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2024–25 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (WIOA, Title II: AEFLA)

Yesterday’s communication had an important paragraph that was inadvertently left out. The following text includes the full message, with an added note under the second list. The At-A-Glance guide has not changed.

Dear Administrators of Adult Education Agencies:

The purpose of this communication is to provide clarification regarding Integrated Education and Training (IET) for agencies receiving Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Title II: Adult Education Family Literacy Act (WIOA, Title II: AEFLA) Section 243 funding.

IET is a service delivery model that provides adult education activities concurrently and contextually with workforce preparation activities and workforce training. “Concurrently and contextually” means that, within the overall scope of the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) program, adult education, workforce preparation, and workforce training activities must:

• Be of sufficient intensity and quality, and based on the most rigorous research available
• Use occupationally relevant instructional materials
• Occur simultaneously

After reviewing the IELCE Reports and Plans submitted by agencies in 2023–24, the Adult Education Office (AEO) has deemed it necessary to refine the designation of certain introductory courses discovered in these reports. Effective immediately, the AEO will consider the following courses as workforce preparation:

• Computer Basics or Computers for English as a Second Language (ESL)
• Vocational ESL (Digital Literacy)
• Financial Literacy
• Bridge Courses
• Google Suites
• Microsoft Office
• Keyboarding
• First Aid/Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10
• Career Readiness: soft skills, e.g., job preparation, job seeking skills, interviewing skills

Note: The above list of introductory courses identified as workforce preparation is a non-exhaustive list. The AEO may identify other introductory courses proposed in future IELCE Reports and Plans.

Action Needed: If your 2023–24 IELCE Report and Plan included these courses under workforce training, please reach out to your CASAS Specialist to make the necessary adjustments to your report and plan.

Please reference the California Department of Education’s IET At-A-Glance guide to inform agencies on additional criteria for review and approval of IELCE reports and plans beginning 2024–25.

If you have any questions regarding the above clarification, please contact your AEO Regional Consultant. For assistance identifying your contact please reach out to the AEO by email at adulteducation@cde.ca.gov or by phone at 916-322-2175.

Sincerely,

Carolyn Zachry, Ed.D.
Education Administrator and State Director
Adult Education Office
California Department of Education
916-322-2175
adulteducation@cde.ca.gov