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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 986 

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 

MAY 10, 2005 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska 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 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 mathematics 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 In this Act, the term ‘‘full-service community school’’ 

21 means a public elementary school or secondary school 

22 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 schools or sec9 ondary schools to function as full-service community 

10 schools. 

11 (b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity that desires to 

12 receive a grant under this section shall submit an applica13 tion to the Secretary at such time and in such manner 

14 as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall require 

15 that each such application include the following: 

16 (1) A description of the eligible entity. 

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

18 eligible entity to coordinate or provide qualified serv19 ices. 

20 (3) A memorandum of understanding between 

21 the eligible entity and all partner entities describing 

22 the role the partner entities will assume. 

23 (4) A description of the capacity of the eligible 

24 entity to provide and coordinate qualified services at 

25 a full-service community school. 
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1 (5) A comprehensive plan that includes descrip2 tions of the following: 

3 (A) The student, family, and school com4 munity to be served, including information 

5 about the demographic characteristics and 

6 needs of students, families, and community resi7 dents, the number of individuals to be served, 

8 and the frequency of services. 

9 (B) Qualified services to be provided or co10 ordinated by the eligible entity and its partner 

11 entities. 

12 (C) Planning, coordination, management, 

13 and oversight of qualified services at each 

14 school to be served, including the role of the 

15 school principal, the full-service community 

16 school coordinator, partner entities, parents, 

17 and members of the community. 

18 (D) Funding sources for qualified services 

19 at each school to be served, whether such fund20 ing is derived from grants under this section or 

21 from other Federal, State, local, or private 

22 sources. 

23 (E) Plans for professional development for 

24 personnel managing, or coordinating or deliv-
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1 ering qualified services at, the schools to be 

2 served. 

3 (F) Plans for joint utilization and mainte4 nance of school facilities by the eligible entity 

5 and its partner entities. 

6 (6) Identification of principles of effectiveness 

7 that are based on— 

8 (A) an assessment of objective data re9 garding the need for the establishment of a full10 service community school and qualified services 

11 at each school to be served and in the commu12 nity involved; 

13 (B) an established set of performance 

14 measures aimed at ensuring the availability and 

15 effectiveness of high-quality qualified services; 

16 and 

17 (C) if appropriate, scientifically-based re18 search that provides evidence that the qualified 

19 services involved will help students meet State 

20 and local student academic achievement stand21 ards. 

22 (7) A strategy for developing a plan for sustain23 ability. 
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1 (c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec2 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 

3 that— 

4 (1) will serve not less than 1 school eligible for 

5 a 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 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec14 tion shall be used to coordinate or provide not less than 

15 3 qualified services at 1 or more public elementary schools 

16 or secondary schools. 

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

18 section shall be for a period of 5 years. 

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

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

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

22 5-year grant period. 

23 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti25 ty’’ means a consortium composed of a local edu-
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1 cational agency and 1 or more community-based or2 ganizations, nonprofit organizations, or other public 

3 or private entities. 

4 (2) QUALIFIED SERVICES.—The term ‘‘qualified 

5 services’’ means any of the following: 

6 (A) Early childhood education. 

7 (B) Remedial education activities and aca8 demic enrichment activities. 

9 (C) Programs under the Head Start Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), including Early Head 

11 Start programs carried out under section 645A 

12 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9840a). 

13 (D) Programs that promote parental in14 volvement and family literacy, including the 

15 Reading First, Early Reading First, and Wil16 liam F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy 

17 programs authorized under part B of title I of 

18 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

19 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.). 

20 (E) Mentoring and other youth develop21 ment programs. 

22 (F) Parent leadership development activi23 ties. 

24 (G) Parenting education activities. 

25 (H) Child care services. 
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1 (I) Community service and service learning 

2 opportunities. 

3 (J) Programs that provide assistance to 

4 students who have been truant, suspended, or 

5 expelled. 

6 (K) Job training and career counseling 

7 services. 

8 (L) Nutrition services. 

9 (M) Primary health and dental care. 

10 (N) Mental health counseling services. 

11 (O) Adult education, including instruction 

12 in English as a second language. 

13 (P) Other services consistent with this Act. 

14 SEC. 5. STATE PROGRAMS. 

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

16 State collaboratives to support the development of full17 service community school programs in accordance with 

18 this section. 

19 (b) APPLICATION.—A State collaborative that desires 

20 to receive a grant under this section shall submit an appli21 cation to the Secretary at such time and in such manner 

22 as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall require 

23 that each such application include the following: 
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1 (1) A list of all governmental agencies and non2 profit organizations that will participate as members 

3 of the State collaborative. 

4 (2) A description of the expertise of each mem5 ber of the State collaborative— 

6 (A) in coordinating Federal and State pro7 grams across multiple agencies; and 

8 (B) in working with and developing the ca9 pacity of full-service community schools. 

10 (3) A comprehensive plan describing how the 

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

12 the delivery of services at full-service community 

13 schools. 

14 (4) An explanation of how the State collabo15 rative will provide technical assistance and training, 

16 including professional development, for full-service 

17 community schools. 

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

19 and evaluate information on full-service community 

20 schools. 

21 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec22 tion shall be used only for the following: 

23 (1) Planning, coordinating, and expanding the 

24 development of full-service community schools in the 

25 State. 
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1 (2) 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 (3) Collecting, evaluating, and reporting data 

6 about the progress of full-service community schools. 

7 (4) Evaluating the impact of State policies and 

8 guidelines in the integration of Federal and State 

9 programs at full-service community schools. 

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

11 section shall be for a period of 5 years. 

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

13 award a grant to a State collaborative under this section 

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

15 of the 5-year grant period. 

16 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

18 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

19 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth 

20 of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, 

21 Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and any 

22 other territory or possession of the United States. 

23 (2) STATE COLLABORATIVE.—The term ‘‘State 

24 collaborative’’ means a collaborative of a State edu25 cational agency and not less than 2 other govern-
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1 mental agencies or nonprofit organizations that pro2 vide services to children and families. 

3 SEC. 6. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an advi5 sory committee to be known as the ‘‘Full-Service Commu6 nity Schools Advisory Committee’’ (in this section referred 

7 to as the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’). 

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

9 Committee shall— 

10 (1) consult with the Secretary on the develop11 ment and implementation of programs under this 

12 Act; 

13 (2) identify strategies to improve the coordina14 tion of Federal programs in support of full-service 

15 community schools; and 

16 (3) issue an annual report to Congress on ef17 forts under this Act, including a description of— 

18 (A) the results of local and national eval19 uation of such efforts; and 

20 (B) the scope of services being coordinated 

21 under this Act. 

22 (c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out its duties under 

23 this section, the Advisory Committee shall consult annu24 ally with eligible entities awarded grants under section 4, 

25 State collaboratives awarded grants under section 5, and 
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1 other entities with expertise in operating full-service com2 munity schools. 

3 (d) MEMBERS.—The Advisory Committee shall con4 sist of 4 members as follows: 

5 (1) The Attorney General of the United States 

6 (or the Attorney General’s delegate). 

7 (2) The Secretary of Agriculture (or the Sec8 retary’s delegate). 

9 (3) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv10 ices (or the Secretary’s delegate). 

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

12 delegate). 

13 SEC. 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

14 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, di15 rectly or through grants, shall provide such technical as16 sistance as may be appropriate to accomplish the purposes 

17 of this Act. 

18 (b) EVALUATIONS BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

19 shall conduct evaluations on the effectiveness of grants 

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

21 Act. 

22 (c) EVALUATIONS BY GRANTEES.—The Secretary 

23 shall require each recipient of a grant under this Act— 
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1 (1) to conduct periodic evaluations of the 

2 progress achieved with the grant toward achieving 

3 the purposes of this Act; 

4 (2) to use such evaluations to refine and im5 prove activities conducted with the grant and the 

6 performance measures for such activities; and 

7 (3) to make the results of such evaluations pub8 licly available, including by providing public notice of 

9 such availability. 

10 (d) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

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

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

13 or local funds that would otherwise be available to carry 

14 out the activities assisted under this Act. 

15 (e) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

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

17 each recipient of a grant under this Act to provide 

18 matching funds from non-Federal sources in an 

19 amount determined under paragraph (2). 

20 (2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF MATCH.— 

21 (A) SLIDING SCALE.—Subject to subpara22 graph (B), the Secretary shall determine the 

23 amount of matching funds to be required of a 

24 grantee under this subsection based on a sliding 

25 fee scale that takes into account— 
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1 (i) the relative poverty of the popu2 lation to be targeted by the grantee; and 

3 (ii) the ability of the grantee to obtain 

4 such matching funds. 

5 (B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary 

6 may not require any grantee under this Act to 

7 provide matching funds in an amount that ex8 ceeds the amount of the grant award. 

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

10 shall permit grantees under this Act to match funds 

11 in whole or in part with in-kind contributions. 

12 (4) CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding this 

13 subsection, the Secretary shall not consider an appli14 cant’s ability to match funds when determining 

15 which applicants will receive grants under this Act. 

16 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro18 priated to carry out this Act $200,000,000 for fiscal year 

19 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

20 years 2007 through 2010. 

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

22 carry out this Act for each fiscal year— 

23 (1) 75 percent shall be for section 4; 

24 (2) 20 percent shall be for section 5; and 
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1 (3) of the remaining 5 percent, not less than 

2 $500,000 shall be for technical assistance under sec3 tion 7(a).

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