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To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to define the term evidence-based.

H.R. 2058 · 119th Congress · Mar 11, 2025 · Lineage

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Section 1 Evidence-based definition

(a)
In general— Section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(72) Evidence-based—The term evidence-based, when used with respect to an activity, service, strategy, or intervention, or content of materials, means an activity, service, strategy, or intervention, or content of materials that—

“(A) demonstrates a statistically significant effect on improving participant outcomes or other relevant outcomes based on—

“(i) strong evidence from at least 1 well-designed and well-implemented experimental study;

“(ii) moderate evidence from at least 1 well-designed and well-implemented quasi-experimental study; or

“(iii) promising evidence from at least 1 well-designed and well-implemented correlational study with statistical controls for selection bias; or

“(B)

“(i) demonstrates a rationale based on high-quality research findings or positive evaluation that such activity, service, strategy, or intervention is likely to improve student outcomes or other relevant outcomes; and

“(ii) includes ongoing efforts to examine the effects of such activity, service, strategy, or intervention.”

(b)
Description of evidence-Based programs— Section 102(b)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112(b)(1)) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (C) by inserting “the extent to which such activities are evidence-based,” after “of such activities,”;
(2)
in subparagraph (D), at the end, by striking “and”;
(3)
in subparagraph (E) by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(4)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(F) a description of any strategies the State will use to prioritize the funding of evidence-based programs through the funds available for statewide workforce development activities described in section 128(a).”