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Congressional Research Service Reports
Job Training Programs: Reauthorization and Funding Issues
Date: January 3, 1983
Creator: Spar, Karen
Description: None
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Education: Federal Concerns
Date: April 12, 1988
Creator: Evans, Angela
Description: This issue brief analyzes six areas in which Federal policies to address the educational system's current needs are being fashioned (1) services for disadvantaged youth, (2) the financing of post-secondary education, ( 3 ) the level of Federal appropriations for education, ( 4 ) responses to adult illiteracy, (5) international economic competitiveness, and (6) the role of vocational education.
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Education Proposals in Trade Competitiveness Legislation
Date: May 4, 1988
Creator: Irwin, Paul M
Description: Improvement on America's competitive position in international trade is one of the major issues confronting the 100th Congress. Most legislative proposals have included provisions for increasing the funding levels for Federal education programs, expanding current programs, or authorizing new programs. The primary goal is to improve the productivity of the Nation's workers by raising the skill level of the workforce. Discussions about education's role i n addressing the competitiveness issue have included the contribution of education to productivity growth, comparisons of the educational achievement of American school children with that of their peers in other nations , the educational needs of illiterate adults , and the role of technology in education.
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The Job Training Partnership Act: Training Programs at a Glance
Date: February 19, 1998
Creator: Forman, Molly
Description: None
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The Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the 105th Congress
Date: May 14, 1998
Creator: Levine, Linda
Description: The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) was initiated in the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-188). It is a temporary measure intended to encourage for-profit employers to hire members of specifically designated groups thought to experience recurring problems in the labor market. This document describes the WOTC and identifies issues for members of the 105th Congress.
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Job Training Reform: Legislation in the 105th Congress
Date: May 15, 1998
Creator: Lordeman, Ann
Description: None
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Vocational Education: Legislation to Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
Date: May 18, 1998
Creator: Apling, Richard N
Description: None
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Job Training: Characteristics of Workforce Training Participants
Date: April 12, 2001
Creator: Lordeman, Ann
Description: None
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Welfare Reform: Competitive Grants in the Welfare-to-Work Grant Program
Date: November 8, 2001
Creator: Harper, Shannon
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Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA): Reauthorization of Title I Job Training Programs
Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Lordeman, Ann
Description: Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (P.L. 105-220), the country’s chief job training legislation, authorizes several job training programs, including Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker Activities; Job Corps; Youth Opportunity Grants; and programs for Native Americans, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and veterans. The funding authorization for WIA programs expires on September 30,2003. On March 6, 2003, the Administration released its proposal for reauthorization of the Title I programs. On March 27, 2003, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce approved H.R. 1261, as amended, the Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003. In addition to reauthorizing the Title I job training programs, the bill would also reauthorize the adult education and literacy programs and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This report focuses on provisions related to the Title I programs.
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