Section 32-1622 - Workforce Development System Expenditure Guide(a) The WIC shall develop a Workforce Development System Expenditure Guide.(b)(1) By February 1, 2019, and annually by February 1 thereafter, the WIC shall transmit the guide to the Council and post it online.(2)(A) The WIC shall make the guide available in the form of a manipulable, non-image-based, digital spreadsheet to any interested party within 2 business days of receiving a request for the guide in such format.(B) The WIC may present the guide publicly in other formats.(C) The guide shall be organized primarily by programs, which shall be grouped by the agency that provides the largest portion of funding.(c)(1) The guide shall present the information required pursuant to subsections (d) through (f) of this section for workforce development and adult education programs that the District manages, administers, oversees, or funds, in whole or in part, including programs funded with federal dollars.(2) The first version of the guide, due February 1, 2019, and all subsequent versions of the guide, shall include information required by subsections (d) through (f) of this section for all workforce development and adult education programs managed, administered, overseen, or funded by the:(A) Department of Disability Services;(B) Department of Employment Services;(C) Department of Human Resources;(D) Department of Human Services;(E) Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Opportunity;(F) Office of the State Superintendent of Education; and(3) The second version of the guide, due February 1, 2020, and all subsequent versions of the guide shall include information required by subsections (d) through (f) of this section for all workforce development and adult education programs managed, administered, overseen, or funded by the:(A) Child and Family Services Agency;(B) Department of Behavioral Health;(C) Department of Corrections;(D) Department of Energy and Environment;(E) Department of Public Works;(F) Department of Transportation;(G) Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services;(H) Deputy Mayor for Education;(I) District of Columbia Public Schools;(J) The Executive Office of the Mayor;(K) Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment;(L) Office of Latino Affairs;(M) University of the District of Columbia Community College; and(N) Any other District agency that manages, administers, oversees, or funds workforce development or adult education programs.(4) All versions of the guide shall include information on public charter school programs that is equivalent to the information delineated in subsections (d) through (f) of this section and that is publicly available. This information may include public information available from the Public Charter School Board, Office of the State Superintendent of Education, or Deputy Mayor for Education.(d) For each program, the guide shall include the following information for the most recently completed program year:(1) The name of the program;(2) The name of the administering agency and the name of the funding agency, if different;(3) The division or program and activity names and numerical codes used to designate the program in the agency budget and financial plan prepared by the Chief Financial Officer;(4) A brief description of the program, which may include target populations, program length, educational or other eligibility requirements, or other information;(5) Information about funding sources and program costs, including:(A) Amount of funding by revenue type (e.g., federal, local, or special purpose revenue);(B) Federal grant name, if applicable;(C) Funding vehicle type for programs that utilize providers;(D) Portion of funding utilized for wage subsidies, if applicable; and(E) Cost per participant;(6) List of services provided, and, for each service, whether it is delivered by providers or directly by a District agency;(7) Names of courses of training, where applicable;(8) The sectors and occupations for which the program is designed to prepare participants, where applicable;(9) Number of participants;(10) A percentage breakdown of total participants by race and gender;(11) Performance metrics, targets, and outcomes consistent with the requirements of subsections (f) and (g) of this section;(12) Information on the use of electronic data matching to determine outcomes data, as described in subsection (g)(1) of this section, such as the outcomes metrics for which data matching was used, the extent of use, and other methods of data collection that were utilized; and(13) For each provider, in programs that utilize providers: (B) Names of courses of training provided, where applicable;(C) Total number of participants;(D) Number of participants per course of training;(E) List of services offered, delineated by each course of training, where applicable;(F) Sector and occupation for which each course of training is designed to prepare participants;(G) Amount of workforce development or adult education program funding received from District agencies, including federal funding administered by District agencies, which shall include: (ii) Funding for each course of training, if applicable;(H) The initial educational functioning level of program participants, if available; and(I) Performance metrics, targets, and outcomes as required pursuant to subsections (f) and (g) of this section.(e) The guide may include any other information to provide context for performance outcomes of programs or providers.(f)(1) The guides submitted by February 1, 2019, and February 1, 2020, shall provide numerical performance outcomes targets, where available, performance outcomes, and data components for all performance metrics that the District or providers track according to law, program policy, or practice as of May 5, 2018.(2) The guide submitted by February 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, shall report, for all workforce development and adult education programs covered by subsections (c)(2) and (3) of this section:(A) The participant completion rate, as defined by the program, and the definition of completion used;(B) Any numerical performance outcomes targets adopted by the agency or set in accordance with local or federal law; and(C) The same performance outcome measures required by section 116(b)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, approved July 22, 2014 (128 Stat. 1471; 29 U.S.C. § 3141(b)(2) ), and related regulations and sub-regulatory guidance published by the U.S. Department of Labor, excluding measures of effectiveness at serving employers.(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, for public charter school programs, the guide shall report outcomes as they appear in publicly available materials.(g)(1)(A) At the discretion of the agency that administers or manages the program, the primary means of collecting outcomes data shall be by electronically matching program records with unemployment insurance wage records and other appropriate information, such as data from the National Student Clearinghouse, data from the Federal Employment Data Exchange System, and records available from other states.(B) Information may be collected by other means, such as direct contact with past participants.(2) Upon request from the WIC or a District agency that administers or manages a workforce development or adult education program, and pursuant to a legally executed memorandum of understanding or other legal instrument, the Department of Employment Services ("DOES") shall electronically match and provide to the WIC, or such District agency, employment and earnings outcomes data referred to by subsection (f)(2)(C) of this section, utilizing data from the unemployment insurance wage records or other data to which DOES has primary or exclusive access.May 5, 2018, D.C. Law 22-95, § 102, 65 DCR 2861.Applicability
Section 7030 of D.C. Law 22-168 repealed section 301 of D.C. Law 22-95 amending the applicability restriction impacting this section. Therefore the creation of this section by D.C. Law 22-95 has been implemented.
Applicability of D.C. Law 22-95: § 301 of D.C. Law 22-95 provided that the creation of this section by § 102 of D.C. Law 22-95 is subject to the inclusion of the law's fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.