S.Amdt. 4189

SA 4189. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 4899, making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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economic support fund

Sec. 1019. (a) Congress finds that--

(1) even before the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the people of Haiti faced many challenges, which were exacerbated by the devastating effects of the earthquake;

(2) one of the most underserved sectors in Haiti is children, of whom--

(A) more than \1/2\ were not in school before the earthquake; and

(B) 76 percent of primary school students and 82 percent of secondary school students who were attending school before the earthquake attended nonpublic schools;

(3) there are fewer educational opportunities in the rural areas in Haiti, where only 23 percent were enrolled in schools before the earthquake;

(4) publicly funded schools can serve as the cornerstones for communities by providing--

(A) wrap-around services for children and adults; and

(B) much needed family support services, including health clinics, literacy, vocational training, and nutritional support; and

(5) schools can provide an important opportunity to register children and to provide them with life-saving immunizations.

(b) It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should utilize a portion of the amounts appropriated for the Economic Support Fund under this chapter that is allocated for infrastructure, health services, or agriculture or food security in Haiti, to support a publicly funded education system in Haiti, in coordination with the Government of Haiti and other donors.