,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #bnd ,session  
,s4 #cihj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ai1    
#bjbd,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself and  
,ms4 ,cortez ,masto7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to award grants 
to local educational agencies to operate
 after school programs in certain areas 
with a high rate of juvenile crime4  #a4
 ,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 ,act4  #b4 ,grants for
 after school programs  7a7 ,definitions
 ,in this section3 7#a7 ,,esea ,terms   
,the terms local educational agency and 
secondary school have the meanings given
 those terms in section #haja of the    
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74    
7#b7 ,eligible local educational agency 

,the term eligible local educational    
agency means a local educational agency 
that serves #a or more secondary schools
 that are located in a county in which  
the juvenile offense rate is not less   
than #aj percent4  7#c7 ,eligible       
nonprofit organization ,the term        
eligible nonprofit organization means an
 organization described in section      
#eja7;c77#c7 and exempt from tax under  
section #eja7;a7 of the ,internal       
,revenue ,code of #aihf that has        
experience in operating an after school 
program or similar program for secondary
 school students4  7#d7 ,eligible       
students ,the term eligible students    
means students in any of grades #f      
through #ab4  7#e7 ,juvenile offense    
rate ,the term juvenile offense rate    
means the percentage of violent offenses
 committed by any individual who is not 
more than #ai years of age as compared  
to the total number of violent offenses 
committed by all age groups in a given  
county1 as published in the ,uniform    

,crime ,reporting ,program of the       
,federal ,bureau of ,investigation4  7b7
 ,program established ,the ,attorney    
,general shall award grants1 in         
accordance with subsection 7c71 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 students1  
as described in subsection 7e74  7c7    
,formula ,from the total amount made    
available to carry out this section1 the
 ,attorney ,general shall allot to each 
eligible local educational agency having
 an application approved under          
subsection 7d71 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   
section4  7d7 ,application ,an eligible 

local educational agency seeking a grant
 under this section shall submit an     
application to the ,attorney ,general at
 such time1 in such manner1 and         
containing such information as the      
,attorney ,general may require1         
including-- 7#a7 the juvenile offense   
rate for the most recent fiscal year for
 which data are available for the county
 in which #a or more secondary schools  
served by the local educational agency  
are located2  7#b7 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 programs2
 and  7#c7 information about the        
activities and frequency of the after   
school programs that will be carried out
 with grant funds under this section4   
7e7 ,uses of funds  7#a7 ,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      

students1 which may include-- 7,a7      
expanding existing after school programs
 for eligible students2  7,b7 developing
 and carrying out new after school      
programs for eligible students2 or  7,c7
 partnering with an eligible nonprofit  
organization to administer and operate  
after school programs for eligible      
students4  7#b7 ,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 purpose4  7f7 ,reports  7#a7
 ,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-- 7,a7
 the number of schools served by an     
after school program established or     
maintained using funds under this       
section2  7,b7 the number of children   
served at each such school2 and  7,c7   

the general successes and               
vulnerabilities of the after school     
programs established or maintained using
 funds under this section4  7#b7        
,attorney ,general report ,not later    
than #ij days after the date as of which
 the ,attorney ,general has received all
 the reports for a year under paragraph 
7#a71 the ,attorney ,general shall      
submit to ,congress a report summarizing
 the reports received under that        
paragraph4  7g7 ,authorization of       
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this       
section #ajj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal 
years #bjbe1 #bjbf1 #bjbg1 and #bjbh4