21st
Century Community Learning Centers
The 21st Century
Community Learning Centers Program is a key component of President Bush's
No Child Left Behind Act. It is an opportunity for students and their families
to continue to learn new skills and discover new abilities after the school day
has ended. Congress has appropriated $991.07 million for after school programs
in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005.
The focus of this program, re-authorized under
Title IV, Part B, of the No Child Left Behind Act, is to provide expanded
academic enrichment opportunities for children attending low performing schools.
Tutorial services and academic enrichment activities are designed to help
students meet local and state academic standards in subjects such as reading and
math. In addition 21st
Century Community Learning Centers programs
provide youth development activities, drug and violence prevention programs,
technology education programs, art, music and recreation programs, counseling
and character education to enhance the academic component of the program.
