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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3023 

To authorize the Secretary of Education to establish the national program 

for arts and technology. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 

Mr. DOYLE (for himself and Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Education to establish the 

national program for arts and technology. 

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 Program for 

5 Arts and Technology Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSES. 

7 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the national pro8 gram for arts and technology established under this Act 

9 will be the first national replication program in the United 

10 States dedicated to addressing the complex needs of the 


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1 poor and undereducated by improving the sustainability 

2 of neighborhoods, communities, and regions. 

3 (b) PURPOSES.—It is the purpose of this Act to es4 tablish the national program for arts and technology to 

5 provide grants for qualifying centers and communities to 

6 implement or found a qualifying center which adopts the 

7 guidelines set forth by the Secretary of Education, in con8 sultation with the Center of Origin, for the purposes of— 

9 (1) creating an institution within an environ10 ment of poverty where individuals feel and foster a 

11 sense of belonging, and are valued and treated with 

12 dignity; 

13 (2) creating professional jobs for instructors, 

14 trainers, artists, administrators, and others; 

15 (3) collaborating with Federal agencies, private 

16 industry, nonprofit philanthropic organizations, and 

17 planning and economic development organizations to 

18 leverage other investment dollars on behalf of all 

19 stakeholders; 

20 (4) assisting business and industry to achieve 

21 long-term vitality by ensuring the development of a 

22 trained and knowledgeable workforce; 

23 (5) coordinating with existing social service en24 tities and nonprofit organizations on developing di25 verse and equitable communities; 


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1 (6) developing industry specific job training 

2 programs for the under and unemployed that are 

3 both affordable and accessible; 

4 (7) bridging the gap between education and life5 long learning for poor performing students through 

6 the discipline of craftsmanship in the visual arts; 

7 and 

8 (8) developing complimentary extended day or 

9 year programming in partnership with the local pub10 lic schools to help engage at-risk students by con11 necting classroom instruction with applied and expe12 riential programming in the arts. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act: 

15 (1) NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR ARTS AND TECH16 NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘national program for arts and 

17 technology’’ means a program that is based on the 

18 education and training model of Manchester Bidwell. 

19 (2) CENTER OF ORIGIN.—The term ‘‘Center of 

20 Origin’’ means Manchester Bidwell, nonprofit cor21 poration, the education and community development 

22 model upon which the national program for arts and 

23 technology is based. 

24 (3) QUALIFYING CENTER.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualifying 

2 center’’ means a private, nonprofit educational 

3 entity that— 

4 (i) is a successful model, based on the 

5 guidelines of the Center of Origin and 

6 under direction of the national program for 

7 arts and technology; and 

8 (ii) meets the requirements of sub9 paragraph (B). 

10 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—A qualifying cen11 ter— 

12 (i) operates under the guidelines and 

13 practices established by the national pro14 gram for arts and technology and— 

15 (I) provides education and train16 ing to underemployed or unemployed 

17 individuals in industry specific job 

18 skills; 

19 (II) is accessible to communities 

20 and neighborhoods that have limited 

21 access to transportation; 

22 (III) compliments the learning of 

23 targeted public middle school or high 

24 school students who are at-risk of 

25 dropping out of school; and 


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1 (IV) is housed in a facility that 

2 has been reclaimed and renovated to 

3 sustainable building standards or 

4 newly constructed as a highly efficient 

5 green space; and 

6 (ii) has a valid affiliation agreement 

7 with the Center of Origin and complies 

8 with the following: 

9 (I) Meets quarterly performance 

10 goals, which may include— 

11 (aa) students’ school attend12 ance and behavior; 

13 (bb) retention in program14 ming; 

15 (cc) meeting and exceeding 

16 recruitment and enrollment 

17 metrics; 

18 (dd) student outcomes and 

19 performance in training; and 

20 (ee) job placement. 

21 (II) Adheres to essential oper22 ating conditions including environ23 ment, targeted populations, and edu24 cational model. 


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1 (III) Participates in professional 

2 development opportunities for mem3 bers of the board, executives and 

4 staff. 

5 (4) INTERESTED COMMUNITIES.—The term 

6 ‘‘interested community’’ means a community that 

7 does the following: 

8 (A) Demonstrates to the Secretary finan9 cial support from one or more of the following: 

10 (i) Sectors of government. 

11 (ii) Education. 

12 (iii) Philanthropy. 

13 (iv) Social services. 

14 (v) Corporations. 

15 (vi) Arts organizations. 

16 (B) Convenes an advisory committee com17 prised of diverse community stakeholders who 

18 are committed to creating a qualifying center in 

19 their community. 

20 (C) Has identified potential funding that 

21 will be used to secure the Federal matching re22 quirements described in section 4(c). 

23 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

24 the Secretary of Education. 


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1 SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap3 propriated to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall estab4 lish and implement the national program for arts and 

5 technology to award grants, on a competitive basis, to 

6 qualifying centers (such as the Center of Origin) and in7 terested communities to— 

8 (1) provide financial support to the centers and 

9 communities to establish a new qualifying center to 

10 carry out the purposes described in section 2(b); and 

11 (2) provide management expertise to guide the 

12 centers and communities through the 3-phase rep13 lication protocol developed by the Center of Origin 

14 to ensure standardization across all qualifying cen15 ters as to performance goals and objectives, oper16 ating culture, and teaching models. 

17 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Federal funds 

18 received under this Act may not be used for capital ex19 penditures or endowment gifts. 

20 (c) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.—To be eligible to 

21 receive a grant under this section, a qualifying center or 

22 interested community shall, for each fiscal year for which 

23 the grant is received, provide non-Federal contributions 

24 (which may include in-kind contributions) toward the 

25 amount of the grant in an amount equal to $1 for each 

26 $1 of Federal funds provided under the grant. 


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1 (d) APPLICATION AND ANNUAL REPORT.— 

2 (1) APPLICATION.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 

4 for a grant under this Act, a qualifying center 

5 or interested community shall submit an appli6 cation to the Secretary at such time, in such 

7 manner, and containing such information as the 

8 Secretary may require. 

9 (B) CONTENT.—An application submitted 

10 under subparagraph (A) shall, at a minimum, 

11 contain— 

12 (i) a description of activities to be car13 ried out under the grant; 

14 (ii) information on specific measurable 

15 goals and objectives to be achieved through 

16 activities carried out under the grant; 

17 (iii) evidence of an affiliation with a 

18 local community; and 

19 (iv) evidence of a teaching model con20 sistent the Secretary’s criteria prescribed 

21 pursuant to regulations and that of the 

22 Center of Origin. 

23 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each qualifying center 

25 or interested community receiving a grant 


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1 under this Act shall submit to the Secretary an 

2 annual report at such time, in such manner, 

3 and containing such information as the Sec4 retary may require. 

5 (B) CONTENT.—An annual report sub6 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall, at a min7 imum, describe the degree to which progress 

8 has been made toward meeting the specific 

9 measurable goals and objectives described in the 

10 applications submitted under paragraph (1). 

11 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

12 authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 to carry out 

13 this Act for fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2016. 

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