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GAO-15-764R 1 (2015-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaajgy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 September 23, 2015 The Honorable Lamar Alexander Chairman The Honorable Patty Murray Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable John P. Kline Chairman The Honorable Robert C. Bobby Scott Ranking Member Committee on Education and the Workforce United States House of Representatives Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Performance Reporting and Related Challenges In July 2014, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Pub. L. No. 113-128, brought changes to the programs that create a foundation for the nation's employment and job training system. WIOA requires that the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Education (Education) collaborate to implement a common performance accountability system for six core programs, which the agencies note is an historic opportunity to align definitions, streamline performance indicators, and integrate reporting across programs. These core programs, which DOL and Education administer through grants to state agencies, are: Title I Adult, Title I Dislocated Worker, Title I Youth, Wagner-Peyser Employment Services, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, and State Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR) programs.1 WIOA establishes six performance indicators on which states must report for the core programs, such as those related to employment status, earnings, and skills gains in education or training programs, starting in July 2016.2 This represents a noticeable change from the prior law, the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), under which performance indicators 1 DOL's Employment and Training Administration administers the Title I programs and Wagner-Peyser Employment Services and oversees their implementation, which is carried out by state workforce agencies and local workforce development boards or state grantees in the case of Wagner-Peyser. Education's Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education provides grants to states for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act program, which in turn are mostly distributed to local adult education providers such as community colleges, community-based organizations, and volunteer literacy organizations. Education's Rehabilitation Services Administration provides grants to states to administer the VR program. Many states have separate agencies serving blind or visually impaired individuals in addition to agencies that serve all other individuals with disabilities. In addition, states vary in terms of the organizational positioning of the program, with the program being housed in education, workforce, social service, disability program agencies, or elsewhere. 2 Pub. L. No. 113-128, §§ 116(b), 506(b), 128 Stat. 1425, 1471, 1703 (2014). For descriptions of each performance indicator and related exceptions, see Enclosure I. GAO-1 5-764R Job Training Performance Data Page 1

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