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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1527

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

a grant program to provide coordinated and comprehensive services to

elementary and secondary students and families.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 30, 1993

Mr. GOODLING (for himself and Mr. GUNDERSON) introduced the following

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

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

of 1965 to establish a grant program to provide coordinated and comprehensive services to elementary and secondary students and families.

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

3 SECTION 1. COORDINATED SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AND

4 FAMILIES.

5 Chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary

6 Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after part

7 F the following new part:
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1 ‘‘PART G—COORDINATED SERVICES FOR SCHOOL

2 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES

3 ‘‘SEC. 1493. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

4 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

5 ‘‘(1) there are influences outside of school

6 which affect the ability of a child to achieve aca7 demically;

8 ‘‘(2) factors such as hunger, homelessness, un9 employment, and drug and alcohol abuse affect fam10 ily relationships and the ability of a child to learn;

11 ‘‘(3) access to health and social service pro12 grams can assist children and their families and im13 prove the ability of the family to take an active role

14 in their child’s education;

15 ‘‘(4) schools are in a unique position to identify

16 the needs of their students and their families and to

17 coordinate programs to meet such needs; and

18 ‘‘(5) coordination of health and social service

19 programs with education can help the Nation meet

20 the National Education Goals and ensure better out21 comes for children.

22 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of this part is to pro23 vide elementary and secondary school students and their

24 families better access to the social, health, and education

25 services necessary for the students to succeed in school
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1 and the family to take an active role in ensuring that the

2 child receives the best possible education.

3 ‘‘SEC. 1494. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.

4 ‘‘The Secretary of Education is authorized to make

5 grants under this part to a local educational agency to

6 conduct model programs—

7 ‘‘(1) in schools that serve not less than 30 per8 cent of families who meet poverty criteria based on

9 the best available data to the State and local edu10 cational agency; and

11 ‘‘(2) schools that meet the criteria established

12 under paragraph (1) which are in partnership with

13 community-based organizations if the local edu14 cational agency is responsible for fiscal administra15 tion.

16 ‘‘SEC. 1495. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program

18 under this part, funds made available to local educational

19 agencies for the use of eligible schools and in certain cases

20 by eligible schools in partnership with community-based

21 organizations, shall be used to pay the Federal share of

22 the cost of providing coordinated social, health and edu23 cation services to students and their families which may

24 include hiring a coordinator of services if necessary, minor

25 renovation of existing buildings, and equipment purchases.
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1 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Programs should be tai2 lored to meet the needs of the community served, but may

3 include the coordinated provision of—

4 ‘‘(1) nutrition assistance;

5 ‘‘(2) health care assistance;

6 ‘‘(3) housing assistance;

7 ‘‘(4) drug and alcohol prevention or rehabilita8 tion services;

9 ‘‘(5) education and training programs;

10 ‘‘(6) energy assistance; and

11 ‘‘(7) other social services.

12 ‘‘(c) LOCATION.—Coordination and delivery of serv13 ices may take place in school facilities during or after

14 school hours or may be located in an outreach facility that

15 is centrally located for access by students and their

16 families.

17 ‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—(1) The Federal share

18 under this part may be—

19 ‘‘(A) not more than 90 percent for the first

20 year;

21 ‘‘(B) not more than 70 percent in the second

22 year;

23 ‘‘(C) not more than 50 percent in the third and

24 fourth years; and
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1 ‘‘(D) not more than 25 percent in any subse2 quent year.

3 ‘‘(2) The remaining cost of a project that receives as4 sistance under this part may be paid from any source

5 other than from funds made available for programs under

6 this part.

7 ‘‘(3) The Secretary may waive, in whole or in part,

8 the requirement that all or part of the remaining cost de9 scribed in paragraph (1) be obtained from sources other

10 than funds made available under this part if a local edu11 cational agency—

12 ‘‘(A) demonstrates that it otherwise would not

13 be able to participate in the program under this

14 part; and

15 ‘‘(B) negotiates with the Secretary with respect

16 to the amount of the remaining cost to which the

17 waiver would be applicable.

18 ‘‘SEC. 1496. APPLICATIONS.

19 ‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall notify

20 schools that meet the criteria established under section

21 1494 regarding the availability of grants under this part.

22 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

23 under this part, a local educational agency shall submit

24 an application to the Secretary in such form and contain-
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1 ing such information as the Secretary may reasonably

2 require.

3 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—An application submitted

4 under subsection (b) shall include—

5 ‘‘(1) assurances that projects developed with

6 funds received under this part shall not be used to

7 duplicate existing services or programs that are ac8 cessible to families who meet the criteria established

9 under section 1494;

10 ‘‘(2) documentation that an assessment has

11 been made to determine the needs of families in the

12 schools community;

13 ‘‘(3) documentation that broad-based commu14 nity support is available for such a program;

15 ‘‘(4) a description of new services to be pro16 vided;

17 ‘‘(5) a description of how existing services or

18 projects will be coordinated with new projects;

19 ‘‘(6) a description of how on and off campus

20 services or projects will be integrated, promoted, and

21 made accessible; and

22 ‘‘(7) a description of how services will continue

23 once Federal funds are not available under this part.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 1497. GRANT SELECTION.

2 ‘‘(a) GRANT SELECTION.—The Secretary shall con3 sider the following factors in awarding grants to local edu4 cational agencies:

5 ‘‘(1) The need for the coordination of services

6 in such community.

7 ‘‘(2) The geographic distribution of grants, in8 cluding urban and rural areas.

9 ‘‘(3) The ability of grantees to serve as models

10 for other programs.

11 ‘‘(b) RENEWAL OF GRANTS.—A grant under this

12 part is for a 4-year period, and can be renewed for only

13 one additional 2-year period.

14 ‘‘SEC. 1498. REPORTS.

15 ‘‘(a) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—Each local edu16 cational agency that receives assistance under this part

17 shall submit an annual report to the Secretary that de18 scribes the activities and projects established with funds

19 under this part.

20 ‘‘(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall

21 submit to Congress a report each year which describes and

22 evaluates the projects established with funds under this

23 part.

24 ‘‘SEC. 1499. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

25 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated

26 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may
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1 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through

2 1999 to carry out the projects under this part.’’.

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