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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 712 

Designating the week of September 21 through September 25, 2020, as 

‘‘Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 

Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. DURBIN) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week of September 21 through September 

25, 2020, as ‘‘Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week’’. 

Whereas community schools marshal, align, and unite the assets, resources, and capacity of schools and communities 

for the success of students, families, and communities; 

Whereas community schools are an effective, evidence-based, 

and equity-driven strategy for school improvement included under section 4625 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7275), as 

added by section 4601 of the Every Student Succeeds 

Act (Public Law 114–95; 129 Stat. 2029); 

Whereas community schools that provide integrated student 

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ties, and active family and community engagement and 

that use collaborative leadership and practices have positive academic and nonacademic outcomes, including improvements in student attendance, behavior, academic 

achievement, school readiness, and mental and physical 

health, high school graduation rates, and school climate 

and reduced racial and economic achievement gaps; 

Whereas community schools have the potential for closing racial and economic achievement gaps, as indicated in a 

2017 report; 

Whereas a 2020 study found that New York City’s community schools had a positive impact on student attendance, 

on-time grade progression, and credit accumulation for 

high school students; 

Whereas community schools provide a strong social return on 

investment, with one study citing a social return of between $10 to $15 for every dollar invested over a 3-year 

period; 

Whereas community school coordinators are essential to 

building successful community schools and creating, 

strengthening, and maintaining partnerships between 

community schools and their communities; 

Whereas community school coordinators facilitate and provide 

leadership for the collaborative process and development 

of a continuum of supports and opportunities for children, families, and others within a school’s community 

that allow all students to learn and the community to 

thrive; 

Whereas the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (referred to in this 

preamble as ‘‘COVID–19’’) pandemic poses additional 


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academic, social, emotional, and health challenges for students, educators, and staff at community schools; 

Whereas community school coordinators have proven to be innovative and resourceful in response to the COVID–19 

pandemic, including through organizing volunteers for 

mobile food pantries, hosting virtual parent hangouts and 

student lunch groups, continuing to support onsite behavioral health programs through an online platform, and 

participating in advocacy efforts to halt eviction orders in 

their communities; 

Whereas community school coordinators, through their role, 

deliver a strong monetary return on investment for community schools and their communities, with one study citing a return of $7.11 for every dollar invested in the salary of a community school coordinator; and 

Whereas Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week, 

celebrated from September 21 through September 25, 

2020, recognizes, raises awareness of, and celebrates the 

thousands of community school coordinators across the 

country and the critical role of community school coordinators in the success of students: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates the week of September 21 

3 through September 25, 2020, as ‘‘Community 

4 School Coordinators Appreciation Week’’; 

5 (2) thanks community school coordinators for 

6 the work they do to serve students, families, and 

7 communities, especially as communities continue to 


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1 respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic; 

2 and 

3 (3) encourages students, parents, school admin4 istrators, and public officials to participate in virtual 

5 events that celebrate Community School Coordina6 tors Appreciation Week. 

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