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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1007

To recreate the common good by supporting programs that enable adults

to share their experience and skills with elementary and secondary school

age children.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 21 (legislative day, APRIL 19), 1993

Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DOLE, Mr. WOFFORD, Mr. COHEN,

Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. DANFORTH, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mr. SARBANES,

Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. RIEGLE, Mr. INOUYE,

Mr. REID, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. GLENN, Mr. DURENBERGER,

Mr. KRUEGER, Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN, Mr. PELL, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN)

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To recreate the common good by supporting programs that

enable adults to share their experience and skills with

elementary and secondary school age children.

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 ‘‘National Mentor Corps

5 Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. LOCAL TARGETED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

2 Section 1531 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu3 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2941) is amended—

4 (1) in paragraph (7) of subsection (b)—

5 (A) by striking ‘‘and programs’’ and in6 serting ‘‘, programs’’; and

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘and intergenerational

8 mentoring programs’’ after ‘‘prevention’’; and

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub10 section:

11 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section

12 the term ‘intergenerational mentoring program’ means a

13 program which—

14 ‘‘(1) matches mentors over the age of 21, par15 ticularly older mentors, with elementary and second16 ary school age children for the purpose of sharing

17 experience and skills;

18 ‘‘(2) is operated by a non-profit organization or

19 State agency with a demonstrated record of at least

20 3 years of experience operating an intergenerational

21 mentoring program;

22 ‘‘(3) serves public school students as a regular

23 school function;

24 ‘‘(4) provides assurances that older individuals

25 are involved in the design and operation of the pro26 gram;
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1 ‘‘(5) has established mechanisms for screening

2 mentors, orienting mentors and proteges, matching

3 mentors and proteges, and monitoring mentoring re4 lationships; and

5 ‘‘(6) uses funds made available under this chap6 ter to supplement and not to supplant any funds

7 that are, or would otherwise be, expended under any

8 Federal, State, or local mentoring program.

9 SEC. 3. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR

10 INTERGENERATIONAL MENTORING.

11 (a) CENTER ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary of Edu12 cation may make a grant to, or enter into a contract with,

13 one organization to enable such organization to establish

14 and operate the National Resource Center for

15 Intergenerational Mentoring.

16 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The National Resource Center

17 for Intergenerational Mentoring shall—

18 (1) serve as a central source of information and

19 assistance regarding intergenerational mentoring;

20 (2) be staffed by employees and volunteers, in21 cluding mentors;

22 (3) provide a toll-free telephone number in

23 order to increase access to the information and as24 sistance available from such center;
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1 (4) collect and make available information re2 garding start-up, implementation and evaluation of

3 intergenerational mentoring programs;

4 (5) network with existing private and govern5 mental entities to identify effective practices for

6 intergenerational mentoring programs;

7 (6) be a referral source for print and audio8 visual materials regarding intergenerational

9 mentoring programs; and

10 (7) provide technical assistance or refer inter11 ested parties to public or private organizations with

12 expertise in intergenerational mentoring.

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