Purpose 

This policy outlines the difference between administrative and instructional expenses under WIOA Title II.  

Content 

Administrative Costs These costs include any activities not directly related to teaching or learning activities. Costs incurred in connection with the following activities are administrative costs: 

(a) Planning; The implementation and development of AEFLA-funded programs; 

(b) Administration, including carrying out performance accountability requirements; NRS tables and reporting (performance and fiscal reporting); 

(c) Professional development; Training and development for staff involved in AEFLA programs, related to or benefitting the Title II program; 

(d) Providing adult education and literacy services in alignment with local workforce plans, including promoting co-enrollment in programs and activities under title I; This includes promoting co-enrollment across programs, LWDB meetings and Core Partner meetings; 

(e) Carrying out the one-stop partner responsibilities described in §678.420, including contributing to the infrastructure costs of the one-stop delivery system. 

Instructional Costs: The time, costs, and duties spent in direct instruction or learning activities designed to improve participants’ literacy, English language proficiency, and basic skills. 

Direct instruction, lesson planning for instruction, orientation, and CASAS testing are all included in instruction.  

*Professional development and staff training is NOT an instructional cost and must be attributed to administrative, even if the professional development is conducted or planned by an instructor. 

Table 1: Examples include, but are not limited to the following: 

Administrative: planning, performance, PD, One-stop duties, local workforce planning 

• Coordinator meetings 

• Data Specialist meetings and training 

• Entering of student data in TE or MIS, not during CASAS testing 

• IET or IELCE development including partner meetings to plan an IET or IELCE 

• Instructor observations 

• Monitoring and reporting Activities 

• NRS data activities 

• Policy and process development 

• Professional development, planning and execution 

• Scheduling students 

• Staff Training 

Instructional: direct instruction or learning activities to improve reading, writing, speaking, listening, math, workplace readiness 

• CASAS testing 

• Classroom instruction/Direct instruction 

• Curriculum planning and design 

• Instructor lesson planning 

• Official Practice Test (OPT) 

• Orientation 

• Student counseling or advising 

Unallowable 

• Graduation (cannot be paid for from AEFLA) 

• HSED Testing and associated costs (cannot be paid for from AEFLA) 

Action   

No action needed at this time. 

The content of this policy may be subject to routine monitoring.