Secretary-Designate Commits to “Do Better” on Job Corps
During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee last week, Labor Secretary-designate Thomas Perez was repeatedly pressed about his plans to improve the management of Job Corps. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Chris Murphy...House and Senate Dear Colleague Letters Request More Job Corps Funding in FY 2014
Members of Congress in the House and Senate distributed two separate Fiscal Year 2014 Dear Colleague letter April, calling for full Job Corps funding in 2014. Due to outreach led by long-time and bipartisan Job Corps champions in the House and Senate and endless...Job Corps Enrollment Resumes after Three-Month Suspension
The Job Corps student enrollment suspension was lifted in April, ending the three-month long nationwide policy that denied nearly 10,000 students from enrolling in Job Corps centers nationwide and cost nearly 400 people their jobs. The enrollment freeze, which was met...Policy to Suspend Job Corps Enrollment Elicits Sharp Response from Media Nationwide
Please click on the links below to view articles that have come out over the last week in support of Job Corps. Each article’s title, source, date of publication and the Job Corps center it references is listed below the link....House Holds Hearing on WIA Block-Granting Proposal
The House Education and the Workforce Committee held a hearing on H.R. 4297, the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012. That bill, which is sponsored by Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Buck McKeon (R-CA), and Joe Heck (R-NV), would consolidate 27 different job...
