Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced their Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) appropriations bill. With their vote yesterday, the Senate has now advanced all 12 of their funding bills for FY 2019.
The Senate version of the bill included level funding for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) state formula grants and national programs. It also provided level funding for Workforce Data Quality Initiative Grants. The Senate bill would increase funding for apprenticeships by $15 million, $10 million more than the FY 2019 House bill. The Senate version also maintained a limitation that this funding only applies to registered apprenticeship programs, a limitation excluded from this year’s House bill. Committee report language in both the House and Senate recognize the importance of investing in local, industry driven partnerships as a foundation of apprenticeship expansion. This strategy is consistent with the bipartisan PARTNERS and BUILDS Acts.
The Senate Labor-HHS bill would increase funding for Adult Education and Family Literacy State Grants by $25 million over FY 2018 levels, up to $641,955,000, and level fund Career and Technical Education State Grants. The House bill would level fund adult education, instead providing Career and Technical Education State Grants with an increase of almost $115 million over FY 2018 levels.
The House remains stalled after the Appropriations’ Labor-HHS Subcommittee advanced a partisan bill on party lines two weeks ago, with full committee mark up of the bill having been delayed now twice. For more background, see earlier updates on the FY 2019 appropriations process here and here.
| FY 2018 Omnibus | FY 2019 House Labor-HHS Bill | FY 2019 Senate Labor-HHS Bill | |
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Department of Labor |
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| Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title I – State Formula Grants |
$2,789,832,000 |
$2,789,832,000 |
$2,789,832,000 |
| WIOA Adult |
$845,556,000 |
$845,556,000 |
$845,556,000 |
| WIOA Dislocated Worker |
$1,040,860,000 |
$1,040,860,000 |
$1,040,860,000 |
| WIOA Youth |
$903,416,000 |
$903,416,000 |
$903,416,000 |
| Wagner-Peyser Employment Service Grants |
$666,413,000 |
$585,788,000 |
$666,413,000 |
| Workforce Data Quality Initiative Grants |
$6,000,000 |
$6,000,000 |
$6,000,000 |
| Apprenticeship Grants |
$145,000,000 |
$150,000,000 |
$160,000,000 |
| DW National Reserve |
$220,859,000 |
$200,000,000 |
$220,859,000 |
| Native American Programs |
$54,000,000 |
$55,000,000 |
$54,000,000 |
| Ex-Offender Activities |
$93,079,000 |
$93,079,000 |
$93,079,000 |
| Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers |
$87,896,000 |
$87,896,000 |
$87,896,000 |
| YouthBuild |
$89,534,000 |
$92,534,000 |
$89,534,000 |
| Senior Community Service Employment Program |
$400,000,000 |
$400,000,000 |
$400,000,000 |
|
Department of Education |
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| Career and Technical Education State Grants |
$1,192,598,000 |
$1,307,287,000 |
$1,200,019,000 |
| Adult Education and Family Literacy State Grants |
$616,955,000 |
$616,955,000 |
$641,955,000 |
