Only the State can remove eligible training providers and programs from the ETPL and only after appropriate due process. Iowa Workforce Development (IWD), on behalf of the State, can remove an eligible training provider, a program, or both when IWD finds that an eligible training provider, a program, or both:

• Intentionally submits inaccurate data and there is evidence of this;
• Has substantially violated any provision of Title I of WIOA and its regulations;
• Is in violation of state and/or local laws;
• Has ceased to be in business and/or lost its license to operate; or
• Fails to meet performance levels

As part of the biennial review of eligibility, eligible training providers and/or programs may be subject to the removal procedure due to not meeting criteria, or failure to meet established minimum performance levels.

After removing a training provider and/or program from the ETPL, local Workforce Development Boards cannot use WIOA Title I funds to pay for WIOA participants to attend training at that training provider and/or its programs not listed on the ETPL. A training provider removed from the ETPL list for failure to meet performance or for being in violation of the WIOA statute or regulations, cannot re-apply for eligibility for a period of not less than two (2) years after the official removal date. A provider whose eligibility is terminated under these conditions is liable to repay all youth, adult, and dislocated worker training funds it received during the period of noncompliance.