‘‘Subpart 2—Connecting Students to Community 
Resources and Comprehensive Supports 
‘‘SEC. 5721. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this subpart is to provide support, 
through competitive subgrants, to eligible entities to— 
‘‘(1) improve the coordination, availability, de-
livery, and effectiveness of integrated services and 
comprehensive supports for children and families; 
and 
‘‘(2) act as a liaison with other organizations in 
order to assist public schools in providing children 
and families the integrated services and comprehen-
sive supports needed to improve the learning of chil-
dren and their ability to plan for postsecondary edu-
cational opportunities, such as health, employment, 
mentor/tutor, and human services, enrichment and 
accelerated learning opportunities, before and after- 
school programs, and recreation, and related assist-
ance. 
‘‘SEC. 5722. ELIGIBLE ENTITY. 
‘‘In this subpart, the term ‘eligible entity’ means 1 
or more community-based organizations in partnership 
with public schools. 
‘‘SEC. 5723. SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘A State that receives a grant under section 5700 
shall award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to an eligi-
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ble entity to connect integrated services and comprehen-
sive supports to students and families in order to enhance 
student learning and outcomes, by— 
‘‘(1) conducting an assessment of student and 
family needs in schools; 
‘‘(2) assessing the availability and quality of 
learning opportunities beyond the classroom, includ-
ing service-learning opportunities; 
‘‘(3) linking needed integrated services and 
comprehensive supports to children, their families, 
and their public schools, and evaluating the impact 
of such services and supports once the services and 
supports are provided; 
‘‘(4) enhancing the social, emotional, intellec-
tual, and physical development of students; and 
‘‘(5) providing training and support related to 
integrated services and comprehensive supports for 
staff, teachers, and, as appropriate, Parent and 
Community Outreach Coordinators in such public 
schools. 
‘‘SEC. 5724. APPLICATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that desires to 
receive a subgrant under this subpart shall submit an ap-
plication to the State at such time, in such manner, and 
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accompanied by such information as the State may re-
quire. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the public schools to be 
assisted by the school or community-based organiza-
tion, their performance with respect to other State 
performance criteria, and a description of their stu-
dent populations (including demographics). 
‘‘(2) A memorandum of understanding between 
the public school and the community-based organiza-
tion that explains how they will work to effectively 
coordinate the provision of integrated services and 
comprehensive supports to students within the public 
school (and with after-school and extended day pro-
grams and services, if applicable), the objectives that 
they expect to achieve, the educational research 
bases that will guide the provision of student inte-
grated services and comprehensive supports in meet-
ing their objectives, and the capacity of the commu-
nity partner to meet their objectives. 
‘‘(3) A description of how the community-based 
organization plans to build and improve on the cur-
rent state of community involvement to increase sup-
port and ownership of the integrated services and 
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comprehensive supports designed to enhance student 
learning outcomes, including the measures of 
progress and desired results related to students and 
families. 
‘‘(4) The particular student needs to be ad-
dressed through integrated services and comprehen-
sive supports and the organizations able to provide 
integrated services and comprehensive supports to 
meet those needs, including intellectual, social, emo-
tional, and physical well-being, and other academic 
and non-academic needs related to student learning, 
including planning for college or other postsecondary 
education options. 
‘‘(5) A draft work plan regarding the provision 
of integrated services and comprehensive supports, 
including a description of— 
‘‘(A) the role of the public school principal 
and staff, including the Parent and Community 
Outreach Coordinator, if applicable, in the man-
agement of the provision of integrated services 
and comprehensive supports; 
‘‘(B) how the community-based organiza-
tion will efficiently manage and leverage non- 
Federal resources (which may include in-kind 
resources) to meet identified student needs; 
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‘‘(C) plans to track student performance 
along with integrated services and comprehen-
sive supports provided to students over time, in-
cluding plans to integrate the community-based 
organization’s data reporting with the public 
school’s data systems; 
‘‘(D) criteria by which the eligible entity 
will evaluate the effectiveness of services and 
comprehensive supports provided to students, 
including a description of the proposed meas-
urements used to evaluate the impact of such 
services and supports on the academic achieve-
ment of students; and 
‘‘(E) plans to leverage other non-Federal 
resources (which may include in-kind resources) 
to support integrated services and comprehen-
sive supports. 
‘‘(6) Assurances that activities supported with 
funds under this subpart will be coordinated with 
the programs and activities carried out by the public 
school pursuant to section 1118. 
‘‘SEC. 5725. AWARDING OF SUBGRANTS. 
‘‘(a) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants under this 
subpart, a State shall give priority to applications— 
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‘‘(1) proposing integrated services and com-
prehensive supports to high-need public schools— 
‘‘(A) with the highest proportions of stu-
dents from low-income families; and 
‘‘(B) with a large percentage of students 
who fail to meet the State’s challenging student 
academic achievement standards, as assessed 
pursuant to section 1111(b)(3); and 
‘‘(2) that include a partnership structure that 
delineates how such eligible entity will work with 
other organizations, including local government, in-
stitutions of higher education, and other key institu-
tions that will come together to support a common 
vision, defined results, and measures of effectiveness, 
with clear roles and responsibilities, and a plan for 
serving multiple schools. 
‘‘(b) DURATION
OF
SUBGRANT.—Each subgrant 
awarded under this subpart shall be for a period of 5 
years. 
‘‘SEC. 5726. REPORT. 
‘‘An eligible entity that receives a subgrant under this 
subpart shall submit a biennial report to the Secretary re-
garding activities conducted by such entity with subgrant 
funds received under this subpart. 
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‘‘SEC. 5732. DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY. 
‘‘In this subpart, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a 
consortium of a school in conjunction with the applicable 
local educational agency, a mayor, and 1 or more non-
profit organization, for-profit organization, or other com-
munity partner. 
‘‘SEC. 5733. SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘A State that receives a grant under section 5700 
shall award subgrants to eligible entities to enable the eli-
gible entities to redesign schools to be centers of commu-
nities and to incorporate community education consistent 
with the purpose of this subpart. 
‘‘SEC. 5734. APPLICATION. 
‘‘(a) CURRENT SCHOOL.—An eligible entity that de-
sires to receive a subgrant to redesign a school as a center 
of community under this subpart shall submit an applica-
tion to the State at such time, in such manner, and accom-
panied by such information as the State may require. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A needs assessment of the school facility 
identified for redesign as a center of community, in-
cluding any renovations or expansions, if necessary, 
to enable the school to serve as a joint-use school fa-
cility. 
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‘‘(2) An assessment of the need to keep the 
school facilities open outside the traditional school 
hours, including the needs of the surrounding com-
munity and the existing capacity to facilitate a joint- 
use school facility as a center of community. 
‘‘(3) A description of the eligible entity applying 
for the subgrant. 
‘‘(4) A description of the eligible entity’s capac-
ity to provide integrated services and comprehensive 
supports to an existing school facility to transform 
it into a center of community school. 
‘‘(5) A draft workplan of what the eligible enti-
ty hopes to achieve at the joint-use school facility, 
including a description of the integrated services and 
comprehensive supports that would be available to 
the school, students, and families through partner-
ship with the eligible entity. 
‘‘(6) A description of student and family in-
volvement in redesigning the school to become a cen-
ter of community school. 
‘‘(7) A memorandum of understanding between 
the school selected for redesigning and the eligible 
entity. 
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‘‘SEC. 5735. MATCHING FUNDS. 
‘‘An eligible entity that receives a subgrant to rede-
sign an existing school facility to incorporate community 
education under this subpart shall provide matching 
funds, from non-Federal sources, equal to 50 percent of 
the cost of activities under this subpart. 
‘‘SEC. 5736. REPORT. 
‘‘An eligible entity that receives a subgrant under this 
subpart shall submit a biennial report to the Secretary re-
garding activities conducted by such entity with subgrant 
funds received under this subpart.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 5618 the following: 
‘‘PART E—PARENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND 
ENGAGEMENT 
‘‘Sec. 5700. Grants authorized. 
‘‘Sec. 5700A. National activities. 
‘‘Sec. 5700B. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘SUBPART 1—PARENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATORS 
‘‘Sec. 5701. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 5702. Subgrants authorized. 
‘‘Sec. 5703. Application. 
‘‘Sec. 5704. Awarding of subgrants. 
‘‘Sec. 5705. Screening and evaluation committee. 
‘‘Sec. 5706. Parent and Community Outreach Coordinator. 
‘‘Sec. 5707. Evaluations. 
‘‘Sec. 5708. Report. 
‘‘SUBPART 2—CONNECTING STUDENTS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND 
COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORTS 
‘‘Sec. 5721. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 5722. Eligible entity. 
‘‘Sec. 5723. Subgrants authorized. 
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‘‘Sec. 5724. Application. 
‘‘Sec. 5725. Awarding of subgrants. 
‘‘Sec. 5726. Report. 
‘‘SUBPART 3—SCHOOLS AS CENTERS OF COMMUNITIES 
‘‘Sec. 5731. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 5732. Definition of eligible entity. 
‘‘Sec. 5733. Subgrants authorized. 
‘‘Sec. 5734. Application. 
‘‘Sec. 5735. Matching funds. 
‘‘Sec. 5736. Report.’’. 
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