article: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Full-Service Schools Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Congressional Findings.--The Congress finds that-- (1) one in five children entering school in 1993 lives in poverty; (2) students from poor families are three times more likely to drop out of school than students from more advantaged homes; (3) nearly 40 percent of the females who drop out of school do so as a result of pregnancy; (4) in the past two decades, the percentage of women with children under the age of six who are working or seeking employment outside the home has nearly doubled; (5) more than 8 million children in this country have no form of health insurance which may lead to untreated conditions, unnecessary diseases and death; (6) more than 70 percent of the children who need psychiatric treatment do not receive services; (7) children who are victims of child abuse, poverty, malnutrition, lack of health care, alcohol and drug abuse are at risk for failure; (8) without health and social intervention, at-risk children are often unable to improve academic performance; and (9) to obtain improvements in the educational system, an integrated system which includes comprehensive health and human services for at-risk children and their families is necessary. (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act-- (1) to integrate service delivery systems to provide comprehensive public education, training, health and human services to at-risk children at locations accessible to and utilized by such children and their families; (2) to achieve systemic reform at the Federal, State, and local levels and to restructure service delivery at the local level; and (3) to improve the educational performance of at-risk children. SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP. (a) In General.--There is established the Federal Interagency Work Group composed of the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor and funded equally by the departments of the representative Secretaries to facilitate collaboration between agencies and to mobilize Federal policy to achieve systemic reform to meet the comprehensive needs of at-risk children and to provide grants to the States and local entities to develop similar programs at the State and local levels. (b) Duties.--The Group shall-- (1) assist Federal, State, and local agencies in developing, implementing, and evaluating service integration programs under this Act; (2) to the greatest extent possible, coordinate agency resources and funding allowing for the consolidation of Federal categorical programs, when requests for such waivers are made; (3) establish and maintain a national data base that includes the collaborative efforts of the Government, the States, local entities, and private entities to serve at-risk children; (4) make grants to the States to develop an interagency work group and fund local efforts to integrate services for at- risk youth and their families; (5) determine the amounts of each grant by considering how many local project sites the State interagency group can reasonably target with not more than $200,000 allocated to a site; and (6) waive certain Federal requirements that impede collaborative efforts if such waivers will result in a more efficient use of resources. (c) Fiscal Agent.--The Secretary of Education shall act as the fiscal agent for the Group. SEC. 4. STATE ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, a State shall-- (1) establish a State interagency work group between, at a minimum, the departments at the State level that provide public education and health and human services; (2) develop preservice and inservice training that assists staff members to understand the communities in which they work and the full array of resources that are available to help at- risk children and their families; (3) require equal financial or in-kind contributions by the departments referred to in paragraph (1); (4) state as a goal the integration of existing funding sources from the departments represented; (5) designate a fiscal agent to be responsible for the receipt and disbursement of Federal funds; (6) provide assurances that successful programs will be used as models and that information regarding program successes are disseminated throughout the State; and (7) assist local entities in developing interagency agreements at the local level. SEC. 5. LOCAL ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, a local entity shall-- (1) develop a community planning process that includes-- (A) parents and family members; (B) local school officials; (C) officials from institutions of higher education if such institutions are located in the local area; (D) public and private nonprofit organizations that provide health care, education, employment training services, child protective services or other human services; and (E) teachers selected by a local teacher association; (2) develop mandatory services as recommended by the planning group under paragraph (1); (3) if located in a city with a population of 100,000 or more individuals-- (A) establish a local interagency work group between a local educational agency eligible for funds for chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and, at a minimum, 1 nonprofit community-based organization which has provided social services to low-income, at-risk youth and their families; and (B) include parents in the operation and governance of the local interagency work group; (4) require equal financial or in-kind contributions of the local educational agency and entities represented; (5) give an assurance that such entity shall make a reasonable effort to initiate structural reform; and (6) designate a fiscal agent to receive funds from the State under this Act. SEC. 6. APPLICATIONS. (a) State Applications.--(1) A State that desires to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an application to the Federal Interagency Work Group in such form and containing such information as the Federal Interagency Work Group may reasonably require and which includes-- (A) assurances that the eligibility requirements under section 4 are or shall be met; and (B) program goals and objectives, including an approximation of use for the number of project sites per State. (2) The Federal Interagency Work Group shall give priority consideration to States that include in the State interagency work group, nonprofit agencies, and private profit agencies that have worked with disadvantaged children and their families. (b) Local Applications.--A local entity that desires to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an application to the State interagency work group in such form and containing such information as the State may reasonably require and which includes-- (A) assurances that the eligibility requirements under section 5 are or shall be met; and (B) specifications regarding the targeted areas, goals of the community, interim progress goals and the intended outcomes. SEC. 7. GRANT LIMITATIONS. (a) State Limitation.--A State interagency group that receives funds under this Act may not use more than $100,000 or not more than 3 percent, whichever is less, of such funds for administrative and staff costs to establish an interagency work group. The balance of such funds shall be distributed to local entities. (b) Local Limitation.--A local educational agency that receives funds under this Act may not use more than 5 percent of such funds for administrative and staff costs to establish an interagency work group and not more than $200,000 per site. SEC. 8. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. (a) Improvement Programs.--A local entity that receives funds under this Act shall develop or expand programs that are designed to improve educational performance by-- (1) reducing school dropout rates; (2) reducing teenage pregnancy rates; (3) increasing the number of students who return to school after dropping out; (4) improving access to primary health care for families and their children; (5) increasing adult/family literacy; or (6) reducing the number of children in unsupervised settings before and after school, holidays, and during the summer months. (b) Optional Activities.--A local entity that receives funds under this Act may develop a variety of programs to serve the comprehensive needs of students, including-- (1) job training and employment services; (2) homework assistance and after school programs; (3) mental health and family counseling; (4) nutrition education and services; (5) health care services; (6) bilingual education programs; (7) parental training programs; and (8) adult literacy programs. SEC. 9. REPORTS. (a) Local Reports.--A local interagency work group that receives funds under this Act shall submit to the State interagency work group an annual report that describes and evaluates the services provided, including costs and benefits of services, including progress toward meeting goals and revised objectives. (b) State Reports.--A State interagency work group that receives funds under this Act shall submit to the Federal Interagency Work Group a report not later than the end of the second calendar year during which funds are received that evaluates the effectiveness of local programs in developing and maintaining integrated services for at-risk children. (c) Federal Reports.--The Federal Interagency Work Group that receives funds under this Act shall submit to the Congress a report not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act that includes a detailed analysis of student outcomes (such as dropout rates, academic performance, and usage of drug and alcohol) and systems outcomes (effectiveness of cooperative agreements between education and service agencies). SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Act-- (1) the term ``at-risk children'' means individuals from birth to 18 years of age, who attend a public school where 75 percent or more (for elementary) and 60 percent or more (for secondary) of the students are eligible for the free and reduced price lunch program, or are Native Americans attending schools where the student population is composed of a majority of Native Americans; (2) the term ``local entity'' means a local educational agency and a community-based organization as defined in section 1471 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (3) the term ``State'' has the same meaning as such term in section 1471 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated $72,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996 to carry out the programs under this Act.
summary: Full-Service Schools Act - Establishes the Federal Interagency Work Group to facilitate collaboration among Federal agencies and make grants to States and local entities in order to integrate education, health, and social and human services for at-risk children and their families. Provides that the Group shall be composed of the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor and funded equally by their departments. Sets forth Group duties and State and local eligibility requirements. Sets forth application requirements and grant limitations. Requires local programs to include activities to improve educational performance by: (1) reducing school dropout and teen pregnancy rates and the number of children in unsupervised settings; (2) increasing adult/family literacy and the number of students returning to school after dropping out; and (3) improving access to primary health care for families and their children. Allows local programs to develop a variety of programs to serve the comprehensive needs of students, including specified optional activities. Authorizes appropriations.