Washington Update

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Washington Update

• Legislation
• Policy and Regulatory Issues

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National Association of State Workforce Board
Chairs

• Annual Meeting - August 21-24, 2004
• Denver, Colorado
• Washington-NGA Update
• Martin Simon, NGA Center

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Pending Legislation

• Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
• Personal Reemployment Accounts (PRAs)
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
• Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical
  Education Act
• FY 2005 Appropriations

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WIA Reauthorization

• Five-year authorization up this month No
  Extension required for program to continue
• Reauthorization legislation passed both House and
  Senate in 2003 with major differences
• House named conferees to a WIA Conference
  Committee in June Senate not likely to

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Personal Reemployment Accounts

• In June House passed PRA bill along party lines
• Senate action on a separate bill unlikely

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TANF Reauthorization

• February 2003 - House passed its version of TANF
  reauthorization by a largely party-line vote
• In September 2004 - Senate Finance Committee
  marked up its version of reauthorization
  legislation - it did not make it to the Senate
  floor
• March 2004 Failed attempt in Senate to amend
  bill to add 6 billion for child care
• 7th Extension approved in June Longer-term
  extension likely

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Carl Perkins Reauthorization

• July 2004 House Education and Workforce
  Committee approved bill
• - requires states to impose new academic
  standards and accountability measures
• - calls for states to ensure that courses are
  part of a coordinated curriculum
• - merges Perkins state grants with Tech-Prep
  program
• - includes advanced manufacturing as a career
  field to be covered under the bill

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Carl Perkins Reauthorization

• July 19, 2004 Senate introduced bill to
  reauthorize Perkins
• - Separates secondary and postsecondary
  performance measures
• - Maintains Tech-Prep as a separate program
• - Updates language in the law
• - Offers option of a unified plan between
  Tech- Prep and basic state grant
• - increases focus on career guidance and
  academic counseling

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FY 2005 Appropriations

• House Appropriation Committee approved 492.3
  billion for Labor-HHS-Education spending bill
• Slight increase for WIA programs (dislocated
  workers and youth)
• No funding for Administrations new initiatives
• Omnibus spending package likely

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Policy-Regulatory Issues

• EMILE (ETA Management Information and
  Longitudinal Evaluation) Reporting System
  Proposed
• Workforce Information (LMI) Core Products and
  Services Planning Guidance
• New National Emergency Grants (NEG) Priorities
  and Application Procedures

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NGA Update

• New Leadership
• New Chairs Initiative Redesigning the
  American High School
• New Employment Security System Policy
• Integrated Performance Information (IPI) System
  Project
• 2004-2005 Workforce Development Policy Forum week
  of January 9-15, 2005

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