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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2565 

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

community involvement, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2011 

Mr. LOEBSACK (for himself and Mr. PAYNE) 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 foster community involvement, 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 ‘‘Working to Encourage 

5 Community Action and Responsibility in Education Act’’ 

6 or the ‘‘WE CARE Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 The Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The long-term health of the Nation’s de2 mocracy, as well as our economy, is dependent upon 

3 the strength of our young people. 

4 (2) The challenge of educating the Nation’s stu5 dents cannot be met by schools alone. Cross-sector 

6 community engagement, including schools, commu7 nity-based organizations, businesses, parents, faith8 based organizations, local government, students and 

9 others must all work together to ensure that stu10 dents receive the support they need to be successful. 

11 (3) Schools that have strong relationships with 

12 their communities have improved academic achieve13 ment and develop stronger families, schools and 

14 communities. 

15 (4) National Academy of Sciences studies show 

16 that ensuring that a child has adequate nurturing 

17 influences, including those provided by community 

18 programs, results in improved academic, social and 

19 civic outcomes. 

20 (5) In order for students to be successful in 

21 school, their academic and non-academic needs must 

22 be met. In a study that analyzed the impact of hav23 ing five key resources in children’s lives: Caring 

24 adults, safe places, a healthy start, an effective edu25 cation, and opportunities to help others, students 


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1 with four or five of these resources were twice as 

2 likely as their peers with zero or one resource to get 

3 A’s in school, 40 percent more likely to volunteer, 

4 and twice as likely to avoid violence. 

5 (6) The services provided by community-based 

6 organizations are invaluable in strengthening the 

7 Nation’s young people. Research shows that such 

8 services keep students in school, promote their aca9 demic achievement, reduce pregnancy, reduce delin10 quent behavior, and promote civic engagement. 

11 (7) Research shows that effective dropout pre12 vention programs meet students’ needs inside and 

13 outside the classroom. One such program dem14 onstrated that 82 percent of students improved their 

15 attendance, 86 percent had fewer behavior incidents, 

16 89 percent improved their academic performance, 

17 and 85 percent of eligible seniors graduated from 

18 high school. 

19 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SEC20 ONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. 

21 (a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—Section 1001 of the 

22 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

23 U.S.C. 6301) is amended— 

24 (1) by amending paragraph (11) to read as fol25 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(11) coordinating services under all parts of 

2 this title with each other, with services under all 

3 other titles of this Act, with other education services, 

4 and with other public and private agencies in the 

5 community providing services to children and 

6 youth;’’; 

7 (2) in paragraph (12) by striking the period at 

8 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(13) promoting stronger enhanced partner11 ships between schools and their communities that 

12 can contribute to student success and greater family 

13 and community involvement in creating the condi14 tions for learning for their children.’’. 

15 (b) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.—Section 1003 of that 

16 Act (20 U.S.C. 6303) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

19 the end; 

20 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking the period 

21 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(4) demonstrate a commitment to coordinating 

24 with stakeholders in the community, including local 

25 government, community-based service providers and 


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1 other non-profit organizations, and businesses, to 

2 address the academic and non-academic factors im3 pacting student achievement.’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (g)(6)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

6 at the end; 

7 (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking the 

8 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(C) a commitment to coordinating with a 

11 stakeholders in the community, including local 

12 government, community-based service providers 

13 and other non-profit organizations, and busi14 nesses, to address the academic and non-aca15 demic factors impacting student achievement.’’. 

16 (c) STATE PLANS.—Section 1111 of that Act (20 

17 U.S.C. 6311) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by inserting ‘‘students,’’ 

19 before ‘‘and parents’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (9) 

21 and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(9) FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENT ACHIEVE23 MENT.—Each State plan shall include— 

24 ‘‘(A) an assessment of the nonacademic 

25 factors influencing student achievement; 


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1 ‘‘(B) a description of public and private or2 ganizations and agencies within the State that 

3 are working to impact the factors identified 

4 under subparagraph (A), including but not lim5 ited to State departments of health and human 

6 services, State agencies administering juvenile 

7 justice programs, State housing agencies, State 

8 agencies administering national and community 

9 service and service-learning programs, and non10 profit youth development and community-based 

11 organizations and other entities as appropriate; 

12 ‘‘(C) a strategy for coordination and col13 laboration with these organizations and agen14 cies to provide needed services to children, 

15 youth and families that are integrated with 

16 services offered by specialized instructional sup17 port personnel in the school and local edu18 cational agency homeless liaisons, designated 

19 pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the 

20 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, will 

21 result in improved academic performance; and 

22 ‘‘(D) an assurance that the State edu23 cational agency will assist local educational 

24 agencies within the State that are identified 

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1 menting such strategies for coordination and 

2 collaboration.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4) 

4 and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(4) the State educational agency will work 

6 with other public and private organizations and 

7 agencies, including educational service agencies or 

8 other local consortia, and institutions, including but 

9 not limited to State departments of health and 

10 human services, State housing agencies, State agen11 cies administering juvenile justice programs, State 

12 agencies administering national and community serv13 ice and service-learning programs, and nonprofit 

14 youth development and community-based organiza15 tions and other entities as appropriate, to provide 

16 technical assistance to local educational agencies and 

17 schools, technical assistance that will help them ad18 dress the factors identified under (b)(9), including 

19 technical assistance in providing professional devel20 opment under section 1119, technical assistance 

21 under section 1117, and technical assistance relating 

22 to parental involvement under section 1118;’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (d)— 

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

25 the end; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking the period 

2 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(3) involve community-based organizations and 

5 other entities that have relationships with parents 

6 and can facilitate and support their involvement in 

7 the education of their children.’’; 

8 (5) in subsection (h)(1)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (C)— 

10 (i) in clause (vii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (ii) in clause (viii) by striking the pe13 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

14 and 

15 (iii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(ix) school attendance rates; 

18 ‘‘(x) average class size in each grade; 

19 ‘‘(xi) academic achievement and gains 

20 in English proficiency of limited English 

21 proficient students; 

22 ‘‘(xii) the incidence of school violence, 

23 drug abuse, alcohol abuse, student suspen24 sions, and student expulsions; 


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1 ‘‘(xiii) the extent and type of parental 

2 involvement in the schools; 

3 ‘‘(xiv) the extent and type of commu4 nity involvement in schools, including part5 nerships between schools and public and 

6 private agencies and organizations, as well 

7 as services provided to children, youth and 

8 families resulting from these partnerships, 

9 and if possible, improvements in student 

10 academic achievement and other non-aca11 demic outcomes resulting from such part12 nerships; 

13 ‘‘(xv) the percentage of students com14 pleting advanced placement courses, and 

15 the rate of passing of advanced placement 

16 tests; 

17 ‘‘(xvi) other non-academic outcomes, 

18 including outcomes resulting from partner19 ships between schools and other entities, 

20 which may include social, emotional, phys21 ical, civic, and vocational outcomes; and 

22 ‘‘(xvii) a clear and concise description 

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1 ance, and the criteria that the State has 

2 established, consistent with subsection 

3 (b)(2) of this section, to determine the sta4 tus of schools regarding school improve5 ment, corrective action, and restruc6 turing.’’; and 

7 (B) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘Such 

8 information may include’’ and all that follows 

9 through the period at the end; and 

10 (6) in subsection (h)(2)(B)(i)— 

11 (A) in each of subclauses (I) and (II), by 

12 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(III) minimum information on 

15 student attendance rates, truancy 

16 rates, incidence of school violence, al17 cohol abuse, students suspension, and 

18 student expulsions; and 

19 ‘‘(IV) the extent and type of 

20 community and parents involvement 

21 in the education of their children; 

22 and’’. 

23 (d) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS.—Section 

24 1112(b)(1) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(1)) is amend25 ed— 


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1 (1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(B) an assessment of the non-academic 

4 factors influencing student achievement and a 

5 description of the other indicators that will be 

6 used in addition to the academic indicators de7 scribed in section 1111 for the uses described 

8 in such section, including but not limited to the 

9 indicators listed in section 1111(h)(1)(B);’’; 

10 (2) in subparagraph (P) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (3) in subparagraph (Q)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘where appropriate,’’; and 

14 (B) by striking the period at the end; and 

15 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(R) a description of how the local edu17 cational agency will coordinate and collaborate 

18 with the State educational agency, other public 

19 and private State agencies, and local public and 

20 private organizations and agencies, including 

21 but not limited to local departments of health 

22 and human services, local housing agencies, 

23 local departments of youth services, local agen24 cies administering juvenile justice programs and 

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1 ministering national and community service and 

2 service-learning programs, local law enforce3 ment agencies, and local nonprofit youth devel4 opment and community-based organizations, 

5 and other entities as appropriate to provide 

6 services to children youth and families that are 

7 integrated with services from specialized in8 structional support personnel and local edu9 cational agency homeless liaisons, designated 

10 pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the 

11 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, in 

12 order to address the nonacademic factors iden13 tified under subparagraph (B), with an empha14 sis on addressing the needs of schools in school 

15 improvement, corrective action or restructuring 

16 under this section in order to address major 

17 factors that have significantly affected student 

18 achievement at the school; and 

19 ‘‘(S) ensure that the results from the aca20 demic assessments required under section 

21 1111(b)(3) will be provided to parents and 

22 teachers as soon as is practicably possible after 

23 the test is taken, in an understandable and uni24 form format and provided in a language that 

25 the parents and the public can understand.’’. 


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1 (e) SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAMS.—Section 1114 of that 

2 Act (20 U.S.C. 6314) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, as 

5 well as the non-academic needs of students that 

6 impact academic success, including social, emo7 tional, physical and civic needs’’ before the pe8 riod at the end; 

9 (B) in subparagraph (B)(iii)(I)— 

10 (i) in each of items (bb) and (cc) by 

11 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

12 (ii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(dd) health, mental health, 

15 housing, and social services, fam16 ily support, youth development 

17 and other activities offered by 

18 specialized instructional support 

19 personnel, educational agency 

20 homeless liaisons, designated pur21 suant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) 

22 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

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1 nated, if appropriate, in a full 

2 service community school, that 

3 reduce barriers to learning and 

4 improve the capacity of families 

5 to support their children’s edu6 cation; 

7 ‘‘(ee) efforts to prevent stu8 dents from dropping out of 

9 school, and efforts to reconnect 

10 dropouts to school, alternative 

11 education programs, vocational 

12 training and work opportunities, 

13 or other services deemed appro14 priate by the local educational 

15 agency; and 

16 ‘‘(ff) efforts focused on re17 ductions in truancy, suspensions, 

18 and expulsions; and’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘(K) A strategy, developed in partnership 

21 with institutions and organizations such as local 

22 government, community-based organizations, in23 stitutions of higher education, specialized in24 structional support personnel, local educational 

25 agency homeless liaisons, designated pursuant 


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1 to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney2 Vento Homeless Assistance Act, and others for 

3 addressing factors that affect student achieve4 ment and for mobilizing community assets to 

5 support student success. The strategy should 

6 include efforts to increase community involve7 ment, including strategies to provide services to 

8 address the needs identified under described 

9 under subsection (b)(1)(A) and strategies to 

10 form partnerships with public and private orga11 nizations and agencies to implement services in 

12 accordance with items (dd), (ee), and (ff) of 

13 subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii)(I).’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by amending clause 

15 (ii) to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(ii) developed with the involvement of 

17 parents and other individuals and organi18 zations in the community to be served and 

19 who will carry out such plan, including 

20 teachers, principals, specialized instruc21 tional support personnel, local educational 

22 agency homeless liaisons, designated pur23 suant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the 

24 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

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1 trators (including administrators of pro2 grams described in other parts of this title, 

3 administrators of public and nonprofit 

4 community-based services, and services 

5 provided by State and local government), 

6 and, if appropriate, technical assistance 

7 providers, school staff, and, if the plan re8 lates to a secondary school, students from 

9 such school;’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (e)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii) by inserting 

12 after ‘‘coordinator’’ the following: ‘‘to link eligi13 ble children and their families with services and 

14 resources available in the community’’; 

15 (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as (4); 

16 and 

17 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(3) REPORTING.—If services described in 

20 paragraph (2) are not available to eligible children 

21 and resources are insufficient in meeting their needs, 

22 the school shall report to the local educational agen23 cy, State educational agency, and public in a manner 

24 deemed appropriate by the school, the number of 

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1 ices, unless doing so would violate the rights to pri2 vacy of such children, the services needed by the 

3 children, and an estimate of the needed financial re4 sources to meet their needs.’’. 

5 (f) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.—Section 1116 of that 

6 Act (20 U.S.C. 6316) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)(3)(A)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i) by 

9 inserting after ‘‘serving the school,’’ the fol10 lowing: ‘‘local stakeholders and potential re11 sources (including business leaders), representa12 tives of public and private nonprofit and social 

13 service agencies (including local government 

14 agencies), youth development organizations, 

15 students,’’; 

16 (B) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 

17 (x) as (vii) through (xi), respectively; and 

18 (C) by inserting after clause (v) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(vi) conduct a comprehensive needs 

21 assessment, including an assessment of po22 tential resources available in the State and 

23 the community to assist students in meet24 ing the State’s proficient level of achieve25 ment, and develop a plan to partner with 


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1 public and private social service agencies, 

2 community-based organizations, youth de3 velopment organizations, businesses, and 

4 other appropriate organizations, to link 

5 students and their families with support 

6 services to strengthen student performance 

7 at the school, including support services 

8 that will help to meet students’ non-aca9 demic needs;’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b)(4)(B)— 

11 (A) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

12 end; 

13 (B) by redesignating clause (iv) as (v); and 

14 (C) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(iv) shall include assistance in devel17 oping partnerships with public and private 

18 social service agencies, including local gov19 ernment agencies, community-based orga20 nizations, youth development organiza21 tions, businesses, and other appropriate or22 ganizations, to link students and their 

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1 services that will help to meet students’ 

2 non-academic needs; and’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (b)(7)(C)(iv) by adding at the 

4 end the following: 

5 ‘‘(VII) Hire or designate a staff 

6 member, such as a specialized instruc7 tional support personnel employed by 

8 the school or local agency, to coordi9 nate and link students and families 

10 with resources available in the com11 munity to strengthen student per12 formance, including support services 

13 that will help to meet students’ non14 academic needs.’’; and 

15 (4) in subsection (c)(7)(A)— 

16 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i) by 

17 inserting after ‘‘school staff,’’ the following: 

18 ‘‘local stakeholders and potential resources (in19 cluding business leaders), representatives of 

20 public and private nonprofit and social service 

21 agencies (including local government agencies), 

22 youth development organizations, students,’’; 

23 (B) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 

24 (viii) as (vii) through (ix), respectively; and 


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1 (C) by inserting after clause (v) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(vi) include a comprehensive needs 

4 assessment, including an assessment of po5 tential resources available in the State and 

6 the community to assist students in meet7 ing the State’s proficient level of achieve8 ment, and develop a plan to partner with 

9 public and private social service agencies, 

10 community-based organizations, youth de11 velopment organizations, businesses, and 

12 other appropriate organizations, to link 

13 students and their families with support 

14 services to strengthen student perform15 ance, including support services that will 

16 help to meet students’ non-academic 

17 needs;’’; 

18 (5) in subsection (c)(10)(C) by adding at the 

19 end the following: 

20 ‘‘(viii) Mandate the placement of at 

21 least one staff member, such as a special22 ized instructional support personnel em23 ployed by the school or local agency, to co24 ordinate and link students and families 

25 with resources available in the community 


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1 to strengthen student performance, includ2 ing support services that will help to meet 

3 students’ non-academic needs.’’; 

4 (6) in subsection (e)(2)(A), in the matter pre5 ceding clause (i)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘annual notice to parents’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘notice to parents multiple times 

8 annually’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘, to the extent prac10 ticable,’’; 

11 (7) in subsection (e)(4)(B) by inserting before 

12 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and pro13 vide services in a comprehensive service delivery 

14 model’’; 

15 (8) in subsection (e)(4)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

17 at the end; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (E)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘annual’’; 

20 (ii) by inserting after ‘‘supplemental 

21 educational services’’ the following: ‘‘mul22 tiple times annually’’; and 

23 (iii) by striking the period at the end 

24 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(F) prioritize outreach and technical as2 sistance to existing school-based, community3 based, faith-based and other public agency 

4 afterschool programs, including 21st Century 

5 Community Learning Centers programs, to en6 courage them to become providers of supple7 mental educational services.’’; and 

8 (9) in subsection (e)(5)— 

9 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

10 and (D) as (D) and (E), respectively; and 

11 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(C) Provide delivery of tutoring services 

14 in a comprehensive service delivery model 

15 through partnership or as part of a comprehen16 sive after-school program.’’. 

17 (g) SCHOOL SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION.—Section 

18 1117 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 6317) is amended in sub19 section (a)(5)(A)— 

20 (1) in clause (vi) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

21 (2) by redesignating clause (vii) as (ix); and 

22 (3) by inserting after clause (vi) the following: 

23 ‘‘(vii) representatives of public and 

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1 ganizations, businesses, and other appro2 priate organizations; 

3 ‘‘(viii) students; or’’. 

4 (h) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.—Subpart 1 of part 

5 A of title I of that Act is amended by inserting after sec6 tion 1118 (20 U.S.C. 6318) the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 1118A. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. 

8 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 

9 strengthen student achievement by— 

10 ‘‘(1) engaging the whole community in the edu11 cation of the Nation’s students; 

12 ‘‘(2) leveraging supports, opportunities, and re13 sources available within the community; 

14 ‘‘(3) improving the coordination of services for 

15 students, their families, and the community; and 

16 ‘‘(4) meeting student’s nonacademic needs. 

17 ‘‘(b) FEDERAL MATCHING FUND AUTHORIZED.— 

18 The Secretary shall award grants to local educational 

19 agencies to support the implementation of community in20 volvement policies consistent with subsection (c). 

21 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN22 CIES.—A grant to a Local Educational Agency 

23 under this section shall not be greater than the 

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1 cational Agency and its community partners under 

2 paragraph (3). 

3 ‘‘(2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICA4 TION.—Each Local Educational Agency that desires 

5 to receive a grant under this section shall submit an 

6 application to the Secretary at such time, and con7 taining such information as the Secretary shall rea8 sonably require. The Secretary shall require that 

9 each such application include the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) The community involvement policy 

11 developed in accordance with subsection (c). 

12 ‘‘(B) A description of the community part13 ners that were involved in the development of 

14 the community involvement policy. 

15 ‘‘(C) A description of the roles that will be 

16 played by partners in the implementation of the 

17 community involvement policy, including a de18 scription of the partners that will provide serv19 ices to students, their families, and the commu20 nity, a description of the services that will be 

21 provided; and memoranda of understanding be22 tween the local educational agency and commu23 nity partners clearly delineating the roles and 

24 responsibilities of the local educational agency 

25 and its partners. 


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1 ‘‘(D) A description of how funds received 

2 under this section will be integrated with other 

3 Federal, state and local funds to maximize serv4 ices and opportunities for students, their fami5 lies and the community, including a description 

6 of how funds received under this section will be 

7 distributed and utilized. 

8 ‘‘(E) A description of the matching funds 

9 secured through the development of the commu10 nity involvement policy pursuant to paragraph 

11 (3). 

12 ‘‘(3) MATCHING FUNDS.—To be eligible to re13 ceive a grant under this section, a local educational 

14 agency must: 

15 ‘‘(A) Provide an assurance that it will 

16 spend an amount greater than or equal to 1 

17 percent of such agency’s allocation under sub18 part 2 of this part. 

19 ‘‘(B) Provide an assurance that it will 

20 raise matching funds from community partners, 

21 including from nonprofit organizations serving 

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1 cept that funds under this subparagraph shall 

2 not be provided from funds appropriated under 

3 subpart 2 of this part. Such funds may be pro4 vided in whole or in-part with in-kind contribu5 tions from partners and need not be transferred 

6 to the local educational agency in order to meet 

7 the requirements of this paragraph. 

8 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) EQUITABLE NATIONAL DISTRIBU10 TION.—In awarding grants under this sub11 section, the Secretary shall ensure an equitable 

12 geographic distribution of the grants. 

13 ‘‘(B) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION.—Funds 

14 awarded to a local educational agency under 

15 this section or dedicated by a Local Educational 

16 Agency under paragraph (3) may be utilized by 

17 the local educational agency or any of its part18 ners to implement the Community Involvement 

19 Policy developed under subsection (c). 

20 ‘‘(5) MAXIMUM USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds 

21 awarded to a local educational agency under this 

22 section, the local educational agency must distribute 

23 to its nonprofit community partners an amount that 

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1 ners pursuant to paragraph (3)(B). If the amount 

2 awarded to a local educational agency is less than an 

3 amount equal to 2 percent of such agency’s alloca4 tion under subpart 2 of this part, then the local edu5 cational agency must distribute to its nonprofit com6 munity partners an amount equal to at least half of 

7 the amount awarded under this section. 

8 ‘‘(c) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT POLICY.—To re9 ceive a grant under this section, a local educational agency 

10 shall develop jointly with members of the community, 

11 which shall include local government, community-based or12 ganizations, child and youth serving organizations and 

13 agencies, other business and community partners, and stu14 dents, a policy for leveraging resources, services, and op15 portunities available within the community in order to 

16 support student achievement by meeting the academic and 

17 non-academic needs of students. The policy shall dem18 onstrate how community resources will be coordinated 

19 with the work of pupil services personnel and local edu20 cational agency homeless liaisons, designated pursuant to 

21 section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

22 Assistance Act and shall be incorporated into the local 

23 educational agency’s plan developed under section 1112. 

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1 ‘‘(1) An analysis of available data on the com2 prehensive needs of the students served by the local 

3 educational agency, their families, and the commu4 nity that analyzes the academic, social, emotional, 

5 physical, safety, civic, and, if appropriate, vocational 

6 needs of students and their families that may impact 

7 students’ ability to meet the challenging State stu8 dent academic achievement standards. 

9 ‘‘(2) A description of the potential resources, 

10 services, and opportunities available within the com11 munity or available near the community that stu12 dents, their families, and those in the community 

13 may be able to access to meet the needs identified 

14 under paragraph (1) and support students to achieve 

15 the challenging State student academic achievement 

16 standards. 

17 ‘‘(3) A strategy for developing and supporting 

18 partnerships to provide services to children youth 

19 and families in coordination with pupil services per20 sonnel and local educational agency homeless liai21 sons, designated pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) 

22 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 

23 Such partnerships may— 

24 ‘‘(A) include the local educational agency, 

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1 human services, local departments of youth 

2 services, local agencies administering juvenile 

3 justice programs and facilities, local agencies 

4 and organizations administering national and 

5 community service and service-learning pro6 grams, local law enforcement agencies, local 

7 nonprofit youth development, Parental Informa8 tion and Resource Centers, other community9 based organizations, other public agencies, busi10 nesses, and other entities as appropriate; 

11 ‘‘(B) be designed to provide services to 

12 children youth and families, including health 

13 and mental health services, quality before- and 

14 after-school programming, summer programs, 

15 school and community safety programs, men16 toring, tutoring, service-learning, youth develop17 ment, internships and apprenticeships, family 

18 strengthening activities, career counseling, job 

19 training, nutrition, and other services; and 

20 ‘‘(C) involve the hiring or designating of a 

21 community involvement coordinator, such as a 

22 specialized instructional support personnel staff 

23 member, within the local educational agency, 

24 school or partner organization to facilitate the 

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1 ‘‘(4) A strategy for informing parents, legal 

2 guardians, and care takers of the opportunities for 

3 services available through the partnerships developed 

4 under paragraph (3). 

5 ‘‘(5) A strategy for linking students and their 

6 families with the opportunities for services available 

7 through the partnerships developed under paragraph 

8 (3), including a strategy for meeting the transpor9 tation needs of students and families in coordination 

10 with partnering organizations and a strategy for cov11 ering the costs of such services. 

12 ‘‘(6) A strategy for evaluating the impact of the 

13 community involvement policy and its implementa14 tion, including a description of the resources, sup15 ports and opportunities leveraged from the commu16 nity to benefit students, their families, the local edu17 cational agency, schools, and the community. 

18 ‘‘(7) A strategy for identifying barriers to devel19 oping effective school-community partnerships and 

20 developing ways to mitigate such barriers. 

21 ‘‘(8) A strategy for providing professional devel22 opment to principals, teachers, pupil services per23 sonnel, local educational agency homeless liaisons, 

24 designated pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of 

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1 the community involvement coordinator, if one is 

2 present in the local educational agency or school, to 

3 facilitate the smooth operation of communication 

4 across offices and partnering entities. 

5 ‘‘(9) A strategy for developing a community in6 volvement council to lead, monitor, and oversee the 

7 implementation of the community involvement policy 

8 in partnership with the local educational agency. 

9 Such a council may include parents and caretakers, 

10 students, principals, teachers, personnel, local edu11 cational agency homeless liaisons, designated pursu12 ant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney13 Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Parental Informa14 tion and Resource Centers, representatives of the 

15 mayor or appropriate chief executive officers of gen16 eral purpose local government, local departments of 

17 health and human services, local departments of 

18 youth services, local agencies administering juvenile 

19 justice programs and facilities, local agencies and or20 ganizations administering national and community 

21 service and service-learning programs, local law en22 forcement agencies, local nonprofit youth develop23 ment, other community-based organizations, other 

24 public agencies, businesses, and other entities as ap25 propriate. 


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1 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH PARENT INVOLVEMENT

2 STRATEGIES.—The community involvement policy devel3 oped under subsection (b) shall be developed and imple4 mented in coordination with the parent involvement strat5 egies developed under section 1118. 

6 ‘‘(e) REPORTING.— 

7 ‘‘(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REPORT8 ING.—On an annual basis, each Local Educational 

9 Agency that receives funds under this section shall 

10 report to the State educational agency, the Sec11 retary, and the public on— 

12 ‘‘(A) the amount and sources of matching 

13 funds raised in accordance with subsection 

14 (a)(3); 

15 ‘‘(B) the number, type, and roles played by 

16 partners involved in the development and imple17 mentation of the Community Involvement Pol18 icy developed under subsection (c); 

19 ‘‘(C) the services coordinated or provided 

20 through the implementation of the Community 

21 Involvement Policy developed under subsection 

22 (c); and 

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1 through the Community Involvement Policy de2 veloped under subsection (c). 

3 ‘‘(2) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REVIEW

4 AND SUPPORT.—Each State shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) monitor and compile a report annu6 ally on each district’s implementation of com7 munity involvement policies and recommenda8 tions for improvement and submit this report to 

9 the Secretary and the public; 

10 ‘‘(B) provide information and technical as11 sistance to help local educational agencies com12 ply with the community involvement provisions 

13 within the law; 

14 ‘‘(C) the State education agency must pro15 vide a copy of this annual report to its respec16 tive Statewide PIRC where it shall— 

17 ‘‘(i) identify how the local education 

18 agency can comply where they have been 

19 found to not be compliant in the annual re20 port; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the Statewide PIRC shall report 

22 their recommendations for compliance to 

23 the State education agency as well as the 

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1 ‘‘(D) use all resources made available to 

2 the state under section 1117(a). 

3 ‘‘(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—On an annual 

4 basis, the Secretary shall report to Congress and the 

5 public a summary of the reports provided by the 

6 local educational agencies in accordance with para7 graph (1). 

8 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

9 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary 

10 to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2012 

11 through 2017.’’. 

12 (i) COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 1120B 

13 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 6322) is amended by adding at 

14 the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(d) BARRIERS TO COORDINATION.—Each local edu16 cational agency receiving assistance under this part shall 

17 report to the Secretary at such time and in such manner 

18 as the Secretary may determine any barriers to coordina19 tion, and the Secretary shall report such barriers to co20 ordination to the Federal Youth Development Council es21 tablished under the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordi22 nation Act (Public Law 109–365; 120 Stat. 2594).’’. 

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