---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 679.600"
title: "20"
number: "679.600"
heading: "What is the purpose of the general statutory and regulatory waiver authority in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/679.600"
---

# §679.600. What is the purpose of the general statutory and regulatory waiver authority in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?

- (a) **The purpose of the general statutory and regulatory waiver authority provided at sec.** 189(i)(3) of the WIOA is to provide flexibility to States and local areas and enhance their ability to improve the statewide workforce development system to achieve the goals and purposes of WIOA.
- (b) A waiver may be requested to address impediments to the implementation of a Unified or Combined State Plan, including the continuous improvement strategy, consistent with the purposes of title I of WIOA as identified in [§ 675.100](/cfr/20/675.100.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 101, 106, 107, 108, 189, 503, Public Law 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 56371, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.