Number: RL31240
Title: 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Background and Funding
Authors: Gail McCallion, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), including the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program (21st CCLC), ESEA Title IV-B, is being considered for reauthorization by the 110th Congress. The 21st CCLC program was originally authorized as Part I of Title X, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended. The amendment authorizing the 21st CCLC program was included as part of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, P.L. 103-382. The 21st CCLC program was authorized for five years, FY1995-FY1999. The 21st CCLC program was not reauthorized in the 106th Congress, and consequently its authorization (but not its funding) expired in FY2000. The 21st CCLC program was reauthorized (for FY2002-FY2007) by H.R. 1, the No Child Left Behind Act, a bill to extend and revise the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The President signed H.R. 1 into law (P.L. 107-110) on January 8, 2002. This report provides background on the 21st CCLC program and summarizes its major provisions.
Pages: 7
Date: February 5, 2008