H.R.4297 - Adult Education and Family Literacy Education Act

To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st Century. view all titles (4)

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  • Short: Adult Education and Family Literacy Education Act as reported to house.
  • Short: Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 as reported to house.
  • Official: To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st Century. as introduced.
  • Short: Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 as introduced.

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Virginia Foxx

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3/29/2012--Introduced.Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, ad
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3/29/2012--Introduced.Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for:
(1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and
(2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs. Revises requirements to:
(1) eliminate members of the state legislature and representatives of labor organizations from state workforce investment boards, and
(2) specify that representatives of business on a board represent large and small businesses with immediate and long-term employment opportunities in in-demand industries and other occupations important to the state economy. Requires a state board to assist the state governor by developing:
(1) policies and programs that support a comprehensive statewide workforce development system, and
(2) a statewide workforce and labor market information system. Revises requirements for:
(1) a state workforce development plan;
(2) local workforce investment areas, boards, and plans;
(3) one-stop delivery systems; and
(4) the allotment of federal funds among states for employment and training activities. Eliminates specific funding for adult and dislocated worker employment and training. Specifies state use of federal funds to set up a Workforce Investment Fund. Revises requirements for:
(1) within state allocations of funds; and
(2) the use of funds for state and local employment and training activities, including statewide rapid response, youth challenge grants, and adults with barriers to employment grants. Converts the national emergency grants program into a national dislocated worker grants program. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award national dislocated worker grants to spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces or full-time duty members of the National Guard (or members who recently separated from such duties) and are in need of employment and training assistance to obtain or retain employment. Requires the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor to be the principal agency to administer WIA title I workforce investment systems for job training and employment services and title III (Job Corps). Revises requirements for the state unified plan for adult education and literacy programs. Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to eliminate the U.S. Employment Service. Replaces the nationwide employment statistics system, which the Secretary is required to oversee, with a nationwide workforce and labor market information system. Repeals the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970 and specified other laws. Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require employment and training services to eligible members of households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program be provided through the statewide workforce development system, including the One-Stop delivery system. Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA73) to:
(1) redesignate the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration the Director, and
(2) require an eligible state to use a certain percentage of the federal share of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services to award grants to create practical job and career readiness and training programs and provide job placements and career advancement. Repeals the authority of the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the Department of Education to make grants and contracts for:
(1) vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers;
(2) recreational programs for such individuals; and
(3) in-service training of vocational rehabilitation personnel. Repeals title VI (Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities) of the RA73. Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for vocational rehabilitation services under the RA73.

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Organizations Supporting H.R.4297

  • Women Construction Owners & Executives

Organizations Opposing H.R.4297

  • Coalition on Human Needs
  • AFL-CIO
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
  • International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
  • United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union
  • American Federation of Teachers
  • ...and 51 more. See all.
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