Workforce Investments Accountability Act
Sponsored By: Representative Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced
Summary
Tighten performance accountability and reporting under WIOA. This bill would tighten how States, local areas, and training providers measure and publish outcomes and would force more local funds to pay for direct training.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
State workforce funding penalties
If enacted, this bill would let the federal government cut some Governor-reserved workforce funds when States miss performance targets. A single indicator below 80% of its State-adjusted level could reduce a Governor's reservable share by 5% for the next program year. A continued average failure at 90% in a second consecutive year could reduce that share by 8%. Total cuts could not exceed 10% in one program year. Reduced funds would be returned to the Secretary of Labor and reallotted to eligible States.
Stronger workforce reporting and targets
If enacted, this bill would require the Labor and Education Secretaries to propose expected State performance levels and publish the statistical model. Proposals would follow a January 15 schedule tied to State plan timing. States could submit counterproposals, negotiate, and include proposals and agreed levels in their State plan. The bill would standardize templates and require provider-level reporting within 12 months, including a median earnings gain metric. Median earnings gain would be the median difference between earnings in the four quarters after exit and the four quarters before entering the program. States must use wage records for reporting, and local areas could access quarterly wage records only to meet reporting rules and if they follow privacy and cybersecurity requirements. The bill would change several indicator rules, add a new indicator for who received training (on-the-job training, employer-directed skills, incumbent worker training, or apprenticeships), and allow statistical models to adjust for foster care, school status, education level, highest grade completed, and low-income status when predictive.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
NC • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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