COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TRAINING ASSOCIATION

TRA · Transportation

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. Advocacy to have Congress increase the enforcement of the Entry-Level Driver Training Rules through statutory action related to the forthcoming Surface Reauthorization.

LBR · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Support reintroduction of 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.

TAX · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

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.

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Support and advocate for the publication of Congressional Appropriations report language that requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to increase enforcement of the Entry-Level Driver Training Rule. Support and advocate for an increase in funding for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding, particularly as it relates to truck driver training activities.