Implementation of the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998

This Interim Final Rule implements Section 188 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), which contains the statute's equal opportunity and nondiscrimination provisions. The Workforce Investment Act supersedes the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) as the Department of Labor's primary mechanism for providing financial assistance for a comprehensive system of job training and placement services for adults and eligible youth. With limited substantive changes described in Section III of this preamble, this rule generally carries over the policies and procedures found in 29 CFR part 34, which implements the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity provisions of JTPA. Section 188(e) of WIA mandates that the Department issue regulations implementing the section within one year of the passage of WIA.