‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator and taking into account 
the recommendations of the governing boards under 
subsection (a), shall establish grant programs de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C) as follows: 
‘‘(A) TRANSIT YOUTH OPPORTUNITY.— 
‘‘(i) BASIC
SKILLS
EDUCATION
AND 
PRE-APPRENTICESHIP
SKILLS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall accept applications for 
grants from nonprofit organizations and 
public or privately funded educational in-
stitutions providing academic or technical 
instruction to encourage and introduce dis-
connected youth who are out of school and 
not employed for a period of not less than 
6 months to a variety of careers in the 
transit industry by providing such youths 
with basic skills education, if necessary, 
and pre-apprenticeship skills. The Admin-
istrator shall give priority for such grants 
to organizations with a proven record of 
success in providing disconnected youth 
with basic education and pre-apprentice-
ship skills. 
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‘‘(ii) APPRENTICESHIPS.—The Admin-
istrator shall accept applications from 
partnerships of transit agencies and the 
unions representing non-managerial em-
ployees for grants to develop labor-man-
agement apprenticeship programs for a va-
riety of transit-related jobs, by giving pri-
ority to individuals who have successfully 
completed a pre-apprenticeship program 
pursuant to clause (i). 
‘‘(B) TRANSIT WORKER EDUCATION AND 
RETENTION GRANTS.—The Administrator shall 
accept applications from partnerships of transit 
agencies and the unions representing non-man-
agerial employees for grants— 
‘‘(i) to develop education programs in 
a variety of training settings for transit 
employees from diverse population groups 
to maintain and improve job skills and ad-
vance a career; and 
‘‘(ii) assisting individuals to obtain 
education and training required to enter 
the transit profession and advance within 
such profession, such as by providing ca-
reer counseling and mentoring. 
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‘‘(C) WORKFORCE
DIVERSITY
GRANTS.— 
The Administrator shall accept applications 
from partnerships of transit agencies and the 
unions representing non-managerial employees 
for a grant to develop special projects to in-
crease education opportunities within the tran-
sit industry for individuals who are from dis-
advantaged backgrounds, including racial and 
ethnic 
minorities 
under-represented 
among 
transit management, by providing student 
scholarships or stipends, pre-entry preparation, 
and retention activities. 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—In addition to the amounts set 
forth in section 5315(d), there are authorized to be 
appropriated— 
‘‘(A) to carry out subsections (a) and (b) 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2011; and 
‘‘(B) 
to 
carry 
out 
subsection 
(c) 
$90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 and 
2011. 
‘‘(3) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—A grant under 
this section shall be subject to all requirements of a 
grant under section 5307. 
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‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator shall de-
velop a category on ‘Workforce Development’ on its annual 
Certifications and Assurances for Federal Transit Admin-
istration Assistance Programs in accordance with section 
5323(n), and include such category as one of the areas 
of certification beginning in fiscal year 2010. Such cat-
egory shall require transit agencies to develop short-range 
and long-range planning with regard to workforce develop-
ment matters, with a particular focus on the recruitment, 
retention, and training of managerial and non-managerial 
employees. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘disconnected youth’ means individuals ages 16 
through 24 who are out of school and not employed and 
composed primarily of youth of color from poor commu-
nities and at risk of becoming permanently disengaged 
from the labor market which threatens their ability to 
break out of the cycle of poverty and contribute to our 
economy and communities.’’. 
Æ 
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