The Workforce Investment Act

Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is the federal Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. This legislation currently is undergoing reauthorization hearings in the U.S. Congress.

For information about the reauthorization from the adult education point of view, see: http://www.research.umbc.edu/~ira/WIAupdate.html.

For the labor perspective, go to: http://509seiu.com/wia03.htm.

To see what the state workforce agencies think of the reauthorization proposals visit: http://www.workforceatm.org/subject.cfm?results_sub_id=58.

To see the existing legislation, go to: http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/asp/act.asp for the whole act, or for Title II in a readable format try: http://doe.state.in.us/adulted/legis.html.