[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8593 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8593
To award grants to local educational agencies to operate after school
programs in certain areas with a high rate of juvenile crime.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 3, 2024
Mr. James (for himself and Ms. Caraveo) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To award grants to local educational agencies to operate after school
programs in certain areas with a high rate of juvenile crime.
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 ``Advancing Frequent and Tailored
Education to Rebuild Safe Communities and Help Orchestrate
Opportunities and Learning Act'' or the ``AFTER SCHOOL Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) ESEA terms.--The terms ``local educational agency'' and
``secondary school'' have the meanings given those terms in
section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(2) Eligible local educational agency.--The term ``eligible
local educational agency'' means a local educational agency
that serves 1 or more secondary schools that are located in a
county in which the juvenile offense rate is not less than 10
percent.
(3) Eligible nonprofit organization.--The term ``eligible
nonprofit organization'' means an organization described in
section 501(c)(3) and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that has experience in
operating an after school program or similar program for
secondary school students.
(4) Eligible students.--The term ``eligible students''
means students in any of grades 6 through 12.
(5) Juvenile offense rate.--The term ``juvenile offense
rate'' means the percentage of violent offenses committed by
any individual who is not more than 19 years of age as compared
to the total number of violent offenses committed by all age
groups in a given county, as published in the Uniform Crime
Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) Program Established.--The Attorney General shall award grants,
in accordance with subsection (c), to eligible local educational
agencies that have an approved application in order to enable those
eligible local educational agencies to provide after school programs
for eligible students, as described in subsection (e).
(c) Formula.--From the total amount made available to carry out
this section, the Attorney General shall allot to each eligible local
educational agency having an application approved under subsection (d),
an amount that bears the same relationship to that total amount as the
number of eligible students who will be served by such eligible local
educational agency under this section bears to the number of eligible
students who will be served by all eligible local educational agencies
under this section.
(d) Application.--An eligible local educational agency seeking a
grant under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney
General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information
as the Attorney General may require, including--
(1) the juvenile offense rate for the most recent fiscal
year for which data are available for the county in which 1 or
more secondary schools served by the local educational agency
are located;
(2) an assurance that the local educational agency will
carry out the after school programs or will partner only with
an eligible nonprofit organization to carry out such programs;
and
(3) information about the activities and frequency of the
after school programs that will be carried out with grant funds
under this section.
(e) Uses of Funds.--
(1) In general.--An eligible local educational agency that
receives a grant under this section shall use such grant funds
to operate after school programs for eligible students, which
may include--
(A) expanding existing after school programs for
eligible students;
(B) developing and carrying out new after school
programs for eligible students; or
(C) partnering with an eligible nonprofit
organization to administer and operate after school
programs for eligible students.
(2) After school programs.--An eligible local educational
agency that receives a grant under this section shall ensure
that the after school programs carried out with grant funds
include activities that have an educational purpose.
(f) Reports.--
(1) Local educational agency reports.--Each eligible local
educational agency that receives a grant under this section
shall submit an annual report to the Attorney General that
describes--
(A) the number of schools served by an after school
program established or maintained using funds under
this section;
(B) the number of children served at each such
school; and
(C) the general successes and vulnerabilities of
the after school programs established or maintained
using funds under this section.
(2) Attorney general report.--Not later than 90 days after
the date as of which the Attorney General has received all the
reports for a year under paragraph (1), the Attorney General
shall submit to Congress a report summarizing the reports
received under that paragraph.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028.
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