# 119-s-4504: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026 119-s-4504, Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-15). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4504 - As of: 2026-10-15 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-4504 - Congress: 119 - Title: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-05-12 - Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD) - Cosponsors: 15 - Policy area: Education - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-10-15 ## Summary **This bill would create a national Full-Service Community School program** that funds and standardizes community schools delivering coordinated health, family, and expanded learning supports through a competitive grant structure and clear accountability rules. - Families and students gain integrated services at qualifying schools, including health, mental health, nutrition, housing and legal supports, plus expanded learning time and college/career supports tied to a six-pillar results framework. These services must track outcomes like readiness, achievement, attendance, and wellbeing. - Schools and educators get funding for dedicated staff and leadership: a full-time community school coordinator at each served school and initiative directors for multi-school grantees. Grants include planning awards up to $100,000 per school, implementation grants of at least $250,000 per school per year, and expansion grants starting at $300,000 plus $150,000 for each added school. - States, Tribes, Bureau of Indian Education schools, and Native Hawaiian organizations can receive competitive State and tribal grants and technical assistance. At least 80% of funds go to competitive planning, implementation, and expansion grants, with set shares for State grants and TA and a reserved allocation for BIE/tribal programs. *Authorizes new federal funding totaling about $3.7 billion for FY2027–FY2031, with annual authorizations rising from $500 million to $1.0 billion.* ## Cosponsors (15) - Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - New full-service community school funding: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize new annual funding for a national full-service community school program. It would authorize $500 million for FY2027, $600 million for FY2028, $700 million for FY2029, $850 million for FY2030, and $1 billion for FY2031. These are the amounts Congress could approp… - Community school planning grants: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize competitive planning grants for up to 2 years. Each planning grant would be at least $100,000 and could not exceed $100,000 per eligible school served. Grantees would have to hire or designate a community school coordinator, do needs and assets assessments engag… - Five-year implementation grants for schools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize 5-year implementation grants. Each eligible school served by an implementation grant would receive not less than $250,000 per year. Applicants that completed a planning grant could use an expedited application process. All applicants would need a data-sharing ag… - Grants to expand community schools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize expansion grants for 3 to 5 years. Each expansion grant would provide at least $300,000 per year plus $150,000 per additional school named in the budget. For FY2027–FY2029, expansion grants would be limited to no more than 20% of the local competitive grant pool… - State grants to support schools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize competitive 5-year State grants to plan, implement, and expand community schools statewide. States would have to use no more than 10% of a grant for administration and at least 90% to directly support LEAs and schools. States would also set goals, create a State… - Which schools can get community school help: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would define an eligible school as a public elementary or secondary school that has at least 40% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or that is identified for support under Federal or State school-improvement rules. Schools that meet this test could be served… - Reporting, evaluation, and technical help: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would fund technical assistance and a national assistance center to help grantees with data-sharing, evidence-based practices, and coordination. States that get grants would face Secretary-designed end-of-grant evaluations with data broken down by student groups. Not later than… - Community school coordinators and teams: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require each eligible school served by grants to have a full-time community school coordinator who leads planning, supports, and partnerships. Entities serving three or more schools would be expected to have an initiative director. Schools would need a results framework a… - Grant renewal for successful programs: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would allow the Secretary to renew an implementation or expansion grant for up to 5 additional years. To get renewal, an eligible entity would need to show satisfactory progress, apply, and submit academic and whole-child outcomes for all students and subgroups. Renewed grants… - Priority for high-need and Tribal schools: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary to give priority for planning, implementation, and expansion grants to applicants that are high-need LEAs or consortia, LEAs receiving certain basic support payments, rural LEAs or consortia, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian… - How community school money is divided: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would direct that at least 80% of FSCS funds go to competitive local planning, implementation, and expansion grants, up to 15% may go to 5-year State grants, and up to 5% may fund technical assistance. From the 80% competitive pool, not less than 5% would be reserved for Bureau… ## Related bills - 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026 - 119-s-1503: Equality Act - 119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act - 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-s-4504 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4504) ## Related - [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066) - [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51) - [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108) - [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503) - [119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2295) - [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4504 (as of 2026-10-15).