WIOA Performance Accountability Improvement Act, Section 2, Subsection (c) ("Evaluation of State programs.")

Summary

Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require states to use data for analyses and ongoing evaluations of programs.

Allows states to use machine learning or other advanced analytics to enhance program operations, outcomes, and identify areas needing further evaluation.

Amends law to require data-driven analyses; permits states to use machine learning for program evaluation.

(c) Evaluation of State programs.—Section 116(e) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(e)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)—

(A) in the first sentence, by striking “shall conduct ongoing” and inserting “shall use data to conduct analyses and ongoing”; and

(B) in the second sentence, by striking “conduct the” and inserting “conduct such analyses and”; and

(2) in paragraph (2), by adding “A State may use other forms of analysis, such as machine learning or other advanced analytics, to improve program operations and outcomes and to identify areas for further evaluation.” at the end.