THE NATIONAL CITIES IN SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

SEC. 930. THE NATIONAL CITIES IN SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. (a) Purpose.—The purposes of this section are— (1) to empower the local community by investing in its human capital through a private-public partnership to rebuild urban and rural communities through schools and other community organizations, including public housing communities; and (2) to ensure that by December 1997, the Cities in Schools Program, through the National Center for Partnership Development, will have developed the capacity to reach 590,000 at- risk youth and their families through community-wide programs that channel existing community resources to provide personal, coordinated and accountable support. (b) Grants To Strengthen the National Cities in Schools Program.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make grants to expand the National Cities in Schools Program and operations of the National Center for Partnership Development (1) develop, establish, and support projects to strengthen local community dropout prevention programs in elementary and secondary schools; (2) train community leaders responsible for the implementation of local community Cities in Schools dropout prevention programs; and (3) disseminate to, and support replication by, States and communities of effective dropout prevention strategies. (c) Authorization.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,090 for fiscal year 1993 and $10,420,000 for fiscal year 1994.