To rescind Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 10-23.

To convey additional Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) funding allotments and application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWA), based on funding appropriated through a second continuing resolution (CR#2) through March 14, 2025. The rest of Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 08-24 remains the same.

To provide guidance to states and other Employment and Training Administration (ETA) federal assistance award recipients and subrecipients on the limitation on salary and bonus payments that can be made using funds appropriated to ETA.

To clarify program eligibility for the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) authorized under Section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

This guidance supersedes Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 11-19, Change 1, published May 10, 2023, and rescinds TEGL 03-17 WIOA Annual Performance Report Submission, published September 12, 2017, developed jointly by the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments). Through this updated guidance, the Departments:

• Revise the negotiations process and requirements to incorporate changes made in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Effectiveness in Serving Employers Performance Indicator final rule (89 FR 13814 (Feb. 23, 2024)) (ESE final rule). This final rule, which took effect March 25, 2024, defines the Effectiveness in Serving Employers primary indicator of performance (ESE), as required by section 116(b)(2)(A)(i)(VI) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), as Retention with the Same Employer. The ESE final rule requires states to report the indicator as a shared indicator across the six WIOA core programs.
• Include requirements for the annual performance report submission requirements to encompass all requirements in TEGL 03-17.
• Clarify the standard for meeting requirements for submission of Eligible Training Provider results.
• Clarify the standard for meeting requirements for local area performance negotiations.

This guidance also continues to delineate the process for negotiating levels of performance, as required by section 116(b)(3)(A)(iv) of WIOA; the process for assessing state performance; and explains the two instances in which a state may be sanctioned (including the imposition of those sanctions), namely for performance failure or for failure to report (section 116(f) of WIOA).

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to publish final allocations for SCSEP National grantees for PY 2024 and provide the procedures for submitting Optional Special Requests and revised policies.

To inform the state and local workforce development system of the policies and priorities that govern the award and use of National Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) funds, pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title I, Section 170.

To convey the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 initial funding allotments for WOTC application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWA), based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution through December 20, 2024.  
 

To announce the availability of up to $925,200 for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Youth Grants.
 

To provide guidance to Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grant recipients and subrecipients on the implementation of OMB’s Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance, which goes into effect on October 1, 2024.  The final guidance revises several parts of 2 CFR subtitle A, “OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance” (formerly “OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements”).  This includes revisions to 2 CFR part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards “Uniform Guidance.”