To provide guidance to the State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") for phasing out the amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 enacted by the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 (TGAAA or the 2009 Amendments). Because December 31, 2010 (the statutory deadline) is a Federal holiday, followed by Saturday, January 1, and Sunday January 2, petitions received on and before 11:59 PM EST, Monday, January 3, will be governed by the 2009 Amendments, and workers covered by those petitions may be eligible for the benefits and services provided by those Amendments. Petitions filed after that date and time will be governed under the prior law, and workers covered by those petitions may be eligible for the benefits and services provided under that prior law.

The purpose of this guidance is to identify actions that states can take to meet requirements for training providers, program eligibility, and the state ETP list in WIOA Section 122 and 20 CFR part 680. WIOA and its regulations established the allowable types of training, including both work-based and classroom instruction, with the goal of ensuring provider performance, job-driven training, informed consumer choice, continuous improvement, and cost-effective investment of public funds. This guidance replaces Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 41-14, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA or Opportunity Act) Title I Training Provider Eligibility Transition, and the subsequent TEGL 41-14, Change 1.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is fourfold. First, this TEGL officially reinforces the President’s goal that every American complete at least one year of postsecondary higher education or career training. Second, it announces the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) commitment to the Secretary of Labor’s High Priority Performance Goal to increase credential attainment by participants of the public workforce system. Third, this TEGL describes strategies that state and local workforce agencies, their strategic partners, and ETA discretionary grantees can adopt to both increase the rate of credential attainment among workforce program participants and improve the quality of those credentials. Fourth, it clarifies the reporting requirements for each of the programs included in the goal. Any additional requirements on state or local workforce agencies or discretionary grantees would be addressed in future guidance.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide information on:

•Options for states to have in place approved Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act (WIA/W-P) State Plans and waivers for Program Year (PY) 2011.
•When State Plan modifications and waiver requests are required.
•Potential future revisions to Stand-Alone and Unified Strategic State Planning Guidances.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2020 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit applications for funding.

To provide an update on technical assistance to states, territories, and outlying areas related to the requirements for submitting PYs 2020-2023 Unified and Combined State Plans under sections 102 and 103 of WIOA. The PYs 2020-2023 Unified and Combined State Plans will cover the four-year period from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2024.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 16-10 (issued December 15, 2010) provided guidance to the State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) for phasing out the amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 enacted by the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 (TGAAA or the 2009 Amendments). This Change 1 updates that guidance by explaining that the Omnibus Trade Act of 2010 (Omnibus Trade Act), enacted subsequent to TEGL No. 16-10 on December 29, 2010, provided a six-week statutory extension for the application of the 2009 Amendments.

To update guidance provided to the State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) to implement the regulatory requirement for states to adopt merit staffing by December 15, 2010, in consideration of the retroactive extension of the deadline by the Omnibus Trade Act of 2010 (Omnibus Trade Act).

Through this guidance, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (Departments) delineate the process for negotiating levels of performance, as required by section 116(b)(3)(A)(iv) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This guidance also provides explanation of the two instances in which a state may be sanctioned for performance failure or for failure to report (section 116(f) of WIOA). Section 116 of WIOA, its implementing regulations, and this guidance govern how the Departments will determine when it is necessary to sanction a state, which is statutorily required by WIOA.

To issue the revised Federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program