; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States Code. (iii) With respect to a project or set of projects located in the same local educational agency costing not less than $25,000,000, consent to a project labor agreement. (iv) Not hire employees through a temporary staffing agency unless the relevant State workforce agency certifies that temporary employees are necessary to address an acute, short-term labor demand. (v) Have an explicit neutrality policy on any issue involving the organization of employees of the contractor or subcontractor, and all contractors and subcontractors, for purposes of collective bargaining. (vi) For each project related to a healthy green retrofit or new construction of a school, demonstrate an ability to use and to commit to use individuals enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program who shall, to the greatest extent practicable, constitute not less than 20 percent of the individuals working on the project. (vii) To the greatest extent practicable, provide preferential treatment in hiring laborers and mechanics that are— (I) hired from within 50 miles of their official residence; (II) veterans or active or retired military; (III) highly skilled union workers; or (IV) returning citizens who were formerly incarcerated individuals. (viii) Not require mandatory arbitration for any dispute involving a worker engaged in a service for the contractor or subcontractor. (ix) Consider an individual performing any service under the grant as an employee, and not an independent contractor, of the contractor or subcontractor, respectively, unless— (I) the individual is free from control and direction in connection with the performance of the service, both under the contract for the performance of the service and in fact; (II) the service is performed outside the usual course of the business of the contractor or subcontractor, respectively