from other Federal, State, local, or private 
sources. 
(F) Plans for professional development for 
managing personnel, or coordinating or deliv-
ering qualified services at, the schools to be 
served. 
(G) Plans for joint utilization and mainte-
nance of school facilities by the eligible entity 
and its partner entities. 
(6) Identification of principles of effectiveness 
that are based on— 
(A) an assessment of objective data re-
garding the need for the establishment of a full- 
service community school and qualified services 
at each school to be served and in the commu-
nity involved; 
(B) an established set of performance 
measures aimed at ensuring the availability of 
high-quality services; and 
(C) if appropriate, scientifically-based re-
search that provides evidence that the qualified 
services involved will help students meet State 
and local student academic achievement stand-
ards.
(7) A strategy for developing a plan for sustain-
ability. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 
that— 
(1) will serve at least 1 school eligible for a 
schoolwide program under section 1114 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6314); 
(2) demonstrate a record of effectiveness in in-
tegrating at least 3 qualified services; and 
(3) will serve more than 1 full-service commu-
nity school as part of a community- or district-wide 
strategy. 
(e) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a period of 5 years. 
(f) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary may not 
award a grant to an eligible entity under this section in 
an amount that is less than $75,000 for each year of the 
5-year grant period. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a consor-
tium of a local educational agency and 1 or more 
community-based organizations, nonprofit organiza-
tions, or other public or private entities.
(2) The term ‘‘qualified services’’ means any of 
the following: 
(A) Early childhood education. 
(B) Remedial education activities and aca-
demic enrichment activities. 
(C) Programs under the Head Start Act, 
including Early Head Start programs. 
(D) Programs that promote parental in-
volvement and family literacy, including the 
Reading First, Early Reading First, and Wil-
liam F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy 
programs authorized in part B of title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.). 
(E) Youth development programs. 
(F) Parent leadership development activi-
ties. 
(G) Parenting education activities. 
(H) Child care services. 
(I) Community service and service learning 
opportunities. 
(J) Programs that provide assistance to 
students who have been truant, suspended, or 
expelled.
(K) Job training and career counseling 
services. 
(L) Nutrition services. 
(M) Primary health and dental care. 
(N) Mental health prevention and treat-
ment services. 
(O) Adult education, including instruction 
in English as a second language. 
SEC. 5. STATE PROGRAMS. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary may award grants to 
State collaboratives to support the development of full- 
service community school programs in accordance with 
this section. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-
tion shall be used only for the following: 
(1) Planning, coordinating, and expanding the 
development of full-service community schools in the 
State. 
(2) Providing technical assistance and training 
at full-service community schools, including profes-
sional development for personnel and creation of 
data collection and evaluation systems. 
(3) Collecting, evaluating, and reporting data 
about the progress of full-service community schools.
(4) Evaluating the impact of State policies and 
guidelines in the integration of Federal and State 
programs at full-service community schools. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec-
tion, a State collaborative shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the 
Secretary may require. The Secretary shall require that 
each such application include the following: 
(1) A list of all governmental agencies and non-
profit organizations that will participate as members 
of the State collaborative. 
(2) A description of the expertise of each mem-
ber of the State collaborative— 
(A) in coordinating Federal and State pro-
grams across multiple agencies; and 
(B) in working with and developing the ca-
pacity of full-service community schools. 
(3) A comprehensive plan describing how the 
grant will be used to plan, coordinate, and expand 
the delivery of services at full-service community 
schools. 
(4) An explanation of how the State will provide 
technical assistance and training, including profes-
sional 
development, 
at 
full-service 
community 
schools.
(5) An explanation of how the State will collect 
and evaluate information on full-service community 
schools. 
(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. 
(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 section 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 
2005 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2006 through 2009. 
(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). 
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