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Executive Order 13172

Amendment to Executive Order 13078, To Expand the Role of the National Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities To Include a Focus on Youth

This executive order expands the National Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities to also address youth with disabilities. It directs federal agencies to coordinate on six specific activities including research, public awareness, collaboration with Youth Councils, health care access, postsecondary education, and creation of a Youth Advisory Council chaired by the Department of Labor.

Federal Register Open PDF 65 FR 64577

Key directives

  • Executive departments and agencies shall coordinate and cooperate with the Task Force
  • Strengthen interagency research, demonstration, and training activities relating to young people with disabilities
  • Create a public awareness campaign focused on access to equal opportunity for young people with disabilities
  • Promote views of young people with disabilities through collaboration with Youth Councils authorized under Workforce Investment Act of 1998
  • Increase access to and utilization of health insurance and health care through formalization of Federal Healthy and Ready to Work Interagency Council
  • Increase participation in postsecondary education and training programs
  • Create a nationally representative Youth Advisory Council, funded and chaired by Department of Labor

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • formalization of Federal Healthy and Ready to Work Interagency Council
  • coordination requirement between agencies and Task Force takes effect

Near term (90d)

  • creation of Youth Advisory Council to be funded and chaired by Department of Labor

Long term

  • public awareness campaign development
  • strengthened interagency research and demonstration activities
  • increased postsecondary education participation outcomes

Risks & tensions

  • No funding amounts specified; 'funded by Department of Labor' for Youth Advisory Council lacks appropriation mechanism
  • No calendar deadlines or 'within N days' requirements; implementation timeline entirely open-ended
  • Coordination mandate is broad but lacks enforcement mechanism for agency compliance
  • Vague scope: 'among other things' and 'other appropriate activities' permit wide discretion
  • Relies on pre-existing Workforce Investment Act Youth Councils, creating dependency on separate statute
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