CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2632 To reauthorize the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 9, 2019 Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts (for herself, Mr. YOUNG, and Ms. SCHRIER) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu- cation and Labor A BILL To reauthorize the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CCAMPIS Reauthor- 4 ization Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. CCAMPIS REAUTHORIZATION. 6 Section 419N of the Higher Education Act of 1965 7 (20 U.S.C. 1070e) is amended— 8 (1) in subsection (b)— 9 (A) in paragraph (2)— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2632 IH (i) in subparagraph (A)— 1 (I) by striking ‘‘The amount’’ 2 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 3 subparagraph (C), the amount’’; and 4 (II) by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ and 5 inserting ‘‘2 percent’’; 6 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik- 7 ing ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- 8 section (h)’’; and 9 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 10 lowing: 11 ‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE BONUS.— 12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 13 subparagraph (A), for any fiscal year for 14 which the amount appropriated under sub- 15 section (h) is not less than $140,000,000, 16 the Secretary may pay a performance 17 bonus to an eligible institution of higher 18 education. 19 ‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—A bonus 20 paid to an eligible institution of higher 21 education under clause (i) for a fiscal year 22 shall not exceed an amount equal to 20 23 percent of the amount of the annual grant 24 payment received by the institution under 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2632 IH paragraph (3)(B) for the fiscal year pre- 1 ceding the fiscal year for which the bonus 2 is paid. 3 ‘‘(iii) USE OF BONUS.—A bonus re- 4 ceived by an institution under clause (i) 5 shall be used by the institution in the same 6 manner as a grant under this section and 7 shall be treated as grant funds for pur- 8 poses of the application of paragraph (5), 9 except that the Secretary may extend the 10 4-year grant period as necessary for the in- 11 stitution to use such bonus. 12 ‘‘(iv) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION OF 13 HIGHER EDUCATION.—In this subpara- 14 graph, the term ‘eligible institution of 15 higher education’ means an institution of 16 higher education that— 17 ‘‘(I) has received a grant under 18 this section for not less than the pe- 19 riod of three consecutive fiscal years 20 preceding the fiscal year in which the 21 bonus is paid under clause (i); 22 ‘‘(II) for each such preceding fis- 23 cal year, has met or exceeded the per- 24 formance levels established by the in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2632 IH stitution for such year under sub- 1 section (e)(1)(B)(v); and 2 ‘‘(III) has demonstrated the need 3 for such bonus.’’; and 4 (B) in paragraph (3)— 5 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 6 ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’; and 7 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 8 ‘‘subsection (e)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- 9 section (e)(3)’’; 10 (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol- 11 lows: 12 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.— 13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An institution of higher 14 education desiring a grant under this section shall 15 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 16 in such manner, and accompanied by such informa- 17 tion as the Secretary may require. Such application 18 shall— 19 ‘‘(A) demonstrate that the institution is an 20 eligible institution described in subsection 21 (b)(4); 22 ‘‘(B) specify the amount of funds re- 23 quested; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2632 IH ‘‘(C) demonstrate the need of low-income 1 students at the institution for campus-based 2 child care services by including in the applica- 3 tion— 4 ‘‘(i) information regarding student de- 5 mographics, including whether the student 6 is a full-time or part-time student; 7 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of child care ca- 8 pacity on or near campus; 9 ‘‘(iii) information regarding the exist- 10 ence of waiting lists for child care services 11 on or near campus; 12 ‘‘(iv) information regarding additional 13 needs created by concentrations of poverty 14 or by geographic isolation; and 15 ‘‘(v) other relevant data; 16 ‘‘(D) specify the percentage of the institu- 17 tion’s grant that will be used directly to sub- 18 sidize the fee charged for on-campus and off- 19 campus childcare, respectively, for low-income 20 students; 21 ‘‘(E) contain a description of the activities 22 to be assisted, including whether the grant 23 funds will support an existing child care pro- 24 gram or a new child care program; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2632 IH ‘‘(F) identify the resources, including tech- 1 nical expertise and financial support, that the 2 institution will draw upon to support the child 3 care program and the participation of low-in- 4 come students in the program (such as access- 5 ing social services funding, using student activ- 6 ity fees to help pay the costs of child care, 7 using resources obtained by meeting the needs 8 of parents who are not low-income students, 9 and accessing foundation, corporate, or other 10 institutional support) and demonstrate that the 11 use of the resources will not result in increases 12 in student tuition; 13 ‘‘(G) contain an assurance that the institu- 14 tion will meet the child care needs of low-in- 15 come students through the provision of services, 16 or through a contract for the provision of serv- 17 ices; 18 ‘‘(H) describe the extent to which the child 19 care program will coordinate with the institu- 20 tion’s early childhood education curriculum, to 21 the extent the curriculum is available, to meet 22 the needs of the students in the early childhood 23 education program at the institution, and the 24 needs of the parents and children participating 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 2632 IH in the child care program assisted under this 1 section; 2 ‘‘(I) in the case of an institution seeking 3 assistance for a new child care program— 4 ‘‘(i) provide a timeline, covering the 5 period from receipt of the grant through 6 the provision of the child care services, de- 7 lineating the specific steps the institution 8 will take to achieve the goal of providing 9 low-income students with child care serv- 10 ices; 11 ‘‘(ii) specify any measures the institu- 12 tion will take to assist low-income students 13 with child care during the period before 14 the institution provides child care services; 15 and 16 ‘‘(iii) include a plan for identifying re- 17 sources needed for the child care services, 18 including space in which to provide child 19 care services, and technical assistance if 20 necessary; 21 ‘‘(J) contain an assurance that any child 22 care facility assisted under this section will 23 meet the applicable State and local government 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 2632 IH licensing, certification, approval, or registration 1 requirements; 2 ‘‘(K) in the case of an institution that is 3 awarded a grant under this section after the 4 date of the enactment of the CCAMPIS Reau- 5 thorization Act, provide an assurance that, not 6 later than three years after the date on which 7 such grant is awarded, any child care facility 8 assisted with such grant will— 9 ‘‘(i) meet Head Start performance 10 standards under subchapter B of chapter 11 13 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations 12 (as in effect on the date of enactment of 13 the CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act) and 14 any successor regulations; 15 ‘‘(ii) be in the top tier of the quality 16 rating improvement system for such facili- 17 ties used by the State in which the facility 18 is located; 19 ‘‘(iii) meet the licensing requirements 20 of the State in which the facility is located 21 and the quality requirements under the 22 Child Care and Development Block Grant 23 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.); or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 2632 IH ‘‘(iv) be accredited by a national early 1 childhood body with demonstrated valid 2 and reliable program quality standards; 3 ‘‘(L) contain an assurance that the institu- 4 tion, when applicable, will make information 5 available to students receiving child care serv- 6 ices provided under this section about the eligi- 7 bility of such students and their dependents for 8 assistance under the supplemental nutrition as- 9 sistance program under the Food and Nutrition 10 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the special 11 supplemental nutrition program for women, in- 12 fants, and children under the Child Nutrition 13 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), and the pro- 14 gram of block grants for States for temporary 15 assistance for needy families established under 16 part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 17 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); and 18 ‘‘(M) contain an abstract summarizing the 19 contents of such application and how the insti- 20 tution intends to achieve the purpose under 21 subsection (a). 22 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 23 may provide technical assistance to eligible institu- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 2632 IH tions to help such institutions qualify, apply for, and 1 maintain a grant under this section.’’; 2 (3) in subsection (d)— 3 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 4 by striking ‘‘to institutions of higher education 5 that submit applications describing programs 6 that’’; 7 (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 8 follows: 9 ‘‘(1) based on the extent to which institutions 10 of higher education that submit applications for such 11 a grant leverage local or institutional resources, in- 12 cluding in-kind contributions, to support the activi- 13 ties assisted under this section;’’; 14 (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 15 paragraph (3); 16 (D) by inserting after paragraph (1), the 17 following: 18 ‘‘(2) to institutions of higher education that, 19 compared to other institutions of higher education in 20 the same category of institution (as listed in section 21 132(d)) that submit applications for such a grant, 22 demonstrate a high likelihood of need for campus- 23 based child care based on student demographics 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 2632 IH (such as a high proportion of low-income students or 1 independent students); and’’; and 2 (E) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by 3 subparagraph (C)), by inserting ‘‘to institutions 4 of higher education that submit applications de- 5 scribing programs that’’ before ‘‘utilize’’; and 6 (4) in subsection (e)— 7 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 8 (i) by redesignating clauses (ii), (iii), 9 and (iv) as clauses (vi), (vii), and (viii), re- 10 spectively; and 11 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 12 end of clause (i) and inserting the fol- 13 lowing: ‘‘which shall include— 14 ‘‘(I) the number of full- and part- 15 time students, respectively, receiving 16 child care services under this section 17 at least once per week during the aca- 18 demic year; 19 ‘‘(II) the number of credits accu- 20 mulated by students receiving such 21 child care services; 22 ‘‘(III) the number of students re- 23 ceiving child care services under this 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 2632 IH section at least once per week during 1 the academic year who— 2 ‘‘(aa) remain enrolled at the 3 institution during the academic 4 year for which they received such 5 services; 6 ‘‘(bb) enroll at the institu- 7 tion for the following academic 8 year; and 9 ‘‘(cc) graduate or transfer 10 within— 11 ‘‘(AA) 150 percent of 12 the normal time for comple- 13 tion of a student’s four-year 14 degree granting program; or 15 ‘‘(BB) 200 percent of 16 the normal time for comple- 17 tion of a student’s two-year 18 degree-granting program; 19 ‘‘(ii) with respect to the total student 20 enrollment at the institution and the total 21 enrollment of low-income students at the 22 institution, respectively— 23 ‘‘(I) the rate at which students 24 who complete an academic year at the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 2632 IH institution re-enroll in the institution 1 for the following academic year; and 2 ‘‘(II) the percentage of students 3 graduating or transferring within— 4 ‘‘(aa) 150 percent of the 5 normal time for completion of a 6 student’s four-year degree grant- 7 ing program; or 8 ‘‘(bb) 200 percent of the 9 normal time for completion of a 10 student’s two-year degree grant- 11 ing program; 12 ‘‘(iii) the percentage of the institu- 13 tion’s grant that was used directly to sub- 14 sidize the fee charged for on-campus and 15 off-campus childcare, respectively, for low- 16 income students; 17 ‘‘(iv) whether the institution restricts 18 eligibility for child care services to only 19 full-time students; 20 ‘‘(v) the sufficiently ambitious levels 21 of performance established for such year 22 by the institution that demonstrate mean- 23 ingful progress and allow for meaningful 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2632.IH H2632 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 2632 IH evaluation of program quality based on the 1 information in clauses (i)(III) and (iii);’’; 2 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 3 paragraph (3); 4 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 5 fol [Text truncated for display. 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