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 123STA T . 1 469PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 ‘ ‘ (I II )wasinex is t en c eat l east 1y ea rb e fo re t h e d ate on which the or g ani z ation s u b m itted an a p plication under section 11 3; and ‘‘(ii) may include a pri v ate for - profit business , pri- vate elementary school or secondary school, or Indian tribe (except that an Indian tribe distributing funds toapro j ect under this paragraph is not eligible to be part of the partnership operating that project); ‘‘(3) planning of school-based service-learning programs, through distribution by S tate educational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes of F ederal funds made available under this part to local educational agencies and Indian tribes, which planning may include paying for the cost of — ‘‘( A ) the salaries and benefits of service-learning coordinators; or ‘‘( B ) the recruitment, training and professional develop- ment, supervision, and placement of service-learning coordinators who may be participants in a program under subtitle C or receive a national service educational award under subtitle D , who may be participants in a project under section 20 1 of the Domestic V olunteer Service Act of1 97 3( 4 2 U. S.C. 5 001), or who may participate in a Y outhbuild program under section 173A of the W or k force Investment Act of 199 8 (29 U.S.C. 2918a), who will identify the community partners described in para- graph (2)(B) and assist in the design and implementation of a program described in paragraph (2); ‘‘(4) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based service-learning programs to utilize adult volunteers in service- learning to improve the education of students, through distribu- tion by State educational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes of Federal funds made available under this part to— ‘‘(A) local educational agencies; ‘‘(B) Indian tribes (except that an Indian tribe distrib- uting funds under this paragraph is not eligible to be a recipient of those funds); ‘‘(C) public or private nonprofit organizations; or ‘‘(D) partnerships or combinations of local educational agencies, and entities described in subparagraph (B) or (C); and ‘‘(5) developing, as service-learning programs, civic engage- ment programs that promote a better understanding of— ‘‘(A) the principles of the Constitution, the heroes of United States history (including military heroes), and the meaning of the P ledge of Allegiance; ‘‘(B) how the N ation ’ s government functions; and ‘‘(C) the importance of service in the Nation’s character. ‘‘(b) D UTIESOF SE RV I C E- L E A R N IN G COOR D INATOR.—A service- learning coordinator referred to in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) shall provide services to a local partnership described in sub- section (a)(2) or entity described in subsection (a)(3), respectively, that may include— ‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and information to, and facilitating the training of, teachers and assisting in the plan- ning, development, execution, and evaluation of service-learning in their classrooms;


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 123STA T . 1 470PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 200 9‘ ‘ (2)as s i s t i ngloc al p a r tn e rs h ips d escri b edins u bsection (a)(2) in the planning , de v elop m ent, and e x ecution o f service - learning pro j ects, including summer of service programs ‘‘( 3 ) assisting schools and local educational agencies in developing school policies and practices that support the integration of service-learning into the curriculum; and ‘‘( 4 ) carr y ing out such other duties as the local partnership or entity, respectively, may determine to be appropriate . ‘‘(c) RELAT E DEXP E NS ES. —A n entity that receives financial assistance under this part from a S tate, territory, or I ndian tribe may, in carrying out the activities described in subsection (a), use such assistance to pay for the F ederal share of reasonable costs related to the supervision of participants, program administra- tion, transportation, insurance, and evaluations and for other reasonable expenses related to the activities. ‘‘(d) SPE CI ALR U LE.—A State educational agency described in section 1 11A(2)(A) may designate a state w ide entity (which may be a community-based entity) with demonstrated experience in supporting or implementing service-learning programs, to receive the State educational agency ’ s allotment under this part, and carry out the functions of the agency under this part. ‘‘(e) CO NSULTATION W IT H SEC R ETAR Y O F EDUCATION.— T he Cor- poration is authori z ed to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Education for initiatives (and may use funds authorized under section 50 1(a)( 6 ) to enter into the agreements if the additional costs of the initiatives are warranted) that may include— ‘‘(1) identification and dissemination of research findings on service-learning and scientifically valid research based prac- tices for service-learning; and ‘‘(2) provision of professional development opportunities that— ‘‘(A) improve the q uality of service-learning instruction and delivery for teachers both preservice and in-service, personnel from community-based entities and youth wor k ers; and ‘‘( B ) create and sustain effective partnerships for service-learning programs between local educational agen- cies, community-based entities, businesses, and other stakeholders. ‘ ‘ SEC.1 1 2A .A L L OTM E N TS. ‘‘(a) INDIAN TRI B ES AND TERRITORIES.— O f the amounts appro- priated to carry out this part for any fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve an amount of not less than 2 percent and not more than 3 percent for payments to Indian tribes, the U nited States V irgin Islands, G uam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the N orthern M ariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their respective needs. ‘‘(b) ALLOT M ENTS THROU G H STATES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After reserving an amount under sub- section (a), the Corporation shall use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out this part for the fiscal year as follows ‘‘(A) ALLOTMENTS BASED ON SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—From 50 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as the number of school- 42USC1 2 5 24.

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 123STA T . 1 47 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9ageyouthin the S tate b ea rs to the tota l nu m ber o f s c hool - age youth in all States .‘ ‘ (B)AL L OTMEN T SBA SE D ON ALLO C AT I ONS U NDE R ELEMENTAR Y AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT O F1965 . —F rom 50p ercent of such remain d er , the C orporation shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as the allocation to the State for the pre v ious fiscal year under title I of the E lementary and Secondary Education Act of 196 5( 2 0 U .S.C. 6 3 01etse q .) bears to the total of such allocations to all States. ‘‘(2) M INIMUM AMOUNT.—For any fiscal year for w hich amounts appropriated for this subtitle e x ceed $ 50,000,000, the minimum allotment to each State under paragraph (1) shall be$ 7 5,000. ‘‘(c) R EALLOTMENT.—If the Corporation determines that the allotment of a State, territory, or Indian tribe under this section will not be required for a fiscal year because the State, territory, or Indian tribe did not submit and receive approval of an application for the allotment under section 113, the Corporation shall ma k e the allotment for such State, territory, or Indian tribe available for grants to community-based entities to carry out service-learning programs as described in section 112(b) in such State, in such territory, or for such Indian tribe. After community-based entities apply for grants from the allotment, by submitting an application at such time and in such manner as the Corporation requires, and receive approval, the remainder of such allotment shall be available for reallotment to such other States, territories, or Indian tribes with approved applications submitted under section 113 as the Corporation may determine to be appropriate. ‘ ‘ SEC.1 1 3 . AP P LI CA T I ON S. ‘‘(a) A P PLICATIONS TO CORPORATION FOR ALLOTMENTS.— ‘‘(1) IN G ENERAL.— T o be eligible to receive an allotment under section 112A, a State, acting through the State edu- cational agency, territory, or Indian tribe shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an application at such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive O fficer may reasonably require, and obtain approval of the application. ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application for an allotment under sec- tion 112 shall include— ‘‘(A) a proposal for a 3-year plan promoting service- learning, which shall contain such information as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require, including how the applicant will integrate service opportunities into the academic program of the participants ‘‘(B) information about the criteria the State edu- cational agency, territory, or Indian tribe will use to evaluate and grant approval to applications submitted under subsection (b), including an assurance that the State educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe will comply with the requirement in section 11 4 (a); ‘‘(C) assurances about the applicant ’ s efforts to— ‘‘(i) ensure that students of different ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, and economic back- grounds have opportunities to serve together; 42USC1 2 5 25.


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 123STA T . 1 47 2 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (i i ) i ncludea n yop po rt unitie sf or students , enrolled in sc h ools or pro g ra m s of education pro v iding elementary or secondary education, to participate in service - learning programs and ensure that such service-learning programs include opportunities for such students to serve together ‘‘(iii) involve participants in the design and oper- ation of the programs; ‘‘(iv) promote service-learning in areas of greatest need, including lo w -income or rural areas; and ‘‘(v) otherwise integrate service opportunities into the academic program of the participants; and ‘‘( D ) assurances that the applicant will comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement re q uirements of section 17 7 and the notice, hearing, and grievance proce- dures required b y section 17 6. ‘‘(b) AP P LICAT I ON TO S TAT E , T E R RITOR Y ,OR I N D IAN TRI B E F OR A S SISTANCE TO C ARRY OU TSC H OOL- B ASED SER V ICE- L EARNIN GP RO- GRA M S. — ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— ‘‘(A) qualified organi z ation, Indian tribe, territory, local educational agency, for-profit business, private elementary school or secondary school, or institution of higher edu- cation that desires to receive financial assistance under this subpart from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in section 11 2 (a)(1); ‘‘(B) partnership described in section 112(a)(2) that desires to receive such assistance from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in section 112(a)(2); ‘‘(C) entity described in section 112(a)( 3 ) that desires to receive such assistance from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in such section; ‘‘(D) entity or partnership described in section 112(a)( 4 ) that desires to receive such assistance from a State, terri- tory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in such sec- tion; and ‘‘( E ) entity that desires to receive such assistance from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in section 111(a)( 5 ), shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency for the State, territory, or Indian tribe, and obtain approval of, an application for the program. ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such informa- tion, as the agency, territory, or Indian tribe may reasonably require. ‘ ‘ SEC.1 1 4 .C ON S ID E RAT ION O F A P P L ICATIONS. ‘‘(a) CRITERIA FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In providing assist- ance under this part, a State educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 112A(c) applies) shall consider criteria with respect to sustainability, replicability, innova- tion, and quality of programs. ‘‘(b) PRIORITY FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In providing assist- ance under this part, a State educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 112A(c) applies) shall give priority to entities that submit applications under section 113 42USC1 2 5 2 6.


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 123STA T . 1 47 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9withresp e c tt o ser v ice -l e a r n in g progra m s d escri b ed in section 1 11 that are in the greatest need o f assistance , s u ch as programs targeting low-income areas or serving economicall y disadvantaged youth .‘ ‘ ( c )REJ E CTION O FAP P L IC A TION S TO C O R PORATION. —I f the Cor- poration re j ects an application submitted by a S tate, territory, or Indian tribe under section 11 3 for an allotment, the Corporation shall promptly notify the State, territory, or Indian tribe of the reasons for the rejection of the application. T he Corporation shall provide the State, territory, or Indian tribe with a reasonable oppor- tunity to revise and resubmit the application and shall provide technical assistance, if needed, to the State, territory, or Indian tribe as part of the resubmission process. The Corporation shall promptly reconsider such resubmitted application. ‘ ‘ SEC.1 1 5 . PARTI CIPATI ON O F ST UD ENTS AND TEAC H ERS FRO M PRI -V ATE SCHOO L S. ‘‘(a) IN G ENERAL.—To the e x tent consistent with the number of students in the State, in the territory, or served by the Indian tribe or in the school district of the local educational agency involved who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary schools and sec- ondary schools, such State, territory, or Indian tribe, or agency shall (after consultation with appropriate private school representa- tives) ma k e provision— ‘‘(1) for the inclusion of services and arrangements for the benefit of such students so as to allow for the e q uitable participation of such students in the programs implemented to carry out the objectives and provide the benefits described in this part and ‘‘( 2 ) for the training of the teachers of such students so as to allow for the equitable participation of such teachers in the programs implemented to carry out the objectives and provide the benefits described in this part. ‘‘(b) W AI V ER.—If a State, territory, Indian tribe, or local edu- cational agency is prohibited by law from providing for the participa- tion of students or teachers from private nonprofit schools as required by subsection (a), or if the Corporation determines that a State, territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency substan- tially fails or is unwilling to provide for such participation on an equitable basis, the Chief E xecutive O fficer shall waive such requirements and shall arrange for the provision of services to such students and teachers. ‘‘SEC. 11 6 . FEDERAL , STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRI B UTIONS. ‘‘(a) CORPORATION S H ARE.— ‘‘(1) IN G ENERAL.—The Corporation share of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant is made from an allotment under this part— ‘‘(A) for new grants may not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the program for the first year of the grant period, 65 percent for the second year, and 50 percent for each remaining year; and ‘‘( B ) for continuing grants, may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program. ‘‘(2) N ONCORPORATION CONTRI BU TION.—In providing for the remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, each recipient of such a grant under this part— 42USC1 2 5 2 8. 42 USC 1252 7 . Notif i ca tio n .


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 123STA T . 1 47 4 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (A)shal l providef ors uc h share t hrou g hapa ym e n t in cash or in k ind , fairly evaluated, including facilities, e q uipment, or services ‘‘( B )e x cept as provided in su b paragraph ( C ), may pro - vide for such share through F ederal, S tate, or local sources, including private funds or donated services; and ‘‘(C) may not provide for such share through Federal funds made available under title I of the E lementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20U. S.C. 6 3 11 et seq.) or the Individuals w ith D isabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1 4 00 et seq.). ‘‘(b) WAIVER . —T he Chief Executive O fficer may waive the requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect to any such program for any fiscal year, on a determination that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of resources at the local level. ‘ ‘ SEC.1 1 7 . LIM I TA TI ON SON U SES O F FUN D S. ‘‘ N ot more than 6 percent of the amount of assistance received by a State, territory, or Indian tribe that is the original recipient of an allotment under this part for a fiscal year may be used to pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corporation may issue, for administrative costs, incurred by that recipient. ’ ’. SEC. 1 20 2. H I G HE R EDUCATION P RO V ISIONS. (a) R E D E S I GN A T I O N.—Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 12561) is redesig- nated as section 11 8 . (b) H IG H ER ED UC ATION INNOVATIVE P ROGRA M S.—Section 118 (as so redesignated) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘community service programs’’ the following ‘‘through service-learning’’; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘combination’’ and inserting ‘‘consortium’’; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(C) the institution or partnership may coordinate with service-learning curricula being offered in the academic curricula at the institution of higher education or at 1 or more members of the partnership;’’; and (C) in paragraph (3)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘teachers at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels’’ and inserting ‘‘institutions of higher education and their faculty’’; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘education of the institution; and’’ and inserting ‘‘curricula of the institution to strengthen the instructional capacity of teachers to provide service-learning at the elementary and secondary levels;’’; (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara- graph (C); and (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol- lowing: 42USC1 2 5 2 9.


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 123STA T . 1 475PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (B)includ in gserv ice - le a rningasac omp onen t o f ot h er curricula or academic programs (other than education cur- ricula or programs) , such as curricula or programs relating to nursing, medicine, criminal j ustice, or pu b lic polic y; and ’ ’; ( 3 ) by stri k ing subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g); ( 4 ) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (i); and ( 5 ) by inserting after subsection (b) the follo w ing ‘‘(c) FED E RAL , ST ATE, A N D LOC AL C ONTR IBU TION S.— ‘‘( 1 ) FEDERAL S H ARE.— ‘‘( A ) I N G ENERAL.— T he Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program for which assistance is provided under this part may not e x ceed 5 0 percent of the total cost of the program. ‘‘(B) N ON- F EDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, each recipient of a grant or contract under this part— ‘‘(i) shall provide for such share through a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, e q uipment, or services; and ‘‘(ii) may provide for such share through State sources or local sources, including private funds or donated services. ‘‘( 2 ) W AI V ER.—The Chief E xecutive O fficer may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in whole or in part with respect to any such program for any fiscal year if the Corporation determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available financial resources at the local level. ‘‘(d) A P PLICATION FOR G RANT.— ‘‘(1) SUB M ISSION.—To receive a grant or enter into a con- tract under this part, an institution or partnership shall prepare and submit to the Corporation, an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information and assur- ances as the Corporation may reasonably require, and obtain approval of the application. In requesting applications for assistance under this part, the Corporation shall specify such required information and assurances. ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under para- graph (1) shall contain, at a minimum— ‘‘(A) assurances that— ‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a participant, the applicant will consult with the appropriate local labor organi z ation, if any, representing employees in the area who are engaged in the same or similar work as that proposed to be carried out by such program, to prevent the displacement and protect the rights of such employees; and ‘‘(ii) the applicant will comply with the nonduplica- tion and nondisplacement provisions of section 1 7 7 and the notice, hearing, and grievance procedures required by section 17 6 ‘‘(B) such other assurances as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. ‘‘(e) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent practicable, in making grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall give special consideration to applications sub- mitted by, or applications from partnerships including, institutions serving primarily low-income populations, including— Contrac t s.
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 123STA T . 1 476PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (1)Alask a N a tive- se r vi ng instit u ti o ns ‘‘( 2 ) Asian A m eri c an an d Native American P aci f ic I slander- serving institutions; ‘‘( 3 ) H is p anic-serving institutions; ‘‘( 4 ) h istoricall yb lack colleges and universities; ‘‘( 5 ) Native American-serving , nontribal institutions; ‘‘( 6 ) Native Ha w aiian-serving institutions; ‘‘( 7 ) Predominantly B lack Institutions; ‘‘( 8 ) tribally controlled colleges and universities; and ‘‘( 9 ) community colleges serving predominantly minority populations . ‘‘(f) CONSIDERAT IONS. — In making grants and entering into con- tracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall take into consider- ation whether the applicants submit applications containing pro- posals that— ‘‘(1) demonstrate the commitment of the institution of higher education involved, other than by demonstrating the commitment of the students, to supporting the community service pro j ects carried out under the program; ‘‘(2) specify the manner in which the institution will pro- mote faculty, administration, and staff participation in the community service projects; ‘‘(3) specify the manner in which the institution will provide service to the community through organi z ed programs, including, where appropriate, clinical programs for students in professional schools and colleges; ‘‘(4) describe any partnership that will participate in the community service projects, such as a partnership comprised of— ‘‘(A) the institution; ‘‘(B)(i) a community-based agency; ‘‘(ii) a local government agency; or ‘‘(iii) a nonprofit entity that serves or involves school- age youth, older adults, or low-income communities; and ‘‘(C)(i) a student organization; ‘‘(ii) a department of the institution; or ‘‘(iii) a group of faculty comprised of different depart- ments, schools, or colleges at the institution; ‘‘(5) demonstrate community involvement in the develop- ment of the proposal and the e x tent to which the proposal will contribute to the goals of the involved community members; ‘‘(6) demonstrate a commitment to perform community service projects in underserved urban and rural communities; ‘‘(7) describe research on effective strategies and methods to improve service utilized in the design of the projects; ‘‘(8) specify that the institution or partnership will use the assistance provided through the grant or contract to strengthen the service infrastructure in institutions of higher education; ‘‘(9) with respect to projects involving delivery of services, specify projects that involve leadership development of school- age youth; or ‘‘(1 0 ) describe the needs that the proposed projects are designed to address, such as housing, economic development, infrastructure, health care, job training, education, crime prevention, urban planning, transportation, information tech- nology, or child welfare.


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 123STA T . 1 47 7 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (g)FED E RALWO R K-STU D Y.—Tobe e li gible f o ras sis t a nc e u n d er t h is p art , an institution of higher education shall de m onstrate that it meets the minimum re q uirements under section 4 4 3 (b)( 2 )( A )of the H igher E ducation Act of 1965 (42 U .S. C .2 7 53(b)(2)(A)) relating to the participation of students emplo y ed under part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) (relating to Federal Wor k -Study programs) in community ser v ice activities, or has received a w aiver of those requirements from the Secretary of Education. ‘‘(h) D E FIN ITION.— N otwithstanding section 1 0 1, as used in this part, the term ‘student ’ means an individual who is enrolled in an institution of higher education on a full- or part-time basis.’’. SEC.1203 .C AMPU SES OF SE RVI CE. Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 11 8 (as redesignated by section 1202) the following

‘SEC. 11 8 A. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. ‘‘(a) IN G ENERAL.—The Corporation, after consultation with the Secretary of Education, may annually designate not more than 25 institutions of higher education as Campuses of Service, from among institutions nominated by State Commissions. ‘‘(b) A P PLI C ATION S FOR NO M INATION.— ‘‘(1) IN G ENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomination to receive designation under subsection (a), and have an opportunity to apply for funds under subsection (d) for a fiscal year, an institu- tion of higher education in a State shall submit an application to the State Commission at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State Commission may require. ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the application shall include information specifying— ‘‘(A)(i) the number of undergraduate and, if applicable, graduate service-learning courses offered at such institu- tion for the most recent full academic year preceding the fiscal year for which designation is sought and ‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of undergraduate stu- dents and, if applicable, the number and percentage of graduate students at such institution who were enrolled in the corresponding courses described in clause (i), for such preceding academic year; ‘‘(B) the percentage of undergraduate students engaging in and, if applicable, the percentage of graduate students engaging in activities providing community serv- ices, as defined in section 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)), during such preceding academic year, the quality of such activities, and the aver- age amount of time spent, per student, engaged in such activities; ‘‘(C) for such preceding academic year, the percentage of Federal work-study funds made available to the institu- tion under part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) that is used to com- pensate students employed in providing community serv- ices, as so defined, and a description of the efforts the institution undertakes to make available to students 42USC1 2 56 1 a.


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 123STA T . 1 478PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9op po rtuni ti es to pro v i d esu ch co m munit y services a nd b e compensated throu g h such w or k- study f unds ‘ (D) at the discretion of the institution , information demonstrating the degree to which recent graduates of the institution, and a l l graduates of the institution, have obtained full-time public service employment in the non- profit sector or government, with a private nonprofit organi z ation or a F ederal, S tate, or local public agency; and ‘‘( E ) any programs the institution has in place to encourage or assist graduates of the institution to pursue careers in public service in the nonprofit sector or govern- ment . ‘‘(c) NOMINAT ION S AN D D E SI G NATION. — ‘‘( 1 ) NOMINATION.— ‘‘( A ) I N GENE R A L .—A State C ommission that receives applications from institutions of higher education under subsection (b) may nominate, for designation under sub- section (a), not more than 3 such institutions of higher education, consisting of— ‘‘(i) not more than one 4 -year public institution of higher education; ‘‘(ii) not more than one 4-year private institution of higher education; and ‘‘(iii) not more than one 2 -year institution of higher education. ‘‘( B )S UB MISSION.— T he State Commission shall submit to the Corporation the name and application of each institu- tion nominated by the State Commission under subpara- graph (A). ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The Corporation shall designate, under subsection (a), not more than 2 5 institutions of higher education from among the institutions nominated under paragraph (1). In making the designations, the Corporation shall, if feasible, designate various types of institutions, including institutions from each of the categories of institutions described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph (1)(A). ‘‘(d) A W ARDS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— U sing sums reserved under section 5 0 1(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service, the Corporation shall provide an award of funds to institutions designated under subsection (c), to be used by the institutions to develop or disseminate service-learning models and information on best practices regarding service-learning to other institutions of higher education. ‘‘(2) P LAN.—To be eligible to receive funds under this sub- section, an institution designated under subsection (c) shall submit a plan to the Corporation describing how the institution intends to use the funds to develop or disseminate service- learning models and information on best practices regarding service-learning to other institutions of higher education. ‘‘(3) ALLO C ATION.—The Corporation shall determine how the funds reserved under section 501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service for a fiscal year will be allocated among the institu- tions submitting acceptable plans under paragraph (2). In deter- mining the amount of funds to be allocated to such an institu- tion, the Corporation shall consider the number of students


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 123STA T . 1 479PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 at t heins tit u ti o n , the q ua l it y an d s c o p eo f the plan su bm itted by the institution unde r para g raph (2), and the institution ’ s current (as of the date of submission of the plan) strategies to encourage or assist students to pursue public ser v ice careers in the nonprofit sector or government . ’’. SEC.1204 . IN N OVAT IVE PR O G RA M SAN D RESEARC H . S ubtitle B of title I ( 4 2 U .S. C . 1 2 5 21 et seq.), as amended by section 12 03, is further amended by adding at the end the follo w ing

‘ PARTI II — I N N OV ATIV E AN DC O M M U NIT Y-B A S ED SERVICE –L EARNIN G PROGRAMS AND RESEARC H‘ ‘SEC. 11 9 . INNOVATIVE AND COMM U NIT Y-B ASED SERVICE- L EARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. ‘ ‘(a) DEFIN I T I O N S . — In this part: ‘‘(1) EL I G I B LE ENTIT Y .— T he term ‘eligible entity’ means a State educational agency, a State Commission, a territory, an Indian tribe, an institution of higher education, or a public or private nonprofit organi z ation (including community - based entities), a public or private elementary school or secondary school, a local educational agency, a consortium of such entities, or a consortium of 2 or more such entities and a for-profit organization. ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PAR TNERS H IP.—The term ‘eligible partnership’ means a partnership that— ‘‘( A ) shall include— ‘‘(i) 1 or more community-based entities that have demonstrated records of success in carrying out service- learning programs with economically disadvantaged students, and that meet such criteria as the Chief E x ecutive O fficer may establish and ‘‘(ii) a local educational agency for which— ‘‘(I) a high number or percentage, as deter- mined by the Corporation, of the students served by the agency are economically disadvantaged stu- dents; and ‘‘(II) the graduation rate (as defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1 96 5 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in applicable regulations promul- gated by the Department of Education for the sec- ondary school students served by the agency is less than 7 0 percent; and ‘‘(B) may also include— ‘‘(i) a local government agency that is not described in subparagraph (A); ‘‘(ii) the office of the chief executive officer of a unit of general local government; ‘‘(iii) an institution of higher education; ‘‘(iv) a State Commission or State educational agency; or ‘‘(v) more than 1 local educational agency described in subclause (I). 42USC1 2 563.


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 123STA T . 1 480PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 200 9‘ ‘ (3)YOUTHENGA GE M ENT Z ONE .—Thet e rm ‘ you the nga ge - ment z one ’ mean s the area i n w hi c h a youth engagement zone p rogram is carrie d out. ‘‘( 4 ) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE PR OGRAM.—The term ‘youth engagement zone program’ means a ser v ice- l earning program in which mem b ers o f an eligible partnership collaborate to provide coordinated school-based or community-based service- learning opportunities— ‘‘( A ) in order to address a specific community challenge ‘‘( B ) for an increasing percentage of out-of-school youth and secondary school students served by a local educational agency; and ‘‘( C ) in circumstances under which— ‘‘(i) not less than 90 percent of such students participate in service-learning activities as part of the program; or ‘‘(ii) service-learning is a part of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools served by the local educational agency. ‘‘(b) G ENERA L AUTHOR I T Y .— F rom the amounts appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year , the Corporation may ma k e grants (which may include approved summer of service positions in the case of a grant for a program described in subsection (c)( 8 )) and fi x ed-amount grants (in accordance with section 12 9(l)) to eligible entities or eligible partnerships, as appropriate, for pro- grams and activities described in subsection (c). ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZE D A C TI V ITIE S .—Funds under this part may be used to— ‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred to in this part as ‘ S T EM ’) curricula at the elementary, secondary, postsec- ondary, or postbaccalaureate levels in coordination with prac- ticing or retired STEM professionals; ‘‘(2) involve students in service-learning programs focusing on energy conservation in their community, including con- ducting educational outreach on energy conservation and working to improve energy efficiency in low-income housing and in public spaces; ‘‘(3) involve students in service-learning programs in emer- gency and disaster preparedness; ‘‘(4) involve students in service-learning programs aimed at improving access to and obtaining the benefits from com- puters and other emerging technologies, including improving such access for individuals with disabilities, in low-income or rural communities, in senior centers and communities, in schools, in libraries, and in other public spaces; ‘‘( 5 ) involve high school age youth in the mentoring of middle school youth while involving all participants in service- learning to seek to meet unmet human, educational, environ- mental, public safety, or emergency and disaster preparedness needs in their community; ‘‘( 6 ) conduct research and evaluations on service-learning, including service-learning in middle schools, and disseminate such research and evaluations widely; ‘‘( 7 ) conduct innovative and creative activities as described in section 112(a);


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 123STA T . 1 48 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (8)establi s hor i mp leme n ts u mmer o f ser v i c e pro g rams (giving priorit y to programs that enroll youth w ho will be enrolle d in any of grades 6 through 9 at the end of the summer concerned) during the summer months (including recruiting, training, and placing service - learning coordinators) — ‘‘( A ) for youth who will be enrolled in any of grades 6 through 12 at the end of the summer concerned and ‘‘( B ) for community-based service-learning pro j ects— ‘‘(i) that shall— ‘‘( I ) meet unmet human, educational, environ- mental (including energy conservation and stewardship), and emergency and disaster preparedness and other public safety needs; and ‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, supervised, and designed to produce identifiable improvements to the community; ‘‘(ii) that may include the e x tension of academic year service-learning programs into the summer months; and ‘‘(iii) under which a student who completes 1 0 0 hours of service as described in section 1 4 6(b)(2), shall be eligible for a summer of service educational award of $5 00or$ 7 50 as described in sections 146(a)(2)( C ) and 147(d); ‘‘(9) establish or implement youth engagement z one pro- grams in youth engagement zones, for students in secondary schools served by local educational agencies for which a majority of such students do not participate in service-learning activities that are— ‘‘(A) carried out by eligible partnerships; and ‘‘(B) designed to— ‘‘(i) involve all students in secondary schools served by the local educational agency in service-learning to address a specific community challenge; ‘‘(ii) improve student engagement, including stu- dent attendance and student behavior, and student achievement, graduation rates, and college-going rates at secondary schools; and ‘‘(iii) involve an increasing percentage of students in secondary school and out-of-school youth in the community in school-based or community-based service-learning activities each year, with the goal of involving all students in secondary schools served by the local educational agency and involving an increasing percentage of the out-of-school youth in service-learning activities; and ‘‘(10) conduct semester of service programs that— ‘‘(A) provide opportunities for secondary school stu- dents to participate in a semester of coordinated school- based or community-based service-learning opportunities for a minimum of 70 hours (of which at least a third will be spent participating in field-based activities) over a semester, to address specific community challenges; ‘‘(B) engage as participants high percentages or num- bers of economically disadvantaged students; ‘‘(C) allow participants to receive academic credit, for the time spent in the classroom and in the field for the


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 123STA T . 1 48 2 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9prog r am,th at isequ i v a l e n ttothea c a d emic credit f or an y class of equivalent length and w ith an equivalent time commitment and ‘ ‘ (D) ensure that the classroom -b ased instruction component of the program is integrated into the academic program of the local educational agency involved; and ‘‘( 1 1) carry out any other innovative service-learning pro- grams or research that the C orporation considers appropriate . ‘‘(d) AP P LICAT I ONS . —T o be eligible to receive a grant to carry out a program or activity under this part, an entity or partnership, as appropriate, shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an application at such time and in such manner as the Chief Ex ecutive O fficer may reasonably require, and obtain approval of the applica- tion. ‘‘(e) PR IORIT Y .— I nma k ing grants under this part, the Corpora- tion shall give priority to applicants proposing to— ‘‘(1) involve students and community stakeholders in the design and implementation of service-learning programs carried out using funds received under this part; ‘‘( 2 ) implement service-learning programs in low-income or rural communities; and ‘‘( 3 ) utili z e adult volunteers, including tapping the resources of retired and retiring adults, in the planning and implementation of service-learning programs. ‘‘(f) REQU IRE M ENTS.— ‘‘(1) TERM.—Each program or activity funded under this part shall be carried out over a period of 3 years, which may include 1 planning year. In the case of a program funded under this part, the 3-year period may be extended by 1 year, if the program meets performance levels established in accord- ance with section 1 79 (k) and any other criteria determined by the Corporation. ‘‘(2) COLLA B ORATION ENCOURA G E D .—Each entity carrying out a program or activity funded under this part shall, to the extent practicable, collaborate with entities carrying out programs under this subtitle, subtitle C, and titles I and II of the Domestic V olunteer S ervice Act of 1973 ( 4 2 U .S.C. 49 5 1 et seq., 5 0 01 et seq.). ‘‘(3) E V ALUATION.— N ot later than 4 years after the effective date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall conduct an independent evaluation of the programs and activities car- ried out using funds made available under this part, and deter- mine best practices relating to service-learning and rec- ommendations for improvement of those programs and activi- ties. The Corporation shall widely disseminate the results of the evaluations, and information on the best practices and recommendations to the service community through multiple channels, including the Corporation ’ s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective strategies.’’. SEC.1205 .SE RVI CE -L E A R N IN G I MP AC T ST UDY . Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended by section 1204, is further amended by adding at the end the following
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 123STA T . 1 48 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ PARTIV—SE RVI C E -L EAR N IN G I M PACT ST UDY‘ ‘ SEC.120 .S TUDYAN D R E PO RT. ‘ ‘ (a)STUDY.— ‘‘( 1 ) INGE NE RAL .— Fromthesu ms reser v e d u n der se c t i on 50 1(a)(1)( B ) f or this section , the C or p oration sha l l enter into a contract w ith an entit y that is not otherwise a recipient of financial assistance under this su b title, to conduct a 10 - year lon g itudinal study on the impact of the activities carried out under this subtitle. ‘‘( 2 )C O NTENT S .—In conducting the study, the entity shall consider the impact of service-learning activities carried out under this subtitle on students participating in such activities, including in particular e x amining the degree to which the activities— ‘‘( A ) improved student academic achievement ‘‘(B) improved student engagement; ‘‘(C) improved graduation rates, as defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the E lementary and Secondary Edu- cation Act of 1 96 5 (20 U .S.C. 6 3 11(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in applicable regulations promulgated by the D epartment of Education; and ‘‘(D) improved the degree to which the participants in the activities engaged in subse q uent national service, volunteering, or other service activities, or pursued careers in public service, in the nonprofit sector or government. ‘‘(3) ANALYS I S.—In carrying out such study, the entity shall examine the impact of the service-learning activities on the 4 factors described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of para- graph (2), analy z ed in terms of how much time participants were engaged in service-learning activities. ‘‘(4) BEST P RA C TICES.— T he entity shall collect information on best practices concerning using service-learning activities to improve the 4 factors. ‘‘(b) INTERI MR EPORTS.—The entity shall periodically submit reports to the Corporation containing the interim results of the study and the information on best practices. The Corporation shall submit such reports to the authorizing committees. ‘‘(c) FINAL REPORT.—The entity shall submit a report to the Corporation containing the results of the study and the information on best practices. The Corporation shall submit such report to the authorizing committees, and shall ma k e such report available to the public on the Corporation ’ s website. ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION AND DISSEMINATION.— O n receiving the report described in subsection (c), the Corporation shall consult with the Secretary of Education to review the results of the study, and to identify best practices concerning using service-learning activities to improve the 4 factors described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (a)(2). The Corporation shall disseminate information on the identified best practices.’’. Public i nformat ion .We b p o s tin g . C ontracts. 42US C 1 2 56 5.


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 123STA T . 1 48 4 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9Subti t leC—Am e nd ment s t o Subtitle C (Na tional Se rv i c e T rust P ro g ram )SEC.130 1. PROHIB I T IO N ON G R A NTS TO F E D ERA L AGENCIES LI M ITS ON CORPORATION COSTS. Section12 1 (4 2 U. S. C .12 57 1 ) i sam en d ed — (1)ins ub section (a)— ( A )int h e matte rp recedin g paragraph (1) , b y inserting a f ter ‘ ‘subdi v isions of States, ’ ’ thefo l lo w ing ‘‘territories,’’ and ( B ) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by stri k ing ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘A GRE E M E NTSWI T HF E D ER AL AGEN C IES’’ and inserting ‘‘ R ESTRICTI O NS ON AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES’’; (B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol - lowing: ‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS A U THORI Z ED.— T he Corporation may enter into an interagency agreement (other than a grant agreement) with another Federal agency to support a national service pro- gram carried out or otherwise supported by the agency. The Corporation, in entering into the interagency agreement may approve positions as approved national service positions for a program carried out or otherwise supported by the agency.’’; (C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘(2) P ROHI B ITION ON GRANTS.—The Corporation may not provide a grant under this section to a Federal agency.’’; ( D ) in paragraph ( 3 )— (i) by striking ‘‘receiving assistance under this sub- section’’ and inserting ‘‘carrying out or supporting a national service program’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘using such assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘through that program’’; ( E ) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a contract or coopera- tive agreement’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘an interagency agreement’’; and (F) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(5) A P PLICATION O F RE Q UIREMENTS.—A re q uirement under this Act that applies to an entity receiving assistance under section 121 (other than a requirement limited to an entity receiving assistance under section 121(a)) shall be considered to apply to a Federal agency that enters into an interagency agreement under this subsection, even though no Federal agency may receive financial assistance under such an agree- ment.’’; (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (b),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), and in providing approved national service positions under subsection (b),’’; and (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘to be provided’’ and inserting ‘‘to be provided or otherwise approved’’;


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 123STA T . 1 485PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9(4)inpar a g rap hs ( 1 )an d ( 2 ) of s ub s ect ion (d) , b y stri k ing ‘ ‘or (b) ’ ’ ( 5 ) in subsection (e) — ( A ) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘ F edera l share of the cost’’ and inserting ‘‘ C orporation share of the cost (including the costs of m ember li v ing allo w ances, employ - ment-related ta x es, health care coverage, and workers’ com- pensation and other necessary operation costs)’’; and ( B ) by adding at the end the following ‘‘(5) OTHERF E D ER AL F UN D S. — ‘‘(A) R E CIP IENT REP O RT.—A recipient of assistance under this section (other than a recipient of assistance through a fixed-amount grant in accordance with section 12 9 (l)) shall report to the Corporation the amount and source of any Federal funds used to carry out the program for which the assistance is made available other than those provided by the Corporation. ‘‘(B) CORPORATION REPORT.— T he Corporation shall report to the authori z ing committees on an annual basis information regarding each recipient of such assistance that uses Federal funds other than those provided by the Corporation to carry out such a program, including the amounts and sources of the other Federal funds.’’; and ( 6 ) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(f) P LAN FOR APPRO V ED N ATIONAL S ERVICE POSITIONS.—The Corporation shall— ‘‘(1) develop a plan to— ‘‘(A) establish the number of the approved national service positions as 8 8, 0 00 for fiscal year 2010; ‘‘(B) increase the number of the approved positions to— ‘‘(i) 115,000 for fiscal year 2011; ‘‘(ii) 140,000 for fiscal year 2012; ‘‘(iii) 1 7 0,000 for fiscal year 201 3 ‘‘(iv) 200,000 for fiscal year 2014; ‘‘(v) 210,000 for fiscal year 2015; ‘‘(vi) 235,000 for fiscal year 2016; and ‘‘(vii) 250,000 for fiscal year 2017; ‘‘(C) ensure that the increases described in subpara- graph (B) are achieved through an appropriate balance of full- and part-time service positions; ‘‘(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, submit a report to the authorizing committees on the status of the plan described in paragraph (1); and ‘‘(3) sub j ect to the availability of appropriations and q uality service opportunities, implement the plan described in para- graph (1).’’. SEC.1302 .E LIG I B LE NAT I O NAL SE RV ICE P ROGRA M S. Section 122 is amended to read as follows: ‘ ‘SEC. 122. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE F OR PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. ‘‘(a) NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS.—The recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national service program under section 121(b) shall use a portion of the financial assistance or positions involved, directly or through 42USC1 2 57 2 .Deadlin e. R e ports .


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 123STA T . 1 486PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9subgrant st o ot he r ent i ties , to su p port or c arr y out the f o l lo w ing national ser v ice corps or progra m s, as full - or part-time corps or programs, to a d dress unmet needs

‘ (1)EDUCATION CO RPS.— ‘‘( A ) I N GE NERA L .— T he recipient may carry out national service programs through an Education C orps that identi- fies and meets unmet educational needs within commu- nities through activities such as those described in subpara- graph ( B ) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C). ‘‘(B) ACTI V ITIES.—An Education Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as— ‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other academic support to elementary school and secondary school students ‘‘(ii) improving school climate; ‘‘(iii) mentoring students, including adult or peer mentoring; ‘‘(iv) lin k ing needed integrated services and com- prehensive supports with students, their families, and their public schools; ‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school in e x panding the school day by strengthening the q uality of staff and expanding the academic programming offered in an expanded learning time initiative, a program of a 2 1st century community learning center (as defined in section 4 2 0 1 of the Elementary and S econdary Edu- cation Act of 1 965 (20 U .S.C. 7 171)), or a high-quality after-school program; ‘‘(vi) assisting schools and local educational agen- cies in improving and expanding high-quality service- learning programs that keep students engaged in schools by carrying out programs that provide special- i z ed training to individuals in service-learning, and place the individuals (after such training) in positions as service-learning coordinators, to facilitate service- learning in programs eligible for funding under part I of subtitle B; ‘‘(vii) assisting students in being prepared for col- lege-level work; ‘‘(viii) involving family members of students in sup- porting teachers and students; ‘‘(ix) conducting a preprofessional training program in which students enrolled in an institution of higher education— ‘‘(I) receive training (which may include classes containing service-learning) in specified fields including early childhood education and care, elementary and secondary education, and other fields such as those relating to health services, criminal j ustice, environmental stewardship and conservation, or public safety; ‘‘(II) perform service related to such training outside the classroom during the school term and during summer or other vacation periods; and ‘‘(III) agree to provide service upon graduation to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs related to such training;


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 123STA T . 1 487PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (x)as s i s t i ngeco no m ica l l yd isad v antaged st u dents in navigating t h e college admissions pr ocess ‘‘(xi) providing other activities , addressing unmet educational needs, that the C orporation may designate; or ‘‘(xii) providing s k illed musicians and artists to promote greater community unity through the use o f music and arts education and engagement through w ork in low - income communities, and education, health care, and therapeutic settings, and other work in the pu b lic domain with citi z ens of all ages . ‘‘(C) EDUCATION CO RPS INDICATORS. —T he indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are— ‘‘(i) student engagement, including student attend- ance and student behavior; ‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; ‘‘(iii) secondary school graduation rates as defined in section 1 111(b)( 2 )(C)(vi) of the Elementary and S ec- ondary Education A ctof1 965 (2 0U .S.C. 6 3 11(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in applicable regula- tions promulgated by the D epartment of Education; ‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and continued col- lege enrollment for recipients of a high school diploma; ‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to improving education for students that the Corporation, in con- sultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Edu- cation, establishes; or ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to improving edu- cation for students, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. ‘‘(2) HE A L T HYF UTURES CORPS.— ‘‘(A) I N G ENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national service programs through a Healthy F utures Corps that identifies and meets unmet health needs within commu- nities through activities such as those described in subpara- graph ( B ) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C). ‘‘(B) ACTI V ITIES.—A Healthy Futures Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as— ‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvantaged individ- uals in navigating the health services system; ‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining access to health services, including oral health services, for themselves or their children; ‘‘(iii) educating economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medi- cally underserved populations about, and engaging individuals described in this clause in, initiatives regarding navigating the health services system and regarding disease prevention and health promotion, with a particular focus on common health conditions, chronic diseases, and conditions, for which disease prevention and health promotion measures exist and for which socioeconomic, geographic, and racial and ethnic health disparities exist;


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 123STA T . 1 48 8 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (iv) i mpro vi ngthel iter acy o f patient s regar d ing health , incl u ding oral health ‘‘(v) providing translation services at clinics and in emergency rooms to improve health services; ‘‘(vi) providing services designed to meet the health needs of rural communities, including the recruitment of youth to w or k in health professions in such commu - nities; ‘‘(vii) assisting in health promotion interventions that improve health status, and helping people adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles and ha b its to improve health status; ‘‘(viii) addressing childhood obesity through in- school and after-school physical activities, and pro- viding nutrition education to students, in elementary schools and secondary schools; or ‘‘(i x ) providing activities, addressing unmet health needs, that the C orporation may designate . ‘‘(C) HEALTHYFU TU R E SCO R P S IND ICATORS. —T he indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are— ‘‘(i) access to health services among economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations; ‘‘(ii) access to health services for uninsured individ- uals, including such individuals who are economically disadvantaged children; ‘‘(iii) participation, among economically disadvan- taged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations, in disease prevention and health promotion initiatives, particu- larly those with a focus on addressing common health conditions, addressing chronic diseases, and decreasing health disparities; ‘‘(iv) literacy of patients regarding health; ‘‘(v) any additional indicator, relating to improving or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medi- cally underserved populations, that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the S ecretary of Health and Human Services and the D irector of the Centers for Disease Control and P revention, estab- lishes; or ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to improving or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medi- cally underserved populations, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. ‘‘( 3 ) CLEAN ENER G Y SER V ICE CORPS.— ‘‘( A ) I N GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national service pro j ects through a Clean E nergy Service Corps that identifies and meets unmet environmental needs within communities through activities such as those described in subparagraph ( B ) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).


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 123STA T . 1 489PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 ‘ ‘ (B)ACTIV ITI ES.— A CleanE ne rgyS er vic eC o r psd escri b ed in th is paragraph m ay carry o u t activities such as— ‘‘(i) w eatheri z ing and retro f itting housing units for low - income households to significantly improve the energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions of such housing units ‘‘(ii) building energy-efficient housing units in low- income communities; ‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for low-income households and recommending ways for the households to improve energy efficiency; ‘‘(iv) providing clean energy-related services designed to meet the needs of rural communities; ‘‘(v) wor k ing with schools and youth programs to educate students and youth about ways to reduce home energy use and improve the environment , including conducting service-learning pro j ects to provide such education; ‘‘(vi) assisting in the development of local recycling programs; ‘‘(vii) renewing and rehabilitating national and State parks and forests, city parks, county parks and other public lands, and trails owned or maintained by the F ederal G overnment or a State, including planting trees, carrying out reforestation, carrying out forest health restoration measures, carrying out erosion control measures, fire hazard reduction measures, and rehabilitation and maintenance of historic sites and structures throughout the national park system, and providing trail enhancements, rehabilitation, and repairs; ‘‘(viii) cleaning and improving rivers maintained by the Federal Government or a State; ‘‘(i x ) carrying out projects in partnership with the N ational P ark Service, designed to renew and rehabili- tate national park resources and enhance services and learning opportunities for national park visitors, and nearby communities and schools; ‘‘(x) providing service through a full-time, year- round youth corps program or full-time summer youth corps program, such as a conservation corps or youth service corps program that— ‘‘( I ) undertakes meaningful service projects with visible public benefits, including projects involving urban renewal, sustaining natural resources, or improving human services; ‘‘(II) includes as participants youths and young adults who are age 16 through 25, including out- of-school youth and other disadvantaged youth (such as youth who are aging out of foster care, youth who have limited English proficiency, home- less youth, and youth who are individuals with disabilities), who are age 16 through 25; and ‘‘(III) provides those participants who are youth and young adults with—


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 123STA T . 1 490PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2009 ‘ ‘ (a a )te a m-b a s e d,hig h ly st ruc tured, a n d adult-su p er v ised wo r k e x perience, li f e skills, education, career guidance and counseling, employment training, and support services including mentoring and ‘‘(bb) the opportunity to develop citi z en- ship values and skills through service to their community and the U nited S tates; ‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing unmet environmental and workforce needs, that the C orporation may designate . ‘‘(C) C LEAN ENE RGYS ER VIC EC O R P SIN D ICA T ORS. —T he indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are— ‘‘(i) the number of housing units of low-income households weatherized or retrofitted to significantly improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions; ‘‘(ii) annual energy costs (to determine savings in those costs) at facilities where participants have pro- vided service; ‘‘(iii) the number of students and youth receiving education or training in energy-efficient and environ- mentally conscious practices; ‘‘(iv)( I ) the number of acres of national parks, State parks, city parks, county parks, or other public lands, that are cleaned or improved; and ‘‘(II) the number of acres of forest preserves, or miles of trails or rivers, owned or maintained by the F ederal G overnment or a State, that are cleaned or improved; ‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education and skill attainment for clean energy j obs, that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the A dministrator of the E nvironmental P rotec- tion Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of L abor, as appro- priate, establishes; or ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education or skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. ‘‘( 4 ) V ETERANS CORPS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national service programs through a Veterans Corps that identifies and meets unmet needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty through activities such as those described in subparagraph ( B ) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C). ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Veterans Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as— ‘‘(i) promoting community-based efforts to meet the uni q ue needs of military families while a family


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 123STA T . 1 49 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 me m b e risd e ploy ed an d u pon th at f amily member ’ s return home ‘ ( ii ) re c ruitin gv eterans , particularly returning vet - erans, into service opportunities, including opportuni- ties that utili z e their military e x perience; ‘‘(iii) assisting veterans in developing their edu- cational opportunities (including opportunities for professional certification, licensure, or credentials), coordinating activities w ith and assisting S tate and local agencies administering veterans education bene- fits, and coordinating activities with and assisting enti- ties administering veterans programs with internships and fellowships that could lead to employment in the private and public sectors; ‘‘(iv) promoting efforts within a community to serve the needs of veterans and members of the A rmed F orces who are on active duty, including helping vet- erans file benefits claims and assisting Federal agen- cies in providing services to veterans, and sending care pac k ages to M embers of the Armed Forces who are deployed; ‘‘(v) assisting veterans in developing mentoring relationships with economically disadvantaged stu- dents; ‘‘(vi) developing pro j ects to assist veterans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older vet- erans, and veterans in rural communities, including assisting veterans described in this clause with transportation; or ‘‘(vii) other activities, addressing unmet needs of veterans, that the C orporation may designate . ‘‘(C) VET E RANS ’ CO R P S I N D ICATORS. —T he indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are— ‘‘(i) the number of housing units created for vet- erans; ‘‘(ii) the number of veterans who pursue edu- cational opportunities; ‘‘(iii) the number of veterans receiving professional certification, licensure, or credentials; ‘‘(iv) the number of veterans engaged in service opportunities; ‘‘(v) the number of military families assisted by organizations while a family member is deployed and upon that family member’s return home; ‘‘(vi) the number of economically disadvantaged students engaged in mentoring relationships with vet- erans; ‘‘(vii) the number of projects designed to meet identifiable public needs of veterans, especially vet- erans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older veterans, and veterans in rural communities; ‘‘(viii) any additional indicator that relates to edu- cation or skill attainment that assists in providing veterans with the skills to address identifiable public needs, or that relates to improving the lives of veterans, of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, and of families of the veterans and the members on active


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 123STA T . 1 49 2 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 duty,an dt h at th eCorp orat i on, in c on s u l tation ( as appropriate )w ith the S ecretary o fV eterans A ffairs, esta b lishes or ‘ ‘(i x ) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an i m pro v ement in performance is needed) relatin g to the education ors k ill attainment, or the improvement, described in clause (viii), that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission . ‘‘( 5 ) OP P ORTUNI T YC ORP S . — ‘‘(A) I N GE NER AL .— T he recipient may carry out national service programs through an Opportunity Corps that identi - fies and meets unmet needs relating to economic oppor- tunity for economically disadvantaged individuals within communities, through activities such as those described in subparagraph ( B ) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C). ‘‘(B) ACTI V ITIES.—An Opportunity Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as— ‘‘(i) providing financial literacy education to economically disadvantaged individuals, including financial literacy education with regard to credit management, financial institutions including banks and credit unions, and utili z ation of savings plans; ‘‘(ii) assisting in the construction, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing units, including energy effi- cient homes, for economically disadvantaged individ- uals; ‘‘(iii) assisting economically disadvantaged individ- uals, including homeless individuals, in finding place- ment in and maintaining housing; ‘‘(iv) assisting economically disadvantaged individ- uals in obtaining access to health services for them- selves or their children; ‘‘(v) assisting individuals in obtaining information about F ederal, State, local, or private programs or benefits focused on assisting economically disadvan- taged individuals, economically disadvantaged chil- dren, or low-income families; ‘‘(vi) facilitating enrollment in and completion of j ob training for economically disadvantaged individ- uals; ‘‘(vii) assisting economically disadvantaged individ- uals in obtaining access to job placement assistance; ‘‘(viii) carrying out a program that seeks to elimi- nate hunger in low-income communities and rural areas through service in projects— ‘‘(I) involving food banks, food pantries, and nonprofit organizations that provide food during emergencies; ‘‘(II) seeking to address the long-term causes of hunger through education and the delivery of appropriate services; ‘‘(III) providing training in basic health, nutri- tion, and life skills necessary to alleviate hunger in communities and rural areas; or


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 123STA T . 1 49 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 ‘ ‘ (IV)as s i s t i ng in d i v id u a l sin ob taining in f o rm ation about f e derall y su p ported nutrition programs ‘‘(i x ) addressing issues fa c ed by h omebound citi -z ens , such as needs for food deliveries, legal and med- ical services, nutrition information, and transportation; ‘‘(x) implementing an E–C orps program that involves participants w ho provide services in a commu- nity by developing and assisting in carrying out tech- nology programs that see k to increase access to tech- nology and the benefits of technology in such commu- nity; and ‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals, that the Cor- poration may designate . ‘‘(C) OP P ORTUNI T YC ORP S IN D IC A TORS. —T he indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are— ‘‘(i) the degree of financial literacy among economi- cally disadvantaged individuals; ‘‘(ii) the number of housing units built or improved for economically disadvantaged individuals or low- income families; ‘‘(iii) the number of economically disadvantaged individuals with access to j ob training and other skill enhancement; ‘‘(iv) the number of economically disadvantaged individuals with access to information about job place- ment services; ‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to improving economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the S ecretary of H ealth and Human Services, the Secretary of L abor, the Secretary of Housing and U rban D evelopment, and the Secretary of the Treasury, establishes; or ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. ‘‘(b) N ATIONA L S E R V ICE P RO G RA M S.— ‘‘( 1 ) IN GENERAL.—The recipient of a grant under section 1 2 1(a) and a F ederal agency operating or supporting a national service program under section 121(b) may use the financial assistance or positions involved, directly or through subgrants to other entities, to carry out national service programs and model programs under this subsection that are focused on meeting community needs and improve performance on the indicators described in paragraph ( 3 ). ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.—The programs may include the following types of national service programs ‘‘( A ) A community service program designed to meet the needs of rural communities, using teams or individual placements to address the development needs of rural communities, including addressing rural poverty, or the need for health services, education, or job training. ‘‘( B ) A program—


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 123STA T . 1 49 4 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 ‘ ‘ (i)tha t eng age sp a r ti c ipants in p ubl ic health , e m ergenc y an d disaster preparedness, and o ther public sa f ety acti v ities ‘‘(ii) that may include the recruitment of q ualified participants for, and placement of the participants in, positions to be trainees as la w enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, and emer - gency medical service wor k ers; and ‘‘(iii) that may engage F ederal, S tate, and local stakeholders, in collaboration, to organi z e more effec- tive responses to issues of public health, emergencies and disasters, and other public safety issues . ‘‘( C ) A program that seeks to e x pand the number of mentors for disadvantaged youths and other youths (including by recruiting high school-, and college-age individuals to enter into mentoring relationships), either through — ‘‘(i) provision of direct mentoring services; ‘‘(ii) provision of supportive services to direct men- toring service organizations (in the case of a partner- ship); ‘‘(iii) the creative utilization of current and emerging technologies to connect youth with mentors; or ‘‘(iv) supporting mentoring partnerships (including statewide and local mentoring partnerships that strengthen direct service mentoring programs) by— ‘‘( I ) increasing State resources dedicated to mentoring; ‘‘(II) supporting the creation of statewide and local mentoring partnerships and programs of national scope through collaborative efforts between entities such as local or direct service mentoring partnerships, or units of State or local government; and ‘‘(III) assisting direct service mentoring pro- grams. ‘‘( D ) A program— ‘‘(i) in which not less than 75 percent of the partici- pants are disadvantaged youth; ‘‘(ii) that may provide life skills training, employ- ment training, educational counseling, assistance to complete a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, counseling, or a mentoring relationship with an adult volunteer; and ‘‘(iii) for which, in awarding financial assistance and approved national service positions, the Corpora- tion shall give priority to programs that engage retirees to serve as mentors. ‘‘( E ) A program— ‘‘(i) that reengages court-involved youth and adults with the goal of reducing recidivism; ‘‘(ii) that may create support systems beginning in correctional facilities; and ‘‘(iii) that may have life skills training, employment training, an education program (including a program


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 123STA T . 1 495PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 toc o mple te as eco nd a ry sc h ool d i ploma or its reco g- ni z ede qu i v alent ), educational and career counseling, and postprogram placement services .‘ ‘ (F ) A demonstration program — ‘‘(i) that has as 1 o f its primary purposes the recruitment and acceptance of court-involved youth and adults as participants, volunteers, or mem b ers and ‘‘(ii) that may serve any purpose other w ise per- mitted under this Act. ‘‘( G ) A program that provides education or j ob training services that are designed to meet the needs of rural communities. ‘‘( H ) A program that see k stoe x pand the number of mentors for youth in foster care through— ‘‘(i) the provision of direct academic mentoring services for youth in foster care; ‘‘(ii) the provision of supportive services to men- toring service organizations that directly provide men- toring to youth in foster care, including providing training of mentors in child development, domestic violence, foster care, confidentiality requirements, and other matters related to working with youth in foster care; or ‘‘(iii) supporting foster care mentoring partner- ships, including statewide and local mentoring partner- ships that strengthen direct service mentoring pro- grams. ‘‘( I ) S uch other national service programs addressing unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs as the C orporation may designate. ‘‘( 3 )I NDICATORS .— T he indicators for a program described in this subsection are the indicators described in subparagraph (C) of paragraphs (1), ( 2 ), (3), ( 4 ),or( 5 ) of subsection (a) or any additional local indicator (applicable to a participant or recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to meeting unmet community needs, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. ‘‘(c) P RO G RA MM OD EL S F OR SER V ICE COR P S.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any activities described in subparagraph ( B ) of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a), and subsection (b)(2), a recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national service program under section 121(b) may directly or through grants or subgrants to other entities carry out a national service corps program through the following program models ‘‘(A) A community corps program that meets unmet health, veteran, and other human, educational, environ- mental, or public safety needs and promotes greater community unity through the use of organized teams of participants of varied social and economic backgrounds, skill levels, physical and developmental capabilities, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or genders. ‘‘(B) A service program that— ‘‘(i) recruits individuals with special skills or pro- vides specialized preservice training to enable partici- pants to be placed individually or in teams in positions


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 123STA T . 1 496PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 inwh i c h t h epar ticipant s can m eet s u ch unmet nee d s and ‘ ‘ ( ii ) i f c o nsistent with the purposes of the pro g ram ,b rings participants together for additiona l training and other acti v ities designed to foster civic responsibilit y , increase the s k ills of participants, and improve the q uality of the service provided . ‘‘( C ) A campus - based program that is designed to pro- vide substantial service in a community during the school term and during summer or other vacation periods through the use of — ‘‘(i) students who are attending an institution of higher education, including students participating in a work-study program assisted under part C of title IV of the H igher E ducation Act of 1965 ( 42U . S .C. 2 7 51 et seq.); ‘‘(ii) teams composed of students described in clause (i); or ‘‘(iii) teams composed of a combination of such students and community residents. ‘‘( D ) A professional corps program that recruits and places qualified participants in positions— ‘‘(i) as teachers, nurses and other health care pro- viders, police officers, early childhood development staff, engineers, or other professionals providing service to meet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs in communities with an inadequate number of such professionals; ‘‘(ii) for which the salary may e x ceed the maximum living allowance authori z ed in subsection (a)(2) of sec- tion 14 0, as provided in subsection (c) of such section; and ‘‘(iii) that are sponsored by public or private employers who agree to pay 100 percent of the salaries and benefits (other than any national service edu- cational award under subtitle D) of the participants. ‘‘(E) A program that provides opportunities for veterans to participate in service pro j ects. ‘‘( F ) A program carried out by an intermediary that builds the capacity of local nonprofit and faith-based organizations to expand and enhance services to meet local or national needs. ‘‘( G ) Such other program models as may be approved by the Corporation or a State Commission, as appropriate. ‘‘(2) PROG R AM MO DELSWITH I NC OR P S.—A recipient of finan- cial assistance or approved national service positions for a corps program described in subsection (a) may use the assist- ance or positions to carry out the corps program, in whole or in part, using a program model described in this subsection. T he corps program shall meet the applicable requirements of subsection (a) and this subsection. ‘‘(d) QU ALI F ICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGI B ILIT Y .— ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT BY CORPORATION.—The Corporation shall establish qualification criteria for different types of national service programs for the purpose of determining


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 123STA T . 1 497PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 whet he rap art icul ar n ati o nal s er v ice pro g ra m shoul db e consid - ered to be a national service program eligible to receive assist- ance or approved national service positions under this subtitle .‘ ‘ (2)CONSULTA T I ON. —I n establishing q uali f ication criteria under paragraph ( 1 ) , the Corporation shall consult with organi z ations and individuals with e x tensive experience in developing and administering effective national service pro- grams or regarding the deliver y of veteran services, and other human, educational, environmental, or public safety services, to communities or persons. ‘‘( 3 ) AP PLI C ATION TO SU BGR ANTS.— T he qualification criteria established by the Corporation under paragraph (1) shall also be used by each recipient of assistance under section 121(a) that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant program to support other national service programs. ‘‘( 4 ) E NCOURAG EM ENT O F INTERGENERATIONAL COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall encourage national service programs eligible to receive assistance or approved national service positions under this subtitle to establish, if consistent with the purposes of the program, an intergenera- tional component of the program that combines students, out- of-school youths, disadvantaged youth, and older adults as participants to provide services to address unmet human, edu- cational, environmental, or public safety needs. ‘‘(e) P RIORITIES FOR CERTAIN CORPS.—In awarding financial assistance and approved national service positions to eligible enti- ties proposed to carry out the corps described in subsection (a)— ‘‘(1) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(2)— ‘‘(A) the Corporation may give priority to eligible enti- ties that propose to provide support for participants who, after completing service under this section, will underta k e careers to improve performance on health indicators described in subsection (a)(2)(C) and ‘‘( B ) the Corporation shall give priority to eligible enti- ties that propose to carry out national service programs in medically underserved areas (as designated individually, by the S ecretary of H ealth and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal health services); and ‘‘(2) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(3), the Corporation shall give priority to eligible entities that pro- pose to recruit individuals for the Clean Energy Service Corps so that significant percentages of participants in the Corps are economically disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such individuals support services and education and training to develop skills needed for clean energy j obs for which there is current demand or projected future demand. ‘‘(f) N ATIONAL SER V ICE PRIORITIES.— ‘‘(1) ESTABLIS H MENT.— ‘‘(A) B Y CORPORATION.—In order to concentrate national efforts on meeting human, educational, environ- mental, or public safety needs and to achieve the other purposes of this Act, the Corporation, after reviewing the strategic plan approved under section 1 9 2A(g)(1,) shall establish, and may periodically alter, priorities regarding the types of national service programs and corps to be assisted under section 129 and the purposes for which such assistance may be used.


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 123STA T . 1 498PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 ‘ ‘ (B) B YSTA T E S .—Consi s te nt w it hpar a g raph ( 4 ) ,S tates sha l l esta b lish, an d thro u gh the national ser v i c e plan process described in section 178 (e)(1), periodicall y alter priorities as appropriate regarding the national service pro - gra m s to be assisted under section 1 29 (e). T he State prior- ities shall be sub j ect to Corporation review as part o f the application process under section 1 30 . ‘‘(2) NO T IC ETOA P P L ICA N TS.—The Corporation shall provide advance notice to potential applicants of any national service priorities to be in effect under this subsection for a fiscal year. The notice shall specifically include— ‘‘( A ) a description of any alteration made in the prior- ities since the previous notice and ‘‘(B) a description of the national service programs that are designated by the Corporation under section 133(d)(2) as eligible for priority consideration in the ne x t competitive distribution of assistance under section 121(a). ‘‘(3) R E GU LATIONS.—The Corporation shall by regulation establish procedures to ensure the e q uitable treatment of national service programs that— ‘‘(A) receive funding under this subtitle for multiple years; and ‘‘(B) would be adversely affected by annual revisions in such national service priorities. ‘‘(4) APPLICATION TO SU B G R ANTS.—Any national service priorities established by the Corporation under this subsection shall also be used by each recipient of funds under section 121(a) that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant program to support other national service programs. ‘‘(g) CONSULTATION ON I N D ICATORS.—The Corporation shall con- sult with the Secretary of E ducation, the Secretary of H ealth and Human Services, the D irector of the Centers for Disease Control and P revention, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of V eterans Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of L abor, the Sec- retary of Housing and U rban Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, in developing additional indicators for the corps and programs described in subsections (a) and (b). ‘‘(h) RE Q UIRE M ENTS F OR TUTORS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Corporation shall require that each recipient of assistance under the national service laws that operates a tutoring pro- gram involving elementary school or secondary school students certifies that individuals serving in approved national service positions as tutors in such program have— ‘‘(A) obtained their high school diplomas; and ‘‘(B) successfully completed pre- and in-service training for tutors. ‘‘(2) E X CEPTION.—The requirements in paragraph (1) do not apply to an individual serving in an approved national service position who is enrolled in an elementary school or secondary school and is providing tutoring services through a structured, school-managed cross-grade tutoring program. ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.—Each tutoring program that receives assistance under the national service laws shall— Certif i ca ti on.P roce du re s .


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 123STA T . 1 49 9 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 ‘ ‘ (1)of f eracu rr i cu l u mth ati s hi g h q ualit y, research -b ase d , a n d consistent w ith the S tate academic content standards required by section 1111 of the E lementary and Secondary Education A ctof1 965 ( 20U. S. C . 6 3 11) and the instructional p rogram of the local educational agency and ‘‘(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and in-ser v ice training for tutors. ‘‘( j )C IT I ZENSH I PTRA ININ G . — The Corporation shall establish guidelines for recipients of assistance under the national service laws, that are consistent with the principles on which citi z enship programs administered by U.S. Citizenship and I mmigration Serv- ices are based, relating to the promotion of citizenship and civic engagement among participants in approved national service posi- tions and approved summer of service positions, and appropriate to the age, education, and e x perience of the participants. ‘‘( k ) R EP O RT.— N ot later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants under section 121(a), the Corporation shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees a report containing— ‘‘(1) information describing how the Corporation allocated financial assistance and approved national service positions among eligible entities proposed to carry out corps and national service programs described in this section for that fiscal year; ‘‘(2) information describing the amount of financial assist- ance and the number of approved national service positions the Corporation provided to each corps and national service program described in this section for that fiscal year; ‘‘(3) a measure of the extent to which the corps and national service programs improved performance on the corresponding indicators; and ‘‘( 4 ) information describing how the Corporation is coordi- nating— ‘‘(A) the national service programs funded under this section; with ‘‘( B ) applicable programs, as determined by the Cor- poration, carried out under subtitle B of this title, and partAoftitleIandpartsAandBoftitleIIofthe D omestic V olunteer Service Act of 19 7 3 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 5001, 5011) that improve performance on those indicators or otherwise address identified community needs. ’ ’. SEC.130 3. TYP ES OF POS I TIO N S. Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 12573) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- section (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘or (b)’’; (2) in paragraph (2)(A)— (A) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following ‘‘a territory,’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘ F ederal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal agency (under an interagency agreement described in sec- tion 121(b))’’; (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(a)(1)(B)(vi)’’; Guidel i n e s.


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 123STA T . 1 50 0 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 200 9(4)inpar a g rap h ( 5 ) ,by in se r t ing ‘ ‘ N ati o na l’ ’be f ore ‘‘ C i v ilian Co m m u nity Corps’’ (5) by re d esignating paragraph ( 7 ) as paragraph ( 8 ); and ( 6 ) by inserting after paragraph (6) the follo w ing ‘‘(7) A position involving servi c einthe S erveAmerica F ellowship program carried out under section 19 8 B. ’’. SEC.1304 .C ONF O RMI N G RE P E AL RELA T ING TO TRAINING AN D TEC H- NICAL ASSISTANCE. Section 1 2 5 (42 U .S.C. 12575) is repealed. SEC. 130 5 . ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS CHALLENGE GRANTS. Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is amended — (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by stri k ing ‘‘ $ 125, 0 00 and $750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000 and $1,000,000’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘501(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘501(a)(5)’’; and (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol - lowing: ‘‘(2) MATCHINGREQU IRE M ENT.— I n making a grant to a State under this subsection, the Corporation shall re q uire the State to agree to provide matching funds from non-Federal sources of not less than $1 for every $1 provided by the Corpora- tion through the grant. ‘‘( 3 )A L TERNATI V E.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Chief Ex ecutive O fficer may permit a State that demonstrates hardship or a new State Commission to meet alternative matching requirements for such a grant as follows: ‘‘(A) FIR S T $10 0,000.—For the first $100,000 of grant funds provided by the Corporation, the State involved shall not be required to provide matching funds. ‘‘(B) AM O UNTS GREATER THAN $100,000.—For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and not more than $250,000 provided by the Corporation, the State shall agree to provide matching funds from non-Federal sources of not less than $1 for every $2 provided by the Corporation, in excess of $100,000. ‘‘(C) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $ 25 0,000.—For grant amounts of more than $250,000 provided by the Corpora- tion, the State shall agree to provide matching funds from non-Federal sources of not less than $1 for every $1 pro- vided by the Corporation, in excess of $250,000.’’; (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: ‘‘(b) D ISASTER SERVICE.— T he Corporation may undertake activi- ties, including activities carried out through part A of title I of the Domestic V olunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), to involve programs that receive assistance under the national service laws in disaster relief efforts, and to support, including through mission assignments under the R obert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), nonprofit organi z ations and public agencies responding to the needs of communities experiencing disasters.’’; and (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to national service programs that receive assistance under section 121’’ and


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 123STA T . 1 50 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 200 9insert in g‘ ‘t op rogr am ss u pporte d under t h e nationa l ser v i c e la w s ’ ’ and (B)by stri k ing paragraph ( 3 ) and inserting the f ol - lowing ‘‘(3) AMOUNT O FAS S I STAN CE.— A challenge grant under this subsection may provide , for an initial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assistance under this subsection for each $1 in cash raised from private sources by the program supported under the national service laws in e x cess of amounts re q uired to be provided by the program to satisfy matching funds requirements. After an initial 3-year grant period, a grant under this subsection may provide not more than $1 of assist- ance under this subsection for each $ 2 in cash raised from private sources by the program in excess of amounts required to be provided by the program to satisfy matching funds requirements. T he C orporation may permit the use of local or S tate funds under this paragraph in lieu of cash raised from private sources if the Corporation determines that such use would be equitable due to a lack of available private funds at the local level. The Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance that may be provided to a national service program under this subsection.’’. SEC.1306 . AL L O CA TI O N O F ASSISTANCE TO STATES AN D OT H E R ELI G I B LE ENTITIES. Section 12 9 ( 4 2 U .S.C. 12 58 1) is amended to read as follows: ‘ ‘SEC. 1 29 . P RO V ISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. ‘‘(a) O NE P E R CENT A L LOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRITORIES.— Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants to the United States V irgin I slands, G uam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the N orthern M ariana Islands upon approval by the Corporation of an application sub- mitted under section 13 0 . The Corporation shall allot for a grant to each such territory under this subsection for a fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to 1 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories. ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT FOR IN D IAN TRI B ES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve at least 1 percent for grants to Indian tribes to be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis. ‘‘(c) R ESER V ATION OF A P PROVED POSITIONS.—The Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected during a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer under title I of the D omestic Volunteer Service Act of 19 7 3 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the National Civilian Community Corps Program under subtitle E shall receive the national service educational award described in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility requirements for the award. F unds for approved national service positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal year shall be deducted from the total funding for approved national service posi- tions to be available for distribution under subsections (d) and (e) for that fiscal year. ‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—