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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 489

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to

improve the availability of child care and development services during

periods outside normal school hours, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 2, 1999

Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. FILNER, Mr.

LANTOS, Ms. LEE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MATSUI, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. STARK, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. NORTON, Mr.

UNDERWOOD, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. FORBES, Mr.

HINCHEY, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. KUCINICH, Mrs. JONES of

Ohio, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. FORD, Mr. FROST, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. RUSH,

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. CARSON, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr.

FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MEEHAN,

Mr. OLVER, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. VENTO, Mr. CLAY, Mr.

RODRIGUEZ, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. SANDERS, and Mr. RAHALL) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and

the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant

Act of 1990 to improve the availability of child care

and development services during periods outside normal

school hours, and for other purposes.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America After School

3 Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

5 Congress finds that—

6 (1) children spend less than 20 percent of their

7 waking hours in school, and their activities during

8 the remaining 80 percent of these hours have a criti9 cal impact on their long-term success in school and

10 work;

11 (2) approximately 24,000,000 children require

12 care after school while their parents work;

13 (3) during 1991—

14 (A) there were 36,700,000 school-age chil15 dren in the United States;

16 (B) approximately 21,200,000 of the chil17 dren described in subparagraph (A) lived with

18 working mothers (including mothers seeking

19 employment) and 999,000 lived with mothers

20 who were enrolled in school; and

21 (C) approximately 912,000 of the children

22 described in subparagraph (A) lived with single

23 working fathers, 61,000 with single unemployed

24 fathers, and 9,000 with single fathers who were

25 enrolled in school;
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1 (4) the General Accounting Office estimates

2 that the current supply of child care for school-age

3 children will meet as little as 25 percent of the de4 mand in some urban areas by 2002;

5 (5) children who attend quality after-school pro6 grams while their parents work—

7 (A) experience positive effects on their de8 velopment;

9 (B) have better peer relations, emotional

10 adjustment, grades, and conduct in school than

11 their peers in other care arrangements;

12 (C) have more learning opportunities and

13 enrichment activities than their peers in other

14 care arrangements; and

15 (D) are less likely to engage in juvenile de16 linquent activity;

17 (6)(A) most juvenile delinquent activity occurs

18 between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and

19 (B) from 1988 to 1992, juvenile arrests for vio20 lent acts increased by 50 percent;

21 (7) survey data confirms public support for ex22 pansion of programs to assist school-age children, as

23 evidenced by the fact that the need for child care,

24 including before- and after-school care, was rated as

25 one of the most pressing needs for children and fam-
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1 ilies by 92 percent of respondents to a 1995 Na2 tional League of Cities survey, ranking as the high3 est rated need in the survey, which inquired about

4 crime prevention, welfare reform, education, hous5 ing, family stability, drug and alcohol abuse preven6 tion, and a host of other issues;

7 (8) 1996 survey data indicate that parents

8 overwhelmingly support using school-based after9 school programs for learning and enrichment pro10 grams, but 70 percent of all public elementary

11 schools do not offer such programs; and

12 (9) parents want more than babysitting from

13 after-school programs, and computer classes, art and

14 music courses, tutoring, and community service ac15 tivities rank high among parental choices for activi16 ties for after-school programs.

17 TITLE I—CHILD CARE AND

18 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

19 SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

20 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act

21 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended—

22 (1) by redesignating section 658P (42 U.S.C.

23 9858n) as section 658T;

24 (2) by moving such section 658T to the end of

25 such Act; and
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1 (3) in such section 658T—

2 (A) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end

3 the following:

4 ‘‘The term ‘eligible child’, used with respect to child

5 care and development services, means a school age

6 child.’’; and

7 (B) by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(15) CHILD CARE; CHILD CARE SERVICES.—

9 The terms ‘child care’ and ‘child care services’ in10 clude child care and development services.

11 ‘‘(16) CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SERV12 ICES.—The term ‘child care and development serv13 ices’ means services described in section 658H(f).

14 ‘‘(17) CHILD WITH A DISABILITY.—The term

15 ‘child with a disability’ has the meaning given the

16 term in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabil17 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401).

18 ‘‘(18) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; SECONDARY

19 SCHOOL.—The terms ‘elementary school’ and ‘sec20 ondary school’ have the meanings given the terms in

21 section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary

22 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).

23 ‘‘(19) SCHOOL AGE CHILD.—The term ‘school

24 age child’ means an individual who—
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1 ‘‘(A)(i) is not less than 5 and not more

2 than 16 years of age; or

3 ‘‘(ii) at the election of the State involved,

4 is less than 5 years of age; and

5 ‘‘(B) meets the requirements of subpara6 graphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (4).’’

7 SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

8 Section 658B of the Child Care and Development

9 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN

11 GENERAL.—There is’’;

12 (2) by striking ‘‘this subchapter’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘this subchapter (other than section 658H)’’; and

14 (3) by adding at the end the following:

15 ‘‘(b) PROGRAMS FOR CHILD CARE AND DEVELOP16 MENT SERVICES.—There is authorized to be appropriated

17 and there is appropriated to carry out section 658H,

18 $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $500,000,000 for fis19 cal year 2001, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,

20 $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and $800,000,000 for

21 fiscal year 2004.’’

22 SEC. 103. STATE PLAN.

23 Section 658E(c) of the Child Care and Development

24 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)) is

25 amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (2)—

2 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

3 (i) in clause (i)—

4 (I) by inserting ‘‘, other than

5 through assistance provided under

6 paragraph (3)(E),’’ after ‘‘under this

7 subchapter’’; and

8 (II) in subclause (II), by striking

9 ‘‘section 658P(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec10 tion 658T(2)’’; and

11 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘eligible

12 provider’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible child care

13 provider (or, in the case of child care and

14 development services, an entity described

15 in section 658H(c))’’; and

16 (B) in the first sentence of subparagraph

17 (E)(i)—

18 (i) by inserting after ‘‘within the

19 State’’ the following ‘‘(or, in the case of

20 child care and development services, other

21 appropriate requirements)’’; and

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘such requirements’’

23 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘such

24 licensing or appropriate requirements’’;

25 and
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1 (2) in paragraph (3)—

2 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking

3 ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E)’’; and

4 (B) by adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(E) PROGRAMS FOR CHILD CARE AND DE6 VELOPMENT SERVICES.—

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The State plan

8 shall provide that the State will reserve the

9 portion described in clause (ii) of the State

10 allotment under section 658O for each fis11 cal year for grants and contracts to carry

12 out activities under section 658H.

13 ‘‘(ii) PORTION.—For each fiscal year,

14 the portion referred to in clause (i) is the

15 amount that bears the same relationship to

16 the State allotment for that year as the

17 amount appropriated under section

18 658B(b) for that year bears to the total

19 amount appropriated under section 658B

20 for that year.’’.

21 SEC. 104. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

22 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act

23 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended by inserting

24 after section 658G the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 658H. AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES.

2 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to

3 fund quality child care and development services through

4 grants and contracts, including direct services provided

5 outside of normal school hours, to promote the health and

6 academic achievement of school age children, and assist

7 the children in avoiding high risk behaviors.

8 ‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—Each State that receives funds

9 to carry out this subchapter for a fiscal year shall use the

10 funds reserved as described in section 658E(c)(3)(E) to

11 make grants to eligible entities to carry out programs to

12 expand the availability and affordability of quality child

13 care and development services, including direct services

14 provided outside of normal school hours (including before15 and after-school care and weekend, holiday, and summer

16 care) for school age children.

17 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive

18 a grant under this section, an entity shall be—

19 ‘‘(1) an elementary school or secondary school;

20 or

21 ‘‘(2) a community-based organization, including

22 a community-based entity that operates a child care

23 center or youth center or is a family child care pro24 vider, that meets such requirements of the type de25 scribed in subparagraphs (E) and (F) of section
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1 658E(c)(3) as the State and local governments in2 volved may prescribe.

3 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

4 under this section, an entity shall submit an application

5 to the State at such time, in such manner, and containing

6 such information as the State may require. At a minimum,

7 each application shall contain—

8 ‘‘(1) information demonstrating the manner in

9 which the entity will carry out a program described

10 in subsection (b) in a manner that meets the needs,

11 of the community to be served, for child care and de12 velopment services, including direct services provided

13 outside of normal school hours;

14 ‘‘(2) an assurance that the entity will carry out

15 direct services provided through the program

16 during—

17 ‘‘(A) at least 3 days in each week that the

18 program operates, and for at least 3 hours on

19 each day that the program operates; or

20 ‘‘(B) at least 10 hours in each week that

21 the program operates;

22 ‘‘(3) information demonstrating the manner in

23 which the entity will serve children with disabilities;

24 and
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1 ‘‘(4) information demonstrating the manner in

2 which the entity will carry out the planning, estab3 lishment, implementation, and evaluation of the pro4 gram, and provide staff training for the program, in

5 coordination with other entities carrying out pro6 grams for children or public transportation pro7 grams in the community.

8 ‘‘(e) PREFERENCE.—In making grants under this

9 section, a State shall give preference to entities that—

10 ‘‘(1) serve communities with—

11 ‘‘(A) a high rate of poverty, as determined

12 in accordance with criteria established by the

13 Secretary; and

14 ‘‘(B) a high incidence of at-risk children;

15 and

16 ‘‘(2) propose programs that make transpor17 tation services available to the children served, if

18 needed to enable the children to receive other serv19 ices described in this section, using transportation

20 provided under other public programs in the commu21 nity, such as transportation provided under the

22 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), or under

23 programs providing services to older individuals,

24 educational programs, or public transportation pro25 grams.
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1 ‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives a

3 grant under this section shall use the funds made

4 available through the grant to provide—

5 ‘‘(A) direct services outside of normal

6 school hours;

7 ‘‘(B) quality services; and

8 ‘‘(C) indirect services.

9 ‘‘(2) DIRECT SERVICES AND RELATED QUALITY

10 SERVICES.—

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The entity shall use

12 not less than 75 percent of the funds described

13 in paragraph (1) to provide two or more of the

14 direct services described in subparagraph (B) to

15 school age children and to carry out related

16 quality services.

17 ‘‘(B) DIRECT SERVICES.—The direct serv18 ices referred to in subparagraph (A) consist

19 of—

20 ‘‘(i) recreational activities;

21 ‘‘(ii) community-based service pro22 grams that provide for meaningful human,

23 educational, environmental, or public safe24 ty service;
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1 ‘‘(iii) academic assistance and tutor2 ing;

3 ‘‘(iv) mentoring;

4 ‘‘(v) conflict management;

5 ‘‘(vi) health and nutrition services, in6 cluding disease and injury prevention serv7 ices;

8 ‘‘(vii) literacy services;

9 ‘‘(viii) child care (other than another

10 service described in this subsection); and

11 ‘‘(ix) transportation of school age chil12 dren between—

13 ‘‘(I) school or home; and

14 ‘‘(II) the facility in which the

15 services are provided.

16 ‘‘(C) QUALITY SERVICES.—The quality

17 services referred to in subparagraph (A) consist

18 of—

19 ‘‘(i) the provision of community-based

20 training, related to the provision of direct

21 services, including services for children

22 with disabilities, for staff of the entity, at

23 times and in locations that are accessible

24 to the staff;
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1 ‘‘(ii) the provision of financial assist2 ance to the staff to attend courses at an

3 institution of higher education that are re4 lated to the provision of direct services;

5 ‘‘(iii) the provision of financial assist6 ance to staff to promote staff retention;

7 ‘‘(iv) the provision of financial assist8 ance to enable the child care and develop9 ment services program provided by the en10 tity to obtain accreditation by a nationally

11 recognized accreditation organization;

12 ‘‘(v) data collection relating to direct

13 services, including the collection of data

14 described in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of

15 section 658K(a) for family units receiving

16 assistance under this section, and submis17 sion of the data to the State for inclusion

18 in the reports described in section

19 658K(a)(2); and

20 ‘‘(vi) the evaluation of the child care

21 and development services provided by the

22 entity in accordance with criteria deter23 mined by the State, and participation in

24 audits described in section 658K(b).

25 ‘‘(3) INDIRECT SERVICES.—
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The entity shall use

2 not more than 25 percent of the funds de3 scribed in paragraph (1) to provide indirect

4 services that support the sustainability of the

5 direct services and the accountability of entities

6 carrying out the direct services.

7 ‘‘(B) SERVICES.—The indirect services re8 ferred to in subparagraph (A) may include—

9 ‘‘(i) carrying out activities to provide

10 increased compensation to staff who pro11 vide the direct services to school age chil12 dren outside of normal school hours and

13 who participate in appropriate training;

14 ‘‘(ii) developing and maintaining elec15 tronic databases of providers who provide

16 the direct services outside of normal school

17 hours, and making the information in the

18 databases available to the public through

19 arrangements with elementary schools, sec20 ondary schools, public libraries, commu21 nity-based agencies, and other public agen22 cies;

23 ‘‘(iii) conducting community needs as24 sessments to determine the need for direct
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1 services outside of normal school hours;

2 and

3 ‘‘(iv) constructing, maintaining, and

4 improving facilities, and purchasing equip5 ment for facilities, in which school age chil6 dren receive direct services outside of nor7 mal school hours.

8 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

9 ‘‘(1) DIRECT SERVICES.—The term ‘direct serv10 ices’ means the services described in subsection

11 (f)(2)(B).

12 ‘‘(2) INDIRECT SERVICES.—The term ‘indirect

13 services’ means the services described in subsection

14 (f)(3).

15 ‘‘(3) QUALITY SERVICES.—The term ‘quality

16 services’ means the services described in subsection

17 (f)(2)(C).’’.

18 SEC. 105. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

19 (a) FACILITIES.—Section 658F(b) of the Child Care

20 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

21 9858d(b)(1)) is amended—

22 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section

23 658O(c)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658H or

24 658O(c)(6)’’; and
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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before ‘‘ex2 cept’’ the following: ‘‘except as provided in section

3 658H and’’.

4 (b) QUALITY ACTIVITIES.—Section 658G of the Child

5 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42

6 U.S.C. 9858e) is amended by striking ‘‘this subchapter’’

7 and inserting ‘‘this subchapter (other than section

8 658H)’’.

9 (c) REDESIGNATION.—Section 658K of the Child

10 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42

11 U.S.C 9858i) is amended, in subsection (a)(2)(A), by

12 striking ‘‘section 658P(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

13 658T(5)’’.

14 (d) CONSTRUCTION.—Section 658O(c)(6) of the

15 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42

16 U.S.C. 9858m(c)(6)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than

17 the amounts provided to carry out section 658H)’’ after

18 ‘‘this subsection’’ each place it appears.

19 TITLE II—STRENGTHENING THE

20 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY

21 LEARNING CENTERS ACT

22 SEC. 201. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.

23 Section 10903 of the 21st Century Community

24 Learning Centers Act (20 U.S.C. 8243) is amended—

25 (1) in subsection (a)—
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1 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting

2 ‘‘TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES FOR

3 SCHOOLS’’ after ‘‘SECRETARY’’; and

4 (B) by striking ‘‘rural and inner-city pub5 lic’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or to’’ and in6 serting ‘‘local educational agencies for the sup7 port of public elementary schools or secondary

8 schools, including middle schools, that serve

9 communities with substantial needs for ex10 panded learning opportunities for children and

11 youth in the communities, to enable the schools

12 to establish or’’; and

13 (C) by striking ‘‘a rural or inner-city com14 munity’’ and inserting ‘‘the communities’’;

15 (2) in subsection (b)—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘States, among’’ and in17 serting ‘‘States and among’’; and

18 (B) by striking ‘‘United States,’’ and all

19 that follows through ‘‘a State’’ and inserting

20 ‘‘United States’’; and

21 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘3’’ and in22 serting ‘‘5’’.
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1 SEC. 202. APPLICATIONS.

2 Section 10904(a) of the 21st Century Community

3 Leadership Centers Act (20 U.S.C. 8244(a)) is

4 amended—

5 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘an ele6 mentary or secondary school or consortium’’ and in7 serting ‘‘a local educational agency’’;

8 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or consor9 tium’’;

10 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

11 the semicolon;

12 (4) in paragraph (3)—

13 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘,

14 including programs under the Child Care and

15 Development Block Grant Act of 1990’’ after

16 ‘‘maximized’’;

17 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or

18 consortium’’; and

19 (C) in subparagraph (E)—

20 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i),

21 by striking ‘‘or consortium’’; and

22 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe23 riod and inserting a semicolon;

24 (5) by adding at the end the following:

25 ‘‘(4) information demonstrating that the local

26 educational agency will—
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1 ‘‘(A) provide not less than 35 percent of

2 the annual cost of the activities assisted under

3 the project from sources other than funds pro4 vided under this part, which contribution may

5 be provided in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated;

6 and

7 ‘‘(B) provide not more than 25 percent of

8 the annual cost of the activities assisted under

9 the project from funds provided by the Sec10 retary under other Federal programs that per11 mit the use of those other funds for activities

12 assisted under the project; and

13 ‘‘(5) an assurance that the local educational

14 agency, in each year of the project, will maintain the

15 agency’s fiscal effort, from non-Federal sources,

16 from the preceding fiscal year for the activities the

17 local educational agency provides with funds pro18 vided under this part.’’; and

19 (6) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by

20 striking ‘‘Each such’’ and inserting the following:

21 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each such’’.

22 SEC. 203. USES OF FUNDS.

23 Section 10905 of the 21st Century Community Lead24 ership Centers Act (20 U.S.C. 8245) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘Grants’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)

2 GRANTS.—Grants’’;

3 (2) by striking ‘‘may be used’’ and all that fol4 lows through ‘‘four’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be used to

5 establish or expand community learning centers that

6 provide activities which offer expanded learning op7 portunities for children and youth in the community

8 (such as activities conducted before or after school)

9 that provide 1 or more of the following activities:

10 (3) in paragraph (11), by inserting ‘‘, and job

11 skills preparation’’ after ‘‘placement’’; and

12 (4) by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(14) Mentoring programs.

14 ‘‘(15) Academic assistance programs.

15 ‘‘(16) Drug, alcohol, and gang prevention ac16 tivities.

17 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES.—Each grant awarded under

18 this part—

19 ‘‘(1) shall be used for an activity described in

20 subsection (a) that—

21 ‘‘(A) offers expanded learning opportuni22 ties for children and youth in the community;

23 and

24 ‘‘(B) is conducted before or after school,

25 except that a supportive activity, such as train-
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1 ing, may be conducted during school if the sup2 portive activity relates directly to the activity

3 described in subsection (a) that is conducted be4 fore or after school; and

5 ‘‘(2) may be used for an activity described in

6 subsection (a) that does not offer expanded learning

7 opportunities for children and youth in the commu8 nity.’’.

9 SEC. 204. CONTINUATION AWARDS UNDER CURRENT

10 STATUTE.

11 The 21st Century Community Leadership Centers

12 Act (20 U.S.C. 8241 et seq.) is amended—

13 (1) by redesignating sections 10906 and 10907

14 as sections 10907 and 10908, respectively; and

15 (2) by inserting after section 10906 the follow16 ing:

17 ‘‘SEC. 10907. CONTINUATION AWARDS.

18 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec19 retary may use funds appropriated under this part to

20 make payments under this part for projects that were

21 funded under this part for fiscal year 1999, under the

22 terms and conditions that applied to the original grants

23 for the projects.’’.
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1 SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 Section 10908 of the 21st Century Community Lead3 ership Centers Act (as redesignated by section 204(1)) (20

4 U.S.C. 8247) is amended by striking ‘‘$20,000,000 for fis5 cal year 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘$600,000,000 for fiscal

6 year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for each

7 fiscal year thereafter’’.

8 SEC. 206. EFFECTIVE DATE.

9 This title, and the amendments made by this title,

10 shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

11 TITLE III—CRIME PREVENTION

12 PROGRAM

13 SEC. 301. GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES.

14 Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre15 vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is

16 amended—

17 (1) by redesignating the second part designated

18 as part I as part K; and

19 (2) by inserting after the first part designated

20 as part I the following:

21 ‘‘PART J—AFTER SCHOOL CRIME PREVENTION

22 ‘‘SEC. 292. GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES

23 FOR EFFECTIVE AFTER SCHOOL CRIME PRE24 VENTION PROGRAMS.

25 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap26 propriations, the Administrator shall make grants in ac-
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1 cordance with this section to public and private agencies

2 to fund effective after school juvenile crime prevention

3 programs.

4 ‘‘(b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator

5 may not make a grant to a public or private agency under

6 this section unless that agency agrees that, with respect

7 to the costs to be incurred by the agency in carrying out

8 the program for which the grant is to be awarded, the

9 agency will make available non-Federal contributions in

10 an amount that is not less than a specific percentage of

11 Federal funds provided under the grant, as determined by

12 the Administrator.

13 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this sec14 tion, the Administrator shall give priority to funding pro15 grams that—

16 ‘‘(1) are targeted to high crime neighborhoods

17 or at-risk juveniles;

18 ‘‘(2) operate during the period immediately fol19 lowing normal school hours;

20 ‘‘(3) provide educational or recreational activi21 ties designed to encourage law-abiding conduct, re22 duce the incidence of criminal activity, and teach ju23 veniles alternatives to crime; and
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1 ‘‘(4) coordinate with State or local juvenile

2 crime control and juvenile offender accountability

3 programs.

4 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro5 priated for grants under this section $250,000,000 for

6 each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.

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