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S. 1462
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourageand support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, toprovide needed integrated services and comprehensive supports to chil-dren for the ultimate goal of assisting students to stay in school, becomesuccessful learners, improve their academic achievement, and for otherpurposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
 A 
UGUST
1, 2011Ms. M
IKULSKI
(for herself, Mr. F
RANKEN
, and Mr. S
 ANDERS
) introduced thefollowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee onHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Actof 1965 to encourage and support parent, family, andcommunity involvement in schools, to provide needed in-tegrated services and comprehensive supports to childrenfor the ultimate goal of assisting students to stay inschool, become successful learners, improve their aca-demic achievement, and for other purposes.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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S 1462 IS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Schools Utilizing Com-
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prehensive and Community Engagement for Success Act’’
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or the ‘‘Success Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds the following:
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(1) Research studies consistently show a posi-
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tive relationship between family engagement and
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student achievement. This relationship holds across
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families of all economic, racial and ethnic, and edu-
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cational backgrounds and for students of all ages.
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(2) Educators recognize, on the basis of social
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science and common experience, that effective family 
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and community engagement is a critical element in
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children’s academic, social, and emotional develop-
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ment. Poverty, limited English proficiency, and vary-
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ing cultural expectations are among the biggest bar-
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riers to effective family engagement.
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(3) Schools with effective family and community 
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engagement strategies provide bridges between fami-
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lies, community-based organizations, and schools to
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improve communication, information sharing, serv-
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ices, and comprehensive supports for children and
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families.
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(4) Educational research suggests that student
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achievement improves in environments where learn-
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ing is a community value, and where schools have
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the ability to address a broad range of needs, both
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academic and otherwise, for all students, such as in
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full-service community schools.
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(5) Cross-sector community engagement of 
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 businesses, institutions of higher education, philan-
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thropic organizations, school boards, child care orga-
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nizations, family advocates, neighborhood and serv-
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ice organizations, after-school providers, and com-
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munity-based organizations, is essential if schools
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are to ensure that all children meet college and
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 work-ready standards.
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(6) More than 1,000,000 of the students who
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enter grade 9 do not receive a high school diploma
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4 years later and approximately 7,000 students drop
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out of school each day, including a significant per-
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centage of students with the potential of high aca-
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demic achievement.
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(7) Integrated services and comprehensive sup-
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ports, such as before school, after school, and sum-
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mer activities, family engagement, health and mental
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services, and other services and supports, are nec-
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essary components of effective, school-based efforts
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to dramatically affect dropout prevention rates, in-
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crease graduation rates, and improve student
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