On December 7, 2022, Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the bipartisan Adult Education WORKS Act, S.5202. The purpose of the bill is to make amendments to the text of the existing WIOA legislation. The introduction of the bill in the 117th (current) Congress gives us a platform for ongoing work…
The House Education and Labor Committee will mark up the WIOA reauthorization bill on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 10:15 AM eastern time. Watch the markup session at this link Download and read the text of the draft legislation (H.R. 7309, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022) at this link The committee…
August has been far busier than usual on the federal level this summer, due to the release of several plans from the White House and related budget development activities in Congress. If you are bewildered by the plethora of plans, budgets, and reconciliations, you are not alone. It’s important to understand what’s happening, though,…
In mid-November 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a revised version of the civics test that is required for people who were not born in the United States and wish to become citizens. NCL has significant concerns about the revised test, and has submitted a letter expressing those concerns through the response…
