20 USC § 7271 - Purposes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s7271"
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title: "20 USC § 7271 - Purposes"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "7271"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "National Activities"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4621, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4601, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2023.)"
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# § 7271. Purposes

The purposes of this subpart are to—

**(1)** significantly improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities of the United States, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services; and

**(2)** provide support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination and integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4621, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4601, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2023.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7271, , as added , , , related to assistance for arts education, prior to repeal by , title IV, § 4001(b)(1)(C), , , 1967, effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under .