20 CFR § 677.180 - When is a State subject to a financial sanction under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s677.180"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 677.180 - When is a State subject to a financial sanction under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "677.180"
section_name: "When is a State subject to a financial sanction under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?"
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "677"
part_name: "PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 116, 189, and 503 of Pub. L. 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 56002, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "677"
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# 677.180 When is a State subject to a financial sanction under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

A State will be subject to financial sanction under WIOA sec. 116(f) if it fails to:

(a) Submit the State annual performance report required under WIOA sec. 116(d)(2); or

(b) Meet adjusted levels of performance for the primary indicators of performance in accordance with sec. 116(f) of WIOA.