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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 316

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 27, 1999

Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. WELLSTONE, and Mr.

KERRY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds that—
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1 (1) children spend less than 20 percent of their

2 waking hours in school, and their activities during

3 the remaining 80 percent of these hours have a criti4 cal impact on their long-term success in school and

5 work;

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

7 care after school while their parents work;

8 (3) during 1991—

9 (A) there were 36,700,000 school-age chil10 dren in the United States;

11 (B) approximately 21,200,000 of the chil12 dren described in subparagraph (A) lived with

13 working mothers (including mothers seeking

14 employment) and 999,000 lived with mothers

15 who were enrolled in school; and

16 (C) approximately 912,000 of the children

17 described in subparagraph (A) lived with single

18 working fathers, 61,000 with single unemployed

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

20 enrolled in school;

21 (4) the General Accounting Office estimates

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

23 children will meet as little as 25 percent of the de24 mand in some urban areas by 2002;
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1 (5) children who attend quality after-school pro2 grams while their parents work—

3 (A) experience positive effects on their de4 velopment;

5 (B) have better peer relations, emotional

6 adjustment, grades, and conduct in school than

7 their peers in other care arrangements;

8 (C) have more learning opportunities and

9 enrichment activities than their peers in other

10 care arrangements; and

11 (D) are less likely to engage in juvenile de12 linquent activity;

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

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

15 (B) from 1988 to 1992, juvenile arrests for vio16 lent acts increased by 50 percent;

17 (7) survey data confirms public support for ex18 pansion of programs to assist school-age children, as

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

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

21 one of the most pressing needs for children and fam22 ilies by 92 percent of respondents to a 1995 Na23 tional League of Cities survey, ranking as the high24 est rated need in the survey, which inquired about

25 crime prevention, welfare reform, education, hous-
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1 ing, family stability, drug and alcohol abuse preven2 tion, and a host of other issues;

3 (8) 1996 survey data indicate that parents

4 overwhelmingly support using school-based after5 school programs for learning and enrichment pro6 grams, but 70 percent of all public elementary

7 schools do not offer such programs; and

8 (9) parents want more than babysitting from

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

10 music courses, tutoring, and community service ac11 tivities rank high among parental choices for activi12 ties for after-school programs.

13 TITLE I—CHILD CARE AND

14 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

15 SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

16 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act

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

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

19 9858n) as section 658T;

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

21 such Act; and

22 (3) in such section 658T—

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

24 the following:
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1 ‘‘The term ‘eligible child’, used with respect to child

2 care and development services, means a school age

3 child.’’; and

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

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

6 The terms ‘child care’ and ‘child care services’ in7 clude child care and development services.

8 ‘‘(16) CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SERV9 ICES.—The term ‘child care and development serv10 ices’ means services described in section 658H(f).

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

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

13 term in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabil14 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401).

15 ‘‘(18) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; SECONDARY

16 SCHOOL.—The terms ‘elementary school’ and ‘sec17 ondary school’ have the meanings given the terms in

18 section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary

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

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

21 age child’ means an individual who—

22 ‘‘(A)(i) is not less than 5 and not more

23 than 16 years of age; or

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

25 is less than 5 years of age; and
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1 ‘‘(B) meets the requirements of subpara2 graphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (4).’’.

3 SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 Section 658B of the Child Care and Development

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

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

7 GENERAL.—There is’’;

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

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

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

11 ‘‘(b) PROGRAMS FOR CHILD CARE AND DEVELOP12 MENT SERVICES.—There is authorized to be appropriated

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

14 $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $500,000,000 for fis15 cal year 2001, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,

16 $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and $800,000,000 for

17 fiscal year 2004.’’.

18 SEC. 103. STATE PLAN.

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

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

21 amended—

22 (1) in paragraph (2)—

23 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

24 (i) in clause (i)—
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1 (I) by inserting ‘‘, other than

2 through assistance provided under

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

4 subchapter’’; and

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

6 ‘‘section 658P(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec7 tion 658T(2)’’; and

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

9 provider’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible child care

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

11 development services, an entity described

12 in section 658H(c))’’; and

13 (B) in the first sentence of subparagraph

14 (E)(i)—

15 (i) by inserting after ‘‘within the

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

17 child care and development services, other

18 appropriate requirements)’’; and

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

20 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘such

21 licensing or appropriate requirements’’;

22 and

23 (2) in paragraph (3)—

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

25 ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E)’’; and
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1 (B) by adding at the end the following:

2 ‘‘(E) PROGRAMS FOR CHILD CARE AND DE3 VELOPMENT SERVICES.—

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The State plan

5 shall provide that the State will reserve the

6 portion described in clause (ii) of the State

7 allotment under section 658O for each fis8 cal year for grants and contracts to carry

9 out activities under section 658H.

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

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

12 amount that bears the same relationship to

13 the State allotment for that year as the

14 amount appropriated under section

15 658B(b) for that year bears to the total

16 amount appropriated under section 658B

17 for that year.’’.

18 SEC. 104. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

19 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act

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

21 after section 658G the following:

22 ‘‘SEC. 658H. AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES.

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

24 fund quality child care and development services through

25 grants and contracts, including direct services provided
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1 outside of normal school hours, to promote the health and

2 academic achievement of school age children, and assist

3 the children in avoiding high risk behaviors.

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

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

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

7 make grants to eligible entities to carry out programs to

8 expand the availability and affordability of quality child

9 care and development services, including direct services

10 provided outside of normal school hours (including before11 and after-school care and weekend, holiday, and summer

12 care) for school age children.

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

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

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

16 or

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

18 a community-based entity that operates a child care

19 center or youth center or is a family child care pro20 vider, that meets such requirements of the type de21 scribed in subparagraphs (E) and (F) of section

22 658E(c)(3) as the State and local governments in23 volved may prescribe.

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

25 under this section, an entity shall submit an application
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1 to the State at such time, in such manner, and containing

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

3 each application shall contain—

4 ‘‘(1) information demonstrating the manner in

5 which the entity will carry out a program described

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

7 of the community to be served, for child care and de8 velopment services, including direct services provided

9 outside of normal school hours;

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

11 direct services provided through the program

12 during—

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

14 program operates, and for at least 3 hours on

15 each day that the program operates; or

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

17 the program operates;

18 ‘‘(3) information demonstrating the manner in

19 which the entity will serve children with disabilities;

20 and

21 ‘‘(4) information demonstrating the manner in

22 which the entity will carry out the planning, estab23 lishment, implementation, and evaluation of the pro24 gram, and provide staff training for the program, in

25 coordination with other entities carrying out pro-
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1 grams for children or public transportation pro2 grams in the community.

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

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

5 ‘‘(1) serve communities with—

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

7 in accordance with criteria established by the

8 Secretary; and

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

10 and

11 ‘‘(2) propose programs that make transpor12 tation services available to the children served, if

13 needed to enable the children to receive other serv14 ices described in this section, using transportation

15 provided under other public programs in the commu16 nity, such as transportation provided under the

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

18 programs providing services to older individuals,

19 educational programs, or public transportation pro20 grams.

21 ‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—

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

23 grant under this section shall use the funds made

24 available through the grant to provide—
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1 ‘‘(A) direct services outside of normal

2 school hours;

3 ‘‘(B) quality services; and

4 ‘‘(C) indirect services.

5 ‘‘(2) DIRECT SERVICES AND RELATED QUALITY

6 SERVICES.—

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

8 not less than 75 percent of the funds described

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

10 direct services described in subparagraph (B) to

11 school age children and to carry out related

12 quality services.

13 ‘‘(B) DIRECT SERVICES.—The direct serv14 ices referred to in subparagraph (A) consist

15 of—

16 ‘‘(i) recreational activities;

17 ‘‘(ii) community-based service pro18 grams that provide for meaningful human,

19 educational, environmental, or public safe20 ty service;

21 ‘‘(iii) academic assistance and tutor22 ing;

23 ‘‘(iv) mentoring;

24 ‘‘(v) conflict management;
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1 ‘‘(vi) health and nutrition services, in2 cluding disease and injury prevention serv3 ices;

4 ‘‘(vii) literacy services;

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

6 service described in this subsection); and

7 ‘‘(ix) transportation of school age chil8 dren between—

9 ‘‘(I) school or home; and

10 ‘‘(II) the facility in which the

11 services are provided.

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

13 services referred to in subparagraph (A) consist

14 of—

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

16 training, related to the provision of direct

17 services, including services for children

18 with disabilities, for staff of the entity, at

19 times and in locations that are accessible

20 to the staff;

21 ‘‘(ii) the provision of financial assist22 ance to the staff to attend courses at an

23 institution of higher education that are re24 lated to the provision of direct services;
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1 ‘‘(iii) the provision of financial assist2 ance to staff to promote staff retention;

3 ‘‘(iv) the provision of financial assist4 ance to enable the child care and develop5 ment services program provided by the en6 tity to obtain accreditation by a nationally

7 recognized accreditation organization;

8 ‘‘(v) data collection relating to direct

9 services, including the collection of data

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

11 section 658K(a) for family units receiving

12 assistance under this section, and submis13 sion of the data to the State for inclusion

14 in the reports described in section

15 658K(a)(2); and

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

17 and development services provided by the

18 entity in accordance with criteria deter19 mined by the State, and participation in

20 audits described in section 658K(b).

21 ‘‘(3) INDIRECT SERVICES.—

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

23 not more than 25 percent of the funds de24 scribed in paragraph (1) to provide indirect

25 services that support the sustainability of the
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1 direct services and the accountability of entities

2 carrying out the direct services.

3 ‘‘(B) SERVICES.—The indirect services re4 ferred to in subparagraph (A) may include—

5 ‘‘(i) carrying out activities to provide

6 increased compensation to staff who pro7 vide the direct services to school age chil8 dren outside of normal school hours and

9 who participate in appropriate training;

10 ‘‘(ii) developing and maintaining elec11 tronic databases of providers who provide

12 the direct services outside of normal school

13 hours, and making the information in the

14 databases available to the public through

15 arrangements with elementary schools, sec16 ondary schools, public libraries, commu17 nity-based agencies, and other public agen18 cies;

19 ‘‘(iii) conducting community needs as20 sessments to determine the need for direct

21 services outside of normal school hours;

22 and

23 ‘‘(iv) constructing, maintaining, and

24 improving facilities, and purchasing equip25 ment for facilities, in which school age chil-
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1 dren receive direct services outside of nor2 mal school hours.

3 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

4 ‘‘(1) DIRECT SERVICES.—The term ‘direct serv5 ices’ means the services described in subsection

6 (f)(2)(B).

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

8 services’ means the services described in subsection

9 (f)(3).

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

11 services’ means the services described in subsection

12 (f)(2)(C).’’.

13 SEC. 105. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

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

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

16 9858d(b)(1)) is amended—

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

18 658O(c)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658H or

19 658O(c)(6)’’; and

20 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before ‘‘ex21 cept’’ the following: ‘‘except as provided in section

22 658H and’’.

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

24 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42

25 U.S.C. 9858e) is amended by striking ‘‘this subchapter’’
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1 and inserting ‘‘this subchapter (other than section

2 658H)’’.

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

4 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42

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

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

7 658T(5)’’.

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

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

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

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

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

13 TITLE II—STRENGTHENING THE

14 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY

15 LEARNING CENTERS ACT

16 SEC. 201. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.

17 Section 10903 of the 21st Century Community

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

19 (1) in subsection (a)—

20 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting

21 ‘‘TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES FOR

22 SCHOOLS’’ after ‘‘SECRETARY’’; and

23 (B) by striking ‘‘rural and inner-city pub24 lic’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or to’’ and in25 serting ‘‘local educational agencies for the sup-
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1 port of public elementary schools or secondary

2 schools, including middle schools, that serve

3 communities with substantial needs for ex4 panded learning opportunities for children and

5 youth in the communities, to enable the schools

6 to establish or’’; and

7 (C) by striking ‘‘a rural or inner-city com8 munity’’ and inserting ‘‘the communities’’;

9 (2) in subsection (b)—

10 (A) by striking ‘‘States, among’’ and in11 serting ‘‘States and among’’; and

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

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

14 ‘‘United States’’; and

15 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘3’’ and in16 serting ‘‘5’’.

17 SEC. 202. APPLICATIONS.

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

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

20 amended—

21 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘an ele22 mentary or secondary school or consortium’’ and in23 serting ‘‘a local educational agency’’;

24 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or consor25 tium’’;
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1 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

2 the semicolon;

3 (4) in paragraph (3)—

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

5 including programs under the Child Care and

6 Development Block Grant Act of 1990’’ after

7 ‘‘maximized’’;

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

9 consortium’’; and

10 (C) in subparagraph (E)—

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

12 by striking ‘‘or consortium’’; and

13 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe14 riod and inserting a semicolon;

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

16 ‘‘(4) information demonstrating that the local

17 educational agency will—

18 ‘‘(A) provide not less than 35 percent of

19 the annual cost of the activities assisted under

20 the project from sources other than funds pro21 vided under this part, which contribution may

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

23 and

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

25 the annual cost of the activities assisted under
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1 the project from funds provided by the Sec2 retary under other Federal programs that per3 mit the use of those other funds for activities

4 assisted under the project; and

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

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

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

8 from the preceding fiscal year for the activities the

9 local educational agency provides with funds pro10 vided under this part.’’; and

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

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

13 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each such’’.

14 SEC. 203. USES OF FUNDS.

15 Section 10905 of the 21st Century Community Lead16 ership Centers Act (20 U.S.C. 8245) is amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘Grants’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)

18 GRANTS.—Grants’’;

19 (2) by striking ‘‘may be used’’ and all that fol20 lows through ‘‘four’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be used to

21 establish or expand community learning centers that

22 provide activities which offer expanded learning op23 portunities for children and youth in the community

24 (such as activities conducted before or after school)

25 that provide 1 or more of the following activities:
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1 (3) in paragraph (11), by inserting ‘‘, and job

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

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

4 ‘‘(14) Mentoring programs.

5 ‘‘(15) Academic assistance programs.

6 ‘‘(16) Drug, alcohol, and gang prevention ac7 tivities.

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

9 this part—

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

11 subsection (a) that—

12 ‘‘(A) offers expanded learning opportuni13 ties for children and youth in the community;

14 and

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

16 except that a supportive activity, such as train17 ing, may be conducted during school if the sup18 portive activity relates directly to the activity

19 described in subsection (a) that is conducted be20 fore or after school; and

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

22 subsection (a) that does not offer expanded learning

23 opportunities for children and youth in the commu24 nity.’’.
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1 SEC. 204. CONTINUATION AWARDS UNDER CURRENT STAT2 UTE.

3 The 21st Century Community Leadership Centers

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

5 (1) by redesignating sections 10906 and 10907

6 as sections 10907 and 10908, respectively; and

7 (2) by inserting after section 10906 the follow8 ing:

9 ‘‘SEC. 10907. CONTINUATION AWARDS.

10 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec11 retary may use funds appropriated under this part to

12 make payments under this part for projects that were

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

14 terms and conditions that applied to the original grants

15 for the projects.’’.

16 SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 Section 10908 of the 21st Century Community Lead18 ership Centers Act (as redesignated by section 204(1)) (20

19 U.S.C. 8247) is amended by striking ‘‘$20,000,000 for fis20 cal year 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘$600,000,000 for fiscal

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

22 fiscal year thereafter’’.

23 SEC. 206. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

25 shall take effect on October 1, 1999.
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1 TITLE III—CRIME PREVENTION

2 PROGRAM

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

4 Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre5 vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is

6 amended—

7 (1) by redesignating the second part designated

8 as part I as part K; and

9 (2) by inserting after the first part designated

10 as part I the following:

11 ‘‘PART J—AFTER SCHOOL CRIME PREVENTION

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

13 FOR EFFECTIVE AFTER SCHOOL CRIME PRE14 VENTION PROGRAMS.

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap16 propriations, the Administrator shall make grants in ac17 cordance with this section to public and private agencies

18 to fund effective after school juvenile crime prevention

19 programs.

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

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

22 this section unless that agency agrees that, with respect

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

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

25 agency will make available non-Federal contributions in
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1 an amount that is not less than a specific percentage of

2 Federal funds provided under the grant, as determined by

3 the Administrator.

4 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this sec5 tion, the Administrator shall give priority to funding pro6 grams that—

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

8 or at-risk juveniles;

9 ‘‘(2) operate during the period immediately fol10 lowing normal school hours;

11 ‘‘(3) provide educational or recreational activi12 ties designed to encourage law-abiding conduct, re13 duce the incidence of criminal activity, and teach ju14 veniles alternatives to crime; and

15 ‘‘(4) coordinate with State or local juvenile

16 crime control and juvenile offender accountability

17 programs.

18 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro19 priated for grants under this section $250,000,000 for

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

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