Rescission of Affirmative Outreach Requirements for Recipients of WIOA Title I Financial Assistance

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Labor Office of the Secretary of Labor 29 CFR Part 38 RIN 1291-AA47 AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department) rescinds the regulatory affirmative outreach requirements on recipients of financial assistance under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and makes conforming edits. DATES: Effective July 24, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Barry-Perez, Director, Civil Rights Center (CRC), U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-4123, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-6500 (voice) (this is not a toll-free number). If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Section 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), 29 U.S.C. 3248 (Section 188), establishes nondiscrimination requirements for programs and activities receiving financial assistance under Title I of WIOA. Subsection (a)(1) of Section 188 provides that, for the purpose of applying prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, or race, color, or national origin, WIOA-funded programs are to be treated as programs receiving Federal financial assistance under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 ( 42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq. ), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794 ) (Section 504), Title IX of the Education A…