No other state has a similar requirement yet, although many private schools and public school districts do have service requirements. Therefore, there are 24 different implementation models around the state.
Some districts require students to conduct individual service-learning projects in the community.
Most school districts infuse service-learning activities into the existing curriculum to help students use their academic skills to solve real community problems. For further details, see MSDE's fact sheet . Only 49 students in the state failed to graduate solely due to failure to fulfill the service-learning graduation requirement.