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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4891

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure

that services for students are coordinated.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 19, 2000

Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself and Mr. KIND) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

of 1965 to ensure that services for students are coordinated.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Opportunity

5 Zone Family Center Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. COORDINATED SERVICES.

7 Title XI of the Elementary and Secondary Education

8 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8401 et seq.) is amended to read

9 as follows:
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1 ‘‘TITLE XI—COORDINATED

2 SERVICES

3 ‘‘SEC. 11001. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

4 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

5 ‘‘(1) Growing numbers of children are harmed

6 by influences outside of the classroom that increase

7 their risk of academic failure.

8 ‘‘(2) Factors such as poor nutrition, unsafe liv9 ing conditions, physical and sexual abuse, family and

10 gang violence, inadequate health care, unemploy11 ment, lack of child care, and substance abuse harm

12 families, and negatively affect a child’s ability to

13 learn.

14 ‘‘(3) Parents and other caregivers in today’s

15 high-pressure society often face heavy demands on

16 their time that affect their ability to adequately meet

17 all the needs of their children.

18 ‘‘(4) Access to health and social service pro19 grams in a school-based or school-linked community

20 service center may make it easier for families to ad21 dress the basic physical and emotional needs of chil22 dren and parents.

23 ‘‘(5) Services for families need to be more con24 venient and less fragmented and duplicative.
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1 ‘‘(6) Parents, school personnel, and service pro2 viders should have access to services and activities to

3 improve the education, health, mental health, safety

4 and economic well-being of children and their fami5 lies.

6 ‘‘(7) School personnel, health care providers,

7 mental health care providers, child care providers,

8 juvenile justice workers and other family service pro9 viders could be of greater assistance to children and

10 their families if they had access to a single school11 based or school-linked community service center.

12 ‘‘(8) Coordinating health and social services

13 with education will help to ensure that children come

14 to school ready to learn.

15 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to en16 courage eligible partnerships to establish or expand child

17 opportunity zone family centers in or near public elemen18 tary and secondary schools in order to provide students

19 and their families better access to coordinated services

20 which improve the education, health, mental health, safe21 ty, and economic well-being of students.

22 ‘‘SEC. 11002. COORDINATED SERVICES.

23 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—A local educational

24 agency may use not more than 5 percent of the amount

25 of funds made available for transfer under section 14206
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1 and a portion of funds awarded pursuant to a grant under

2 section 11003 for the development, or the implementation

3 or expansion, of a coordinated service project under this

4 section.

5 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—Each local educational agency

6 desiring to use funds described in subsection (a) to carry

7 out this section shall submit an application to the Sec8 retary at such time, in such manner and accompanied by

9 such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.

10 ‘‘(c) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds described in sub11 section (a) may be used to plan, implement, or expand

12 activities which include—

13 ‘‘(1) hiring a services coordinator;

14 ‘‘(2) making minor renovations to existing

15 buildings;

16 ‘‘(3) purchasing basic operating equipment;

17 ‘‘(4) improving communications and informa18 tion-sharing among entities participating in the co19 ordinated services project; or

20 ‘‘(5) providing training to teachers and appro21 priate personnel concerning the role of such teachers

22 and personnel in a coordinated services project.

23 ‘‘SEC. 11003. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award, on a

25 competitive basis, grants to eligible partnerships to pay
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1 for the Federal share of the cost of establishing and ex2 panding child opportunity zone family centers.

3 ‘‘(b) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award grants

4 under this section for periods of 5 years.

5 ‘‘SEC. 11004. REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.

6 ‘‘Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under

7 this title shall use the grant funds—

8 ‘‘(1) in accordance with the needs assessment

9 described in section 11005(b)(1), to provide or link

10 children and their families with information, sup11 port, activities, or services in core areas consisting

12 of—

13 ‘‘(A) education, such as child care and

14 education programs for children below the age

15 of compulsory school attendance, before- and

16 after-school care, and school age enrichment

17 and education support programs;

18 ‘‘(B) health, such as primary care (includ19 ing prenatal care, well child care, and mental

20 health care), preventative health and safety pro21 grams, outreach and referral, screening and

22 health promotion, and enrollment in health in23 surance programs; and

24 ‘‘(C) family support, such as adult edu25 cation and literacy programs, welfare-to-work-
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1 programs, job training, parenting skills pro2 grams, assistance that supports healthy child

3 development, and access to basic needs, includ4 ing food and housing;

5 ‘‘(2) to provide intensive, high-quality, research6 based instructional programs that—

7 ‘‘(A) provide violence prevention education

8 for families and developmentally appropriate in9 structional services to children (including chil10 dren below the age of compulsory school attend11 ance), such as education and services on non12 violent conflict resolution, pro social skills and

13 behaviors, and other skills necessary for effec14 tively relating to others without violence; and

15 ‘‘(B) provide effective strategies for nur16 turing and supporting the emotional, social, and

17 cognitive growth of children; and

18 ‘‘(3) to provide training, information, and sup19 port to families to enable the families to participate

20 effectively in their children’s education, and to help

21 their children meet challenging standards, including

22 assisting families to—

23 ‘‘(A) understand the educational account24 ability systems, including content standards,

25 performance standards, and local assessments,
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1 in place for the State involved, the participating

2 local educational agency, and the participating

3 elementary school or secondary school;

4 ‘‘(B) understand their children’s edu5 cational needs, their children’s educational per6 formance in comparison to State and local

7 standards, and the steps the school is taking to

8 address the children’s needs and to help the

9 children meet the standards; and

10 ‘‘(C) communicate effectively with per11 sonnel responsible for providing educational

12 services to the families’ children, and to partici13 pate in the development, amendment, review,

14 and implementation of school-parent compacts,

15 parent involvement policies, and school plans.

16 ‘‘SEC. 11005. APPLICATIONS.

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible partnership desir18 ing a grant under this title shall submit an application

19 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con20 taining such information as the Secretary may require.

21 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted pursu22 ant to subsection (a) shall—

23 ‘‘(1) include a needs assessment, including a de24 scription of how the partnership will ensure that the

25 activities to be assisted under this title will be tai-
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1 lored to meet the specific needs of the children and

2 families to be served;

3 ‘‘(2) describe arrangements that have been for4 malized between the participating elementary school

5 or secondary school, and other partnership members;

6 ‘‘(3) describe how the partnership will effec7 tively coordinate and utilize Federal, State, and local

8 educational agency sources of funding, including

9 funding provided under part I of title X and under

10 the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative (jointly

11 funded by the Departments of Education, Justice,

12 and Health and Human Services), that provide as13 sistance to families and their children in the areas

14 of job training, housing, justice, health, mental

15 health, child care, and social and human services;

16 ‘‘(4) describe the partnership’s plan to—

17 ‘‘(A) develop and carry out the activities

18 assisted under this part with extensive partici19 pation of parents, administrators, teachers,

20 pupil services personnel, social and human serv21 ice agencies, and community organizations and

22 leaders; and

23 ‘‘(B) connect and integrate the activities

24 assisted under this title with the education re25 form efforts of the participating elementary
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1 school or secondary school, and the partici2 pating local educational agency;

3 ‘‘(5) describe the partnership’s strategy for pro4 viding information and assistance in a language and

5 form that families can understand, including how

6 the partnership will ensure that families of students

7 with limited English proficiency, or families of stu8 dents with disabilities, are effectively involved, in9 formed, and assisted;

10 ‘‘(6) describe how the partnership will collect

11 and analyze data, and will utilize specific perform12 ance measures and indicators to—

13 ‘‘(A) determine the impact of activities as14 sisted under this title as described in section

15 11008(a); and

16 ‘‘(B) improve the activities assisted under

17 this title; and

18 ‘‘(7) describe how the partnership will protect

19 the privacy of families and their children partici20 pating in the activities assisted under this title.

21 ‘‘SEC. 11006. FEDERAL SHARE.

22 ‘‘The Federal share of the cost of establishing and

23 expanding child opportunity zone family centers—
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1 ‘‘(1) for the first year for which an eligible

2 partnership receives assistance under this title shall

3 not exceed 90 percent;

4 ‘‘(2) for the second such year, shall not exceed

5 80 percent;

6 ‘‘(3) for the third such year, shall not exceed 70

7 percent;

8 ‘‘(4) for the fourth such year, shall not exceed

9 60 percent; and

10 ‘‘(5) for the fifth such year, shall not exceed 50

11 percent.

12 ‘‘SEC. 11007. CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.

13 ‘‘Each eligible partnership that receives a grant

14 under this title shall, after the third year for which the

15 partnership receives funds through the grant, be eligible

16 to continue to receive the funds if the Secretary deter17 mines that the partnership has made significant progress

18 in meeting the performance measures used for the part19 nership’s local evaluation under section 11008(a)(4).

20 ‘‘SEC. 11008. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.

21 ‘‘(a) LOCAL EVALUATIONS.—Each partnership re22 ceiving funds under this title shall conduct annual evalua23 tions and submit to the Secretary reports containing the

24 results of the evaluations. The reports shall include—
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1 ‘‘(1) information on the partnership’s activities

2 that are assisted under this title;

3 ‘‘(2) information on the number of families and

4 children served by the partnership’s activities that

5 are assisted under this part;

6 ‘‘(3) information on the partnership’s effective7 ness in reaching and meeting the needs of families

8 and children served under this title, including under9 served families, families of students with limited

10 English proficiency, and families of students with

11 disabilities; and

12 ‘‘(4) the results of a partnership’s performance

13 assessment of the partnership, including perform14 ance measures demonstrating—

15 ‘‘(A) improvements in student achieve16 ment, school readiness, family participation in

17 schools, and access to health care, mental

18 health care, child care, and family support serv19 ices, resulting from activities assisted under this

20 title; and

21 ‘‘(B) reductions in violence-related prob22 lems and risk taking behavior among youth,

23 and reductions in truancy, suspension, and

24 dropout rates, resulting from activities assisted

25 under this title.
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1 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL EVALUATIONS.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall reserve

3 not more than 3 percent of the amount appropriated

4 under this title to carry out a national evaluation of

5 the activities assisted under this title. Such evalua6 tion shall be completed not later than 3 years after

7 the date of enactment of the Child Opportunity Zone

8 Family Center Act of 2000, and every year there9 after.

10 ‘‘(2) SCOPE OF EVALUATION.—In conducting

11 the national evaluation, the Secretary shall evaluate

12 the effectiveness and impact of the activities, and

13 identify model activities, assisted under this title.

14 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall

15 submit an annual report to Congress, regarding each

16 national evaluation conducted under paragraph (1),

17 that contains the information described in the na18 tional evaluation.

19 ‘‘(c) MODEL ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall

20 broadly disseminate information on model activities devel21 oped under this title.

22 ‘‘SEC. 11009. DEFINITIONS.

23 ‘‘For the purpose of this title—

24 ‘‘(1) the term ‘coordinated services project’

25 means a comprehensive approach to meeting the
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1 educational, health, social service, and other needs of

2 children and their families, including foster children

3 and their foster families, through a communitywide

4 partnership that links public and private agencies

5 providing such services or access to such services

6 through a coordination site at or near a school; and

7 ‘‘(2) CHILD OPPORTUNITY ZONE FAMILY CEN8 TER.—The term ‘child opportunity zone family cen9 ter’ means a school-based or school-linked commu10 nity service center that provides and links children

11 and their families with comprehensive information,

12 support, services, and activities to improve the edu13 cation, health, mental health, safety, and economic

14 well-being of the children and their families.

15 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligi16 ble partnership’ means a partnership—

17 ‘‘(A) that contains—

18 ‘‘(i) at least 1 elementary school or

19 secondary school that—

20 ‘‘(I) receives assistance under

21 title I and for which a measure of

22 poverty determination is made under

23 section 1113(a)(5) with respect to a

24 minimum of 40 percent of the chil25 dren in the school; and
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1 ‘‘(II) demonstrates parent in2 volvement and parent support for the

3 partnership’s activities;

4 ‘‘(ii) a local educational agency;

5 ‘‘(iii) a public agency, other than a

6 local educational agency, including a local

7 or State department of health and social

8 services; and

9 ‘‘(iv) a nonprofit community-based or10 ganization, including a community mental

11 health services organization or a family

12 health center that provides mental health

13 services; and

14 ‘‘(B) that may contain—

15 ‘‘(i) an institution of higher education;

16 and

17 ‘‘(ii) other public or private nonprofit

18 entities.

19 ‘‘SEC. 11010. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

20 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

21 this title $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums

22 as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through

23 2005.’’.

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