I'm Just a Bill: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Reauthorization
👀 I’m Just a Bill — WIOA Reauthorization A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) in the 119th Congress. WIOA is the major federal workforce-development law funding apprenticeships, job training, and dislocated-worker services through state and local workforce boards. What does it actually do? Apprenticeship expansion — funds Registered Apprenticeships and Apprenticeship Hubs Workforce board governance — modifies state/local workforce-board structure Dislocated workers — extends services for trade-affected and displaced workers Youth services — programs for 16-24 year-olds entering the workforce Adult education — basic-skills and English-language programs Who votes when? House Education and Workforce + Senate HELP active consideration; historically bipartisan How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #16 Brass Tacks (apprenticeship pipeline for Step 4 Node network), #12 Harper Guild (LB-CCL credentialing federation with WIOA-funded programs), and Mike Rowe Council seat (mikeroweWORKS scholarship-pipeline composition). ...