Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act - Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint (US Department of Education Regulation) (ED) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act - Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint (US Department of Education Regulation) (ED) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) (or, collectively, Departments) issue this Joint Final Rule to implement jointly administered activities authorized by title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) signed into law on July 22, 2014 (hereafter “Joint WIOA Final Rule”). Through these regulations, the Departments implement workforce education and employment system reforms and strengthen the nation's public workforce development system to provide increased economic opportunity and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century evolving labor market. This Joint WIOA Final Rule provides guidance for State and local workforce development systems that increase the skill and credential attainment, employment, retention, and earnings of participants, especially those with significant barriers to employment, thereby improving the quality of the workforce, reducing dependency on public benefits, increasing economic opportunity, and enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the nation. This book contains: - The complete text of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act - Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint (US Department of Education Regulation) (ED) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section