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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3055 

To establish a National Parents Corps Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 

Mr. LEWIS of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To establish a National Parents Corps Program, 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 ‘‘National Parents 

5 Corps Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) Most parents work and have limited time to 

9 volunteer at the schools their children attend. 

10 (2) A parent’s first responsibility is to the 

11 health, safety, and stability of their children. 


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1 (3) Nearly one-third of children in the United 

2 States ages 12 to 17 have used illicit drugs. 

3 (4) According to the American Lung Associa4 tion, approximately 4,000 children between the ages 

5 of 12 and 17 will smoke their first cigarette, and 

6 adolescents who reported smoking cigarettes in the 

7 last 30 days were more likely to use alcohol, smoke 

8 marijuana, and use cocaine during the same period. 

9 (5) Accidents, homicides, and suicides are the 

10 leading causes of adolescent deaths. Most of these 

11 deaths are connected to alcohol and drug use. 

12 (6) The Office of National Drug Control Policy 

13 reports that early action from friends, parents, or 

14 loved-ones of a teen who has started using drugs 

15 could help the teen stop before treatment may be 

16 needed. 

17 (7) In response to concerns about youth vio18 lence and drug, tobacco, and alcohol use by youth, 

19 the White House unveiled the Parents Corps, a 3- 

20 year initiative operating in 9 States to bring to21 gether citizenship, service, and responsibility to em22 power parents to keep their children, schools, and 

23 communities drug-free. 


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1 SEC. 3. NATIONAL PARENTS CORPS PROGRAM. 

2 (a) GRANT TO ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM.—Subject 

3 to the availability of appropriations to carry out this Act, 

4 the Administrator shall, not later than 3 months after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, award a grant to an 

6 eligible nonprofit entity to establish a National Parents 

7 Corps Program (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Program’’) 

8 to promote safety, combat youth violence, and combat 

9 drug and alcohol abuse in schools in the United States. 

10 The eligible nonprofit entity awarded such grant shall be 

11 known as the ‘‘NPCP Nonprofit Partner’’. 

12 (b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The NPCP Nonprofit 

13 Partner shall use the grant awarded under this section 

14 to establish and administer the Program, which shall in15 clude— 

16 (1) employing Parent Leaders to carry out the 

17 Program at eligible schools that are selected to host 

18 Parent Leaders, in accordance with sections 4 and 

19 5; and 

20 (2) working with schools, parents of children 

21 enrolled in schools, local nonprofit organizations, 

22 and law enforcement agencies and officers to pro23 mote safety, combat youth violence, and combat 

24 drug, alcohol, and tobacco abuse in schools. 


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1 SEC. 4. PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOLS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 

4 NPCP Nonprofit Partner shall solicit applications from el5 igible schools desiring to participate in the Program by 

6 hosting a Parent Leader. Each eligible school selected to 

7 host a Parent Leader shall enter into a memorandum of 

8 understanding with the NPCP Nonprofit Partner— 

9 (1) in which the eligible school agrees to partici10 pate in the Program and host a Parent Leader for 

11 the number of years that is equal to the number of 

12 grade levels taught at the school; and 

13 (2) that outlines the parameters and goals of 

14 hosting a Parent Leader and carrying out the Pro15 gram at the eligible school, including how the Parent 

16 Leader and the operation of the Program will ad17 dress the cultural, social, and crime prevention needs 

18 and goals of the students at such school. 

19 (b) SELECTION CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting eligi20 ble schools to host Parent Leaders under this Act, the 

21 NPCP Nonprofit Partner shall ensure that, to the extent 

22 practicable, the eligible schools selected represent 

23 schools— 

24 (1) that are located in a variety of geographical 

25 regions in the United States; 

26 (2) in urban, rural, and suburban areas; and 


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1 (3) in ethnically and economically diverse com2 munities. 

3 SEC. 5. PARENT LEADERS. 

4 (a) PARENT LEADER FOR EACH SCHOOL.—For each 

5 eligible school selected to participate in the Program as 

6 a host school under section 4, the NPCP Nonprofit Part7 ner shall, after consultation with the principal of the se8 lected school, solicit applications for, hire, and employ one 

9 Parent Leader. The Nonprofit Partner shall use the grant 

10 funds provided under this Act to train, supervise, support, 

11 and provide a salary and benefits to each Parent Leader. 

12 (b) DUTIES OF PARENT LEADERS.—Each Parent 

13 Leader employed by the Nonprofit Partner shall, with re14 spect to the eligible school hosting the Parent Leader— 

15 (1) educate and mobilize parents of students at 

16 the school to combat criminal and gang activity and 

17 prevent students from social, cultural, and commer18 cial forces that encourage children and adolescents 

19 to initiate the use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco; 

20 (2) create a delivery system to provide parents 

21 of students at the school with information regarding 

22 science-based prevention and analysis related to 

23 early recognition of behaviors and traits that may 

24 lead to or indicate drug, alcohol, and tobacco use 

25 and abuse, gang activity, and violence; 


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1 (3) work with school officials, other parents of 

2 students at the school, and students at the school to 

3 develop programs and practices to treat, prevent, 

4 and reduce violence and drug, alcohol, and tobacco 

5 addiction for students at the school; 

6 (4) assist parents of students at the school and 

7 school administrators with finding professional as8 sistance for any child who— 

9 (A) is using drugs, including referrals to 

10 professionals who can assess the needs of the 

11 child for counseling, treatment, and other ap12 propriate assistance; or 

13 (B) is engaged in violent activities or gang 

14 activities; 

15 (5) recruit and train parent and student volun16 teers from the school to participate in drug and vio17 lence prevention and education outreach and pro18 gramming; and 

19 (6) consult with the NPCP Nonprofit Partner, 

20 school administrators, local government authorities, 

21 local nonprofit organizations, and other parents to 

22 develop best practices and training models related to 

23 the prevention of school violence and drug, alcohol, 

24 and tobacco use and abuse by students. 


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1 (c) PARENT LEADER ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to 

2 be employed as a Parent Leader under this Act, an indi3 vidual shall— 

4 (1) be the parent (as such term is defined in 

5 section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu6 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) of at least one 

7 student who will be enrolled, during the first year 

8 the individual will be employed as a Parent Leader, 

9 in the lowest grade level offered at the school that 

10 will host the Parent Leader; 

11 (2) not be employed full-time at any position 

12 other than as a Parent Leader; 

13 (3) complete a background check, including 

14 criminal records checks, fingerprint-based checks of 

15 State and national crime information databases (as 

16 defined in section 534(f)(3)(A) of title 28, United 

17 States Code), checks in any available child abuse 

18 and neglect registries, and checks in any available 

19 sex offender registries; and 

20 (4) enter into an agreement with the NPCP 

21 Nonprofit Partner to serve as a Parent Leader for 

22 a number of years that is equal to the number of 

23 years normally required for a student to complete all 

24 of the grade levels offered at the school that will 

25 host the Parent Leader (as determined by the 


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1 school), except that the individual shall not be re2 quired to continue to serve as Parent Leader in the 

3 case of an extreme, unforeseen circumstance (such 

4 as death, disability, relocation, or criminal activity) 

5 that prevents the individual from completing the 

6 term of service required under this paragraph. 

7 (d) VACANCIES.—If an individual who is employed as 

8 a Parent Leader is unable to complete the term of service 

9 required under subsection (c)(4), the NPCP Nonprofit 

10 Partner shall, after consultation with the host school at 

11 which the Parent Leader was serving, promptly solicit ap12 plications for, hire, and employ another individual to serve 

13 as Parent Leader at such school, in accordance with the 

14 requirements of this section. 

15 SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

16 (a) REPORTS BY PARENT LEADERS.—Not less than 

17 once each calendar quarter during each year a Parent 

18 Leader is employed by the NPCP Nonprofit Partner, the 

19 Parent Leader shall submit to the NPCP Nonprofit Part20 ner and the school hosting the Parent Leader a report 

21 including activities carried out by the Parent Leader to 

22 carry out the Program, the results of such activities, best 

23 practices observed and used by the Parent Leader to carry 

24 out the Program, and any other information the Parent 


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1 Leader, the NPCP Nonprofit Partner, or the school 

2 hosting the Parent Leader determine to be appropriate. 

3 (b) REPORTS BY NPCP NONPROFIT PARTNER.—Not 

4 later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 

5 this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the NPCP Non6 profit Partner shall prepare and submit to the Adminis7 trator a report on the progress and effectiveness of the 

8 Program, including— 

9 (1) statistics, trends, and other data analyzing 

10 whether the Program is effective at preventing 

11 school violence and drug, alcohol, and tobacco use 

12 and abuse by students; 

13 (2) a summary of the reports submitted by Par14 ent Leaders; and 

15 (3) the results and best practices reported by 

16 the Parent Leader at each school hosting a Parent 

17 Leader. 

18 (c) REPORTS BY ADMINISTRATOR.—Not later than 

19 one year after the date of the enactment of this section, 

20 and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall prepare 

21 and submit to the Attorney General and the appropriate 

22 Congressional committees a report relating to the progress 

23 and effectiveness of the Program. 


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1 SEC. 7. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of the Congress that eligible schools 

3 selected to host a Parent Leader in accordance with sec4 tion 4 should take such actions as may be necessary to 

5 secure funding to employ a Parent Leader to carry out 

6 the Program after Federal funding is no longer available 

7 to carry out this Act. 

8 SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act: 

10 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis11 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of Ju12 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 

13 (2) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ENTITY.—The term 

14 ‘‘eligible nonprofit entity’’ means an organization de15 scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

16 Code of 1986 that— 

17 (A) was operating on the day before the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act; 

19 (B) has demonstrated experience admin20 istering Federal grants in a fiscally responsible 

21 manner, as determined by the Administrator; 

22 (C) has administered national programs 

23 relating to addiction and parenting; 

24 (D) has developed and administered pro25 grams similar to the Program authorized under 

26 this Act; 


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1 (E) has worked with the Corporation for 

2 National and Community Service, the Depart3 ment of Health and Human Services, and the 

4 Department of Justice in assessing and devel5 oping initiatives relating to youth drug preven6 tion and parental involvement; and 

7 (F) has as its mission to focus on child 

8 and youth drug prevention. 

9 (3) ELIGIBLE SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘eligible 

10 school’’ means a public middle school or secondary 

11 school (as such term is defined in section 9101 of 

12 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

13 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) that has demonstrated a 

14 commitment, as determined by the Secretary, to— 

15 (A) increasing parental involvement in the 

16 school; and 

17 (B) reducing drug, alcohol, and tobacco 

18 abuse by students enrolled in the school. 

19 (4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT20 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate Congressional com21 mittees’’ means the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

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1 mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, 

2 and the Appropriations Committee in the Senate. 

3 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to other amounts oth5 erwise appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act, 

6 there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 

7 Act $5,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 

8 2022. 

9 (b) FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES.—The Admin10 istrator, the NPCP Nonprofit Partner, and eligible schools 

11 selected to host a Parent Leader in accordance with sec12 tion 4 are authorized to solicit, receive, and use funding 

13 from State, local, and private sources to carry out the Pro14 gram, including for expenses related to employing Parent 

15 Leaders. 

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