Relief Act of 1997 and the program established by section 
2 of the America’s Better Classrooms Act of 2007. 
‘‘(2) A State or local government participating in a 
program described in paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) in the awarding of contracts, give priority 
to contractors with substantial numbers of employ-
ees residing in the local education area to be served 
by the school being constructed; and 
‘‘(B) include in the construction contract for 
such school a requirement that the contractor give 
priority in hiring new workers to individuals residing 
in such local education area. 
‘‘(3) In the case of a program described in paragraph 
(1), nothing in this subsection or subsection (a) shall be 
construed to deny any tax credit allowed under such pro-
gram. If amounts are required to be withheld from con-
tractors to pay wages to which workers are entitled, such 
amounts shall be treated as expended for construction pur-
poses in determining whether the requirements of such 
program are met.’’. 
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SEC. 4. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES RELAT-
ING TO CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUC-
TION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 134 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVI-
TIES RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION 
OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide training 
services related to construction or reconstruction of 
public school facilities receiving funding assistance 
under an applicable program, each State shall estab-
lish a specialized program of training meeting the 
following requirements: 
‘‘(A) The specialized program provides 
training for jobs in the construction industry. 
‘‘(B) The program provides trained work-
ers for projects for the construction or recon-
struction of public school facilities receiving 
funding assistance under an applicable pro-
gram. 
‘‘(C) The program ensures that skilled 
workers (residing in the area to be served by 
the school facilities) will be available for the 
construction or reconstruction work. 
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‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The specialized program 
established under paragraph (1) shall be integrated 
with other activities under this Act, with the activi-
ties carried out under the National Apprenticeship 
Act of 1937 by the State Apprenticeship Council or 
through the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training 
in the Department of Labor, as appropriate, and 
with activities carried out under the Carl D. Perkins 
Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998. 
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to re-
quire services duplicative of those referred to in the 
preceding sentence. 
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE
PROGRAM.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘applicable program’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 439(b) of the General 
Education Provisions Act (relating to labor stand-
ards).’’. 
(b) STATE PLAN.—Section 112(b)(17)(A) of the 
Workforce 
Investment 
Act 
of 
1998 
(29 
U.S.C. 
2822(b)(17)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
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‘‘(iv) how the State will establish and 
carry out a specialized program of training 
under section 134(f); and’’. 
Æ 
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