article: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Role Models Academy Demonstration Act''. (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish a Role Models Academy that-- (1) serves as a model, residential, military style magnet school for at-risk youth from around the Nation who cease to attend secondary school before graduation from secondary school; and (2) will foster a student's growth and development by providing a residential, controlled environment conducive for developing leadership skills, self-discipline, citizenship, and academic and vocational excellence in a structured living and learning environment. (c) Definitions.--For the purpose of this Act-- (1) the term ``Academy'' means the academy established under section 3; (2) the term ``former member of the Armed Forces'' means any individual who was discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions; (3) the term ``local educational agency'' has the meaning given that term in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801); (4) the term ``secondary school'' has the meaning given that term in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801); and (5) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Education. SEC. 2. OBJECTIVES. The objectives of this Act are as follows: (1) To provide a comprehensive, coherent, integrated, high quality, cost-effective, residential, education and vocational training academy for the Nation's at-risk youth, designed to meet the entrance demands of colleges and universities and the needs of employers. (2) To establish a comprehensive, national partnership investment model among the Federal Government, States, corporate America, and colleges and universities. (3) To provide for community partnerships among local community leaders, businesses, and churches to provide mentoring to Academy students. (4) To provide for a community partnership between the Academy and the local school system under which model Academy students will serve as mentors to at-risk youth who are attending school to provide such in-school at-risk youth with valuable instruction and insights regarding-- (A) the prevention of drug use and crime; (B) self-restraint; and (C) conflict resolution skills. (5) To provide Academy students with-- (A) the tools to become productive citizens; (B) learning skills; (C) traditional, moral, ethical, and family values; (D) work ethics; (E) motivation; (F) self-confidence; and (G) pride. (6) To provide employment opportunities at the Academy for former members of the Armed Forces and participants in the program assisted under section 1151 of title 10, United States Code (Troops to Teachers Program). (7) To make the Academy available, upon demonstration of success, for expansion or duplication throughout every State, through block grant funding or other means. SEC. 3. ACADEMY ESTABLISHED. The Secretary shall carry out a demonstration program under which the Secretary establishes a four-year, residential, military style academy-- (1) that shall offer at-risk youth secondary school coursework and vocational training, and that may offer precollegiate coursework; (2) that focuses on the education and vocational training of youth at risk of delinquency or dropping out of secondary school; (3) whose teachers are primarily composed of former members of the Armed Forces or participants in the program assisted under section 1151 of title 10, United States Code (Troops to Teachers Program), if such former members or participants are qualified and trained to teach at the Academy; (4) that operates a mentoring program that-- (A) utilizes mentors from all sectors of society to serve as role models for Academy students; (B) provides, to the greatest extent possible, one- to-one mentoring relationships between mentors and Academy students; and (C) involves mentors providing academic tutoring, advice, career counseling, and role models; (5) that may contain a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit established in accordance with section 2031 of title 10, United States Code; (6) that is housed on the site of any military installation closed pursuant to a base closure law; and (7) if the Secretary determines that the Academy is effective, that serves as a model for similar military style academies throughout the United States.
summary: Role Models Academy Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a demonstration program under which a four-year, residential, military-style academy (the Role Models Academy) is established which: (1) offers at-risk youth secondary school coursework and vocational training (and may offer precollegiate coursework); (2) focuses on the education and vocational training of youth at risk of delinquency or dropping out of secondary school; (3) has a teaching staff primarily composed of former members of the armed forces or participants in the Troops to Teachers Program, if they are qualified and trained to teach at the Academy; (4) operates a mentoring program involving role models from all sectors of society; (5) may contain a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit; (6) is housed on the site of any military installation closed pursuant to a base closure law; and (7) if effective, serves as a model for similar military-style academies throughout the United States.