The sections below include links to the WIOA statute, laws, regulations, and current operational guidance. Click any for additional information.

 

WIOA Statute

WIOA Guidance

This list of guidance is non-exhaustive and applies only to ETA programs. ETA has published a number of documents to guide the operationalization of WIOA, with the most recent and popular listed below. Find the full library of guidance here.

  • Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 07-25
    • This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) outlines the priorities, modification requirements, submission process, and deadline for the required modification of the WIOA Unified and Combined State Plans (State Plans) for PY 2026 and PY 2027, in accordance with Sections 102 and 103 of WIOA.
  • Training and Employment Notice (TEN)10, 23, Change 1
    • The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce that the U.S. Department of Labor’s (Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) published a final rule, Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing, Delay of Merit Staffing Compliance Date (91 FR 2486, January 21, 2026), which delays by one year the date by which State grantees must comply with the regulatory requirements in the 2023 Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing Final Rule for States to use State merit staff to deliver services in the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES). The delay applies only to the State merit staffing requirement and does not modify other provisions adopted in the 2023 Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing Final Rule.
  • Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 05-25
    • To maximize innovation in the public workforce system and better serve job seekers and employers by providing state and local workforce development systems waiver opportunities, to promote flexibility within the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) formula funded programs, and to achieve the Administration’s vision for America’s workforce under Executive Order 14278 on Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future.
  • Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 09-22
    • Guidance and planning information to states, local workforce areas, and other recipients of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I youth formula funds on the activities associated with the implementation of WIOA
  • Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 08-19
    • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Training Provider Eligibility and State List of Eligible Training Providers (ETPs) and Programs
  • Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 19-16
    • Guidance on Services provided through the Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES), as amended by title III of WIOA, and for Implementation of the WIOA Final Rules
  • Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 21-16, Change 1
    • Third Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Youth Formula Program Guidance