Title 34, Part 463 — Adult Education and Family Literacy Act

What is the purpose of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act?

What regulations apply to the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act programs?

What definitions apply to the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act programs?

What is the process that the eligible agency must follow in awarding grants or contracts to eligible providers?

What processes must be in place to determine the extent to which a local application for grants or contracts to provide adult education and literacy services is aligned with a local plan under section 108 of WIOA?

What must be included in the eligible provider's application for a grant or contract?

Who is eligible to apply for a grant or contract for adult education and literacy activities?

How must an eligible provider establish that it has demonstrated effectiveness?

What are the requirements related to local administrative cost limits?

What activities are considered local administrative costs?

What are adult education and literacy programs, activities, and services?

What is an English language acquisition program?

How does a program that is intended to be an English language acquisition program meet the requirement that the program leads to attainment of a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent and transition to postsecondary education and training or leads to employment?

What are integrated English literacy and civics education services?

What are workforce preparation activities?

What is integrated education and training?

What are the required components of an integrated education and training program funded under title II?

How does a program providing integrated education and training under title II meet the requirement that the three required components be “integrated”?

How does a program providing integrated education and training under title II meet the requirement that the integrated education and training program be “for the purpose of educational and career advancement”?

What are programs for Corrections Education and the Education of other Institutionalized Individuals?

How does the eligible agency award funds to eligible providers under the program for Corrections Education and Education of other Institutionalized Individuals?

What is the priority for programs that receive funding through programs for Corrections Education and Education of other Institutionalized Individuals?

How may funds under programs for Corrections Education and Education of other Institutionalized Individuals be used to support transition to re-entry initiatives and other post-release services with the goal of reducing recidivism?

What is the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education program?

How does the Secretary make an award under the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education program?

How does the eligible agency award funds to eligible providers for the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education program?

What are the requirements for eligible providers that receive funding through the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education program?

How does an eligible provider that receives funds through the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education program meet the requirement to use funds for Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education in combination with integrated education and training activities?

Who is eligible to receive education services through the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education program?

What are the purposes of the Unified and Combined State Plans?

What are the general requirements for the Unified State Plan?

What are the program-specific requirements in the Unified State Plan for the adult, dislocated worker, and youth programs authorized under Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act title I?

What are the program-specific requirements in the Unified State Plan for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act program authorized under Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act title II?

What are the program-specific requirements in the Unified State Plan for the Employment Service program authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act title III?

What are the program-specific requirements in the Unified State Plan for the State Vocational Rehabilitation program authorized under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act title IV?

What is the development, submission, and approval process of the Unified State Plan?

What are the requirements for modification of the Unified State Plan?

What are the general requirements for submitting a Combined State Plan?

What is the development, submission, and approval process of the Combined State Plan?

What are the requirements for modifications of the Combined State Plan?

What definitions apply to Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act performance accountability provisions?

What are the primary indicators of performance under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?'

What information is required for State performance reports?

May a State establish additional indicators of performance?

How are State levels of performance for primary indicators established?

What responsibility do States have to use quarterly wage record information for performance accountability?

When is a State subject to a financial sanction under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

When are sanctions applied for a State's failure to submit an annual performance report?

When are sanctions applied for failure to achieve adjusted levels of performance?

What should States expect when a sanction is applied to the Governor's Reserve Allotment?

What other administrative actions will be applied to States' performance requirements?

What performance indicators apply to local areas and what information must be included in local area performance reports?

How are local performance levels established?

Under what circumstances are local areas eligible for State Incentive Grants?

Under what circumstances may a corrective action or sanction be applied to local areas for poor performance?

Under what circumstances may local areas appeal a reorganization plan?

What information is required for the eligible training provider performance reports?

What are the reporting requirements for individual records for core Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) title I programs; the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service program, as amended by WIOA title III; and the Vocational Rehabilitation program authorized under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by WIOA title IV?

What are the requirements for data validation of State annual performance reports?

What is the one-stop delivery system?

What is a comprehensive one-stop center and what must be provided there?

What is an affiliated site and what must be provided there?

Can a stand-alone Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service office be designated as an affiliated one-stop site?

Are there any requirements for networks of eligible one-stop partners or specialized centers?

Who are the required one-stop partners?

Is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families a required one-stop partner?

What other entities may serve as one-stop partners?

What entity serves as the one-stop partner for a particular program in the local area?

What are the roles and responsibilities of the required one-stop partners?

What are the applicable career services that must be provided through the one-stop delivery system by required one-stop partners?

What are career services?

What are the business services provided through the one-stop delivery system, and how are they provided?

When may a fee be charged for the business services in this subpart?

What is the Memorandum of Understanding for the one-stop delivery system and what must be included in the Memorandum of Understanding?

Is there a single Memorandum of Understanding for the local area, or must there be different Memoranda of Understanding between the Local Workforce Development Board and each partner?

How must the Memorandum of Understanding be negotiated?

Who may operate one-stop centers?

How is the one-stop operator selected?

When is the sole-source selection of one-stop operators appropriate, and how is it conducted?

May an entity currently serving as one-stop operator compete to be a one-stop operator under the procurement requirements of this subpart?

What is the one-stop operator's role?

Can a one-stop operator also be a service provider?

Can State merit staff still work in a one-stop center where the operator is not a governmental entity?

What is the compliance date of the provisions of this subpart?

What are the one-stop infrastructure costs?

What guidance must the Governor issue regarding one-stop infrastructure funding?

How are infrastructure costs funded?

How are one-stop infrastructure costs funded in the local funding mechanism?

What funds are used to pay for infrastructure costs in the local one-stop infrastructure funding mechanism?

What happens if consensus on infrastructure funding is not reached at the local level between the Local Workforce Development Board, chief elected officials, and one-stop partners?

What is the State one-stop infrastructure funding mechanism?

What are the steps to determine the amount to be paid under the State one-stop infrastructure funding mechanism?

How are infrastructure cost budgets for the one-stop centers in a local area determined in the State one-stop infrastructure funding mechanism?

How does the Governor establish a cost allocation methodology used to determine the one-stop partner programs' proportionate shares of infrastructure costs under the State one-stop infrastructure funding mechanism?

How are one-stop partner programs' proportionate shares of infrastructure costs determined under the State one-stop infrastructure funding mechanism?

How are statewide caps on the contributions for one-stop infrastructure funding determined in the State one-stop infrastructure funding mechanism?

What funds are used to pay for infrastructure costs in the State one-stop infrastructure funding mechanism?

What factors does the State Workforce Development Board use to develop the formula described in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which is used by the Governor to determine the appropriate one-stop infrastructure budget for each local area operating under the State infrastructure funding mechanism, if no reasonably implementable locally negotiated budget exists?

When and how can a one-stop partner appeal a one-stop infrastructure amount designated by the State under the State infrastructure funding mechanism?

What are the required elements regarding infrastructure funding that must be included in the one-stop Memorandum of Understanding?

How do one-stop partners jointly fund other shared costs under the Memorandum of Understanding?

How are one-stop centers and one-stop delivery systems certified for effectiveness, physical and programmatic accessibility, and continuous improvement?

What is the common identifier to be used by each one-stop delivery system?