sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) or Native Ha-
waiian community-based organizations or Na-
tive Hawaiian educational organizations (as 
those terms are defined in section 6207). 
‘‘(b) 
PLANNING
AND
CAPACITY
BUILDING 
GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity that de-
sires a planning grant under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 
time and in such manner as the Secretary may re-
quire. The Secretary shall require that each such ap-
plication include all of the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of the eligible entity. 
‘‘(B) An assurance that the eligible entity 
will establish a community-wide leadership team 
that contributes to the planning and implemen-
tation of a full-service community school pro-
gram. 
‘‘(C) A description of the capacity of the 
eligible entity to coordinate and, in collabora-
tion with its partner entities, facilitate the im-
plementation of all pillars of community schools 
at 1 or more full-service community schools 
through an implementation grant under sub-
section (c), including by providing a description 
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of student, educator, family, and community en-
gagement to demonstrate the interest described 
in subparagraph (D)(i). 
‘‘(D) The identification of 1 or more eligi-
ble schools that— 
‘‘(i) show a strong interest, volun-
tarily, in participating in a full-service 
community school supported by an imple-
mentation grant under subsection (c); 
‘‘(ii) have demonstrated significant 
benefits to using a full-service community 
school model— 
‘‘(I) including by providing data 
regarding poverty rates, discipline 
rates, academic opportunities and 
achievement and other outcomes, stu-
dent physical and mental health, or 
additional information connected to 
the pillars of community schools; and 
‘‘(II) which may include pro-
viding 
documentation 
regarding 
whether such school has been identi-
fied for comprehensive support and 
improvement, targeted support and 
improvement, or additional targeted 
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support pursuant to section 1111(d); 
and 
‘‘(iii) have committed to establishing 
or designating a school-based leadership 
team to support the school’s full-service 
community school initiative. 
‘‘(E) The designation of an individual to 
serve as the district liaison for the area served 
by the eligible entity, who will direct the plan-
ning and implementation of any grants under 
this subsection or subsection (c) or (d), includ-
ing by coordinating with— 
‘‘(i) students, families, educators, 
principals, and other school leaders of eligi-
ble schools identified under subparagraph 
(D); 
‘‘(ii) service providers, including po-
tential service providers, and system-level 
partners, such as government agencies, In-
dian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native 
Hawaiian organizations, relevant labor or-
ganizations, and nonprofit and other com-
munity-based partners; and 
‘‘(iii) community members, such as 
residents, community led councils, local 
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businesses, stakeholders, early childhood 
education providers, hospitals or clinics, 
community organizations, and local non-
profit organizations. 
‘‘(F) An identification of the initial com-
munity-wide leadership team for purposes of 
this section and the school-based leadership 
team for each eligible school identified under 
subparagraph (D), and, if either such team 
does not exist as of the date of the application, 
the process that will be put in place to establish 
such team. 
‘‘(G) If applicable, plans for hiring addi-
tional staff, providing additional compensation 
to existing staff, or contracting with 1 or more 
nonprofit entities to help the eligible entity 
apply for an implementation grant under sub-
section (c). 
‘‘(H) A data-sharing agreement between 
the local educational agency and partner enti-
ties and services that ensure the sharing of rel-
evant real-time student data to conduct the 
needs and assets assessment described in para-
graph (2)(A)(i)(I). 
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‘‘(I) An assurance that any grant funds 
awarded will benefit members of the community 
served without discrimination based on race, 
color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation 
and gender identity), age, or disability. 
‘‘(J) An assurance that any full-service 
community school opened with the use of grant 
funds under this section will hold leadership 
team meetings that are open to the public, and 
that records related to finances, personnel, and 
other 
decisionmaking 
processes 
for 
those 
schools will be made available for public review. 
‘‘(2) PLANNING
AND
CAPACITY
BUILDING 
GRANT ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity re-
ceiving a planning and capacity building grant 
under this subsection shall— 
‘‘(i)(I) conduct a needs and assets as-
sessment for each eligible school partici-
pating in the grant that identifies the aca-
demic, social and emotional, physical and 
mental health, and other needs of at least 
50 percent of students, families, and school 
staff, and engages a significant number of 
community members for each school; and 
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‘‘(II) analyze the results of the assess-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) hire or designate a community 
school coordinator to lead the needs and 
assets assessment; 
‘‘(iii) establish or support a commu-
nity-wide leadership team to support all of 
the designated schools; 
‘‘(iv) establish a school-based leader-
ship team for each participating eligible 
school; 
‘‘(v) 
convene 
the 
community-wide 
leadership team as quickly as practicable, 
and not later than 180 days after the date 
of receipt of the grant; 
‘‘(vi) work with community-wide lead-
ership teams and school-based leadership 
teams to identify, and collaborate with, 
service providers— 
‘‘(I) that have the capacity, and 
demonstrated effectiveness, to partici-
pate in a full-service community 
school and provide integrated student 
support services for a full-service com-
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munity school in the relevant area; 
and 
‘‘(II) which may include public, 
private, and nonprofit agencies or or-
ganizations that provide higher edu-
cation, educational enrichment, sub-
stance abuse prevention and edu-
cation, mental and physical health 
services, homeless prevention, eviction 
protections, emergency and long-term 
housing stability and affordable home 
ownerships services, transportation, 
job training, neighborhood develop-
ment, such as affordable housing and 
economic development, and social wel-
fare services; 
‘‘(vii) complete a planning report, as 
described in subparagraph (C), that details 
the implementation plan before moving for-
ward with implementation; 
‘‘(viii) ensure that meetings of the 
leadership teams are open to the public, 
and that records related to finances, per-
sonnel, and other decisionmaking processes 
are made available for public review; 
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‘‘(ix) if necessary, hire and train addi-
tional staff, provide additional compensa-
tion to existing staff, or contract with a 
nonprofit entity or entities to aid in the ac-
tivities necessary to apply for an imple-
mentation grant or implement the full- 
service community school plan described in 
clause (x); and 
‘‘(x) craft a full-service community 
school plan for each eligible school identi-
fied under paragraph (1)(D), including a 
description of— 
‘‘(I) how the community school 
coordinator assigned to each such 
school, community school initiative di-
rector, and community-wide leadership 
team, will be expected to fulfill their 
responsibilities; 
‘‘(II) how collaborative leadership 
and practices structures and strate-
gies will be identified and used; 
‘‘(III) the integrated student sup-
ports or stakeholder services, ex-
panded and enriched learning time 
and opportunities, and active family 
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and community engagement activities 
that will be tailored to the needs and 
assets assessment conducted under 
clause (i)(I) and provided in each such 
school; 
‘‘(IV) how each such school will 
provide culturally and linguistically in-
clusive communication between such 
school and families; 
‘‘(V) how each such school will 
establish and maintain partnerships 
with nonprofit organizations, faith 
and community-based institutions, in-
stitutions of higher education (includ-
ing teacher preparation institutions), 
hospitals, museums, businesses, and 
other community entities that will 
help implement the full-service com-
munity school plan and that will par-
ticipate in a community-wide leader-
ship structure; 
‘‘(VI) how services and activities 
described in subclause (III) to be pro-
vided will supplement, not supplant, 
existing programs and activities at the 
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eligible school as of the date of appli-
cation; and 
‘‘(VII) if applicable, a description 
of the additional Federal, State, local, 
and 
private 
funds 
that 
will 
be 
accessed to carry out activities de-
scribed in subclause (III). 
‘‘(B) 
REVISION
OF
COMMUNITY-WIDE 
LEADERSHIP
STRUCTURE.—An eligible entity 
receiving a planning grant under this subsection 
may revise the eligible entity’s community-wide 
leadership team membership as needed to re-
flect— 
‘‘(i) the results of each eligible 
school’s needs and asset assessment under 
subparagraph (A)(i); and 
‘‘(ii) the eligible entity’s subsequent 
identification of partner entities. 
‘‘(C) PLANNING AND CAPACITY BUILDING 
GRANT REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after 
receiving a planning grant under this sub-
section, the eligible entity shall submit to the 
Secretary a planning report that includes the 
following: 
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‘‘(i) A description of the actions taken 
to coordinate and, in collaboration with its 
partner entities, facilitate the provision of 
strategies aligned to the pillars of commu-
nity schools to enable at least 1 eligible 
school to become a full-service community 
school. 
‘‘(ii) A comprehensive plan that in-
cludes descriptions of the following: 
‘‘(I) Results of a thorough needs 
and assets assessment, as described in 
subparagraph 
(A)(i), 
of 
students, 
staff, families, and communities for 
each eligible school to be served 
through the proposed full-service com-
munity schools initiative of the eligible 
entity. 
‘‘(II) The student, family, school, 
neighborhood, and community to be 
served by each eligible school identi-
fied for the implementation of a full- 
service community school program, in-
cluding demographic information on 
race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, 
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and disability status for the school 
and the local community. 
‘‘(III) How a full-service commu-
nity school program contributes to ad-
vancing the strategic full-service com-
munity school improvement goals and 
efforts of the eligible entity. 
‘‘(iii) Plans for sustaining all pillars of 
community schools in the identified eligible 
schools, which respond to the needs assess-
ment results for each pillar of community 
schools. 
‘‘(iv) A description of projects that 
propose to conduct initial development and 
coordination activities that leverage the 
findings of a needs assessment and a sub-
sequent plan to be conducted during the 
grant period for each school identified in 
the application. 
‘‘(v) Annual measurable performance 
objectives and goals from a results frame-
work to be used by the eligible entity, 
disaggregated for all students and each 
subgroup of students, as defined in section 
1111(c)(2), including an increase in the 
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number and percentage of families and 
students targeted for services each year of 
the proposed full-service community school 
program, in order to ensure that children 
are— 
‘‘(I) 
meeting 
the 
challenging 
State academic standards established 
under section 1111(b); and 
‘‘(II) safe, healthy, and sup-
ported by engaged families. 
‘‘(vi) A description of the integrated 
student support services, including existing 
and additional integrated student support 
services, to be coordinated by the commu-
nity school coordinator and provided by the 
eligible entity and its partner entities 
through each proposed full-service commu-
nity school, including an explanation of— 
‘‘(I) why such services have been 
selected, including references to the 
needs and assets assessment described 
in subparagraph (A)(i); 
‘‘(II) how such services will im-
prove student social, emotional, and 
academic development; 
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‘‘(III) how such services address 
the mental health needs of students 
and the use of trauma informed care; 
‘‘(IV) how such services will ad-
dress the annual measurable perform-
ance objectives and outcomes de-
scribed in clause (v); 
‘‘(V) plans for student transpor-
tation to and from after-school and 
summer activities offered through the 
proposed 
full-service 
community 
schools; 
‘‘(VI) the services designed to ad-
dress 
the 
needs 
for 
youth 
transitioning out of high school or dis-
connected youth aged 16 through 24; 
and 
‘‘(VII) services and supports to 
prepare students for college and im-
prove college access, and services to 
help students transition to higher edu-
cation. 
‘‘(vii) Plans, including a description of 
the applicable funding sources, to ensure 
that each proposed full-service community 
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school site is served by a full-time commu-
nity school coordinator— 
‘‘(I) at such school; or 
‘‘(II) in the case of an eligible 
school in a rural area or on Tribal 
lands, 
as 
described 
in 
section 
4622(2)(A). 
‘‘(viii) Plans for professional develop-
ment, for the personnel of each proposed 
full-service community school and partner 
service providers, on— 
‘‘(I) managing, coordinating, or 
delivering integrated student support 
services; 
‘‘(II) 
expanded 
and 
enriched 
learning time and opportunities; 
‘‘(III) active family engagement; 
and 
‘‘(IV) 
collaborative 
leadership 
and practices. 
‘‘(ix) Plans to establish a school-based 
leadership team and plans for joint utiliza-
tion of school facilities, which shall include 
opportunities for collaboration at each par-
ticipating eligible school between the com-
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munity school coordinator and members of 
the school-based leadership teams, families, 
and the community, to plan, evaluate 
progress, and reassess needs. 
‘‘(x) Plans for annual evaluation 
based upon attainment of the performance 
objectives and outcomes described in clause 
(v). 
‘‘(xi) Plans for sustaining the pro-
grams and services described in this sub-
section, including plans to leverage commu-
nity partners and existing revenue streams 
at the proposed full-service community 
schools upon the end of any implementa-
tion grant under subsection (c). 
‘‘(D) TIMING AND ELIGIBILITY.—An eligi-
ble entity receiving a planning and capacity 
building grant under this subsection is eligible 
to apply for an implementation grant under 
subsection (c) immediately upon the completion 
of all grant requirements under this subsection 
and the submission of the planning report to 
the Secretary under subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
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‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring 
an 
implementation 
grant 
under 
subsection 
(a)(1)(A)(ii) shall— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an eligible entity that 
received and completed a planning grant, be 
able to access an expedited process to apply for 
such grant, based on the planning report devel-
oped under subsection (b)(2)(C); 
‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible entity that 
has not successfully completed a planning grant 
under subsection (b), submit an application, at 
such time and in such manner as required by 
the Secretary, that— 
‘‘(i) demonstrates that the eligible en-
tity has completed the planning activities 
described in subsection (b)(2); and 
‘‘(ii) includes the information required 
under the application under subsection 
(b)(2)(A) and a planning report as de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2)(C); 
‘‘(C) provide a data-sharing agreement be-
tween the local educational agency and partner 
entities and services that ensures the sharing of 
relevant and timely student data to determine 
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the provision of services and assess program 
progress and quality; 
‘‘(D) provide an assurance that any grant 
funds awarded will benefit members of the com-
munity served without discrimination based on 
race, color, religion, gender (including sexual 
orientation and gender identity), age, or dis-
ability; 
‘‘(E) provide an assurance that any full- 
service community school will hold leadership 
team meetings that are open to the public, and 
that records related to finances, personnel, and 
other 
decisionmaking 
processes 
for 
those 
schools will be made available for public review; 
and 
‘‘(F) describe how the eligible entity— 
‘‘(i) plans to sustain implementation 
at each school site to ensure that the eligi-
ble entity’s work can continue and grow 
after the grant period ends; and 
‘‘(ii) will use some of the grant fund-
ing to develop or strengthen system-level 
infrastructure to support and sustain the 
identified full-service community schools. 
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‘‘(2) SELECTION
CRITERION.—The Secretary 
shall use the following criteria when evaluating eligi-
ble entities as part of the selection process for a 
grant under this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The extent to which the design of the 
proposed project reflects relevant and evidence- 
based findings from research, and includes a 
high-quality plan for project implementation in-
tegrating the pillars of community schools and 
the use of appropriate evaluation methods to 
ensure successful achievement of project objec-
tives. 
‘‘(B) The extent to which the applicant will 
ensure that a diversity of perspectives is 
brought to bear in the design and operation of 
the proposed project, including those of fami-
lies, educators and staff, beneficiaries of serv-
ices, school leadership, and community leader-
ship. 
‘‘(C) The extent to which the applicant has 
plans for a full-time community school coordi-
nator at each school, includes a plan to sustain 
such position beyond the grant period, and pro-
vides a description of how such position will 
serve to integrate, coordinate, and facilitate 
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programs and partnership services at each 
school. 
‘‘(D) The extent to which the applicant 
has, or demonstrates a strong plan to have, a 
consortium broadly representative of community 
stakeholders and needs. 
‘‘(3) GRANT
AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall 
award an amount of grant funding under this sub-
section to each grantee that is commensurate with 
the number of local schools that will be served by 
grant funds. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiv-
ing an implementation grant under this subsection 
shall use grant funds to carry out all of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) In collaboration with the partner enti-
ties and service providers identified under sub-
section (b)(1)(C), establish not less than 1 full- 
service community school in the area served by 
the eligible entity, by facilitating the provision 
of the pillars of community schools in each eli-
gible school served under the grant. 
‘‘(B) Fund a community school coordinator 
who is responsible for coordinating the provi-
sion of the pillars of community schools at, and 
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working with the collaborative leadership struc-
ture of, each eligible school to be served under 
the grant. 
‘‘(C) Establish, support, or maintain— 
‘‘(i) a school-based leadership team, 
community-wide leadership team, or educa-
tor learning communities to establish a 
strong collaborative leadership structure 
for each eligible school to be served; and 
‘‘(ii) a community-wide leadership 
team to establish a strong collaborative 
leadership structure to support all eligible 
schools being served. 
‘‘(D) Ensure that meetings of the leader-
ship teams are open to the public, and that 
records related to finances, personnel, and other 
decisionmaking processes are made available for 
public review. 
‘‘(E) Implement integrated student sup-
ports at the eligible school to be served, includ-
ing not less than 2 of the following: 
‘‘(i) Health and social services, which 
may be based in the eligible school or pro-
vided in the community, including primary 
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health, dental care, vision care, and mental 
health including trauma-informed care. 
‘‘(ii) Nutrition services, including pro-
viding additional meals or assistance in ac-
cessing Federal, State, and local food as-
sistance programs. 
‘‘(iii) Programs that provide assist-
ance to students of the eligible school who 
have been or are at risk of being chron-
ically absent, suspended, or expelled, and 
students who are not on track to meeting 
the challenging State academic standards 
under section 1111(b), including— 
‘‘(I) mentoring and other youth 
development programs; 
‘‘(II) programs that support posi-
tive and equitable school climates, in-
cluding restorative justice practices 
and culturally competent pedagogy 
and practices, or juvenile crime pre-
vention and rehabilitation programs; 
‘‘(III) specialized instructional 
support services; 
‘‘(IV) homeless prevention, evic-
tion protections, emergency and long- 
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term housing stability, and affordable 
home ownership services; 
‘‘(V) developmentally appropriate 
physical education; 
‘‘(VI) legal services, including im-
migration-related legal services; 
‘‘(VII) dropout prevention pro-
grams and reengagement programs; 
‘‘(VIII) supports for students in 
foster care and children experiencing 
homelessness; 
‘‘(IX) 
transportation 
services 
necessary for students to access inte-
grated student support services, ex-
panded and enriched learning time 
and opportunities, family and commu-
nity engagement activities, or other 
services and activities identified to 
support the development of students; 
and 
‘‘(X) technical assistance for stu-
dents with limited access to digital de-
vices or high-speed internet services. 
‘‘(F) Implement expanded and enriched 
learning time, which may include— 
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‘‘(i) additional academic instruction 
and high-quality, evidence-based tutoring; 
‘‘(ii) before- and after-school and 
summer learning programs; 
‘‘(iii) mentorship programs; 
‘‘(iv) workforce development activities, 
including career and technical education, 
internships, pre-apprenticeship programs, 
and service-learning opportunities; 
‘‘(v) student support services for chil-
dren with disabilities; 
‘‘(vi) additional college access support, 
including earning college credit while in 
high school, college visits, summer bridge 
programs, college counseling, or other serv-
ices geared towards college success; and 
‘‘(vii) enrichment of advanced skill de-
velopment in areas of interest including 
music, arts, sports, finance, technology, or 
other areas. 
‘‘(G) Implement active family and commu-
nity engagement strategies, which may in-
clude— 
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‘‘(i) culturally and linguistically inclu-
sive communication between such school 
and families; 
‘‘(ii) on-site early childhood care and 
education programs; 
‘‘(iii) home visitation services by edu-
cators and other professionals who are em-
ployed by the eligible entity or a service 
provider; 
‘‘(iv) adult education, including in-
struction in English as a second language 
programs, financial literacy education, pro-
grams that lead to a regular high school 
diploma, or credit recovery programs; 
‘‘(v) workforce development activities, 
including job search and preparation serv-
ices and career advancement activities; 
‘‘(vi) legal services, such as help with 
green card or citizenship preparation; 
‘‘(vii) programs that aid family and 
community well-being, including accessing 
homeless prevention, eviction protections, 
emergency and long-term housing stability, 
and affordable home ownership services; 
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‘‘(viii) programs that promote paren-
tal and family involvement, family literacy, 
education, career, and employment ad-
vancement, and provide volunteer opportu-
nities; 
‘‘(ix) assistance and supports for chil-
dren and young people involved in the child 
welfare system; 
‘‘(x) higher education preparation 
courses, including credit accumulation and 
other higher education or continuing edu-
cation preparation courses, and college 
counseling to prepare students and families 
for higher education; and 
‘‘(xi) child abuse and neglect preven-
tion 
activities, 
including 
services 
to 
strengthen families. 
‘‘(H) Implement collaborative leadership 
and practice strategies, which may include— 
‘‘(i) building the capacity of edu-
cators, principals, other school leaders, and 
other staff to lead collaborative school im-
provement structures, such as professional 
learning communities; 
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‘‘(ii) regularly convening or engaging 
all partners, such as— 
‘‘(I) students, families, educators, 
principals, and other school leaders of 
identified eligible schools; 
‘‘(II) service providers, including 
potential service providers, and sys-
tem-level partners, such as govern-
ment agencies, Indian Tribes, Tribal 
organizations, Native Hawaiian orga-
nizations, relevant labor organizations, 
and nonprofit and other community- 
based partners; and 
‘‘(III) community members, such 
as residents, community led councils, 
local businesses, stakeholders, early 
childhood education providers, hos-
pitals or clinics, community organiza-
tions, and local nonprofit organiza-
tions; 
‘‘(iii) regularly assessing program 
quality and progress through individual 
student data, participant feedback, and ag-
gregate outcomes to develop strategies for 
improvement; and 
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‘‘(iv) organizing school personnel and 
community partners into working teams fo-
cused on specific issues identified in the 
needs and assets assessment. 
‘‘(I) Support and enable the district liaison 
described in subsection (b)(1)(E) to lead the 
community-wide leadership team and carry out 
the activities described in the eligible entity’s 
application and planning report submitted 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION
ON
DISCRIMINATION.—An 
eligible entity receiving a grant under this subsection 
shall ensure that activities carried out with grant 
funds serve members of the community without dis-
crimination based on race, color, religion, sex (in-
cluding sexual orientation and gender identity), age, 
or disability. 
‘‘(6) IMPLEMENTATION
GRANT
REPORT.—At 
the end of the grant period, an eligible entity receiv-
ing a grant under this subsection shall prepare and 
complete a report designed by the Secretary that— 
‘‘(A) for each eligible school operating a 
full-service community school program— 
‘‘(i) details the impact of the full-serv-
ice community school program on student 
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opportunities and outcomes, including aca-
demic achievement, as aligned with the re-
sults framework of the eligible entity, in-
cluding achievement based on the chal-
lenging State academic standards estab-
lished under section 1111(b); 
‘‘(ii) includes school climate informa-
tion, which may come from student, par-
ent, or educator surveys, that shall be 
cross-tabulated and disaggregated by sub-
group of students (as defined under section 
1111(c)(2)), including— 
‘‘(I) school discipline data such 
as suspension and expulsion rates; 
‘‘(II) measures of student en-
gagement, safety, attendance, staff 
qualifications and turnover, and fam-
ily involvement; and 
‘‘(III) measures of students’ so-
cial emotional skills, habits, and 
mindsets; 
‘‘(iii) describes— 
‘‘(I) the integrated student sup-
ports, expanded and enriched learning 
time and opportunities, and family 
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and community engagement activities 
offered by the full-service community 
school program at the eligible school; 
and 
‘‘(II) the collaborative leadership 
and practice structures in place at the 
eligible school; 
‘‘(iv) includes information on the 
number, qualifications, experience, and re-
tention of school staff at the eligible 
school, including the number and percent-
age 
of 
fully 
certified 
teachers, 
disaggregated by race and ethnicity, and 
rates of teacher turnover; and 
‘‘(v) details academic and whole-child 
outcomes in the eligible school, as aligned 
with the results framework of the eligible 
entity, which may include information on 
school readiness, mental and physical 
health, academic achievement, high school 
graduation rates, college acceptance and 
matriculation, reduced racial and economic 
achievement gaps, school climate, and 
school attendance; and 
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‘‘(B) identifies any cost savings from 
greater coordination between full-service com-
munity schools and partner organizations in 
providing services through the full-service com-
munity school program, including any integra-
tion of grant funds with funding from commu-
nity partners and existing funding streams, and 
changes in school spending as a result of the 
full-service community school program. 
‘‘(d) EXPANSION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
EXPANSION
GRANT
RECIPI-
ENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive an 
expansion grant under this subsection, an eligi-
ble entity shall, as of the date of application 
under this subsection, operate 1 or more— 
‘‘(i) full-service community schools 
supported under subsection (c) or (e); or 
‘‘(ii) full-service community schools 
supported under another source of funding. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
RULE.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary may deem a 
school to be a full-service community school if 
the school provides integrated student supports 
in a manner that is, as determined by the Sec-
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retary, sufficiently similar to a full-service com-
munity school supported under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity that de-
sires an expansion grant under this subsection shall 
submit an application to the Secretary for each eligi-
ble school proposed to be served. The application 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) A needs and assets assessment for 
the eligible school. 
‘‘(B) Information about the school that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) student demographic, academic 
opportunity and achievement, and school 
climate data— 
‘‘(I) disaggregated by major de-
mographic groups, including— 
‘‘(aa) student subgroups (as 
defined 
under 
section 
1111(c)(2)), 
students 
experi-
encing homelessness, and chil-
dren or youth in foster care; and 
‘‘(bb) eligibility for a free or 
reduced price lunch under the 
Richard 
B. 
Russell 
National 
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School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1751 et seq.); and 
‘‘(II) including the number of 
students who are children with dis-
abilities; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the need for, and 
access to, integrated student supports; 
‘‘(iii) a description of the need for, 
and access to, expanded and enriched 
learning time and opportunities; 
‘‘(iv) school funding information, in-
cluding Federal, State, Tribal, local, and 
private education funding, and per-pupil 
spending, based on actual salaries of per-
sonnel assigned to the eligible school; 
‘‘(v) information on the number, 
qualifications, experience, and stability of 
school staff, including the number and per-
centage 
of 
fully 
certified 
teachers, 
disaggregated by race and ethnicity, and 
rates of teacher turnover; 
‘‘(vi) active family and community en-
gagement information, including— 
‘‘(I) family and community needs 
based on surveys, information from 
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public meetings, or information gath-
ered by other means; 
‘‘(II) efforts to provide culturally 
and linguistically inclusive commu-
nication between schools and families; 
and 
‘‘(III) need for and access to 
family and community engagement ac-
tivities; 
‘‘(vii) collaborative leadership and 
practices, including a description of the eli-
gible school’s community-wide leadership 
team, school-based leadership teams, edu-
cator learning communities, and common 
planning time for educators; 
‘‘(viii) opportunities for partnerships 
with entities that can partner with the eli-
gible school to establish or strengthen a 
community-wide leadership structure; and 
‘‘(ix) community climate indicators, 
including housing instability, unemploy-
ment, poverty, availability of jobs that 
offer a living wage, health indicators, 
youth employment, access to parks, envi-
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ronmental hazards, crime, and gang activ-
ity. 
‘‘(C) A full-service community school plan, 
which shall include a description of— 
‘‘(i) how the community school coordi-
nator and, as applicable, community school 
initiative director, and community-wide 
leadership team will be expected to fulfill 
their responsibilities; 
‘‘(ii) the collaborative leadership and 
practices structures and strategies to be 
used; 
‘‘(iii) the integrated student supports 
or services provided by partner entities, ex-
panded and enriched learning time and op-
portunities, and active family and commu-
nity engagement activities that will be tai-
lored to the needs and assets assessment 
and provided in accordance with this sub-
section; 
‘‘(iv) how the eligible school will pro-
vide culturally and linguistically inclusive 
communication between schools and fami-
lies; 
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‘‘(v) how the eligible school will estab-
lish and maintain partnerships— 
‘‘(I) to implement and sustain 
the 
full-service 
community 
school 
plan; and 
‘‘(II) that will participate in a 
community-wide leadership structure; 
‘‘(vi) how activities chosen will rein-
force, and not duplicate, existing programs 
and activities at the eligible school as of 
the date of application; and 
‘‘(vii) if applicable, a description of 
the additional Federal, State, local, and 
private funds that will be accessed to carry 
out activities under the grant. 
‘‘(D) A data-sharing agreement between 
the local educational agency and partner enti-
ties and services that ensure the sharing of rel-
evant real-time student data to determine the 
provision of services and assess program 
progress and quality. 
‘‘(E) An assurance that any grant funds 
awarded will benefit members of the community 
served without discrimination based on race, 
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color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation 
and gender identity), age, or disability. 
‘‘(F) An assurance that any full-service 
community school opened with the use of grant 
funds will hold leadership team meetings that 
are open to the public, and that records related 
to finances, personnel, and other decision-
making processes for those schools are made 
available for public review. 
‘‘(3) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity re-
ceiving an expansion grant under this subsection 
shall use grant funds to— 
‘‘(A) carry out projects that propose to 
deepen and expand the eligible entity’s invest-
ment in full-service community schools, in a 
manner that includes partners, such as— 
‘‘(i) students, families, educators, 
principals, and other school leaders of 
identified eligible schools; 
‘‘(ii) service providers, including po-
tential service providers, and system-level 
partners, such as government agencies, In-
dian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native 
Hawaiian organizations, relevant labor or-
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ganizations, and nonprofit and other com-
munity-based partners; and 
‘‘(iii) community members, such as 
residents, community led councils, local 
businesses, stakeholders, early childhood 
education providers, hospitals or clinics, 
community organizations, and local non-
profit organizations; and 
‘‘(B) scale up or expand a full-service com-
munity school described in paragraph (1) that 
the eligible entity is operating as of the date of 
application, including by— 
‘‘(i) funding a community school coor-
dinator to work at the proposed eligible 
school or for the eligible entity; 
‘‘(ii) funding an initiative-level com-
munity school coordinator to support all 
existing full-service community schools de-
scribed in paragraph (1), and new full- 
service community schools, supported by 
the eligible entity; 
‘‘(iii) creating or strengthening a com-
munity-wide leadership team that, with re-
spect to all full-service community schools 
supported by the eligible entity, provides— 
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‘‘(I) a results-based vision for the 
full-service community schools; 
‘‘(II) data and evaluation; 
‘‘(III) finance and resource devel-
opment; 
‘‘(IV) alignment and integration 
of the goals of the full-service commu-
nity schools with the pillars of com-
munity schools, and implementation of 
those goals; 
‘‘(V) supportive policy and prac-
tices; 
‘‘(VI) professional development 
for staff and technical assistance; 
‘‘(VII) broad community engage-
ment; 
‘‘(VIII) meetings that are open to 
the public, and records related to fi-
nances, personnel, and other decision-
making processes that are made avail-
able for public review; and 
‘‘(IX) 
supporting 
overlapping 
needs of existing full-service commu-
nity schools described in paragraph 
(1); 
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‘‘(iv) identifying an intermediary enti-
ty (which can be the local educational 
agency or another local government agency 
or a combination of these agencies in part-
nership with a nonprofit organization) to 
provide planning, coordination, and man-
agement of the full-service community 
school initiative supported under the grant, 
in consultation with the community-wide 
leadership team and full-service community 
school sites; 
‘‘(v) creating an internal process to 
replicate the existing full-service commu-
nity schools described in paragraph (1) in 
other eligible schools; 
‘‘(vi) conducting a needs and assets 
assessment and crafting a full-service com-
munity school plan for each eligible school 
to be served by the grant, led by the com-
munity school coordinator; 
‘‘(vii) providing resources for addi-
tional 
full-service 
community 
schools, 
which shall serve members of the commu-
nity without discrimination based on race, 
color, religion, sex (including sexual ori-
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entation and gender identity), age, or dis-
ability; 
‘‘(viii) carrying out any activity de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2) in order to es-
tablish new full-service community schools; 
‘‘(ix) carrying out any activity de-
scribed in subparagraph (D), (E), (F), 
(G), or (H) of subsection (c)(4) at an ex-
isting full-service community school de-
scribed in paragraph (1); or 
‘‘(x) funding an evaluation of activi-
ties supported by the grant under this sec-
tion by— 
‘‘(I) regularly tracking full-serv-
ice community school data; 
‘‘(II) supporting full-service com-
munity schools in collecting data for 
analysis, evaluation, and continuous 
improvement; or 
‘‘(III) carrying out an evaluation 
of the effects of each existing full- 
service community school described in 
paragraph (1) that is supported under 
this section and an evaluation of the 
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cumulative effects of all full-service 
community schools. 
‘‘(4) EXPANSION GRANT REPORT.—At the end 
of the grant period, an eligible entity that received 
a grant under this subsection shall prepare and com-
plete a report, designed by the Secretary, that— 
‘‘(A) details the impact of the full-service 
community school program on student opportu-
nities 
and 
outcomes, 
including 
academic 
achievement; 
‘‘(B) demonstrates district-wide collabora-
tion for the full-service community schools; 
‘‘(C) includes school climate information 
for all full-service community schools served by 
the same local educational agency as the full- 
service community school that is supported 
under the grant; 
‘‘(D) describes— 
‘‘(i) the integrated student supports, 
expanded and enriched learning time and 
opportunities, and family and community 
engagement activities offered through the 
grant; and 
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‘‘(ii) the collaborative leadership and 
practice structures in place at both the 
school and community levels; and 
‘‘(E) identifies any cost savings from 
greater coordination between full-service com-
munity schools and partner organizations in 
providing services through the full-service com-
munity school program supported under this 
subsection, including any— 
‘‘(i) integration of grant funds with 
funding from community partners and ex-
isting funding streams as of the day before 
the receipt of the grant under this sub-
section; and 
‘‘(ii) changes in school spending as a 
result of the full-service community school 
program supported under this subsection. 
‘‘(e) RENEWAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provisions of this section, the Secretary may renew 
a grant provided to an eligible entity under sub-
section (c) or (d) for an additional period of not to 
exceed 5 years, if the eligible entity— 
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‘‘(A) has satisfactorily completed an imple-
mentation or expansion grant under subsection 
(c) or (d), respectively; 
‘‘(B) applies for a renewal under this sub-
section; and 
‘‘(C) details academic and whole-child out-
comes for all students and each subgroup of 
students, as defined in section 1111(c)(2), in 
the eligible schools assisted under the grant 
that aligns with the results framework of the el-
igible entity, which may include information on 
school readiness, mental and physical health, 
academic achievement, high school graduation 
rates, postsecondary education acceptance and 
matriculation, reduced racial and economic op-
portunity and achievement gaps, school climate, 
and school attendance. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that 
has a grant renewed under this subsection shall— 
‘‘(A) use the grant funds provided for ac-
tivities described in subsection (c)(4), in the 
case of a renewed implementation grant, or sub-
section (d)(3), in the case of a renewed expan-
sion grant; and 
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‘‘(B) be subject to all requirements, includ-
ing reporting requirements, under subsection 
(c) or (d), as applicable. 
‘‘(f) STATE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State receiving a grant 
under subsection (a)(1)(B) shall use the grant for 
the planning, implementation, and expansion of full- 
service community schools in the State, in accord-
ance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—A State desiring a grant 
under this subsection shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may 
require, including the following: 
‘‘(A) Information about State spending on 
education priorities, policies, and programs that 
is consistent with the pillars of community 
schools. 
‘‘(B) A plan for creating a State liaison 
position who will— 
‘‘(i) oversee the implementation of 
funds under this grant; and 
‘‘(ii) support and coordinate full-serv-
ice community school efforts in the State 
educational agency. 
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‘‘(C) A description of the full-service com-
munity schools in the State, as of the date of 
application. 
‘‘(D) A description of the State’s initial 
goals for the grant. 
‘‘(E) An assurance that the State will 
use— 
‘‘(i) not more than 5 percent of the 
grant funds awarded under this subsection 
for the administration costs of the grant; 
and 
‘‘(ii) not less than 95 percent of such 
funds to directly benefit local educational 
agencies or public elementary schools or 
secondary schools, through supporting pro-
fessional development, providing direct 
support or technical assistance, or award-
ing subgrants to local educational agencies 
under paragraph (4)(B). 
‘‘(F) An assurance that any grant funds 
awarded will benefit members of the community 
served without discrimination based on race, 
color, religion, gender (including sexual orienta-
tion and gender identity), age, or disability. 
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‘‘(G) An assurance that any full-service 
community school supported by grant funds will 
hold leadership team meetings that are open to 
the public, and that records related to finances, 
personnel, and other decisionmaking processes 
for those schools are made available for public 
review. 
‘‘(3) REQUIRED
ACTIVITIES.—A State edu-
cational agency receiving a grant under this sub-
section shall— 
‘‘(A) provide subgrants to local educational 
agencies in accordance with subsection (c) or 
(d) to start new full-service community schools 
or sustain existing full-service community 
schools as of the date of receiving funds for the 
subgrant, and distribute such subgrants in a 
manner that ensures that Federal resources are 
going to students who need those resources; 
‘‘(B) establish goals for increasing State 
spending on student supports consistent with 
the pillars of community schools, using a results 
framework established by the State; 
‘‘(C) establish a State-level steering com-
mittee in accordance with paragraph (4); 
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‘‘(D) develop or provide resources to help 
local educational agencies in the State identify, 
assess needs for, and implement full-service 
community schools throughout the State; 
‘‘(E) establish goals on the implementation 
and expansion of full-service community schools 
throughout the State; 
‘‘(F) provide resources to foster statewide 
engagement on the social, emotional, mental 
health, and academic benefits of implementing 
full-service community schools; 
‘‘(G) develop a plan to include full-service 
community schools in the State plans under 
section 1111 and for long-term State support of 
full-service community schools; 
‘‘(H) work with State legislatures to sup-
port full-service community schools in State 
planning and budgeting; and 
‘‘(I) work with local educational agencies 
and technical assistance providers to provide 
evidence-based technical assistance specifically 
for the implementation of full-service commu-
nity schools to local educational agencies or 
schools. 
‘‘(4) STEERING COMMITTEE.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each State edu-
cational agency receiving a grant under this 
subsection shall establish a State-level steering 
committee (which may be a previously existing 
team) that represents relevant full-service com-
munity schools stakeholders and service pro-
viders participating in the full-service commu-
nity schools model, which may include— 
‘‘(i) students, families, educators, 
principals, and other school leaders of 
identified eligible schools; 
‘‘(ii) service providers, including po-
tential service providers, and system-level 
partners, such as government agencies, In-
dian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native 
Hawaiian organizations, relevant labor or-
ganizations, and nonprofit and other com-
munity-based partners; and 
‘‘(iii) community members, such as 
residents, community led councils, local 
businesses, stakeholders, early childhood 
education providers, hospitals or clinics, 
community organizations, and local non-
profit organizations. 
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‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The steering com-
mittee shall include not less than 10 members 
and shall be chaired by a full-service community 
school stakeholder, or co-chaired by a full-serv-
ice community school stakeholder and a rep-
resentative of the State educational agency. 
‘‘(C) AUTHORITY.—The State educational 
agency receiving a grant under this subsection 
may give the steering committee authority to 
make decisions about the design, implementa-
tion, and evaluation of State efforts relating to 
grants under this subsection. 
‘‘(D) PUBLIC MEETING.—Meetings of the 
steering committee shall be open to the public. 
‘‘(E) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.—If 
the State educational agency chooses to operate 
a State technical assistance center, as described 
in paragraph (5)(B), the steering committee 
shall be responsible for such center. 
‘‘(5) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—A State edu-
cational agency may use funds provided under a 
grant under this subsection to— 
‘‘(A) work with institutions of higher edu-
cation to provide technical assistance and sup-
port for developing and sustaining full-service 
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community school initiatives across the State, 
which may include research partnerships and 
programs related to career and technical edu-
cation; 
‘‘(B) provide subgrants to institutions of 
higher education or nonprofit organizations to 
operate a State technical assistance center; 
‘‘(C) provide professional development and 
coaching for full-service community school staff; 
‘‘(D) provide strategic planning support 
for local educational agencies and schools; 
‘‘(E) develop infrastructure to support 
partnerships, at the local educational agency 
level, to provide resources for schools; 
‘‘(F) work with schools and local edu-
cational agencies to develop and implement re-
storative practice principles and provide re-
sources and professional development to pro-
mote culturally competent pedagogy and prac-
tices; 
‘‘(G) work with local educational agencies, 
and partner organizations who are interested in 
working with local educational agencies to 
adopt or expand full-service community schools 
in the State, on the planning and sustainability 
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of the State full-service community school pro-
gram; 
‘‘(H) work with local educational agencies 
on how to coordinate with counties, cities, and 
other units of local government to coordinate 
supports to provide resources for full-service 
community schools, including resources for ca-
reer and technical education; 
‘‘(I) provide guidance to public health and 
other healthcare organizations interested in 
supporting school-based efforts and help con-
nect such organizations with local educational 
agencies working on full-service community 
school efforts; or 
‘‘(J) work with local educational agencies 
to— 
‘‘(i) support and expand full-service 
community schools for local educational 
agencies that make a commitment to sus-
tain activities supported by a grant under 
this section beyond 2 years after the term 
of the grant; and 
‘‘(ii) ensure that funding available to 
local educational agencies that receive a 
subgrant under paragraph (3) is commen-
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surate with the number of schools that will 
be served with subgrant funds. 
‘‘(6) 
CONTINUATION
GRANTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this subsection, the 
Secretary may award a State that has received a 
grant under paragraph (1) with not more than 1 ad-
ditional 1- to 5-year continuation grant if the State 
applies for such a grant, to be used to carry out ac-
tivities described in paragraphs (3) and (4). 
‘‘(7) STATE
GRANT
EVALUATION
AND
RE-
PORT.—At the end of the grant period for a grant 
under this subsection (including any continuation 
grant awarded under paragraph (5)), each eligible 
State shall undergo an evaluation designed by the 
Secretary. The evaluation shall include, at a min-
imum, each of the following: 
‘‘(A) The data described in subsection 
(d)(2)(B)(i)— 
‘‘(i) for participating full-service com-
munity schools; and 
‘‘(ii) for other elementary and sec-
ondary schools in the State. 
‘‘(B) The information described in sub-
section (d)(2)(B)(ii) for the State. 
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‘‘(C) The information described in sub-
section (d)(2)(B)(iii). 
‘‘(D) An evaluation of full-service commu-
nity schools in the State, as compared to those 
schools before they became full-service commu-
nity schools or as compared to similar schools 
in the State, including the following data 
disaggregated by subgroups of students, as de-
fined in section 1111(c)(2): 
‘‘(i) An analysis of the progress on 
meeting the goals described in paragraph 
(3)(B). 
‘‘(ii) Student chronic absenteeism 
rates. 
‘‘(iii) Student discipline rates, includ-
ing suspensions and expulsions. 
‘‘(iv) 
School 
climate 
information, 
which may come from student, parent, or 
teacher surveys. 
‘‘(v) School provision of integrated 
student supports and community services. 
‘‘(vi) Expanded and enriched learning 
time and opportunities. 
‘‘(vii) Family and community engage-
ment efforts and impact. 
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‘‘(viii) Information on the number, 
qualifications, and retention of school staff, 
including the number and percentage of 
fully certified teachers, disaggregated by 
race and ethnicity, and rates of teacher 
turnover. 
‘‘(ix) Graduation rates. 
‘‘(x) Changes in school spending infor-
mation. 
‘‘(xi) Collaborative leadership and 
practice strategies, which may include— 
‘‘(I) building the capacity of edu-
cators, principals, other school lead-
ers, and other staff to lead collabo-
rative school improvement structures, 
such as professional learning commu-
nities; 
‘‘(II) regularly convening or en-
gaging stakeholders and service pro-
viders participating in the full-service 
community schools model, such as— 
‘‘(aa) 
students, 
families, 
educators, principals, and other 
school leaders of identified eligi-
ble schools; 
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‘‘(bb) service providers, in-
cluding potential service pro-
viders, and system-level partners, 
such as government agencies, In-
dian Tribes, Tribal organizations, 
Native Hawaiian organizations, 
relevant labor organizations, and 
nonprofit and other community- 
based partners; and 
‘‘(cc) community members, 
such as residents, community led 
councils, local businesses, stake-
holders, early childhood education 
providers, hospitals or clinics, 
community 
organizations, 
and 
local nonprofit organizations; 
‘‘(III) regularly assessing pro-
gram quality and progress through in-
dividual student data, participant 
feedback, and aggregate outcomes to 
develop strategies for improvement; 
and 
‘‘(IV) organizing school personnel 
and community partners into working 
teams focused on specific issues iden-
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tified in the needs and assets assess-
ment. 
‘‘(g) BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION AND TRIB-
ALLY-CONTROLLED FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of the Interior, and in con-
sultation with Indian Tribes, shall— 
‘‘(A) develop and implement a full-service 
community schools program plan for elementary 
and secondary Bureau schools (as defined in 
section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)); and 
‘‘(B) award planning and capacity build-
ing, implementation, expansion and renewal 
grants to elementary and secondary Bureau- 
funded schools described in subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) of section 1141(3) of the Education 
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021(3)). 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of the Interior and In-
dian Tribes, may waive any requirement under this 
section or prescribe an alternative or substantially 
similar requirement if the Secretary finds that the 
waiver or alternative requirement is necessary for 
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the effective delivery and administration of activities 
under this section. 
‘‘(h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of the Full-Service Com-
munity School Expansion Act of 2023, the Secretary 
shall prepare and submit to Congress a report on 
the impact of the full-service community school pro-
gram supported under this section. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The report re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall be made publicly 
available via the Department’s website and shall in-
clude data presented in such a manner as to be eas-
ily searchable. 
‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 
‘‘(A) data gathered under the program 
under this section, in the aggregate and 
disaggregated by the categories described in 
subsection (d)(2)(B)(i); 
‘‘(B) the impact of the grant program on 
student outcomes, which shall include academic 
performance and high-school graduation rates 
for each eligible school; and 
‘‘(C) if applicable, recommendations on 
how to better equip the grant program to meet 
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the needs of students, particularly as needed to 
assist local educational agencies with the high-
est poverty levels. 
‘‘(i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) 
ASSISTANCE
AND
SUPPORT.—From 
amounts made available under subsection (a)(1)(C), 
the Secretary shall make technical assistance and 
support available to grant recipients under this sec-
tion. Such support may consist of— 
‘‘(A) national and regional meetings for 
the personnel of full-service community schools; 
‘‘(B) full-service community school site vis-
its based on need and scope of the grants pro-
vided under this section; and 
‘‘(C) implementing strategies in the fol-
lowing key areas: 
‘‘(i) Leveraging and coordinating the 
resources of other Federal, State, Indian 
Tribe, Tribal organization, Native Hawai-
ian organization, and local systems, includ-
ing systems that address healthcare or 
early childhood education and other Fed-
eral programs, such as the Promise Neigh-
borhoods program under section 4624 and 
the 21st Century Community Learning 
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Centers program under part B of this title, 
and assisting the efforts of local edu-
cational agencies to secure such funding. 
‘‘(ii) Addressing data-sharing chal-
lenges due to the requirements under sec-
tion 444 of the General Education Provi-
sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (commonly 
referred to as the ‘Family Educational 
Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’) and the 
Health Insurance Portability and Account-
ability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–191) 
by assisting with the implementation of 
waiver or nondisclosure agreement strate-
gies that allow community partners to ac-
cess data. 
‘‘(iii) Distributing materials that de-
scribe the elements and advantages of full- 
service community schools, including ref-
erences to governmental and nonprofit re-
ports. 
‘‘(iv) Assisting any local educational 
agency in forming a task force to study the 
creation and administration of full-service 
community schools and connecting the 
local educational agency with other state-
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wide institutions who might partner with 
the agency, including institutions of higher 
education or public health organizations. 
‘‘(v) Establishing a national steering 
committee— 
‘‘(I) composed of entities that re-
ceived grants under this section for 
full-service community schools, edu-
cation labor organization representa-
tives, nonprofit full-service community 
school partners, research institutions 
with full-service community school ex-
pertise, and other relevant stake-
holders; 
‘‘(II) to determine standards for 
technical assistance for State edu-
cational agencies, local educational 
agencies, and school sites; and 
‘‘(III) to support the development 
of tools for implementing full-service 
community schools for grantees under 
this section. 
‘‘(vi) Informing States, Indian Tribes, 
Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian or-
ganizations, elementary and secondary Bu-
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reau-funded schools (as described in sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C) of section 1141(3) 
of the Education Amendments of 1978), 
and local educational agencies of the avail-
ability of grants under this section, and 
providing technical assistance to entities in 
applying for such grants. 
‘‘(vii) Informing State and local edu-
cational agencies of other sources of fund-
ing for full-service community schools, in-
cluding funding under part A of title I, 
school improvement grants under section 
1003, 21st century community learning 
center grants under part B of this title, 
and any other Federal grants or sources of 
funding. 
‘‘(viii) Facilitating effective coordina-
tion among State agencies in the deploy-
ment of resources and services such as 
health, nutrition, and other supports. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made 
available to carry out this subsection, the Sec-
retary may establish a technical assistance cen-
ter to provide technical assistance to full-service 
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community schools, eligible entities, and States 
under this section. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The technical as-
sistance center shall be overseen and designed 
by the national steering committee described in 
paragraph (1)(C)(v) and may include represent-
atives from the State steering committees de-
scribed in subsection (f)(3)(C).’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 4623 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7273) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) PROMISE
NEIGHBORHOODS.—The Sec-
retary shall use not less than 95 percent of the 
amounts made available under section 4601(b)(2)(B) 
to award grants, on a competitive basis and subject 
to subsection (e), to eligible entities for the imple-
mentation of a comprehensive, effective continuum 
of coordinated services that meets the purpose de-
scribed in section 4621(1) by carrying out activities 
in neighborhoods— 
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‘‘(A) that have— 
‘‘(i) high concentrations of low-income 
individuals; and 
‘‘(ii) multiple signs of distress, which 
may include high rates of poverty, child-
hood obesity, academic challenges, and ju-
venile delinquency, adjudication, or incar-
ceration; and 
‘‘(B) that may have schools implementing 
comprehensive support and improvement activi-
ties or targeted support and improvement ac-
tivities under section 1111(d). 
‘‘(2) FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AU-
THORIZED.—The Secretary shall use the amounts 
made available under section 4601(c) to carry out 
the full-service community school program under 
section 4625(a).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘OF PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANTS’’ after 
‘‘DURATION’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘under this subpart’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under subsection (a)(1)’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘FOR
PROMISE
NEIGHBORHOODS
GRANTS’’ 
after ‘‘FUNDING’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘under this subpart’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under subsection (a)(1)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘meeting—’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and in-
serting the following: ‘‘meeting the performance 
metrics described in section 4624(h).’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); and 
(C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘under this sub-
part’’ each place the term appears and inserting 
‘‘under subsection (a)(1)’’; 
(5) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘and 
amounts provided under section 4601(c)’’ after 
‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD’’ before ‘‘GRANTS’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘and not fewer than 10 
grants for activities described in section 4625’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the requirements of sub-
section (a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘the requirements 
of subsection (a)(3)’’. 
Æ 
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