This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is intended to assist the public workforce and education systems—including State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), Local Workforce Development Boards (LWDBs), Career and Technical Education (CTE) directors, employers, and post-secondary education and training providers—in understanding the importance of high-quality industry-recognized credentials.

Consistent with Joint Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Final Rule requirements, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments) have determined it is appropriate and reasonable in Program Year (PY) 2025 for the:

• U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to assess performance for five performance indicators under WIOA Title I core programs and three performance indicators under the Employment Service (referred to as “WIOA Title III”) core program;
• U.S. Department of Education (ED) to assess performance for five performance indicators under the Vocational Rehabilitation (“WIOA Title IV”) core program;
• U.S. Department of Education (ED) to assess performance for four performance indicators under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (“WIOA Title II”) core program; and 
• Departments to delay assessing performance for the purpose of imposing sanctions for one performance indicator in the WIOA Title II core program to provide for the orderly transition from the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to those of WIOA, as permitted under section 503(a) of WIOA.

The Departments’ determinations, as will be described more fully herein, are consistent with the phased-in approach to performance assessments described in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 11-19, Change 2 issued on January 6, 2025.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce the publication of the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service Staffing Final Rule, which makes changes to the regulations regarding the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES). Additionally, this TEN provides information to states seeking to implement the flexibility provided in the Final Rule as part of their Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Unified or Combined State Plan.

To clarify English language proficiency requirements for Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training participants.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to provide states with information on the logistics details for the 2026 Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Paid Claims Peer Review, which will be conducted August 24, 2026, through August 28, 2026, in Fort Worth, TX.

To announce the availability of funding for travel costs associated with state Unemployment Insurance (UI) appellate staff attending the 2026 UI Appellate Professionals Training Conference scheduled to take place from June 8–12, 2026, in Spokane, Washington.

To announce the renewal of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) information collection with updated burden levels.

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) is using its discretion to temporarily not enforce certain requirements within the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) regulations.

To disseminate the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Career Technical and Adult Education’s (OCTAE’s) Program Memorandum 26-3 to the public workforce system. Memorandum 26-3 outlines practical strategies for states to support a unified talent development system that seamlessly connects secondary education, postsecondary education, workforce training, and employment, by aligning activities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, reauthorized as the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V).

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce the cancellation of several Training and Employment Guidance Letters (TEGLs) and TENs.