Students Helping Young Students Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8550 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, to add a work-study program for off-campus community service at selected after-school activities, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 9, 2020 Mr. CARSON of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, to add a work-study program for off-campus community service at selected after-school activities, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘Students Helping 4 Young Students Act of 2020’’. 5 SEC. 2. COMMUNITY SERVICES DEFINED. 6 Section 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 7 (20 U.S.C. 1087–51(c)) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:37 Oct 30, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8550.IH H8550 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8550 IH (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 1 (3); 2 (2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘and’’ 3 at the end of paragraph (4)(C); and 4 (3) by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(5) after-school activities, as defined in section 6 443(f).’’. 7 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAM. 8 Section 443 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 9 U.S.C. 1087–53) is amended— 10 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 11 after-school activity (as described in subsection (f))’’ 12 after ‘‘subsection (d))’’; 13 (2) in subsection (d)— 14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 15 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik- 16 ing ‘‘USE’’ and inserting ‘‘REQUIRED 17 USE’’; and 18 (ii) by inserting ‘‘that is not carrying 19 out subsection (f) for such year’’ after ‘‘an 20 institution’’; and 21 (B) by adding at the end the following: 22 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS.—In 23 any academic year to which subsection 24 (b)(2)(A) applies, an institution that is carrying 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:37 Oct 30, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8550.IH H8550 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8550 IH out subsection (f) may also use funds granted 1 to such institution under this section in accord- 2 ance with this subsection.’’; and 3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 4 ‘‘(f) AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.— 5 ‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—In any academic year to 6 which subsection (b)(2)(A) applies— 7 ‘‘(A) an institution that is not carrying out 8 subsection (d) for such year shall ensure funds 9 granted to such institution under this section 10 are used in accordance with this subsection to 11 compensate (including compensation for time 12 spent in training and travel directly related to 13 after school activities) students employed in 14 after-school activities of eligible schools; and 15 ‘‘(B) an institution that is carrying out 16 subsection (d) for such year may also use funds 17 granted to such institution under this section in 18 accordance with this subsection to compensate 19 the students described in subparagraph (A). 20 ‘‘(2) REGISTRATION PROCESS.—Not later than 21 180 days after the date of enactment of the Stu- 22 dents Helping Young Students Act of 2020, the Sec- 23 retary shall inform eligible schools about the work- 24 study program described in paragraph (1), and es- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:37 Oct 30, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8550.IH H8550 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 8550 IH tablish and carry out a process for eligible schools 1 to register to participate in such program. 2 ‘‘(3) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall 3 establish any standards necessary for participation 4 in— 5 ‘‘(A) the work-study program described in 6 paragraph (1); and 7 ‘‘(B) the registration process described in 8 paragraph (2). 9 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY FOR SCHOOLS.—To the extent 10 practicable, an institution shall— 11 ‘‘(A) give priority to eligible schools serving 12 a low-income community; and 13 ‘‘(B) ensure that any student compensated 14 with funds described in paragraph (1) receives 15 appropriate training to carry out the edu- 16 cational services required. 17 ‘‘(5) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 18 the compensation for work-study students com- 19 pensated under this subsection may exceed 75 per- 20 cent. 21 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub- 22 section: 23 ‘‘(A) The term ‘after-school activities’— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:37 Oct 30, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8550.IH H8550 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 8550 IH ‘‘(i) means activities that take place 1 after school, before school, or out of school 2 (in the summer or during other vacations) 3 that have an educational purpose; and 4 ‘‘(ii) includes such activities adminis- 5 tered by— 6 ‘‘(I) an eligible school, including 7 activities in which only the student 8 population of such school is served; or 9 ‘‘(II) a community-based learning 10 center or organization, nonprofit orga- 11 nization, or other center or organiza- 12 tion that facilitates youth development 13 activities, which partners with an eli- 14 gible school. 15 ‘‘(B) The terms ‘elementary school’ and 16 ‘secondary school’ have the meanings given the 17 terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and 18 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 19 7801). 20 ‘‘(C) The term ‘eligible school’ means a 21 public elementary school or secondary school. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:37 Oct 30, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8550.IH H8550 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 8550 IH ‘‘(D) The term ‘low-income community’ 1 has the meaning given the term in section 2 428K(g)(6).’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:37 Oct 30, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8550.IH H8550 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS