[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1007 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1007

 To recreate the common good by supporting programs that enable adults 
  to share their experience and skills with elementary and secondary 
                          school age children.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 21 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

 Mr. Pryor (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Dole, Mr. Wofford, Mr. Cohen, 
   Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Danforth, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Sarbanes, Mrs. 
 Murray, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Riegle, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
   Leahy, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Durenberger, Mr. Krueger, Ms. 
 Moseley-Braun, Mr. Pell, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and 
                            Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To recreate the common good by supporting programs that enable adults 
  to share their experience and skills with elementary and secondary 
                          school age children.

    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 ``National Mentor Corps Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. LOCAL TARGETED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

    Section 1531 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 2941) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7) of subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``and programs'' and inserting ``, 
                programs''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``and intergenerational mentoring 
                programs'' after ``prevention''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Definition.--For the purpose of this section the term 
`intergenerational mentoring program' means a program which--
            ``(1) matches mentors over the age of 21, particularly 
        older mentors, with elementary and secondary school age 
        children for the purpose of sharing experience and skills;
            ``(2) is operated by a non-profit organization or State 
        agency with a demonstrated record of at least 3 years of 
        experience operating an intergenerational mentoring program;
            ``(3) serves public school students as a regular school 
        function;
            ``(4) provides assurances that older individuals are 
        involved in the design and operation of the program;
            ``(5) has established mechanisms for screening mentors, 
        orienting mentors and proteges, matching mentors and proteges, 
        and monitoring mentoring relationships; and
            ``(6) uses funds made available under this chapter to 
        supplement and not to supplant any funds that are, or would 
        otherwise be, expended under any Federal, State, or local 
        mentoring program.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR INTERGENERATIONAL MENTORING.

    (a) Center Established.--The Secretary of Education may make a 
grant to, or enter into a contract with, one organization to enable 
such organization to establish and operate the National Resource Center 
for Intergenerational Mentoring.
    (b) Requirements.--The National Resource Center for 
Intergenerational Mentoring shall--
            (1) serve as a central source of information and assistance 
        regarding intergenerational mentoring;
            (2) be staffed by employees and volunteers, including 
        mentors;
            (3) provide a toll-free telephone number in order to 
        increase access to the information and assistance available 
        from such center;
            (4) collect and make available information regarding start-
        up, implementation and evaluation of intergenerational 
        mentoring programs;
            (5) network with existing private and governmental entities 
        to identify effective practices for intergenerational mentoring 
        programs;
            (6) be a referral source for print and audiovisual 
        materials regarding intergenerational mentoring programs; and
            (7) provide technical assistance or refer interested 
        parties to public or private organizations with expertise in 
        intergenerational mentoring.

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