PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE & CAREERS FOR WASHINGTON’S EMERGING WORKFORCE Supplement Assurance Requirements CBS Spring ng 2018 Troy Goracke, Policy Associate for Jon M. Kerr, Director Basic Education for Adults State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
NEW FEDERALLY REQUIRED 2017-2022 RFA ASSURANCES The revised WIOA State Plan Information Collection Requests (ICR) of January 24, 2018 requires Title II state agencies to collect the following new assurances from all providers prior to July 1, 2018: • General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) statement (section 427 of the General Education Provisions Act) • Buy American Assurance (section 502 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [WIOA]) 2
SUPPLEMENTAL ASSURANCE DOCUMENT RELEASED APRIL 30, 2018 & DUE MAY 25, 2018. 11:59 PM All of the assurances must be completed, regardless of which program you applied for. No Y q q Our organization will establish and submit (enter statement in row below) a General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) Section 427 statement which provides a description of the steps the applicant will take to ensure equitable access to, and participation in, its Federally-assisted AFELA program. GEPA Statement: q q Our organization will comply with the WIOA Section 502 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 Buy American Act (BAA) Assurance as follows: (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT. — None of the funds made available under title II may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with sections 8301 through 8303 of title 41, United States Code (commonly known as th e “Buy American Act”). (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE. — (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS. — In the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided using funds made available under title II it is the sense of Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products. (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE. — In providing financial assistance using funds made available under title II, the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by Congress. (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA 3
GEPA STATEMENT GUIDANCE For the GEPA A stat atem ement nt: • Check the “Y” box on the Supplemental Assurance document • Insert your program’s GEPA Statement The “gepa427.doc” provides the requirements and guidance on the creation of GEPA statements Check with your agency as most agencies already have GEPA statements in place that can be used or act as a guide in the creation of your program’s statement. 4
BEDA SYSTEM GEPA STATEMENT • Washington’s SBCTC Office of Adult Education ensures equal opportunities to participate for all eligible students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries in any project or activity carried out under the applicable program, such as adult basic education, and promotes the ability of such students, teachers, and beneficiaries to meet high standards. • The office also ensures equitable access to, and participation in, all projects and activities conducted with federal adult education funds. Programs addresses the special needs of students, teachers and other program beneficiaries to overcome barriers to programming and participation, including those based on gender, race, color, national origin, disability, and age. • The office ensures that local providers give equal access to, and equitable participation in, all such projects and activities through the monitoring and technical assistance process and follow the laws required of the Equal Opportunity Hiring Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. 5
BUY AMERICAN ASSURANCE For the e Buy uy Ameri erica can n as assur urance ance: • Check the “Y” box on the Supplemental Assurance document 6
THE BUY AMERICAN ASSURANCE Our organization will comply with the WIOA Section 502 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 Buy American Act (BAA) Assurance as follows: a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT. — None of the funds made available under title II may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with sections 8301 through 8303 of title 41, United States Code (commonly known as the “Buy American Act”). (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE. — (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS. — In the case of and products. (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE. — In providing financial assistance using funds made available under title II, the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by Congress. (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA 7
SUBMIT COMPLETED SUPPLEMENTAL ASSURANCE FORM IN OGMS Sub ubmi miss ssions ions: Due ue no later r than an May 25, , 2018 8 11:59 :59 PM • As these requirements were not in place prior to running our RFA completion last year, we are required to have you complete the Supplemental Assurance Document and upload it to your original RFA in OGMS by May 25, 2018 11:59 PM. • Your completed Supplemental Assurance document must be uploaded to the Attachments section of your approved 2017-22 BEDA Master & IELCE Application in OGMS. • If you do not have access to that application, please contact your organization’s OGMS Security Contact. 8
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CONT ONTACT CTS "Bett tter er Jobs. Bett tter er Futu tures res. A Strong Stronger er Washin ingt gton on." ." Jon M. Kerr rr, , Direct ector or Basic Education for Adults V (360) 704-4326 E jkerr@sbctc.edu ______ ______ ____________ ____________ __________ ____ ___ ______ __________ ____________ Wash shing ington on State e Board d for r Comm mmun unit ity y & Technic chnical al Colleges leges 1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, Washington 98504 Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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