text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.
  
      (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Role Models 
  Academy Demonstration Act''.
      (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish a Role Models 
  Academy that--
              (1) serves as a model, residential, military style magnet 
          school for at-risk youth from around the Nation who cease to 
          attend secondary school before graduation from secondary 
          school; and
              (2) will foster a student's growth and development by 
          providing a residential, controlled environment conducive for 
          developing leadership skills, self-discipline, citizenship, and 
          academic and vocational excellence in a structured living and 
          learning environment.
      (c) Definitions.--For the purpose of this Act--
              (1) the term ``Academy'' means the academy established 
          under section 3;
              (2) the term ``former member of the Armed Forces'' means 
          any individual who was discharged or released from service in 
          the Armed Forces under honorable conditions;
              (3) the term ``local educational agency'' has the meaning 
          given that term in section 14101 of the Elementary and 
          Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801);
              (4) the term ``secondary school'' has the meaning given 
          that term in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
          Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801); and
              (5) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
          Education.
  
  SEC. 2. OBJECTIVES.
  
      The objectives of this Act are as follows:
              (1) To provide a comprehensive, coherent, integrated, high 
          quality, cost-effective, residential, education and vocational 
          training academy for the Nation's at-risk youth, designed to 
          meet the entrance demands of colleges and universities and the 
          needs of employers.
              (2) To establish a comprehensive, national partnership 
          investment model among the Federal Government, States, 
          corporate America, and colleges and universities.
              (3) To provide for community partnerships among local 
          community leaders, businesses, and churches to provide 
          mentoring to Academy students.
              (4) To provide for a community partnership between the 
          Academy and the local school system under which model Academy 
          students will serve as mentors to at-risk youth who are 
          attending school to provide such in-school at-risk youth with 
          valuable instruction and insights regarding--
                      (A) the prevention of drug use and crime;
                      (B) self-restraint; and
                      (C) conflict resolution skills.
              (5) To provide Academy students with--
                      (A) the tools to become productive citizens;
                      (B) learning skills;
                      (C) traditional, moral, ethical, and family values;
                      (D) work ethics;
                      (E) motivation;
                      (F) self-confidence; and
                      (G) pride.
              (6) To provide employment opportunities at the Academy for 
          former members of the Armed Forces and participants in the 
          program assisted under section 1151 of title 10, United States 
          Code (Troops to Teachers Program).
              (7) To make the Academy available, upon demonstration of 
          success, for expansion or duplication throughout every State, 
          through block grant funding or other means.
  
  SEC. 3. ACADEMY ESTABLISHED.
  
      The Secretary shall carry out a demonstration program under which 
  the Secretary establishes a four-year, residential, military style 
  academy--
              (1) that shall offer at-risk youth secondary school 
          coursework and vocational training, and that may offer 
          precollegiate coursework;
              (2) that focuses on the education and vocational training 
          of youth at risk of delinquency or dropping out of secondary 
          school;
              (3) whose teachers are primarily composed of former members 
          of the Armed Forces or participants in the program assisted 
          under section 1151 of title 10, United States Code (Troops to 
          Teachers Program), if such former members or participants are 
          qualified and trained to teach at the Academy;
              (4) that operates a mentoring program that--
                      (A) utilizes mentors from all sectors of society to 
                  serve as role models for Academy students;
                      (B) provides, to the greatest extent possible, one-
                  to-one mentoring relationships between mentors and 
                  Academy students; and
                      (C) involves mentors providing academic tutoring, 
                  advice, career counseling, and role models;
              (5) that may contain a Junior Reserve Officers' Training 
          Corps unit established in accordance with section 2031 of title 
          10, United States Code;
              (6) that is housed on the site of any military installation 
          closed pursuant to a base closure law; and
              (7) if the Secretary determines that the Academy is 
          effective, that serves as a model for similar military style 
          academies throughout the United States.
target: Role Models Academy Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a demonstration program under which a four-year, residential, military-style academy (the Role Models Academy) is established which:  (1) offers at-risk youth secondary school coursework and vocational training (and may offer precollegiate coursework); (2) focuses on the education and vocational training of youth at risk of delinquency or dropping out of secondary school; (3) has a teaching staff primarily composed of former members of the armed forces or participants in the Troops to Teachers Program, if they are qualified and trained to teach at the Academy; (4) operates a mentoring program involving role models from all sectors of society; (5) may contain a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit; (6) is housed on the site of any military installation closed pursuant to a base closure law; and (7) if effective, serves as a model for similar military-style academies throughout the United States.
feat_title: Role Models Academy Demonstration Act