In a press conference last week on the administration’s efforts to help states reduce barriers to education and training for unemployed workers, President Obama announced that he will lay out a plan in the coming weeks to fundamentally reshape the way we ensure skills for America’s workers. This announcement followed an interview with the President in New York Times magazine where he outlined his agenda for a new economic foundation for the nation, which includes a commitment that “everybody should have at least one year of post-high-school training.”

In some ways, the President’s vision is reflected in the administration’s newly released Fiscal Year 2010 budget, but in other ways it maintains the status quo. Read TWA’s special Budget Edition Washington Update to learn how the budget request will impact the Departments of Labor and Education, and download TWA’s job training and education budget request chart.