Congressman Hoyer is also an advocate for Full-Service Community Schools
Will advocate for Full-Service Community Schools that coordinate education and social services for families.
Occurrences
He is also a strong supporter of Full-Service Community Schools, modeled after the highly successful Judy Centers throughout Maryland, which coordinates educational and social service programs through collaborative partnerships with school districts and community-based organizations.
Evidence
He is also a strong supporter of Full-Service Community Schools, modeled after the highly successful Judy Centers throughout Maryland, which coordinates educational and social service programs through collaborative partnerships with school districts and community-based organizations.
"I don't like everything in this bill ... especially [that] it zeroes out funding for Full-Service Community Schools to the detriment of countless vulnerable children across the country, including tens of thousands in Maryland."
Mr. Hoyer (for himself, Mr. George Miller of California, ... ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor ... To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support of full-service community schools, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] ... Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2011 ... authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to ... assist public elementary or secondary schools to function as full-service community schools.
Hoyer (for himself, Mr. ... ) introduced the following bill ... To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support of full-service community schools, and for other purposes.
He has also been an advocate for increased funding for childhood immunization and for full-service community schools, which provide a range of important services for students, especially in early childhood years.
Hoyer is a strong supporter of Full-Service Community Schools, which coordinates educational and social service programs through collaborative partnerships.
He has also been an advocate for increased funding for childhood immunization and for full-service community schools.
Mr. Hoyer introduced a bill to authorize Education Department grants for the support of full-service community schools.
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H.; the bill would help schools function as full-service community schools.
Hoyer introduced a bill to authorize grants for the support of full-service community schools.
Hoyer objected that the bill zeroes out funding for Full-Service Community Schools, harming vulnerable children in Maryland and nationally.
Assessments
The promise was framed as advocacy rather than requiring enactment of a new program. In federal office, Hoyer directly advocated for Full-Service Community Schools through official public support, repeated sponsorship/introduction of Full-Service Community Schools legislation in multiple Congresses, and appropriations advocacy opposing elimination of program funding. Those actions materially match the promised conduct during his House service, even though some specific bills did not become law.
The promise was to advocate for Full-Service Community Schools, not necessarily to enact them. Evidence shows Hoyer directly sponsored multiple Full-Service Community Schools bills in 2009, 2011, and 2014 and publicly defended program funding in later appropriations debate. His official House materials also explicitly describe him as a strong supporter and advocate of this model. Because the promise is framed as advocacy, these concrete legislative and public actions satisfy the commitment during his time in office.