[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 1787 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1787

To amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
      to establish a full-service community schools grant program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 2015

Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Manchin) 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 title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
      to establish a full-service community schools grant program.

    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 2015''.

SEC. 2. FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

    Title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                ``PART E--FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

``SEC. 5701. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this part are to--
            ``(1) improve student learning and development by providing 
        supports for students that enable them to graduate college- and 
        career-ready;
            ``(2) provide support for the planning, implementation, and 
        operation of full-service community schools;
            ``(3) improve the coordination and integration, 
        accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and 
        families, particularly for students attending high-poverty 
        schools, including high-poverty rural schools;
            ``(4) enable educators and school personnel to complement 
        and enrich efforts to improve academic achievement and other 
        results;
            ``(5) ensure that children have the physical, social, and 
        emotional well-being to come to school ready to engage in the 
        learning process every day;
            ``(6) promote and enable family and community engagement in 
        the education of children;
            ``(7) enable more efficient use of Federal, State, local, 
        and private sector resources that serve children and families;
            ``(8) facilitate the coordination and integration of 
        programs and services operated by community-based 
        organizations, nonprofit organizations, and State, local, and 
        tribal governments;
            ``(9) engage students as resources to their communities; 
        and
            ``(10) engage the business community and other community 
        organizations as partners in the development and operation of 
        full-service community schools.

``SEC. 5702. DEFINITION OF FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

    ``In this part, the term `full-service community school' means a 
public elementary school or secondary school that--
            ``(1) participates in a community-based effort to 
        coordinate and integrate 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, such as access during the school 
        year (including before- and after-school hours and weekends), 
        as well as during the summer.

``SEC. 5703. LOCAL PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Grants.--The Secretary may award grants to eligible entities 
to assist public elementary schools or secondary schools to function as 
full-service community schools.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Grants awarded under this section shall be 
used to--
            ``(1) coordinate not less than 3 existing qualified 
        services and provide not less than 2 additional qualified 
        services at 2 or more public elementary schools or secondary 
        schools;
            ``(2) integrate multiple services into a comprehensive, 
        coordinated continuum supported by research-based activities 
        that achieve the performance goals established under subsection 
        (c)(4)(E) to meet the holistic needs of children; and
            ``(3) if applicable, coordinate and integrate services 
        provided by community-based organizations and government 
        agencies with services provided by specialized instructional 
        support personnel.
    ``(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 memorandum of understanding among all partner 
        entities that will assist the eligible entity to coordinate and 
        provide qualified services and that describes the roles the 
        partner entities will assume.
            ``(3) A description of the capacity of the eligible entity 
        to coordinate and provide qualified services at 2 or more full-
        service community schools.
            ``(4) A comprehensive plan that includes descriptions of 
        the following:
                    ``(A) The student, family, and school community to 
                be served, including information about demographic 
                characteristics that include major racial and ethnic 
                groups, median family income, percentage of students 
                eligible for free- and reduced-price lunch under the 
                Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act, and other 
                information.
                    ``(B) A needs assessment that identifies the 
                academic, physical, social, emotional, health, mental 
                health, and other needs of students, families, and 
                community residents.
                    ``(C) A community assets assessment which 
                identifies existing resources, as of the date of the 
                assessment, that could be aligned.
                    ``(D) The most appropriate metric to describe the 
                plan's reach within a community using either--
                            ``(i) the number of families and students 
                        to be served, and the frequency of services; or
                            ``(ii) the proportion of families and 
                        students to be served, and the frequency of 
                        services.
                    ``(E) Yearly measurable performance goals, 
                including an increase in the percentage of families and 
                students targeted for services each year of the 
                program, which are consistent with the following 
                objectives:
                            ``(i) Children are ready for school.
                            ``(ii) Students are engaged and achieving 
                        academically.
                            ``(iii) Students are physically, mentally, 
                        socially, and emotionally healthy.
                            ``(iv) Schools and neighborhoods are safe 
                        and provide a positive climate for learning 
                        that is free from bullying or harassment.
                            ``(v) Families are supportive and engaged 
                        in their children's education.
                            ``(vi) Students and families are prepared 
                        for postsecondary education and 21st century 
                        careers.
                            ``(vii) Students are contributing to their 
                        communities.
                    ``(F) Performance measures to monitor progress 
                toward attainment of the goals established under 
                subparagraph (E), including a combination of the 
                following, to the extent applicable:
                            ``(i) Multiple objective measures of 
                        student achievement, including assessments, 
                        classroom grades, and other means of assessing 
                        student performance.
                            ``(ii) Attendance (including absences 
                        related to illness and truancy) and chronic 
                        absenteeism rates.
                            ``(iii) Disciplinary actions against 
                        students, including suspensions and expulsions.
                            ``(iv) Access to health care and treatment 
                        of illnesses demonstrated to impact academic 
                        achievement.
                            ``(v) Performance in making progress toward 
                        intervention services goals as established by 
                        specialized instructional support personnel.
                            ``(vi) Participation rates by parents and 
                        family members in school-sanctioned activities 
                        and activities that occur as a result of 
                        community and school collaboration, as well as 
                        activities intended to support adult education 
                        and workforce development.
                            ``(vii) Number and percentage of students 
                        and family members provided services under this 
                        part.
                            ``(viii) Valid measures of postsecondary 
                        education and career readiness.
                            ``(ix) Service-learning and community 
                        service participation rates.
                            ``(x) Student satisfaction surveys.
                    ``(G) Qualified services, including existing and 
                additional qualified services, to be coordinated and 
                provided by the eligible entity and its partner 
                entities, including an explanation of--
                            ``(i) why such services have been selected;
                            ``(ii) how such services will improve 
                        student academic achievement; and
                            ``(iii) how such services will address 
                        performance goals established under 
                        subparagraph (E).
                    ``(H) Plans to ensure that each site has full-time 
                coordination of qualified services at each full-service 
                community school, including coordination with the 
                specialized instructional support personnel employed 
                prior to the receipt of the grant.
                    ``(I) Planning, coordination, management, and 
                oversight of qualified services at each school to be 
                served, including the role of the school principal, 
                partner entities, parents, and members of the 
                community.
                    ``(J) Funding sources for qualified services to be 
                coordinated and provided at each school to be served, 
                including whether such funding is derived from a grant 
                under this section or from other Federal, State, local, 
                or private sources.
                    ``(K) Plans for professional development for 
                personnel managing, coordinating, or delivering 
                qualified services at the schools to be served.
                    ``(L) Plans for joint utilization and maintenance 
                of school facilities by the eligible entity and its 
                partner entities.
                    ``(M) How the eligible entity and its partner 
                entities will focus services on schools eligible for a 
                schoolwide program under section 1114.
                    ``(N) Plans for periodic evaluation based upon 
                attainment of the performance measures described in 
                subparagraph (F).
                    ``(O) How the qualified services will meet the 
                principles of effectiveness described in subsection 
                (d).
            ``(5) A plan for sustaining the programs and services 
        outlined in this part.
    ``(d) Principles of Effectiveness.--For a program developed 
pursuant to this section to meet principles of effectiveness, such 
program shall be based upon--
            ``(1) 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;
            ``(2) an established set of performance measures aimed at 
        ensuring the availability and effectiveness of high-quality 
        services; and
            ``(3) if appropriate, scientifically based research that 
        provides evidence that the qualified services involved will 
        help students meet State and local student academic achievement 
        standards.
    ``(e) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that--
            ``(1)(A) will serve a minimum of 2 or more full-service 
        community schools eligible for a schoolwide program under 
        section 1114, as part of a community- or district-wide 
        strategy; or
            ``(B) include a local educational agency that satisfies the 
        requirements of--
                    ``(i) subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 
                6211(b)(1); or
                    ``(ii) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
                6221(b)(1); and
            ``(2) will be connected to a consortium comprised of a 
        broad representation of stakeholders, or a consortium 
        demonstrating a history of effectiveness.
    ``(f) Grant Period.--Each grant awarded under this section shall be 
for a period of 5 years and may be renewed at the discretion of the 
Secretary based on the eligible entity's demonstrated effectiveness in 
meeting the performance goals and measures established under 
subparagraphs (E) and (F) of subsection (c)(4).
    ``(g) Planning.--The Secretary may authorize an eligible entity to 
use grant funds under this section for planning purposes in an amount 
not greater than 10 percent of the total grant amount.
    ``(h) 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.
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Additional qualified services.--The term `additional 
        qualified services' means qualified services directly funded 
        under this part.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
        consortium of 1 or more local educational agencies and 1 or 
        more community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, or 
        other public or private entities.
            ``(3) Existing qualified services.--The term `existing 
        qualified services' means qualified services already being 
        financed, as of the time of the application, by Federal, State, 
        local, or private sources, or volunteer activities being 
        supported as of such time by civic, business, faith-based, 
        social, or other similar organizations.
            ``(4) Qualified services.--The term `qualified services' 
        means any of the following:
                    ``(A) Early childhood education.
                    ``(B) Remedial education activities and enrichment 
                activities, including expanded learning time.
                    ``(C) Summer or after-school enrichment and 
                learning experiences.
                    ``(D) Programs under the Head Start Act, including 
                Early Head Start programs.
                    ``(E) Nurse home visitation services.
                    ``(F) Teacher home visiting.
                    ``(G) Programs that promote parental involvement 
                and family literacy.
                    ``(H) Mentoring and other youth development 
                programs, including peer mentoring and conflict 
                mediation.
                    ``(I) Parent leadership development activities.
                    ``(J) Parenting education activities.
                    ``(K) Child care services.
                    ``(L) Community service and service-learning 
                opportunities.
                    ``(M) Developmentally appropriate physical 
                education.
                    ``(N) Programs that provide assistance to students 
                who have been truant, suspended, or expelled.
                    ``(O) Job training, internship opportunities, and 
                career counseling services.
                    ``(P) Nutrition services.
                    ``(Q) Primary health and dental care.
                    ``(R) Mental health counseling services.
                    ``(S) Adult education, including instruction in 
                English as a second language.
                    ``(T) Juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation 
                programs.
                    ``(U) Specialized instructional support services.
                    ``(V) Homeless prevention services.
                    ``(W) Other services consistent with this part.

``SEC. 5704. 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) Developing a State comprehensive results and 
        indicators framework to implement full-service community 
        schools, consistent with performance goals described in section 
        5703(c)(4)(E).
            ``(2) Planning, coordinating, and expanding the development 
        of full-service community schools in the State, particularly 
        such schools in high-poverty local educational agencies, 
        including high-poverty rural local educational agencies.
            ``(3) Providing technical assistance and training for full-
        service community schools, including professional development 
        for personnel and creation of data collection and evaluation 
        systems.
            ``(4) Collecting, evaluating, and reporting data about the 
        progress of full-service community schools.
            ``(5) Evaluating the impact of Federal and State policies 
        and guidelines on the ability of eligible entities (as defined 
        in section 5703(i)) to integrate Federal and State programs at 
        full-service community schools, and taking action to make 
        necessary changes.
    ``(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 memorandum of understanding among 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 or rural 
                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) A comprehensive accountability plan that will be used 
        to demonstrate effectiveness, including the measurable 
        performance goals of the program and performance measures to 
        monitor progress and assess services' impact on students and 
        families and academic achievement.
            ``(5) An explanation of how the State collaborative will 
        work to ensure State policies and guidelines can support the 
        development of full-service community schools, as well as 
        provide technical assistance and training, including 
        professional development, for full-service community schools.
            ``(6) 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) State.--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) State collaborative.--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. 5705. 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 Congress on efforts under 
        this part, including a description of--
                    ``(A) the results of local and national evaluations 
                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 5703, State collaboratives awarded grants 
under section 5704, and other entities with expertise in operating 
full-service community schools.
    ``(d) Members.--The Advisory Committee shall consist of 5 members 
as follows:
            ``(1) The Secretary of Education (or the Secretary's 
        delegate).
            ``(2) The Attorney General of the United States (or the 
        Attorney General's delegate).
            ``(3) The Secretary of Agriculture (or the Secretary's 
        delegate).
            ``(4) The Secretary of Health and Human Services (or the 
        Secretary's delegate).
            ``(5) The Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary's delegate).

``SEC. 5706. 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 5703 and 5704 
in achieving the purposes of this part.
    ``(c) Evaluations by Grantees.--The Secretary shall require each 
recipient of a grant under this part--
            ``(1) to conduct periodic evaluations of the progress 
        achieved with the grant 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) Construction Clause.--Nothing in this part shall be construed 
to alter or otherwise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures 
afforded school or school district employees under Federal, State, or 
local laws (including applicable regulations or court orders) or under 
the terms of collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of 
understanding, or other agreements between such employees and their 
employers.
    ``(e) 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.
    ``(f) 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 part 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 part 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.
    ``(g) Special Rule.--Entities receiving funds under this part shall 
comply with all existing Federal statutes that prohibit discrimination.

``SEC. 5707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this part such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2016 through 2021.
    ``(b) Allocation.--Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this 
part for each fiscal year--
            ``(1) 85 percent shall be for section 5703, and of the 
        funds available for new grants awarded under such section after 
        the date of enactment of the Full-Service Community Schools Act 
        of 2015, not less than 10 percent of such funds shall be made 
        available for local educational agencies that satisfy the 
        requirements of--
                    ``(A) subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 
                6211(b)(1); or
                    ``(B) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
                6221(b)(1);
            ``(2) 10 percent shall be for section 5704; and
            ``(3) 5 percent shall be for subsections (a) and (b) of 
        section 5706, of which not less than $500,000 shall be for 
        technical assistance under section 5706(a).''.
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