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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1138

To provide resources for child-centered activities conducted, where possible,

in public school facilities.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 22, 1993

Mr. DANFORTH (for himself, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr. BIDEN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr.

BRYAN, Mr. CHAFEE, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr.

KERREY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN, Mr. REID, Mr. ROBB,

Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SIMON, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mr. METZENBAUM,

Mr. CAMPBELL, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. PELL) introduced the following

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and

Human Resources

A BILL

To provide resources for child-centered activities conducted,

where possible, in public school facilities.

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

3 SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; FINDINGS; PUR4 POSE.

5 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con6 gress that—
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1 (1) public-private partnerships between govern2 ment and community-based organizations offer an

3 opportunity to—

4 (A) empower distressed and disconnected

5 communities to develop their own resources and

6 abilities in order to meet the needs of children;

7 and

8 (B) forge innovative solutions to the chal9 lenges confronting the development of the chil10 dren in such communities; and

11 (2) increased resources should be invested in

12 public-private partnerships.

13 (b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

14 (1) because of the increased difficulty of sup15 porting families on a single wage and the growth of

16 single parent families, parents have less time to de17 vote to the supervision, education, and nurturing of

18 their children;

19 (2) the lack of supervision and meaningful ac20 tivity after school contributes to the spread of gang

21 violence, drug trafficking, and lack of hope among

22 children in our Nation;

23 (3) the problems described in paragraphs (1)

24 and (2) and crimes, although widespread, are par-
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1 ticularly acute in communities where there is a con2 centration of low-income housing;

3 (4) the community has a responsibility for de4 veloping our Nation’s children into productive

5 adults;

6 (5) because of their centrality, public schools

7 are among the best facilities for providing needed

8 space and support services that expand traditional

9 uses of schools;

10 (6) schools are most effective when the people

11 of the community are involved in activities designed

12 to fulfill the needs of children in the community; and

13 (7) homes, community centers, recreational fa14 cilities and other places where children gather, have

15 a significant impact on children.

16 (c) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act—

17 (1) to set forth the vision and plan for a nation18 wide restructuring of the way communities engage in

19 the nurturing and development of children, especially

20 children living and growing up in urban neighbor21 hoods throughout the Nation;

22 (2) to provide (in collaboration with other pub23 lic, private and nonprofit organizations and agen24 cies) curriculum-based educational, recreational, cul-
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1 tural, health, social, and other related community

2 and human services; and

3 (3) to test the effects of assisting communities

4 located within economically distressed areas to de5 velop and conduct programs that will increase the

6 academic success of students and improve work force

7 readiness.

8 SEC. 2. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

9 (a) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY.—Section 5124 of the Public

10 and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 (42

11 U.S.C. 11903) is amended by adding at the end the follow12 ing new subsection:

13 ‘‘(c) COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.—Notwithstanding any

14 other provision of this chapter, grants under this chapter

15 may be used for community schools demonstration pro16 grams described in chapter 4.’’.

17 (b) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—Subtitle C of title V

18 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901

19 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following

20 new chapter:
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1 ‘‘CHAPTER 4—COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

2 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

3 ‘‘SEC. 5148. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DEMONSTRATION PRO4 GRAM.

5 ‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This chapter may be cited as

6 the ‘Community Schools Demonstration Program Act of

7 1993’.

8 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au9 thorized to award not more than 10 demonstration grants

10 in accordance with this section to community-based orga11 nizations to enable such organizations to assist eligible

12 communities located within economically distressed areas

13 to develop and conduct programs that will increase the

14 academic success of students and improve work force read15 iness.

16 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Each program as17 sisted under this section shall—

18 ‘‘(1) provide services and activities to children

19 in the eligible community, including curriculum20 based supervised educational, recreational, work

21 force preparation, entrepreneurship, cultural, health,

22 social activities, and other related community and

23 human services; and
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1 ‘‘(2) coordinate the delivery of social services to

2 the children in such eligible community in order to

3 meet the needs and preferences of such children.

4 ‘‘(d) PEER REVIEW PANEL.—

5 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in con6 sultation with the Secretaries of Education, Labor

7 and Health and Human Services, shall establish a

8 peer review panel which shall be comprised of indi9 viduals with demonstrated experience in designing

10 and implementing community-based programs.

11 ‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—Such panel shall include

12 at least 1 representative from each of the following

13 entities:

14 ‘‘(A) A community-based organization.

15 ‘‘(B) A local government.

16 ‘‘(C) A school district.

17 ‘‘(D) The private sector.

18 ‘‘(E) A philanthropic organization.

19 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—Such panel shall conduct

20 the initial review of all grant applications received by

21 the Secretary under subsection (g), make rec22 ommendations to the Secretary regarding grant

23 funding under this section, and recommend a design

24 for the evaluation of programs assisted under this

25 section.
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1 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION.—Each

2 community-based organization receiving a grant under

3 this section shall identify an eligible community to be as4 sisted under this section. Such eligible community shall

5 be an area—

6 ‘‘(1) of poverty, unemployment, and general dis7 tress; and

8 ‘‘(2) located in a metropolitan statistical area in

9 which the unemployment rate exceeds by more than

10 1.5 percent the national unemployment rate.

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

12 ‘‘(1) the term ‘community-based organization’

13 means a private, locally initiated nonprofit commu14 nity-based organization which—

15 ‘‘(A) is tax exempt under section 501(c)(3)

16 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

17 ‘‘(B) is organized for educational and char18 itable purposes; and

19 ‘‘(C) is governed by a board consisting of

20 residents of the community, and business and

21 civic leaders actively involved in providing em22 ployment and business development opportuni23 ties in the eligible community;

24 ‘‘(2) the term ‘eligible community’ means an

25 area identified pursuant to subsection (d); and
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1 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Secretary’, unless otherwise

2 specified, means the Secretary of Housing and

3 Urban Development.

4 ‘‘(g) APPLICATIONS.—

5 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—Each commu6 nity-based organization desiring a grant under this

7 section shall submit to the Secretary an application

8 at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by

9 such information, as the Secretary may reasonably

10 require.

11 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each appli12 cation submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—

13 ‘‘(A) describe the activities and services for

14 which assistance is sought;

15 ‘‘(B) contain an assurance that the com16 munity-based organization will spend grant

17 funds under this section in a manner that the

18 community-based organization determines will

19 best accomplish the purposes of this section;

20 ‘‘(C) contain a comprehensive plan de21 signed to achieve identifiable goals for children

22 in the eligible community;

23 ‘‘(D) set forth measurable goals and out24 comes that will make the public school, where

25 possible, the focal point of the eligible commu-
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1 nity, which goals and outcomes may include in2 creasing graduation rates, school attendance,

3 and academic success in the eligible community

4 and improving the skills of program partici5 pants;

6 ‘‘(E) provide evidence of support for ac7 complishing such goals and outcomes of the

8 program from—

9 ‘‘(i) community leaders;

10 ‘‘(ii) businesses;

11 ‘‘(iii) a school district;

12 ‘‘(iv) local officials;

13 ‘‘(v) State officials; and

14 ‘‘(vi) other organizations that the

15 community-based organization deems ap16 propriate;

17 ‘‘(F) contain an assurance that the com18 munity-based organization will use grant funds

19 under this section to provide children in the eli20 gible community with after school activities and

21 services that include curriculum-based super22 vised educational, recreational, work force prep23 aration, entrepreneurship, cultural, health, so24 cial activities, and other related community and

25 human services;
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1 ‘‘(G) contain a list of the activities and

2 services that will be offered and sponsored by

3 private nonprofit organizations, individuals, and

4 groups serving the eligible community, includ5 ing—

6 ‘‘(i) recreational activities in addition

7 to educational programs (such as com8 puter, mathematics, and science and tech9 nology, and language skills programs); and

10 ‘‘(ii) activities that address specific

11 needs in the community;

12 ‘‘(H) demonstrate how the community13 based organization will make use of the re14 sources, expertise, and commitment of private

15 entities;

16 ‘‘(I) include an estimate of the number of

17 children in the eligible community expected to

18 be served pursuant to the program;

19 ‘‘(J) include a description of philanthropic

20 private and all other resources that will be

21 made available to achieve the goals of the pro22 gram; and

23 ‘‘(K) contain an assurance that the com24 munity-based organization will use competitive

25 procedures when purchasing, contracting or
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1 otherwise providing for goods, activities or serv2 ices under this section.

3 ‘‘(h) PAYMENTS; FEDERAL SHARE; NON-FEDERAL

4 SHARE.—

5 ‘‘(1) PAYMENTS; FEDERAL SHARE; NON-FED6 ERAL SHARE.—

7 ‘‘(A) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall pay

8 to each community-based organization having

9 an application approved under subsection (g)

10 the Federal share of the costs of the activities

11 and services described in the application.

12 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal

13 share of payments under this section shall be

14 65 percent.

15 ‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal

17 share of payments under this section may

18 be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated.

19 ‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE.—At least 15 per20 cent of the non-Federal share of payments

21 under this section shall be provided from

22 private or nonprofit sources.

23 ‘‘(i) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall conduct a

24 thorough evaluation of the programs assisted under this

25 section. Such evaluation shall include an assessment of—
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1 ‘‘(1) the number of children participating in

2 each program assisted under this section;

3 ‘‘(2) the academic achievement of such children;

4 ‘‘(3) school attendance and graduation rates of

5 such children; and

6 ‘‘(4) the number of such children being proc7 essed by the juvenile justice system.

8 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

9 are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each

10 of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 to

11 carry out this section.’’.

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