I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5168 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support 
of full-service community schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2014 
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. SCHOCK, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, 
Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
HONDA, Mr. VELA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CLAY, 
Mr. ENYART, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mex-
ico, and Mr. KILMER) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants 
for the support of full-service community schools, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Full-Service Commu-
nity Schools Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are the following: 
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(1) Improving student learning and develop-
ment by providing supports for students that enable 
them to graduate college- and career-ready. 
(2) Providing support for the planning, imple-
mentation, and operation of full-service community 
schools. 
(3) Improving the coordination and integration, 
accessibility, and effectiveness of services for chil-
dren and families, particularly for students attend-
ing high-poverty schools, including high-poverty 
rural schools. 
(4) Enabling educators and school personnel to 
complement and enrich efforts to improve academic 
achievement and other results. 
(5) Ensuring that children have the physical, 
social, and emotional well-being to come to school 
ready to engage in the learning process every day. 
(6) Promoting and enabling family and commu-
nity engagement in the education of children. 
(7) Enabling more efficient use of Federal, 
State, local, and private sector resources that serve 
children and families. 
(8) Facilitating the coordination and integra-
tion of programs and services operated by commu-
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nity-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, 
and State, local, and tribal governments. 
(9) Engaging students as resources to their 
communities. 
(10) Engaging the business community and 
other community organizations as partners in the 
development and operation of full-service community 
schools. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘elemen-
tary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, and ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ have the meanings given the terms 
in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.—The 
term ‘‘full-service community school’’ means a public 
elementary or secondary school that— 
(A) participates in a community-based ef-
fort to coordinate and integrate educational, de-
velopmental, family, health, and other com-
prehensive services through community-based 
organizations and public and private partner-
ships; and 
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(B) provides access to such services to stu-
dents, families, and the community, such as ac-
cess during the school year (including before- 
and after-school hours and weekends), as well 
as during the summer. 
SEC. 4. LOCAL PROGRAMS. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Education (in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may award grants to 
eligible entities to assist public elementary or secondary 
schools to function as full-service community schools. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-
tion shall be used to— 
(1) coordinate not less than 3 existing qualified 
services and provide not less than 2 additional quali-
fied services at 2 or more public elementary or sec-
ondary schools; 
(2) integrate multiple services into a com-
prehensive, coordinated continuum supported by re-
search-based activities which achieve the perform-
ance goals established under subsection (c)(4)(E) to 
meet the holistic needs of young people; and 
(3) if applicable, coordinate and integrate serv-
ices provided by community-based organizations and 
government agencies with services provided by spe-
cialized instructional support personnel. 
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(c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec-
tion, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Sec-
retary may require. The Secretary shall require that each 
such application include the following: 
(1) A description of the eligible entity. 
(2) A memorandum of understanding among all 
partner entities that will assist the eligible entity to 
coordinate and provide qualified services and that 
describes the roles the partner entities will assume. 
(3) A description of the capacity of the eligible 
entity to coordinate and provide qualified services at 
2 or more full-service community schools. 
(4) A comprehensive plan that includes descrip-
tions of the following: 
(A) The student, family, and school com-
munity to be served, including information 
about demographic characteristics that include 
major racial and ethnic groups, median family 
income, percent of students eligible for free- 
and reduced-price lunch, and other information. 
(B) A needs assessment that identifies the 
academic, physical, social, emotional, health, 
mental health, and other needs of students, 
families, and community residents. 
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