Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to: (1) eligible entities to assist public elementary or secondary schools to function as full-service community schools; and (2) State collaboratives to support development of full-service community school programs.
Requires such schools to: (1) participate in community-based efforts to coordinate educational, developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive services through community-based organizations and public and private partnerships; and (2) provide access to such services to students, families, and the community.
Gives local grant priority to entities that: (1) will serve at least one school eligible for schoolwide programs under specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and more than one full-service community school as part of a community or districtwide strategy; and (2) demonstrate a record of effectiveness in integrating at least three of various qualified services.
Establishes a Full-Service Community Schools Advisory Committee.
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4585 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4585
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support
of full-service community schools, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 16, 2004
Mr. Hoyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support
of full-service community schools, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Full-Service Community Schools Act
of 2004''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) Providing support for the planning, implementation, and
operation of full-service community schools.
(2) Improving the coordination, availability, and
effectiveness of services for children and families.
(3) Enabling principals and teachers to complement and
enrich efforts to help all children reach proficiency in
reading and math by 2014.
(4) Ensuring that children come to school ready to learn
every day.
(5) Enabling families to participate in the education of
their children.
(6) Enabling the more efficient use of Federal, State,
local, and private sector resources that serve children and
families.
(7) Facilitating the coordination of programs operated by
nonprofit organizations and State, local, and tribal
governments.
SEC. 3. FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
For purposes of this Act, the term ``full-service community
school'' means a public elementary or secondary school that--
(1) participates in a community-based effort to coordinate
educational, developmental, family, health, and other
comprehensive services through community-based organizations
and public and private partnerships; and
(2) provides access to such services to students, families,
and the community.
SEC. 4. LOCAL PROGRAMS.
(a) Grants.--The Secretary of Education (in this Act referred to as
the ``Secretary'') may award grants to eligible entities to assist
public elementary or secondary schools to function as full-service
community schools.
(b) Use of Funds.--Grants awarded under this section shall be used
to provide or coordinate not less than 3 qualified services at 1 or
more public elementary or secondary schools.
(c) Application.--To seek a grant under this section, an eligible
entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in
such manner as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall require
that each such application include the following:
(1) A description of the eligible entity.
(2) A list of partner entities that will assist the
eligible entity to provide or coordinate qualified services.
(3) A memorandum of understanding between the eligible
entity and each partner entity describing the role the partner
entity will assume.
(4) A description of the capacity of the eligible entity to
provide and coordinate qualified services at a full-service
community school.
(5) A comprehensive plan that includes descriptions of the
following:
(A) The student, family, and school community to be
served, including information about the number of
students, families, and community residents to be
served and the frequency of services.
(B) Existing qualified services available at each
school to be served and in the community involved.
(C) Qualified services to be provided or
coordinated by the eligible entity and its partner
entities.
(D) Coordination, management, and oversight of
qualified services at each school to be served,
including the role of the school principal, the full-
service community school coordinator, parents, and
members of the community.
(E) Funding sources for qualified services at each
school to be served, whether such funding is derived
from grants under this section or from other Federal,
State, local, or private sources.
(F) Plans for professional development for managing
personnel, or coordinating or delivering qualified
services at, the schools to be served.
(G) Plans for joint utilization and maintenance of
school facilities by the eligible entity and its
partner entities.
(6) Identification of principles of effectiveness that are
based on--
(A) an assessment of objective data regarding the
need for the establishment of a full-service community
school and qualified services at each school to be
served and in the community involved;
(B) an established set of performance measures
aimed at ensuring the availability of high-quality
services; and
(C) if appropriate, scientifically-based research
that provides evidence that the qualified services
involved will help students meet State and local
student academic achievement standards.
(7) A strategy for developing a plan for sustainability.
(d) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary
shall give priority to eligible entities that--
(1) will serve at least 1 school eligible for a schoolwide
program under section 1114 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314);
(2) demonstrate a record of effectiveness in integrating at
least 3 qualified services; and
(3) will serve more than 1 full-service community school as
part of a community- or district-wide strategy.
(e) Grant Period.--Each grant awarded under this section shall be
for a period of 5 years.
(f) Minimum Amount.--The Secretary may not award a grant to an
eligible entity under this section in an amount that is less than
$75,000 for each year of the 5-year grant period.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``eligible entity'' means a consortium of a
local educational agency and 1 or more community-based
organizations, nonprofit organizations, or other public or
private entities.
(2) The term ``qualified services'' means any of the
following:
(A) Early childhood education.
(B) Remedial education activities and academic
enrichment activities.
(C) Programs under the Head Start Act, including
Early Head Start programs.
(D) Programs that promote parental involvement and
family literacy, including the Reading First, Early
Reading First, and William F. Goodling Even Start
Family Literacy programs authorized in part B of title
I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.).
(E) Youth development programs.
(F) Parent leadership development activities.
(G) Parenting education activities.
(H) Child care services.
(I) Community service and service learning
opportunities.
(J) Programs that provide assistance to students
who have been truant, suspended, or expelled.
(K) Job training and career counseling services.
(L) Nutrition services.
(M) Primary health and dental care.
(N) Mental health prevention and treatment
services.
(O) Adult education, including instruction in
English as a second language.
SEC. 5. STATE PROGRAMS.
(a) Grants.--The Secretary may award grants to State collaboratives
to support the development of full-service community school programs in
accordance with this section.
(b) Use of Funds.--Grants awarded under this section shall be used
only for the following:
(1) Planning, coordinating, and expanding the development
of full-service community schools in the State.
(2) Providing technical assistance and training at full-
service community schools, including professional development
for personnel and creation of data collection and evaluation
systems.
(3) Collecting, evaluating, and reporting data about the
progress of full-service community schools.
(4) Evaluating the impact of State policies and guidelines
in the integration of Federal and State programs at full-
service community schools.
(c) Application.--To seek a grant under this section, a State
collaborative shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time
and in such manner as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall
require that each such application include the following:
(1) A list of all governmental agencies and nonprofit
organizations that will participate as members of the State
collaborative.
(2) A description of the expertise of each member of the
State collaborative--
(A) in coordinating Federal and State programs
across multiple agencies; and
(B) in working with and developing the capacity of
full-service community schools.
(3) A comprehensive plan describing how the grant will be
used to plan, coordinate, and expand the delivery of services
at full-service community schools.
(4) An explanation of how the State will provide technical
assistance and training, including professional development, at
full-service community schools.
(5) An explanation of how the State will collect and
evaluate information on full-service community schools.
(d) Grant Period.--Each grant awarded under this section shall be
for a period of 5 years.
(e) Minimum Amount.--The Secretary may not award a grant to a State
collaborative under this section in an amount that is less than
$500,000 for each year of the 5-year grant period.
(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``State'' includes the several States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession
of the United States.
(2) The term ``State collaborative'' means a collaborative
of a State educational agency and not less than 2 other
governmental agencies or nonprofit organizations that provide
services to children and families.
SEC. 6. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established an advisory
committee to be known as the ``Full-Service Community Schools Advisory
Committee'' (in this section referred to as the ``Advisory
Committee'').
(b) Duties.--Subject to subsection (c), the Advisory Committee
shall--
(1) consult with the Secretary on the development and
implementation of programs under this Act;
(2) identify strategies to improve the coordination of
Federal programs in support of full-service community schools;
and
(3) issue an annual report to the Congress on efforts under
this Act.
(c) Consultation.--In carrying out its duties under this section,
the Advisory Committee shall consult annually with eligible entities
awarded grants under section 4, State collaboratives awarded grants
under section 5, and other entities with expertise in operating full-
service community schools.
(d) Members.--The Advisory Committee shall consist of 4 members as
follows:
(1) The Attorney General of the United States (or the
Attorney General's delegate).
(2) The Secretary of Agriculture (or the Secretary's
delegate).
(3) The Secretary of Health and Human Services (or the
Secretary's delegate).
(4) The Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary's delegate).
SEC. 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary, directly or through
grants, shall provide such technical assistance as may be appropriate
to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
(b) Evaluations by Secretary.--The Secretary shall conduct
evaluations on the effectiveness of grants under section 4 and 5 in
achieving the purposes of this Act.
(c) Evaluations by Grantees.--The Secretary shall require each
recipient of a grant under this section--
(1) to conduct periodic evaluations of the progress
achieved with the grant toward achieving the purposes of this
Act;
(2) to use such evaluations to refine and improve
activities conducted with the grant and the performance
measures for such activities; and
(3) to make the results of such evaluations publicly
available, including by providing public notice of such
availability.
(d) Supplement, not Supplant.--Funds made available to a grantee
under this Act may be used only to supplement, and not supplant, any
other Federal, State, or local funds that would otherwise be available
to carry out the activities assisted under this Act.
(e) Matching Funds.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall require each recipient
of a grant under this Act to provide matching funds from non-
Federal sources in an amount determined under paragraph (2).
(2) Determination of amount of match.--
(A) Sliding scale.--Subject to subparagraph (B),
the Secretary shall determine the amount of matching
funds to be required of a grantee under this subsection
based on a sliding fee scale that takes into account--
(i) the relative poverty of the population
to be targeted by the grantee; and
(ii) the ability of the grantee to obtain
such matching funds.
(B) Maximum amount.--The Secretary may not require
any grantee under this section to provide matching
funds in an amount that exceeds the amount of the grant
award.
(3) In-kind contributions.--The Secretary shall permit
grantees under this section to match funds in whole or in part
with in-kind contributions.
(4) Consideration.--Notwithstanding this subsection, the
Secretary shall not consider an applicant's ability to match
funds when determining which applicants will receive grants
under this Act.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this Act $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
(b) Allocation.--Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this Act
for each fiscal year--
(1) 75 percent shall be for section 4;
(2) 20 percent shall be for section 5; and
(3) of the remaining 5 percent, not less than $500,000
shall be for technical assistance under section 7(a).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
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