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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 719
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure
that senior citizens are given an opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors,
and volunteers for certain programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 14, 2001
Mr. WU (for himself and Mr. FLETCHER) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 to ensure that senior citizens are given an oppor-
tunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for
certain programs.
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 ‘‘Seniors in Our Schools
Act’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to
a section or other provision of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).
SEC. 3. 21st CENTURY LEARNING CENTERS.
Section 10904(a)(3) (20 U.S.C. 8244(a)(3)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (F); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(E) a description of how the school or
consortium will encourage and use appro-
priately trained senior citizens as volunteers in
activities identified under section 10905; and’’.
SEC. 4. GOVERNOR’S PROGRAMS.
Section 4114(c) (20 U.S.C. 7114(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon; and
(2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para-
graph (13);
(3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(12) drug and violence prevention activities
that use the services of appropriately trained senior
citizens for activities that include mentoring, tutor-
ing, and volunteering; and’’.
SEC. 5. LOCAL DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PRO-
GRAMS.
Section 4116(b) (20 U.S.C. 7116(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) after ‘‘mentoring’’ insert ‘‘(including
mentoring by senior citizens)’’;
(B) in subparagraph (C)—
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(ii) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon; and
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iv) drug and violence prevention ac-
tivities that use the services of appro-
priately trained senior citizens for such ac-
tivities as mentoring, tutoring, and volun-
teering;’’;
(2) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing mentoring by senior citizens) after ‘‘mentoring
programs’’; and
(3) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘which may
involve senior citizens working with students’’ after
‘‘settings’’.
SEC. 6. NATIONAL PROGRAMS.
Section 4121(a) (20 U.S.C. 7131(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘, including
projects and activities that promote the interaction
of youth and senior citizens’’ after ‘‘responsibility’’;
and
(2) in paragraph (13), by inserting ‘‘, including
activities that integrate appropriately trained senior
citizens for activities such as mentoring, tutoring,
and volunteering’’ after ‘‘title’’.
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