I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 756
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide
grants to provide programs that benefit the educational, health, social
service, cultural, and recreational needs of inner and small cities and
rural and disadvantaged suburban communities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 27, 2001
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr.
ETHERIDGE, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr.
PAYNE, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY,
Mr. WU, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. HINOJOSA, and Ms.
WOOLSEY), introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 to provide grants to provide programs that ben-
efit the educational, health, social service, cultural, and
recreational needs of inner and small cities and rural
and disadvantaged suburban communities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Quality After-School
Expansion Act of 2001’’.
time in academic and enrichment activities; watch
less television; have significantly lower incidences of
drug use and unwanted teenage pregnancies; and
communicate better with adults and their peers.
‘‘(4) by using school facilities, equipment, and
resources, communities can promote a more efficient
use of public education facilities, especially in rural
and inner city areas where limited financial re-
sources have enhanced the necessity for local public
schools to become social service centers;
‘‘(5) the high technology, global economy of the
21st century will require lifelong learning to keep
America’s workforce competitive and successful, and
local public schools should provide centers for life-
long learning and educational opportunities for indi-
viduals of all ages; and
‘‘(6) 21st Century Community Learning Cen-
ters enable the entire community to develop an edu-
cation strategy that addresses the educational needs
of all members of local communities.
‘‘SEC. 10903. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au-
thorized, in accordance with the provisions of this part,
to award grants to State educational agencies to enable
its schools to plan, implement, or to expand projects that
benefit the educational, health, social service, cultural, and
recreational needs of inner and small cities and rural and
disadvantaged suburban communities with a substantial
need for expanded learning opportunities because—
‘‘(1) they lack resources to establish or expand
before- and after-school centers that benefit the edu-
cational, health, social service, cultural, and rec-
reational needs of the community; or
‘‘(2) they have other needs consistent with the
purposes of this part.
‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—From the funds appropriated
under section 10913 to carry out this part for each fiscal
year, the Secretary—
‘‘(1) shall reserve an amount necessary to make
continuation grants to existing grantees under this
part, as it was in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of the Quality After-School Expan-
sion Act of 2001;
‘‘(2) shall reserve the lesser of .5 percent or
$3,000,000 of such amount for grants under this
part to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Republic of Palau, the Marshall Islands,
and the Federated States of Micronesia;
‘‘(3) shall reserve .5 percent of such amount for
the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of
Interior to carry out programs under this part for
Indian children; and
‘‘(4) shall reserve the lesser of 2.5 percent or
$20,000,000 for evaluation and national activities
under section 10910.
‘‘(c) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ALLOTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), and after making the reservations in sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall, for each fiscal year,
allocate among the States the remainder according
to the ratio between the amount each State received
under part A of title I for the preceding year and
the sum of such amounts received by all the States.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM.—For any fiscal year, no State
(including for the purposes of this part, the Bureau
of Indian Affairs) shall be allotted under this sub-
section an amount that is less than .5 percent of the
total amount allotted to all the States under this
subsection.
‘‘(3) 
REALLOTMENT.—The 
Secretary 
may
reallot any amount of any allotment to a State if the
Secretary determines that the State will be unable to
use such amount within 2 years of such allotment.
Such reallotments shall be made on the same basis
as allotments are made under paragraph (1).
‘‘(d) WITHIN STATE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—
Each State educational agency having an approved appli-
cation pursuant to section 10904 and receiving an alloca-
tion under subsection (c), shall—
‘‘(1) use not less than 95 percent of the funds
made available to it under section 10903(c) to award
grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible local enti-
ties acting on behalf of one or more public elemen-
tary or secondary schools; and
‘‘(2) use up to 5 percent for State level activi-
ties and evaluation, of which 40 percent may be used
for administration.
‘‘SEC. 10904. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational agency
seeking a grant under this part shall submit an application
in such form, and containing such information, as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require. At a minimum, the appli-
cation shall—
‘‘(1) designate the State educational agency as
the agency responsible for the administration and
supervision of programs assisted under this part;
‘‘(2) describe the competitive procedures and
criteria the State will use to ensure that grants
under this part will support high-quality programs
in communities with a substantial need for expand-
ing learning opportunities, with a priority for those
that—
‘‘(A) have a high proportion of high-pov-
erty students; and
‘‘(B) lack resources to establish or expand
before- and after-school centers that benefit the
educational health, social service, cultural, and
recreational needs of the community;
‘‘(3) describe the steps the State will take to
ensure that programs implement effective strategies,
including providing ongoing technical assistance and
training, evaluation, dissemination of promising
practices, and monitoring;
‘‘(4) contain an assurance that the State edu-
cational agency shall provide for the annual submis-
sion of data regarding the uses of funds under this
part, including the activities provided and popu-
lations served under this part, and such other infor-
mation as the Secretary may require;
‘‘(5) contain an assurance that the State edu-
cational agency shall comply with the requirements
of this part;
‘‘(6) contain a description of how the State will
coordinate Federal, State, and local programs in
order to use most effectively the resources available
to support the project;
‘‘(7) provide that the State educational agency
will keep such records and provide such information
to the Secretary as may be required for fiscal audit
and program evaluation (consistent with all State
educational agency fiscal audit and program evalua-
tion responsibilities required under this Act);
‘‘(8) describe how the State will evaluate the ef-
fectiveness of programs and activities carried out
with funds under this part; and
‘‘(9) provide for timely public notice and public
dissemination of the data submitted under this part.
‘‘(b) APPROVAL STANDARD.—The Secretary shall ap-
prove a State application under this section if the Sec-
retary determines that it satisfies the requirements, and
holds reasonable promise for accomplishing the purposes
of this part.
‘‘SEC. 10905. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ACTIVITIES.
‘‘Each State having an approved application under
section 10904 shall use funds allocated under section
10903(d)(2) for one or more of the following activities:
ensure that both urban and rural areas of the State are
served.
‘‘(d) GRANT PERIOD; REAPPLICATION.—
‘‘(1) GRANT
PERIOD.—A State educational
agency shall award grants under this part for a pe-
riod not to exceed 5 years.
‘‘(2) REAPPLICATION.—An eligible local entity
that receives a grant under this part may reapply
under this part for additional grants, except that no
such entity may receive funding under this part for
more than 10 years.
‘‘(e) AMOUNT.—A State educational agency shall not
award a grant under this part in any fiscal year in an
amount less than $75,000.
‘‘SEC. 10908. LOCAL APPLICATION.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this part, an eligible local entity, acting on behalf
of one or more public elementary or secondary schools,
shall submit an application to the State educational agen-
cy at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as the State educational agency may reason-
ably require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each such application shall
include—
‘‘(1) a comprehensive local plan that enables
the school or schools to serve as a center for the de-
livery of education and human resources for mem-
bers of a community;
‘‘(2) an evaluation of the needs, available re-
sources, and goals and objectives for the proposed
project in order to determine which activities will be
undertaken to address such needs;
‘‘(3) a description of the proposed project,
including—
‘‘(A) in any case in which the application
is submitted by an eligible local entity other
than a single local educational agency, a copy
of the memorandum of understanding between
the entities comprising the eligible local entity
that details the roles and responsibilities of
each participating entity as they relate to the
project to be funded;
‘‘(B) a description of how the program will
provide services in a manner that will meet the
needs of working families;
‘‘(C) a description of the manner in which
the program will assist students in meeting
challenging State academic standards;
‘‘(D) a description of the manner in which
the program will assist students in developing
personal, social, health, and related com-
petencies;
‘‘(E) a description of the mechanism that
will be used to disseminate information in a
manner that is understandable and accessible to
the community;
‘‘(F) a description of how the applicant
will coordinate Federal, State, and local pro-
grams in order to use most effectively the re-
sources available to support the project;
‘‘(G) a description of the collaborative ef-
forts to be undertaken with community-based
organizations, related public agencies, busi-
nesses, or other appropriate organizations in
order to promote community involvement in the
planning and implementation of services pro-
vided under this part;
‘‘(H) a description of how the community
learning center will serve as a delivery center
for existing and new services, especially for
interactive telecommunication used for edu-
cation and professional training; and
‘‘(I) an assurance that the school or
schools will establish a facility utilization policy
that specifically states—
‘‘(i) the rules and regulations applica-
ble to building and equipment use; and
‘‘(ii) supervision guidelines;
‘‘(4) information demonstrating that the school
or schools will provide at least 50 percent of the cost
of the project from other sources, which may include
other Federal funds and may be provided in cash or
in-kind, fairly evaluate;
‘‘(5) an assurance that the school or schools
will, each year of the project, expend, from non-Fed-
eral sources, at least as much for the services under
this part as it expended for the preceding year; and
‘‘(6) information demonstrating how the school
or schools will continue the project after completion
of the grant.
‘‘SEC. 10909. USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘Grants awarded under section 10907, either directly
or through contracts with community-based organizations
with demonstrated ability to provide high-quality program-
ming, shall be used to establish or expand community
learning centers that provide activities that offer signifi-
cant expanded learning opportunities, such as before and
after school, for children and youth in the community. A
grantee shall use at least a portion of its grant under sec-
tion 10907 to implement or expand before- and after-
school learning opportunities, and shall use the remainder
of its grant to carry out not less than three of the fol-
lowing activities:
‘‘(1) Literacy education programs.
‘‘(2) Senior citizen programs.
‘‘(3) Children’s day care services.
‘‘(4) Integrated education, health, social service,
recreational, or cultural programs.
‘‘(5) Summer and weekend school programs in
conjunction with recreation programs.
‘‘(6) Nutrition and health programs.
‘‘(7) Expanded library service hours to serve
community needs.
‘‘(8) Telecommunications and technology edu-
cation programs for individuals of all ages.
‘‘(9) Parenting skills education programs.
‘‘(10) Support and training for child day care
providers.
‘‘(11) Employment counseling, training, and
placement.
‘‘(12) Services for individuals who leave school
before graduating from secondary school, regardless
of the age of such individual.
‘‘(13) Services for individuals with disabilities.
‘‘(14) Mentoring of at-risk children, including
mentoring by senior citizens.
‘‘SEC. 10910. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
‘‘The Secretary shall use funds reserved under sec-
tion 10903(b)(4) for technical assistance, evaluation, dis-
semination of information, activities to encourage the
spread and adoption of successful extended learning op-
portunities programs, and other national activities that
support programs under this part.
‘‘SEC. 10911. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For the purpose of this part:
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY
LEARNING
CENTER.—The
term ‘community learning center’ means an entity
within a public elementary or secondary school build-
ing that—
‘‘(A) provides expanded learning opportu-
nities, and educational, recreational, health, and
social service programs for residents of all ages
within a local community in a safe and drug-
free environment;