[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 719 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 719

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
  that senior citizens are given an opportunity to serve as mentors, 
              tutors, and volunteers for certain programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2001

 Mr. Wu (for himself and Mr. Fletcher) 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 ensure 
  that senior citizens are given an opportunity to serve as mentors, 
              tutors, and volunteers for certain programs.

    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 ``Seniors in Our Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

    Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a 
repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be 
considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).

SEC. 3. 21ST CENTURY LEARNING CENTERS.

    Section 10904(a)(3) (20 U.S.C. 8244(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) a description of how the school or consortium 
                will encourage and use appropriately trained senior 
                citizens as volunteers in activities identified under 
                section 10905; and''.

SEC. 4. GOVERNOR'S PROGRAMS.

    Section 4114(c) (20 U.S.C. 7114(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (13);
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:
            ``(12) drug and violence prevention activities that use the 
        services of appropriately trained senior citizens for 
        activities that include mentoring, tutoring, and volunteering; 
        and''.

SEC. 5. LOCAL DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

    Section 4116(b) (20 U.S.C. 7116(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) after ``mentoring'' insert ``(including 
                mentoring by senior citizens)'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' 
                        after the semicolon;
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by inserting ``and'' 
                        after the semicolon; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) drug and violence prevention 
                        activities that use the services of 
                        appropriately trained senior citizens for such 
                        activities as mentoring, tutoring, and 
                        volunteering;'';
            (2) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting ``(including 
        mentoring by senior citizens) after ``mentoring programs''; and
            (3) in paragraph (8), by inserting ``which may involve 
        senior citizens working with students'' after ``settings''.

SEC. 6. NATIONAL PROGRAMS.

    Section 4121(a) (20 U.S.C. 7131(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (10), by inserting ``, including projects 
        and activities that promote the interaction of youth and senior 
        citizens'' after ``responsibility''; and
            (2) in paragraph (13), by inserting ``, including 
        activities that integrate appropriately trained senior citizens 
        for activities such as mentoring, tutoring, and volunteering'' 
        after ``title''.
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