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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1677

To provide grants to States and local entities to integrate education, medical,

and social and human services to at-risk children.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 2, 1993

Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida (for himself, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. PETERSON of Florida, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr.

MORAN, and Mrs. COLLINS of Michigan) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To provide grants to States and local entities to integrate

education, medical, and social and human services to

at-risk children.

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 Schools

5 Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

7 (a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds

8 that—
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1 (1) one in five children entering school in 1993

2 lives in poverty;

3 (2) students from poor families are three times

4 more likely to drop out of school than students from

5 more advantaged homes;

6 (3) nearly 40 percent of the females who drop

7 out of school do so as a result of pregnancy;

8 (4) in the past two decades, the percentage of

9 women with children under the age of six who are

10 working or seeking employment outside the home

11 has nearly doubled;

12 (5) more than 8 million children in this country

13 have no form of health insurance which may lead to

14 untreated conditions, unnecessary diseases and

15 death;

16 (6) more than 70 percent of the children who

17 need psychiatric treatment do not receive services;

18 (7) children who are victims of child abuse, pov19 erty, malnutrition, lack of health care, alcohol and

20 drug abuse are at risk for failure;

21 (8) without health and social intervention, at22 risk children are often unable to improve academic

23 performance; and

24 (9) to obtain improvements in the educational

25 system, an integrated system which includes com-
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1 prehensive health and human services for at-risk

2 children and their families is necessary.

3 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act—

4 (1) to integrate service delivery systems to pro5 vide comprehensive public education, training, health

6 and human services to at-risk children at locations

7 accessible to and utilized by such children and their

8 families;

9 (2) to achieve systemic reform at the Federal,

10 State, and local levels and to restructure service de11 livery at the local level; and

12 (3) to improve the educational performance of

13 at-risk children.

14 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL INTERAGENCY

15 WORK GROUP.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Federal

17 Interagency Work Group composed of the Secretaries of

18 Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor and

19 funded equally by the departments of the representative

20 Secretaries to facilitate collaboration between agencies and

21 to mobilize Federal policy to achieve systemic reform to

22 meet the comprehensive needs of at-risk children and to

23 provide grants to the States and local entities to develop

24 similar programs at the State and local levels.

25 (b) DUTIES.—The Group shall—
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1 (1) assist Federal, State, and local agencies in

2 developing, implementing, and evaluating service in3 tegration programs under this Act;

4 (2) to the greatest extent possible, coordinate

5 agency resources and funding allowing for the con6 solidation of Federal categorical programs, when re7 quests for such waivers are made;

8 (3) establish and maintain a national data base

9 that includes the collaborative efforts of the Govern10 ment, the States, local entities, and private entities

11 to serve at-risk children;

12 (4) make grants to the States to develop an

13 interagency work group and fund local efforts to in14 tegrate services for at-risk youth and their families;

15 (5) determine the amounts of each grant by

16 considering how many local project sites the State

17 interagency group can reasonably target with not

18 more than $200,000 allocated to a site; and

19 (6) waive certain Federal requirements that im20 pede collaborative efforts if such waivers will result

21 in a more efficient use of resources.

22 (c) FISCAL AGENT.—The Secretary of Education

23 shall act as the fiscal agent for the Group.
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1 SEC. 4. STATE ELIGIBILITY.

2 To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, a

3 State shall—

4 (1) establish a State interagency work group

5 between, at a minimum, the departments at the

6 State level that provide public education and health

7 and human services;

8 (2) develop preservice and inservice training

9 that assists staff members to understand the com10 munities in which they work and the full array of re11 sources that are available to help at-risk children

12 and their families;

13 (3) require equal financial or in-kind contribu14 tions by the departments referred to in paragraph

15 (1);

16 (4) state as a goal the integration of existing

17 funding sources from the departments represented;

18 (5) designate a fiscal agent to be responsible for

19 the receipt and disbursement of Federal funds;

20 (6) provide assurances that successful programs

21 will be used as models and that information regard22 ing program successes are disseminated throughout

23 the State; and

24 (7) assist local entities in developing inter25 agency agreements at the local level.
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1 SEC. 5. LOCAL ELIGIBILITY.

2 To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, a

3 local entity shall—

4 (1) develop a community planning process that

5 includes—

6 (A) parents and family members;

7 (B) local school officials;

8 (C) officials from institutions of higher

9 education if such institutions are located in the

10 local area;

11 (D) public and private nonprofit organiza12 tions that provide health care, education, em13 ployment training services, child protective serv14 ices or other human services; and

15 (E) teachers selected by a local teacher as16 sociation;

17 (2) develop mandatory services as recommended

18 by the planning group under paragraph (1);

19 (3) if located in a city with a population of

20 100,000 or more individuals—

21 (A) establish a local interagency work

22 group between a local educational agency eligi23 ble for funds for chapter 1 of title I of the Ele24 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

25 and, at a minimum, 1 nonprofit community26 based organization which has provided social
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1 services to low-income, at-risk youth and their

2 families; and

3 (B) include parents in the operation and

4 governance of the local interagency work group;

5 (4) require equal financial or in-kind contribu6 tions of the local educational agency and entities

7 represented;

8 (5) give an assurance that such entity shall

9 make a reasonable effort to initiate structural re10 form; and

11 (6) designate a fiscal agent to receive funds

12 from the State under this Act.

13 SEC. 6. APPLICATIONS.

14 (a) STATE APPLICATIONS.—(1) A State that desires

15 to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an applica16 tion to the Federal Interagency Work Group in such form

17 and containing such information as the Federal Inter18 agency Work Group may reasonably require and which in19 cludes—

20 (A) assurances that the eligibility requirements

21 under section 4 are or shall be met; and

22 (B) program goals and objectives, including an

23 approximation of use for the number of project sites

24 per State.
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1 (2) The Federal Interagency Work Group shall give

2 priority consideration to States that include in the State

3 interagency work group, nonprofit agencies, and private

4 profit agencies that have worked with disadvantaged chil5 dren and their families.

6 (b) LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—A local entity that de7 sires to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an

8 application to the State interagency work group in such

9 form and containing such information as the State may

10 reasonably require and which includes—

11 (A) assurances that the eligibility requirements

12 under section 5 are or shall be met; and

13 (B) specifications regarding the targeted areas,

14 goals of the community, interim progress goals and

15 the intended outcomes.

16 SEC. 7. GRANT LIMITATIONS.

17 (a) STATE LIMITATION.—A State interagency group

18 that receives funds under this Act may not use more than

19 $100,000 or not more than 3 percent, whichever is less,

20 of such funds for administrative and staff costs to estab21 lish an interagency work group. The balance of such funds

22 shall be distributed to local entities.

23 (b) LOCAL LIMITATION.—A local educational agency

24 that receives funds under this Act may not use more than

25 5 percent of such funds for administrative and staff costs
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1 to establish an interagency work group and not more than

2 $200,000 per site.

3 SEC. 8. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

4 (a) IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.—A local entity that

5 receives funds under this Act shall develop or expand pro6 grams that are designed to improve educational perform7 ance by—

8 (1) reducing school dropout rates;

9 (2) reducing teenage pregnancy rates;

10 (3) increasing the number of students who re11 turn to school after dropping out;

12 (4) improving access to primary health care for

13 families and their children;

14 (5) increasing adult/family literacy; or

15 (6) reducing the number of children in unsuper16 vised settings before and after school, holidays, and

17 during the summer months.

18 (b) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES.—A local entity that re19 ceives funds under this Act may develop a variety of pro20 grams to serve the comprehensive needs of students, in21 cluding—

22 (1) job training and employment services;

23 (2) homework assistance and after school pro24 grams;

25 (3) mental health and family counseling;
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1 (4) nutrition education and services;

2 (5) health care services;

3 (6) bilingual education programs;

4 (7) parental training programs; and

5 (8) adult literacy programs.

6 SEC. 9. REPORTS.

7 (a) LOCAL REPORTS.—A local interagency work

8 group that receives funds under this Act shall submit to

9 the State interagency work group an annual report that

10 describes and evaluates the services provided, including

11 costs and benefits of services, including progress toward

12 meeting goals and revised objectives.

13 (b) STATE REPORTS.—A State interagency work

14 group that receives funds under this Act shall submit to

15 the Federal Interagency Work Group a report not later

16 than the end of the second calendar year during which

17 funds are received that evaluates the effectiveness of local

18 programs in developing and maintaining integrated serv19 ices for at-risk children.

20 (c) FEDERAL REPORTS.—The Federal Interagency

21 Work Group that receives funds under this Act shall sub22 mit to the Congress a report not later than three years

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act that includes

24 a detailed analysis of student outcomes (such as dropout

25 rates, academic performance, and usage of drug and alco-
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1 hol) and systems outcomes (effectiveness of cooperative

2 agreements between education and service agencies).

3 SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.

4 For purposes of this Act—

5 (1) the term ‘‘at-risk children’’ means individ6 uals from birth to 18 years of age, who attend a

7 public school where 75 percent or more (for elemen8 tary) and 60 percent or more (for secondary) of the

9 students are eligible for the free and reduced price

10 lunch program, or are Native Americans attending

11 schools where the student population is composed of

12 a majority of Native Americans;

13 (2) the term ‘‘local entity’’ means a local edu14 cational agency and a community-based organization

15 as defined in section 1471 of the Elementary and

16 Secondary Education Act of 1965; and

17 (3) the term ‘‘State’’ has the same meaning as

18 such term in section 1471 of the Elementary and

19 Secondary Education Act of 1965.

20 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

21 There are authorized to be appropriated $72,000,000

22 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996 to carry

23 out the programs under this Act.

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