[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 419 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 419

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
 authorize the Secretary of Education to make additional grants under 
  the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2001

  Mr. Barrett (for himself, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
 Brown of Ohio, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Frost, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
Hinojosa, Mr. Clement, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. George 
   Miller of California, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. 
   Baldwin, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Meehan, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
  Abercrombie, Mr. Allen, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of New 
   Jersey, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Rush, Ms. Carson of 
Indiana, Mr. Towns, Mr. Bonior, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Cardin, Ms. McCarthy 
of Missouri, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, and Mr. Lantos) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
 authorize the Secretary of Education to make additional grants under 
  the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, 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 ``Afterschool Education Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) According to the Bureau of the Census, in 1995--
                    (A) nearly 7,000,000 children between the ages of 5 
                and 14 were regularly left unsupervised at home after 
                school;
                    (B) of those nearly 7,000,000 children, 2,400,000 
                were between the ages of 5 and 11 and 4,400,000 were 
                between the ages of 12 and 14; and
                    (C) of those nearly 7,000,000 children, 50 percent 
                spent less than 5 hours per week unsupervised at home 
                while 13 percent spent 10 or more hours per week 
                unsupervised at home.
            (2) The Department of Justice reports that 50 percent of 
        all juvenile crime is committed between the hours of 2 p.m. and 
        8 p.m. on workdays.
            (3) 21st Century Community Learning Centers give students 
        an opportunity to participate in afterschool programs that 
        offer--
                    (A) safe, drug-free environments for educational, 
                recreational, and cultural enrichment; and
                    (B) homework tutors, computer training, nutritional 
                programs, and community service activities.
            (4) Studies have proven that providing safe afterschool 
        options for children improves grades and classroom conduct and 
        builds peer relationships.
            (5) Afterschool programs provide the Nation's parents with 
        the reassurance of knowing that their children are being cared 
        for while the parents are at work.
            (6) The extension of the time period in which the Secretary 
        of Education may make grants under the 21st Century Community 
        Learning Centers Program gives the grant recipients the 
        additional time they need to establish partnerships with non-
        Federal entities and to secure the non-Federal funding 
        necessary for the continued operation of the Centers after the 
        termination of Federal funding.

SEC. 3. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Grant Period.--Section 10903(c) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8243(c)) is amended by striking ``3 
years'' and inserting ``5 years''.
    (b) Grant Amounts.--Section 10903(d) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8243(d)) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(d) Amount.--In making grants under this part, the Secretary 
shall comply with each of the following limitations:
            ``(1) Minimum initial grants.--In each of the first 3 
        fiscal years in which a recipient receives a grant under this 
        part, the amount of each such grant shall be not less than 
        $35,000.
            ``(2) Maximum grants in later years.--
                    ``(A) Fourth fiscal year.--In the fourth fiscal 
                year in which a recipient receives a grant under this 
                part, such grant shall be in an amount that is not more 
                than 75 percent of the amount of the grant received in 
                the first fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Fifth fiscal year.--In the fifth fiscal year 
                in which a recipient receives a grant under this part, 
                such grant shall be in an amount that is not more than 
                50 percent of the amount of the grant received in the 
                first fiscal year.''.
    (c) Continuation of Funding.--Section 10903 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8243) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Continuation of Funding.--The Secretary shall make grants for 
a total of 5 fiscal years to each grant recipient that received its 
first grant under this part in fiscal year 1998 or later.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 10907 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 8247) is amended by striking ``four succeeding fiscal 
years'' and inserting ``7 succeeding fiscal years''.
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