 garding effective practices for addressing such 

6 impacts; and 

7 ‘‘(B) on how to apply for any funding that 

8 may be available under section 170(b)(1)(E).’’. 

9 SEC. 174. EVALUATIONS AND RESEARCH. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 169 of the Workforce Inno11 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3224) is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

18 ‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting a period; 

19 and 

20 (iii) by striking subparagraph (G); 

21 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

23 inserting the following: 

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1 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

2 new subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not 

4 use the authority described in subparagraph (A) 

5 if the evaluations required under paragraph (1) 

6 have not been initiated or completed in the time 

7 period required.’’; and 

8 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘2019’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘2028’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(4) STUDIES AND REPORTS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) STUDY ON EMPLOYMENT CONDI15 TIONS.—The Secretary, in coordination with 

16 other heads of Federal agencies, as appropriate, 

17 may conduct a study examining the nature of 

18 participants’ unsubsidized employment after exit 

19 from programs carried out under this Act, in20 cluding factors such as availability of paid time 

21 off, health and retirement benefits, workplace 

22 safety standards, predictable and stable work 

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1 ‘‘(B) STUDY ON IMPROVING WORKFORCE

2 SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL3 ITIES.—The Secretary of Labor, in coordination 

4 with the Secretary of Education and the Sec5 retary of Health and Human Services, may con6 duct studies that analyze the access to services by 

7 individuals with disabilities, including whether 

8 an individual who is unable to receive services 

9 under title IV due to a wait list for such services 

10 is able to receive services under titles I through 

11 III. 

12 ‘‘(C) STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF

13 PAY FOR PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary shall, 

14 not more than 4 years after the date of enact15 ment of A Stronger Workforce for America Act, 

16 conduct a study that compares the effectiveness of 

17 the pay-for-performance strategies used under 

18 sections 129, 134, and 172 after such date of en19 actment to the awarding of grants and contracts 

20 under such sections as in effect on the day before 

21 the date of enactment of such Act. 

22 ‘‘(D) STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL TRAINING AC23 COUNTS FOR DISLOCATED WORKERS.—The Sec24 retary shall, not more than 4 years after the date 

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1 America Act, conduct a study that compares the 

2 usage of Individual Training Accounts for dis3 located workers after such date of enactment to 

4 the usage of such accounts prior to such date of 

5 enactment, including— 

6 ‘‘(i) the types of training services and 

7 occupations targeted by dislocated workers 

8 when using their Individual Training Ac9 counts; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the effectiveness of such skills de11 velopment. 

12 ‘‘(E) STUDY ON STATEWIDE CRITICAL IN13 DUSTRY SKILLS FUNDS.—The Secretary shall, 

14 not more than 4 years after the date of enact15 ment of the A Stronger Workforce for America 

16 Act, conduct a study that will review the usage 

17 of statewide critical industry skills funds estab18 lished by States under section 134(a)(4) and 

19 identify, for purposes of measuring the overall ef20 fectiveness of the program— 

21 ‘‘(i) the industries targeted by such 

22 Funds; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the occupations workers are being 

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1 ‘‘(iii) how frequently skills development 

2 is provided to prospective workers and in3 cumbent workers, and 

4 ‘‘(iv) the reported performance out5 comes. 

6 ‘‘(F) STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF

7 EMPLOYER-BASED TRAINING.—The Secretary 

8 shall, not more than 4 years after the date of en9 actment of the A Stronger Workforce for America 

10 Act, conduct a study that measures the effective11 ness of on-the-job training, employer-directed 

12 skills training, apprenticeship, and incumbent 

13 worker training under this title in preparing 

14 jobseekers and workers, including those with bar15 riers to employment, for unsubsidized employ16 ment. Such study shall include the cost per par17 ticipant and wage and employment outcomes, as 

18 compared to other methods of training. 

19 ‘‘(G) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall pre20 pare and disseminate to the Committee on 

21 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

22 Senate and the Committee on Education and the 

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1 ment, reports containing the results of the studies 

2 conducted under this paragraph.’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(C) EVALUATION OF GRANTS.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For each grant or 

7 contract awarded under this paragraph, the 

8 Secretary shall conduct a rigorous evalua9 tion of the multistate project to determine 

10 the impact of the activities supported by the 

11 project, including the impact on the em12 ployment and earnings of program partici13 pants. 

14 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—The Secretary shall 

15 prepare and disseminate to the Committee 

16 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

17 of the Senate and the Committee on Edu18 cation and the Workforce of the House of 

19 Representatives, and to the public, includ20 ing through electronic means, reports con21 taining the results of evaluations conducted 

22 under this subparagraph.’’. 

23 (b) WORKFORCE DATA QUALITY INITIATIVE.—Section 

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1 U.S.C. 3224) is further amended by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(d) WORKFORCE DATA QUALITY INITIATIVE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) GRANT PROGRAM.—Of amount made avail5 able pursuant to section 132(a)(2)(A) for any pro6 gram year, the Secretary shall use 5 percent of such 

7 amount, and may also use funds authorized for pur8 poses of carrying out this section, to award grants to 

9 eligible entities to create workforce longitudinal data 

10 systems and associated resources for the purposes of 

11 strengthening program quality, building State capac12 ity to produce evidence for decisionmaking, meeting 

13 performance reporting requirements, protecting pri14 vacy, and improving transparency. 

15 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

16 grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 

17 submit an application to the Secretary at such time 

18 and in such manner as the Secretary may require, 

19 which shall include— 

20 ‘‘(A) a description of the proposed activities 

21 that will be conducted by the eligible entity, in22 cluding a description of the need for such activi23 ties and a detailed budget for such activities; 

24 ‘‘(B) a description of the expected outcomes 

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1 will result from the proposed activities and the 

2 proposed uses of such outputs; 

3 ‘‘(C) a description of how the proposed ac4 tivities will support the reporting of performance 

5 data, including employment and earnings out6 comes, for the performance accountability re7 quirements under section 116, including out8 comes for eligible training providers; 

9 ‘‘(D) a description of the methods and pro10 cedures the eligible entity will use to ensure the 

11 security and privacy of the collection, storage, 

12 and use of all data involved in the systems and 

13 resources supported through the grant, including 

14 compliance with State and Federal privacy and 

15 confidentiality statutes and regulations; and 

16 ‘‘(E) a plan for how the eligible entity will 

17 continue the activities or sustain the use of the 

18 outputs created with the grant funds after the 

19 grant period ends. 

20 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under the 

21 subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to— 

22 ‘‘(A) eligible entities that are— 

23 ‘‘(i) a State agency of a State that has 

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1 and demonstrates a substantial need to im2 prove its data infrastructure; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) a consortium of State agencies 

4 that is comprised of State agencies from 

5 multiple States and includes at least one 

6 State agency described in clause (i) and has 

7 the capacity to make significant contribu8 tions toward building interoperable, cross9 State data infrastructure; and 

10 ‘‘(B) eligible entities that will use grant 

11 funds to— 

12 ‘‘(i) expand the adoption and use of 

13 linked, open, and interoperable data on cre14 dentials, including through the development 

15 of a credential registry or other tools and 

16 services designed to help learners and work17 ers make informed decisions, such as the 

18 credential navigation feature described in 

19 section 122(d)(2); 

20 ‘‘(ii) participate in and contribute 

21 data to a multistate data collaborative, in22 cluding data that provide participating 

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1 ‘‘(I) earnings and employment 

2 outcomes of individuals who work out3 of-State; and 

4 ‘‘(II) cross-State earnings and 

5 employment trends; 

6 ‘‘(iii) enhance collaboration with pri7 vate sector workforce and labor market data 

8 entities and the end-users of workforce and 

9 labor market data, including individuals, 

10 employers, economic development agencies, 

11 and workforce development providers; or 

12 ‘‘(iv) leverage the use of non-Federal 

13 contributions to improve workforce data in14 frastructure, including staff capacity build15 ing. 

16 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—In addition to the activi17 ties described in paragraph (3)(B), an eligible entity 

18 awarded a grant under this subsection may use funds 

19 to carry out any of the following activities: 

20 ‘‘(A) Developing or enhancing a State’s 

21 workforce longitudinal data system, including by 

22 participating and contributing data to the 

23 State’s data system, if applicable, that links with 

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1 ‘‘(B) Accelerating the replication and adop2 tion of data systems, projects, products, or prac3 tices already in use in one or more States to 

4 other States. 

5 ‘‘(C) Research and labor market data im6 provement activities to improve the timeliness, 

7 relevance, and accessibility of such data through 

8 pilot projects that are developed locally but de9 signed to scale to other regions or States. 

10 ‘‘(D) Establishing, enhancing, or connecting 

11 to a system of interoperable learning and em12 ployment records that provides individuals who 

13 choose to participate in such system ownership of 

14 a verified and secure record of their skills and 

15 achievements and the ability to share such record 

16 with employers and education providers. 

17 ‘‘(E) Developing policies, guidelines, and se18 curity measures for data collection, storing, and 

19 sharing to ensure compliance with relevant Fed20 eral and State privacy laws and regulations. 

21 ‘‘(F) Increasing local board access to and 

22 integration with the State’s workforce longitu23 dinal data system in a secure manner. 

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1 based jobs and employment data including, at a 

2 minimum, job titles or occupation codes. 

3 ‘‘(H) Improving State and local staff capac4 ity to understand, use, and analyze data to im5 prove decisionmaking and improve participant 

6 outcomes. 

7 ‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) DURATION.—A grant awarded under 

9 this subsection may be for a period of up to 3 

10 years. 

11 ‘‘(B) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds 

12 made available under this subsection shall be 

13 used to supplement, and not supplant, other Fed14 eral, State, or local funds used for development 

15 of State data systems. 

16 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—Each eligible entity that re17 ceives a grant under this subsection shall submit 

18 a report to the Secretary not later than 180 days 

19 after the conclusion of the grant period on the 

20 activities supported through the grant and im21 provements in the use of workforce and labor 

22 market information that have resulted from such 

23 activities. 

24 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the term 

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1 of State agencies, including a multistate data collabo2 rative, that is or includes the State agencies respon3 sible for— 

4 ‘‘(A) State employer wage records used by 

5 the State’s unemployment insurance programs in 

6 labor market information reporting and analysis 

7 and for fulfilling the reporting requirements of 

8 this Act; 

9 ‘‘(B) the production of labor market infor10 mation; and 

11 ‘‘(C) the direct administration of one or 

12 more of the core programs.’’. 

13 SEC. 175. NATIONAL DISLOCATED WORKER GRANTS. 

14 Section 170 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor15 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3225) is amended— 

16 (1) by amending subsection (a)(1) to read as fol17 lows: 

18 ‘‘(1) EMERGENCY OR DISASTER.—The term 

19 ‘emergency or disaster’ means an emergency or a 

20 major disaster, as defined in paragraphs (1) and (2), 

21 respectively, of section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford 

22 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 5122 (1) and (2)).’’; 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (D)— 

4 (I) in clause (i), by striking 

5 ‘‘spouses described in section 3(15)(E)’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘spouses described in 

7 subparagraph (E) of the definition of 

8 the term ‘dislocated worker’ in section 

9 3’’; and 

10 (II) in clause (ii), by striking the 

11 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

12 and’’; and 

13 (iii) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(E) to an entity described in subsection 

16 (c)(1)(B) to provide employment and training 

17 activities related to the prevention and treatment 

18 of opioid use disorders, including addiction 

19 treatment, mental health treatment, and pain 

20 management, in an area that, as a result of 

21 widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdoses, 

22 has higher-than-average demand for such activi23 ties that exceeds the availability of State and 

24 local resources to provide such activities.’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE RESULTS.—The Secretary 

2 shall collect the necessary information from each enti3 ty receiving a grant under this section to determine 

4 the performance of such entity on the primary indica5 tors of performance described in section 

6 116(b)(2)(A)(i) and make such information available 

7 on the publicly accessible website of the Department 

8 in a format that does not reveal personally identifi9 able information.’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (E) of 

14 subsection (b)(1)’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘, in such manner, and 

16 containing such information’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘and in such manner’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

20 (I) in the heading, by striking 

21 ‘‘RETRAINING’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘RESKILLING’’; and 

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1 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

2 (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), 

3 respectively; and 

4 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

5 (B) the following: 

6 ‘‘(C) OPIOID-RELATED GRANTS.—In order 

7 to be eligible to receive employment and training 

8 assistance under a national dislocated worker 

9 grant awarded pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(E), 

10 an individual shall be— 

11 ‘‘(i) a dislocated worker; 

12 ‘‘(ii) a long-term unemployed indi13 vidual; 

14 ‘‘(iii) an individual who is unem15 ployed or significantly underemployed as a 

16 result of widespread opioid use in the area; 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(iv) an individual who is employed or 

19 seeking employment in a health care profes20 sion involved in the prevention and treat21 ment of opioid use disorders, including such 

22 professions that provide addiction treat23 ment, mental health treatment, or pain 

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1 SEC. 176. YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM. 

2 Section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor3 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(1) AMOUNT OF GRANTS; RESERVATION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Subject to sub8 paragraph (B), the Secretary is authorized to 

9 make grants to applicants for the purpose of car10 rying out YouthBuild programs approved under 

11 this section. 

12 ‘‘(B) RESERVATION FOR RURAL AREAS AND

13 INDIAN TRIBES.—In any fiscal year in which the 

14 amount appropriated to carry out this section is 

15 greater than $90,000,000, the Secretary shall re16 serve 20 percent of the amount appropriated that 

17 is in excess of $90,000,000 and use such reserved 

18 amount to make grants, for the purpose of car19 rying out YouthBuild programs approved under 

20 this section, to applicants that— 

21 ‘‘(i) are located in rural areas; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) are Indian Tribes, or are car23 rying out such programs for the benefit of 

24 members of an Indian Tribe.’’; 

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1 (I) in clause (iv)(II), by striking 

2 ‘‘language learners’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘learners’’; and 

4 (II) in clause (vii), by inserting 

5 after ‘‘enable individuals’’ the fol6 lowing: ‘‘, including those with disabil7 ities,’’; and 

8 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(I) Provision of meals and other food as10 sistance to participants in conjunction with an11 other activity described in this paragraph.’’; 

12 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

14 ‘‘such time, in such manner, and con15 taining such information’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘such time and in such manner’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (I) in the header, by striking 

19 ‘‘MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS’’ and in20 serting ‘‘REQUIREMENTS’’; 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘, at a min22 imum’’; 

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1 (IV) in clause (xxi) by striking 

2 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

3 and’’; and 

4 (V) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(xxii) a description of the levels of 

7 performance the applicant expects to achieve 

8 on the primary indicators of performance 

9 described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii).’’; and 

10 (D) in paragraph (4)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘such selection criteria 

12 as the Secretary shall establish under this 

13 section, which shall include criteria’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘selection criteria’’; 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (J)(iii), by add16 ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (K), by striking 

18 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and 

19 (iv) by striking subparagraph (L); 

20 (2) in subsection (e)(1)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 

2 ‘‘are basic skills deficient’’ and inserting ‘‘have 

3 foundational skill needs’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (2) 

5 and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(2) USE OF WAGE RECORDS.—The Secretary 

7 shall make arrangements with a State or other appro8 priate entity to facilitate the use of State wage 

9 records to evaluate the performance of YouthBuild 

10 programs funded under this section on the employ11 ment and earnings indicators described in section 

12 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) for the purposes of the report re13 quired under paragraph (3). 

14 ‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE RESULTS.—For each pro15 gram year, the Secretary shall make available, on a 

16 publicly accessible website of the Department, a report 

17 on the performance of YouthBuild programs, during 

18 such program year, funded under this section on— 

19 ‘‘(A) the primary indicators of performance 

20 described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii); and 

21 ‘‘(B) the expected levels of performance for 

22 such programs as described in paragraph (1).’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (g), by inserting at the end the 

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1 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL RELEASE OF FUNDING OPPOR2 TUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT.—The Secretary shall, to the 

3 greatest extent practicable, announce new funding op4 portunities for grants under this section during the 

5 same time period each year for which such grants are 

6 available.’’; and 

7 (5) by amending subsection (i) to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

10 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

11 $108,150,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 

12 2030.’’. 

13 SEC. 178. REENTRY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 

14 Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 

15 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.), is further amend16 ed— 

17 (1) by redesignating section 172 as section 174; 

18 and 

19 (2) by inserting after section 171 the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 172. REENTRY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 

21 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

22 ‘‘(1) to improve the employment, earnings, and 

23 skill attainment, and reduce recidivism, of adults and 

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1 ‘‘(2) to prompt innovation and improvement in 

2 the reentry of justice-involved individuals into the 

3 workforce so that successful initiatives can be estab4 lished or continued and replicated; and 

5 ‘‘(3) to further develop the evidence on how to 

6 improve employment, earnings, and skill attainment, 

7 and reduce recidivism, of justice-involved individuals, 

8 through rigorous evaluations of specific services pro9 vided, including how they affect different populations 

10 and how they are best combined and sequenced, and 

11 disseminate such evidence to entities supporting the 

12 reentry of justice-involved individuals into the work13 force. 

14 ‘‘(b) REENTRY EMPLOYMENT COMPETITIVE GRANTS, 

15 CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AUTHOR16 IZED.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro18 priated under section 174(e) and not reserved under 

19 subsection (h), the Secretary— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall, on a competitive basis, make 

21 grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative 

22 agreements with, eligible entities to implement 

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1 ‘‘(B) may use not more than 30 percent of 

2 such amounts to award funds under subpara3 graph (A) to eligible entities to serve as national 

4 or regional intermediaries to provide such funds 

5 to other eligible entities to— 

6 ‘‘(i) implement reentry projects de7 scribed in subparagraph (A); and 

8 ‘‘(ii) monitor and support such enti9 ties; 

10 ‘‘(C) shall use 30 percent of such amounts 

11 to award funds under subparagraph (A) to eligi12 ble entities using pay-for-performance con13 tracts— 

14 ‘‘(i) that specify a fixed amount that 

15 will be paid to the entity based on the 

16 achievement of specified levels of perform17 ance on the indicators of performance de18 scribed in subsections (e)(1)(A)(i) and 

19 (e)(2)(A) within a defined timetable; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) which may provide for bonus 

21 payments to such entity to expand capacity 

22 to provide effective services; and 

23 ‘‘(D) shall ensure grants awarded under 

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1 geographically diverse areas, in addition to the 

2 priorities described in paragraph (4). 

3 ‘‘(2) AWARD PERIODS.—The Secretary shall 

4 award funds under this section for an initial period 

5 of not more than 4 years. 

6 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AWARDS.—The Secretary may 

7 award, for a period of not more than 4 years, one or 

8 more additional grants to an eligible entity that re9 ceived a grant under this section if the eligible entity 

10 achieved the performance levels agreed upon with the 

11 Secretary (as described in subsection (e)(3)) for the 

12 most recent award period. 

13 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In awarding funds under this 

14 section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible en15 tities whose applications submitted under subsection 

16 (c) demonstrate a commitment to use such funds to 

17 implement reentry projects— 

18 ‘‘(A) that will serve high-poverty areas; 

19 ‘‘(B) that will enroll eligible youth or eligi20 ble adults— 

21 ‘‘(i) prior to the release of such indi22 viduals from incarceration in a correctional 

23 institution; or 

24 ‘‘(ii) not later than 90 days after such 

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1 ‘‘(C) whose strategy and design are evi2 dence-based; 

3 ‘‘(D) that establish partnerships with— 

4 ‘‘(i) businesses; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) institutions of higher education 

6 or providers under section 122 (as deter7 mined by the State where services are being 

8 provided) to provide project participants 

9 with programs of study leading to recog10 nized postsecondary credentials in in-de11 mand occupations; or 

12 ‘‘(E) that provide training services, includ13 ing customized training and on-the-job training, 

14 that are designed to meet the specific require15 ments of an employer (including a group of em16 ployers) and are conducted with a commitment 

17 by the employer to employ individuals upon suc18 cessful completion of the preparation. 

19 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) FORM AND PROCEDURE.—To be qualified to 

21 receive funds under this section, an eligible entity 

22 shall submit an application at such time, and in such 

23 manner, as determined by the Secretary, and con24 taining the information described in paragraph (2). 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted by 

2 an eligible entity under paragraph (1) shall contain 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) A description of the eligible entity, in5 cluding the experience of the eligible entity in 

6 providing employment and training services for 

7 justice-involved individuals. 

8 ‘‘(B) A description of the needs that will be 

9 addressed by the reentry project supported by the 

10 funds received under this section, and the target 

11 participant population and the geographic area 

12 to be served. 

13 ‘‘(C) A description of the proposed employ14 ment and training activities and supportive 

15 services, if applicable, to be provided under such 

16 reentry project, and how such activities and serv17 ices will prepare participants for employment in 

18 in-demand industry sectors and occupations 

19 within the geographic area to be served by such 

20 reentry project. 

21 ‘‘(D) The anticipated schedule for carrying 

22 out the activities proposed under the reentry 

23 project. 

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1 ‘‘(i) the partnerships the eligible entity 

2 will establish with agencies and entities 

3 within the criminal justice system, local 

4 boards and one-stops, community-based or5 ganizations, and employers (including local 

6 businesses) to provide participants of the re7 entry project with work-based learning, job 

8 placement, and recruitment (if applicable); 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(ii) how the eligible entity will co11 ordinate its activities with other services 

12 and benefits available to justice-involved in13 dividuals in the geographic area to be 

14 served by the reentry project. 

15 ‘‘(F) A description of the manner in which 

16 individuals will be recruited and selected for 

17 participation for the reentry project. 

18 ‘‘(G) A detailed budget and a description of 

19 the system of fiscal controls, and auditing and 

20 accountability procedures, that will be used to 

21 ensure fiscal soundness for the reentry project. 

22 ‘‘(H) A description of the expected levels of 

23 performance to be achieved with respect to the 

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1 ‘‘(I) A description of the evidence-based 

2 practices the eligible entity will use in adminis3 tration of the reentry project. 

4 ‘‘(J) An assurance that the eligible entity 

5 will collect, disaggregate by each subpopulation 

6 of individuals with barriers to employment, and 

7 by race, ethnicity, sex, and age, and report to the 

8 Secretary the data required with respect to the 

9 reentry project carried out by the eligible entity 

10 for purposes of determining levels of performance 

11 achieved and conducting the evaluation under 

12 this section. 

13 ‘‘(K) An assurance that the eligible entity 

14 will provide matching funds, as described in sub15 section (d)(4). 

16 ‘‘(L) A description of how the eligible entity 

17 plans to continue the reentry project after the 

18 award period. 

19 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CONTENT FOR INTERMEDIARY

20 APPLICANTS.—An application submitted by an eligi21 ble entity seeking to serve as a national or regional 

22 intermediary as described in subsection (b)(1)(B) 

23 shall also contain the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) An identification and description of 

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1 such intermediary and implement the reentry 

2 projects, which shall include subgrantees in— 

3 ‘‘(i) three or more noncontiguous met4 ropolitan areas or rural areas; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) not less than 2 States. 

6 ‘‘(B) A description of the services and sup7 ports the intermediary will provide to the sub8 grantees, including administrative and fiscal 

9 support to ensure the subgrantees comply with 

10 all grant requirements. 

11 ‘‘(C) A description of how the intermediary 

12 will facilitate the replication of evidence-based 

13 practices or other best practices identified by the 

14 intermediary across all subgrantees. 

15 ‘‘(D) If such intermediary is currently re16 ceiving, or has previously received, funds under 

17 this section as an intermediary to implement a 

18 reentry project, an assurance that none of the 

19 subgrantees identified under subparagraph (A) 

20 were previous subgrantees of the intermediary for 

21 such reentry project and failed to meet the levels 

22 of performance established for such reentry 

23 project. 

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1 ‘‘(1) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 

2 that receives funds under this section shall use such 

3 funds to implement a reentry project for eligible 

4 adults, eligible youth, or both that provides each of the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(A) One or more of the individualized ca7 reer services listed in subclauses (I) through (IX) 

8 of section 134(c)(2)(A)(xii). 

9 ‘‘(B) One or more of the training services 

10 listed in clauses (i) through (x)(i) in section 

11 134(c)(3)(D), including subsidized employment 

12 opportunities through transitional jobs. 

13 ‘‘(C) For participants who are eligible 

14 youth, one or more of the program elements list15 ed in subparagraphs (A) through (N) of section 

16 129(c)(2). 

17 ‘‘(2) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 

18 that receives funds under this section may use such 

19 funds to provide to eligible adults or eligible youth the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(A) Followup services after placement in 

22 unsubsidized employment as described in section 

23 134(c)(2)(A)(xiii). 

24 ‘‘(B) Apprenticeship programs. 

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1 ‘‘(D) Mentoring. 

2 ‘‘(E) Assistance in obtaining employment, 

3 including as a result of the eligible entity— 

4 ‘‘(i) establishing and developing rela5 tionships and networks with large and 

6 small employers; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) coordinating with employers to 

8 develop customized training programs and 

9 on-the-job training. 

10 ‘‘(F) Assistance with driver’s license rein11 statement and fees for driver’s licenses and other 

12 necessary documents for employment. 

13 ‘‘(G) Provision of or referral to evidence14 based mental health treatment by licensed practi15 tioners. 

16 ‘‘(H) Provision of or referral to substance 

17 use disorder treatment services, provided that 

18 funds awarded under this section are only used 

19 to provide such services to participants who are 

20 unable to obtain such services through other pro21 grams providing such services. 

22 ‘‘(I) Provisions of or referral to supportive 

23 services, provided that no more than 5 percent of 

24 funds awarded to an eligible entity under this 

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1 participants who are able to obtain such services 

2 through other programs providing such services. 

3 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMIT.—An eligible 

4 entity may not use more than 7 percent of the funds 

5 received under this section for administrative costs, 

6 including for costs related to collecting information, 

7 analysis, and coordination for purposes of subsection 

8 (e) or (f). 

9 ‘‘(4) MATCHING FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall 

10 provide a non-Federal contribution, which may be 

11 provided in cash or in-kind, for the costs of the 

12 project in an amount that is not less than 25 percent 

13 of the total amount of funds awarded to the entity for 

14 such period, except that the Secretary may waive the 

15 matching funds requirement, on a case-by-case basis 

16 and for not more than 20 percent of all grants award17 ed, if the eligible entity demonstrates significant fi18 nancial hardship. 

19 ‘‘(e) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

20 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEVELS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es22 tablish expected levels of performance for reentry 

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1 ‘‘(i) each of the primary indicators of 

2 performance for adults and youth described 

3 in section 116(b); and 

4 ‘‘(ii) an indicator of performance es5 tablished by the Secretary with respect to 

6 participant recidivism. 

7 ‘‘(B) UPDATES.—The levels established 

8 under subparagraph (A) shall be updated for 

9 each 4-year-award period. 

10 ‘‘(2) AGREEMENT ON PERFORMANCE LEVELS.— 

11 In establishing and updating performance levels 

12 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reach agree13 ment on such levels with the eligible entities receiving 

14 awards under this section that will be subject to such 

15 levels, based on, as the Secretary determines relevant 

16 for each indicator of performance, the following fac17 tors: 

18 ‘‘(A) The expected performance levels of each 

19 such eligible entity described in the application 

20 submitted under subsection (c)(2)(H). 

21 ‘‘(B) The local economic conditions of the 

22 geographic area to be served by each such eligible 

23 entity, including differences in unemployment 

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1 ‘‘(C) The characteristics of project partici2 pants when entering the project involved, includ3 ing— 

4 ‘‘(i) criminal records; 

5 ‘‘(ii) indicators of poor work history; 

6 ‘‘(iii) lack of work experience; 

7 ‘‘(iv) lack of educational or occupa8 tional skills attainment; 

9 ‘‘(v) low levels of literacy or English 

10 proficiency; 

11 ‘‘(vi) disability status; 

12 ‘‘(vii) homelessness; and 

13 ‘‘(viii) receipt of public assistance. 

14 ‘‘(3) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEV15 ELS.—In the case of an eligible entity that fails to 

16 meet the performance levels established under para17 graph (1) and updated to reflect the actual economic 

18 conditions and characteristics of participants (as de19 scribed in paragraph (2)(C)) served by the reentry 

20 project involved for any award year, the Secretary 

21 shall provide technical assistance to the eligible enti22 ty, including the development of a performance im23 provement plan. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after 

2 the first award of funds under this section is made, 

3 the Secretary (acting through the Chief Evaluation 

4 Officer) shall meet each of the following requirements: 

5 ‘‘(A) DESIGN AND CONDUCT OF EVALUA6 TION.—Design and conduct an evaluation to 

7 evaluate the effectiveness of the reentry projects 

8 funded under this section, which meets the re9 quirements of paragraph (2), and includes an 

10 evaluation of each of the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) The effectiveness of such projects in 

12 assisting individuals with finding employ13 ment and maintaining employment at the 

14 second quarter and fourth quarter after un15 subsidized employment is obtained. 

16 ‘‘(ii) The effectiveness of such projects 

17 in assisting individuals with earning recog18 nized postsecondary credentials. 

19 ‘‘(iii) The effectiveness of such projects 

20 in relation to their cost, including the ex21 tent to which the projects improve reentry 

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1 cidivism of participants in comparison to 

2 comparably situated individuals who did 

3 not participate in such projects. 

4 ‘‘(iv) The effectiveness of specific serv5 ices and interventions provided and of the 

6 overall project design. 

7 ‘‘(v) If applicable, the extent to which 

8 such projects effectively serve various demo9 graphic groups, including people of different 

10 geographic locations, ages, races, national 

11 origins, sex, and criminal records, and in12 dividuals with disabilities. 

13 ‘‘(vi) If applicable, the appropriate se14 quencing, combination, or concurrent struc15 ture, of services for each subpopulation of 

16 individuals who are participants of such 

17 projects, such as the order, combination, or 

18 concurrent structure and services in which 

19 transitional jobs and occupational skills de20 velopment are provided, to ensure that such 

21 participants are prepared to fully benefit 

22 from employment and training services pro23 vided under the project. 

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1 pational or educational licensing restric2 tions. 

3 ‘‘(B) DATA ACCESSIBILITY.—Make avail4 able, on the publicly accessible website of the De5 partment of Labor, data collected during the 

6 course of evaluation under this subsection, in an 

7 aggregated format that does not disclose person8 ally identifiable information. 

9 ‘‘(2) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—An evaluation 

10 under this subsection— 

11 ‘‘(A) shall— 

12 ‘‘(i) be designed by the Secretary (act13 ing through the Chief Evaluation Officer) in 

14 conjunction with the eligible entities car15 rying out the reentry projects being evalu16 ated; 

17 ‘‘(ii) include analysis of participant 

18 feedback and outcome and process measures; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iii) use designs that employ the most 

21 rigorous analytical and statistical methods 

22 that are reasonably feasible, such as the use 

23 of control groups; and 

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1 ‘‘(i) collect personally identifiable in2 formation, except to the extent such infor3 mation is necessary to conduct the evalua4 tion; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) reveal or share personally identi6 fiable information. 

7 ‘‘(3) PUBLICATION AND REPORTING OF EVALUA8 TION FINDINGS.—The Secretary (acting through the 

9 Chief Evaluation Officer) shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) in accordance with the timeline deter11 mined to be appropriate by the Chief Evaluation 

12 Officer, publish an interim report on such eval13 uation; 

14 ‘‘(B) not later than 90 days after the date 

15 on which any evaluation is completed under this 

16 subsection, publish and make publicly available 

17 such evaluation; and 

18 ‘‘(C) not later than 60 days after the com19 pletion date described in subparagraph (B), sub20 mit to the Committee on Education and the 

21 Workforce of the House of Representatives and 

22 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

23 Pensions of the Senate a report on such evalua24 tion. 

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1 ‘‘(1) CONTENTS.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 

2 Secretary shall post, using transparent, linked, open, 

3 and interoperable data formats, on its publicly acces4 sible website, an annual report on— 

5 ‘‘(A) the number of individuals who partici6 pated in projects assisted under this section for 

7 the preceding year; 

8 ‘‘(B) the percentage of such individuals who 

9 successfully completed the requirements of such 

10 projects; 

11 ‘‘(C) the performance of eligible entities on 

12 such projects as measured by the performance in13 dicators set forth in subsection (e); and 

14 ‘‘(D) an explanation of any waivers granted 

15 by the Secretary of the matching requirement 

16 under subsection (d)(4) . 

17 ‘‘(2) DISAGGREGATION.—The information pro18 vided under subparagraphs (A) through (C) of para19 graph (1) with respect to a year shall be 

20 disaggregated by each project assisted under this sec21 tion for such year. 

22 ‘‘(h) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appro23 priated under section 174(e) for a fiscal year, the Sec24 retary— 


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1 ‘‘(1) may reserve not more than 5 percent for the 

2 administration of grants, contracts, and cooperative 

3 agreements awarded under this section, of which not 

4 more than 2 percent may be reserved for the provision 

5 of— 

6 ‘‘(A) technical assistance to eligible entities 

7 that receive funds under this section; and 

8 ‘‘(B) outreach and technical assistance to el9 igible entities desiring to receive such funds, in10 cluding assistance with application development 

11 and submission; and 

12 ‘‘(2) shall reserve not less than 1 percent and not 

13 more than 2.5 percent for the evaluation activities 

14 under subsection (f) or to support eligible entities 

15 with any required data collection, analysis, and co16 ordination related to such evaluation activities. 

17 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 ‘‘(1) CHIEF EVALUATION OFFICER.—The term 

19 ‘Chief Evaluation Officer’ means the head of the inde20 pendent evaluation office located in the Office of the 

21 Assistant Secretary for Policy of the Department of 

22 Labor. 

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1 cluding probation and parole) of a formerly incarcer2 ated person— 

3 ‘‘(A) who was convicted of a crime by a 

4 judge or parole board; and 

5 ‘‘(B) who is living outside a secure facility. 

6 ‘‘(3) CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.—The term 

7 ‘correctional institution’ has the meaning given the 

8 term in section 225(e). 

9 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti10 ty’ means— 

11 ‘‘(A) a private nonprofit organization under 

12 section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

13 1986, including a community-based or faith14 based organization; 

15 ‘‘(B) a local board; 

16 ‘‘(C) a State or local government; 

17 ‘‘(D) an Indian or Native American entity 

18 eligible for grants under section 166; 

19 ‘‘(E) a labor organization or joint labor20 management organization; 

21 ‘‘(F) an industry or sector partnership; 

22 ‘‘(G) an institution of higher education; or 

23 ‘‘(H) a consortium of the entities described 

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1 ‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE ADULT.—The term ‘eligible adult’ 

2 means a justice-involved individual who— 

3 ‘‘(A) is age 25 or older; and 

4 ‘‘(B) in the case of an individual that was 

5 previously incarcerated, was released from incar6 ceration not more than 3 years prior to enroll7 ment in a project funded under this section. 

8 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—The term ‘eligible 

9 youth’ means a justice-involved individual who is not 

10 younger than age 14 or older than age 24. 

11 ‘‘(7) HIGH-POVERTY.—The term ‘high-poverty’, 

12 when used with respect to a geographic area, means 

13 an area with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent as 

14 determined based on the most recently available data 

15 from the American Community Survey conducted by 

16 the Bureau of the Census. 

17 ‘‘(8) JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL.—The term 

18 ‘justice-involved individual’ means an individual who 

19 has been convicted as a juvenile or an adult and im20 prisoned under Federal or State law.’’. 

21 SEC. 179. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES GRANT 

22 PROGRAM. 

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1 ed by inserting after section 172, as added by the preceding 

2 section, the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 173. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES WORK4 FORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM. 

5 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

6 ‘‘(1) to establish, improve, or expand high-qual7 ity workforce development programs at community 

8 colleges; and 

9 ‘‘(2) to expand opportunities for individuals to 

10 obtain recognized postsecondary credentials that are 

11 nationally or regionally portable and stackable for 

12 high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors 

13 or occupations. 

14 ‘‘(b) STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES WORK15 FORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro17 priated to carry out this section under section 174(f) 

18 and not reserved under paragraph (2), the Secretary 

19 shall, on a competitive basis, make grants to eligible 

20 institutions to carry out the activities described in 

21 subsection (e). 

22 ‘‘(2) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts appro23 priated to carry out this section under section 174(f), 

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1 for the administration of grants awarded under this 

2 section, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) providing technical assistance and tar4 geted outreach to support eligible institutions 

5 serving a high number or high percentage of low6 income individuals or individuals with barriers 

7 to employment, and rural-serving eligible insti8 tutions, to provide guidance and assistance in 

9 the process of applying for grants under this sec10 tion; and 

11 ‘‘(B) evaluating and reporting on the per12 formance and impact of programs funded under 

13 this section in accordance with subsections (f) 

14 through (h). 

15 ‘‘(c) AWARD PERIOD.— 

16 ‘‘(1) INITIAL GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant under 

17 this section shall be awarded for an initial period of 

18 not more than 4 years. 

19 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT GRANTS.—An eligible institu20 tion that receives an initial grant under this section 

21 may receive one or more additional grants under this 

22 section for additional periods of not more than 4 

23 years each if the eligible institution demonstrates 

24 that, during the most recently completed grant period 

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1 institution achieved the levels of performance agreed 

2 to by the eligible institution with respect to the per3 formance indicators specified in subsection (f). 

4 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

6 grant under this section, an eligible institution shall 

7 submit an application to the Secretary at such time 

8 and in such manner as the Secretary may require. 

9 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted by 

10 an eligible institution under paragraph (1) shall in11 clude a description of each the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) The extent to which the eligible insti13 tution has demonstrated success building part14 nerships with employers in in-demand industry 

15 sectors or occupations to provide students with 

16 the skills needed for occupations in such indus17 tries and an explanation of the results of any 

18 such partnerships. 

19 ‘‘(B) The methods and strategies the eligible 

20 institution will use to engage with employers in 

21 in-demand industry sectors or occupations, in22 cluding any arrangements to place individuals 

23 who complete the workforce development pro24 grams supported by the grant into employment 

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1 ‘‘(C) The proposed eligible institution and 

2 industry partnership that the eligible institution 

3 will establish or maintain to comply with sub4 section (e)(1), including— 

5 ‘‘(i) the roles and responsibilities of 

6 each employer, organization, agency, or in7 stitution of higher education that the eligi8 ble institution will partner with to carry 

9 out the activities under this section; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the needs that will be addressed 

11 by such eligible institution and industry 

12 partnership. 

13 ‘‘(D) One or more industries that such part14 nership will target and real-time labor market 

15 data demonstrating that those industries are 

16 aligned with employer demand in the geographic 

17 area to be served by the eligible institution. 

18 ‘‘(E) The extent to which the eligible insti19 tution can— 

20 ‘‘(i) leverage additional resources to 

21 support the programs to be funded with the 

22 grant, which shall include written commit23 ments of any leveraged or matching funds 

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1 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate the future sustain2 ability of each such program. 

3 ‘‘(F) The steps the institution will take to 

4 ensure the high quality of each program to be 

5 funded with the grant, including the career path6 ways within such programs. 

7 ‘‘(G) The population and geographic area to 

8 be served by the eligible institution, including the 

9 number of individuals the eligible institution in10 tends to serve during the grant period. 

11 ‘‘(H) The workforce development programs 

12 to be supported by the grant. 

13 ‘‘(I) The recognized postsecondary creden14 tials that are expected to be earned by partici15 pants in such workforce development programs 

16 and the related in-demand industry sectors or 

17 occupations for which such programs will pre18 pare participants. 

19 ‘‘(J) The evidence upon which the education 

20 and skills development strategies to be used in 

21 such workforce development programs are based 

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1 ‘‘(K) How activities of the eligible institu2 tion are expected to align with the workforce 

3 strategies identified in— 

4 ‘‘(i) any State plan or local plan sub5 mitted under this Act by the State, outlying 

6 area, or locality in which the eligible insti7 tution is expected to operate; 

8 ‘‘(ii) any State plan submitted under 

9 section 122 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

10 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

11 U.S.C. 2342) by such State or outlying 

12 area; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) any economic development plan 

14 of the chief executive of such State or out15 lying area. 

16 ‘‘(L) The goals of the eligible institution 

17 with respect to— 

18 ‘‘(i) capacity building (as described in 

19 subsection (f)(1)(B)); and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the expected performance of indi21 viduals participating in the programs to be 

22 offered by the eligible institution, including 

23 with respect to any performance indicators 

24 applicable under section 116 or subsection 

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1 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUS EXPERI2 ENCE.—The Secretary may not disqualify an eligible 

3 institution from receiving a grant under this section 

4 solely because such institution lacks previous experi5 ence in building partnerships, as described in para6 graph (2)(A). 

7 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

8 section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible in9 stitutions that— 

10 ‘‘(A) will use the grant to serve— 

11 ‘‘(i) individuals with barriers to em12 ployment; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) incumbent workers who need to 

14 gain or improve foundational skills to en15 hance their employability; 

16 ‘‘(B) use competency-based assessments, 

17 such as the competency-based assessment identi18 fied by the State in which the eligible institution 

19 is located under section 134(a)(2)(B)(vii), to 

20 award academic credit for prior learning for 

21 programs supported by the grant; or 

22 ‘‘(C) have, or will seek to have, the career 

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1 services under section 122 for the State in which 

2 the eligible institution is located. 

3 ‘‘(e) USES OF FUNDS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION AND INDUSTRY

5 PARTNERSHIP.—For the purpose of carrying out the 

6 activities specified in paragraphs (2) and (3), an eli7 gible institution that receives a grant under this sec8 tion shall establish a partnership (or continue an ex9 isting partnership) with one or more employers in an 

10 in-demand industry sector or occupation (in this sec11 tion referred to as an ‘eligible institution and indus12 try partnership’) and shall maintain such partner13 ship for the duration of the grant period. The eligible 

14 institution shall ensure that the partnership— 

15 ‘‘(A) targets one or more specific high-skill, 

16 high-wage, or in-demand industries; 

17 ‘‘(B) includes collaboration with the work18 force development system; 

19 ‘‘(C) serves adult and dislocated workers, 

20 incumbent workers, and new entrants to the 

21 workforce; 

22 ‘‘(D) uses an evidence-based program design 

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1 ‘‘(E) incorporates work-based learning op2 portunities, as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. 

3 Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 

4 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302); and 

5 ‘‘(F) incorporates, to the extent appropriate, 

6 virtual service delivery to facilitate technology7 enabled learning. 

8 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible institu9 tion that receives a grant under this section shall, in 

10 consultation with the employers in the eligible institu11 tion and industry partnership described in paragraph 

12 (1)— 

13 ‘‘(A) establish, improve, or expand high 

14 quality, evidence-based workforce development 

15 programs, career pathway programs, or work16 based learning programs (including apprentice17 ship programs or preapprenticeships); 

18 ‘‘(B) provide career services to individuals 

19 participating in the programs funded with the 

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1 ployment to encourage such individuals to 

2 participate in programs funded with the 

3 grant; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) providing access to course mate5 rials, technological devices, required equip6 ment, and other supports necessary for par7 ticipation in and successful completion of 

8 such programs; and 

9 ‘‘(C) make available, in a format that is 

10 open, searchable, and easily comparable, infor11 mation on— 

12 ‘‘(i) curricula and recognized postsec13 ondary credentials offered through programs 

14 funded with the grant, including any cur15 ricula or credentials created or further de16 veloped using such grant, which for each 

17 recognized postsecondary credential, shall 

18 include— 

19 ‘‘(I) the issuing entity of such cre20 dential; 

21 ‘‘(II) any third-party endorse22 ments of such credential; 

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1 ‘‘(IV) the skills and competencies 

2 necessary to achieve to earn such cre3 dential; 

4 ‘‘(V) the level of mastery of such 

5 skills and competencies (including how 

6 mastery is assessed); and 

7 ‘‘(VI) any transfer value or 

8 stackability of the credential; 

9 ‘‘(ii) any skills or competencies devel10 oped by individuals who participate in such 

11 programs beyond the skills and com12 petencies identified as part of the recognized 

13 postsecondary credential awarded; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) related employment and earn15 ings outcomes on the primary indicators of 

16 performance described in subclauses (I) 

17 through (III) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i). 

18 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—In addition to 

19 the activities required under paragraph (2), an eligi20 ble institution that receives a grant under this section 

21 shall, in consultation with the employers in the eligi22 ble institution and industry partnership described in 

23 paragraph (1), carry out one or more of the following 

24 activities: 

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1 ‘‘(i) articulation agreements (as de2 fined in section 486A(a) of the Higher Edu3 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1093a(a))); 

4 ‘‘(ii) credit transfer agreements; 

5 ‘‘(iii) corequisite remediation programs 

6 that enable a student to receive remedial 

7 education services while enrolled in a post8 secondary course rather than requiring the 

9 student to receive remedial education before 

10 enrolling in a such a course; 

11 ‘‘(iv) dual or concurrent enrollment 

12 programs; 

13 ‘‘(v) competency-based education and 

14 assessment; or 

15 ‘‘(vi) policies and processes to award 

16 academic credit for prior learning or for the 

17 programs described in paragraph (2)(A). 

18 ‘‘(B) Establish or implement plans for pro19 viders of the programs described in paragraph 

20 (2)(A) to meet the criteria and carry out the pro21 cedures necessary to be included on the eligible 

22 training services provider list described in sec23 tion 122(d). 

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1 programs, provided that not more than 15 per2 cent of the funds awarded to the eligible institu3 tion under this section may be used for activities 

4 described in this subparagraph. 

5 ‘‘(D) Reduce or eliminate unmet financial 

6 need relating to the cost of attendance (as de7 fined under section 472 of the Higher Education 

8 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll)) of participants 

9 in such programs. 

10 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMIT.—An eligible 

11 institution may use not more than 7 percent of the 

12 funds awarded under this section for administrative 

13 costs, including costs related to collecting information, 

14 analysis, and coordination for purposes of subsection 

15 (f). 

16 ‘‘(f) PERFORMANCE LEVELS AND PERFORMANCE RE17 VIEWS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 

19 and implement guidance that establishes the levels of 

20 performance that are expected to be achieved by each 

21 eligible institution receiving a grant under this sec22 tion. Such performance levels shall be established on 

23 the following indicators: 

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1 which shall be applied for all individuals who 

2 participated in a program that received funding 

3 from a grant under this section. 

4 ‘‘(B) The extent to which the eligible insti5 tution built capacity by— 

6 ‘‘(i) increasing the breadth and depth 

7 of employer engagement and investment in 

8 workforce development programs in the in9 demand industry sectors and occupations 

10 targeted by the eligible institution and in11 dustry partnership established or main12 tained by the eligible institution under sub13 section (e)(1); 

14 ‘‘(ii) designing or implementing new 

15 and accelerated instructional techniques or 

16 technologies, including the use of advanced 

17 online and technology-enabled learning 

18 (such as immersive technology); and 

19 ‘‘(iii) increasing program and policy 

20 alignment across systems and decreasing 

21 duplicative services or service gaps. 

22 ‘‘(C) With respect to individuals who par23 ticipated in a workforce development program 

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1 ‘‘(i) the percentage of participants who 

2 successfully completed the program; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) of the participants who were in4 cumbent workers at the time of enrollment 

5 in the program, the percentage who ad6 vanced into higher level positions during or 

7 after completing the program. 

8 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION AND DETERMINATION OF

9 PERFORMANCE LEVELS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) CONSIDERATION.—In developing per11 formance levels in accordance with paragraph 

12 (1), the Secretary shall take into consideration 

13 the goals of the eligible institution pursuant to 

14 subsection (d)(2)(L). 

15 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—After completing 

16 the consideration required under subparagraph 

17 (A), the Secretary shall separately determine the 

18 performance levels that will apply to each eligi19 ble institution, taking into account— 

20 ‘‘(i) the expected performance levels of 

21 each eligible institution with respect to the 

22 goals described by the eligible institution 

23 pursuant to subsection (d)(2)(L); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) local economic conditions in the 

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1 institution, including differences in unem2 ployment rates and job losses or gains in 

3 particular industries. 

4 ‘‘(C) NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.— 

5 ‘‘(i) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall pro6 vide each eligible institution with a written 

7 notification that sets forth the performance 

8 levels that will apply to the eligible institu9 tion, as determined under subparagraph 

10 (B). 

11 ‘‘(ii) ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—After re12 ceiving the notification described in clause 

13 (i), each eligible institution shall submit to 

14 the Secretary written confirmation that the 

15 eligible institution— 

16 ‘‘(I) received the notification; and 

17 ‘‘(II) agrees to be evaluated in ac18 cordance with the performance levels 

19 determined by the Secretary. 

20 ‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE REVIEWS.—On an annual 

21 basis during each year of the grant period, the Sec22 retary shall evaluate the performance during such 

23 year of each eligible institution receiving a grant 

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1 performance levels determined for such institution 

2 pursuant to paragraph (2). 

3 ‘‘(4) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEV4 ELS.—After conducting an evaluation under para5 graph (3), if the Secretary determines that an eligible 

6 institution did not achieve the performance levels ap7 plicable to the eligible institution under paragraph 

8 (2), the Secretary shall— 

9 ‘‘(A) provide technical assistance to the eli10 gible institution; and 

11 ‘‘(B) develop a performance improvement 

12 plan for the eligible institution. 

13 ‘‘(g) EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after 

15 the date on which the first grant is made under this 

16 section, the Secretary shall design and conduct an 

17 evaluation to determine the overall effectiveness of the 

18 eligible institutions receiving a grant under this sec19 tion. 

20 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The evaluation of the effective21 ness of eligible institutions conducted under para22 graph (1) shall include an assessment of the general 

23 effectiveness of programs and activities supported by 

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1 this section, including the extent to which the pro2 grams and activities— 

3 ‘‘(A) developed new, or expanded existing, 

4 successful industry sector strategies, including 

5 the extent to which such eligible institutions 

6 deepened employer engagement and developed 

7 workforce development programs that met indus8 try skill needs; 

9 ‘‘(B) created, expanded, or enhanced career 

10 pathways, including the extent to which the eli11 gible institutions developed or improved com12 petency-based education and assessment, credit 

13 for prior learning, modularized and self-paced 

14 curricula, integrated education and workforce de15 velopment, dual enrollment in secondary and 

16 postsecondary career pathways, stacked and 

17 latticed credentials, and online and distance 

18 learning; 

19 ‘‘(C) created alignment between eligible in20 stitutions and the workforce development system; 

21 ‘‘(D) assisted individuals with finding, re22 taining, or advancing in employment; 

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1 ‘‘(F) provided equal access to various demo2 graphic groups, including people of different geo3 graphic locations, ages, races, national origins, 

4 and sexes. 

5 ‘‘(3) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The evaluation 

6 under this subsection shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) be designed by the Secretary (acting 

8 through the Chief Evaluation Officer) in con9 junction with the eligible institutions being eval10 uated; 

11 ‘‘(B) include analysis of program partici12 pant feedback and outcome and process meas13 ures; and 

14 ‘‘(C) use designs that employ the most rig15 orous analytical and statistical methods that are 

16 reasonably feasible, such as the use of control 

17 groups. 

18 ‘‘(4) DATA ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary shall 

19 make available on a publicly accessible website of the 

20 Department of Labor any data collected as part of the 

21 evaluation under this subsection. Such data shall be 

22 made available in an aggregated format that does not 

23 reveal personally identifiable information and that 

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1 sions Act (commonly known as the ‘Family Edu2 cational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’) (20 U.S.C. 

3 1232g). 

4 ‘‘(5) PUBLICATION AND REPORTING OF EVALUA5 TION FINDINGS.—The Secretary (acting through the 

6 Chief Evaluation Officer) shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) in accordance with the timeline deter8 mined to be appropriate by the Chief Evaluation 

9 Officer, publish an interim report on the pre10 liminary results of the evaluation conducted 

11 under this subsection; 

12 ‘‘(B) not later than 60 days after the date 

13 on which the evaluation is completed under this 

14 subsection, submit to the Committee on Edu15 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep16 resentatives and the Committee on Health, Edu17 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a re18 port on such evaluation; and 

19 ‘‘(C) not later than 90 days after such com20 pletion date, publish and make the results of 

21 such evaluation available on a publicly accessible 

22 website of the Department of Labor. 

23 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall make 

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1 of Labor, in transparent, linked, open, and interoperable 

2 data formats, the following information: 

3 ‘‘(1) The performance of eligible institutions on 

4 the capacity-building performance indicator set forth 

5 under subsection (f)(1)(B). 

6 ‘‘(2) The performance of eligible institutions on 

7 the workforce development participant outcome per8 formance indicators set forth under subsection 

9 (f)(1)(C). 

10 ‘‘(3) The number of individuals enrolled in work11 force development programs funded with a grant 

12 under this section. 

13 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘commu15 nity college’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) a public institution of higher edu17 cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the High18 er Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), at 

19 which— 

20 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

21 associate degree; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

23 frequently awarded degree; 

24 ‘‘(B) a branch campus of a 4-year public 

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1 tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

2 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), if, at such branch campus— 

3 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

4 associate degree; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

6 frequently awarded degree; 

7 ‘‘(C) a 2-year Tribal College or University 

8 (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher 

9 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(3))); 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(D) a degree-granting Tribal College or 

12 University (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the 

13 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

14 1059c(b)(3))) at which— 

15 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

16 associate degree; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

18 frequently awarded degree. 

19 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligible 

20 institution’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) a community college; 

22 ‘‘(B) a postsecondary vocational institution 

23 (as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher Edu24 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c))); or 


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1 ‘‘(C) a consortium of such colleges or insti2 tutions. 

3 ‘‘(j) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

4 available under this section shall be used to supplement, 

5 and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local public 

6 funds made available for carrying out the activities de7 scribed in this section.’’. 

8 SEC. 180. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 Section 174 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor10 tunity Act, as so redesignated, is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

12 subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 

13 (2) by striking subsections (a) through (d) and 

14 inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(a) NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS.—There are au16 thorized to be appropriated to carry out section 166 (not 

17 including subsection (k) of such section) $61,800,000 for 

18 each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030. 

19 ‘‘(b) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER PRO20 GRAMS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

21 out section 167 $100,317,900 for each of the fiscal years 

22 2025 through 2030. 

23 ‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—There are authorized 

24 to be appropriated to carry out section 168 $5,000,000 for 

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1 ‘‘(d) EVALUATIONS AND RESEARCH.—There are au2 thorized to be appropriated to carry out section 169 

3 $12,720,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030. 

4 ‘‘(e) REENTRY PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be 

5 appropriated to carry out section 172 $115,000,000 for each 

6 of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030. 

7 ‘‘(f) STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES PRO8 GRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

9 out section 173 $65,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 

10 through 2030.’’. 

11 Subtitle F—Administration 

12 SEC. 191. REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS. 

13 (a) LABOR STANDARDS.—Section 181(b) of the Work14 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3241(b)) 

15 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(8) CONSULTATION.—If an employer provides 

17 on-the-job training, incumbent worker training, or 

18 employer-directed skills development with funds made 

19 available under this title directly to employees of such 

20 employer that are subject to a collective bargaining 

21 agreement with the employer, the employer shall con22 sult with the labor organization that represents such 

23 employees on the planning and design of such train24 ing or development.’’. 


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1 (b) RELOCATION.—Section 181(d) of the Workforce In2 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3241(d)) is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘incumbent worker training,’’ and in4 serting ‘‘incumbent worker training, employer-directed 

5 skills development,’’. 

6 SEC. 192. GENERAL WAIVERS OF STATUTORY OR REGU7 LATORY REQUIREMENTS. 

8 Section 189(i)(3)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innovation 

9 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3249(i)(3)(A)(i)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘procedures for review and approval 

11 of plans’’ and inserting ‘‘the procedures for review and ap12 proval of plans, the performance reports described in section 

13 116(d), and the requirement described in section 

14 134(c)(1)(B)’’. 

15 SEC. 193. STATE INNOVATION DEMONSTRATION AUTHOR16 ITY. 

17 Section 190 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor18 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3250) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 190. STATE INNOVATION DEMONSTRATION AUTHOR20 ITY. 

21 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to— 

22 ‘‘(1) authorize States to apply under this section, 

23 in the case of an eligible State, on behalf of the entire 

24 State, or for any State, on behalf of a local area or 

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1 allotments or allocations of the State or the local 

2 areas, respectively, for youth workforce investment ac3 tivities and adult and dislocated worker employment 

4 and training activities under this Act, as a consoli5 dated grant for 5 years for the purpose of carrying 

6 out a demonstration project to pursue innovative re7 forms to achieve better outcomes for jobseekers, em8 ployers, and taxpayers; and 

9 ‘‘(2) require that rigorous evaluations be con10 ducted to demonstrate if better outcomes and associ11 ated innovative reforms were achieved as a result of 

12 such demonstration projects. 

13 ‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.— 

14 ‘‘(1) WAIVERS AND DEMONSTRATION GRANT

15 AMOUNTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, during the demonstration period applicable to a 

17 demonstration project approved for a State pursuant 

18 to subsection (d)(3), the Secretary shall comply with 

19 each of the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) WAIVERS.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

21 waive for the State as a whole, or for the local 

22 area or the consortium of local areas in such 

23 State selected by the State to carry out such 

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1 ‘‘(B) DEMONSTRATION GRANT AMOUNTS.— 

2 For each fiscal year applicable to such dem3 onstration period: 

4 ‘‘(i) STATE AS A WHOLE.—In a case of 

5 a State approved to carry out a demonstra6 tion project under this section on behalf of 

7 the State as a whole, distribute as a consoli8 dated sum to the State, for purposes of car9 rying out the project, the State’s total allot10 ment for such fiscal year under— 

11 ‘‘(I) subsections (b)(1)(C) and 

12 subsection (c) of section 127; and 

13 ‘‘(II) paragraphs (1)(B) and 

14 (2)(B) of section 132(b); and 

15 ‘‘(III) section 132(c). 

16 ‘‘(ii) LOCAL AREA.—In a case of a 

17 local area selected by a State to carry out 

18 a demonstration project under this section, 

19 require the State to— 

20 ‘‘(I) distribute as a consolidated 

21 sum to the local board for such local 

22 area, for purposes of carrying out the 

23 project, the local area’s allocation for 

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1 ‘‘(aa) subsections (b) and (c) 

2 of section 128; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) subsections (b) and (c) 

4 of section 133; or 

5 ‘‘(II) if the local board of the local 

6 area enters into a written agreement 

7 with the State for the State to serve as 

8 the fiscal agent for the local board dur9 ing the demonstration project, use the 

10 funds described in subclause (I) for 

11 purposes of carrying out the project on 

12 behalf of the local board. 

13 ‘‘(iii) CONSORTIUM OF LOCAL

14 AREAS.—In a case of a consortium of local 

15 areas selected by a State to carry out a 

16 demonstration project under this section, re17 quire the State to— 

18 ‘‘(I) distribute as a consolidated 

19 sum to the consortium, for purposes of 

20 carrying out the project, the total 

21 amount of the allocations for the local 

22 areas in such consortium for such fis23 cal year under— 

24 ‘‘(aa) subsections (b) and (c) 

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1 ‘‘(bb) subsections (b) and (c) 

2 of section 133; or 

3 ‘‘(II) if the consortium enters into 

4 a written agreement with the State for 

5 the State to serve as the fiscal agent for 

6 the consortium during the demonstra7 tion project, use the funds described in 

8 subclause (I) for purposes of carrying 

9 out the project on behalf of such consor10 tium. 

11 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State, local area, or 

13 consortium of local areas carrying out a dem14 onstration project under this section shall com15 ply with statutory or regulatory requirements of 

16 this Act relating to— 

17 ‘‘(i) performance accountability and 

18 reporting, except as otherwise provided in 

19 this section; 

20 ‘‘(ii) the membership of local or State 

21 boards in instances where a State carrying 

22 out a demonstration project will maintain 

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1 ‘‘(iii) the priority of service described 

2 in section 134(c)(3)(E). 

3 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF DEFINED TERMS.— 

4 In carrying out a demonstration project under 

5 this section, a State, local area, or consortium of 

6 local areas may only use a term defined in sec7 tion 3 to describe an activity carried out under 

8 such demonstration project if the State, local 

9 area, or consortium of local areas gives such 

10 term the same meaning as such term is given 

11 under such section. 

12 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY FOR THIRD-PARTY EVALUA13 TION.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

15 days after the issuance of the first demonstration 

16 project awarded under this section, the Secretary 

17 shall contract with a third-party evaluator to 

18 conduct a rigorous evaluation of each demonstra19 tion project for each State, local area, or consor20 tium of local areas awarded a demonstration 

21 project. The evaluation shall— 

22 ‘‘(i) cover the 5-year period of each 

23 demonstration project; 

24 ‘‘(ii) compare the employment and 

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1 ties carried out under the demonstration 

2 project to— 

3 ‘‘(I) the outcomes of similarly sit4 uated individuals that do not partici5 pate in such activities who are located 

6 in such State, local area, or a local 

7 area in such consortium; and 

8 ‘‘(II) the outcomes of participants 

9 in activities under this chapter in the 

10 State, local area, or a local area in the 

11 consortium that was awarded a waiver 

12 prior to the award of such waiver; 

13 ‘‘(iii) conduct a qualitative analysis 

14 that identifies any promising practices or 

15 innovate strategies that— 

16 ‘‘(I) would not have been con17 ducted without the waiving of statu18 tory or regulatory provisions through 

19 the demonstration project; and 

20 ‘‘(II) lead to positive employment 

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1 spect to the subpopulations described in sec2 tion 116(d)(2)(B). 

3 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after 

4 the fifth year of the demonstration project the 

5 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Edu6 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Committee on Health, Edu8 cation, Labor, and Pensions the results of the 

9 evaluation conducted on such project. 

10 ‘‘(c) DEMONSTRATION PERIOD; LIMITATIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A demonstration project ap12 proved under this section for a State, local area, or 

13 consortium— 

14 ‘‘(A) shall be carried out for a 5-year dem15 onstration period; and 

16 ‘‘(B) may be renewed for an additional 5- 

17 year demonstration period if the State, local 

18 area, or consortium meets its expected levels of 

19 performance established under subsection (f)(1) 

20 for each of the final 3 years of the preceding 5- 

21 year period and achieves a performance im22 provement of not less than an average of a 5-per23 cent increase across all of the primary indicators 

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1 5-year period compared with the expected levels 

2 of performance. 

3 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) DEMONSTRATION PERIOD LIMITA5 TIONS.—For each 5-year demonstration period 

6 (including renewals of such period) the Secretary 

7 may not award— 

8 ‘‘(i) more than 4 demonstration 

9 projects to eligible States for the State as a 

10 whole under this section; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) more than 6 demonstration 

12 projects to local areas (or consortia of local 

13 areas) for a local area (or a consortium) 

14 under this section. 

15 ‘‘(B) STATE LIMITATIONS.—No more than 1 

16 demonstration project may be approved under 

17 this section per State. For purposes of this para18 graph, a demonstration project approved for a 

19 local area or a consortium of local areas in a 

20 State shall be considered a demonstration project 

21 approved under this section for the State. 

22 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE STATES.—The Secretary may not 

23 approve a statewide demonstration project under sub24 section (b)(1)(B)(i) to a State unless, at the time of 

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1 ‘‘(A) a State designated as a single State 

2 local area; or 

3 ‘‘(B) a State with a labor force participa4 tion rate that is less than 60 percent for the most 

5 recent program year and a population of less 

6 than 6,000,000, as determined by the most recent 

7 data released by the Census Bureau. 

8 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to carry out a 

10 demonstration project under this section, a State shall 

11 submit to the Secretary an application at such time 

12 and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably 

13 require, and containing the information described in 

14 paragraph (2). 

15 ‘‘(2) CONTENT.—Each application submitted by 

16 a State under this subsection shall include the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(A) A description of the demonstration 

19 project to be carried out under this section, in20 cluding— 

21 ‘‘(i) whether the project will be carried 

22 out— 

23 ‘‘(I) by the State as a whole; 

24 ‘‘(II) by a local area, and if so— 

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1 ‘‘(AA) such local area; 

2 ‘‘(BB) whether the local 

3 board for such local area is 

4 the fiscal agent for the 

5 project, or whether the local 

6 board has entered into a 

7 written agreement with the 

8 State for the State to serve as 

9 the fiscal agent during the 

10 project; and 

11 ‘‘(bb) written verification 

12 from the local board for such local 

13 area that such local board 

14 agrees— 

15 ‘‘(AA) to carry out such 

16 project; and 

17 ‘‘(BB) to the fiscal agent 

18 identified in item (aa)(BB); 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(III) by a consortium of local 

21 areas in the State, and if so— 

22 ‘‘(aa) an identification of— 

23 ‘‘(AA) each local area 

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1 ‘‘(BB) the local area 

2 that will serve as the fiscal 

3 agent for the consortium dur4 ing the project, or whether 

5 the consortium has entered 

6 into a written agreement 

7 with the State for the State 

8 to serve as the fiscal agent; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(bb) written verification 

11 from each local board of each local 

12 area identified in item (aa)(AA) 

13 that such local board agrees— 

14 ‘‘(AA) to carry out such 

15 project as a consortium; and 

16 ‘‘(BB) to the fiscal agent 

17 for the consortium identified 

18 in item (aa)(BB); 

19 ‘‘(ii) a description of the activities to 

20 be carried out under the project; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) the goals the State, local area, or 

22 consortium intends to achieve through such 

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1 ‘‘(B) A description of the performance out2 comes the State, the local area, or consortium ex3 pects to achieve for such activities for each year 

4 of the demonstration period as described in sub5 section (f)(1). 

6 ‘‘(C) A description of how the State, local 

7 area, or consortium consulted with employers, 

8 the State board, and the local boards in the State 

9 in determining the activities to carry out under 

10 the demonstration project. 

11 ‘‘(D) A description of how the State will 

12 make such activities available to jobseekers and 

13 employers in each of the local areas in the State 

14 or, in a case of a project that will be carried out 

15 by a local area or a consortium, a description of 

16 how such services will be made available to job17 seekers and employers in such local area or each 

18 of the local areas in the consortium. 

19 ‘‘(E) A description, if appropriate, of how 

20 the State, local area, or consortium will inte21 grate the funds received, and the activities car22 ried out, under the demonstration project under 

23 this section with State workforce development 

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1 (including the programs and activities listed in 

2 section 103(a)(2), the program of adult edu3 cation and literacy activities authorized under 

4 title II, and the program authorized under title 

5 I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

6 720 et seq.)). 

7 ‘‘(F) An assurance that the State, local 

8 area, or consortium will meet the requirements of 

9 this section. 

10 ‘‘(3) SECRETARIAL APPROVAL.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 

12 after the date on which a State submits an ap13 plication under this subsection, the Secretary 

14 shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) in a case in which the application 

16 meets the requirements of this section and is 

17 not subject to the limitations described in 

18 subsection (c)(2), approve such application 

19 and the demonstration project described in 

20 such application; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) provide to the State a written ex22 planation of initial disapproval that meets 

23 the requirements of subparagraph (C). 

24 ‘‘(B) DEFAULT APPROVAL.—With respect to 

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1 subsection that is not subject to the limitations 

2 described in subsection (c), if the Secretary fails 

3 to approve such application or provide an expla4 nation of initial disapproval for such applica5 tion as required under subparagraph (A), the 

6 application and the demonstration project de7 scribed in such application shall be deemed ap8 proved by the Secretary. 

9 ‘‘(C) INITIAL DISAPPROVAL.—An expla10 nation of initial disapproval provided by the 

11 Secretary to a State under subparagraph (A)(ii) 

12 shall provide the State— 

13 ‘‘(i) a detailed explanation of why the 

14 application does not meet the requirements 

15 of this section; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) if the State is not subject to the 

17 limitations described in subsection (c), an 

18 opportunity to revise and resubmit the 

19 State’s application under this section. 

20 ‘‘(e) STATE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT REQUIRE21 MENTS.—A State, local area, or consortium that has been 

22 approved to carry out a demonstration project under this 

23 section shall meet each of the following requirements: 

24 ‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—Use the funds received 

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1 the activities of the demonstration project to achieve 

2 the goals described in subsection (d)(2)(A). 

3 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS LIMITATION.—Use 

4 not more than 10 percent of the funds received pursu5 ant to subsection (b)(1)(B) for a fiscal year for the 

6 administrative costs of carrying out the demonstra7 tion project. 

8 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY FOR SERVICES.—Give priority for 

9 services under the project to veterans and their eligi10 ble spouses in accordance with the requirements of 

11 section 4215 of title 38, United States Code, recipi12 ents of public assistance, low-income individuals, and 

13 individuals who have foundational skills needs. 

14 ‘‘(4) NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.—Serve a num15 ber of participants under the activities of the dem16 onstration project for each year of the demonstration 

17 period that— 

18 ‘‘(A) is greater than the number of partici19 pants served by such State, local area, or consor20 tium under the programs described in subpara21 graphs (A) and (C) of section 3(13) for the most 

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1 ‘‘(B) is not less than the number of partici2 pants to be served under the activities of the 

3 demonstration project that is agreed upon be4 tween the State, local area, or consortium, and 

5 the Secretary— 

6 ‘‘(i) prior to the Secretary’s approval 

7 of the application submitted under sub8 section (d); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) after the Secretary takes into ac10 count— 

11 ‘‘(I) the goals the State, local 

12 area, or consortium intends to achieve 

13 through the demonstration project; and 

14 ‘‘(II) the participants the State, 

15 local area, or consortium intends to 

16 serve under such project; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) prior to approval of the applica18 tion submitted under subsection (d). 

19 ‘‘(5) REPORTING OUTCOMES.—Submit, on an 

20 annual basis, to the Secretary a report, with respect 

21 to such State, local area, or consortium, on— 

22 ‘‘(A) participant outcomes for each indi23 cator of performance described in subsection 

24 (f)(1)(A) for the activities carried out under the 

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1 ‘‘(B) the applicable requirements of section 

2 116(d)(2), including subparagraphs (B) through 

3 (G) and subparagraph (J), as such subpara4 graphs are applicable to activities under the 

5 demonstration project. 

6 ‘‘(6) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN EXISTING RE7 QUIREMENTS.—Comply with the statutory or regu8 latory requirements listed in subsection (b)(2). 

9 ‘‘(f) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

10 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF BASELINE LEVEL FOR

11 PERFORMANCE.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall de13 scribe in the application submitted under sub14 section (d), for each year of the demonstration 

15 period— 

16 ‘‘(i) with respect to participants who 

17 are at least 25 years old, the expected levels 

18 of performance for each of the indicators of 

19 performance under section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) 

20 for the activities carried out under the 

21 project under this section, which shall meet 

22 the requirements of subparagraph (B); and 

23 ‘‘(ii) with respect to participants who 

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1 ance for each of the indicators of perform2 ance under section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) for the 

3 activities carried out under the project 

4 under this section, which shall meet the re5 quirements of subparagraph (B). 

6 ‘‘(B) 5TH YEAR.—Each of the expected levels 

7 of performance established pursuant to subpara8 graph (A) for each of the indicators of perform9 ance for the 5th year of the demonstration period 

10 shall be higher than— 

11 ‘‘(i) the highest level of performance for 

12 the corresponding indicator of performance 

13 for the programs described in subparagraph 

14 (A) of section 3(13) for the most recent pro15 gram year that ended prior to the beginning 

16 of the first year of the demonstration period; 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(ii) an alternate baseline level of per19 formance that is agreed upon between the 

20 State and the Secretary— 

21 ‘‘(I) prior to the Secretary’s ap22 proval of the application submitted 

23 under subsection (d); and 

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1 ‘‘(aa) the goals the State in2 tends to achieve through the dem3 onstration project; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) the participants the 

5 State intends to serve under such 

6 project. 

7 ‘‘(C) AGREED LEVEL FOR PERFORMANCE ON

8 EXPECTED LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.—Prior to 

9 approving an application for a demonstration 

10 project submitted by a State, and using the ex11 pected levels of performance described in such 

12 application, the Secretary shall reach an agree13 ment with such State on the expected levels of 

14 performance for each of the indicators of per15 formance. In reaching an agreement on such ex16 pected levels of performance, the Secretary and 

17 the State may consider the factors described in 

18 section 116(b)(3)(A)(v). 

19 ‘‘(2) SANCTIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described 

21 in section 116(f)(1)(B) shall apply to a State, 

22 local area, or consortium beginning on the 3rd 

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1 of performance established under subsection 

2 (f)(1) of this section shall be— 

3 ‘‘(i) deemed to be the State negotiated 

4 levels of performance for purposes of this 

5 paragraph; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) adjusted at the end of each pro7 gram year to reflect the actual characteris8 tics of participants served and the actual 

9 economic conditions experienced using a 

10 statistical adjustment model similar to the 

11 model described in section 

12 116(b)(3)(A)(viii). 

13 ‘‘(B) INELIGIBILITY FOR RENEWAL.—A 

14 State, local area, or consortium that is subject to 

15 such sanctions shall be ineligible to renew its 

16 demonstration period under subsection (c). 

17 ‘‘(3) IMPACT OF LOCAL OR CONSORTIUM DEM18 ONSTRATIONS ON STATEWIDE ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

19 With respect to a State with an approved demonstra20 tion project for a local area or consortium of local 

21 areas in the State— 

22 ‘‘(A) the performance of such local area or 

23 consortium for the programs described in sub24 paragraphs (A) and (C) of section 3(13) shall 

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1 such State for any of such programs for purposes 

2 of section 116 for any program year that is ap3 plicable to any year of the demonstration period; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(B) with respect to any local areas of the 

6 State that are not part of the demonstration 

7 project, the State shall reach a new agreement 

8 with the Secretary, for purposes of section 

9 116(b)(3)(A), on levels of performance for such 

10 programs for such program years. 

11 ‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—Except as provided under sub12 section (c)(1)(B), the Secretary may not approve a dem13 onstration project after December 31, 2030.’’. 

14 TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION 

15 AND LITERACY 

16 SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 

17 Section 202 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor18 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3271) is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(including 

20 digital literacy skills)’’ before ‘‘necessary’’; and 

21 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘English lan22 guage learners’’ and inserting ‘‘English learners’’. 

23 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘lis3 ten,’’ after ‘‘write,’’; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

5 at the end; 

6 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

7 subparagraph (D); and 

8 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(C) develop and use digital literacy skills; 

11 and’’; 

12 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (17) 

13 as paragraphs (4) through (18), respectively; 

14 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(3) DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS.—The term ‘dig17 ital literacy skills’ means the skills associated with 

18 using existing and emerging technologies to find, 

19 evaluate, organize, create, communicate information, 

20 and to complete tasks.’’; 

21 (4) in paragraph (5)(C) (as so redesignated)— 

22 (A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 

23 following: 

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1 (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘English 

2 language learner’’ and inserting ‘‘English learn3 er’’; 

4 (5) in paragraph (7)(A) (as so redesignated), by 

5 striking ‘‘English language learners’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘English learners’’; 

7 (6) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated)— 

8 (A) in the paragraph header, by striking 

9 ‘‘LANGUAGE’’; and 

10 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

11 (A), by striking ‘‘English language learner’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘English learner’’; 

13 (7) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) in 

14 paragraph (10) (as so redesignated), by inserting 

15 ‘‘and educational’’ after ‘‘the economic’’; 

16 (8) in paragraph (13) (as so redesignated)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘English language learners’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘English learners’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘workforce training’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘skills development, preparation for 

21 postsecondary education or employment, and fi22 nancial literacy instruction’’; and 

23 (9) in paragraph (14) (as so redesignated)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘and solve’’ and inserting 

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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘and use digital tech2 nology,’’ after ‘‘problems,’’. 

3 SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Section 206 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor5 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3275) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

8 this title $751,042,100 for each of the fiscal years 2025 

9 through 2030.’’. 

10 SEC. 204. SPECIAL RULE. 

11 Section 211(e)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Op12 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3291(e)(3)) is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘period described in section 3(45)’’ and inserting ‘‘pe14 riod described in subparagraph (B) of the definition of the 

15 term ‘outlying area’ in section 3’’. 

16 SEC. 205. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 

17 Section 212 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor18 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3292) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

19 116.’’ and inserting ‘‘section 116, except that the indicator 

20 described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(i)(VI) of such section shall 

21 be applied as if it were the percentage of program partici22 pants who exited the program during the program year and 

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1 SEC. 206. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 

2 Section 222(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Op3 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3302(b)) is amended by adding 

4 at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON

6 MATCHING FUNDS.—Each eligible agency shall main7 tain, on a publicly accessible website of such agency 

8 and in an easily accessible format, information docu9 menting the non-Federal contributions made available 

10 to adult education and family literacy programs pur11 suant to this subsection, including— 

12 ‘‘(A) the sources of such contributions, ex13 cept that in the case of private contributions, 

14 names of the individuals or entities providing 

15 such contributions may not be disclosed; and 

16 ‘‘(B) in the case of funds made available by 

17 a State or outlying area, an explanation of how 

18 such funds are distributed to eligible providers.’’. 

19 SEC. 207. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 

20 Section 223(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Op21 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3303(a)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘ac24 tivities.’’ and inserting ‘‘activities and the iden25 tification of opportunities to coordinate with ac26 tivities supported under the Carl D. Perkins CaVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:40 Apr 05, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00291 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H6655.RH H6655

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1 reer and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

2 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) to expand integrated edu3 cation and training programs.’’; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

5 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

6 the end; 

7 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe8 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (iii) by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(iv) assistance in reporting partici12 pant outcomes for the performance account13 ability system described in section 212, in14 cluding facilitating partnerships with the 

15 appropriate State entities to conduct 

16 matches with State administrative data 

17 (such as wage records) to determine pro18 gram performance on the indicators of per19 formance described in subclauses (I) through 

20 (III) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i).’’; 

21 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

22 subparagraph (F); and 

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1 ‘‘(D) The development or identification 

2 (which may be done in coordination with other 

3 States) of instructional materials that— 

4 ‘‘(i) are designed to meet the needs of 

5 adult learners and English learners; 

6 ‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, are evi7 dence-based; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) will improve the instruction pro9 vided pursuant to the local activities re10 quired under section 231(b). 

11 ‘‘(E) The dissemination of instructional 

12 materials described in subparagraph (D) to eligi13 ble providers to improve the instruction provided 

14 pursuant to the local activities required under 

15 section 231(b), including instructional materials 

16 that— 

17 ‘‘(i) were developed for integrated edu18 cation and training in an in-demand in19 dustry or occupation within the State; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) lead to English language acquisi21 tion, a recognized postsecondary credential, 

22 or both.’’; and 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘mathematics, and 

2 English’’ and inserting ‘‘mathematics, 

3 English’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘acquisition;’’ and in5 serting ‘‘acquisition, and digital literacy 

6 skills;’’; 

7 (B) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘re8 tention.’’ and inserting ‘‘retention, such as the 

9 development and maintenance of policies for 

10 awarding recognized postsecondary credentials to 

11 adult educators who demonstrate effectiveness at 

12 improving the achievement of adult students.’’; 

13 (C) in subparagraph (K), by striking 

14 ‘‘English language learners,’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘English learners,’’; 

16 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (M) as 

17 subparagraph (P); and 

18 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(M) Performance incentive payments to el21 igible providers, including incentive payments 

22 linked to increased use of integrated employment 

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1 cupational skills for an in-demand occupation in 

2 the State. 

3 ‘‘(N) Strengthening the quality and effec4 tiveness of adult education and family literacy 

5 programs in the State through support for pro6 gram quality standards and accreditation re7 quirements. 

8 ‘‘(O) Raising public awareness (including 

9 through public service announcements, such as 

10 social media campaigns) about career and tech11 nical education programs and community-based 

12 organizations, and other endeavors focused on 

13 programs that prepare individuals for in-de14 mand industry sectors or occupations.’’. 

15 SEC. 208. PROGRAMS FOR CORRECTIONS EDUCATION AND 

16 OTHER INSTITUTIONALIZED INDIVIDUALS. 

17 Section 225 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor18 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3305)) is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

20 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

21 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—Each eligible agency that is 

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1 a program for criminal offenders within a correctional in2 stitution shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) coordinate such educational programs with 

4 career and technical education activities provided to 

5 individuals in State institutions from funds reserved 

6 under section 112(a)(2)(A) of the Carl D. Perkins Ca7 reer and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 

8 2322(a)(2)(A)); and 

9 ‘‘(2) identify opportunities to develop integrated 

10 education and training opportunities for such indi11 viduals.’’. 

12 SEC. 209. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR ELIGIBLE PRO13 VIDERS. 

14 Section 231 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor15 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3321) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (e)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking 

18 ‘‘English language learners’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘English learners’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (5)— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding 

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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(C) uses instructional materials that are 

4 designed to meet the needs of adult learners and 

5 English learners and are evidence-based (to the 

6 extent practicable), which may include, but shall 

7 not be required to include, the instructional ma8 terials disseminated by the State under section 

9 223(a)(1)(D);’’; and 

10 (C) in paragraph (6)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘speaking,’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘speaking and listening,’’; and 

13 (ii) by inserting before the semicolon at 

14 the end the following: ‘‘, which may include 

15 the application of the principles of uni16 versal design for learning’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(f) COST ANALYSIS.—In determining the amount of 

19 funds to be awarded in grants or contracts under this sec20 tion, the eligible agency may consider the costs of providing 

21 learning in context, including integrated education and 

22 training and workplace adult education and literacy activi23 ties, and the extent to which the eligible provider intends 

24 to serve individuals using such activities, in order to align 

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1 SEC. 210. LOCAL APPLICATION. 

2 Section 232 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor3 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3322) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and coordi5 nate with the appropriate State entity’’ after ‘‘data’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (3) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para9 graph (8); and 

10 (4) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(7) a description of how the eligible provider 

13 will provide learning in context, including through 

14 partnerships with employers to offer workplace adult 

15 education and literacy activities and integrated edu16 cation and training; and’’. 

17 SEC. 211. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMITS. 

18 Section 233(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Op19 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3323(a)) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘95’’ and in21 serting ‘‘85’’; and 

22 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol23 lows: 

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1 ‘‘(A) not more than 10 percent may be used 

2 for professional development for adult educators; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) not more than 5 percent shall be used 

5 for planning, administration (including car6 rying out the requirements of section 116), pro7 fessional development of administrative staff, 

8 and the activities described in paragraphs (3) 

9 and (5) of section 232.’’. 

10 SEC. 212. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 

11 Section 242 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor12 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3332) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘116;’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘116, including the dissemination of effec15 tive practices used by States to use administrative 

16 data to determine program performance and reduce 

17 the data collection and reporting burden on eligible 

18 providers;’’; 

19 (2) in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(C)(vii)(I) of 

20 subsection (c), by striking ‘‘English language learn21 ers’’ and inserting ‘‘English learners’’; and 

22 (3) in subsection (c)(2)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

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1 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as 

2 subparagraph (I); and 

3 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(G) developing and rigorously evaluating 

6 programs for the preparation of effective adult 

7 educators and disseminating the results of such 

8 evaluations; 

9 ‘‘(H) carrying out initiatives to support the 

10 effectiveness and impact of adult education, that 

11 States may adopt on a voluntary basis, 

12 through— 

13 ‘‘(i) the development and dissemina14 tion of staffing models that prioritize dem15 onstrated effectiveness and continuous im16 provement in supporting the learning of 

17 adult students; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the evaluation and improvement 

19 of program quality standards and accredi20 tation requirements; and’’. 

21 SEC. 213. INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVICS 

22 EDUCATION. 

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1 ing ‘‘English language learners’’ and inserting ‘‘English 

2 learners’’. 

3 TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO 

4 OTHER LAWS 

5 SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2(5) of the Wagner-Peyser 

7 Act (29 U.S.C. 49a(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the Com8 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American 

9 Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’. 

10 (b) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW REQUIRE11 MENT.—Section 5(b)(1) of such Act is amended by inserting 

12 ‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

13 American Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’. 

14 (c) ALLOTMENTS.—Section 6 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

15 49e) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘except for Guam’’ and in18 serting ‘‘except for Guam, the Commonwealth of 

19 the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 

20 Samoa’’; 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘first allot to Guam and the 

22 Virgin Islands’’ and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘first allot— 

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1 (C) by striking the period at the end and 

2 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(2) beginning with the first fiscal year for 

5 which the total amount available for allotments under 

6 this section is greater than the total amount available 

7 for allotments under this section for fiscal year 2024, 

8 and for each succeeding fiscal year, to each of the 

9 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and 

10 American Samoa, an amount which is equal to one11 half of the amount allotted to Guam under paragraph 

12 (1) for such fiscal year.’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter following 

14 subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, the Commonwealth 

15 of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,’’ 

16 after ‘‘Guam’’. 

17 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 7 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

18 49f) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘and refer20 ral to employers’’ and inserting ‘‘referral to employ21 ers, and the services described in section 

22 134(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation and Op23 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)(ii)) when 

24 provided by the employment service office colocated 

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1 (2) in subsection (e), by inserting before the pe2 riod at the end the following: ‘‘and in accordance 

3 with the requirements of section 134(c)(2)(A)(i)(I) of 

4 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

5 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)(i)(I))’’. 

6 (e) WORKFORCE AND LABOR MARKET INFORMATION

7 SYSTEM.—Section 15 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

12 by striking ‘‘timely manner’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘manner that is as close to real-time as 

14 practicable’’; 

15 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘part16 time, and seasonal workers’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘part-time, contingent, and seasonal work18 ers, and workers engaged in alternative em19 ployment arrangements’’; 

20 (iii) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 

21 (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; 

22 and 

23 (iv) by inserting after clause (ii), the 

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1 ‘‘(iii) real-time trends in new and 

2 emerging occupational roles, and in new 

3 and emerging skills by occupation and in4 dustry, with particular attention paid to 

5 State and local conditions;’’; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting 

7 ‘‘(including, to the extent practicable, real-time)’’ 

8 after ‘‘current’’; and 

9 (C) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘user10 friendly manner and’’ and inserting ‘‘manner 

11 that is available on-demand and is user-friend12 ly,’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(F)— 

14 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘(including, to the extent practicable, 

16 provided in real time);’’; 

17 (B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 

18 (iii); and 

19 (C) by inserting after clause (i), as so 

20 amended, the following: 

21 ‘‘(ii) the capabilities of digital tech22 nology and modern data collection ap23 proaches are effectively utilized; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $64,532,600 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 

4 2030.’’. 

5 SEC. 302. JOB TRAINING GRANTS. 

6 Section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and 

7 Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3224a) is 

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(c) JOB TRAINING GRANTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) ALLOTMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds available 

12 under section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and 

13 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), the Sec14 retary of Labor shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) return permanently 12 percent of 

16 such amounts in each fiscal year to the gen17 eral fund of the Treasury; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) of the remainder, make allotments 

19 to each State that receives an allotment 

20 under section 132(b) of the Workforce Inno21 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

22 3172) for the purpose of providing training 

23 services through individual training ac24 counts for eligible dislocated workers as de25 scribed in paragraph (2)(A). 


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1 ‘‘(B) RESERVATION; ALLOTMENT AMONG

2 STATES.— 

3 ‘‘(i) RESERVATION.—From the amount 

4 made available under subparagraph (A)(ii) 

5 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 

not more than 1 6 ⁄4 of 1 percent of such 

7 amount to provide assistance to the outlying 

8 areas for the purpose described in para9 graph (2)(A). 

10 ‘‘(ii) ALLOTMENT AMONG STATES.— 

11 The Secretary shall use the remainder of the 

12 amount made available under subparagraph 

13 (A)(ii) for a fiscal year to make allotments 

14 to States described in such subparagraph on 

15 the following basis: 

‘‘(I) 33 and 1 16 ⁄3 percent shall be al17 lotted on the basis of the relative num18 ber of unemployed individuals in each 

19 such State, compared to the total num20 ber of unemployed individuals in all 

21 such States. 

‘‘(II) 33 and 1 22 ⁄3 percent shall be 

23 allotted based on the relative number of 

24 disadvantaged adults in each such 

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1 disadvantaged adults in all such 

2 States. 

‘‘(III) 33 and 1 3 ⁄3 percent shall be 

4 allotted on the basis of the relative 

5 number of individuals in the civilian 

6 labor force in each such State, com7 pared to the total number in the civil8 ian labor force in all such States. 

9 ‘‘(iii) DISADVANTAGED ADULT DE10 FINED.—For purposes of this subparagraph 

11 and subparagraph (C), the term ‘disadvan12 taged adult’ has the meaning given such 

13 term in section 132(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV) of the 

14 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

15 (29 U.S.C. 3172(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV)). 

16 ‘‘(iv) REALLOTMENT.— 

17 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

18 of Labor shall, in accordance with this 

19 clause, reallot to eligible States 

20 amounts that are made available to 

21 States from allotments made under this 

22 subparagraph (referred to individually 

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1 ‘‘(II) AMOUNT.—The amount 

2 available for reallotment for a program 

3 year is equal to the amount by which 

4 the unobligated balance of the State al5 lotment, at the end of the program 

6 year prior to the program year for 

7 which the determination under this 

8 subclause is made, exceeds 20 percent 

9 of such allotment for the prior program 

10 year. 

11 ‘‘(III) REALLOTMENT.—In mak12 ing reallotments to eligible States of 

13 amounts available pursuant to sub14 clause (II) for a program year, the 

15 Secretary shall allot to each eligible 

16 State an amount based on the relative 

17 amount of the State allotment for the 

18 program year for which the determina19 tion is made, as compared to the total 

20 amount of the State allotments for all 

21 eligible States for such program year. 

22 ‘‘(IV) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes 

23 of this subsection, an eligible State 

24 means a State that does not have an 

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1 subclause (II) for the program year for 

2 which the determination under sub3 clause (II) is made. 

4 ‘‘(C) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Governor shall 

6 allocate the funds allotted to the State under 

7 subparagraph (B)(ii) for a fiscal year to the 

8 local areas in the State on the following 

9 basis: 

‘‘(I) 33 and 1 10 ⁄3 percent of the 

11 funds on the basis described in sub12 paragraph (B)(ii)(I). 

‘‘(II) 33 and 1 13 ⁄3 percent of the 

14 funds on the basis described in sub15 paragraph (B)(ii)(II). 

‘‘(III) 33 and 1 16 ⁄3 percent of the 

17 funds on the basis described in sub18 paragraph (B)(ii)(III). 

19 ‘‘(ii) APPLICATION.—For purposes of 

20 carrying out clause (i)— 

21 ‘‘(I) references in subparagraph 

22 (B)(ii) to a State shall be deemed to be 

23 references to a local area; and 

24 ‘‘(II) references in subparagraph 

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1 be references to all local areas in the 

2 State involved. 

3 ‘‘(iii) REALLOCATION AMONG LOCAL

4 AREAS.— 

5 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Governor 

6 may, in accordance with this clause 

7 and after consultation with the State 

8 board, reallocate to eligible local areas 

9 within the State amounts that are 

10 made available to local areas from al11 locations made under this subpara12 graph (referred to individually in this 

13 subsection as a ‘local allocation’) and 

14 that are available for reallocation. 

15 ‘‘(II) AMOUNT.—The amount 

16 available for reallocation for a pro17 gram year is equal to the amount by 

18 which the unobligated balance of the 

19 local allocation, at the end of the pro20 gram year prior to the program year 

21 for which the determination under this 

22 subclause is made, exceeds 20 percent 

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1 ‘‘(III) REALLOCATION.—In mak2 ing reallocations to eligible local areas 

3 of amounts available pursuant to sub4 clause (II) for a program year, the 

5 Governor shall allocate to each eligible 

6 local area within the State an amount 

7 based on the relative amount of the 

8 local allocation for the program year 

9 for which the determination is made, 

10 as compared to the total amount of the 

11 local allocations for all eligible local 

12 areas in the State for such program 

13 year. 

14 ‘‘(IV) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes 

15 of this subsection, an eligible local area 

16 means a local area that does not have 

17 an amount available for reallotment 

18 under subclause (II) for the program 

19 year for which the determination 

20 under subclause (II) is made. 

21 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Funds allocated pursu23 ant to paragraph (1) to a local area shall be 

24 used to pay, through the use of an individual 

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1 134(c)(3)(F)(iii) of the Workforce Innovation 

2 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

3 3174(c)(3)(F)(iii)), an eligible provider of train4 ing services from the list of eligible providers of 

5 training services described in section 122(d) of 

6 such Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)) for training serv7 ices provided to eligible dislocated workers in the 

8 local area. 

9 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL AREAS.— 

10 As a condition of receipt of funds under para11 graph (1), a local area shall agree to each of the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(i) REQUIRED NOTICE TO WORK14 ERS.—Prior to an eligible dislocated worker 

15 selecting a program of training services 

16 from the list of eligible providers of training 

17 services under section 122(d) of the Work18 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

19 U.S.C. 3152(d)), the local area shall inform 

20 such dislocated worker of any opportunities 

21 the dislocated worker may have to partici22 pate in on-the-job training or employer-di23 rected skills development funded through 

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1 ‘‘(ii) AMOUNTS AVAILABLE.—Except as 

2 provided in clause (iv)(II), a local area— 

3 ‘‘(I) may not limit the maximum 

4 amount available for an individual 

5 training account for an eligible dis6 located worker under subparagraph (A) 

7 to an amount that is less than $5,000; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(II) may not pay an amount, 

10 through the use of an individual train11 ing account under subparagraph (A), 

12 for training services provided to an eli13 gible dislocated worker that exceeds the 

14 costs of such services. 

15 ‘‘(iii) WIOA FUNDS.—A local area 

16 may not use funds made available to the 

17 local area for a fiscal year pursuant to sec18 tion 134(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innova19 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3174(c)(1)(B)) to make payments under 

21 subparagraph (A) until the funds allocated 

22 to the local area pursuant to paragraph (1) 

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1 ‘‘(iv) EXHAUSTION OF ALLOCATIONS.— 

2 Upon the exhaustion of the funds allocated 

3 to the local area pursuant to paragraph (1) 

4 of this subsection, for the purpose of paying, 

5 through the use of individual training ac6 counts under subparagraph (A), the costs of 

7 training services for eligible dislocated 

8 workers in the local area seeking such serv9 ices, the local area— 

10 ‘‘(I) shall use any funds made 

11 available to the local area pursuant to 

12 section 134(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce 

13 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

14 U.S.C. 3174(c)(1)(B)) to pay for such 

15 costs under subparagraph (A) (other 

16 than any costs that exceed the limit set 

17 by the local area pursuant to subclause 

18 (II)); and 

19 ‘‘(II) for any eligible dislocated 

20 worker who is not a low-income indi21 vidual, may limit the maximum 

22 amount available for the individual 

23 training account under subparagraph 

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1 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE DISLOCATED WORKER.—A dis2 located worker shall be an eligible dislocated worker 

3 for purposes of this subsection if the dislocated work4 er— 

5 ‘‘(A) meets the requirements under section 

6 134(c)(3)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innovation and 

7 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)(A)(i)) to 

8 be eligible for training services; 

9 ‘‘(B) has not received training services 

10 through an individual training account under 

11 this subsection or under section 134(c)(3)(F)(iii) 

12 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

13 Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)(F)(iii)) during the 

14 preceding 5-year period or, if such a worker has 

15 received such training services during such pe16 riod, the worker has been granted an exception 

17 by the local area due to an exceptional cir18 cumstance, as determined by the local area; and 

19 ‘‘(C) is not subject to any limitations estab20 lished by the local area or State involved pursu21 ant to paragraph (4), which would disqualify 

22 such dislocated worker from being an eligible dis23 located worker under this subsection. 

24 ‘‘(4) STATE OR LOCAL AREA LIMITATIONS.—A 

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1 eligibility of an otherwise eligible dislocated worker 

2 who has previously received training services through 

3 an individual training account under this subsection 

4 or under section 134(c)(3)(F)(iii) of the Workforce In5 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

6 3174(c)(3)(F)(iii)) to receive a subsequent individual 

7 training account under this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(5) EXCESS DEMAND.—Upon the exhaustion of 

9 the funds allocated to a local area pursuant to para10 graph (1) of this subsection and any funds that may 

11 be available to such local area pursuant to section 

12 134(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor13 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(1)(B)) for the purpose 

14 described in paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection, the 

15 local area— 

16 ‘‘(A) may request additional funds for such 

17 purpose from the Governor under section 

18 134(a)(2)(A)(i)(III) of the Workforce Innovation 

19 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3174(a)(2)(A)(i)(III)); and 

21 ‘‘(B) shall not be required to pay for train22 ing services or establish an individual training 

23 account for an eligible dislocated worker. 

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1 meaning given such term in section 3 of the Workforce 

2 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

3 ‘‘(7) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

4 subsection shall be construed to provide an individual 

5 with an entitlement to a service under this subsection 

6 or under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Op7 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) or to mandate 

8 a State or local area to provide a service if Federal 

9 funds are not available for such service.’’. 

10 SEC. 303. ACCESS TO NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES. 

11 Section 453(j)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 653(j)(8)) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (A)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘or administering the per15 formance accountability system required under 

16 section 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Op17 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141)’’ after ‘‘State 

18 law’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘or such system’’ after 

20 ‘‘such program’’; and 

21 (2) in paragraph (C)(i), by inserting ‘‘or sys22 tem’’ after ‘‘program’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 368 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6655 

[Report No. 118–444, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend and reauthorize the Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act. 

APRIL 5, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce with an amendment 

APRIL 5, 2024 

Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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