3544 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 1998 / Notices

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Notice of Opportunity To Administer

the President’s Student Service

Awards

AGENCY: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to

administer the President’s Student

Service Awards.

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National

Service (the Corporation) seeks an

organization or collaboration of

organizations that is capable of

administering the President’s Student

Service Awards program. Public or

private nonprofit organizations are

eligible to apply. The non-monetary

awards will recognize students and

other school-aged youth who serve in

their communities across the country.

This recognition program will help

make citizen service a common

expectation among elementary,

secondary, and college students

throughout America.

Students and other school-aged youth

who receive the President’s Student

Service Award may render service to

their communities through a servicelearning program sponsored by a school,

college, or university, through a

program sponsored by a communitybased organization, or through their

own initiative as individual community

service volunteers. For students age 12

or older, a criterion will be performing

service of 100 hours or more within a

one-year period.

The President’s Student Service

Awards program does not involve

Federal financial assistance to the

organization or organizations selected to

administer the program. The selected

organization or collaboration of

organizations is expected to raise or

provide any up-front costs that are

required, with future operation of the

program conducted on a self-sustaining

basis as described in this Notice.

The selected organization or

organizations will furnish the necessary

personnel, materials, services and

facilities to administer the program,

including purchase and/or production

of all award materials; distribution of

award materials; promotion; selfevaluation, quarterly and annual budget

and demographic reports; and other

administrative duties that will be

determined in a Memorandum of

Agreement and subsequent annual

plans. The selected organization or

organizations will be expected to

provide input regarding program design,

implementation, and promotion, and

will also be expected to coordinate as

necessary with other organizations or

entities engaged in the promotion of

service.

DATES: All proposals must be received

by the Corporation at the address set out

below by 3:30 p.m. (E.S.T.) February 20,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Proposals shall be

submitted to the Corporation at the

following address: Corporation for

National Service, Attn: Dr. Marilyn

Smith, 1201 New York Avenue NW,

Washington, D.C. 20525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, contact the

Corporation for National Service, Dr.

Marilyn Smith at (202) 606–5000, ext.

209. This notice may be requested in an

alternative format for the visually

impaired. The Corporation’s T.D.D.

number is (202) 565–2799.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Corporation is a Federal

government corporation that encourages

Americans of all ages and backgrounds

to engage in service to the community.

This service is to address the nation’s

educational, public safety,

environmental and other human needs

to achieve direct and demonstrable

results. In doing so, the Corporation

fosters civic responsibility, strengthens

the ties that bind us together as a

people, and provides educational

opportunity for those who make a

substantial commitment to service. This

year, over one million students will

participate in Corporation-supported

Learn and Serve America servicelearning programs, in which service

projects are integrated into the

curriculum of schools, institutions of

higher education, and community youth

programs.

The Corporation has authority, under

the National and Community Service

Act of 1990, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

12653(n), 12653b and under Executive

Order 12819 (October 28, 1992), to make

Presidential awards to young

individuals who provide significant

service to their communities. Under this

authority, the Corporation implemented

the President’s Youth Service Awards

program from 1992 through 1994. The

President’s Youth Service Awards, cosponsored by the Points of Light

Foundation and carried out by the

American Institute for Public Service,

provided non-monetary recognition

awards to young people engaged in

voluntary service to the community.

Through this notice, the Corporation

seeks an organization or collaboration of

organizations to implement a successor

program to the President’s Youth

Service Awards.

Purpose and Design of the President’s

Student Service Awards

The purpose of the President’s

Student Service Awards is to recognize

outstanding service and service-learning

performed by students and other schoolaged youth across the country, from

elementary school through higher

education, and to assist in making

service a common expectation of all

young Americans.

Earlier this year, the conveners of the

Presidents’ Summit in Philadelphia,

including President Clinton, former

Presidents Bush, Carter, and Ford, and

General Colin Powell, declared: ‘‘We

have a special obligation to America’s

children to see that all young Americans

have:

1. Caring adults in their lives, as

parents, mentors, tutors, coaches;

2. Safe places with structured

activities in which to learn and grow;

3. A healthy start and healthy future;

4. An effective education that equips

them with marketable skills; and

5. An opportunity to give back to their

communities through their own

service.’’

The fifth goal has been specified to

include, among other aims for the year

2000, two million additional young

people engaging in at least 100 hours of

service each year. In many instances,

such service may be focused on

providing the other four conditions for

success to children and youth lacking

them.

Appropriate recognition can be a

critical factor in encouraging students

and school-aged youth to render that

measure of service. There are a number

of existing programs that recognize

outstanding service by young people,

including: National Service

Scholarships administered by the

Corporation for National Service; the

Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary

Service to the Community administered

by the Hitachi Foundation; the J.C.

Penney Golden Rule Award; the

Jefferson Awards administered by the

American Institute for Public Service;

the Prudential Spirit of Community

Awards; and the Do Something Brick

Awards.

The Corporation anticipates that the

President’s Student Service Awards will

be based on principles and procedures

for implementation in communities as

agreed upon in a Memorandum of

Agreement between the Corporation and

the selected organization or

organizations. Potential awarding

organizations in each community may

include: schools, state and local
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education agencies, colleges and

universities, youth-serving

organizations, faith-based organizations,

state commissions on national and

community service; public and

nonprofit organizations, profit-making

businesses, labor unions, civic or

service clubs, or neighborhood

associations. Awarding organizations

will certify that an individual has

served at least 100 hours, over a year’s

period, in efforts designed to have a

significant impact on meeting the needs

of local communities. Individuals under

the age of 12 who perform outstanding

service may be eligible for recognition

even if they do not meet the minimum

requirement of 100 hours.

The types of service recognized could

include: activities connected with

service-learning courses or programs or

service requirements in a school district,

school, class, or institution of higher

education; volunteer work with

community or youth organizations;

service through churches, synagogues,

or other faith-based organizations;

involvement in service-oriented school

organizations; individual efforts to help

others and improve a local community;

and programs in which older young

people tutor, mentor, coach, or

otherwise serve younger people. The

broad-based nature of this program,

similar to the President’s Physical

Fitness Award program, is intended to

include the largest possible number of

students who make a substantial

commitment to service.

Each award winner will receive a

token of recognition (for example, a pin

and a certificate) from the President.

The award will involve no monetary

benefit to the awardee. Any nominal fee

set to cover the costs of production and

distribution of awards will be paid by

the local awarding organization or other

sources, not by the award winner. Any

fees will be subject to the approval of

the Corporation.

The award program may also include

additional recognition for some

awardees, such as attendance at

recognition events sponsored by the

Corporation, the selected organization

or organizations, other organizations

including the Points of Light

Foundation and, potentially, the White

House. Other levels of recognition for

service that goes substantially beyond

the 100-hour criterion may be

developed. Local communities will also

be encouraged to establish their own

recognition events or processes. The

Corporation will provide the names of

award winners to Governors, Mayors,

the media, and other individuals

interested in recognizing these

individuals.

Requirements of the Memorandum of

Agreement

The Corporation anticipates entering

into a Memorandum of Agreement with

the selected organization or

organizations by April 1, 1998, with an

expected project period between April

1, 1998 and September 30, 1999. It is

likely that the Memorandum of

Agreement will include an option to

renew on an annual basis for up to five

years, after which the Corporation may

conduct a new competition for an

organization to administer the program.

The organization or organizations

selected under this notice will: (1)

complete a final program design and

implementation plan for approval by the

Corporation; (2) publicize the program

to local communities, schools, colleges,

universities, and other educational

institutions, and to civic, non-profit,

youth-serving, and other interested

organizations throughout the country;

(3) distribute the awards to recipients;

(4) respond to inquiries from all parties

related to these awards; (5) manage the

program in a manner to assure it is selffinancing and sustainable; (6)

collaborate with other servicepromoting organizations to encourage

youth service throughout the country;

and (6) comply with reporting and other

requirements of the Memorandum of

Agreement.

Finances

The primary intent of the President’s

Student Service Awards is to promote

and improve citizen service by our

Nation’s youth. It is not intended to be

a profit-making activity. The selected

organization or collaboration of

organizations assumes full financial

responsibility for the program. This

includes award inventory, staffing, and

facilities.

The Memorandum of Agreement will

specify the fees or charges that may be

set in this program, including a

Corporation-approved ‘‘charge for

services’’ representing a fixed

percentage of the net difference between

the program’s total revenue and total

expenses. The amount of the ‘‘charge for

services’’ approved by the Corporation

will be determined based upon

compliance with the terms of the

Memorandum of Agreement and other

relevant considerations. Unless

otherwise approved by the Corporation,

any annual revenues in excess of costs

are to be used to support the next year’s

President’s Student Service Award

program.

The selected organization will

account for all costs and revenues

associated with the operation of the

program according to the standards

stated in the Memorandum of

Agreement. The selected organization’s

performance under the Memorandum of

Agreement will also be subject to

oversight review and evaluation,

including financial audit, by the

Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer,

Inspector General, or their designees.

The Corporation and its Inspector

General will have access to any

documents and records of the selected

organization that are deemed necessary

to carry out these oversight, evaluation,

or audit activities.

Selection Criteria

All eligible interested parties must

submit a proposal of no more than 30

pages, double-spaced. Selection will be

based on the following criteria, in

descending order of importance:

1. Experience of the organization or

organizations, and demonstrated

capacity, to administer a national

awards program of this size and

magnitude, including the ability to

disseminate information widely and

quickly. This includes the key

individuals who will carry out the

projects, and the facilities and

resources, including computer-based

telecommunication devices, available to

the organization or organizations. This

also includes the organization or

organizations’ capability to develop and

administer an annual budget and to

collect and manage funds.

2. Proposed plan for administering the

President’s Student Service Award

program, including financial aspects

such as defraying the costs of start-up,

award materials, promotion,

distribution, and program management.

3. Background concerning the

organization or organizations’ nonprofit

or public status, history, mission, size in

terms of budget and personnel, and

familiarity with national and

community service.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

Thomas L. Bryant,

Acting General Counsel, Corporation for

National Service.

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