---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7271"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7271"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7271"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter IV — 21st Century Schools"
  - "Part F — National Activities"
  - "Subpart 2 — community support for school success"
---

# §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](/usc/20/7801.md?p=28) 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](/usc/20/7272.md?p=2) 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.

## Source credit

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

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7271, Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5551, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1855, related to assistance for arts education, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–95, § 5, title IV, § 4001(b)(1)(C), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1806, 1967, effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.