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WIA Reauthorization Recommendations [and] Side-by-SideComparison of Title I Provisions in Recent WIA ReauthorizationProposals (June 25, 2003 Update).Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, DC.2003-00-0038p.

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*Reauthorization Legislation; *Workforce Investment Act 1998

This publication on reauthorization recommendations for theWorkforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) comprises three documents. The firstis a short summary of reauthorization recommendations for Title I and II.Title I recommendations are to eliminate sequential eligibility; promotegreater access to training; improve adjustment of performance measures;require that performance measures take into account job quality and bettercapture earnings changes; address needs of those with limited English skills;encourage programs to combine adult education, English as a second language(ESL), and job training services; promote informed consumer choice bycreating a process for fixing problems with the provider certificationsystem; and clarify how WIA should take into account federal student aidreceived. Title II recommendations are to improve effectiveness of servicesby focusing funds on high quality programs; address needs of those withlimited English skills; encourage programs to combine adult education, ESL,and job training services; and strengthen links to postsecondary educationand job training. The second document, written by Nisha Patel and JulieStrawn, is a discussion of the rationale for each recommendation. The thirddocument, written by Nisha Patel and Mark Greenberg, is a summary and side-by-side comparison of Title I provisions in current law and these WIAreauthorization proposals: eight-page plan released by the BushAdministration in February 2003 and the bill (H.R. 1261) passed on May 8,2003. (YLB)

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WIA REAUTHORIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS

By Nisha Patel and Julie Strawn

The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) substantially altered the federally funded system for jobtraining and other employment-related services. Federal policy for these services is set out in Tide I ofWIA, which requires that each of nearly 600 local workforce areas develop and administer a one-stopdelivery system with a broad array of employment and training services available to job seekers andemployers. In addition, Congress folded into WIA the existing Adult Education and Family Literacy Act(AEFLA), as Tide II of the law. AEFLA, or WIA Tide II, is a federal program to assist undereducated orlimited English proficient adults or out-of-school youth in improving their skills. Congress is scheduled toreauthorize both titles by September 30, 2003; What follows is a short summary of reauthorizationrecommendations for both Tide I and II and a separate document that includes a discussion of therationale for each recommendation.

SUMMARY OF WIA TITLE I AND TITLE II RECOMMENDATIONS

TITLE I

1. ELIMINATE SEQUENTIAL ELIGIBILITY.> Eliminate sequential eligibility and allow individuals to receive intensive and training services in any

sequence determined appropriate by assessment in order to meet employment and earnings goalsestablished in conjunction with the one-stop operator or partner.

2. PROMOTE GREATER ACCESS TO TRAINING.> Require that states and local areas spend a minimum percentage of adult and dislocated worker funds

on training services.> Require that states and local areas that fail to meet the expenditure requirement receive the same

penalties for noncompliance that apply for failing to meet adjusted performance measures undercurrent law.

> Require that in order to receive \VIA incentive funds, states and local areas must spend at least theminimum percentage of funds on training.

> In their quarterly financial reports and annual reports, require that states report to the Department ofLabor, and that local areas report to states, on the amount of adult and dislocated worker funds spenton each category of services (core, intensive, training).

3. IMPROVE ADJUSTMENT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES.> Adjust performance measures to take into account local conditions and characteristics of participants at

intake, including: lack of high school diploma or GED; limited employment history; physical and

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mental health problems (including documented disabilities); low basic skills; limited English proficiency;and local labor market conditions.

> To the extent that expected levels are adjusted to take into account populations with barriers toemployment, states and local areas should be held accountable for serving these populations.

4. REQUIRE THAT PERFORMANCE MEASURES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT JOB QUALITY ANDBETTER CAPTURE EARNINGS CHANGES.> Add a measure requiring documentation of wages at placement, as well as availability of employer-

sponsored health care and vacation/sick leave benefits.> Revise the earnings change measure to capture earnings changes 12 months after the program (as

compared to preprogram earnings).

5. ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH SKILLS.> State plans currently must describe how the state will meet the service needs of special populations.

Limited English proficient individuals should be added to the list of special populations.> Include assessment of English proficiency as part of core services.> Add ESL to the list of activities that can be provided in conjunction with other training activities for

adults.> Collect consistent data across key federal programs on adults with limited English skills. Data should

include the country participants were born in (nativity), when they arrived in the U.S., years ofeducation in the native country, and some measure of English language ability (ideally a test score, butat least the same self-reported data used by the Census Bureau).

6. ENCOURAGE PROGRAMS TO COMBINE ADULT EDUCATION ESL, AND JOB TRAININGSERVICES.> Allow programs that combine job training, ESL and adult education, and receive both Title I and Title

II funding under WIA, to be accountable for just one set of performance measures, with the programallowed to choose to use either those of Title I or Title II as is appropriate to their program design.

> Explicitly allow national research and demonstration funds to be used to create or expand, andevaluate, employment programs for individuals with low skills and/or limited English proficiency thatcombine job training, ESL and/or literacy services.

> Explicitly allow state reserve funds to be used for grants to create or expand combined adult education,ESL, and/or job training services.

> In performance measures for the adult funding stream, count English proficiency and literacy gains, aswell as credential attainment, when coupled with job placement.

7. PROMOTE INFORMED CONSUMER CHOICE BY CREATING A PROCESS FOR FIXINGPROBLEMS WITH THE PROVIDER CERTIFICATION SYSTEM.> Suspend the provider certification requirement temporarily. Create a task force of states and federal

government to meet and make a set of regulatory and legislative recommendations to Congress toensure that certification can be carried out at little or no cost to providers and in a uniform manner.Recommendations must be presented to Congress by 2006, and only when changes have been enactedand implemented would certification become effective again.

8. CLARIFY HOW WIA SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FEDERAL STUDENT AID RECEIVED.> Allow one-stops to consider whether someone has received a Pell grant in approving them for WIA-

funded qaining, but in determining whether WIA should supplement the Pell grant, consider the extent

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of unmet need using the definition of the cost of attendance in the Higher Education Act (whichincludes tuition and fees, books, supplies, dependent care, and living expenses).

TITLE II

1. IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICES BY FOCUSING FUNDS ON HIGH-QUALITYPROGRAMS.> Shorten and focus the criteria by which states award grants to local service providers so that priority is

given to programs that provide a substantial number of hours of instruction to participants, have a highpercentage of full-time teachers, and have clearly defined pathways to employment, job training, andpostsecondary education (such as bridge programs customized to job training opportunities andarticulation agreements with college developmental education programs). Priority should also be givento programs whose teaching practices and curricula reflect scientific research on how adults learn andreflect the goals (often related to work or to family) of the students.

2. ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH SKILLS.> Include increasing English proficiency among the explicit purposes of adult education funding.> Include limited English proficient individuals in the formula for distributing adult education funding to

the states.> Require that the federal peer review process for state plans include ESL experts on the peer review

panel.> Collect consistent data across key federal programs on adults with limited English skills. Data should

include the country participants were born in (nativity), years of education in the native country, whenthey arrived in the U.S., and some measure of English language ability (ideally a test score, but at leastthe sanie self-reported data used by the Census Bureau).

3. ENCOURAGE PROGRAMS TO COMBINE ADULT EDUCATION, ESL, AND JOB TRAININGSERVICES.> Add vocational adult education and vocational ESL to the list of categories for required local activities.> Allow programs that combine job training, ESL, and adult education, and receive both Title I and Title

II funding under WLA, to be accountable for just one set of performance measures, with the programallowed to choose to use either those of Title I or Title II as is appropriate to their program design.

> Use national leadership funds to create or expand and evaluate programs that combine basic skillsand/or ESL, and job training services for individuals with limited English proficiency.

> Require states to report the number of combined job training and adult education/ESL programsfunded under Title II.

4. STRENGTHEN LINKS TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING.> Add as a purpose of the title "increase skills needed for access to, and success in, specific postsecondary

education and job training opportunities by adults with low skills and/or limited English."> Require state plans to include a description of how, on a regional basis, adult education will prepare

people with limited English skills and/or low basic skills (with or without high school diplomas) toenter job training and other postsecondary education, including bridge programs customized to jobtraining opportunities and articulation with college developmental education programs.

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> Make explicit that entities other than the state education agency, such as those responsible forcommunity and technical colleges or for workforce development, are eligible to administer adulteducation.

> Require states to conduct a legislative review periodically of which state agencyamong thoseadministering K-12 education, community or technical colleges, or workforce investment activitiesisbest suited given its mission and capacity to also administer adult education, with a view towardimproving links and transitions to job training and other postsecondary education.

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WIA REAUTHORIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS

TITLE I

1. ELIMINATE SEQUENTIAL ELIGIBILITY.

Recommendation:> Eliminate sequential eligibility and allow individuals to receive intensive and training services in

any sequence determined appropriate by assessment in order to meet employment and earningsgoals established in conjunction with the one-stop operator or partner.

Background: The sequential eligibility requirements under current law unduly restrict the flexibilityof local boards and one-stop centers to provide the most appropriate services to customers on atimely basis. To the extent resources for intensive and training services are insufficient to serveevery eligible individual, local boards can and should be relied upon to make priority decisionsconsistent with other provisions of WIA, and their local needs. Sequential eligibility rules havecaused confusion in the field, and delays and denials of services to those who could benefit fromthem. Further, sequential eligibility rules send the message that intensive and training servicesshould be reserved for individuals who truly cannot find employment on their own. Thisinterpretation would preclude in most cases the use of WIA training to help low-wage workers,whether between jobs or currently employed, advance to better jobs. This was surely not theCongressional intent in creating WIA. As the Bush Administration has proposed, sequentialeligibility should be eliminated.

2. PROMOTE GREATER ACCESS TO TRAINING.

Recommendations:> Require that states and local areas spend a minimum percentage of adult and dislocated worker

funds on training services.> Require that states and local areas that fail to meet the expenditure requirement receive the same

penalties for noncompliance that apply for failing to meet adjusted performance measures undercurrent law.

> Require that in order to receive WIA incentive funds, states and local areas must spend at leastthe minimum percentage of funds on training.

> In their quarterly financial reports and annual reports, require that states report to theDepartment of Labor, and that local areas report to states, on the amount of adult and dislocatedworker funds spent on each category of services (core, intensive, training).

Background: The number of adults and dislocated workers who received training in the initial yearof WIA fell by 73 percent as compared to the number who received training during the final year of

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JTPA.1 Many local areas report a lack of adequate funding for Individual Training Accounts (ITAs)as a key factor in this decline. Under current law, there is no dedicated funding for WIA adult anddislocated worker training. Creating a "floor" for the share of WIA funds to be spent on trainingwould help ensure that WIA remains primarily a skill development program, as Congress intended,and does not simply duplicate the labor exchange functions of other programs, such as Wagner-Peyser. The experience of Florida with such a policy shows it can be workable: Florida requires that50 percent of adult and dislocated worker funds be spent on ITAs, and state agency staff haveindicated they believe the policy has led to a greater number of individuals receiving access totraining.

In addition, states are not required to report to the Department of Labor on the amount of WIAfunds spent on training versus core and intensive services. As a result, stakeholders and taxpayersdo not have access to national data on the amount of WIA funds spent on training; only three statesincluded information on the share of funds spent on training in their 2001 WIA annual reports.

3. IMPROVE ADJUSTMENT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

Recommendation:> Adjust performance measures to take into account local conditions and characteristics of

participants at intake, including:o Lack Of high school diploma or GED;o Limited employment history;o Physical and mental health problems, including documented disabilities;o Low basic skills;o Limited English proficiency; and,o Local labor market conditions.

> To the extent that expected levels are adjusted to take into account populations with barriers toemployment, states and local areas should be held accountable for serving these populations.

Background: Many stakeholders have raised concerns that the current system of negotiatingperformance levels, which was intended to allow the adjustment of expected levels, has not workedwell. According to the GAO, performance measures are driving local staff to be reluctant toprovide WIA-funded services to job seekers who may be less likely to find employment orexperience earnings increases when placed in a job.' As both the Bush Administration and H.R.1261 propose, stronger language is needed on the economic conditions and participantcharacteristics that should be taken into account when setting expected levels of performance. Anobjective methodology should be developed to adjust expected performance levels in a manner thatis fair and consistent among all states and localities.

4. REQUIRE THAT PERFORMANCE MEASURES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT JOB QUALITYAND BETTER CAPTURE EARNINGS CHANGES.

Recommendations:> Add a measure requiring documentation of wages at placement, as well as availability of

employer-sponsored health care and vacation/sick leave benefits.

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> Revise the earnings change measure to capture earnings changes 12 months after the program (ascompared to preprogram earnings).

Background: If WIA is to achieve its stated purpose to "improve the quality of the workforce,reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the Nation," it isvital that the system be held accountable for the quality of jobs obtained by those who benefit fromWIA-funded services. Research suggests that helping low-income adults obtain higher quality jobsthan they would find on their own can lead to better job retention and larger long-term wagegrowth. While current performance measures for adults and dislocated workers captureemployment placements, they fail to capture the quality of jobs in which participants are placed.Adding wages at placement and availability of employer-provided benefits would remedy this. Inaddition, research has shown that long-term follow-up is needed to see earnings gains for those inskill development programs.' The current six months is too short a period for such earnings gainsto become apparent.

5. ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH SKILLS.

Recommendations:> State plans currently must describe how the state will meet the service needs of special

populations. Limited English proficient individuals should be added to the list of specialpopulations.

> Include assessment of English proficiency as part of core services.> Add ESL to the list of activities that can be provided in conjunction with other training activities

for adults.> Collect consistent data across key federal programs on adults with limited English skills. Data

should include the country participants were born in (nativity), years of education in the nativecountry, when they arrived in the U.S., and some measure of English language ability (ideally atest score, but a.t least the same self-reported data used by the Census Bureau).

Background: The Census Bureau estimates that over 13 million legal immigrants arrived between1990 and 2000, with about 58 percent arriving between 1995 and 2000.4 In addition, the number ofimmigrants in our workforce has grown dramatically over the past decadeaccounting for nearlyhalf of all workforce growthand will continue to grow, with immigrants expected to account forall of the growth in the prime-aged workforce (age 25-54) between now and 2020.5 Yet there islittle recognition of the importance of ESL services in the WIA legislation. Changes are needed tobring the law up to date with current needs.

6. ENCOURAGE PROGRAMS TO COMBINE ADULT EDUCATION, ESL, AND JOBTRAINING SERVICES.

Recommendations:> Allow programs that combine job training, ESL, and adult education, and receive both Title I and

Title II funding under WIA, to be accountable for just one set of performance measures, with theprogram allowed to choose to use either those of Title I or Title II, as is appropriate to theirprogram design.

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> Explicitly allow national research and demonstration funds to be used to create or expand, andevaluate, employment programs for individuals with low skills and/or limited English proficiencythat combine job training, ESL and/or literacy services.

> Explicitly allow state reserve funds to be used for grants to create or expand combined adulteducation, ESL, and/or job training services.

> In performance measures for the adult funding stream, count English proficiency and literacygains, as well as credential attainment, when coupled with job placement.

Background: Scientific research on adult education programs, conducted primarily in the contextof welfare reform evaluations, suggests that economic impacts (employment and earnings gains) arelarger when adult education is integrated with or closely connected to job training and otherpostsecondary education.' Yet few adult education programs currently combine adult education,ESL, and job training. Federal leadership could help create more of these programs so that adulteducation can become more effective for those whose primary goals are to find a job or move up toa better job.

7. PROMOTE INFORMED CONSUMER CHOICE BY CREATING A PROCESS FORFIXINGPROBLEMS WITH THE PROVIDER CERTIFICATION SYSTEM.

Recommendation:> Suspend the provider certification requirement temporarily. Create a task force of states and

federal government to meet and make regulatory and legislative recommendations to Congress toensure that certification can be carried out at little or no cost to providers and in a uniformmanner. Recommendations must be presented to Congress by 2006, and only when changeshave been enacted and implemented would certification become effective again.

Background: Current law requires that eligible training providers provide program-specificoutcome information for all program participants, if any of them are WIA customers. This includesprogram completion rates, the percentage that obtains employment, and the wages at employmentplacement. Monitoring the employment and earnings outcomes of participants for each eligibleprogram is critical to the successful use of ITAs under WIA, because it can allow customers to makeinformed choices about the training options available to them. Without that informationon theperformance of training programs, WIA customers could fall victim to ineffectiveor even fraudulentproviders, as did many students in the federal student aid programs in the 1980s.

Yet despite its importance, the provider certification system is currendy broken. The majority ofproviders appear to lack access to a cost-effective and timely means of tracking participantoutcomes. Many training providers, particularly the community colleges, assert that the reportingrequirements are costly and difficult to implement, especially relative to the small amount of trainingfunds many providers receive. Anecdotal evidence suggests that, far from promotingconsumerchoice in training, the certification system is currently having the opposite effect by drivingproviders out of the system. Federal leadership is needed to help states and localities work throughthe legal and logistical issues involved in creating the means for local training providers to track andreport outcome data easily and inexpensively, and in a consistent and timely manner, so that theseimportant reporting requirements do not deter training providers from serving WIA clients.

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8. CLARIFY HOW WIA SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FEDERAL STUDENT AIDRECEIVED.

Recommendation:> Allow one-stops to consider whether someone has received a Pell grant in approving them for

WIA-funded training, but in determining whether WIA should supplement the Pell grant,consider the extent of unmet need, using the definition of the cost of attendance in the HigherEducation Act (tuition and fees, books, supplies, dependent care, and living expenses).

Background: In part due to conflicting messages from the Department of Labor and theDepartment of Education, confusion has arisen about whether Pell grants or WIA-funded ITAsshould be the first source of funding considered in paying for education and training for individualswho are eligible to receive funding from both sources. This confusion should be resolved throughthe addition of clarifying language to the WIA statute to make it explicit that while one-stops canconsider whether someone has received a Pell grant in considering whether to award an ITA, adultshave other, substantial costs associated with participating in training beyond tuition and fees.

TITLE II

1. IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICES BY FOCUSING FUNDS ON HIGH-QUALITYPROGRAMS.

Recommendation:> Shorten and focus the criteria by which states award grants to local service providers so that

priority is given to programs that provide a substantial number of hours of instruction toparticipants, have a high percentage of full-time teachers, and have clearly defined pathways toemployment, job training, and postsecondary education (such as bridge programs customized tojob training opportunities and articulation agreements with college developmental educationprograms). Priority should also be given to programs whose teaching practices and curriculareflect scientific research on how adults learn and reflect the goals (often related to work or tofamily) of the students.

Background: Current law directs states to consider a dozen different factors in awarding grants tolocal adult education providers; H.R. 1261 would expand the list still further. Congress could send amuch clearer and stronger message to states and local providers about what it considers most criticalfor success in adult education by shortening this list to a small number of key programcharacteristics and directing states to give priority in funding accordingly. Hours of instruction areclearly central to success, as scientific research shows that many adult education students fail toobtain enough hours of instruction to make educational progress. Similarly, having full-timeteachers is a necessary prerequisite for providing more hours of instruction and also for staff andcurriculum development. Finally, as more scientific research on how adults learn becomes available,programs should be encouraged to base their teaching practices and curricula on it, taking intoaccount the goals that adult learners bring to their studies.

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2. ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH SKILLS.

Recommendations:D Include increasing English proficiency among the explicit purposes of adult education funding.D Include limited English proficient individuals in the formula for distributing adult education

funding to the states.> Require that the federal peer review process for state plans include ESL experts on the peer

review panel.> Collect consistent data across key federal programs on adults with limited English skills. Data

should include the country participants were born in (nativity), years of education in the nativecountry, when they arrived in the U.S., and some measure of English language ability (ideally atest score, but at least the same self-reported data used by the Census Bureau).

Background: The Census Bureau estimates that over 13 million legal immigrants arrived between1990 and 2000, with about 58 percent arriving between 1995 and 2000.7 In addition, the number ofimmigrants in our workforce has grown dramatically over the past decadeaccounting for nearlyhalf of all workforce growthand will continue to grow, with immigrants expected to account forall of the growth in the prime-aged workforce (age 25-54) between now and 2020.8 Not surprisingly,English language learners are the fastest growing segment of those served in adult education, andcurrent resources for language and job training services are dwarfed by the need. Yet there is littlerecognition of the importance of ESL services in the adult education legislation. Changes areneeded to bring the law up to date with current needs.

3. ENCOURAGE PROGRAMS TO COMBINE ADULT EDUCATION, ESL, AND JOBTRAINING SERVICES.

Recommendations:> Add vocational adult education and ESL to the list of categories for required local activities.> Allow programs that combine job training, ESL and adult education, and receive both Tide I and

Tide II funding under WIA, to be accountable for just one set of performance measures, with theprogram allowed to choose to use either those of Tide I or Tide II as is appropriate to theirprogram design.

> Use national leadership funds to create or expand and evaluate programs that combine basicskills and/or ESL, and job training services for individuals with limited English proficiency.

> Require states to report the number of combined job training and adult education/ESL programsfunded under Tide II.

Background: Scientific research on adult education programs, conducted primarily in the contextof welfare reform evaluations, suggests that economic impacts (employment and earnings gains) arelarger when adult education is integrated with or closely connected to job training and otherpostsecondary education.9 Yet few adult education programs currently combine adult education,ESL, and job training. Federal leadership could help create more of these programs so that adulteducation can become more effective for those whose primary goals are to find a job or move up toa better job.

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4. STRENGTHEN LINKS TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING.

Recommendations:> Add as a purpose of the title "increase skills needed for access to, and success in, specific

postsecondary education and job training opportunities by adults with low skills and/or limitedEnglish."

> Require state plans to include a description of how, on a regional basis, adult education willprepare people with limited English skills and/or low basic skills (with or without high schooldiplomas) to enter job training and other postsecondary education, including bridge programscustomized to job training opportunities and articulation with college developmental educationprograms.

> Make explicit that entities other than the state education agency, such as those responsible forcommunity and technical colleges or for workforce development, are eligible to administer adulteducation.

> Require states to conduct a legislative review periodically of which state agencyamong thoseadministering K-12 education, community or technical colleges, or workforce investmentactivitiesis best suited given its mission and capacity to also administer adult education, with aview toward improving links and transitions to job training and other postsecondary education.

Background: Scientific research from welfare-to-work evaluations shows that the biggesteconomic impacts for adult education participants (employment and earnings gains) are for thosewho go on to job training or other postsecondary education. Yet many adult education programslack clear pathways that articulate the content and credentials of their programs to job training andpostsecondary education opportunities in the community. Encouraging regional planning to createsuch pathways would help more adults make these transitions, encourage more collaborationbetween adult education, job training, and postsecondary education, and make the links betweenadult education and college developmental education programs more coherent.

I See Frank, A., et al. (2003). The Workforce Investment Act: A First Look at Participation, Demographics, andServices. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.2 U.S. General Accounting Office. (June 18, 2003). GAO-03-884T. Workforce Investment Act: Exemplary One-Stops Devised Strategies to Strengthen Services, but Challenges Remain for Reauthorization. Washington, DC:Author.3 Saulcy, S. et al. (2003). Connecting Business and the Wyoming Community College System: A Study ofEmployment Outcomes of 2001 Graduates from Wyoming Community Colleges. Casper, WY: Wyoming Departmentof Employment, Research, and Planning; Martinson, K., & Strawn, J. (2003). Built to Last: Why Skills Matter forLong-Run Success in Welfare Reform. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.4 CLASP calculations from U.S. Censlis Bureau. (2002). Retrieved from tables produced athttp://factfindcr.census.gov. Figures include the District of Columbia, but not Puerto Rico or other territories.5 Ellwood, D. (2002). "How We Got Here" in Grow Faster Together. Or Grow Slowly Apart. Washington, DC: TheAspen Institute.6 For a recent summary of this research, see Martinson, K., & Strawn, J. (2003) in Note 3 above.7 See Note 4 above.8 See Note 5 above.9 See Martinson, K., & Strawn, J. (2003) in Note 3 above.

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s, a

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at a

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for

elig

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s re

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men

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t WIA

fund

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stab

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tand

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e-fo

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terp

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ot in

clud

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ente

rs)

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pete

with

priv

ate

sect

or

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ter

for

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and

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rent

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Bus

h A

dmin

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atio

n's

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posa

lH

ouse

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261)

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yout

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nds

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evel

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rim

plem

ent e

duca

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icul

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r sc

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oym

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genc

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r sc

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pose

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ide

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kfor

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vest

men

t act

iviti

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thro

ugh

stat

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orce

inve

stm

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ms,

that

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empl

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n, a

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arni

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rtic

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ts, a

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s a

resu

lt, im

prov

e th

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ality

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he w

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uce

wel

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nhan

ce th

e pr

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tivity

and

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petit

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e N

atio

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sta

ting,

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lso

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vest

men

tac

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at p

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otes

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cho

ice

of p

artic

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ctiv

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par

ticip

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in d

ecis

ions

affe

ctin

g th

eir

part

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atio

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suc

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ate

and

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se a

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tern

ativ

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as a

sta

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est

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te b

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ess

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men

t, bu

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air

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till r

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r of

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ines

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mm

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nors

aut

horit

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ltern

ativ

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tity

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dfat

herin

g

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s th

at s

tate

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abili

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ency

dire

ctor

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opm

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genc

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f sta

te b

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oves

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men

t tha

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ntat

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r of

sta

te b

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s th

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perm

issi

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part

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man

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e go

vern

or, w

ould

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requ

ired

mem

bers

of t

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tate

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men

t and

trai

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pro

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stat

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ltern

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ouse

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vern

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quita

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men

t tha

t sta

te b

oard

rev

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kins

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over

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catio

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uire

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ate

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all i

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and

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w th

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sure

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prov

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mpl

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ent n

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d pa

rtic

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ts.

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licitl

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izes

sta

te b

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to h

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taff.

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te P

lans

Req

uire

s a

stat

e pl

an th

at o

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es a

5-y

ear

stra

tegy

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orce

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stm

ent s

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m.

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s sp

ecia

l pop

ulat

ions

for

whi

ch p

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mus

tsp

ecify

how

ser

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nee

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cipi

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of p

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ista

nce)

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divi

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rs w

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em

ploy

men

t (in

clud

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olde

r in

divi

dual

s an

din

divi

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ith d

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ilitie

s).

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uire

s 2-

year

pla

ns r

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r th

an 5

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abili

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ased

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ter

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h A

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alte

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side

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eliv

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n, if

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t to

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ns a

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at is

sub

mitt

edan

d ap

prov

ed in

lieu

of s

epar

ate

loca

l pla

ns.

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ter

for

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and

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ial P

olic

y7

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rent

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h A

dmin

istr

atio

n's

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posa

lH

ouse

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.R. 1

261)

regi

onal

ince

ntiv

e gr

ants

to d

esig

nate

d re

gion

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at m

eet o

r ex

ceed

reg

iona

l per

form

ance

mea

sure

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l Boa

rdM

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ipan

d F

unct

ions

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bers

hip

mus

t inc

lude

rep

rese

ntat

ives

of:

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ines

sLo

cal e

duca

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ities

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r or

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ed o

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izat

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posa

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arie

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for

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kills

and

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diffe

renc

es in

eco

nom

ic c

ondi

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efin

es m

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llow

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cre

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diff

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mer

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djus

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leve

ls fo

r fo

urth

and

fifth

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rs s

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xten

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and

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stm

ent o

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inat

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ttain

ing

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vel

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sat

isfa

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des

that

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt e

cono

mic

cond

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hen

setti

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erfo

rman

cele

vels

incl

udes

con

side

ratio

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par

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rfor

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vels

are

set

; in

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ter

for

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and

Soc

ial P

olic

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rent

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Bus

h A

dmin

istr

atio

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posa

lH

ouse

Bill

(H

.R. 1

261)

addi

tion,

dis

abili

ty s

tatu

s of

par

ticip

ants

will

be

cons

ider

ed.

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cal a

rea

subj

ect t

o a

reor

gani

zatio

n pl

anfo

r fa

iling

to m

eet p

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rman

ce le

vels

for

2co

nsec

utiv

e ye

ars,

may

app

eal t

o th

e go

vern

orto

res

cind

or

revi

se th

e pl

an w

ithin

30

days

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tice.

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in 3

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cisi

on o

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gov

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tate

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lang

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ates

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acco

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atio

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stem

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at u

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arte

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ages

rec

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and

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ere

to F

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catio

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ight

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ight

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ppea

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reta

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fter

unsu

cces

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app

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o go

vern

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l are

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mee

t per

form

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ay a

war

d gr

ants

to s

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rex

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on

mea

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eter

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gran

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as fo

r ex

empl

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mea

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and

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ortin

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rem

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and

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ake

acce

ssib

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epor

ts w

ith in

form

atio

nre

gard

ing

prog

ram

s an

d ac

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d ou

tpe

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t add

ress

.

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evan

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phic

cha

ract

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city

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age

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d ot

her

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rmat

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ngth

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for

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cem

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nnua

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orts

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um, m

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info

rmat

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on p

artic

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elat

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. Ent

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to e

mpl

oym

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te A

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uire

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rfor

man

cein

dica

tors

to in

clud

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ved

only

sel

f-se

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d in

form

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ctiv

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t em

ploy

men

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sta

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in p

repa

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rts

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sist

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Cen

ter

for

Law

and

Soc

ial P

olic

y22

Cur

rent

Law

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h A

dmin

istr

atio

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posa

lH

ouse

Bill

(H

.R. 1

261)

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ouse

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.R. 1

261)

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