Congress 107 - HR 771 - Schools for the 21st Century Act

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Alaska Authorization Building construction Charter schools Commerce Construction costs Construction industries Construction workers Department of Education Depressed areas Economics and Public Finance Education Education of disadvantaged children Educational finance Educational surveys Elementary and secondary education Elementary schools Employee selection Federal aid to education Federal aid to Indians Finance and Financial Sector Government contractors Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government procurement High schools Income tax Indian education Indigenous peoples Infrastructure Interest Labor and Employment Maintenance and repair Minorities Public schools Residence requirements School buildings School districts School planning Skilled labor Social Welfare Student enrollment Tax credits Tax returns Tax-exempt securities Taxation Wages

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Federal School Construction Act of 2001 - Schools for the 21st Century Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise and reauthorize provisions for school infrastructure improvement. Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants for the construction, repair, renovation, and modernization of public school facilities to eligible local educational agencies in specified categories based on numbers of students enrolled, and to set maximum award amounts for each such category. Requires reservation of one percent of program funds to provide assistance to schools operated predominantly for Native American or Alaska Native students.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited tax credit for holders of qualified public school modernization bonds. Repeals a restriction on zone academy bond holders.

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to apply certain labor standards on construction projects financed under such public school modernization bond program and specified zone academy bond provisions.

Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish provisions concerning local employment and training activities related to the construction or reconstruction of public school facilities.

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Apr 20, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Apr 20, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Apr 20, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 28, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 28, 2001

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