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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1655 

To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support 

of full-service community schools, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. KERRY, Mrs. 

GILLIBRAND, and Mr. BURRIS) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants 

for the support of full-service community schools, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Full-Service Commu5 nity Schools Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

7 The purposes of this Act are the following: 


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1 (1) Providing support for the planning, imple2 mentation, and operation of full-service community 

3 schools. 

4 (2) Improving the coordination, availability, and 

5 effectiveness of services for children and families. 

6 (3) Enabling principals and teachers to com7 plement and enrich efforts to help all children reach 

8 proficiency in reading and math by 2014. 

9 (4) Ensuring that children come to school ready 

10 to learn every day. 

11 (5) Enabling families to participate in the edu12 cation of their children. 

13 (6) Enabling more efficient use of Federal, 

14 State, local, and private sector resources that serve 

15 children and families. 

16 (7) Facilitating the coordination of programs 

17 operated by community-based organizations, non18 profit organizations, and State, local, and tribal gov19 ernments. 

20 (8) Engaging students as resources to their 

21 communities. 

22 (9) Engaging the business community and 

23 other community organizations as partners in the 

24 development of full-service community schools. 


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1 SEC. 3. FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL. 

2 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘full-service com3 munity school’’ means a public elementary or secondary 

4 school that— 

5 (1) participates in a community-based effort to 

6 coordinate educational, developmental, family, 

7 health, and other comprehensive services through 

8 community-based organizations and public and pri9 vate partnerships; and 

10 (2) provides access to such services to students, 

11 families, and the community. 

12 SEC. 4. LOCAL PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Education (in this 

14 Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may award grants to 

15 eligible entities to assist public elementary or secondary 

16 schools to function as full-service community schools. 

17 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec18 tion shall be used to coordinate not less than 3 qualified 

19 existing services and provide not less than 2 qualified ad20 ditional services at 1 or more public elementary or sec21 ondary schools. 

22 (c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec23 tion, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the 

24 Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Sec25 retary may require. The Secretary shall require that each 

26 such application include the following: 


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1 (1) A description of the eligible entity. 

2 (2) A list of partner entities that will assist the 

3 eligible entity to coordinate and provide qualified 

4 services. 

5 (3) A memorandum of understanding between 

6 the eligible entity and all partner entities describing 

7 the role the partner entities will assume. 

8 (4) A description of the capacity of the eligible 

9 entity to coordinate and provide qualified services at 

10 a full-service community school. 

11 (5) A comprehensive plan that includes descrip12 tions of the following: 

13 (A) The student, family, and school com14 munity to be served, including information 

15 about the demographic characteristics and 

16 needs of students, families, and community resi17 dents, the number of families and students to 

18 be served, and the frequency of services. 

19 (B) Yearly measurable performance goals 

20 for the program, including an increase in the 

21 percentage of families and students targeted for 

22 services each year of the program and improved 

23 outcomes for students and families, particularly 

24 student academic achievement. 


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1 (C) Performance measures to monitor 

2 progress toward attainment of the goals estab3 lished under subparagraph (B). 

4 (D) Qualified services, existing and addi5 tional, to be coordinated and provided by the el6 igible entity and its partner entities, including 

7 an explanation of why these services have been 

8 selected, and how they respond to specified 

9 needs. 

10 (E) Plans to ensure that each site has full11 time coordination of qualified services at each 

12 full-service community school. 

13 (F) Planning, coordination, management, 

14 and oversight of qualified services at each 

15 school to be served, including the role of the 

16 school principal, partner entities, parents, and 

17 members of the community. 

18 (G) Funding sources for qualified services 

19 to be coordinated and provided at each school 

20 to be served, whether such funding is derived 

21 from grants under this section or from other 

22 Federal, State, local, or private sources. 

23 (H) Plans for professional development for 

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1 ering qualified services at, the schools to be 

2 served. 

3 (I) Plans for joint utilization and mainte4 nance of school facilities by the eligible entity 

5 and its partner entities. 

6 (J) How the eligible entity and its partners 

7 will focus services on schools eligible for a 

8 schoolwide program under section 1114 of the 

9 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

10 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314). 

11 (K) Plans for periodic evaluation based 

12 upon attainment of the performance measures 

13 described in subparagraph (C). 

14 (L) How the provision and coordination of 

15 qualified services is expected to improve student 

16 academic achievement. 

17 (M) How the qualified services will meet 

18 the principles of effectiveness described in sub19 section (d). 

20 (6) A plan for sustainability. 

21 (d) PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVENESS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—For a program developed 

23 pursuant to this section to meet principles of effec24 tiveness, such program shall— 


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1 (A) be based upon an assessment of objec2 tive data regarding the need for the establish3 ment of a full-service community school and 

4 qualified services at each school to be served 

5 and in the community involved; 

6 (B) be based upon an established set of 

7 performance measures aimed at ensuring the 

8 availability and effectiveness of high-quality 

9 services; and 

10 (C) if appropriate, be based upon scientif11 ically-based research that provides evidence that 

12 the qualified services involved will help students 

13 meet State and local student academic achieve14 ment standards. 

15 (e) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec16 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 

17 that— 

18 (1) will serve 2 or more full-service community 

19 schools eligible for a school-wide program under sec20 tion 1114 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu21 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314); 

22 (2) demonstrate a record of effectiveness in co23 ordinating multiple qualified services; 


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1 (3) will serve more than 1 full-service commu2 nity school as part of a community- or district-wide 

3 strategy; and 

4 (4) will be connected to a school and commu5 nity partnership group that brings together key 

6 stakeholders across sectors, such as the local edu7 cational agency, parents and neighborhood residents, 

8 youth, local government, institutions of higher edu9 cation, teacher unions, community-based organiza10 tions, business and civic groups, and others to im11 prove results for students and their families. 

12 (f) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded under this 

13 section shall be for a period of 5 years and may be renewed 

14 at the discretion of the Secretary based on demonstrated 

15 effectiveness in meeting performance goals and measure 

16 as described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection 

17 (c)(5). 

18 (g) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary may not 

19 award a grant to an eligible entity under this section in 

20 an amount that is less than $75,000 for each year of the 

21 5-year grant period. 

22 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) The term ‘‘additional services’’ means serv24 ices directly funded under this Act. 


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1 (2) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a consor2 tium of a local educational agency and 1 or more 

3 community-based organizations, nonprofit organiza4 tions, or other public or private entities. 

5 (3) The term ‘‘existing services’’ means services 

6 already being financed by Federal, State, local or 

7 private sources, or volunteer activities being sup8 ported by civic, business, faith-based, social, and 

9 other similar organizations. 

10 (4) The term ‘‘qualified services’’ means any of 

11 the following: 

12 (A) Early childhood education. 

13 (B) Remedial education activities and en14 richment activities. 

15 (C) Programs under the Head Start Act, 

16 including Early Head Start programs. 

17 (D) Programs that promote parental in18 volvement and family literacy, including the 

19 Reading First, Early Reading First, and Wil20 liam F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy 

21 programs authorized in part B of title I of the 

22 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

23 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.). 

24 (E) Mentoring and other youth develop25 ment programs. 


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1 (F) Parent leadership development activi2 ties. 

3 (G) Parenting education activities. 

4 (H) Child care services. 

5 (I) Community service and service learning 

6 opportunities. 

7 (J) Programs that provide assistance to 

8 students who have been truant, suspended, or 

9 expelled. 

10 (K) Job training and career counseling 

11 services. 

12 (L) Nutrition services. 

13 (M) Primary health and dental care. 

14 (N) Mental health counseling services. 

15 (O) Adult education, including instruction 

16 in English as a second language. 

17 (P) Other services consistent with this Act. 

18 SEC. 5. STATE PROGRAMS. 

19 (a) GRANTS.—The Secretary may award grants to 

20 State collaboratives to support the development of full21 service community school programs in accordance with 

22 this section. 

23 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec24 tion shall be used only for the following: 


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1 (1) Planning, coordinating, and expanding the 

2 development of full-service community schools in the 

3 State, particularly schools in high-poverty local edu4 cational agencies. 

5 (2) Providing technical assistance and training 

6 for full-service community schools, including profes7 sional development for personnel and creation of 

8 data collection and evaluation systems. 

9 (3) Collecting, evaluating, and reporting data 

10 about the progress of full-service community schools. 

11 (4) Evaluating the impact of State and Federal 

12 policies and guidelines on the ability of eligible enti13 ties to integrate Federal and State programs at full14 service community schools, and taking action to 

15 make necessary changes. 

16 (c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec17 tion, a State collaborative shall submit an application to 

18 the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the 

19 Secretary may require. The Secretary shall require that 

20 each such application include the following: 

21 (1) A list of all governmental agencies and non22 profit organizations that will participate as members 

23 of the State collaborative. 

24 (2) A description of the expertise of each mem25 ber of the State collaborative— 


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1 (A) in coordinating Federal and State pro2 grams across multiple agencies; 

3 (B) in working with and developing the ca4 pacity of full-service community schools; and 

5 (C) in working with high-poverty schools 

6 and local educational agencies. 

7 (3) A comprehensive plan describing how the 

8 grant will be used to plan, coordinate, and expand 

9 the delivery of services at full-service community 

10 schools. 

11 (4) A comprehensive accountability plan that 

12 will be used to demonstrate effectiveness, including 

13 the measurable performance goals of the program 

14 and performance measures to monitor progress and 

15 assess services’ impact on students and families and 

16 academic achievement. 

17 (5) An explanation of how the State collabo18 rative will provide technical assistance and training, 

19 including professional development, for full-service 

20 community schools. 

21 (6) An explanation of how the State will collect 

22 and evaluate information on full-service community 

23 schools. 

24 (d) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded under this 

25 section shall be for a period of 5 years. 


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1 (e) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary may not 

2 award a grant to a State collaborative under this section 

3 in an amount that is less than $500,000 for each year 

4 of the 5-year grant period. 

5 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

6 (1) The term ‘‘State’’ includes the several 

7 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

8 of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

9 Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Vir10 gin Islands, and any other territory or possession of 

11 the United States. 

12 (2) The term ‘‘State collaborative’’ means a col13 laborative of a State educational agency and not less 

14 than 2 other governmental agencies or nonprofit or15 ganizations that provide services to children and 

16 families. 

17 SEC. 6. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 

19 an advisory committee to be known as the ‘‘Full-Service 

20 Community Schools Advisory Committee’’ (in this section 

21 referred to as the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’). 

22 (b) DUTIES.—Subject to subsection (c), the Advisory 

23 Committee shall— 


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1 (1) consult with the Secretary on the develop2 ment and implementation of programs under this 

3 Act; 

4 (2) identify strategies to improve the coordina5 tion of Federal programs in support of full-service 

6 community schools; and 

7 (3) issue an annual report to the Congress on 

8 efforts under this Act, including a description of— 

9 (A) the results of local and national eval10 uation of such efforts; and 

11 (B) the scope of services being coordinated 

12 under this Act. 

13 (c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out its duties under 

14 this section, the Advisory Committee shall consult annu15 ally with eligible entities awarded grants under section 4, 

16 State collaboratives awarded grants under section 5, and 

17 other entities with expertise in operating full-service com18 munity schools. 

19 (d) MEMBERS.—The Advisory Committee shall con20 sist of 5 members as follows: 

21 (1) The Secretary of Education (or the Sec22 retary’s delegate). 

23 (2) The Attorney General of the United States 

24 (or the Attorney General’s delegate). 


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1 (3) The Secretary of Agriculture (or the Sec2 retary’s delegate). 

3 (4) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv4 ices (or the Secretary’s delegate). 

5 (5) The Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary’s 

6 delegate). 

7 SEC. 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

8 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, di9 rectly or through grants, shall provide such technical as10 sistance as may be appropriate to accomplish the purposes 

11 of this Act. 

12 (b) EVALUATIONS BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

13 shall conduct evaluations on the effectiveness of grants 

14 under sections 4 and 5 in achieving the purposes of this 

15 Act. 

16 (c) EVALUATIONS BY GRANTEES.—The Secretary 

17 shall require each recipient of a grant under this Act— 

18 (1) to conduct periodic evaluations of the 

19 progress achieved with the grant toward achieving 

20 the purposes of this Act; 

21 (2) to use such evaluations to refine and im22 prove activities conducted with the grant and the 

23 performance measures for such activities; and 


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1 (3) to make the results of such evaluations pub2 licly available, including by providing public notice of 

3 such availability. 

4 (d) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

5 available to a grantee under this Act may be used only 

6 to supplement, and not supplant, any other Federal, State, 

7 or local funds that would otherwise be available to carry 

8 out the activities assisted under this Act. 

9 (e) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 

11 each recipient of a grant under this Act to provide 

12 matching funds from non-Federal sources in an 

13 amount determined under paragraph (2). 

14 (2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF MATCH.— 

15 (A) SLIDING SCALE.—Subject to subpara16 graph (B), the Secretary shall determine the 

17 amount of matching funds to be required of a 

18 grantee under this subsection based on a sliding 

19 fee scale that takes into account— 

20 (i) the relative poverty of the popu21 lation to be targeted by the grantee; and 

22 (ii) the ability of the grantee to obtain 

23 such matching funds. 

24 (B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary 

25 may not require any grantee under this section 


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1 to provide matching funds in an amount that 

2 exceeds the amount of the grant award. 

3 (3) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 

4 shall permit grantees under this section to match 

5 funds in whole or in part with in-kind contributions. 

6 (4) CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding this 

7 subsection, the Secretary shall not consider an appli8 cant’s ability to match funds when determining 

9 which applicants will receive grants under this Act. 

10 (f) SPECIAL RULE.—Entities receiving funds under 

11 this Act shall comply with all existing Federal statutes 

12 that prohibit discrimination. 

13 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro15 priated to carry out this Act $200,000,000 for fiscal year 

16 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

17 years 2011 through 2014. 

18 (b) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts appropriated to 

19 carry out this Act for each fiscal year— 

20 (1) 75 percent shall be for section 4; 

21 (2) 20 percent shall be for section 5; and 

22 (3) of the remaining 5 percent, not less than 

23 $500,000 shall be for technical assistance under sec24 tion 7(a). 

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