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‘‘PART M—CHILD OPPORTUNITY ZONE FAMILY
CENTERS
‘‘SEC. 10997A. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘Child Opportunity
Zone Family Center Act of 2001’.
‘‘SEC. 10997B. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this part is to encourage eligible
partnerships to establish or expand child opportunity zone
family centers in public elementary schools and secondary
schools in order to provide comprehensive support services
for children and their families, and to improve the chil-
dren’s educational, health, mental health, and social out-
comes.
‘‘SEC. 10997C. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this part:
‘‘(1) CHILD OPPORTUNITY ZONE FAMILY CEN-
TER.—The term ‘child opportunity zone family cen-
ter’ means a school-based or school-linked commu-
nity service center that provides and links children
and their families with comprehensive information,
support, services, and activities to improve the edu-
cation, health, mental health, safety, and economic
well-being of the children and their families.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligi-
ble partnership’ means a partnership—
‘‘(A) that contains—
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‘‘(i) at least 1 public elementary
school or secondary school that—
‘‘(I) receives assistance under
title I and for which a measure of
poverty determination is made under
section 1113(a)(5) with respect to a
minimum of 40 percent of the chil-
dren in the school; and
‘‘(II) demonstrates parent in-
volvement and parent support for the
partnership’s activities;
‘‘(ii) a local educational agency;
‘‘(iii) a public agency, other than a
local educational agency, such as a local or
State department of health, mental health,
or social services;
‘‘(iv) a nonprofit community-based or-
ganization, 
providing 
health, 
mental
health, or social services;
‘‘(v) a local child care resource and re-
ferral agency; and
‘‘(vi) a local organization representing
parents; and
‘‘(B) that may contain—
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‘‘(i) an institution of higher education;
and
‘‘(ii) other public or private nonprofit
entities with experience in providing serv-
ices to disadvantaged families.
‘‘SEC. 10997D. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award, on a
competitive basis, grants to eligible partnerships to pay
for the Federal share of the cost of establishing and ex-
panding child opportunity zone family centers.
‘‘(b) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award grants
under this section for periods of 5 years.
‘‘SEC. 10997E. REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.
‘‘Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under
this part shall use the grant funds—
‘‘(1) in accordance with the needs assessment
described in section 10997F(b)(1), to provide or link
children and their families with information, sup-
port, activities, or services in core areas such as edu-
cation, child care, before- and after-school care and
enrichment programs, health services, mental health
services, family support, nutrition, literacy services,
parenting skills, and drop-out prevention;
‘‘(2) to provide intensive, high-quality, research-
based programs that—
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‘‘(A) provide violence prevention education
for families and developmentally appropriate in-
structional services to children (including chil-
dren below the age of compulsory school attend-
ance); and
‘‘(B) provide effective strategies for nur-
turing and supporting the emotional, social, and
cognitive growth of children; and
‘‘(3) to provide training, information, and sup-
port to families to enable the families to participate
effectively in their children’s education, and to help
their children meet challenging standards, including
assisting families to—
‘‘(A) understand the applicable account-
ability systems, including State and local con-
tent standards, performance standards, and as-
sessments, their children’s educational perform-
ance in comparison to the standards, and the
steps the school is taking to address the chil-
dren’s needs and to help the children meet the
standards; and
‘‘(B) communicate effectively with per-
sonnel responsible for providing educational
services to the families’ children, and to partici-
pate in the development and implementation of
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school-parent compacts, parent involvement
policies, and school plans.
‘‘SEC. 10997F. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible partnership desir-
ing a grant under this part shall submit an application
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(1) include a needs assessment, including a de-
scription of how the partnership will ensure that the
activities to be assisted under this part will be tai-
lored to meet the specific needs of the children and
families to be served;
‘‘(2) describe arrangements that have been for-
malized between the participating public elementary
school or secondary school, and other partnership
members;
‘‘(3) describe how the partnership will effec-
tively coordinate with the centers under section 1118
and utilize Federal, State, and local sources of fund-
ing that provide assistance to families and their chil-
dren;
‘‘(4) describe the partnership’s plan to—
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‘‘(A) develop and carry out the activities
assisted under this part with extensive partici-
pation of parents, administrators, teachers,
pupil services personnel, social and human serv-
ice agencies, and community organizations and
leaders; and
‘‘(B) coordinate the activities assisted
under this part with the education reform ef-
forts of the participating public elementary
school or secondary school, and the partici-
pating local educational agency;
‘‘(5) describe how the partnership will ensure
that underserved populations such as families of stu-
dents with limited English proficiency, and families
of students with disabilities, are effectively involved,
informed, and assisted;
‘‘(6) describe how the partnership will collect
and analyze data, and will utilize specific perform-
ance measures and indicators to—
‘‘(A) determine the impact of activities as-
sisted under this part as described in section
10997I(a); and
‘‘(B) improve the activities assisted under
this part; and
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(b) OTHER MODIFICATIONS.—Section 152 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to dependent de-
fined) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) SUBSECTION (f) DEPENDENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual is described
in this subsection for the taxable year if such
individual—
‘‘(A) bears a relationship to the taxpayer
described in paragraph (2),
‘‘(B) except in the case of an eligible foster
child or as provided in subsection (e), has the
same principal place of abode as the taxpayer
for more than one-half of such taxable year,
and
‘‘(C)(i) has not attained the age of 19 at
the close of the calendar year in which the tax-
able year begins, or
‘‘(ii) is a student (within the meaning of
section 151(c)(4)) who has not attained the age
of 24 at the close of such calendar year.
‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP TEST.—An individual bears
a relationship to the taxpayer described in this para-
graph if such individual is—
‘‘(A) a son or daughter of the taxpayer, or
a descendant of either, or