labor standards, and other provisions described 
in section 5(a); and 
(G) if a local board and chief elected offi-
cial in the State will provide employment oppor-
tunities with the link to training and edu-
cational 
activities 
described 
in 
subsection 
(f)(2)(B), a description of how the training and 
educational activities will lead to the industry- 
recognized credential involved. 
(2) SUBMISSION
AND
APPROVAL
OF
STATE 
PLAN MODIFICATION OR REQUEST.— 
(A) SUBMISSION.—The Governor shall 
submit the State plan modification or other 
State request for funds specified in guidance 
under subsection (b) to the Secretary of Labor 
not later than 30 days after the issuance of 
such guidance. 
(B) PROCESS.—On the date on which the 
Governor submits a State plan modification or 
request under this section, the Secretary 
shall— 
(i) make available copies of a pro-
posed State plan modification or request to 
the public through electronic and other 
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means, such as public hearings and local 
news media; 
(ii) allow members of the public, in-
cluding representatives of business, rep-
resentatives of labor organizations, and 
representatives of education to submit to 
the Secretary comments on the State plan 
modification or request, not later than the 
end of the 90-day period beginning on the 
date on which the proposed state plan 
modification or request is made available; 
and 
(iii) include with the State plan modi-
fication or request submitted to the Gov-
ernor under this section any such com-
ments that represent disagreement with 
the plan. 
(C) APPROVAL.—The Secretary of Labor 
shall approve the State plan modification or re-
quest submitted under subparagraph (A) within 
90 days after submission, unless the Secretary 
determines that the plan or request is incon-
sistent with the requirements of this section. If 
the Secretary has not made a determination 
within that 90-day period, the plan or request 
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shall be considered to be approved. If the plan 
or request is disapproved, the Secretary may 
provide a reasonable period of time in which the 
plan or request may be amended and resub-
mitted for approval. If the plan or request is 
approved, the Secretary shall allot funds to the 
State under subsection (c) within 30 days after 
such approval. 
(3) MODIFICATIONS
TO
STATE
PLAN
OR
RE-
QUEST.—The Governor may submit further modi-
fications to a State plan modification or other State 
request for funds specified under subsection (b), 
consistent with the requirements of this section. 
(e) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATION AND ADMINISTRA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allotted to the 
State under subsection (c), the Governor— 
(A) may reserve not more than 5 percent 
of the funds for administration and technical 
assistance; and 
(B) shall allocate the remainder of the 
funds among local areas within the State in ac-
cordance with clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of sub-
section (c)(2)(B), except that for purposes of 
such allocation references to a State in sub-
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section (c)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be ref-
erences to a local area and references to all 
States shall be deemed to be references to all 
local areas in the State involved. 
(2) LOCAL PLAN.— 
(A) SUBMISSION.—In order to receive an 
allocation under paragraph (1)(B), the local 
board, in partnership with the chief elected offi-
cial for the local area involved, shall submit to 
the Governor a local plan modification, or such 
other request for funds by local areas as may 
be specified in guidance under subsection (b), 
not later than 30 days after the submission by 
the State of the State plan modification or 
other State request for funds specified in guid-
ance under subsection (b), describing the strat-
egies and activities to be carried out under this 
section. 
(B) APPROVAL.—The Governor shall ap-
prove the local plan modification or other local 
request for funds submitted under subpara-
graph (A) within 30 days after submission, un-
less the Governor determines that the plan or 
request is inconsistent with requirements of this 
section. If the Governor has not made a deter-
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mination within that 30-day period, the plan 
shall be considered to be approved. If the plan 
or request is disapproved, the Governor may 
provide a reasonable period of time in which the 
plan or request may be amended and resub-
mitted for approval. If the plan or request is 
approved, the Governor shall allocate funds to 
the local area within 30 days after such ap-
proval. 
(3) REALLOCATION.—If a local board and chief 
elected official do not submit a local plan modifica-
tion (or other local request for funds specified in 
guidance under subsection (b)) by the date specified 
in paragraph (2), or the Governor disapproves a 
local plan, the amount the local area would have 
been eligible to receive pursuant to the formula 
under paragraph (1)(B) shall be allocated to local 
areas that receive approval of their local plan modi-
fications or local requests for funds under paragraph 
(2). Each such local area shall receive a share of the 
total amount available for reallocation under this 
paragraph, in accordance with the area’s share of 
the total amount allocated under paragraph (1)(B) 
to such local areas. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The funds made available 
under this section shall be used— 
(A) to provide summer employment oppor-
tunities for low-income youth, with direct link-
ages to academic and occupational learning, 
and may be used to provide supportive services, 
such as transportation or child care, that is 
necessary to enable the participation of such 
youth in the opportunities; and 
(B) to provide year-round employment op-
portunities, which may be combined with other 
activities authorized under section 129 of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2854), to low-income youth. 
(2) PROGRAM
PRIORITIES.—In administering 
the funds under this section, the local board and 
chief elected official shall give priority to— 
(A) identifying employment opportunities 
that are— 
(i) in emerging or in-demand occupa-
tions in the local area; or 
(ii) in the public or nonprofit sector 
and meet community needs; and 
(B) linking participants in year-round em-
ployment opportunities to training and edu-
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