20 CFR § 683.235 - May Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act title I funds be spent for construction?

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title: "20 CFR § 683.235 - May Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act title I funds be spent for construction?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "683.235"
section_name: "May Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act title I funds be spent for construction?"
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Secs. 102, 116, 121, 127, 128, 132, 133, 147, 167, 169, 171, 181, 185, 186, 189, 195, 503, Public Law 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 56410, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 683.235 May Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act title I funds be spent for construction?

WIOA title I funds must not be spent on construction, purchase of facilities or buildings, or other capital expenditures for improvements to land or buildings, except with the prior written approval of the Secretary.