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The bill directs substantial new federal funding to create full‑service community schools and expanded wraparound supports for high‑need students—likely improving attendance and services—while increasing federal spending, adding administrative burdens, and raising student data privacy and capacity concerns for small and rural districts.
Low-income and high-need students in participating schools gain integrated full‑service community school supports (health, mental health, nutrition, tutoring, transportation, wraparound services) that are intended to improve attendance and whole‑child outcomes.
Schools and districts receive dedicated federal funding and staff support (full‑time community school coordinators, initiative directors, and resources for expanded learning time) to implement and sustain community school models.
Families gain greater access to social services through school‑based family and community engagement (adult education, legal help, housing assistance, early childhood care), expanding supports available in communities.
Students and families face increased risk to privacy and parental control because the bill allows expanded sharing of student records with community partners and service providers (sometimes without prior parental consent), raising potential exposure of sensitive information.
The federal cost of the new programs (authorizations totaling billions across FY2027–FY2031 and sizable multi‑year grants) increases federal spending and could raise budget pressures or crowd out other priorities, affecting taxpayers.
Schools, LEAs, and grant recipients will face substantial new administrative, reporting, data‑sharing, planning, evaluation, and compliance burdens that consume staff time and local resources unless fully covered by grant funds.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes major annual funding for Full‑Service Community Schools, creates planning/implementation/expansion grants, and expands FERPA exceptions to share student records with community partners.
Official title: To improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.
Introduced May 12, 2026 by Susie Lee · Last progress May 12, 2026
Authorizes a major expansion of the federal Full‑Service Community Schools program by defining program terms, creating grant categories (planning, implementation, expansion, and State grants), and authorizing $500M–$1B annually for FY2027–FY2031. It requires competitive awards that prioritize high-need districts, rural areas, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations and sets detailed minimums, limits, and uses for each grant type. Changes to student privacy law (FERPA) broaden exceptions to allow schools to share student education records with community partners, Tribal entities, local governments, contractors, and service providers for health, safety, attendance, and service delivery purposes. The bill also reorganizes related Promise Neighborhoods and cross-references to direct funds to the expanded community schools program.