Prioritizing Evidence for Workforce Development Act

This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require states receiving federal workforce development funds to prioritize programs based on evidence of effectiveness. Specifically, states must describe in their plans how they will give highest priority to "high-evidence" programs (proven through multiple rigorous studies), followed by "moderate-evidence" programs, and then "low-evidence" programs. The bill defines these evidence tiers clearly, requiring states to fund interventions shown to produce positive results in well-conducted studies or credible research. This directly affects state workforce agencies managing federal grants under WIOA.