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Today, 27 Senators sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education & Related Agencies urging them to ensure that their Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 appropriations bill invests in job training and adult education programs.
The letter emphasizes the work that states and localities are doing to implement the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), passed in 2014 in a bipartisan vote and urges increases in funding to support key requirements under the law, including industry and sector partnerships and career pathways.
The letter advocates for the following investments:
The Senators who signed the letter are listed below:
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