Government Relations Report: Year-end Wrap Up
On December 18th, the President signed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016,” (HR 2029) which funds the entire federal government for all of fiscal year (FY) 2016. Passage of the bill followed...
View ArticleNew FAQ on One-Stop Infrastructure Costs Under WIOA
Yesterday the Departments of Labor and Education released a new FAQ on local funding agreements for one-stop infrastructure costs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Of...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: January-February 2016
January was relatively quiet. Congress was on recess for a good part of the month and was, in any event, basking in the glow of completing a Budget agreement, implementing that agreement in the...
View ArticleFinal WIOA Unified and Combined State Plan Requirements Released
Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor, in coordination with the U.S. Departments of Education, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture, released the final...
View ArticleUrge your Senators to Commit to Funding Adult Education in FY 2017
Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are circulating a letter calling for an increased federal investment in adult education in the Senate’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Labor, Health and...
View ArticleHow Workforce Can Partner with Adult Education
A recent episode of the Workforce Central podcast features an interview with Jeff Carter, the Executive Director of The National Council of State Directors of Adult Education. Jeff discusses the...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: February 2016
The elation that accompanied the signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act has been short-lived. That legislation reflected a new two-year agreement (Bipartisan Budget Act or BBA) between the...
View ArticleMarch on the Hill 2016
On March 16th, NCSDAE held it’s annual March on the Hill event, bringing eleven State Directors or their representatives to Washington D.C. to meet with Congressional staff about the importance of...
View ArticleWatch: Rep. Roybal-Allard Speaks Up for Adult Education at House...
The House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services Subcommittee held a hearing on March 22nd to review the FY 2017 budget request for the Department of Education. During the hearing, Rep....
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: March 2016
Funding for FY 2017 was supposed to be easy and noncontroversial. After all, at the end of last year, the Administration and the Congress agreed on a two-year budget and appropriations deal that...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: April 2016
Appropriations The Congress, when it is in session, is continuing to consider FY 2017 Appropriations bills. It appears that the House and Senate may consider the Labor-HHS Appropriations bill in late...
View ArticleOCTAE Releases Estimated AEFLA State Grant Awards for FY 2016
[UPDATED BELOW] The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education has released the estimated amounts each State will be awarded for FY 2016 under the formula...
View ArticleNew Dear Colleague Letter Clarifies Key Pell “Ability to Benefit” Definition
A new “Dear Colleague” letter released yesterday clarifies changes made by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 to the definition of an eligible career pathway program and Federal Pell Grant...
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State Directors Urge Congress to Increase Funding for Adult Education in FY 2017
In April, NCSDAE submitted testimony to the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies about the funding level for Adult Education in the Department of...
View ArticleUrge the Senate to Support Increase in Funding for Adult Education
The Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations sub-Committee has scheduled the mark up of its FY 2017 bill for June 7. Members of the Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations sub-Committee are listed...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: May-June 2016
FY 2017 Appropriations This week the Senate Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee marked up its bill for the coming year. The bill was premised on the Budget agreement reached last year...
View ArticleFinal WIOA Regulations Released
As expected, the final WIOA Regulations were released earlier today. All of the links below are available from the DOL/ETA Web site (https://www.doleta.gov/wioa/Final_Rules_Resources.cfm). Final Rules...
View ArticleWashington Update | July 1, 2016
House Labor HHS and Education Appropriations Bill The House Labor HHS and Education Appropriations Subcommittee just announced that they will be marking up their bill on Thursday, July 7, from 9-11am....
View ArticleWashington Update | July 6, 2016
The House Appropriations Committee today released their draft fiscal year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. Here is a link to...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: June-July 2016
Attention in Washington is increasingly focused on the Presidential campaigns and the November elections. Next week Congress adjourns for almost two months (July 18-September 5), for the conventions...
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