| DATE | ACTION |
| No later than April 1, 2003 | ETA provides guidance on common performance measures |
| No later than April 11, 2003 | States send proposed performance levels to regional offices |
| April 11 - May 9, 2003 | Regional offices review states' proposed performance levels and work with states to arrive at mutually agreed upon levels |
| May 9 - June 6, 2003 | States conduct public comment on modification to state plan |
| June 9, 2003 | States formally submit to Regional Administrators their agreed upon performance levels for this program year in the form of a modification request to the state plan |
| June 23, 2003 | Regional Administrators approve the modification request which serves as official notification to the state of its performance levels for PY2003 and PY2004 |
| June 30, 2003 | Performance levels must be in place by the beginning of PY2003 |