I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3904
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish 
pilot projects to support and evaluate the provision of before-school 
activities that advance student academic achievement and encourage the 
establishment of, and increase participation in, school breakfast pro-
grams. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2004
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. PETRI) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act to establish pilot projects to support and evaluate 
the provision of before-school activities that advance stu-
dent academic achievement and encourage the establish-
ment of, and increase participation in, school breakfast 
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 ‘‘Educational Grants 
for Great Starts Act’’.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROJECTS TO SUPPORT AND EVALUATE BE-
FORE-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. 
Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(h) PILOT PROJECTS TO SUPPORT AND EVALUATE 
BEFORE-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS TO STATE AGENCIES.—
‘‘(A) GRANTS.—(i) Subject to funds made 
available under paragraph (5), the Secretary, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Education, 
shall make grants to 7 State agencies to con-
duct pilot projects in 17 elementary schools in 
each such State to—
‘‘(I) support the provision of before-
school activities that advance student aca-
demic achievement and encourage the es-
tablishment of, or increase participation in, 
school breakfast programs; and 
‘‘(II) evaluate the effect of providing 
before-school activities on participation in 
school breakfast programs. 
‘‘(ii) In carrying out clause (i), the Sec-
retary shall make grants to 1 State in each of 
the 7 geographic regions of the United States
(as determined for purposes of programs of the 
Food and Nutrition Service). 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
may make a grant to a State agency under 
subparagraph (A) only if the State agency 
submits to the Secretary an application 
that contains, at a minimum, the informa-
tion described in clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) INFORMATION.—The information 
described in this clause is the following: 
‘‘(I) A description of how the 
State agency will provide oversight of 
pilot projects to be conducted in se-
lected elementary schools in the State 
to ensure that before-school activities 
under the projects will increase par-
ticipation in the school breakfast pro-
gram. 
‘‘(II) A description of the meth-
ods to be used by the State agency to 
promote and make available all appro-
priate information concerning sub-
grants to be made under paragraph 
(2) for the conduct of pilot projects in
selected elementary schools in the 
State. 
‘‘(III) A description of the meth-
ods to be used by the State agency to 
collect data for the evaluation of the 
pilot projects in accordance with para-
graph (4)(A). 
‘‘(C) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—In making 
grants to State agencies under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall ensure that the pilot 
projects to be conducted in elementary schools 
under the jurisdiction of the local educational 
agencies are selected so as to—
‘‘(i)(I) ensure the likelihood that pro-
posed before-school activities under the 
pilot projects will increase participation in 
school breakfast programs; and 
‘‘(II) ensure coordination of the pilot 
projects with other programs and activities 
offered by the elementary schools; 
‘‘(ii)(I) provide for an equitable dis-
tribution of pilot projects among urban 
and rural elementary schools; and 
‘‘(II) provide for an equitable distribu-
tion of pilot projects among elementary
schools with and without school breakfast 
programs; and 
‘‘(iii) provide for an equitable distribu-
tion of pilot projects among schools of 
varying family income levels. 
‘‘(D) LIMITATION.—Not more than 1.5 
percent of the amount of a grant received by a 
State agency under subparagraph (A) may be 
used by the State agency for administrative ex-
penses of the pilot projects under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) SUBGRANTS
TO
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES.—
‘‘(A) SUBGRANTS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A State agency 
that receives a grant under paragraph (1) 
shall use amounts from the grant to make 
subgrants to local educational agencies to 
conduct pilot projects in accordance with 
this subsection to support the provision of 
before-school activities, including the ac-
tivities described in clause (ii), that ad-
vance student academic achievement and 
encourage the establishment of, or increase
participation in, school breakfast pro-
grams. 
‘‘(ii) ACTIVITIES.—The activities de-
scribed in this clause are the following: 
‘‘(I) Remedial education activities 
and academic enrichment learning 
programs. 
‘‘(II) Mathematics and science 
education activities. 
‘‘(III) Arts and music apprecia-
tion activities. 
‘‘(IV) Entrepreneurial education 
activities. 
‘‘(V) Tutoring services and men-
toring programs. 
‘‘(VI) Telecommunications and 
technology education programs. 
‘‘(VII) Expanded library service 
hours. 
‘‘(VIII) Programs that provide 
assistance to students who have been 
truant or suspended to allow the stu-
dents to improve their academic 
achievement.
‘‘(IX) Drug and violence preven-
tion programs, counseling programs, 
and character education programs. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The State agency 
may make a subgrant to a local edu-
cational agency under subparagraph (A) 
only if the local educational agency sub-
mits to the State agency an application 
that contains, at a minimum, the informa-
tion described in clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) INFORMATION.—The information 
described in this clause is the following: 
‘‘(I)(aa) Except as provided in 
item (bb), a description of the break-
fast program of each elementary 
school under the jurisdiction of the 
local educational agency within which 
a pilot project will be conducted, in-
cluding the number of students who 
participate in the program and the 
percentage of students who participate 
in the program in rural versus urban 
schools.
‘‘(bb) In the case of an elemen-
tary school without a breakfast pro-
gram and within which a pilot project 
will be conducted, a description of a 
plan that outlines how the school will 
establish and operate a breakfast pro-
gram in coordination with the pilot 
project. 
‘‘(II) A description of how the 
local educational agency, in conjunc-
tion with the school food authority, 
will carry out the pilot projects in ac-
cordance with this subsection, includ-
ing a description of (aa) the specific 
activities that will be carried out by 
the local educational agency to remove 
any perceived stigma associated with 
participation in the breakfast program 
and to increase participation in the 
program, and (bb) all other specific 
activities that will be carried out 
under the projects. 
‘‘(III) A description of a pro-
posed budget to carry out the pilot 
projects.
‘‘(C) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—In making 
subgrants to local educational agencies under 
subparagraph (A), the State agency shall en-
sure that the local educational agencies have 
under their jurisdiction a sufficient number of 
elementary schools that are not participating in 
the pilot projects to permit a valid evaluation of 
the results of the pilot projects. 
‘‘(D) DURATION OF PILOT PROJECTS.—A 
local 
educational 
agency 
that 
receives 
a 
subgrant under subparagraph (A) to conduct a 
pilot project in accordance with this subsection 
shall conduct the project during a period of not 
less than 3 successive school years. 
‘‘(E) MINIMUM AMOUNT OF AWARDS TO 
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.—Subject to the avail-
ability of funds of a subgrant provided to a 
local educational agency under subparagraph 
(A) to conduct a pilot project in accordance 
with this subsection, the minimum amount pro-
vided to an elementary school under the pilot. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—Amounts provided under a 
grant or subgrant made under this subsection may 
not be used to provide a Federal reimbursement for