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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 585 

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

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 15, 2011 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. KERRY, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. 

UDALL of Colorado, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. COONS, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

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 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

7 The purposes of this Act are the following: 


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1 (1) Providing support for the planning, imple2 mentation, and operation of full-service community 

3 schools. 

4 (2) Improving the coordination and integration, 

5 accessibility, and effectiveness of services for chil6 dren and families, particularly for students attend7 ing high-poverty schools, including high-poverty 

8 rural schools. 

9 (3) Enabling educators and school personnel to 

10 complement and enrich efforts to improve academic 

11 achievement and other results. 

12 (4) Ensuring that children have the physical, 

13 social, and emotional well-being to come to school 

14 ready to engage in the learning process every day. 

15 (5) Promoting and enabling family and commu16 nity engagement in the education of children. 

17 (6) Enabling more efficient use of Federal, 

18 State, local, and private sector resources that serve 

19 children and families. 

20 (7) Facilitating the coordination and integra21 tion of programs and services operated by commu22 nity-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, 

23 and State, local, and tribal governments. 

24 (8) Engaging students as resources to their 

25 communities. 


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1 (9) Engaging the business community and 

2 other community organizations as partners in the 

3 development and operation of full-service community 

4 schools. 

5 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 

7 (1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘elemen8 tary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, and ‘‘sec9 ondary school’’ have the meanings given the terms 

10 in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

11 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

12 (2) FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.—The 

13 term ‘‘full-service community school’’ means a public 

14 elementary or secondary school that— 

15 (A) participates in a community-based ef16 fort to coordinate and integrate educational, de17 velopmental, family, health, and other com18 prehensive services through community-based 

19 organizations and public and private partner20 ships; and 

21 (B) provides access to such services to stu22 dents, families, and the community, such as ac23 cess during the school year (including before24 and after-school hours), as well as during the 

25 summer. 


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1 SEC. 4. LOCAL PROGRAMS. 

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

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

4 eligible entities to assist public elementary or secondary 

5 schools to function as full-service community schools. 

6 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec7 tion shall be used to— 

8 (1) coordinate not less than 3 existing qualified 

9 services and provide not less than 2 additional quali10 fied services at 1 or more public elementary or sec11 ondary schools; 

12 (2) integrate multiple services into a com13 prehensive, coordinated continuum supported by re14 search-based activities which achieve the perform15 ance goals established under subsection (c)(4)(E) to 

16 meet the holistic needs of young people; and 

17 (3) if applicable, coordinate and integrate serv18 ices provided by community-based organizations and 

19 government agencies with services provided by spe20 cialized instructional support personnel. 

21 (c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec22 tion, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the 

23 Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Sec24 retary may require. The Secretary shall require that each 

25 such application include the following: 

26 (1) A description of the eligible entity. 


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1 (2) A memorandum of understanding among all 

2 partner entities that will assist the eligible entity to 

3 coordinate and provide qualified services and that 

4 describes the roles the partner entities will assume. 

5 (3) A description of the capacity of the eligible 

6 entity to coordinate and provide qualified services at 

7 a full-service community school. 

8 (4) A comprehensive plan that includes descrip9 tions of the following: 

10 (A) The student, family, and school com11 munity to be served, including information 

12 about demographic characteristics. 

13 (B) A needs assessment that identifies the 

14 academic, physical, social, emotional, health, 

15 mental health, and other needs of students, 

16 families, and community residents. 

17 (C) A community assets assessment which 

18 identifies existing resources which could be 

19 aligned. 

20 (D) The most appropriate metric to de21 scribe the plan’s reach within a community 

22 using either— 

23 (i) the number of families and stu24 dents to be served, and the frequency of 

25 services; or 


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1 (ii) the proportion of families and stu2 dents to be served, and the frequency of 

3 services. 

4 (E) Yearly measurable performance goals, 

5 including an increase in the percentage of fami6 lies and students targeted for services each year 

7 of the program, which are consistent with the 

8 following objectives: 

9 (i) Children are ready for school. 

10 (ii) Students are engaged and achiev11 ing academically. 

12 (iii) Students are physically, mentally, 

13 socially, and emotionally healthy. 

14 (iv) Schools and neighborhoods are 

15 safe and provide a positive climate for 

16 learning. 

17 (v) Families are supportive and en18 gaged in their children’s education. 

19 (vi) Students and families are pre20 pared for postsecondary education and 

21 21st century careers. 

22 (vii) Students are contributing to 

23 their communities. 

24 (F) Performance measures to monitor 

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1 lished under subparagraph (E), including a 

2 combination of the following, to the extent ap3 plicable: 

4 (i) Multiple objective measures of stu5 dent achievement, including assessments, 

6 classroom grades, and other means of as7 sessing student performance. 

8 (ii) Attendance (including absences re9 lated to illness and truancy) and chronic 

10 absenteeism rates. 

11 (iii) Disciplinary actions against stu12 dents. 

13 (iv) Access to health care and treat14 ment of illnesses demonstrated to impact 

15 academic achievement. 

16 (v) Performance in making progress 

17 toward intervention services goals as estab18 lished by specialized instructional support 

19 personnel. 

20 (vi) Participation rates by parents and 

21 family members in school-sanctioned activi22 ties and activities that occur as a result of 

23 community and school collaboration, as 

24 well as activities intended to support adult 

25 education and workforce development. 


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1 (vii) Number and percentage of stu2 dents and family members provided serv3 ices under this Act. 

4 (viii) Valid measures of postsecondary 

5 education and career readiness. 

6 (ix) Service-learning and community 

7 service participation rates. 

8 (G) Qualified services, including existing 

9 and additional qualified services, to be coordi10 nated and provided by the eligible entity and its 

11 partner entities, including an explanation of— 

12 (i) why such services have been se13 lected; 

14 (ii) how such services will improve 

15 student academic achievement; and 

16 (iii) how such services will address 

17 performance goals established under sub18 paragraph (E). 

19 (H) Plans to ensure that each site has full20 time coordination of qualified services at each 

21 full-service community school, including coordi22 nation with existing specialized instructional 

23 support personnel. 

24 (I) Planning, coordination, management, 

25 and oversight of qualified services at each 


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1 school to be served, including the role of the 

2 school principal, partner entities, parents, and 

3 members of the community. 

4 (J) Funding sources for qualified services 

5 to be coordinated and provided at each school 

6 to be served, whether such funding is derived 

7 from a grant under this section or from other 

8 Federal, State, local, or private sources. 

9 (K) Plans for professional development for 

10 personnel managing, coordinating, or delivering 

11 qualified services at the schools to be served. 

12 (L) Plans for joint utilization and mainte13 nance of school facilities by the eligible entity 

14 and its partner entities. 

15 (M) How the eligible entity and its partner 

16 entities will focus services on schools eligible for 

17 a schoolwide program under section 1114 of the 

18 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

19 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314). 

20 (N) Plans for periodic evaluation based 

21 upon attainment of the performance measures 

22 described in subparagraph (F). 

23 (O) How the qualified services will meet 

24 the principles of effectiveness described in sub25 section (d). 


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1 (5) A plan for sustainability. 

2 (d) PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVENESS.—For a pro3 gram developed pursuant to this section to meet principles 

4 of effectiveness, such program shall be based upon— 

5 (1) an assessment of objective data regarding 

6 the need for the establishment of a full-service com7 munity school and qualified services at each school 

8 to be served and in the community involved; 

9 (2) an established set of performance measures 

10 aimed at ensuring the availability and effectiveness 

11 of high-quality services; and 

12 (3) if appropriate, scientifically based research 

13 that provides evidence that the qualified services in14 volved will help students meet State and local stu15 dent academic achievement standards. 

16 (e) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec17 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 

18 that— 

19 (1)(A) will serve a minimum of 1 or more full20 service community schools eligible for a schoolwide 

21 program under section 1114 of the Elementary and 

22 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314), 

23 as part of a community- or district-wide strategy; or 

24 (B) include a local educational agency that sat25 isfies the requirements of— 


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1 (i) subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 

2 6211(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7345(b)(1)); 

4 or 

5 (ii) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

6 6221(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 

7 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7351(b)(1)); 

8 and 

9 (2) will be connected to a consortium comprised 

10 of a broad representation of stakeholders, or a con11 sortium demonstrating a history of effectiveness. 

12 (f) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded under this 

13 section shall be for a period of 5 years and may be renewed 

14 at the discretion of the Secretary based on the eligible en15 tity’s demonstrated effectiveness in meeting the perform16 ance goals and measures established under subparagraphs 

17 (E) and (F) of subsection (c)(4). 

18 (g) PLANNING.—The Secretary may authorize an eli19 gible entity to use grant funds under this section for plan20 ning purposes in an amount not greater than 10 percent 

21 of the total grant amount. 

22 (h) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary may not 

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

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

25 5-year grant period. 


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1 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

2 (1) the term ‘‘additional qualified services’’ 

3 means qualified services directly funded under this 

4 Act; 

5 (2) the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a consor6 tium of 1 or more local educational agencies and 1 

7 or more community-based organizations, nonprofit 

8 organizations, or other public or private entities; 

9 (3) the term ‘‘existing qualified services’’ means 

10 qualified services already being financed, as of the 

11 time of the application, by Federal, State, local or 

12 private sources, or volunteer activities being sup13 ported as of such time by civic, business, faith14 based, social, and other similar organizations; and 

15 (4) the term ‘‘qualified services’’ means any of 

16 the following: 

17 (A) Early childhood education. 

18 (B) Remedial education activities and en19 richment activities, including expanded learning 

20 time. 

21 (C) Summer enrichment and learning ex22 periences. 

23 (D) Programs under the Head Start Act, 

24 including Early Head Start programs. 

25 (E) Nurse home visitation services. 


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1 (F) Programs that promote parental in2 volvement and family literacy, including the 

3 Reading First, Early Reading First, and Wil4 liam F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy 

5 programs authorized in part B of title I of the 

6 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

7 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.). 

8 (G) Mentoring and other youth develop9 ment programs. 

10 (H) Parent leadership development activi11 ties. 

12 (I) Parenting education activities. 

13 (J) Child care services. 

14 (K) Community service and service-learn15 ing opportunities. 

16 (L) Developmentally appropriate physical 

17 education. 

18 (M) Programs that provide assistance to 

19 students who have been truant, suspended, or 

20 expelled. 

21 (N) Job training and career counseling 

22 services. 

23 (O) Nutrition services. 

24 (P) Primary health and dental care. 

25 (Q) Mental health counseling services. 


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1 (R) Adult education, including instruction 

2 in English as a second language. 

3 (S) Juvenile crime prevention and rehabili4 tation programs. 

5 (T) Specialized instructional support serv6 ices. 

7 (U) Homeless prevention services. 

8 (V) Other services consistent with this Act. 

9 SEC. 5. STATE PROGRAMS. 

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

11 State collaboratives to support the development of full12 service community school programs in accordance with 

13 this section. 

14 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec15 tion shall be used only for the following: 

16 (1) Developing a State comprehensive results 

17 and indicators framework to implement full-service 

18 community schools, consistent with performance 

19 goals described in section 4(c)(4)(E). 

20 (2) Planning, coordinating, and expanding the 

21 development of full-service community schools in the 

22 State, particularly schools in high-poverty local edu23 cational agencies, including high-poverty rural local 

24 educational agencies. 


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1 (3) Providing technical assistance and training 

2 for full-service community schools, including profes3 sional development for personnel and creation of 

4 data collection and evaluation systems. 

5 (4) Collecting, evaluating, and reporting data 

6 about the progress of full-service community schools. 

7 (5) Evaluating the impact of State and Federal 

8 policies and guidelines on the ability of eligible enti9 ties (as defined in section 4(i)) to integrate Federal 

10 and State programs at full-service community 

11 schools, and taking action to make necessary 

12 changes. 

13 (c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec14 tion, a State collaborative shall submit an application to 

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

16 Secretary may require. The Secretary shall require that 

17 each such application include the following: 

18 (1) A memorandum of understanding among all 

19 governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations 

20 that will participate as members of the State col21 laborative. 

22 (2) A description of the expertise of each mem23 ber of the State collaborative— 

24 (A) in coordinating Federal and State pro25 grams across multiple agencies; 


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1 (B) in working with and developing the ca2 pacity of full-service community schools; and 

3 (C) in working with high-poverty schools or 

4 rural schools and local educational agencies. 

5 (3) A comprehensive plan describing how the 

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

7 the delivery of services at full-service community 

8 schools. 

9 (4) A comprehensive accountability plan that 

10 will be used to demonstrate effectiveness, including 

11 the measurable performance goals of the program 

12 and performance measures to monitor progress and 

13 assess services’ impact on students and families and 

14 academic achievement. 

15 (5) An explanation of how the State collabo16 rative will work to ensure State policies and guide17 lines can support the development of full-service 

18 community schools, as well as provide technical as19 sistance and training, including professional develop20 ment, for full-service community schools. 

21 (6) An explanation of how the State will collect 

22 and evaluate information on full-service community 

23 schools. 

24 (d) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded under this 

25 section shall be for a period of 5 years. 


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

2 award a grant to a State collaborative under this section 

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

4 of the 5-year grant period. 

5 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

6 (1) the term ‘‘State’’ includes the several 

7 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

8 of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

9 Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the 

10 United States Virgin Islands, and any other terri11 tory or possession of the United States; and 

12 (2) the term ‘‘State collaborative’’ means a col13 laborative of a State educational agency and not less 

14 than 2 other governmental agencies or nonprofit or15 ganizations that provide services to children and 

16 families. 

17 SEC. 6. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 

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

20 Community Schools Advisory Committee’’ (in this section 

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

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

23 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 uations 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 5 members as follows: 

21 (1) The Secretary of Education (or the Sec22 retary’s delegate). 

23 (2) The Attorney General of the United States 

24 (or the Attorney General’s delegate). 


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1 (3) The Secretary of Agriculture (or the Sec2 retary’s delegate). 

3 (4) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv4 ices (or the Secretary’s delegate). 

5 (5) The Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary’s 

6 delegate). 

7 SEC. 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

8 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, di9 rectly or through grants, shall provide such technical as10 sistance as may be appropriate to accomplish the purposes 

11 of this Act. 

12 (b) EVALUATIONS BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

13 shall conduct evaluations on the effectiveness of grants 

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

15 Act. 

16 (c) EVALUATIONS BY GRANTEES.—The Secretary 

17 shall require each recipient of a grant under this Act— 

18 (1) to conduct periodic evaluations of the 

19 progress achieved with the grant toward achieving 

20 the purposes of this Act; 

21 (2) to use such evaluations to refine and im22 prove activities conducted with the grant and the 

23 performance measures for such activities; and 


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1 (3) to make the results of such evaluations pub2 licly available, including by providing public notice of 

3 such availability. 

4 (d) CONSTRUCTION CLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act 

5 shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect the rights, 

6 remedies, and procedures afforded school or school district 

7 employees under Federal, State, or local laws (including 

8 applicable regulations or court orders) or under the terms 

9 of collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of under10 standing, or other agreements between such employees 

11 and their employers. 

12 (e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

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

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

15 or local funds that would otherwise be available to carry 

16 out the activities assisted under this Act. 

17 (f) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

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

19 each recipient of a grant under this Act to provide 

20 matching funds from non-Federal sources in an 

21 amount determined under paragraph (2). 

22 (2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF MATCH.— 

23 (A) SLIDING SCALE.—Subject to subpara24 graph (B), the Secretary shall determine the 

25 amount of matching funds to be required of a 


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1 grantee under this subsection based on a sliding 

2 fee scale that takes into account— 

3 (i) the relative poverty of the popu4 lation to be targeted by the grantee; and 

5 (ii) the ability of the grantee to obtain 

6 such matching funds. 

7 (B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary 

8 may not require any grantee under this section 

9 to provide matching funds in an amount that 

10 exceeds the amount of the grant award. 

11 (3) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 

12 shall permit grantees under this section to match 

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

14 (4) CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding this 

15 subsection, the Secretary shall not consider an appli16 cant’s ability to match funds when determining 

17 which applicants will receive grants under this Act. 

18 (g) SPECIAL RULE.—Entities receiving funds under 

19 this Act shall comply with all existing Federal statutes 

20 that prohibit discrimination. 

21 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro23 priated to carry out this Act such sums as may be nec24 essary for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 


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

2 carry out this Act for each fiscal year— 

3 (1) 85 percent shall be for section 4, and of the 

4 funds allocated for new grants under such section, 

5 at least 10 percent shall be made available for local 

6 educational agencies that satisfy the requirements 

7 of— 

8 (A) subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 

9 6211(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7345(b)(1)); 

11 or 

12 (B) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

13 6221(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 

14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7351(b)(1)); 

15 (2) 10 percent shall be for section 5; and 

16 (3) 5 percent shall be for subsections (a) and 

17 (b) of section 7, of which not less than $500,000 

18 shall be for technical assistance under section 7(a). 

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