(d) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a period of 5 years. 
(e) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary may not 
award a grant to a State collaborative under this section 
in an amount that is less than $500,000 for each year 
of the 5-year grant period. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘State’’ includes the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Vir-
gin Islands, and any other territory or possession of 
the United States. 
(2) The term ‘‘State collaborative’’ means a col-
laborative of a State educational agency and not less 
than 2 other governmental agencies or nonprofit or-
ganizations that provide services to children and 
families. 
SEC. 6. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
an advisory committee to be known as the ‘‘Full-Service 
Community Schools Advisory Committee’’ (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—Subject to subsection (c), the Advisory 
Committee shall—
(1) consult with the Secretary on the develop-
ment and implementation of programs under this 
Act; 
(2) identify strategies to improve the coordina-
tion of Federal programs in support of full-service 
community schools; and 
(3) issue an annual report to the Congress on 
efforts under this Act, including a description of— 
(A) the results of local and national eval-
uation of such efforts; and 
(B) the scope of services being coordinated 
under this Act. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out its duties under 
this section, the Advisory Committee shall consult annu-
ally with eligible entities awarded grants under section 4, 
State collaboratives awarded grants under section 5, and 
other entities with expertise in operating full-service com-
munity schools. 
(d) MEMBERS.—The Advisory Committee shall con-
sist of 4 members as follows: 
(1) The Attorney General of the United States 
(or the Attorney General’s delegate). 
(2) The Secretary of Agriculture (or the Sec-
retary’s delegate).
(3) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices (or the Secretary’s delegate). 
(4) The Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary’s 
delegate). 
SEC. 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, di-
rectly or through grants, shall provide such technical as-
sistance as may be appropriate to accomplish the purposes 
of this Act. 
(b) EVALUATIONS BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
shall conduct evaluations on the effectiveness of grants 
under sections 4 and 5 in achieving the purposes of this 
Act. 
(c) EVALUATIONS
BY GRANTEES.—The Secretary 
shall require each recipient of a grant under this section— 
(1) to conduct periodic evaluations of the 
progress achieved with the grant toward achieving 
the purposes of this Act; 
(2) to use such evaluations to refine and im-
prove activities conducted with the grant and the 
performance measures for such activities; and 
(3) to make the results of such evaluations pub-
licly available, including by providing public notice of 
such availability.
(d) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available to a grantee under this Act may be used only 
to supplement, and not supplant, any other Federal, State, 
or local funds that would otherwise be available to carry 
out the activities assisted under this Act. 
(e) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 
each recipient of a grant under this Act to provide 
matching funds from non-Federal sources in an 
amount determined under paragraph (2). 
(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF MATCH.— 
(A) SLIDING SCALE.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall determine the 
amount of matching funds to be required of a 
grantee under this subsection based on a sliding 
fee scale that takes into account— 
(i) the relative poverty of the popu-
lation to be targeted by the grantee; and 
(ii) the ability of the grantee to obtain 
such matching funds. 
(B) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The Secretary 
may not require any grantee under this section 
to provide matching funds in an amount that 
exceeds the amount of the grant award.
(3) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 
shall permit grantees under this section to match 
funds in whole or in part with in-kind contributions. 
(4) 
CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding 
this 
subsection, the Secretary shall not consider an appli-
cant’s ability to match funds when determining 
which applicants will receive grants under this Act. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $200,000,000 for fiscal year 
2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2010. 
(b) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this Act for each fiscal year— 
(1) 75 percent shall be for section 4; 
(2) 20 percent shall be for section 5; and 
(3) of the remaining 5 percent, not less than 
$500,000 shall be for technical assistance under sec-
tion 7(a). 
Æ