COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TRAINING ASSOCIATION

Enforcement of the Training Provider Registry within FMCSA's Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) Rule and oversight to increase that enforcement; support and extension of the SDAP Safe Driver Apprenticeship Program; advocacy to increase and extend funding for the CMVOST program; advocacy to condition and limit state access to full CDLPI grant funding if there are CDL skills testing delays and a lack of third-party skills testing in that state.

Support to reintroduce the A Stronger Workforce for America Act to optimize the Workforce Opportunity and Innovation Act program. Support for increased and continued funding for the WIOA program.

Support for the passage of the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act that permits the use of 529 College Savings Plan funds for vocational training, e.g., CDL training; Advocacy to encourage Congress to provide tax incentives for instructors at professional truck driving schools.