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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4086 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 

21st Century Community Learning Centers. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2014 

Mr. KILDEE (for himself and Ms. DELAURO) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 to improve 21st Century Community Learning 

Centers. 

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 ‘‘Afterschool for Amer5 ica’s Children Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS. 

7 Section 4201 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu8 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraphs 

10 (1) and (2) to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) offer students a broad array of additional 

2 services, programs, and activities, such as youth de3 velopment activities, service learning, nutrition and 

4 health education, drug and violence prevention pro5 grams, counseling programs, art, music, social and 

6 emotional learning programs, physical fitness and 

7 wellness programs and recreation programs, such as 

8 sports, and technology education programs, that are 

9 designed to reinforce and complement the regular 

10 academic program of participating students; 

11 ‘‘(2) provide opportunities for academic enrich12 ment, including providing tutorial services to help 

13 students, particularly students who attend low-per14 forming schools, in core academic subjects; and’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

18 read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(A) assists students in core academic sub20 jects by providing the students with academic 

21 and enrichment activities and a broad array of 

22 other activities (such as programs and activities 

23 described in subsection (a)) during nonschool 

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1 mer recess) that reinforce and complement the 

2 regular academic programs of the schools at3 tended by the students served;’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

5 before the period at the end ‘‘and opportu6 nities for active and meaningful engage7 ment in their student’s education’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Indian 

9 tribe or tribal organization (as such terms are 

10 defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter11 mination and Education Act (25 U.S.C. 

12 450b)),’’ after ‘‘community-based organiza13 tion,’’; 

14 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

15 paragraph (5); and 

16 (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

17 following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(4) EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘ex19 ternal organization’ means a nonprofit organization 

20 with a record of success in carrying out or working 

21 with before school, after school, or summer learning 

22 programs.’’. 

23 SEC. 3. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES. 

24 Section 4202(c) of the Elementary and Secondary 

25 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7172(c)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘rig2 orous’’ after ‘‘implementing a’’; 

3 (2) by striking the undesignated matter after 

4 paragraph (2)(B) and inserting the following new 

5 subparagraph: 

6 ‘‘(C) supervising the awarding of funds to 

7 eligible entities (in consultation with the Gov8 ernor and other State agencies responsible for 

9 administering youth development programs and 

10 adult learning activities).’’; and 

11 (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting after sub12 paragraph (D) the following new subparagraphs: 

13 ‘‘(E) Assisting eligible entities receiving an 

14 award under this part to align with State aca15 demic standards the activities carried out under 

16 before school, after school, or summer learning 

17 programs funded with such award. 

18 ‘‘(F) Ensuring that any such eligible entity 

19 identifies and partners with external organiza20 tions, if available, in the community. 

21 ‘‘(G) Working with teachers, principals, 

22 parents, and other stakeholders to review and 

23 improve State policies and practices to support 

24 the implementation of effective programs. 


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1 ‘‘(H) Coordinating funds received under 

2 this program with other Federal and State 

3 funds to implement high-quality programs. 

4 ‘‘(I) Providing a list of prescreened exter5 nal organizations to eligible entities under sec6 tion 4203(a)(12).’’. 

7 SEC. 4. STATE APPLICATION. 

8 Section 4203 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7173) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(3) contains an assurance that the State edu14 cational agency— 

15 ‘‘(A) will make awards under this part only 

16 to eligible entities that propose to serve stu17 dents who primarily attend schools eligible for 

18 schoolwide programs under section 1114, and 

19 families of such students; and 

20 ‘‘(B) will give priority to eligible entities 

21 that propose to serve students described in sec22 tion 4204(i)(1);’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘meet 

24 local content and student academic achievement 


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1 standards’’ and inserting ‘‘improve academic 

2 and life success’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘prom4 ising practices’’ and inserting ‘‘successful prac5 tices, and coordination of professional develop6 ment for staff in specific content areas and 

7 youth development’’; 

8 (D) by amending paragraph (11) to read 

9 as follows: 

10 ‘‘(11) provides— 

11 ‘‘(A) an assurance that the application was 

12 developed in consultation and coordination with 

13 appropriate State officials, including the chief 

14 State school officer, and other State agencies 

15 administering before school, after school, or 

16 summer school learning programs, the heads of 

17 the State health and mental health agencies or 

18 their designees, and representatives of teachers, 

19 parents, students, the business community, and 

20 community-based organizations; statewide after21 school networks (where applicable); and 

22 ‘‘(B) a description of any other representa23 tives of teachers, parents, students, or the busi24 ness community that the State has selected to 


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1 assist in the development of the application, if 

2 applicable;’’; 

3 (E) by redesignating paragraph (14) as 

4 paragraph (15); 

5 (F) by amending paragraph (12) to read 

6 as follows: 

7 ‘‘(12) describes how the State will prescreen ex8 ternal organizations that may provide assistance in 

9 carrying out the activities under this part and de10 velop and make available to eligible entities a list of 

11 external organizations that successfully completed 

12 the prescreening process;’’; 

13 (G) by amending paragraph (13) to read 

14 as follows: 

15 ‘‘(13) describes the results of the State’s needs 

16 and resources assessment for before school, after 

17 school or summer learning activities, which shall be 

18 based on the results of on-going State evaluation ac19 tivities;’’; and 

20 (H) by amending paragraph (14) to read 

21 as follows: 

22 ‘‘(14) describes how the State educational agen23 cy will evaluate the effectiveness of programs and 

24 activities carried out under this part, which shall in25 clude, at a minimum— 


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1 ‘‘(A) a description of the performance indi2 cators and performance measures that will be 

3 used to evaluate programs and activities, and 

4 with emphasis on alignment with the regular 

5 academic program of the school and the aca6 demic needs of participating students, including 

7 performance indicators and measures that— 

8 ‘‘(i) are able to track student success 

9 and improvement over time, and 

10 ‘‘(ii) include State assessment results 

11 and other indicators of student success and 

12 improvement, such as improved attendance 

13 during the school day, better classroom 

14 grades, regular (or consistent) program at15 tendance, on-time advancement to the next 

16 grade level and graduation rate, local 

17 crime rate, and classroom behavior; 

18 ‘‘(B) a description of how data collected 

19 for the purposes of subparagraph (A) will be 

20 collected; and 

21 ‘‘(C) public dissemination of the evalua22 tions of programs and activities carried out 

23 under this part;’’; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub25 section: 


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1 ‘‘(g) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not impose a 

2 priority or preference for States or eligible entities that 

3 seek to use funds made available under this part to extend 

4 the regular school day.’’. 

5 SEC. 5. LOCAL COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. 

6 Section 4204 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu7 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7174) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (b)(2)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

10 ‘‘and overall student success’’ after ‘‘achieve11 ment’’; 

12 (B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 

13 as follows: 

14 ‘‘(C) a demonstration of how the proposed 

15 program will— 

16 ‘‘(i) work in partnership with Federal, 

17 State, and local programs that will be com18 bined or coordinated with the proposed 

19 program; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) make the most effective use of 

21 public resources;’’; 

22 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘, in 

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1 dents attend, including the sharing of relevant 

2 student data among the schools, all participants 

3 in the eligible entity, and any partnering enti4 ties described in subparagraph (H) in a manner 

5 consistent with the applicable laws relating to 

6 privacy and confidentiality;’’; and 

7 (D) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘has 

8 experience, or promise of success, in providing’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘uses research or evidence-based 

10 practices to provide’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (e)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘In reviewing’’ and insert13 ing the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In reviewing’’; 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘rigorous’’ before ‘‘peer’’; 

16 and 

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

18 ‘‘(2) RIGOROUS PEER REVIEW PROCESS.—For 

19 purposes of this subsection, the term ‘rigorous peer 

20 review process’ means a process by which— 

21 ‘‘(A) a State educational agency selects 

22 peer reviewers who are employees of such agen23 cy and who— 

24 ‘‘(i) have experience with community 

25 learning centers; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) have expertise in providing effec2 tive academic, enrichment, youth develop3 ment, and related services to students; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) are not eligible entities, or rep5 resentatives of an eligible entity, that have 

6 submitted an application under this section 

7 for the grant period for which applications 

8 are being reviewed; and 

9 ‘‘(B) the peer reviewers described in sub10 paragraph (A) review and rate the applications 

11 to determine the extent to which the applica12 tions meet the requirements under subsection 

13 (b) of this section and 4205.’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (i)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

16 the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the 

17 period at the end of clause (ii) of subparagraph 

18 (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the 

19 end the following new subparagraph: 

20 ‘‘(C) demonstrating that the activities pro21 posed in the application— 

22 ‘‘(i) are, as of the date of the submis23 sion of the application, not otherwise ac24 cessible to students who would be served 

25 by such activities; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) would expand accessibility to 

2 high-quality services that may be available 

3 in the community.’’; and 

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

5 paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—A State educational agency 

7 may not impose a priority or preference for eligible 

8 entities that seek to use funds made available under 

9 this part to extend the regular school day.’’; and 

10 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(j) RENEWABILITY OF AWARDS.—A State edu13 cational agency may renew a grant provided under this 

14 section to an eligible entity, based on the eligible entity’s 

15 performance during the first grant period.’’. 

16 SEC. 6. LOCAL ACTIVITIES. 

17 Section 4205 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu18 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7175) is amended— 

19 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol20 lows: 

21 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Each eligible entity 

22 that receives an award under section 4204 may use the 

23 award funds to carry out a broad array of before and after 

24 school activities (including during summer recess periods) 


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1 that advance student academic achievement and support 

2 student success, including— 

3 ‘‘(1) academic enrichment learning programs, 

4 mentoring programs, remedial education activities, 

5 and tutoring services; 

6 ‘‘(2) core academic subject education activities, 

7 including such activities that enable students to be 

8 eligible for credit recovery or attainment; 

9 ‘‘(3) art and music education activities; 

10 ‘‘(4) services for individuals with disabilities in11 cluding enrichment programs that provide access to 

12 sports and fitness for students with disabilities de13 signed to improve wellness, self-esteem, and inde14 pendence; 

15 ‘‘(5) activities and programs that support global 

16 education and global competence, including those 

17 that foster learning about other countries, cultures, 

18 languages, and global issues; 

19 ‘‘(6) programs that provide after school activi20 ties for limited English proficient students that em21 phasize language skills and academic achievement; 

22 ‘‘(7) programs that support a healthy, active 

23 lifestyle, including nutritional education, recreation 

24 and regular, structured physical activity programs; 


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1 ‘‘(8) telecommunications and technology edu2 cation programs to serve academic and community 

3 needs; 

4 ‘‘(9) expanded library service hours to serve 

5 academic and community needs; 

6 ‘‘(10) parenting skills programs that promote 

7 parental involvement and family literacy; 

8 ‘‘(11) programs that provide assistance to stu9 dents who have been truant, suspended, or expelled 

10 to allow the students to improve their academic 

11 achievement; 

12 ‘‘(12) drug and violence prevention programs, 

13 counseling programs, social and emotional learning 

14 programming and character education programs; 

15 ‘‘(13) literacy education programs; and 

16 ‘‘(14) programs that build skills in science, 

17 technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred 

18 to in this paragraph as ‘STEM’) and that foster in19 novation in learning by supporting non-traditional 

20 STEM education teaching methods.’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘PRINCIPLES’’ and inserting ‘‘MEASURES’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

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1 period at the end of subparagraph (C) and in2 serting a semicolon, and by inserting after sub3 paragraph (C) the following new subpara4 graphs: 

5 ‘‘(D) ensure that measures of student suc6 cess align with the regular academic program of 

7 the school and the academic needs of partici8 pating students, and include performance indi9 cators and performance measures described in 

10 section 4203(a)(13)(A); and 

11 ‘‘(E) collect the data necessary for the 

12 measures of student success described in sub13 paragraph (D).’’; and 

14 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

16 before the period at the end ‘‘and overall 

17 student success’’; and 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i), by striking 

20 the period at the end of clause (ii) and in21 serting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after 

22 clause (ii) the following new clause: 

23 ‘‘(iii) used by the State to determine 

24 whether a grant is eligible to be renewed 

25 under section 4204(j).’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 4206 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu3 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7176) is amended to read 

4 as follows: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 4206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

7 this part such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 

8 2015 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 

9 SEC. 8. TRANSITION. 

10 The recipient of a multiyear grant award under part 

11 B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

12 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.), as such Act was 

13 in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 

14 Act, shall continue to receive funds in accordance with the 

15 terms and conditions of such award. 

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