I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2906 
To establish a pilot program under which the Secretary of Education makes 
grants to establish and support the 10th Congressional District of Illinois 
School Conservation Corps. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mr. KIRK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To establish a pilot program under which the Secretary of 
Education makes grants to establish and support the 
10th Congressional District of Illinois School Conserva-
tion Corps. 
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 ‘‘10th Congressional 
District of Illinois School Conservation Corps Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SCHOOL CONSERVATION CORPS PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—From amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section, the Secretary of Education 
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shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary 
makes grants to chapters to establish and support a school 
conservation corps. 
(b) SCOPE.—The pilot program shall be carried out 
in the 10th congressional district of Illinois. 
(c) CHAPTERS.—In this section, the term ‘‘chapter’’ 
means a group, at a public high school, consisting of at 
least 10 students of that high school and at least one advi-
sor age 21 or older. 
(d) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each grant under this sec-
tion— 
(A) shall include a base amount of $1,000; 
and 
(B) may, at the discretion of the Secretary, 
include an additional amount of up to $5,000, 
subject to paragraph (2). 
(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR ADDITIONAL 
AMOUNTS.—An additional amount under paragraph 
(1)(B) may be included only to the following extent: 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The chapter matches 
each $1 of the additional amount with $1 from 
non-Federal sources raised by the chapter. 
(B) 
PARTNERSHIPS.—The 
chapter 
matches each $1.03 of the additional amount 
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with $1 from non-Federal sources raised by the 
chapter for an activity sponsored in collabora-
tion with one or more of the following entities: 
(i) Illinois Open Lands. 
(ii) Illinois Audubon Society. 
(iii) Ducks Unlimited. 
(iv) Environmental Defense. 
(e) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts granted under this 
section shall be used to sponsor activities to improve 
environmental protection in the region in which the 
pilot program is being carried out. 
(2) 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ILLI-
NOIS.—With respect to the congressional district 
specified in subsection (b), the activities sponsored 
shall include, in order of priority, the following: 
(A) Providing volunteers for cleaning up 
the Lake Michigan watershed. 
(B) Finding ways for schools and families 
to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. 
(C) Establishing recycling programs for 
student and school waste. 
(D) Becoming volunteers to assist in the 
cleanup of Waukegan Harbor. 
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(E) Leading seminars for local leaders and 
the public on the dangers of mercury pollution. 
(F) Meeting with local mayors and village 
councils to encourage their reduction of green-
house gases and encourage recycling. 
(G) Forming groups to ask large compa-
nies to provide financial tax incentives to lower 
greenhouse gas emissions. 
(f) DURATION.—The pilot program shall be carried 
out in fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
(g) EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After the period of the pilot 
program, the Secretary shall evaluate the success of 
the pilot program. In carrying out the evaluation, 
the Secretary shall determine whether the pilot pro-
gram met the following goals: 
(A) Achieving 29 percent of the activities 
specified in subsection (e)(2). 
(B) Involving 21 percent of all public high 
school students in the congressional district 
specified in subsection (b) with the program. 
(2) REPORT
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.—Upon 
completing the evaluation, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report on the evaluation. The report 
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