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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1391 

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

the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support of fullservice community schools, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 15, 2007 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself 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 amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 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 2007’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. 

2 Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

3 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by add4 ing at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘PART D—FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 

6 ‘‘SEC. 4401. PURPOSES. 

7 ‘‘The purposes of this part are the following: 

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

10 schools. 

11 ‘‘(2) Improving the coordination, availability, 

12 and effectiveness of services for children and fami13 lies. 

14 ‘‘(3) Enabling principals and teachers to com15 plement and enrich efforts to help all children reach 

16 proficiency in reading and mathematics by 2014. 

17 ‘‘(4) Ensuring that children come to school 

18 ready to learn every day. 

19 ‘‘(5) Enabling families to participate in the edu20 cation of their children. 

21 ‘‘(6) Enabling more efficient use of Federal, 

22 State, local, and private sector resources that serve 

23 children and families. 

24 ‘‘(7) Facilitating the coordination of programs 

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1 profit organizations, and State, local, and tribal gov2 ernments. 

3 ‘‘(8) Engaging students as resources to their 

4 communities. 

5 ‘‘(9) Engaging the business community and 

6 other community organizations as partners in the 

7 development of full-service community schools. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 4402. FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL. 

9 ‘‘For purposes of this part, the term ‘full-service com10 munity school’ means a public elementary or secondary 

11 school that— 

12 ‘‘(1) participates in a community-based effort to 

13 coordinate educational, developmental, family, 

14 health, and other comprehensive services through 

15 community-based organizations and public and pri16 vate partnerships; and 

17 ‘‘(2) provides access to such services to stu18 dents, families, and the community. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 4403. LOCAL PROGRAMS. 

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

21 eligible entities to assist public elementary or secondary 

22 schools to function as full-service community schools. 

23 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this 

24 section shall be used to coordinate or provide not less than 

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1 3 qualified services at 1 or more public elementary or sec2 ondary schools. 

3 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec4 tion, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the 

5 Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Sec6 retary may require. The Secretary shall require that each 

7 such application include the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) A description of the eligible entity. 

9 ‘‘(2) A list of partner entities that will assist 

10 the eligible entity to coordinate or provide qualified 

11 services. 

12 ‘‘(3) A memorandum of understanding between 

13 the eligible entity and all partner entities describing 

14 the role the partner entities will assume. 

15 ‘‘(4) A description of the capacity of the eligible 

16 entity to provide and coordinate qualified services at 

17 a full-service community school. 

18 ‘‘(5) A comprehensive plan that includes de19 scriptions of the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) The student, family, and school com21 munity to be served, including information 

22 about the demographic characteristics and 

23 needs of students, families, and community resi24 dents, the number of individuals to be served, 

25 and the frequency of services. 

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1 ‘‘(B) Qualified services to be provided or 

2 coordinated by the eligible entity and its part3 ner entities and how these services will meet the 

4 needs of students and their families. 

5 ‘‘(C) Planning, coordination, management, 

6 and oversight of qualified services at each 

7 school to be served, including the role of the 

8 school principal, the full-service community 

9 school coordinator, partner entities, parents, 

10 and members of the community. 

11 ‘‘(D) Funding sources for qualified services 

12 at each school to be served, whether such fund13 ing is derived from grants under this section or 

14 from other Federal, State, local, or private 

15 sources. 

16 ‘‘(E) Plans for professional development 

17 for personnel managing, or coordinating or de18 livering qualified services at, the schools to be 

19 served. 

20 ‘‘(F) Plans for joint utilization and mainte21 nance of school facilities by the eligible entity 

22 and its partner entities. 

23 ‘‘(G) How the eligible entity and its part24 ners will focus services on schools eligible for a 

25 schoolwide program under section 1114. 

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1 ‘‘(6) Identification of principles of effectiveness 

2 that are based on— 

3 ‘‘(A) an assessment of objective data re4 garding the need for the establishment of a full5 service community school and qualified services 

6 at each school to be served and in the commu7 nity involved; 

8 ‘‘(B) an established set of performance 

9 measures aimed at ensuring the availability and 

10 effectiveness of high-quality services; and 

11 ‘‘(C) if appropriate, scientifically based re12 search that provides evidence that the qualified 

13 services involved will help students meet State 

14 and local student academic achievement stand15 ards. 

16 ‘‘(7) A strategy for developing a plan for sus17 tainability. 

18 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec19 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 

20 that— 

21 ‘‘(1) will serve 2 or more full-service community 

22 schools eligible for a schoolwide program under sec23 tion 1114; 

24 ‘‘(2) demonstrate a record of effectiveness in 

25 coordinating multiple qualified services; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) will serve more than 1 full-service commu2 nity school as part of a community- or district-wide 

3 strategy. 

4 ‘‘(e) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded under 

5 this section shall be for a period of 5 years. 

6 ‘‘(f) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary may not 

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

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

9 5-year grant period. 

10 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 ‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible entity’ means a consor12 tium of a local educational agency and 1 or more 

13 community-based organizations, nonprofit organiza14 tions, or other public or private entities. 

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

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) Early childhood education. 

18 ‘‘(B) Remedial education activities and 

19 academic enrichment activities. 

20 ‘‘(C) Programs under the Head Start Act, 

21 including Early Head Start programs. 

22 ‘‘(D) Programs that promote parental in23 volvement and family literacy, including the 

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1 liam F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy 

2 programs authorized in part B of title I. 

3 ‘‘(E) Mentoring and other youth develop4 ment programs. 

5 ‘‘(F) Parent leadership development activi6 ties. 

7 ‘‘(G) Parenting education activities. 

8 ‘‘(H) Child care services. 

9 ‘‘(I) Community service and service learn10 ing opportunities. 

11 ‘‘(J) Programs that provide assistance to 

12 students who have been truant, suspended, or 

13 expelled. 

14 ‘‘(K) Job training, career counseling, and 

15 internship opportunities. 

16 ‘‘(L) Nutrition services. 

17 ‘‘(M) Primary health and dental care. 

18 ‘‘(N) Mental health counseling services. 

19 ‘‘(O) Adult education, including instruction 

20 in English as a second language. 

21 ‘‘(P) Other services consistent with this 

22 part. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 4404. STATE PROGRAMS. 

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

25 State collaboratives to support the development of fullmstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 service community school programs in accordance with 

2 this section. 

3 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this 

4 section shall be used only for the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) Planning, coordinating, and expanding the 

6 development of full-service community schools in the 

7 State, particularly schools in high-poverty local edu8 cational agencies. 

9 ‘‘(2) Providing technical assistance and training 

10 for full-service community schools, including profes11 sional development for personnel and creation of 

12 data collection and evaluation systems. 

13 ‘‘(3) Collecting, evaluating, and reporting data 

14 about the progress of full-service community schools. 

15 ‘‘(4) Evaluating the impact of State policies 

16 and guidelines in the integration of Federal and 

17 State programs at full-service community schools. 

18 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec19 tion, a State collaborative shall submit an application to 

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

21 Secretary may require. The Secretary shall require that 

22 each such application include the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) A list of all governmental agencies and 

24 nonprofit organizations that will participate as mem25 bers of the State collaborative. 

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1 ‘‘(2) A description of the expertise of each 

2 member of the State collaborative— 

3 ‘‘(A) in coordinating Federal and State 

4 programs across multiple agencies; 

5 ‘‘(B) in working with and developing the 

6 capacity of full-service community schools; and 

7 ‘‘(C) in working with high-poverty schools 

8 and local educational agencies. 

9 ‘‘(3) A comprehensive plan describing how the 

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

11 the delivery of services at full-service community 

12 schools. 

13 ‘‘(4) An explanation of how the State collabo14 rative will provide technical assistance and training, 

15 including professional development, for full-service 

16 community schools. 

17 ‘‘(5) An explanation of how the State will col18 lect and evaluate information on full-service commu19 nity schools. 

20 ‘‘(d) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded under 

21 this section shall be for a period of 5 years. 

22 ‘‘(e) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary may not 

23 award a grant to a State collaborative under this section 

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

25 of the 5-year grant period. 

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

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

3 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

4 of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

5 Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the 

6 United States Virgin Islands, and any other terri7 tory or possession of the United States. 

8 ‘‘(2) The term ‘State collaborative’ means a col9 laborative of a State educational agency and not less 

10 than 2 other governmental agencies or nonprofit or11 ganizations that provide services to children and 

12 families. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 4405. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 

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

16 Community Schools Advisory Committee’ (in this section 

17 referred to as the ‘Advisory Committee’). 

18 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—Subject to subsection (c), the Advi19 sory Committee shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) consult with the Secretary on the develop21 ment and implementation of programs under this 

22 part; 

23 ‘‘(2) identify strategies to improve the coordina24 tion of Federal programs in support of full-service 

25 community schools; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) issue an annual report to the Congress on 

2 efforts under this part, including a description of— 

3 ‘‘(A) the results of local and national eval4 uation of such efforts; and 

5 ‘‘(B) the scope of services being coordi6 nated under this part. 

7 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out its duties 

8 under this section, the Advisory Committee shall consult 

9 annually with eligible entities awarded grants under sec10 tion 4403, State collaboratives awarded grants under sec11 tion 4404, and other entities with expertise in operating 

12 full-service community schools. 

13 ‘‘(d) MEMBERS.—The Advisory Committee shall con14 sist of 4 members as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) The Attorney General of the United States 

16 (or the Attorney General’s delegate). 

17 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Agriculture (or the Sec18 retary’s delegate). 

19 ‘‘(3) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv20 ices (or the Secretary’s delegate). 

21 ‘‘(4) The Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary’s 

22 delegate). 

23 ‘‘SEC. 4406. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

24 ‘‘(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, di25 rectly or through grants, shall provide such technical asmstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 sistance as may be appropriate to accomplish the purposes 

2 of this part. 

3 ‘‘(b) EVALUATIONS BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

4 shall conduct evaluations on the effectiveness of grants 

5 under sections 4403 and 4404 in achieving the purposes 

6 of this part. 

7 ‘‘(c) EVALUATIONS BY GRANTEES.—The Secretary 

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

9 ‘‘(1) to conduct periodic evaluations of the 

10 grant’s progress toward achieving the purposes of 

11 this part; 

12 ‘‘(2) to use such evaluations to refine and im13 prove activities conducted with the grant and the 

14 performance measures for such activities; and 

15 ‘‘(3) to make the results of such evaluations 

16 publicly available, including by providing public no17 tice of such availability. 

18 ‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

19 available to a grantee under this part may be used only 

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

21 or local funds that would otherwise be available to carry 

22 out the activities assisted under this part. 

23 ‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 

25 each recipient of a grant under this part to provide 

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1 matching funds from non-Federal sources in an 

2 amount determined under paragraph (2). 

3 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF

4 MATCH.— 

5 ‘‘(A) SLIDING SCALE.—Subject to subpara6 graph (B), the Secretary shall determine the 

7 amount of matching funds to be required of a 

8 grantee under this subsection based on a sliding 

9 fee scale that takes into account— 

10 ‘‘(i) the relative poverty of the popu11 lation to be targeted by the grantee; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the ability of the grantee to ob13 tain such matching funds. 

14 ‘‘(B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary 

15 may not require any grantee under this section 

16 to provide matching funds in an amount that 

17 exceeds the amount of the grant award. 

18 ‘‘(3) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 

19 shall permit grantees under this section to match 

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

21 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding this 

22 subsection, the Secretary shall not consider an appli23 cant’s ability to match funds when determining 

24 which applicants will receive grants under this part. 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 4407. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap3 propriated to carry out this part $200,000,000 for fiscal 

4 year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each 

5 of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 

6 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts appropriated to 

7 carry out this part for each fiscal year— 

8 ‘‘(1) 75 percent shall be for section 4403; 

9 ‘‘(2) 20 percent shall be for section 4404; and 

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

11 $500,000 shall be for technical assistance under sec12 tion 4406(a).’’. 

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