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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 377
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY3, 2025
Mr. B
OOKERintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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 2025’’. 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
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(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 ‘‘U
SE’’ and inserting ‘‘REQUIRED 17
U
SE’’; 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) A
UTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS .—In any 23
academic year to which subsection (b)(2)(A) applies, 24
an institution that is carrying out subsection (f) may 25
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also use funds granted to such institution under this 1
section in accordance with this subsection.’’; and 2
(3) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(f) A
FTER-SCHOOLACTIVITIES.— 4
‘‘(1) U
SE OF FUNDS.—In any academic year to 5
which subsection (b)(2)(A) applies— 6
‘‘(A) an institution that is not carrying out 7
subsection (d) for such year shall ensure funds 8
granted to such institution under this section 9
are used in accordance with this subsection to 10
compensate (including compensation for time 11
spent in training and travel directly related to 12
after school activities) students employed in 13
after-school activities of eligible schools; and 14
‘‘(B) an institution that is carrying out 15
subsection (d) for such year may also use funds 16
granted to such institution under this section in 17
accordance with this subsection to compensate 18
the students described in subparagraph (A). 19
‘‘(2) R
EGISTRATION PROCESS.—Not later than 20
180 days after the date of enactment of the Stu-21
dents Helping Young Students Act of 2025, the Sec-22
retary shall inform eligible schools about the work- 23
study program described in paragraph (1), and es-24
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tablish and carry out a process for eligible schools 1
to register to participate in such program. 2
‘‘(3) I
MPLEMENTATION.—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) P
RIORITY 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) F
EDERAL 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) D
EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-22
section: 23
‘‘(A) The term ‘after-school activities’— 24
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‘‘(i) means activities during non- 1
school hours or periods when school is not 2
in session, such as after school, before 3
school, or summer recess, that have an 4
educational purpose; and 5
‘‘(ii) includes such activities adminis-6
tered by— 7
‘‘(I) an eligible school, including 8
activities in which only the student 9
population of such school is served; or 10
‘‘(II) a community learning cen-11
ter, a community-based organization, 12
a nonprofit organization, or other cen-13
ter or organization that facilitates 14
youth development activities, which 15
partners with an eligible school. 16
‘‘(B) The terms ‘elementary school’ and 17
‘secondary school’ have the meanings given the 18
terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and 19
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 20
7801). 21
‘‘(C) The term ‘eligible school’ means a 22
public elementary school or secondary school. 23
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‘‘(D) The term ‘low-income community’ 1
has the meaning given the term in section 2
428K(g)(6).’’. 3
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