1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Transit Workforce Training Act of 2020 . 2. National transit frontline workforce training center Section 5314(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) National frontline workforce training center (1) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a national transit frontline workforce training center (hereinafter referred to as the Center ), targeted to both rural and urban transit systems, and award grants to a nonprofit organization with a demonstrated capacity to develop and provide transit career ladder programs through labor-management partnerships and apprenticeships on a nationwide basis to carry out the duties under paragraph (2). The Center shall be dedicated to the needs of the frontline transit workforce through standards-based training in the maintenance and operations occupations. (2) Duties (A) In general In cooperation with the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, public transportation authorities, and national entities, the Center shall develop and conduct training and educational programs for frontline local transportation employees engaged in Government-aid public transportation work. (B) Training and educational programs The training and educational programs developed under subparagraph (A) may include courses in recent developments, techniques, and procedures related to— (i) developing consensus national training standards in partnership with industry stakeholders for key frontline occupations with demonstrated skill gaps; (ii) developing national systems of qualification and apprenticeship for transit maintenance and operations occupations; (iii) building local, regional, and Statewide transit training partnerships to identify and address workforce skill gaps and develop skills needed for delivering quality transit service and supporting employee career advancement