I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10425 
To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
and the Older Americans Act of 1965. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2024 
Ms. FOXX (for herself and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and En-
ergy and Commerce, 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 
A BILL 
To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act and the Older Americans Act of 1965. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
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DIVISION A—A STRONGER 
WORKFORCE FOR AMERICA ACT 
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the 
‘‘A Stronger Workforce for America Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this division is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 101. Purposes. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. 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 of training services. 
Sec. 123. Eligible providers of youth workforce investment activities. 
CHAPTER 2—YOUTH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 131. Reservations; Reallocation. 
Sec. 132. Use of funds for youth workforce investment activities. 
CHAPTER 3—ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOYMENT AND 
TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
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Sec. 141. State allotments. 
Sec. 142. Reservations for State activities; within State allocations; Realloca-
tion. 
Sec. 143. Use of funds for employment and training activities. 
CHAPTER 4—GENERAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROVISIONS 
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. Counseling and job placement. 
Sec. 158. Support. 
Sec. 159. Operations. 
Sec. 160. Standards of conduct. 
Sec. 161. Community participation. 
Sec. 162. Workforce councils. 
Sec. 163. Advisory committees. 
Sec. 164. Experimental projects and technical assistance. 
Sec. 165. Special provisions. 
Sec. 166. Management information. 
Sec. 167. Job Corps oversight and reporting. 
Sec. 168. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 169. Conforming amendments. 
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. 177. Reentry employment opportunities. 
Sec. 178. Youth apprenticeship readiness grant program. 
Sec. 179. Strengthening community colleges grant program. 
Sec. 180. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle F—Administration 
Sec. 191. Requirements and restrictions. 
Sec. 192. Monitoring. 
Sec. 193. Fiscal controls; sanctions. 
Sec. 194. Administrative adjudication. 
Sec. 195. Judicial review. 
Sec. 196. General waivers of statutory or regulatory requirements. 
Sec. 197. State flexibility pilot authority. 
Sec. 198. General program requirements. 
TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY 
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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 indi-
viduals. 
Sec. 209. Grants and contracts for eligible providers. 
Sec. 210. Local application. 
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. 
Sec. 304. References to other laws. 
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 401. Technical assistance for transforming to competitive integrated em-
ployment. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 501. Report on data capability and interoperability of Federal and State 
databases and data exchange agreements. 
Sec. 502. Effective dates; transition authority. 
TITLE I—WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 
Section 2 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘support serv-
ices’’ and inserting ‘‘supportive services’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, for youth 
and adults,’’ after ‘‘economic development systems’’; 
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(3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘of the work-
force, reduce welfare dependency,’’ and inserting ‘‘of 
the workforce, provide economic mobility, reduce de-
pendency on public assistance programs,’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) To prepare a globally competitive work-
force by developing robust education and skills devel-
opment programs for youth to access career path-
ways that will lead such youth into in-demand indus-
try sectors and occupations.’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) FOUNDATIONAL SKILL NEEDS.—Section 3(5) of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102(5)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) FOUNDATIONAL SKILL NEEDS.—The term 
‘foundational skill needs’ means, with respect to an 
individual who is a youth or adult, that the indi-
vidual— 
‘‘(A) has English reading, writing, or com-
puting skills at or below the 8th grade level on 
a generally accepted standardized test; or 
‘‘(B) is unable to compute or solve prob-
lems, is unable to read, write, or speak English, 
or does not possess digital literacy skills, at a 
level necessary to function in the individual’s 
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education or occupation, in the individual’s 
family, or in society.’’. 
(b) CAREER PATHWAY.—Section 3(7)(F) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102(7)(F)) is amended by striking ‘‘secondary school di-
ploma’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high school diploma’’. 
(c) EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.— 
Section 3(14) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(14)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(14) EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVELOP-
MENT.—The term ‘employer-directed skills develop-
ment’ means skills development provided through a 
program— 
‘‘(A) that is selected or designed to meet 
the specific skill demands of an employer (in-
cluding a group of employers); 
‘‘(B) that is conducted pursuant to the 
terms and conditions established under an em-
ployer-directed skills agreement described in 
section 134(c)(3)(I), including a commitment 
by the employer to employ an individual upon 
successful completion of the program; and 
‘‘(C) for which the employer pays a portion 
of the cost of the program, as determined by 
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the local board involved, which shall not be less 
than— 
‘‘(i) 10 percent of the cost, in the case 
of an employer with 50 or fewer employees; 
‘‘(ii) 25 percent of the cost, in the 
case of an employer with more than 50 but 
not more than 100 employees; and 
‘‘(iii) 50 percent of the cost, in the 
case of an employer with more than 100 
employees.’’. 
(d) DISLOCATED WORKER.—Section 3(15)(B) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102(15)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, including such 
a closure or layoff due to advances in automation 
technology’’ before the semicolon; and 
(2) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘section 
134(c)(2)(A)(xii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
134(c)(2)(B)(vii)’’. 
(e) DISPLACED HOMEMAKER.—Section 3(16) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102(16)) is amended, in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘family members’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
family member’’. 
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(f) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—Section 3(18) of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102(18)) is amended by striking ‘‘out-of-school’’ and in-
serting ‘‘opportunity’’. 
(g) ENGLISH LEARNER.—Section 3 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in paragraph (21)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘LAN-
GUAGE’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘language’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (24)(I), by striking ‘‘lan-
guage’’. 
(h) INDIVIDUAL WITH
A BARRIER
TO EMPLOY-
MENT.—Section 3(24) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(24)) is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (F) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(F) Justice-involved individuals.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (G)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Homeless individuals (as’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Individuals experiencing home-
lessness (meaning homeless individuals’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 14043e- 
2(6)))’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 12473(6)))’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘homeless children’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘defined’’ and inserting 
‘‘youth experiencing homelessness (meaning 
homeless children or youths, as defined’’; 
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (I) through 
(N) as subparagraphs (J) through (O), respectively; 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) Opportunity youth.’’; and 
(5) in subparagraph (K), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘section 167(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘167(j)’’. 
(i) INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP.—Section 
3(26) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102(26)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘or an-
other labor representative, as appropriate;’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and, to the extent practicable, another labor 
representative;’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 
(xi) as clauses (viii) through (xiii), respectively; 
and 
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(m) 
LOW-INCOME
INDIVIDUAL.—Section 
3(36)(A)(iii) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(36)(A)(iii)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘is a homeless individual (as’’ 
and inserting ‘‘is an individual experiencing home-
lessness (meaning a homeless individual as’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 14043e-2(6)))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 12473(6)))’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘homeless child’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘defined’’ and inserting ‘‘youth ex-
periencing homelessness (meaning a homeless child 
or youth, as defined’’. 
(n) JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL.—Section 3(38) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3102(38)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OFFENDER’’ 
and inserting ‘‘JUSTICE-INVOLVED
INDIVIDUAL’’; 
and 
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘offender’’ and inserting ‘‘justice-in-
volved individual’’. 
(o) OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.—Section 3(46) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102(46)) is amended— 
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(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OUT-OF- 
SCHOOL’’ and inserting ‘‘OPPORTUNITY’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘out-of-school’’ and inserting 
‘‘opportunity’’. 
(p) PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE
CONTRACT
STRAT-
EGY.—Section 3(47) of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(47)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(47) 
PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE
CONTRACT 
STRATEGY.—The term ‘pay-for-performance contract 
strategy’ means a performance-based contract strat-
egy that uses pay-for-performance contracts in the 
provision of services described in paragraph (2) or 
(3) of section 134(c) or activities described in sec-
tion 129(c)(2), and includes— 
‘‘(A) contracts, each of which— 
‘‘(i) shall specify a fixed amount that 
will be paid to an eligible service provider 
(which may include a local or national 
community-based organization or inter-
mediary, community college, or other pro-
vider) based on the achievement of speci-
fied levels of performance on the primary 
indicators of performance described in sec-
tion 116(b)(2)(A) for target populations as 
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identified by the local board and which 
shall identify a specific target for the num-
ber or percentage of individuals to be 
served that will be individuals with barriers 
to employment, within a defined timetable; 
and 
‘‘(ii) may provide for bonus payments 
to such service provider to expand capacity 
to provide effective training and other serv-
ices, including bonus payments for exceed-
ing the identified target for serving individ-
uals with barriers to employment; 
‘‘(B) a strategy for validating the achieve-
ment of the performance described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(C) a description of how the State or 
local area will reallocate funds not paid to a 
provider because the achievement of the per-
formance described in subparagraph (A) did not 
occur, for further activities related to such a 
contract 
strategy, 
subject 
to 
section 
189(g)(2)(D).’’. 
(q) RAPID RESPONSE ACTIVITY.—Section 3(51) of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102(51)) is amended— 
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(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘, through a rapid response unit’’ after 
‘‘designated by a State’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, including 
access through individual training accounts for eligi-
ble dislocated workers under section 414(c) of the 
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3224a)’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (F); 
(5) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) assistance in identifying workers eli-
gible for assistance, including workers who work 
a majority of their time offsite or remotely;’’; 
(6) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by 
striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(7) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) the provision of business engagement 
or layoff aversion strategies and other activities 
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designed to prevent or minimize the duration of 
unemployment, such as— 
‘‘(i) connecting employers to short- 
term compensation or other programs de-
signed to prevent layoffs; 
‘‘(ii) conducting worker skill assess-
ment, and programs to match workers to 
different occupations; 
‘‘(iii) establishing incumbent worker 
training or other upskilling approaches, in-
cluding 
through 
incumbent 
worker 
upskilling accounts described in section 
134(d)(4)(E); 
‘‘(iv) facilitating business support ac-
tivities, such as connecting employers to 
programs that offer access to credit, finan-
cial support, and business consulting; and 
‘‘(v) partnering or contracting with 
business-focused organizations to assess 
risks to companies, and to propose, imple-
ment, and measure the impact of strategies 
and services to address such risks.’’. 
(r) SCHOOL DROPOUT.—Section 3(54) of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
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3102(54)) is amended by striking ‘‘secondary school di-
ploma’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high school diploma’’. 
(s) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—Section 3(59) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102(59)) is amended by striking ‘‘housing,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘assistive technology, housing, food assistance,’’. 
(t) NEW DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(72) CO-ENROLLMENT.—The term ‘co-enroll-
ment’ means simultaneous enrollment in more than 
one of the programs or activities carried out by a 
one-stop partner specified in section 121(b)(1)(B). 
‘‘(73) DIGITAL
LITERACY
SKILLS.—The term 
‘digital literacy skills’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 203. 
‘‘(74) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘evidence- 
based’, when used with respect to an activity, serv-
ice, strategy, or intervention, or content of materials, 
means an activity, service, strategy, or intervention, 
or content of materials that— 
‘‘(A) demonstrates a statistically signifi-
cant effect on improving participant outcomes 
or other relevant outcomes based on— 
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‘‘(i) strong evidence from at least 1 
well-designed and well-implemented experi-
mental study; 
‘‘(ii) moderate evidence from at least 
well-designed 
and 
well-implemented 
quasi-experimental study; or 
‘‘(iii) promising evidence from at least 
1 well-designed and well-implemented cor-
relational study with statistical controls for 
selection bias; or 
‘‘(B)(i) demonstrates a rationale based on 
high-quality research findings or positive eval-
uation that such activity, service, strategy, or 
intervention is likely to improve student out-
comes or other relevant outcomes; and 
‘‘(ii) includes ongoing efforts to examine 
the effects of such activity, service, strategy, or 
intervention. 
‘‘(75) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘labor 
organization’ means a labor organization, as defined 
in section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act 
(29 U.S.C. 152(5)), and an organization rep-
resenting public sector employees. 
‘‘(76) REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.—The 
term ‘regular high school diploma’ has the meaning 
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given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
‘‘(77) UNIVERSAL
DESIGN
FOR
LEARNING.— 
The term ‘universal design for learning’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 103 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 
‘‘(78) WORK-BASED
LEARNING.—The term 
‘work-based learning’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 
2302).’’. 
(u) REDESIGNATIONS.—Section 3 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is fur-
ther amended by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7), 
(8), (9), (14), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), 
(27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), (34), (35), (36), 
(37), (38), (39), (40), (41), (42), (43), (44), (45), (46), 
(47), (48), (49), (50), (51), (52), (53), (54), (55), (56), 
(57), (58), (59), (60), (61), (62), (63), (64), (65), (66), 
(67), (68), (69), (70), (71), (72), (73), (74), (75), (76), 
(77), and (78), as paragraphs (24), (5), (6), (7), (8), (19), 
(20), (21), (22), (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), 
(32), (34), (36), (37), (38), (39), (40), (41), (42), (33), 
(43), (44), (45), (46), (47), (48), (50), (49), (51), (52), 
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(53), (54), (55), (56), (57), (59), (60), (61), (62), (63), 
(64), (65), (66), (67), (69), (70), (72), (73), (74), (75), 
(76), (77), (78), (9), (14), (23), (35), (58), (68), and (71), 
respectively. 
SEC. 103. TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS. 
The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the item relating to section 
172 as section 175; 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 171, the following: 
‘‘Sec. 172. Reentry employment opportunities. 
‘‘Sec. 173. Youth apprenticeship readiness grant program. 
‘‘Sec. 174. Strengthening community colleges workforce development grants 
program.’’; and 
(3) by striking the item relating to section 190 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 190. State flexibility pilot authority.’’. 
Subtitle B—System Alignment 
CHAPTER 1—STATE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 111. STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD. 
Section 101 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(ii)(IV), by striking 
‘‘out-of-school youth’’ and inserting ‘‘opportunity 
youth’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
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(A) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘low- 
skilled adults’’ and inserting ‘‘adults with 
foundational skill needs’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting after 
‘‘including strategies’’ the following: ‘‘(such as 
the principles of universal design for learning)’’. 
SEC. 112. UNIFIED STATE PLAN. 
Section 102 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(C) through (E) as subparagraphs (D) 
through (F), respectively; 
(ii) by inserting the following after 
subparagraph (B): 
‘‘(C) a description of— 
‘‘(i) how the State will use real-time 
labor market information to continually as-
sess the economic conditions and workforce 
trends described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B); and 
‘‘(ii) how the State will communicate 
changes in such conditions or trends to the 
workforce system in the State;’’; 
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(iii) in subparagraph (D), as so redes-
ignated, by inserting ‘‘the extent to which 
such activities are evidence-based,’’ after 
‘‘of such activities,’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (E), as so redes-
ignated— 
(I) by striking ‘‘and for meeting 
the skilled workforce needs of employ-
ers’’ and inserting ‘‘and for preparing 
workers to meet the skilled workforce 
needs of employers and to enter and 
remain in unsubsidized employment’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(v) in subparagraph (F), as so redes-
ignated, by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(vi) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(G) a description of any activities the 
State is conducting to expand economic oppor-
tunity for individuals and reduce barriers to 
labor market entry by— 
‘‘(i) developing, in cooperation with 
employers, education and training pro-
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viders, and other stakeholders, statewide 
skills-based initiatives that promote the use 
of demonstrated skills and competencies as 
an alternative to the exclusive use of de-
gree attainment as a requirement for em-
ployment or advancement in a career; and 
‘‘(ii) evaluating the existing occupa-
tional licensing policies in the State and 
identifying potential changes to recommend 
to the appropriate State entity to— 
‘‘(I) remove or streamline licens-
ing requirements, as appropriate; and 
‘‘(II) improve the reciprocity of 
licensing, including through partici-
pating in interstate licensing com-
pacts; 
‘‘(H) an analysis of the opportunity youth 
population in the State, including the estimated 
number of opportunity youth and any gaps in 
services provided to such population by other 
existing workforce development activities, as 
identified under subparagraph (D); 
‘‘(I) a description of the availability of ap-
prenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs 
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in the State and the providers of such pro-
grams, including any that serve youth; and 
‘‘(J) a description of any strategies the 
State will use to prioritize the funding of evi-
dence-based programs through the funds avail-
able for statewide workforce development activi-
ties described in section 128(a).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘including a description’’ and inserting 
‘‘which may include a description’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in clause (ii)(I), by inserting 
‘‘utilizing a continuous quality im-
provement approach,’’ after ‘‘year,’’; 
and 
(II) in clause (viii), by striking 
‘‘necessary for effective State oper-
ating systems and policies’’ and in-
serting ‘‘useful to States to be in-
cluded in the State plan, on an op-
tional basis’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D)(i)— 
(I) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘any’’; and 
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