1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the 21st Century Green
High-Performing Public School Facilities Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Title I—Grants for modernization, renovation, or repair of public
school facilities
Sec. 101. Purpose.
Sec. 102. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 103. Allowable uses of funds.
Sec. 104. Priority projects.
Title II—Supplemental grants for Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Alabama
Sec. 201. Purpose.
Sec. 202. Allocation to local educational agencies.
Sec. 203. Allowable uses of funds.
Title III—General provisions
Sec. 301. Impermissible uses of funds.
Sec. 302. Supplement, not supplant.
Sec. 303. Prohibition regarding State aid.
Sec. 304. Maintenance of effort.
Sec. 305. Special rule on contracting.
Sec. 306. Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured
goods.
Sec. 307. Labor standards.
Sec. 308. Charter schools.
Sec. 309. Green schools.
Sec. 310. Reporting.
Sec. 311. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 312. Special rules.
Sec. 313. Youthbuild programs.
Sec. 314. Evaluation.
Sec. 315. Advisory Council on Green, High-Performing
Schools.
Sec. 316. Job Corps.
Sec. 317. Junior and community college students.
Sec. 318. GAO study.
Sec. 319. Education regarding projects.
2.In this Act:
(1)The term
Bureau-funded school has the meaning given to such term in section
1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021).
(2)The term
charter school has the meaning given such term in section 5210 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7221).
(3)The term CHPS Criteria
means
the green building rating program developed by the Collaborative for High
Performance Schools.
(4)The term Energy Star
means
the Energy Star program of the United States Department of Energy and the
United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(5)The term
Green Globes
means the Green Building Initiative environmental
design and rating system referred to as Green Globes.
(6)The term LEED Green Building Rating
System
means the United States Green Building Council Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design green building rating standard referred to as
LEED Green Building Rating System.
(7)The term
local educational agency—
(A)has the meaning given to that term in
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C.
7801), and shall also include the Recovery School District of
Louisiana and the New Orleans Public Schools; and
(B)includes any public charter school that
constitutes a local educational agency under State law.
(8)The term outlying area—
(A)means the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands; and
(B)includes the
freely associated states of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated
States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
(9)The term public school
facilities
means an existing public school facility, including a public
charter school facility, or another existing facility planned for adaptive
reuse as such a school facility.
(10)The term
State means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
<enum>I</enum><header>Grants for
modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities</header>
<section id="HE50D8A98E4E34CA9A7C82BA5722DCDA7"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Grants under this title shall be for the
purpose of modernizing, renovating, or repairing public school facilities,
based on their need for such improvements, to be safe, healthy,
high-performing, and up-to-date technologically.</text>
</section><section id="HEADF66F4E6484D89A2CF52506920C4F3"><enum>102.</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header>
<subsection id="HE42CC37CFCF645DABADDC1056824D1CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservation</header>
<paragraph id="HF3E2BF4F1FCC48699B90EB78F111A666"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amount
appropriated to carry out this title for each fiscal year pursuant to section
311(a), the Secretary shall reserve 2 percent of such amount, consistent with
the purpose described in section 101—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9CB0B52FB6FE4D97BBBAB77C84C8543E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide
assistance to the outlying areas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34BD8F8A3C5848859A4875DC2DC72E69"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for payments to the Secretary of the
Interior to provide assistance to Bureau-funded schools.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE92364C79D6B4E94976E0FEF64337D8B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of reserved
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each fiscal year,
the amount reserved under paragraph (1) shall be divided between the uses
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph in the same proportion
as the amount reserved under section 1121(a) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6331">20 U.S.C. 6331(a)</external-xref>) is divided
between the uses described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section 1121(a) in
such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E88BB6EB0DC4F0F8125D3D93AD95EEE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distressed areas
and natural disasters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From
the amount appropriated to carry out this title for each fiscal year pursuant
to section 311(a), the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent of such amount for
grants to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H89A0967A7A1C46F1AAC63AAFCBDE3AAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">local educational agencies serving
geographic areas with significant economic distress, to be used consistent with
the purpose described in section 101 and the allowable uses of funds described
in section 103; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDEE6AD584C84BD0B982328DB4C23D0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">local educational agencies serving
geographic areas recovering from a natural disaster, to be used consistent with
the purpose described in section 201 and the allowable uses of funds described
in section 203.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF5F8FE43E52D4222AEF5D8422862524E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation to
States</header>
<paragraph id="H7FABD2739ACF4246B1E6DCFAA0AD13FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State-by-State
allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount
appropriated to carry out this title for each fiscal year pursuant to section
311(a), and not reserved under subsection (a), each State shall be allocated an
amount in proportion to the amount received by all local educational agencies
in the State under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20
U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</external-xref>) for the previous fiscal year relative to
the total amount received by all local educational agencies in every State
under such part for such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3DFB20755BA4B618FB4D4F4C8A28CDE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may
reserve up to 1 percent of its allocation under paragraph (1) to carry out its
responsibilities under this title, which include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB876B5A846F1418EBFC507CC7D88A1D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing technical assistance to local
educational agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D67210019454C09BBE5321C4B2DC4EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing an online, publicly searchable
database that includes an inventory of public school facilities in the State,
including for each, its design, condition, modernization, renovation and repair
needs, usage, utilization, energy use, and carbon footprint; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAF8E43121BE4851BDE8A04CEC9779CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creating voluntary guidelines for
high-performing school buildings, including guidelines concerning the
following:</text>
<clause id="HB3A576A377E441A1B5D080B48AC2E805"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Site
location, storm water management, outdoor surfaces, outdoor lighting, and
transportation (location near public transit and easy access for pedestrians
and bicycles).</text>
</clause><clause id="H8BBCA6CFA2744D6DA6071F9B4C505639"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Outdoor water
systems, landscaping to minimize water use, including elimination of irrigation
systems for landscaping, and indoor water use reduction.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9747ED71109E405A8493BF4135E3226D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Energy
efficiency (including minimum and superior standards, such as for heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning systems), use of alternative energy sources,
commissioning, and training.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD61E940D2B5A41EB9BA5334BED8F2409"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Use
of durable, sustainable materials and waste reduction.</text>
</clause><clause id="HFCE24B504EE34022B04A3FBF36BF6E98"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indoor environmental quality, such as day
lighting in classrooms, lighting quality, indoor air quality (including with
reference to reducing the incidence and effects of asthma and other respiratory
illnesses), acoustics, and thermal comfort.</text>
</clause><clause id="H60135A262F9E432E8077211745061612"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Operations and
management, such as use of energy efficient equipment, indoor environmental
management plan, maintenance plan, and pest management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A30A6549ABE465B802DA4597E136BFD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grants to local
educational agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="H5926980A54ED42A5B6749A0145BD8280"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amount allocated to a State under paragraph (1),
each eligible local educational agency in the State shall receive an amount in
proportion to the amount received by such local educational agency under part A
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et
seq.</external-xref>) for the previous fiscal year relative to the total amount
received by all local educational agencies in the State under such part for
such fiscal year, except that no local educational agency that received funds
under title I of that Act for such fiscal year shall receive a grant of less
than $5,000 in any fiscal year under this title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E637D4E5A7846D591E6B53DF1379B14"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
<quote>eligible local educational agency</quote> means a local educational
agency that—</text>
<clause id="H03D2D0620BBE4DC784C390500A4DD624"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the requirements for—</text>
<subclause id="HFBDF3039143A4BEC99195AF490980C12"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a local educational agency plan under
section 1112(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6312">20 U.S.C.
6312(a)</external-xref>);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9F7B31920A7740CF9E68B0BD10565478"><enum>(II)</enum><text>public school
choice under section 1116(b)(1)(E) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6316">20
U.S.C. 6316(b)(1)(E)</external-xref>);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD7D5E862671E46CC8EF8C205450FEE71"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transportation funding for public school
choice under section 1116(b)(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6316">20 U.S.C.
6316(b)(9)</external-xref>);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFB641ECCAF4F4527947791174268DFFB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>supplemental
educational services funding under section 1116(b)(10) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6316">20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(10)</external-xref>);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA5821E93E9C040408B647418A7AC21D0"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supplemental educational services under
section 1116(e) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6316">20 U.S.C.
6316(e)</external-xref>);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H294C64DE15C1456586EF41157D37FC78"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">private school participation under section
9501 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7881">20 U.S.C. 7881</external-xref>);
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAA088B3E6BBE4EA1BD468B05189972E9"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">armed forces recruiter access under section
9528 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7908">20 U.S.C. 7908</external-xref>);
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HFAC9839C1EFA4AF392A9EEE6945E2A5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducts an independent audit by a
third-party entity, and is certified by the State, substantiating the overall
condition of the public school facilities and the need for modernization,
renovation, or repair.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD13282CF7818452F8745F41495B1C487"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1122(c)(3) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6332">20 U.S.C.
6332(c)(3)</external-xref>) shall not apply to paragraph (1) or (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB27C5B90BCC048DA8DAB34BB901AC38C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC0AEC30A99AD4AD7A9BB9E5B0AEE95A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Distributions by
Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
make and distribute the reservations and allocations described in subsections
(a) and (b) not later than 30 days after an appropriation of funds for this
title is made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4611EF59A9F34DC098CD659A4AA100E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distributions by
States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall make and
distribute the allocations described in subsection (b)(3) within 30 days of
receiving such funds from the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1B7ABA53501B477C88224D9F429A8F03"><enum>103.</enum><header>Allowable uses
of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A local educational
agency receiving a grant under this title shall use the grant for
modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, including,
where applicable, early learning facilities, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H4055FE1A4DAB465192D599113C3D082C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">repairing, replacing, or installing roofs,
including extensive, intensive or semi-intensive green roofs, electrical
wiring, water supply and plumbing systems, sewage systems, storm water runoff
systems, lighting systems, or components of such systems, building envelope,
windows, ceilings, flooring, or doors, including security doors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E6C5E6F182640ADBCAEEAF2B1A8D060"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">repairing, replacing, or installing
heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems, or components of such systems
(including insulation), including indoor air quality assessments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC54BD38943149FE86ACFF2A3F0D14FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bringing public schools into compliance
with fire, health, seismic, and safety codes, including professional
installation of fire/life safety alarms, including modernizations, renovations,
and repairs that ensure that schools are prepared for emergencies, such as
improving building infrastructure to accommodate security measures and
installing or upgrading technology to ensure that schools are able to respond
to emergencies such as acts of terrorism, campus violence, and natural
disasters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD68D5E85E944C26AB406DD10B2FF2DA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>modifications
necessary to make public school facilities accessible to comply with the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12101">42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.</external-xref>) and
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/794">29 U.S.C. 794</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A29EE5142FB4C3D9BDCAB7F325A03DC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">abatement, removal, or interim controls of
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, or lead-based hazards,
including lead-based paint hazards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CEB4F206F6047C8B28A445E66B66754"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measures designed to reduce or eliminate
human exposure to classroom noise and environmental noise pollution;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FC71C3EA75646D19E50F557E3A0B377"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modernizations, renovations, or repairs
necessary to reduce the consumption of coal, electricity, land, natural gas,
oil, or water;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81C196D63FE548C799D7D7350E613E72"><enum>(8)</enum><text>upgrading or
installing educational technology infrastructure to ensure that students have
access to up-to-date educational technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08C7995B373D473DADC015CA6A5F456A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>modernization,
renovation, or repair of science and engineering laboratory facilities,
libraries, and career and technical education facilities, including those
related to energy efficiency and renewable energy, and improvements to building
infrastructure to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian access;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H115294A5677B48D4AE5DCAF619ACA925"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">renewable energy generation and heating
systems, including solar, photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, or biomass, including
wood pellet, woody biomass, waste-to-energy, and solar-thermal systems or
components of such systems, and energy audits;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33599B1243F6419DA89BC62DB238363A"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measures designed to reduce or eliminate
human exposure to airborne particles such as dust, sand, and pollens;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4207200998A54EC6BCD47594EE6DFF9E"><enum>(12)</enum><text>creating
greenhouses, gardens (including trees), and other facilities for environmental,
scientific, or other educational purposes, or to produce energy savings;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34AEA7EC36934CF8A6E76146577812ED"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upgrading or installing recreational
structures, including physical education facilities for students, made from
post consumer recovered materials in accordance with the comprehensive
procurement guidelines prepared by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency under section 6002(e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6962">42 U.S.C.
6962(e)</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6D967A210224D0AAA754A0DF1C27D3F"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other modernization, renovation, or repair
of public school facilities to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF6AFD7961234F1797A92A977932E477"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve teachers’
ability to teach and students’ ability to learn;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48B5F562BD7747C09EBCD730A5652D0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure the health
and safety of students and staff;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75286BA2791244639EC6BEB66ACC60E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>make them more
energy efficient; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H072B240C9AE0460FAC03824A311317B7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reduce class size;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB162BBEE1F034600963B8574D1CA32FD"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">required environmental remediation related
to public school modernization, renovation, or repair described in paragraphs
(1) through (14).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7973432796574CA9AAD932CC1355C009"><enum>104.</enum><header>Priority
projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In selecting a
project under section 103, a local educational agency may give priority to
projects involving the abatement, removal, or interim controls of asbestos,
polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, lead-based hazards, including
lead-based paint hazards, or a proven carcinogen.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Supplemental
grants for Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama</header>
<section commented="no" id="H33EF73266EEF41B5B9AC37927EAA96D3"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Grants under this title shall be for the
purpose of modernizing, renovating, repairing, or constructing public school
facilities, including, where applicable, early learning facilities, based on
their need for such improvements, to be safe, healthy, high-performing, and
up-to-date technologically.</text>
</section><section id="HCC79D660569D4BC38BE517AD4C5A5131"><enum>202.</enum><header>Allocation to
local educational agencies</header>
<subsection id="H659F49CE12774967B0B9F8BCC1D7D6AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Of the amount appropriated to carry out this title for
each fiscal year pursuant to section 311(b), the Secretary shall allocate to
local educational agencies in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama an amount
equal to the infrastructure damage inflicted on public school facilities in
each such district by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita in 2005 relative to
the total of such infrastructure damage so inflicted in all such districts,
combined.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDEC7D3D69BBA48EFA244A941B792C30F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution by
Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall determine and distribute the
allocations described in subsection (a) not later than 60 days after an
appropriation of funds for this title is made.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H9E1286B4CC3545CD8B125010BE1EA3C4"><enum>203.</enum><header>Allowable uses
of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A local educational
agency receiving a grant under this title shall use the grant for one or more
of the activities described in section 103, except that an agency receiving a
grant under this title also may use the grant for the construction of new
public school facilities.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>General
provisions</header>
<section id="H6D9C40B1454E4B77B7CF8E006BFEB469"><enum>301.</enum><header>Impermissible
uses of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No funds
received under this Act may be used for—</text>
<paragraph id="HA2AB385C9780408989736F8344DB3FCD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>payment of
maintenance costs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41FD2856E1694603BFC376CC086C663E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>stadiums or other
facilities primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other events
for which admission is charged to the general public;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD2B5660A33F4D9C88675A9A12A6F275"><enum>(3)</enum><text>improvement or
construction of facilities the purpose of which is not the education of
children, including central office administration or operations or logistical
support facilities; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE61BF59EAAD146018169182BADFB90AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>purchasing carbon
offsets.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H21B041B0CD7F406EAB73C01A932E1682"><enum>302.</enum><header>Supplement, not
supplant</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A local educational
agency receiving a grant under this Act shall use such Federal funds only to
supplement and not supplant the amount of funds that would, in the absence of
such Federal funds, be available for modernization, renovation, repair, and
construction of public school facilities.</text>
</section><section id="HF1F72CEEE9564FCB939491914FD3203F"><enum>303.</enum><header>Prohibition
regarding State aid</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A State
shall not take into consideration payments under this Act in determining the
eligibility of any local educational agency in that State for State aid, or the
amount of State aid, with respect to free public education of children.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HD5786218EFD8471F8653F16207E4A58F"><enum>304.</enum><header>Maintenance of
effort</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H824A2D334B9540BD8A5F52DA662FB8E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational
agency may receive a grant under this Act for any fiscal year only if either
the combined fiscal effort per student or the aggregate expenditures of the
agency and the State involved with respect to the provision of free public
education by the agency for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 90
percent of the combined fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures for the second
preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1A2722FFCACA4C3693950FC7B855F64E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction in
case of failure To meet maintenance of effort requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H386793A4474B495D9D19CF435776F700"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State educational
agency shall reduce the amount of a local educational agency’s grant in any
fiscal year in the exact proportion by which a local educational agency fails
to meet the requirement of subsection (a) by falling below 90 percent of both
the combined fiscal effort per student and aggregate expenditures (using the
measure most favorable to the local agency).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1E8FEBFF75F04F22B9093044EA12DD18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>No such lesser amount shall be used for computing the effort
required under subsection (a) for subsequent years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD73F7C4AE9234B318D018491C85B4593"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary shall waive the requirements of this section if the Secretary
determines that a waiver would be equitable due to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H697C712EA05245189B9BB9A350AFFDE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>exceptional or
uncontrollable circumstances, such as a natural disaster; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD4AD55AE6B0A41BB80AC0A798FC6E13D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a precipitous
decline in the financial resources of the local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H20278E14A1444760A3087D79D85478C2"><enum>305.</enum><header>Special rule on
contracting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each local
educational agency receiving a grant under this Act shall ensure that, if the
agency carries out modernization, renovation, repair, or construction through a
contract, the process for any such contract ensures the maximum number of
qualified bidders, including local, small, minority, and women- and
veteran-owned businesses, through full and open competition.</text>
</section><section id="H4DF8B07B85514598827A466B631A62E5"><enum>306.</enum><header>Use of American
iron, steel, and manufactured goods</header>
<subsection id="HEC0DDA87F0D348F9A95D81D5CCFB24C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used for a project for the modernization,
renovation, repair or construction of a public school facility unless all of
the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the
United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0A5DACD88CDC4C17B09B9E3D4800AC92"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subsection
(a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases in which the Secretary
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H1033A1373E8E4639AAA109231D341158"><enum>(1)</enum><text>applying
subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F8B64BD47FF4D41A8F54FEE1708C127"><enum>(2)</enum><text>iron, steel, and
the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in
sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70167CBF9CE9415F85DC51B1F72B115F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>inclusion of iron,
steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the
cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBAE5863AC29C492EB6DCC2A67310E09B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication of
justification</header><text>If the Secretary determines that it is necessary to
waive the application of subsection (a) based on a finding under subsection
(b), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed written
justification of the determination.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD3CF6C178B6844E8BADF42F65308F5C5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>This
section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations
under international agreements.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H12488CD2811A4C89ADA6B39A7522D4B5"><enum>307.</enum><header>Labor
standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The grant programs
under this Act are applicable programs (as that term is defined in section 400
of the General Education Provisions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1221">20 U.S.C. 1221</external-xref>)) subject to section
439 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232b">20
U.S.C. 1232b</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section id="H11C5861255AD4E60A0EC1B3653DEA158"><enum>308.</enum><header>Charter
schools</header>
<subsection id="H8609E7DA409B4FD88BBAD69175C426B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational
agency receiving an allocation under this Act shall reserve an amount of that
allocation for charter schools within its jurisdiction for modernization,
renovation, repair, and construction of charter school facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H70C079E1B71141FFA182E9F38E0A3A7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination of
reserved amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount to
be reserved by a local educational agency under subsection (a) shall be
determined based on the combined percentage of students eligible under part A
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et
seq.</external-xref>) in the schools of the agency who—</text>
<paragraph id="H5FBC7019F26B4A8F800FCD0EA8E46182"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are enrolled in
charter schools; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65CC59454232442BB3B0292E0733AC62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the local
educational agency, in consultation with the authorized public chartering
agency, expects to be enrolled, during the year with respect to which the
reservation is made, in charter schools that are scheduled to commence
operation during such year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE4B7DFA5961A4868BFC7DA3BC34F5747"><enum>(c)</enum><header>School
share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individual charter
schools shall receive a share of the amount reserved under subsection (a) based
on the need of each school for modernization, renovation, repair, or
construction, as determined by the local educational agency in consultation
with charter school administrators.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5FBF255049B54430B11B66D7812C1126"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Excess
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the consultation
described in subsection (c), if the local educational agency determines that
the amount of funds reserved under subsection (a) exceeds the modernization,
renovation, repair, and construction needs of charter schools within the local
educational agency’s jurisdiction, the agency may use the excess funds for
other public school facility modernization, renovation, repair, or construction
consistent with this Act and is not required to carry over such funds to the
following fiscal year for use for charter schools.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE8C6C5F0AC4745E68028DC9384B91DA6"><enum>309.</enum><header>Green
schools</header>
<subsection id="H692ED04CF3E745C6974A4E0F0EC71EF7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a given fiscal
year, a local educational agency shall use not less than the applicable
percentage (described in subsection (b)) of funds received under this Act for
public school modernization, renovation, repairs, or construction that are
certified, verified, or consistent with any applicable provisions of—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E02D584BD184AD3BB0C3BA68BC781D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the LEED Green Building Rating
System;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0DF0AC029EE43518ACBF622A9247450"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Energy Star;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C8F3EA658BF40FC9001126452D15D49"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the CHPS Criteria;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEA2C4A2F7C5456C92DEB2799B0BCAF3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Green Globes;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A6D50A728944629A4C8D3C92E9F8CA5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an equivalent program adopted by the State
or another jurisdiction with authority over the local educational agency, which
shall include a verifiable method to demonstrate compliance with such
program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDFAE286CA6344AB7B3639627C9A275E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable
percentages</header><text>The applicable percentage described in subsection (a)
is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3789C645481E497FAB96561FA8FB9897"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in fiscal year
2010, 50 percent;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE271E6B9C13B487582C5487403BAC8F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in fiscal year
2011, 60 percent;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD833AAB1BC574376AA99F860C22985B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in fiscal year
2012, 70 percent;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB384545BABD043FEAC44B032755CD601"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in fiscal year
2013, 80 percent;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H35993BAFC94F47278570BC4E21696941"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in fiscal year
2014, 90 percent; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB54AB24EC69456A80905D65D7F6A93F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in fiscal year
2015, 100 percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BA13467C17E45509D1654B20DB3DE95"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section shall be construed to prohibit a local educational agency from using
sustainable, domestic hardwood lumber as ascertained through the forest
inventory and analysis program of the Forest Service of the Department of
Agriculture under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of
1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1641">16 U.S.C. 1641
et seq.</external-xref>) for public school modernization, renovation, repairs,
or construction.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA476A5C6ADD749CE82F057546645BB8B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, shall provide outreach and technical
assistance to States and local educational agencies concerning the best
practices in school modernization, renovation, repair, and construction,
including those related to student academic achievement, student and staff
health, energy efficiency, and environmental protection.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3E43C8CD1E7B4E228E481205F7EB410D"><enum>310.</enum><header>Reporting</header>
<subsection id="H1B827216856147C28649A8BE77B6612C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports by local
educational agencies</header><text>Local educational agencies receiving a grant
under this Act shall annually compile a report describing the projects for
which such funds were used, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H308CBDEFE867495B84A3338760E82000"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of public schools in the agency,
including the number of charter schools, and for each, in the aggregate, the
number of students from low-income families;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4D96922042C4F6B9764B9985D90CD5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of funds received by the
local educational agency under this Act and the amount of such funds expended,
including the amount expended for modernization, renovation, repair, or
construction of charter schools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BFCE60F2AC546D183DF4CF5FB18814F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of
public schools in the agency with a metro-centric locale code of 41, 42, or 43
as determined by the National Center for Education Statistics and the
percentage of funds received by the agency under title I or title II of this
Act that were used for projects at such schools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H033B8B5BECCE404F9D4CCC7C48969875"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of public schools in the agency
that are eligible for schoolwide programs under section 1114 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6314">20 U.S.C. 6314</external-xref>) and the percentage
of funds received by the agency under title I or title II of this Act that were
used for projects at such schools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5676B749650E47BEBFE673DC13D374A2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for each
project—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDB10788438EF4C7D90D6F6B500A5B5B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the cost;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H69500C4C5E8244CBAA6BF4B6678B730B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the standard described in section 309(a)
with which the use of the funds complied or, if the use of funds did not comply
with a standard described in section 309(a), the reason such funds were not
able to be used in compliance with such standards and the agency’s efforts to
use such funds in an environmentally sound manner;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57B219094288462C9F1BE04B149B84BF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if flooring was installed, whether—</text>
<clause id="H8131CF251A174F85A5245034906FF692"><enum>(i)</enum><text>it
was low- or no-VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) flooring;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB4F4EAA1924D47F1B423167B07941F2A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>it
was made from sustainable and renewable materials; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A2EA951A1704872AE8F3886F6CD3219"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>use of flooring
described in clause (i) or (ii) was cost-effective; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1ABF6606240C4A1EB82218084F6CE4DC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any demonstrable or expected benefits as a
result of the project (such as energy savings, improved indoor environmental
quality, student and staff health (including with reference to reducing the
incidence and effects of asthma and other respiratory illnesses), improved
climate for teaching and learning, etc.); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H49E3936C56834065A8ED0FF3FFEF77B3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the total number
and amount of contracts awarded, and the number and amount of contracts awarded
to local, small, minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7F05F59604644417A72F0B5D54480594"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational
agency shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCA6525BDEC8845FCB7D0262AE1C72B6E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit the report
described in subsection (a) to the State educational agency, which shall
compile such information and report it annually to the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6AD04D6D898B4CCEB48D8F0D41A72DDA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make the report described in subsection (a)
publicly available, including on the agency’s website.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H25AEF7B84FA94477B952218996B7D811"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports by
Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
December 31 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and make available on the
Department of Education’s website, a report on grants made under this Act,
including the information described in subsection (b)(1), the types of
modernization, renovation, repair, and construction funded, and the number of
students impacted, including the number of students counted under section
1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6313">20 U.S.C.
6313(a)(5)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9F1917AF8C624085A980BF17F54F7E7C"><enum>311.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HA44BAAAE7A8F4298AF030C27EB2D0440"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title
I</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out title I, there
are authorized to be appropriated $6,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9D64957B49F6482F962C5543A4D2358F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title
II</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out title II,
there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2010 through 2015.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9D53A5F03170454BAFE6749C11C2203C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on
earmarks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds
appropriated under this section may be used for a Congressional earmark as
defined in clause 9(d) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HB307FCC70AC6411186AAD34E52A0F2A8"><enum>312.</enum><header>Special
rules</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, none of the funds authorized by this Act may
be—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H84EE37C7F2CA4D3EAE40AAF7D4BF49D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>used to employ
workers in violation of section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324a">8 U.S.C.
1324a</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA58506CFE4E54B55B922EBE6666797CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>distributed to a
local educational agency that does not have a policy that requires a criminal
background check on all employees of the agency.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H20F13D2ACF6D41D684670649FB9C06EC"><enum>313.</enum><header>Youthbuild
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall work with
recipients of funds under this Act to promote appropriate opportunities for
participants in a YouthBuild program (as defined in section 173A of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2918a">29 U.S.C. 2918a</external-xref>)) to gain
employment experience on modernization, renovation, repair, and construction
projects funded under this Act.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE90E03E0060840C7AA4EC6CF3FC56749"><enum>314.</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subsection id="H780922B948E44CA5A36F6774E8920740"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="H6630DF65913941F8BA7942EC06AA5EC9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the
Institute of Educational Sciences of the Department of Education to evaluate
the impact of projects funded under this Act on student academic achievement,
including a comparison of students attending public schools receiving funding
under this Act with students attending public schools that are not receiving
such funding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H045F84B8FEA040CEB3BF13FD42A69DDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Research design;
dissemination</header><text>The Secretary, through a grant, contract, or
cooperative agreement, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A3D40A405B8481FAA13D274AAF6FF67"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the evaluation described in
paragraph (1) is conducted using the strongest possible research design for
determining the effectiveness of the projects funded under this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC0BDC2955624087A95333887251E83C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disseminate information on the impact of
the projects in increasing the academic achievement of students.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8D4395888ED64AE09833288A87704B13"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the final year for which a grant is made under this
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations, and the
Committee on Education and Labor, of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions, of the Senate, a report on the results of the evaluation described in
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF87A3B4D2C0E4748A138675E2DB89DA6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>Following the submission of the report under
subsection (b), all reports and underlying data gathered pursuant to this
section shall be made available, in a timely manner, to the public upon
request.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H31C636FAEACB4A828A14163120A35C30"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of
Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit
the disclosure of any personally identifiable information regarding a student,
except to the parents of the student.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCD57BE530FB446F79FC79269CF0D7216"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limit on amount
expended</header><text>The amount expended by the Secretary to carry out this
section for a fiscal year shall not exceed 0.5 percent of the total amount
appropriated to carry out this Act for such fiscal year.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A15D073591E463BAED84BA2B831569A"><enum>315.</enum><header>Advisory
Council on Green, High-Performing Schools</header>
<subsection id="HBE6BA7ED173142E4AE7E4079F9CB7AA5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
advisory council</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall establish an advisory council to be known as the
<quote>Advisory Council on Green, High-Performing Schools</quote> (in this
section referred to as the <quote>Advisory Council</quote>) which shall be
composed of—</text>
<paragraph id="H800C282688DD47DEB8729BEB7C1C1450"><enum>(1)</enum><text>appropriate
officials from the Department of Education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H619C8DC6F46C4F0EA97918CA097C8591"><enum>(2)</enum><text>representatives of
the academic, architectural, business, education, engineering, environmental,
labor and scientific communities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H242C87BBE33F4048AA5F4FDA5EB93977"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such other
representatives as the Secretary deems appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H31C28219EF7D43389840B81851E34D5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of
advisory council</header>
<paragraph id="H6996BBFFCDA14A76900D98FBCC366589"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advisory
duties</header><text>The Advisory Council shall advise the Secretary on the
impact of green, high-performing schools, on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F25E55DF63949FEBCF7CE3B2B51824C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>teaching and
learning;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC692F100672349B293C0D6D52E389ADE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>health;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F31D802751A42B19A9E3296B629DC52"><enum>(C)</enum><text>energy costs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC807F440B4934327896CCAD1FEB4DBBD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>environmental
impact; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E3DAEA8ABF94B1AAA19EFC831469C1E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other areas that
the Secretary and the Advisory Council deem appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H17394A2248374060B1C9E54AF0CA7264"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
duties</header><text>The Advisory Council shall assist the Secretary in—</text>
<subparagraph id="H04C09D1B3A014E319F3FF2CCBBA93669"><enum>(A)</enum><text>making
recommendations on Federal policies to increase the number of green,
high-performing schools;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA681AF252954478C9F1947B93BB935E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying
Federal policies that are barriers to helping States and local educational
agencies make schools green and high-performing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96364D7BD3984D319318C8D2285532B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing
technical assistance and outreach to States and local educational agencies
under section 309(c) ; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB43492CB47AD4524938A882553D877D6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>providing the
Secretary such other assistance as the Secretary deems appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H249433C198B14B559EA5B0032719B731"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
carrying out its duties under subsection (b), the Advisory Council shall
consult with the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the heads of
appropriate Federal agencies, including the Secretary of Commerce, the
Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary
of Labor, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
Administrator of the General Services Administration (through the Office of
Federal High-Performance Green Buildings).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H069BE4C65FD4476B9E6D15E2DF8F288C"><enum>316.</enum><header>Job
Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall work with
recipients of funds under this Act to promote appropriate opportunities for
individuals enrolled in the Job Corps program carried out under subtitle C of
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2881">29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.</external-xref>) to gain
employment experience on modernization, renovation, repair, and construction
projects funded under this Act.</text>
</section><section id="HA2C30A35176141C693C9C957D09A67F0"><enum>317.</enum><header>Junior and
community college students</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall work
with recipients of funds under this Act to promote appropriate opportunities
for individuals enrolled in a junior or community college (as defined in
section 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1088">20 U.S.C. 1088(f)</external-xref>))
certificate or degree program relating to projects described in section 309(a)
to gain employment experience working on such projects funded under this
Act.</text>
</section><section id="HB8881B98DB394F6E9F86FAE1B71CEEE7"><enum>318.</enum><header>GAO
study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall conduct a study to determine, and report to the Congress
on, the extent and types of projects in keeping with the uses of funds
authorized under this Act being undertaken in schools around the United States,
the geographic distribution of green, high-performing schools in the United
States, including by urban, suburban, and rural areas, and the relative access
to such schools of the demographic groups described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 USC
6311(b)(2)(C)(v)).</text>
</section><section id="HF6B6F28DAC0741BB9B388246BEFE1033"><enum>319.</enum><header>Education
regarding projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A local
educational agency receiving funds under this Act may encourage schools at
which projects are undertaken with such funds to educate students about the
project, including, as appropriate, the functioning of the project and its
environmental, energy, sustainability, and other benefits.</text>
</section>
Passed the House of
Representatives May 14, 2009.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.