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S922119th CongressWALLET

A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to define the term evidence-based.

Sponsored By: Senator Banks, Jim [R-IN]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would add a clear, two-path definition of evidence-based for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs and require states to describe how they will prioritize funding for those programs.

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  • Program operators would face a two-path evidence test. Path A requires demonstrable, statistically significant effects from experimental, quasi-experimental, or controlled correlational studies while Path B allows a research-based rationale combined with ongoing evaluation.
  • Researchers and evaluators would get clearer criteria for what counts as acceptable evidence and how to design studies or evaluations to meet those standards.
  • Job seekers and participants could see federal and state funding shift toward programs that meet these evidence standards, which may change which services are available in workforce programs.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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New evidence rules for job training

This bill would add a legal definition of “evidence-based” for WIOA workforce activities. The term would apply whenever it is used for any activity, service, strategy, intervention, or materials. A program would qualify either by showing statistically significant effects in at least one well-designed experimental, quasi-experimental, or correlational study with controls, or by having a research-based rationale plus ongoing evaluation. States would also have to describe how they will prioritize funding for evidence-based programs using funds reserved under section 128(a). The bill would not itself appropriate new funds or set an effective date.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Banks, Jim [R-IN]

IN • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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