[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1391 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1391

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2007

  Mr. Nelson of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. Durbin) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 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 2007''.

SEC. 2. FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

    Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                ``PART D--FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

``SEC. 4401. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this part 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 mathematics 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 more efficient use of Federal, State, local, 
        and private sector resources that serve children and families.
            ``(7) Facilitating the coordination of programs operated by 
        community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and 
        State, local, and tribal governments.
            ``(8) Engaging students as resources to their communities.
            ``(9) Engaging the business community and other community 
        organizations as partners in the development of full-service 
        community schools.

``SEC. 4402. FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

    ``For purposes of this part, 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. 4403. LOCAL PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Grants.--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 coordinate or provide 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 coordinate or provide qualified services.
            ``(3) A memorandum of understanding between the eligible 
        entity and all partner entities describing the role the partner 
        entities 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 demographic 
                characteristics and needs of students, families, and 
                community residents, the number of individuals to be 
                served, and the frequency of services.
                    ``(B) Qualified services to be provided or 
                coordinated by the eligible entity and its partner 
                entities and how these services will meet the needs of 
                students and their families.
                    ``(C) Planning, 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, partner 
                entities, parents, and members of the community.
                    ``(D) 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.
                    ``(E) Plans for professional development for 
                personnel managing, or coordinating or delivering 
                qualified services at, the schools to be served.
                    ``(F) Plans for joint utilization and maintenance 
                of school facilities by the eligible entity and its 
                partner entities.
                    ``(G) How the eligible entity and its partners will 
                focus services on schools eligible for a schoolwide 
                program under section 1114.
            ``(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 and effectiveness 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 2 or more full-service community schools 
        eligible for a schoolwide program under section 1114;
            ``(2) demonstrate a record of effectiveness in coordinating 
        multiple 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.
                    ``(E) Mentoring and other 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, career counseling, and 
                internship opportunities.
                    ``(L) Nutrition services.
                    ``(M) Primary health and dental care.
                    ``(N) Mental health counseling services.
                    ``(O) Adult education, including instruction in 
                English as a second language.
                    ``(P) Other services consistent with this part.

``SEC. 4404. 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, particularly 
        schools in high-poverty local educational agencies.
            ``(2) Providing technical assistance and training for 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;
                    ``(B) in working with and developing the capacity 
                of full-service community schools; and
                    ``(C) in working with high-poverty schools and 
                local educational agencies.
            ``(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 collaborative will 
        provide technical assistance and training, including 
        professional development, for 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 United States 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. 4405. 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 part;
            ``(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 part, including a description of--
                    ``(A) the results of local and national evaluation 
                of such efforts; and
                    ``(B) the scope of services being coordinated under 
                this part.
    ``(c) Consultation.--In carrying out its duties under this section, 
the Advisory Committee shall consult annually with eligible entities 
awarded grants under section 4403, State collaboratives awarded grants 
under section 4404, 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. 4406. 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 part.
    ``(b) Evaluations by Secretary.--The Secretary shall conduct 
evaluations on the effectiveness of grants under sections 4403 and 4404 
in achieving the purposes of this part.
    ``(c) Evaluations by Grantees.--The Secretary shall require each 
recipient of a grant under this section--
            ``(1) to conduct periodic evaluations of the grant's 
        progress toward achieving the purposes of this part;
            ``(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 part 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 part.
    ``(e) Matching Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall require each 
        recipient of a grant under this part 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 part.

``SEC. 4407. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this part $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
    ``(b) Allocation.--Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this 
part for each fiscal year--
            ``(1) 75 percent shall be for section 4403;
            ``(2) 20 percent shall be for section 4404; and
            ``(3) of the remaining 5 percent, not less than $500,000 
        shall be for technical assistance under section 4406(a).''.
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