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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6002 
To allow participants in the Service Corps of Retired Executives to teach 
entrepreneurship at community learning centers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 19, 2023 
Mr. PHILLIPS (for himself, Mr. HILL, and Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas) introduced 
the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To allow participants in the Service Corps of Retired Execu-
tives to teach entrepreneurship at community learning 
centers, 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 ‘‘21st Century Entre-
preneurship Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
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(1) entrepreneurship creates new jobs, grows 
the economy, increases productivity, and signifi-
cantly improves the quality of life of the people of 
the United States; 
(2) entrepreneurship rates in the United States 
have been unstable over the last several decades; 
(3) children from disadvantaged communities 
are less likely to become entrepreneurs and inven-
tors, hampering economic growth and harming com-
munities most in need; 
(4) studies show that children with mentors in 
entrepreneurship and inventorship are more likely to 
pursue these fields in adulthood; and 
(5) in order to promote growth in disadvan-
taged communities, increase entrepreneurship rates, 
and improve the economy, volunteer mentors with 
the SCORE program should be encouraged to en-
gage with children in community learning centers. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER.—The term 
‘‘community learning center’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 4201(b) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7171(b)). 
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(2) SCORE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘SCORE 
program’’ means the Service Corps of Retired Ex-
ecutives described in section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)). 
SEC. 4. ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR DISADVAN-
TAGED YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall, in consultation with the 
SCORE Program— 
(1) develop a curriculum for volunteers with the 
SCORE program to teach entrepreneurship to stu-
dents served by community learning centers; and 
(2) in developing the curriculum required under 
paragraph (1), collaborate with education specialists, 
entrepreneurship groups, business groups, and 
groups with experience serving underrepresented 
children. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, shall develop and implement a 
strategy to teach the curriculum developed under sub-
section (a)(1) to the students described in that paragraph 
through community learning centers. 
(c) COLLABORATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS.—In 
teaching the curriculum developed under subsection (a), 
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volunteers with the SCORE program are encouraged to 
collaborate with other entrepreneurial development pro-
grams of the Small Business Administration and other 
agencies, including— 
(1) small business development centers de-
scribed in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648); 
(2) women’s business centers operating under 
section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
656); and 
(3) centers overseen by the Minority Business 
Development Agency (established under section 
100002 of the Minority Business Development Act 
of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9501)). 
(d) SCORE PROGRAM.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended, 
in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and to teach students 
entrepreneurship through community learning centers (as 
defined in section 4201(b) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171(b)))’’ be-
fore the period at the end. 
(e) COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS.—Part B of 
title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) 
in 
section 
4201(a)(2) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
7171(a)(2)), by inserting ‘‘entrepreneurship edu-
cation taught through volunteers with the SCORE 
program (as defined in section 8(b)(1)(B) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B))),’’ 
after ‘‘apprenticeship programs,’’; and 
(2) in section 4205(a) (20 U.S.C. 7175(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (14), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) entrepreneurship education described in 
section 4201(a)(2).’’. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and En-
trepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small 
Business of the House of Representatives a report that— 
(1) identifies instance of the use of the cur-
riculum described in subsection (a) by the SCORE 
program and a community learning center during 
the preceding 2-year period; 
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