Federalism and Workforce Policy Reform

Christopher T. King

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, vol. 29, issue 2, 53-71

Abstract: Workforce development policy encompasses a broad array of federal and state programs designed to foster improved workforce utilization, maintenance, and development. Federalism in U. S. workforce policy is examined in terms of the Workforce Investment Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, laws enacted in 1998 authorizing two of the more important components of national workforce policy: job training and work-related education. Coercive federalism in workforce policy began in the late 1970s and is expected to persist into the future, even as states serve as “laboratories of democracy.” Whether enhanced discretion for workforce policy is forthcoming from Washington, states and localities will continue to demonstrate new, and possibly better, ways of delivering workforce services. Workforce policies and programs will also feature an even more prominent role for market-oriented service delivery. The comprehensiveness of national workforce policy, including broad concerns over efficiency, has yet to be addressed fully. Copyright , Oxford University Press.

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