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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy
Reduction Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The U.S. has the highest teenage pregnancy rate of any
fully industrialized country.
(2) One in three girls in the U.S. becomes pregnant at
least once by the age of 20.
(3) Girls who become pregnant are more likely to drop out
of high school, less likely to complete college, more likely to
give birth to low-birth weight babies, and more likely to live
in poverty.
(4) The children born to teenage mothers are more likely to
have learning disabilities, less likely to complete high
school, and more likely to live in poverty.
(5) Girls born to teenage mothers are more likely to become
teenager mothers themselves; boys born to teenage mothers are
more likely to end up in prison.
(6) Innovative initiatives, such as increasing parental
involvement and portraying the consequences of teenage
pregnancy through the media, exist that can reduce the rates of
teenage pregnancy and give every young person a better hope for
the future.
(7) Research shows that a wide variety of programs have
been successful at delaying sexual activity and reducing
teenage pregnancy, including efforts that engage students in
community service, promote youth development, provide
preventive health services, offer sex and HIV/AIDS education,
and more.

SEC. 3. MENTOR-MENTEE TEEN PREGNANCY REDUCTION GRANT PROGRAM.

Title V of the Social Security Act is amended--
(1) in section 510(d) (42 U.S.C. 710(d)), by inserting
''and grants under section 511'' after ''under subsection (a)''
; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new section:

''mentor-mentee teen pregnancy reduction grant program

''Sec. 511. (a) From the amount appropriated in section 510(d) for
a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2009) which is not allotted
to a State under section 510, the Secretary shall award competitive
grants for the creation of school-based programs that provide mentoring
to at-risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy. In
awarding such grants for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall give
priority to programs in States that have elected not to receive an
allotment under section 510 for the fiscal year.
''(b)(1) No grant may be awarded under this section except to an
entity that is a local educational agency (as defined in section 9101
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) or a community-
based organization.
''(2) Funds provided under such a grant may only be used in a
school-based setting for the following purposes:
''(A) To recruit, train, and support mentors.
''(B) To hire mentoring coordinators and provide
professional development.
''(C) To pay for outreach materials.
''(D) To provide activities that will help in the
development of a mentee, such as--
''(i) workshops, classes, and after-school
activities, which may include family life and sex
education and may provide--
''(I) information that stresses the
importance of abstinence and postponing sexual
involvement;
''(II) medically accurate information on
the importance of contraception for those who
are sexually active, on condom use, and on HIV
and sexually transmitted diseases; and
''(III) information that reflects mores and
values of the community involved.
''(ii) preparation for standardized examinations;
''(iii) assistance with college entrance;
''(iv) education in financial literacy;
''(v) tutoring;
''(vi) sports;
''(vii) education in health and nutrition; and
''(viii) education in the arts.
''(3) No grant may be awarded under this section unless the grantee
agrees that, in carrying out the purposes described in paragraph (2),
the grantee will, whenever possible, use strategies relating to family
life and sex education that have been demonstrated to be effective, or
that incorporate characteristics of effective programs.
''(4) No grant may be awarded under this section unless the grantee
agrees that only qualified individuals will serve as mentors under this
section. For the purposes of this paragraph, a 'qualified individual'
is an individual who--
''(A) is a woman who has received at least a baccalaureate
degree from an institution of higher education (as such term is
defined in section 102(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1002(a)));
''(B) is mentoring no more than two mentees under this
section; and
''(C) has been trained and screened by a local educational
agency or community-based organization to do the following for
individual mentees:
''(i) To encourage setting goals and planning for
the future.
''(ii) To promote responsible behavior and help
delay sexual activity.
''(iii) To provide general guidance.
''(iv) To increase participation in school.
''(5) No grant shall be made under this section unless the grantee
agrees to submit to the Secretary, in accordance with the criteria of
the Secretary, a report that provides information on the program
conducted under this section, including outcomes and increased
education and awareness about the prevention of teen pregnancy under
the grant. The Secretary shall make such reports available to the
public.
''(6) Grantees under this section shall expend funds received under
the grant not later than 18 months after the date such funds are
provided under the grant.
''(c)(1) Paragraph (3) of section 502(a) shall apply to grants
under this section in the same manner as it applies to funding made
available under section 502(b).
''(2) Sections 507 and 508 shall apply to grants under this section
to the same extent and in the same manner as such sections apply to
allotments under section 502(c).
''(3) Section 506 shall apply to grants under this section to the
extent determined by the Secretary to be appropriate.
''(d) The Secretary shall, directly or through contract, provide
for evaluations of programs receiving funds under grants under this
section. Such an evaluation shall cover at least 6 programs and
programs representing at least 10 percent of the funding provided under
this section. Each such evaluation for a program shall describe--
''(1) the activities carried out under the grant; and
''(2) the extent to which such activities were effective in
changing attitudes and behavior to achieve the project strategies
consistent with this section.''.

SEC. 4. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR MENTORS WHO PARTICIPATE IN TEEN PREGNANCY
REDUCTION PROGRAM.

(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
is authorized, from the funds appropriated under subsection (g), to
carry out a program to assume the obligation to repay a qualified loan
amount (as determined under subsection (b)) for a Federal student loan,
in accordance with this section, for an individual who--
(1) is a qualified individual to serve as a mentor under
subsection (b)(4) of section 511 of the Social Security Act;
(2) has served as a mentor for the teen pregnancy reduction
grant program authorized under section 511 of the Social
Security Act for not less than 200 hours in an academic year or
its equivalent (as determined by the Secretary); and
(3) is not in default on a loan for which the individual
seeks forgiveness.
(b) Qualified Loan Amount.--The amount of loan forgiveness the
Secretary provides under this section--
(1) shall be equal to $2,000 for every 200 hours of service
an individual serves as a mentor under section 511 of the
Social Security Act in an academic year or its equivalent (as
determined by the Secretary), after the date of the enactment
of this section; and
(2) may not exceed a total of $20,000 for an individual.
(c) Priority.--In providing loan forgiveness under this section,
the Secretary shall give priority to individuals who serve as mentors
for programs under section 511 of the Social Security Act that are
carried out by local educational agencies or community-based
organizations that are located in areas with the highest rates of teen
pregnancy, as determined by the Secretary.
(d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
authorize the refunding of any repayment of a loan.
(e) Regulations.--The Secretary is authorized to issue such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Federal student loan.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the term ''Federal student loan'' means any loan
made, insured, or guaranteed under part B, D, or E of
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(B) Treatment of consolidation loans.--A loan
amount for a loan made under section 428C or section
455(g) shall be considered a Federal student loan under
this paragraph only to the extent that such loan amount
was used to repay a loan made under section 428 or
428H, a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, or a Federal
Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan for an individual who
meets the requirements of subsection (a), as determined
in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary.
(2) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2009 and each of the 3 succeeding fiscal years.
Output:
Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to local educational agencies or community-based organizations for the creation of school-based programs that provide mentoring to at-risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy.

Requires program mentors to be women who: (1) have received at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education; (2) are mentoring no more than two program mentees; and (3) are trained and screened to encourage mentees to engage in responsible, goal-orientated behavior, delay their sexual activity, and increase their participation in school.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide student loan forgiveness, under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, or Perkins Loan programs of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to program mentors who serve for at least 200 hours in an academic year.