I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2611 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2007 
Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. 
ETHERIDGE, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Mr. SCHIFF, and Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Mentoring America’s 
Children Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO MENTORING PROGRAMS. 
(a) PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.—Section 4130(a) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7140(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘achievement of such children’’ and inserting 
‘‘outcomes of such children by improving their 
school connectedness, decreasing absenteeism, 
and increasing academic performance’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (E) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) to foster character education.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii) by striking ‘‘a part-
nership between a local educational agency and a 
nonprofit, community-based organization’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a consortium between one or more local 
educational agencies; nonprofit community-based or-
ganizations; and other partners, such as corpora-
tions or universities, or both’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)(C)(iii) by inserting after 
‘‘responsible’’ the following: ‘‘and successful’’. 
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(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 4130(b) of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 7140(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘under section 
4003(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘under subsection (d)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘(particu-
larly’’ and all that follows through ‘‘failure)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, particularly children living in rural, subur-
ban, or urban areas facing high rates of crime, gang 
involvement, drug use, and dropouts,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (D) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(D) an assurance that each mentor will 
be assigned to no more than three children, and 
that when assigned more than one child (which 
is preferable where practicable), the assignment 
must not undermine the mentor’s ability to be 
an effective mentor or to establish a close rela-
tionship with each mentored child;’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (I) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (J) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
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(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) information regarding the staffing 
plan and levels the eligible entity will use to 
monitor the mentor/mentee match over the du-
ration of the match; and 
‘‘(L) information regarding the eligible en-
tity’s sustainability plan, specifically how the el-
igible entity will meet the required match, 
which is— 
‘‘(i) in year 1 of the grant, at least 10 
percent of the amount awarded for that 
year; 
‘‘(ii) in year 2 of the grant, at least 
25 percent of the amount awarded for that 
year; 
‘‘(iii) in year 3 of the grant, at least 
50 percent of the amount awarded for that 
year; and 
‘‘(iv) for an entity receiving subse-
quent funding under subparagraph (E) of 
paragraph (5), in all three years of the 
grant the match shall be at least 50 per-
cent of the amount awarded for that 
year.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5)(C)— 
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(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘urban and 
rural’’ and inserting ‘‘urban, suburban, and 
rural’’; 
(B) in clause (ii)(II), by inserting after 
‘‘organizations,’’ the following: ‘‘children,’’; and 
(C) in clause (iii), by inserting after ‘‘men-
toring program’’ the following: ‘‘and sustain it 
for the duration of the grant and beyond’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) SUBSEQUENT GRANTS.—In awarding 
grants under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall consider entities who have received fund-
ing in a prior grant cycle for a new grant only 
if each of the following criteria are met: 
‘‘(i) Performance during the initial 
grant was satisfactory in terms of program 
design and numbers of children served. 
‘‘(ii) The subsequent grant will exclu-
sively support expanded service to a new 
geographic area or target population. 
‘‘(iii) The eligible entity demonstrates 
that it is able to provide a 50 percent 
match to Federal funds for all three years 
of the new grant. 
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‘‘(F) POLICY ON ONE ENTITY HAVING TWO 
GRANTS AT SAME TIME.—In awarding grants 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may 
have in effect a policy under which an entity is 
prohibited from having two grants at the same 
time. However, such a policy shall not prohibit 
an entity from having two grants at the same 
time when the periods of the two grants overlap 
by three months or less.’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.—Section 4130 of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 7140) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(c) ENSURING QUALITY GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) SUPPORT FOR GRANTEES.—In order to en-
sure the strongest possible outcomes for children 
mentored through this section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) provide training and technical assist-
ance to grant recipients, beginning in year 1 
and continuing throughout the span of the 
grant; 
‘‘(B) track the mentoring practices and 
outcomes of all grant recipients throughout the 
3-year span of the grant utilizing a robust on-
line tracking and evaluation system; and 
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