DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,383

KNOWLEDGE UNIVERSE EDUCATION LLC
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS LLC
PORTLAND, OREGON

Notice of Revised Determination
After Statutory Reconsideration

As required by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization
Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015), which was enacted as Title IV of the
Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law No. 114-27,
section 405(a)(1)(A), the investigation into this petition was
reopened for a reconsideration investigation to apply the
requirements for worker group eligibility under chapter 2 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the TAARA 2015, to the
facts of this petition (statutory reconsideration).
The initial investigation, initiated on June 19, 2014,
resulted in a negative determination, issued on July 25, 2014, that
was based on the finding that the subject firm did not produce an
article. The determination was applicable to workers and former
workers of Knowledge Universe – U.S., Portland, Oregon.
During the reconsideration investigation, however, the
Department clarified the worker group to be Knowledge Universe
Education LLC, Information Technology Division, a subsidiary of
Knowledge Schools LLC, Portland, Oregon (“Knowledge Universe
Education LLC, IT Division”). The subject firm is an early
childhood education and development provider. The subject worker
group is engaged in activities related to the supply of
information technology (IT) services.
Based on information reviewed during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department determines that the acquisition from
a foreign country of like or directly competitive services
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Knowledge
Universe Education LLC, IT Division.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally
or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’ firm
has acquired from a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with IT services supplied by the subject
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Knowledge Universe Education LLC, IT Division.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of Knowledge
Universe Education LLC, IT Division, Portland, Oregon, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of IT services, meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Knowledge Universe Education LLC, Information
Technology Division, a subsidiary of Knowledge Schools LLC,
Portland, Oregon, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 18, 2013, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment on
the date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.”
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of December, 2015


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance






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