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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6002 

To allow participants in the Service Corps of Retired Executives to teach 

entrepreneurship at community learning centers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 19, 2023 

Mr. PHILLIPS (for himself, Mr. HILL, and Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas) introduced 

the following bill 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To allow participants in the Service Corps of Retired Executives to teach entrepreneurship at community learning 

centers, 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 ‘‘21st Century Entre5 preneurship Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) entrepreneurship creates new jobs, grows 

2 the economy, increases productivity, and signifi3 cantly improves the quality of life of the people of 

4 the United States; 

5 (2) entrepreneurship rates in the United States 

6 have been unstable over the last several decades; 

7 (3) children from disadvantaged communities 

8 are less likely to become entrepreneurs and inven9 tors, hampering economic growth and harming com10 munities most in need; 

11 (4) studies show that children with mentors in 

12 entrepreneurship and inventorship are more likely to 

13 pursue these fields in adulthood; and 

14 (5) in order to promote growth in disadvan15 taged communities, increase entrepreneurship rates, 

16 and improve the economy, volunteer mentors with 

17 the SCORE program should be encouraged to en18 gage with children in community learning centers. 

19 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

21 (1) COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER.—The term 

22 ‘‘community learning center’’ has the meaning given 

23 the term in section 4201(b) of the Elementary and 

24 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

25 7171(b)). 


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1 (2) SCORE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘SCORE 

2 program’’ means the Service Corps of Retired Ex3 ecutives described in section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small 

4 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)). 

5 SEC. 4. ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR DISADVAN6 TAGED YOUTH. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 

8 Business Administration shall, in consultation with the 

9 SCORE Program— 

10 (1) develop a curriculum for volunteers with the 

11 SCORE program to teach entrepreneurship to stu12 dents served by community learning centers; and 

13 (2) in developing the curriculum required under 

14 paragraph (1), collaborate with education specialists, 

15 entrepreneurship groups, business groups, and 

16 groups with experience serving underrepresented 

17 children. 

18 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator of the 

19 Small Business Administration, in consultation with the 

20 Secretary of Education, shall develop and implement a 

21 strategy to teach the curriculum developed under sub22 section (a)(1) to the students described in that paragraph 

23 through community learning centers. 

24 (c) COLLABORATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS.—In 

25 teaching the curriculum developed under subsection (a), 


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1 volunteers with the SCORE program are encouraged to 

2 collaborate with other entrepreneurial development pro3 grams of the Small Business Administration and other 

4 agencies, including— 

5 (1) small business development centers de6 scribed in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 

7 U.S.C. 648); 

8 (2) women’s business centers operating under 

9 section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

10 656); and 

11 (3) centers overseen by the Minority Business 

12 Development Agency (established under section 

13 100002 of the Minority Business Development Act 

14 of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9501)). 

15 (d) SCORE PROGRAM.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the 

16 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended, 

17 in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and to teach students 

18 entrepreneurship through community learning centers (as 

19 defined in section 4201(b) of the Elementary and Sec20 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171(b)))’’ be21 fore the period at the end. 

22 (e) COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS.—Part B of 

23 title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

24 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.) is amended— 


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1 (1) in section 4201(a)(2) (20 U.S.C. 

2 7171(a)(2)), by inserting ‘‘entrepreneurship edu3 cation taught through volunteers with the SCORE 

4 program (as defined in section 8(b)(1)(B) of the 

5 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B))),’’ 

6 after ‘‘apprenticeship programs,’’; and 

7 (2) in section 4205(a) (20 U.S.C. 7175(a))— 

8 (A) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

9 at the end; 

10 (B) in paragraph (14), by striking the pe11 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(15) entrepreneurship education described in 

14 section 4201(a)(2).’’. 

15 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

16 of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, 

17 the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 

18 shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and En19 trepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small 

20 Business of the House of Representatives a report that— 

21 (1) identifies instance of the use of the cur22 riculum described in subsection (a) by the SCORE 

23 program and a community learning center during 

24 the preceding 2-year period; 


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1 (2) documents the use of funds by the SCORE 

2 program, and adherence by the SCORE program to 

3 contract award and procurement procedures, relat4 ing to the implementation of this Act; 

5 (3) documents any training or guidance pro6 vided to SCORE program chapter leadership on 

7 properly using funds provided to carry out this Act; 

8 (4) estimates the number of students who were 

9 reached through the entrepreneurship curriculum de10 veloped under subsection (a); 

11 (5) identifies any barriers to reaching additional 

12 students; and 

13 (6) identifies any plans for improving the cur14 riculum or implementing the strategy developed 

15 under subsection (a). 

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