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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2207 

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

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2005 

Mr. HOYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

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 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

7 The purposes of this Act are the following: 

8 (1) Providing support for the planning, imple9 mentation, and operation of full-service community 

10 schools. 
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1 (2) Improving the coordination, availability, and 

2 effectiveness of services for children and families. 

3 (3) Enabling principals and teachers to com4 plement and enrich efforts to help all children reach 

5 proficiency in reading and math by 2014. 

6 (4) Ensuring that children come to school ready 

7 to learn every day. 

8 (5) Enabling families to participate in the edu9 cation of their children. 

10 (6) Enabling more efficient use of Federal, 

11 State, local, and private sector resources that serve 

12 children and families. 

13 (7) Facilitating the coordination of programs 

14 operated by community-based organizations, non15 profit organizations, and State, local, and tribal gov16 ernments. 

17 (8) Engaging students as resources to their 

18 communities. 

19 SEC. 3. FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL. 

20 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘full-service com21 munity school’’ means a public elementary or secondary 

22 school that— 

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

24 coordinate educational, developmental, family, 

25 health, and other comprehensive services through 
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1 community-based organizations and public and pri2 vate partnerships; and 

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

4 families, and the community. 

5 SEC. 4. LOCAL PROGRAMS. 

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

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

8 eligible entities to assist public elementary or secondary 

9 schools to function as full-service community schools. 

10 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec11 tion shall be used to coordinate or provide not less than 

12 3 qualified services at 1 or more public elementary or sec13 ondary schools. 

14 (c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec15 tion, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the 

16 Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Sec17 retary may require. The Secretary shall require that each 

18 such application include the following: 

19 (1) A description of the eligible entity. 

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

21 eligible entity to coordinate or provide qualified serv22 ices. 

23 (3) A memorandum of understanding between 

24 the eligible entity and all partner entities describing 

25 the role the partner entities will assume. 
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1 (4) A description of the capacity of the eligible 

2 entity to provide and coordinate qualified services at 

3 a full-service community school. 

4 (5) A comprehensive plan that includes descrip5 tions of the following: 

6 (A) The student, family, and school com7 munity to be served, including information 

8 about the demographic characteristics and 

9 needs of students, families, and community resi10 dents, the number of individuals to be served, 

11 and the frequency of services. 

12 (B) Qualified services to be provided or co13 ordinated by the eligible entity and its partner 

14 entities. 

15 (C) Planning, coordination, management, 

16 and oversight of qualified services at each 

17 school to be served, including the role of the 

18 school principal, the full-service community 

19 school coordinator, partner entities, parents, 

20 and members of the community. 

21 (D) Funding sources for qualified services 

22 at each school to be served, whether such fund23 ing is derived from grants under this section or 

24 from other Federal, State, local, or private 

25 sources. 
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1 (E) Plans for professional development for 

2 personnel managing, or coordinating or deliv3 ering qualified services at, the schools to be 

4 served. 

5 (F) Plans for joint utilization and mainte6 nance of school facilities by the eligible entity 

7 and its partner entities. 

8 (6) Identification of principles of effectiveness 

9 that are based on— 

10 (A) an assessment of objective data re11 garding the need for the establishment of a full12 service community school and qualified services 

13 at each school to be served and in the commu14 nity involved; 

15 (B) an established set of performance 

16 measures aimed at ensuring the availability and 

17 effectiveness of high-quality services; and 

18 (C) if appropriate, scientifically-based re19 search that provides evidence that the qualified 

20 services involved will help students meet State 

21 and local student academic achievement stand22 ards. 

23 (7) A strategy for developing a plan for sustain24 ability. 
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1 (d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec2 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 

3 that— 

4 (1) will serve at least 1 school eligible for a 

5 schoolwide program under section 1114 of the Ele6 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

7 U.S.C. 6314); 

8 (2) demonstrate a record of effectiveness in co9 ordinating multiple qualified services; and 

10 (3) will serve more than 1 full-service commu11 nity school as part of a community- or district-wide 

12 strategy. 

13 (e) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded under this 

14 section shall be for a period of 5 years. 

15 (f) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary may not 

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

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

18 5-year grant period. 

19 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a consor21 tium of a local educational agency and 1 or more 

22 community-based organizations, nonprofit organiza23 tions, or other public or private entities. 

24 (2) The term ‘‘qualified services’’ means any of 

25 the following: 
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1 (A) Early childhood education. 

2 (B) Remedial education activities and aca3 demic enrichment activities. 

4 (C) Programs under the Head Start Act, 

5 including Early Head Start programs. 

6 (D) Programs that promote parental in7 volvement and family literacy, including the 

8 Reading First, Early Reading First, and Wil9 liam F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy 

10 programs authorized in part B of title I of the 

11 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

12 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.). 

13 (E) Mentoring and other youth develop14 ment programs. 

15 (F) Parent leadership development activi16 ties. 

17 (G) Parenting education activities. 

18 (H) Child care services. 

19 (I) Community service and service learning 

20 opportunities. 

21 (J) Programs that provide assistance to 

22 students who have been truant, suspended, or 

23 expelled. 

24 (K) Job training and career counseling 

25 services. 
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1 (L) Nutrition services. 

2 (M) Primary health and dental care. 

3 (N) Mental health counseling services. 

4 (O) Adult education, including instruction 

5 in English as a second language. 

6 (P) Other services consistent with this Act. 

7 SEC. 5. STATE PROGRAMS. 

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

9 State collaboratives to support the development of full10 service community school programs in accordance with 

11 this section. 

12 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec13 tion shall be used only for the following: 

14 (1) Planning, coordinating, and expanding the 

15 development of full-service community schools in the 

16 State. 

17 (2) Providing technical assistance and training 

18 for full-service community schools, including profes19 sional development for personnel and creation of 

20 data collection and evaluation systems. 

21 (3) Collecting, evaluating, and reporting data 

22 about the progress of full-service community schools. 

23 (4) Evaluating the impact of State policies and 

24 guidelines in the integration of Federal and State 

25 programs at full-service community schools. 
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1 (c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec2 tion, a State collaborative shall submit an application to 

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

4 Secretary may require. The Secretary shall require that 

5 each such application include the following: 

6 (1) A list of all governmental agencies and non7 profit organizations that will participate as members 

8 of the State collaborative. 

9 (2) A description of the expertise of each mem10 ber of the State collaborative— 

11 (A) in coordinating Federal and State pro12 grams across multiple agencies; and 

13 (B) in working with and developing the ca14 pacity of full-service community schools. 

15 (3) A comprehensive plan describing how the 

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

17 the delivery of services at full-service community 

18 schools. 

19 (4) An explanation of how the State collabo20 rative will provide technical assistance and training, 

21 including professional development, for full-service 

22 community schools. 

23 (5) An explanation of how the State will collect 

24 and evaluate information on full-service community 

25 schools. 
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1 (d) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded under this 

2 section shall be for a period of 5 years. 

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

4 award a grant to a State collaborative under this section 

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

6 of the 5-year grant period. 

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

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

9 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

10 of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

11 Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Vir12 gin Islands, and any other territory or possession of 

13 the United States. 

14 (2) The term ‘‘State collaborative’’ means a col15 laborative of a State educational agency and not less 

16 than 2 other governmental agencies or nonprofit or17 ganizations that provide services to children and 

18 families. 

19 SEC. 6. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 

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

22 Community Schools Advisory Committee’’ (in this section 

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

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

25 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 4 members as follows: 

21 (1) The Attorney General of the United States 

22 (or the Attorney General’s delegate). 

23 (2) The Secretary of Agriculture (or the Sec24 retary’s delegate). 
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1 (3) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv2 ices (or the Secretary’s delegate). 

3 (4) The Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary’s 

4 delegate). 

5 SEC. 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

6 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, di7 rectly or through grants, shall provide such technical as8 sistance as may be appropriate to accomplish the purposes 

9 of this Act. 

10 (b) EVALUATIONS BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

11 shall conduct evaluations on the effectiveness of grants 

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

13 Act. 

14 (c) EVALUATIONS BY GRANTEES.—The Secretary 

15 shall require each recipient of a grant under this section— 

16 (1) to conduct periodic evaluations of the 

17 progress achieved with the grant toward achieving 

18 the purposes of this Act; 

19 (2) to use such evaluations to refine and im20 prove activities conducted with the grant and the 

21 performance measures for such activities; and 

22 (3) to make the results of such evaluations pub23 licly available, including by providing public notice of 

24 such availability. 
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1 (d) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

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

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

4 or local funds that would otherwise be available to carry 

5 out the activities assisted under this Act. 

6 (e) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

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

8 each recipient of a grant under this Act to provide 

9 matching funds from non-Federal sources in an 

10 amount determined under paragraph (2). 

11 (2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF MATCH.— 

12 (A) SLIDING SCALE.—Subject to subpara13 graph (B), the Secretary shall determine the 

14 amount of matching funds to be required of a 

15 grantee under this subsection based on a sliding 

16 fee scale that takes into account— 

17 (i) the relative poverty of the popu18 lation to be targeted by the grantee; and 

19 (ii) the ability of the grantee to obtain 

20 such matching funds. 

21 (B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary 

22 may not require any grantee under this section 

23 to provide matching funds in an amount that 

24 exceeds the amount of the grant award. 
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1 (3) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 

2 shall permit grantees under this section to match 

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

4 (4) CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding this 

5 subsection, the Secretary shall not consider an appli6 cant’s ability to match funds when determining 

7 which applicants will receive grants under this Act. 

8 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro10 priated to carry out this Act $200,000,000 for fiscal year 

11 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

12 years 2007 through 2010. 

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

14 carry out this Act for each fiscal year— 

15 (1) 75 percent shall be for section 4; 

16 (2) 20 percent shall be for section 5; and 

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

18 $500,000 shall be for technical assistance under sec19 tion 7(a). 

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