Federal funding expands community schools in high-poverty districts nationwide.
H.R. 8752 — Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026 · Filed by Susie Lee (D-NV) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced May 12, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill authorizes $500 million to $1 billion annually (2027–2031) to fund a federal Full-Service Community Schools program. Schools receive planning grants to assess needs, then implementation grants to hire coordinators and provide integrated student supports (health, mental health, nutrition), expanded learning time (tutoring, after-school programs), family engagement, and collaborative leadership structures. Priority goes to high-poverty and low-performing schools, rural areas, and tribal lands.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a straightforward federal grant program to expand community school models in high-need districts. It authorizes direct appropriations, defines eligible recipients, establishes selection criteria, and mandates accountability reporting. No hidden mechanisms or narrow carve-outs detected.
What the text implies
- Requires data-sharing agreements between schools and service providers, raising privacy considerations for student and family data—the bill mandates sharing but does not specify data security, retention limits, or third-party access restrictions.
- Expansion grants (subsection d) allow schools already operating community school models under OTHER funding sources to access federal funds, potentially creating incentive to rebrand existing programs rather than expand new ones.
- Results framework (section 4622(10)) sets ambitious goals (college readiness, civic engagement, mental health) but does not specify consequences for schools that fail to meet targets or how underperformance triggers intervention.
- Community-wide leadership teams must include 'system-level partners' from government agencies and labor organizations, but the bill does not define how conflicts of interest are managed when government agencies are both funders and participants in governance.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill directly expands access to integrated student supports, mental health services, nutrition, and enriched learning opportunities for students in high-poverty and low-performing schools—populations with documented unmet needs. The program is structured around evidence-based community school models and includes robust accountability (results frameworks, public reporting, open leadership meetings), benefiting students and families who currently lack coordinated access to these services.
Who stands to gain
- Local educational agencies (school districts)
- Community-based organizations and nonprofits (service providers)
- Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations
- Native Hawaiian organizations
- Institutions of higher education (teacher preparation, college access partnerships)
Named in the bill
U.S. Department of Education (Secretary), Local educational agencies, Community-based organizations, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, Higher Education Act of 1965
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 3 Democrats.
- May 12, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- May 12, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
5 lobbying clients named this bill on 5 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Mar 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $5,540,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 14 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 78% of bills with at least one filing.
Susie Lee, the sponsor, reported $1,381,909 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle. $6,000 of that came from 1 PAC tied to these lobbying clients.
- Lockheed Martin Corporation — $4,180,000 on 1 filing
- Friends Committee on National Legislation — $1,000,000 on 1 filing
- Cms Energy Corp — $170,000 on 1 filing
- Metal Shark Boats — $150,000 on 1 filing
- Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago — $40,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,094 characters) on Oct 31, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Mar 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-31.
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