IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1137 
Supporting the designation of the week of September 21 through September 
25, 2020, as ‘‘Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 
Ms. JUDY CHU of California (for herself, Mr. KILDEE, and Ms. MENG) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the designation of the week of September 21 
through September 25, 2020, as ‘‘Community School 
Coordinators Appreciation Week’’. 
Whereas community schools marshal, align, and unite the as-
sets, resources, and capacity of schools and communities 
for the success of students, families, and communities; 
Whereas community schools are an effective, evidence-based, 
and equity-driven strategy for school improvement in-
cluded under section 4625 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7275); 
Whereas community schools that provide integrated student 
supports, well-designed and expanded learning opportuni-
ties, and active family and community engagement, and 
that use collaborative leadership and practices have posi-
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tive academic and nonacademic outcomes, including im-
provements in student attendance, behavior, academic 
achievement, school readiness, mental and physical 
health, high school graduation rates, school climate, and 
reduced racial and economic achievement gaps; 
Whereas community schools have the potential for closing ra-
cial and economic achievement gaps, as indicated in a 
2017 report; 
Whereas a 2020 study found that New York City’s commu-
nity schools had a positive impact on student attendance, 
ontime grade progression, and credit accumulation for 
high school students; 
Whereas community schools provide a strong social return on 
investment, with one study citing a social return of be-
tween $10 to $15 for every dollar invested over a 3-year 
period; 
Whereas community school coordinators are essential to 
building successful community schools and creating, 
strengthening, and maintaining partnerships between 
community schools and their communities; 
Whereas community school coordinators facilitate and provide 
leadership for the collaborative process and development 
of a continuum of supports and opportunities for chil-
dren, families, and others within a school’s community 
that allow all students to learn and the community to 
thrive; 
Whereas the coronavirus disease 2019 (referred to in this 
preamble as ‘‘COVID–19’’) pandemic poses additional 
academic, social, emotional, and health challenges for stu-
dents, educators, and staff at community schools; 
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Whereas community school coordinators have proven to be in-
novative and resourceful in response to the COVID–19 
pandemic, including through organizing volunteers for 
mobile food pantries, hosting virtual parent hangouts and 
student lunch groups, continuing to support onsite behav-
ioral health programs through an online platform, and 
participating in advocacy efforts to halt eviction orders in 
their communities; 
Whereas community school coordinators, through their role, 
deliver a strong monetary return on investment for com-
munity schools and their communities, with one study cit-
ing a return of $7.11 for every dollar invested in the sal-
ary of a community school coordinator; and 
Whereas ‘‘Community School Coordinators Appreciation 
Week’’, celebrated from September 21 through Sep-
tember 25, 2020, recognizes, raises awareness of, and 
celebrates the thousands of community school coordina-
tors across the country and the critical role of community 
school coordinators in the success of students: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Community 
School Coordinators Appreciation Week’’; 
(2) thanks community school coordinators for 
the work they do to serve students, families, and 
communities, especially as communities continue to 
respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic; 
and 
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