NCIL is part of a national coalition working to advance competitive integrated employment. Among other efforts, the coalition has strongly opposed opening the regulations implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014. The WIOA regulations, issued in 2016, focus on competitive integrated employment (CIE) as a national priority.
In the past three Unified Agendas from the Department of Education Secretary (which list the agency’s key priorities and regulatory actions the agency is considering), Secretary DeVos has notified the public that they may reconsider these regulations. This may include amending the regulatory definitions, where CIE is defined.
The coalition has consistently opposed this, including in multiple letters to Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. View the most recent letter (PDF). The regulations, including the definition of CIE, are critical. Opening the regulations risks undermining progress toward expanding competitive integrated employment.
TAKE ACTION – Sign on!
The new Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Commissioner, Mark Schultz, is now serving as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). It is important that we reinforce our message to him and tell him that the regulations implementing the WIOA must not be opened!
Please consider signing your CIL, SILC, or other organization on to this letter to Acting Assistant Secretary Schultz opposing opening the regulations. This letter is open to national state, and local groups.
- Read the letter (Word document)
- You can sign on to the letter by using the online form by Monday, November 18.
If this form is not accessible to you, email [email protected] with: your organization’s name exactly as you would like it listed; whether you are a national, state, or local organization; what state you are in (if state or local); and your preferred email address (for internal purposes only).
