To provide funding for after-school programs

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   Inserted: SEC. . FUNDING FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--

   Inserted: (1) There remains a great need for after-school programs. The Census Bureau reported that at least 8 to 15 million children have no place to go after school is out.

   Inserted: (2) According to the FBI, youth are most at risk for committing violent acts and being victims of violent crimes between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.--after school is out and before parents arrive home.

   Inserted: (3) Studies show that organized extracurricular activities, such as after-school programs, reduce crime, drug use, and teenage pregnancy.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that every effort should be made to--

   Inserted: (1) accommodate the waiting lists of children needing access to after-school programs; and

   Inserted: (2) fund after-school programs at the level authorized in the Leave No Child Behind Act.

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