Summer of Service Act of 2006 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create Summer of Service programs providing at least 100 hours of summer community service learning opportunities to youth who will subsequently enroll in grades six through nine.
Requires the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide competitive three-year grants to: (1) states under a State Grant program; and (2) public or private organizations under a National Direct Grant program, when a state does not apply for funding or the community service program includes multiple states.
Requires states and organizations, in making project subgrants, to favor entities with established track records that: (1) have leadership positions in the communities from which participating youth will be drawn; (2) focus on youth service during the transition year before high school; (3) encourage or enable youth to continue providing community service throughout the school year; (4) involve youth in the design and operation of the community service project; and (5) include youth of diverse backgrounds, at least 50% of which are from low-income families. Permits such entities to charge the parents of participants an income-based fee to contribute to the nonfederal share of project costs.
Makes each youth serving at least 100 hours in a service-learning project eligible for an educational award of up to $500.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6358 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6358
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a
Summer of Service State grant program, a Summer of Service national
direct grant program, and related national activities, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 5, 2006
Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Honda, Mr.
Shays, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mr.
Walsh) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a
Summer of Service State grant program, a Summer of Service national
direct grant program, and related national activities, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Summer of Service Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Throughout the United States, there are pressing unmet
human, educational, environmental and public safety needs.
(2) Americans desire to affirm common responsibilities and
shared values, and join together in positive experiences, that
transcend race, religion, gender, age, disability, region,
income, and education.
(3) Americans of all ages can improve their communities and
become better citizens through service to their communities.
(4) When youth participate in service activities and see
that they are able to improve the lives of others, the youth
feel better able to control their own lives in a positive way,
avoiding risky behaviors, strengthening their community
connections, and becoming more engaged in their own education.
(5) When youth service is tied to learning objectives, that
service is shown to decrease alienation and behavior problems,
and increase knowledge of community needs, commitment to an
ethic of service, and understanding of politics and morality.
(6) When service is tied to what students are learning in
school, the students make gains on achievement tests, complete
their homework more often, and increase their grade point
averages.
(7) Students who engage in service-learning improve their
communication skills, increase their awareness of career
possibilities, have a deeper understanding of social and
economic issues that face the United States, and develop more
positive workplace attitudes, preparing them to take their
places as future leaders of the United States.
(8) In a national poll, more than 80 percent of parents
said that their child would benefit from an after school
program that offered community service and 95 percent of teens
agreed that is important to volunteer time to community
efforts.
(b) Purpose.--The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) offer youth the chance to spend a summer in service to
their communities as a rite of passage before high school;
(2) teach civic participation skills to youth and help
youth see themselves as resources and leaders for their
communities;
(3) expand educational opportunities and discourage
``summer slide'' by engaging youth in summer service-learning
opportunities;
(4) encourage youth, regardless of age, income, or
disability, to engage in community service;
(5) provide tangible benefits to the communities in which
Summer of Service programs are performed; and
(6) enhance the social-emotional development of youth of
all backgrounds.
SEC. 3. SUMMER OF SERVICE PROGRAMS.
Title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12511 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subtitles F, G, H, and I as subtitles
G, H, I, and J, respectively;
(2) by redesignating sections 160 through 166 as sections
159A through 159G, respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subtitle E the following:
``Subtitle F--Summer of Service Programs
``SEC. 161. DEFINITIONS.
``In this subtitle:
``(1) Educational award.--The term `educational award'
means an award disbursed under section 162B(d) or 163B(d).
``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a
public or private nonprofit organization, an institution of
higher education, a local educational agency, a public
elementary school or public secondary school, or a consortium
of 2 or more of the entities described in this paragraph.
``(3) Eligible youth.--The term `eligible youth' means a
youth who will be enrolled in the sixth, seventh, eighth, or
ninth grade at the end of the summer for which the youth would
participate in community service under this subtitle.
``PART I--SUMMER OF SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM
``SEC. 162. GRANTS TO STATES.
``(a) Grants.--
``(1) In general.--The Chief Executive Officer shall award
grants on a competitive basis to States, to enable the State
Commissions--
``(A) to carry out State-level activities under
subsection (d); and
``(B) to award subgrants on a competitive basis
under section 162A to eligible entities to pay for the
Federal share of the cost of carrying out community
service projects.
``(2) Funds for educational awards.--The Chief Executive
Officer shall decide whether funds appropriated to carry out
this part and available for educational awards (referred to in
this part as `educational award funds') shall be--
``(A) included in the funds for such grants to
States and subgrants to eligible entities; or
``(B) reserved by the Chief Executive Officer,
deposited in the National Service Trust for educational
awards, and disbursed according to paragraphs (1) and
(3) of section 162B(d).
``(3) Periods of grants.--The Chief Executive Officer shall
award the grants for periods of 3 years.
``(4) Amounts of grants.--The Chief Executive Officer shall
award such a grant to a State for a program in a sum equal to--
``(A) the amount obtained by multiplying $500 and
the number of youth who will participate in the program
(to be used for program expenses);
``(B) unless the Chief Executive Officer decides to
deposit funds for educational awards in the National
Service Trust, as described in paragraph (2)(B), an
additional amount equal to the amount described in
subparagraph (A) (to be used for educational awards);
and
``(C) an amount sufficient to provide for the
reservation for State-level activities described in
subsection (d).
``(b) State Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a State shall submit an application to the Chief
Executive Officer at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Chief Executive Officer may require, including
information that--
``(1) designates the State Commission as the agency
responsible for the administration and supervision of the
community service program carried out under this part in the
State;
``(2) describes how the State Commission will use funds
received under this part, including funds reserved for State-
level activities under subsection (d);
``(3) describes the procedures and criteria the State
Commission will use for reviewing applications and awarding
subgrants on a competitive basis under section 162A to eligible
entities for projects, including how the State Commission will
give priority to an entity that--
``(A) offers a quality plan for or has an
established track record of carrying out the activities
described in the entity's application;
``(B) has a leadership position in the community
from which the youth participating in the project
described in the application will be drawn;
``(C) proposes a project that focuses on service by
the participants during the transition year before high
school;
``(D) plans to ensure that at least 50 percent of
the participants are low-income eligible youth;
``(E) proposes a project that encourages or enables
youth to continue participating in community service
throughout the school year;
``(F) plans to involve the participants in the
design and operation of the project, including
involving the participants in conducting a needs-based
assessment of community needs;
``(G) proposes a project that involves youth of
different ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, religions,
disability categories, or economic backgrounds serving
together; and
``(H) proposes a project that provides high quality
service-learning experiences;
``(4) describes the steps the State Commission will take,
including the provision of ongoing technical assistance
described in subsection (d)(2) and training, to ensure that
projects funded under section 162A will implement effective
strategies; and
``(5) describes how the State Commission will evaluate the
projects, which shall include, at a minimum--
``(A) a description of the objectives and
benchmarks that will be used to evaluate the projects;
and
``(B) a description of how the State Commission
will disseminate the results of the evaluations, as
described in subsection (d)(4)(C).
``(c) Applicant Review.--
``(1) Selection criteria.--The Chief Executive Officer
shall evaluate applications for grants under this section based
on the quality, innovation, replicability, and sustainability
of the State programs proposed by the applicants.
``(2) Review panels.--The Chief Executive Officer shall
employ the review panels established under section 165A in
reviewing the applications.
``(3) Notification of applicants.--If the Chief Executive
Officer rejects an application submitted under this section,
the Chief Executive Officer shall promptly notify the applicant
of the reasons for the rejection of the application.
``(4) Resubmission and reconsideration.--The Chief
Executive Officer shall provide an applicant notified of
rejection with a reasonable opportunity to revise and resubmit
the application. At the request of the applicant, the Chief
Executive Officer shall provide technical assistance to the
applicant as part of the resubmission process. The Chief
Executive Officer shall promptly reconsider an application
resubmitted under this paragraph.
``(d) State-Level Activities.--A State that receives a grant under
this section may reserve up to 5 percent of the grant funds for State-
level activities, which may include--
``(1) hiring staff to administer the program carried out
under this part in the State;
``(2) providing technical assistance, including technical
assistance concerning the professional development and training
of personnel, to eligible entities that receive subgrants under
section 162A;
``(3) conducting outreach and dissemination of program-
related information to ensure the broadest possible involvement
of eligible entities and local eligible youth in the program
carried out under this part; and
``(4)(A) conducting an evaluation of the projects carried
out by eligible entities under this part;
``(B) using the results of the evaluation to collect and
compile information on best practices and models for such
projects; and
``(C) disseminating widely the results of the evaluation.
``SEC. 162A. SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.
``(a) Subgrants.--
``(1) In general.--A State that receives a grant under
section 162 shall use the grant funds to award subgrants on a
competitive basis to eligible entities to pay for the Federal
share of the cost of carrying out community service projects.
``(2) Periods of subgrants.--The State shall award the
subgrants for periods of 3 years.
``(3) Amounts of subgrants.--The State shall award such a
subgrant to an eligible entity for a project in a sum equal
to--
``(A) the amount obtained by multiplying $500 and
the number of youth who will participate in the project
(to be used for project expenses); and
``(B) unless the Chief Executive Officer decides to
deposit funds for educational awards in the National
Service Trust, as described in section 162(a)(2)(B), an
additional amount equal to the amount described in
subparagraph (A) (to be used for educational awards).
``(b) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a subgrant under
this section for a project, an entity shall submit an application to
the State Commission at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the State Commission may require, including information
that--
``(1) designates the community in which the entity will
carry out the project, which community may be the service area
of an elementary school or secondary school, a school district,
a city, town, village, or other locality, a county, the area in
which a public housing project is located, a neighborhood, or
another geographically or politically designated area;
``(2) describes the manner in which the entity will--
``(A) engage a substantial portion of the youth in
the designated community;
``(B) engage a variety of entities and individuals,
such as youth organizations, elementary schools or
secondary schools, elected officials, organizations
offering summer camps, civic groups, nonprofit
organizations, and other entities within the designated
community to offer a variety of summer service
opportunities as part of the project;
``(C) ensure that the youth participating in the
project engage in service-learning;
``(D) engage as volunteers in the project business,
civic, or community organizations or individuals, which
may include older individuals, volunteers in the
National Senior Volunteer Corps established under title
II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42
U.S.C. 5000 et seq.), participants in the school-based
and community-based service-learning programs carried
out under parts I and II of subtitle B, participants in
the AmeriCorps program carried out under subtitle C, or
students enrolled in secondary schools or institutions
of higher education;
``(E) ensure that youth participating in the
project provide at least 100 hours of community service
for the project;
``(F) recruit eligible youth to participate in the
project;
``(G) recruit service sponsors for community
service activities carried out through the project, if
the eligible entity intends to enter into an
arrangement with such sponsors to provide project
placements for the youth;
``(H) promote leadership development and build an
ethic of civic responsibility among the youth;
``(I) provide team-oriented, adult-supervised
experiences through the project;
``(J) conduct opening and closing ceremonies
honoring participants in the project;
``(K) involve youth who are participating in the
project in the design and planning of the project; and
``(L) provide training, which may include life
skills, financial education, and employment training,
in addition to training concerning the specific
community service to be provided through the project,
for the youth; and
``(3)(A) specifies project outcome objectives relating to
youth development or education achievement, community
strengthening, and community improvement;
``(B) describes how the eligible entity will establish
annual benchmarks for the objectives, and annually conduct an
evaluation to measure progress toward the benchmarks; and
``(C) provides an assurance that the eligible entity will
annually make the results of such evaluation available to the
State.
``(c) Continued Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive funds under
this section for a second or subsequent year of a subgrant period, an
entity shall demonstrate that the entity has met the annual benchmarks
for the objectives described in subsection (b)(3).
``(d) Selection of Subgrant Recipients.--In awarding subgrants
under this section, the State shall ensure that projects are funded in
a variety of geographic areas, including urban and rural areas.
``SEC. 162B. SUMMER OF SERVICE PROJECTS.
``(a) Use of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--An eligible entity that receives a
subgrant under section 162A shall use the subgrant funds to
carry out a community service project.
``(2) Specific uses.--The eligible entity may use the
subgrant funds to pay for--
``(A) hiring staff to administer the project;
``(B) developing or acquiring service-learning
curricula for the project, to be integrated into
academic programs, including making modifications for
students who are individuals with disabilities and
students with limited English proficiency;
``(C) forming local partnerships to develop and
offer a variety of service-learning programs for local
youth participating in the project;
``(D) establishing benchmarks, conducting
evaluations, and making evaluation results available,
as described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section
162A(b)(3);
``(E) conducting outreach and dissemination of
program-related information to ensure the broadest
possible involvement of local eligible youth and
community partners in the project;
``(F) conducting ceremonies as described in section
162A(b)(2)(J);
``(G) carrying out basic implementation of the
community service project; and
``(H) carrying out planning activities, during an
initial 6 to 9 months of the subgrant period.
``(3) Non-federal share.--An eligible entity that receives
a subgrant under section 162A shall provide the non-Federal
share of the costs described in section 162A(a)(1) from private
or public sources other than the subgrant funds. The sources
may include fees charged to the parents of the youth
participating in the community service project involved and
determined on a sliding scale based on income.
``(b) Service Projects.--
``(1) Eligible service categories.--The eligible entity may
use the subgrant funds to carry out a community service project
to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or public
safety needs.
``(2) Ineligible service categories.--The eligible entity
may not use the subgrant funds to carry out a service project
in which participants perform service described in section
132(a).
``(c) Period of Service Projects.--The eligible entity--
``(1) shall carry out the community service project funded
under section 162A during a period, the majority of which
occurs in the months of June, July, and August; and
``(2) may carry out the project in conjunction with a
related after school or in-school service-learning project
operated during the remaining months of the year.
``(d) Educational Award.--
``(1) Eligibility.--Each eligible youth who provides at
least 100 hours of community service for a project carried out
under this part shall be eligible to receive an educational
award of not more than $500. An eligible youth may participate
in more than 1 such project but shall not receive in excess of
$1,000 in total for such participation.
``(2) Disbursements by eligible entity.--If the Chief
Executive Officer decides under section 162(a)(2)(A) to include
educational award funds in subgrants under this part, the
eligible entity carrying out the project shall--
``(A) disburse an educational award described in
paragraph (1) in accordance with regulations issued by
the Chief Executive Officer, which--
``(i) may permit disbursal of the award to
the parents of the youth that have established
a qualified tuition program account under
section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, for deposit into the account; but
``(ii) shall not otherwise permit disbursal
of the award to the parents; or
``(B) enter into a contract with a private sector
organization to hold the educational award funds and
disburse the educational award as described in
subparagraph (A).
``(3) Disbursements by chief executive officer.--If the
Chief Executive Officer decides under section 162(a)(2)(B) to
reserve educational award funds, the Chief Executive Officer
shall disburse the educational award as described in paragraph
(2)(A).
``SEC. 162C. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.
``(a) In General.--The Chief Executive Officer may award a
supplemental grant to an eligible entity that demonstates the matters
described in subsection (b), to assist the entity in carrying out a
community service project in accordance with the requirements of this
part, as determined appropriate by the Chief Executive Officer.
``(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a supplemental grant
under subsection (a), an entity shall submit an application to the
Chief Executive Officer, at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Chief Executive Officer may require, including
information demonstrating--
``(1) that the entity received a subgrant under section
162A for a community service project; and
``(2) that the entity would be unable to carry out the
project without substantial hardship unless the entity received
a supplemental grant under subsection (a).
``(c) Amount of Grant.--The Chief Executive Officer shall award
such a grant to an eligible entity for the project in the amount
obtained by multiplying $250 and the number of youth who will
participate in the project (to be used for project expenses).
``SEC. 162D. INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES.
``From the funds made available to carry out this part under
section 165(b)(2)(A) for any fiscal year, the Chief Executive Officer
shall reserve an amount of not more than 3 percent for payments to
Indian tribes, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be used in
accordance with the requirements of this part, as determined
appropriate by the Chief Executive Officer.
``PART II--SUMMER OF SERVICE NATIONAL DIRECT GRANT PROGRAM
``SEC. 163. NATIONAL DIRECT GRANTS.
``(a) Grants.--
``(1) In general.--The Chief Executive Officer shall award
grants on a competitive basis to public or private
organizations (referred to individually in this part as an
`organization')--
``(A) to carry out quality assurance activities
under subsection (d); and
``(B) to pay for the Federal share of the cost of
carrying out a community service program--
``(i) in a State where the State Commission
does not apply for funding under part I; or
``(ii) in multiple States.
``(2) Funds for educational awards.--The Chief Executive
Officer shall decide whether funds appropriated to carry out
this part and available for educational awards (referred to in
this part as `educational award funds') shall be--
``(A) included in the funds for such grants to
organizations and any subgrants to local providers; or
``(B) reserved by the Chief Executive Officer,
deposited in the National Service Trust for educational
awards, and disbursed according to paragraphs (1) and
(3) of section 163B(d).
``(3) Periods of grants.--The Chief Executive Officer shall
award the grants for periods of 3 years.
``(4) Amounts of grants.--The Chief Executive Officer shall
award such a grant to an organization for a program in a sum
equal to--
``(A) the amount obtained by multiplying $500 and
the number of youth who will participate in the program
(to be used for program expenses);
``(B) unless the Chief Executive Officer decides to
deposit funds for educational awards in the National
Service Trust, as described in paragraph (2)(B), an
additional amount equal to the amount described in
subparagraph (A) (to be used for educational awards);
and
``(C) an amount sufficient to provide for the
reservation for quality assurance activities described
in subsection (d).
``(b) National Direct Applications.--To be eligible to receive a
grant under this section for a community service program, an
organization shall submit an application to the Chief Executive Officer
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the
Chief Executive Officer may require, including information that--
``(1) describes how the organization will use funds
received under this part, including funds reserved for quality
assurance activities under subsection (d);
``(2)(A) describes the procedures and criteria the
organization will use for reviewing applications and awarding
subgrants on a competitive basis under section 163A to local
providers for projects, including how the organization will
give priority to a provider that, with respect to each project
described in the application--
``(i) offers a quality plan for or has an
established track record of carrying out the activities
described in the provider's application;
``(ii) has a leadership position in the community
from which the youth participating in the project will
be drawn;
``(iii) proposes a project that focuses on service
by the participants during the transition year before
high school;
``(iv) plans to ensure that at least 50 percent of
the participants are low-income eligible youth;
``(v) proposes a project that encourages or enables
youth to continue participating in community service
throughout the school year;
``(vi) plans to involve the participants in the
design and operation of the project, including
involving the participants in conducting a needs-based
assessment of community needs;
``(vii) proposes a project that involves youth of
different ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, religions,
disability categories, or economic backgrounds serving
together; and
``(viii) proposes a project that provides high
quality service-learning experiences; or
``(B) if the organization will carry out the community
service program directly, demonstrates that the organization
meets the requirements of clauses (i) through (viii) of
subparagraph (A) with respect to each project described in the
application;
``(3) describes the steps the organization will take,
including the provision of ongoing technical assistance
described in subsection (d)(2)) and training, to ensure that
projects funded under this part will implement effective
strategies; and
``(4) describes how the organization will evaluate the
projects funded under this part, which shall include, at a
minimum--
``(A) a description of the objectives and
benchmarks that will be used to evaluate the projects;
and
``(B) a description of how the organization will
disseminate widely the results of the evaluations, as
described in subsection (d)(3)(C).
``(c) Applicant Review.--
``(1) Selection criteria.--The Chief Executive Officer
shall evaluate applications for grants under this section based
on the quality, innovation, replicability, and sustainability
of the programs proposed by the applicants.
``(2) Review panels.--The Chief Executive Officer shall
employ the review panels established under section 165A in
reviewing the applications.
``(3) Notification of applicants.--If the Chief Executive
Officer rejects an application submitted under this section,
the Chief Executive Officer shall promptly notify the applicant
of the reasons for the rejection of the application.
``(4) Resubmission and reconsideration.--The Chief
Executive Officer shall provide an applicant notified of
rejection with a reasonable opportunity to revise and resubmit
the application. At the request of the applicant, the Chief
Executive Officer shall provide technical assistance to the
applicant as part of the resubmission process. The Chief
Executive Officer shall promptly reconsider an application
resubmitted under this paragraph.
``(d) Quality Assurance Activities.--An organization that receives
a grant under this section may reserve up to 5 percent of the grant
funds for quality assurance activities, which may include--
``(1) hiring staff to administer the program carried out
under this part by the organization;
``(2) providing technical assistance, including technical
assistance concerning the professional development and training
of personnel, to local providers that receive subgrants under
section 163A; and
``(3)(A) conducting an evaluation of the projects carried
out by local providers of the organization under this part;
``(B) using the results of the evaluation to collect and
compile information on best practices and models for such
projects; and
``(C) disseminating widely the results of the evaluation.
``SEC. 163A. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL PROVIDERS.
``(a) Subgrants.--
``(1) In general.--An organization that receives a grant
under section 163 may use the grant funds to award subgrants on
a competitive basis to local providers to pay for the Federal
share of the cost of carrying out community service projects.
``(2) Periods of subgrants.--The organization shall award
the subgrants for periods of 3 years.
``(3) Amounts of subgrants.--The organization shall award
such a subgrant to a local provider for a project in a sum
equal to--
``(A) the amount obtained by multiplying $500 and
the number of youth who will participate in the project
(to be used for project expenses); and
``(B) unless the Chief Executive Officer decides to
deposit funds for educational awards in the National
Service Trust, as described in section 163(a)(2)(B), an
additional amount equal to the amount described in
subparagraph (A) (to be used for educational awards).
``(b) Local Provider Application.--To be eligible to receive a
subgrant under this section, a local provider shall submit an
application to the organization at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the organization may require, including
information that--
``(1) designates the communities in which the local
provider will carry out projects under the subgrant, each of
which communities may be the service area of an elementary
school or secondary school, a school district, a city, town,
village, or other locality, a county, the area in which a
public housing project is located, a neighborhood, or another
geographically or politically designated area;
``(2) for each project described in such application,
describes the manner in which the local provider will--
``(A) engage a substantial portion of the youth in
the designated community involved;
``(B) engage a variety of entities and individuals,
such as youth organizations, elementary schools or
secondary schools, elected officials, organizations
offering summer camps, civic groups, nonprofit
organizations, and other entities within the designated
community to offer a variety of summer service
opportunities as part of the project;
``(C) ensure that the youth participating in the
project engage in service-learning;
``(D) engage as volunteers in the project business,
civic, or community organizations or individuals, which
may include older individuals, volunteers in the
National Senior Volunteer Corps established under title
II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42
U.S.C. 5000 et seq.), participants in the school-based
and community-based service-learning programs carried
out under parts I and II of subtitle B, participants in
the AmeriCorps program carried out under subtitle C, or
students enrolled in secondary schools or institutions
of higher education;
``(E) ensure that youth participating in the
project provide at least 100 hours of community service
for the project;
``(F) recruit eligible youth to participate in the
project;
``(G) recruit service sponsors for community
service activities carried out through the project, if
the local provider intends to enter into an arrangement
with such sponsors to provide project placements for
the youth;
``(H) promote leadership development and build an
ethic of civic responsibility among the youth;
``(I) provide team-oriented, adult-supervised
experiences through the project;
``(J) conduct opening and closing ceremonies
honoring participants in the project;
``(K) involve youth who are participating in the
project in the design and planning of the project; and
``(L) provide training, which may include life
skills, financial education, and employment training,
in addition to training concerning the specific
community service to be provided through the project,
for the youth; and
``(3)(A) specifies project outcome objectives relating to
youth development or education achievement, community
strengthening, and community improvement;
``(B) describes how the local provider will establish
annual benchmarks for the objectives, and annually conduct an
evaluation to measure progress toward the benchmarks; and
``(C) provides an assurance that the local provider will
annually make the results of such evaluation available to the
organization.
``(c) Continued Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive funds under
this section for a second or subsequent year of a subgrant period, a
local provider shall demonstrate that all the projects for which the
subgrant was awarded met the annual benchmarks for the objectives
described in subsection (b)(3).
``(d) Selection of Subgrant Recipients.--In awarding subgrants
under this section, the organization shall ensure that projects are
funded in a variety of geographic areas, including urban and rural
areas.
``SEC. 163B. SUMMER OF SERVICE PROJECTS.
``(a) Use of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--A local provider that receives a
subgrant under section 163A shall use the subgrant funds to
carry out a community service project.
``(2) Specific uses.--The local provider may use the
subgrant funds, to pay for--
``(A) hiring staff to administer the project;
``(B) developing or acquiring service-learning
curricula for the project, to be integrated into
academic programs, including making modifications for
students who are individuals with disabilities and
students with limited English proficiency;
``(C) forming local partnerships to develop and
offer a variety of service-learning programs for local
youth participating in the project;
``(D) establishing benchmarks, conducting
evaluations, and making evaluation results available,
as described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section
163A(b)(3);
``(E) conducting outreach and dissemination of
program-related information to ensure the broadest
possible involvement of local eligible youth and
community partners in the project;
``(F) conducting ceremonies as described in section
163A(b)(2)(J);
``(G) carrying out basic implementation of the
community service project; and
``(H) carrying out planning activities, during an
initial 6 to 9 months of the grant period.
``(3) Non-federal share.--A local provider that receives a
subgrant under section 163A shall provide the non-Federal share
of the cost described in section 163A(a)(1) from private or
public sources other than the subgrant funds. The sources may
include fees charged to the parents of the youth participating
in the community service project involved and determined on a
sliding scale based on income.
``(b) Service Projects.--
``(1) Eligible service categories.--The local provider may
use the subgrant funds to carry out a community service project
to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or public
safety needs.
``(2) Ineligible service categories.--The local provider
may not use the subgrant funds to carry out a service project
in which participants perform service described in section
132(a).
``(c) Period of Service Projects.--The local provider--
``(1) shall carry out the community service project funded
under section 163A during a period, the majority of which
occurs in the months of June, July, and August; and
``(2) may carry out the project in conjunction with a
related after school or in-school service-learning project
operated during the remaining months of the year.
``(d) Educational Award.--
``(1) Eligibility.--Each eligible youth who provides at
least 100 hours of community service for a project carried out
under this part shall be eligible to receive an educational
award of not more than $500. An eligible youth may participate
in more than 1 such project but shall not receive in excess of
$1,000 in total for such participation.
``(2) Disbursements by local provider.--If the Chief
Executive Officer decides under section 163(a)(2)(A) to include
educational award funds in subgrants under this part, the local
provider carrying out the project shall--
``(A) disburse an educational award described in
paragraph (1) in accordance with regulations issued by
the Chief Executive Officer, which--
``(i) may permit disbursal of the award to
the parents of the youth that have established
a qualified tuition program account under
section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, for deposit into the account; but
``(ii) shall not otherwise permit disbursal
of the award to the parents; or
``(B) enter into a contract with a private sector
organization to hold the educational award funds and
disburse the educational award as described in
subparagraph (A).
``(3) Disbursements by chief executive officer.--If the
Chief Executive Officer decides under section 163(a)(2)(B) to
reserve educational award funds, the Chief Executive Officer
shall disburse the educational award as described in paragraph
(2)(A).
``(e) Application of Section.--References in this section to local
providers, with respect to the use of subgrant funds received under
section 163A, apply equally to organizations that carry out community
service projects directly, with respect to the use of grant funds
received under section 163.
``SEC. 163C. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.
``(a) In General.--The Chief Executive Officer may award a
supplemental grant to a local provider that demonstates the matters
described in subsection (b), to assist the provider in carrying out a
community service project in accordance with the requirements of this
part, as determined appropriate by the Chief Executive Officer.
``(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a supplemental grant
under subsection (a), a provider shall submit an application to the
Chief Executive Officer, at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Chief Executive Officer may require, including
information demonstrating--
``(1) that the provider received a subgrant under section
163A for a community service project; and
``(2) that the provider would be unable to carry out the
project without substantial hardship unless the provider
received a supplemental grant under subsection (a).
``(c) Amount of Grant.--The Chief Executive Officer shall award
such a grant to a local provider for the project in the amount obtained
by multiplying $250 and the number of youth who will participate in the
project (to be used for project expenses).
``PART III--SUMMER OF SERVICE NATIONAL ACTIVITIES
``SEC. 164. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
``(a) National Quality and Outreach Activities.--The Chief
Executive Officer may use funds reserved under section 165(b)(1),
either directly or through grants and contracts, to--
``(1) provide technical assistance and training to
recipients of grants and subgrants under parts I and II;
``(2) conduct outreach and dissemination of program-related
information to ensure the broadest possible involvement of
States, eligible entities, organizations, local providers, and
eligible youth in programs carried out under parts I and II;
and
``(3) to carry out other activities designed to improve the
quality of programs carried out under parts I and II.
``(b) National Evaluation.--
``(1) Reservation.--For each fiscal year, the Chief
Executive Officer shall reserve not more than the greater of
$500,000, or 1 percent, of the funds described in subsection
(a) for the purposes described in paragraph (2).
``(2) Evaluation.--The Chief Executive Officer shall use
the reserved funds--
``(A) to arrange for an independent evaluation of
the programs carried out under parts I and II, to be
conducted in the second and third years in which the
programs are implemented;
``(B) using the results of the evaluation, to
collect and compile information on models and best
practices for such programs; and
``(C) to disseminate widely the results of the
evaluation.
``(3) Report.--The Chief Executive Officer shall annually
submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives, a report concerning
the results of the evaluations conducted under paragraph (2).
Such reports shall also contain information on models of best
practices and any other findings or recommendations developed
by the Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluations. Such
reports shall be made available to the general public.
``PART IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
``SEC. 165. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND AVAILABILITY.
``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this subtitle $100,000,000 for fiscal year
2007 and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
``(b) Availability.--Of the funds appropriated under subsection (a)
for a fiscal year, the Chief Executive Officer--
``(1) shall reserve not more than 4 percent to carry out
activities under part III (relating to national activities);
and
``(2) from the remainder of such funds, shall make
available--
``(A) a portion equal to 66\2/3\ percent of such
funds for programs carried out under part I (relating
to the State grant program), including programs carried
out under section 162D; and
``(B) a portion equal to 33\1/3\ percent of such
funds for programs carried out under part II (relating
to the national direct grant program).
``(c) Reallocation.--If the Chief Executive Officer determines that
funds from the portion described in subsection (b)(2)(A) will not be
needed to carry out programs under part I for a fiscal year, the Chief
Executive Officer shall make the funds available for programs under
part II for that fiscal year.
``SEC. 165A. REVIEW PANELS.
``The Chief Executive Officer shall establish panels of experts for
the purpose of reviewing applications submitted under sections 162,
162C, 162D, and 163.
``SEC. 165B. CONSTRUCTION.
``An individual participating in service in a program described in
this subtitle shall not be considered to be an employee engaged in
employment for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
U.S.C. 201 et seq.).''.
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Redesignation of Subtitles.--
(1) Section 118(a) of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12551(a)) is amended by striking
``subtitle H'' and inserting ``subtitle I''.
(2) Section 122(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12572(a)(2))
is amended by striking ``subtitle I'' and inserting ``subtitle
J''.
(3) Section 193A(f)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12651d(f)(1))
is amended by striking ``subtitles C and I'' and inserting
``subtitles C and J''.
(4) Section 501(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(2))
is amended--
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking
``Subtitles c, d, and h'' and inserting ``Subtitles c,
d, and i'';
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subtitles C
and H'' and inserting ``subtitles C and I''; and
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subtitle H''
and inserting ``subtitle I''.
(b) Redesignation of Sections.--
(1) Section 155(d)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12615(d)(3))
is amended by striking ``section 162(a)(3)'' and inserting
``section 159C(a)(3)''.
(2) Section 156(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12616(d)) is
amended by striking ``section 162(a)(3)'' and inserting
``section 159C(a)(3)''.
(3) Section 159(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12619(c)) is
amended--
(A) in paragraph (2)(C)(i), by striking ``section
162(a)(2)'' and inserting ``section 159C(a)(2)''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``section
162(a)(2)(A)'' and inserting ``section 159C(a)(2)(A)''.
(4) Section 159B(b)(1)(B) of such Act (as redesignated by
section 3(2)) is amended by striking ``section 162(a)(3)'' and
inserting ``section 159C(a)(3)''.
(c) Relationship to National Service Educational Award
Provisions.--
(1) National service trust.--Section 145 of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601) is
amended--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and''
at the end;
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking the
period and inserting ``, other than interest or
proceeds described in paragraph (4)(B); and'';
and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(4)(A) any amounts deposited in the Trust under subtitle
F; and
``(B) the interest on, and proceeds from the sale or
redemption of, any obligations held by the Trust for a program
carried out under subtitle F.''; and
(B) in subsection (c), by inserting ``(other than
any amounts deposited in the Trust under subtitle F)''
after ``Amounts in the Trust''.
(2) Availability of amounts in national service trust.--
Section 148(a) of the National and Community Service Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12604(a)) is amended by inserting ``(other than
any amounts deposited in the Trust under subtitle F)'' after
``Amounts in the Trust''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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