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Question: SECTION 1. TEACHER RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND TRAINING.

(a) In General.--Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating part E as part F;
(2) by redesignating sections 2401 and 2402 as sections
2501 and 2502, respectively; and
(3) by inserting after part D the following:

''PART E--TEACHER RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND TRAINING

''SEC. 2401. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

''(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to make grants to
local educational agencies to permit such agencies to recruit, retain,
and train high-quality teachers by carrying out one or more of the
activities described in subsection (b).
''(b) Uses of Funds.--
''(1) Recruitment, retention, and training activities.--A
local educational agency that receives a grant under this part
may use the grant funds for any of the following recruitment,
retention, and training activities:
''(A) Providing signing bonuses for teachers.
''(B) Carrying out merit pay programs.
''(C) Providing performance bonuses to teachers.
''(D) Providing scholarships to teachers to pursue
advanced course work.
''(E) Providing mentoring programs for teachers.
''(F) Coordinating with institutions of higher
education to provide professional development for
teachers.
''(G) Any other activity that the local educational
agency believes to be effective in recruiting,
retaining, or training high-quality teachers.

''SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2003 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6603) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ''part C)'' and
inserting ''parts C and E)''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ''(other than parts C
and E)'' after ''title''.

SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHERS.

(a) Elimination of New Borrower Restrictions.--
(1) FFEL program.--Section 428J(b) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(b)) is amended by striking ''for
any new borrower on or after October 1, 1998, who'' and
inserting ''for any borrower who''.
(2) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(b)(1) of such
Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)) is amended by striking ''for any
new borrower on or after October 1, 1998, who'' and inserting
''for any borrower who''.
(b) Expansion of Eligible Teaching Locations and Subjects;
Eliminating Delay in Service Benefit.--
(1) FFEL program.--Section 428J(b)(1) of such Act is
amended by striking everything preceding subparagraph (B) and
inserting the following:
''(1) has been employed as a full-time teacher--
''(A)(i) in a school that qualifies under section
465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan
recipients who teach in such schools;
''(ii) as a full-time special education teacher, as
described in section 465(a)(2)(C); or
''(iii) as a full-time teacher in any field of
expertise where the State educational agency determines
there is a shortage of qualified teachers;''.
(2) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(b)(1)(A) of
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking
everything preceding clause (ii) and inserting the following:
''(A) has been employed as a full-time teacher--
''(i)(I) in a school that qualifies under
section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for
Perkins loan recipients who teach in such
schools;
''(II) as a full-time special education
teacher, as described in section 465(a)(2)(C);
or
''(III) as a full-time teacher in any field
of expertise where the State educational agency
determines there is a shortage of qualified
teachers;''.
(c) Amounts Subject to Forgiveness.--
(1) FFEL program.--Section 428J(c) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)) is amended by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
''(1) Amount and rate of repayment.--The Secretary shall
repay an amount that is not more than $20,000 in the aggregate
of the loan obligation on a loan made under section 428 or 428H
that is outstanding after the completion of the first complete
school year of teaching described in subsection (b)(1) for
which the borrower seeks repayment under this section. Such
amount shall be repaid at the rate of 15 percent for the first
or second year of such service, 20 percent for the third or
fourth year of such service, and 30 percent for the fifth year
of such service. No borrower may receive a reduction of loan
obligations under both this section and section 460.''.
(2) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(c) of such
Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (1)
and inserting the following:
''(1) Amount and rate of repayment.--The Secretary shall
cancel an amount that is not more than $20,000 in the aggregate
of the loan obligation on a loan made under section 428 or 428H
that is outstanding after the completion of the first complete
school year of teaching described in subsection (b)(1)(A). Such
amount shall be canceled at the rate of 15 percent for the
first or second year of such service, 20 percent for the third
or fourth year of such service, and 30 percent for the fifth
year of such service.''.

Answer: Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a new program for teacher recruitment, retention, and training. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies to recruit, retain, and train high-quality teachers through one or more specified types of activities.Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise student loan forgiveness for teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan and Federal Direct Loan programs. Expands forgiveness eligibility by: (1) eliminating requirements allowing only certain new borrowers to participate; and (2) increasing the types of eligible teaching locations and subjects. Eliminates a service requirement that an individual teach at least five consecutive complete school years before being eligible for program benefits. Increases to $20,000 the aggregate amount of an individual teacher's student loan obligation which may be forgiven, and revises the rate of repayment.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Hereditary Disorders Newborn
Screening Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF STATES TO PROVIDE NEWBORN AND
CHILD SCREENING FOR HERITABLE DISORDERS.

Part A of title XI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300b-1 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''SEC. 1108. IMPROVED NEWBORN AND CHILD SCREENING FOR HERITABLE
DISORDERS.

''(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator
of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants
to eligible entities to enhance, improve or expand the ability of State
and local public health agencies to provide screening, counseling or
preventive care services to newborns and children having or at risk for
heritable disorders.
''(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts provided under a grant awarded under
subsection (a) shall be used to--
''(1) establish, expand, or improve systems or programs to
provide screening, counseling, testing or specialty services
for newborns and children at risk for heritable disorders;
''(2) establish, expand, or improve programs or services to
reduce mortality or morbidity from heritable disorders;
''(3) establish, expand, or improve systems or programs to
provide information and counseling on available therapies for
newborns and children with heritable disorders;
''(4) improve the access of medically underserved
populations to screening, counseling, testing and specialty
services for newborns and children having or at risk for
heritable disorders; or
''(5) conduct such other activities as may be necessary to
enable newborns and children having or at risk for heritable
disorders to receive screening, counseling, testing or
specialty services, regardless of income, race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
''(c) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
subsection (a) an entity shall--
''(1) be a State or political subdivision of a State, or a
consortium of 2 or more States or political subdivisions of
States; and
''(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an application
that includes--
''(A) a plan to use amounts awarded under the grant
to meet specific health status goals and objectives
relative to heritable disorders, including attention to
needs of medically underserved populations;
''(B) a plan for the collection of outcome data or
other methods of evaluating the degree to which amounts
awarded under this grant will be used to achieve the
goals and objectives identified under subparagraph (A);
''(C) a plan for monitoring and ensuring the
quality of services provided under the grant;
''(D) an assurance that amounts awarded under the
grant will be used only to implement the approved plan
for the State;
''(E) an assurance that the provision of services
under the plan is coordinated with services provided
under programs implemented in the State under titles V,
XVIII, XIX, XX, or XXI of the Social Security Act
(subject to Federal regulations applicable to such
programs) so that the coverage of services under such
titles is not substantially diminished by the use of
granted funds; and
''(F) such other information determined by the
Secretary to be necessary.
''(d) Limitation.--An eligible entity may not use amounts received
under this section to--
''(1) provide cash payments to or on behalf of affected
individuals;
''(2) provide inpatient services;
''(3) purchase land or make capital improvements to
property; or
''(4) provide for proprietary research or training.
''(e) Voluntary Participation.--The participation by any individual
in any program or portion thereof established or operated with funds
received under this section shall be wholly voluntary and shall not be
a prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any other service or
assistance from, or to participation in, another Federal or State
program.
''(f) Supplement Not Supplant.--Funds appropriated under this
section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal,
State, and local public funds provided for activities of the type
described in this section.
''(g) Publication.
''(1) In general.--An application submitted under
subsection (c)(2) shall be made public by the State in such a
manner as to facilitate comment from any person, including
through hearings and other methods used to facilitate comments
from the public.
''(2) Comments.--Comments received by the State after the
publication described in paragraph (1) shall be addressed in
the application submitted under subsection (c)(2).
''(h) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide to
entities receiving grants under subsection (a) such technical
assistance as may be necessary to ensure the quality of programs
conducted under this section.
''(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section, such sums as may be necessary
for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2011.

''SEC. 1109. EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEWBORN AND CHILD
SCREENING PROGRAMS.

''(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award grants to eligible
entities to provide for the conduct of demonstration programs to
evaluate the effectiveness of screening, counseling or preventive care
services in reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by heritable
disorders in newborns and children.
''(b) Demonstration Programs.--A demonstration program conducted
under a grant under this section shall be designed to evaluate and
assess, within the jurisdiction of the entity receiving such grant--
''(1) the effectiveness of screening, counseling, testing
or specialty services for newborns and children at risk for
heritable disorders in reducing the morbidity and mortality
associated with such disorders;
''(2) the effectiveness of screening, counseling, testing
or specialty services in accurately and reliably diagnosing
heritable disorders in newborns and children; or
''(3) the availability of screening, counseling, testing or
specialty services for newborns and children at risk for
heritable disorders.
''(c) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
subsection (a) an entity shall be a State or political subdivision of a
State, or a consortium of 2 or more States or political subdivisions of
States.

''SEC. 1110. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HERITABLE DISORDERS IN NEWBORNS AND
CHILDREN.

''(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish an advisory
committee to be known as the 'Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders
in Newborns and Children' (referred to in this section as the 'Advisory
Committee').
''(b) Duties.--The Advisory Committee shall--
''(1) provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary
concerning grants and projects awarded or funded under section
1108;
''(2) provide technical information to the Secretary for
the development of policies and priorities for the
administration of grants under section 1108; and
''(3) provide such recommendations, advice or information
as may be necessary to enhance, expand or improve the ability
of the Secretary to reduce the mortality or morbidity from
heritable disorders.
''(c) Membership.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall appoint not to
exceed 15 members to the Advisory Committee. In appointing such
members, the Secretary shall ensure that the total membership
of the Advisory Committee is an odd number.
''(2) Required members.--The Secretary shall appoint to the
Advisory Committee under paragraph (1)--
''(A) the Administrator of the Health Resources and
Services Administration;
''(B) the Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention;
''(C) the Director of the National Institutes of
Health;
''(D) the Director of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality;
''(E) medical or scientific professionals with
special expertise in heritable disorders, or in
providing screening, counseling, testing or specialty
services for newborns and children at risk for
heritable disorders;
''(F) members of the public having special
expertise about or concern with heritable disorders;
and
''(G) representatives from such Federal agencies,
public health constituencies, and medical professional
societies as determined to be necessary by the
Secretary, to fulfill the duties of the Advisory
Committee, as established under subsection (b).''.

Answer: Directs the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to provide for the conduct of demonstration programs to evaluate the effectiveness of screening, counseling or preventive care services in reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by heritable disorders in newborns and children.
Direct the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to be known as the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Job Corps Youth Sentencing
Alternative for Vocational Education and Training Act'' or the
''YOUTHSAVE Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Over 1,000,000 offenders are incarcerated in the
Nation's prisons and jails, and Federal and State correctional
systems face severe prison overcrowding.
(2) The annual costs of incarceration range as high as
$36,000 per inmate and represent one of the fastest growing
expenses facing States.
(3) Most juvenile offenders, regardless of the seriousness
of their crimes, are released at the age of 21, and are poorly
educated, unskilled, and unprepared to enter the workforce.
(4) Research on crime prevention shows that early
intervention directed at first-time offenders is essential to
helping them avoid a lifetime of crime.
(5) Studies have shown that inmates who receive job
training in prison are 3 times less likely to return to jail
after being released than their counterparts who do not receive
job training.
(6) The current system of juvenile incarceration usually
serves to warehouse offenders without providing effective
counseling, education, and job training necessary to reorient
youth inmates away from crime.
(7) Successful efforts to educate and train convicted
youths could result in substantial cost savings in terms of
reduced crime, incarceration, public assistance, and in higher
payroll tax revenues.
(8) The Job Corps program, authorized under part B of title
IV of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et
seq.), is the Nation's only residential education and
vocational training program targeted to serve low-income youth
who face multiple barriers to becoming economically self-
sufficient.
(9) The Job Corps program has a documented record of
success during its 29 years of operation, including a 75
percent placement rate of successfully helping graduates obtain
permanent employment, return to school, or enter the armed
services, and such program returns $1.46 on every $1.00
invested in the program.
(10) Eligibility requirements of the Job Corps program
limit the participation of youths with certain behavioral
problems and youths who are being adjudicated or have been
convicted of crimes.
(11) Under section 433(a)(3) of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1703(a)(3)), the Secretary of Labor
is authorized to undertake one or more pilot projects designed
to involve youths who have a history of behavioral problems in
order to provide these youths with the education, job training,
and counseling services that have proved so successful among
regular Job Corps participants.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to establish separate Job Corps Youthsave centers for
youths who have been convicted of nonviolent criminal offenses
which shall be an alternative sentencing option for such
youths;
(2) to provide youth offenders at such centers with
intensive counseling, education, and job training in order to
help them become self-sufficient members of society; and
(3) to provide a disciplined environment at such centers in
which youth offenders can receive maximum benefit from regular
Job Corps services and other services geared specifically to
the needs of such offenders.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOB CORPS YOUTHSAVE PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Part B of title IV of the Job Training Partnership
Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 433A
the following new section:

''SEC. 433B. JOB CORPS YOUTHSAVE PROGRAM.

''(a) Authorization.--The Secretary is authorized to make
agreements in accordance with section 427 with entities described in
such section for the purpose of establishing and operating up to 10 Job
Corps Youthsave centers to provide comprehensive education and training
services to eligible youths described in subsection (b). Such Youthsave
centers shall be established and operated separately from the Job Corps
centers established and operated pursuant to section 427.
''(b) Eligible Youths.--A youth shall be eligible to become an
enrollee in the Job Corps at a center established and operated under
subsection (a) only if--
''(1) the youth meets the eligibility requirements
described in section 423 (except the requirements described in
paragraph (4) of such section); and
''(2) the youth has been convicted of a non-violent
criminal offense under Federal or State law and the sentence of
such offense is active at the time of enrollment.
''(c) Screening and Selection.--
''(1) In general.--(A) The Secretary, in consultation with
the individuals and entities described in subparagraph (B),
shall develop regulations for the screening and selection of
applicants for the Job Corps at centers established and
operated under subsection (a).
''(B) The individuals and entities described in this
subparagraph include the Attorney General, State attorneys
general, and appropriate individuals and entities such as
community action agencies, community-based organizations,
public employment agencies, individuals and entities
administering programs under title II, professional
organizations, labor organizations, and agencies and
individuals having contact with youths over a substantial
period of time and able to offer reliable information as to the
needs and problems of such youths.
''(2) Interviewing requirements.--The Secretary shall
ensure that the regulations described in paragraph (1) provide
for the interviewing of each applicant for the purpose of--
''(A) ensuring that the applicant understands that
enrollment in the Job Corps at a center established and
operated under subsection (a) is 1 sentencing option
available to such applicant;
''(B) ensuring that the applicant chooses such
option freely and for the purpose of receiving
education and job training services;
''(C) ensuring that the applicant understands the
Job Corps program and what will be expected of the
applicant in the event of acceptance;
''(D) obtaining from the applicant pertinent data
relating to background and needs of such applicant; and
''(E) determining whether the applicant's
educational and vocational needs can be met through the
Job Corps at a center established and operated under
subsection (a).
''(3) Special limitation.--The requirements described in
section 425(a) shall apply with respect to the screening and
selection of applicants for the Job Corps at centers
established and operated under subsection (a).
''(4) Dissemination.--The Secretary shall disseminate the
regulations developed under paragraph (1) to appropriate
individuals and organizations, including Federal and State
courts, probation officers, parole officers, appropriate social
service entities providing services to juvenile offenders, and
other law enforcement authorities and personnel.
''(d) Education and Training Services.--The Secretary may not enter
into an agreement with an entity described in section 427 for the
purpose of establishing and operating a center under subsection (a)
unless the entity agrees that it will provide enrollees with a
comprehensive program of education, vocational training, work
experience, planned vocational activities, physical rehabilitation and
development, and counseling.
''(e) Project Agreement.--Each center established and operated
under subsection (a) shall provide services and facilities under a
project agreement with 1 or more State or local agencies that--
''(1) requires such State and local agencies to provide, in
the aggregate, not less than 30 percent of the cost
attributable to operating such center; and
''(2) contains or is accompanied by such other information
and assurances as the Secretary may require.
''(f) Instructor Training.--The Secretary shall ensure that each
center established and operated under subsection (a) is staffed with
instructors who have received appropriate training in techniques in
dealing with youth offenders.
''(g) Maintenance of Information.--The Secretary shall maintain
information, separate from regular Job Corps statistics, on the
performance of the centers established and operated under subsection
(a) and the enrollees served by such centers, including placement
statistics and other related tracking information on the performance of
such enrollees.
''(h) Outreach.--The Secretary shall disseminate information
regarding the centers established and operated under subsection (a) to
appropriate Federal and State judges, juvenile delinquency prevention
personnel, attorneys, community-based organizations, and other
interested individuals and organizations for the purpose of increasing
awareness of and referrals to such centers.
''(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--
''(1) In general.--In addition to amounts authorized to be
appropriated under section 3(d) for a fiscal year, there are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a)
$60,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 2004.
''(2) Availability.--Amounts appropriated under paragraph
(1) shall remain available until expended.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents of the Job
Training Partnership Act is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 433A the following new item:

''Sec. 433B. Job Corps Youthsave Program.''.

Answer:
Job Corps Youth Sentencing Alternative for Vocational Education and Training Act (or YOUTHSAVE Act) - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a separate Youthsave program, under the Job Corps program, to provide education and job training services to eligible youths convicted of non-violent criminal offenses.
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make agreements with specified entities to establish and operate up to ten Youthsave centers.
Authorizes appropriations.