Sec. 1515. Definitions. 
Sec. 1516. Terminology. 
Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 
Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave. 
Sec. 1602. Additional prohibitions on use of funds. 
Sec. 1603. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 
Sec. 1604. Resolution of displacement complaints. 
Sec. 1605. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 
Sec. 1606. Evaluation and accountability. 
Sec. 1607. Technical amendment. 
Sec. 1608. Partnerships with schools. 
Sec. 1609. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 
Sec. 1610. Additional administrative provisions. 
Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and 
Community Service) 
Sec. 1701. Terms of office. 
Sec. 1702. Board of Directors authorities and duties. 
Sec. 1703. Chief executive officer compensation. 
Sec. 1704. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 
Sec. 1705. Delegation to States. 
Sec. 1706. Chief financial officer compensation. 
Sec. 1707. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts. 
Sec. 1708. Donated services. 
Sec. 1709. Study to examine and increase service programs for displaced work-
ers. 
Sec. 1710. Study to evaluate the effectiveness of a centralized electronic citizen-
ship verification system. 
Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H 
Sec. 1801. Technical amendments to subtitle H. 
Sec. 1802. Repeals. 
Sec. 1803. New Fellowships. 
Sec. 1804. Innovative and model program support. 
Sec. 1805. Clearinghouses. 
Subtitle I—Training and Technical Assistance 
Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance. 
Subtitle J—Repeal of Title III (Points of Light Foundation) 
Sec. 1831. Repeal. 
Subtitle K—Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) 
Sec. 1841. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER 
SERVICE ACT OF 1973 
Sec. 2001. References. 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Title I (National Volunteer Antipoverty 
Programs) 
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Sec. 2101. Purpose. 
Sec. 2102. Purpose of the VISTA program. 
Sec. 2103. Applications. 
Sec. 2104. VISTA programs of national significance. 
Sec. 2105. Terms and periods of service. 
Sec. 2106. Support Service. 
Sec. 2107. Sections repealed. 
Sec. 2108. Conforming amendment. 
Sec. 2109. Financial assistance. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Title II (National Senior Volunteer Corps) 
Sec. 2201. Change in name. 
Sec. 2202. Purpose. 
Sec. 2203. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 
Sec. 2204. Foster Grandparent Program grants. 
Sec. 2205. Senior Companion Program grants. 
Sec. 2206. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps. 
Sec. 2207. Technical amendments. 
Sec. 2208. Programs of national significance. 
Sec. 2209. Additional provisions. 
Sec. 2210. Authority of Director. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Title IV (Administration and Coordination) 
Sec. 2301. Nondisplacement. 
Sec. 2302. Notice and hearing procedures. 
Sec. 2303. Definitions. 
Sec. 2304. Protection against improper use. 
Subtitle D—Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) 
Sec. 2401. Authorization of appropriations for VISTA and other purposes. 
Sec. 2402. Authorization of appropriations for National Senior Service Corps. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 
Sec. 3101. Inspector General Act of 1978. 
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 
Sec. 4101. Table of contents for the National and Community Service Act of 
1990. 
TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 5101. Effective date. 
Sec. 5102. Service assignments and agreements. 
TITLE VI—CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION ON CIVIC SERVICE 
Sec. 6101. Short title. 
Sec. 6102. Findings. 
Sec. 6103. Establishment. 
Sec. 6104. Duties. 
Sec. 6105. Membership. 
Sec. 6106. Director and Staff of Commission; Experts and Consultants. 
Sec. 6107. Powers of Commission. 
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Sec. 6108. Reports. 
Sec. 6109. Termination. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NA-
TIONAL 
AND 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ACT OF 1990 
SEC. 1001. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the ref-
erence shall be considered to be made to a provision of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 
Subtitle A—Amendments to 
Subtitle A (General Provisions) 
SEC. 1101. PURPOSES; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) PURPOSES.—Section 2(b) (42 U.S.C. 12501(b)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘community 
throughout’’ and inserting ‘‘community and service 
throughout the varied and diverse communities of’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘in-
come,’’ the following: ‘‘geographic location,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘exist-
ing’’ the following: ‘‘national’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘programs and agencies’’ 
and inserting ‘‘programs, agencies, and commu-
nities’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(5) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) recognize and increase the impact of social 
entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community orga-
nizations in addressing national and local challenges; 
‘‘(10) increase public and private investment in 
nonprofit community organizations that are effec-
tively addressing national and local challenges and 
to encourage such organizations to replicate and ex-
pand successful initiatives; 
‘‘(11) leverage Federal investments to increase 
State, local, business, and philanthropic resources to 
address national and local challenges; 
‘‘(12) encourage national service efforts to ad-
dress pressing national challenges, such as improv-
ing education for low-income students, increasing en-
ergy conservation, and improving the health, well- 
being, and economic opportunities of the neediest in-
dividuals in the Nation; 
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‘‘(13) expand and strengthen service-learning 
programs through year-round opportunities, includ-
ing during the summer months, to improve the edu-
cation of children and youth and to maximize the 
benefits of national and community service, in order 
to renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the 
spirit of community to children and youth through-
out the United States; 
‘‘(14) assist in coordinating and strengthening 
Federal and other service opportunities, including 
opportunities for participation in emergency and dis-
aster preparedness, relief, and recovery; 
‘‘(15) increase service opportunities for our Na-
tion’s retiring professionals, including such opportu-
nities for those retiring from the science, technical, 
engineering, and mathematics professions to improve 
the education of our Nation’s youth and keep Amer-
ica competitive in the global knowledge economy, 
and to further utilize the experience, knowledge, and 
skills of older Americans; 
‘‘(16) encourage the continued service of the 
alumni of the national service programs, including 
service in times of national need; 
‘‘(17) support institutions of higher education 
that engage students in community service activities, 
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provide service-learning courses, and encourage or 
assist graduates to pursue careers in public service 
in the nonprofit or government sector; and 
‘‘(18) encourage members of the Baby Boom 
generation to partake in service opportunities.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Act is amended by 
inserting after section 2 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the number of par-
ticipants in the programs authorized under subtitle C, in-
cluding the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and 
the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), should 
grow to reach 250,000 participants by 2014.’’. 
SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating— 
(A) paragraphs (21) through (29) as para-
graphs (28) through (36), respectively; 
(B) paragraphs (9) through (20) as para-
graphs (15) through (26), respectively; 
(C) paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 
(10) and (11), respectively; and 
(D) paragraphs (3) through (6) as para-
graphs (5) through (8), respectively; 
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) APPROVED
SUMMER
OF
SERVICE
POSI-
TION.—The term ‘approved summer of service posi-
tion’ means a position in a program described under 
section 119(c)(8) for which the Corporation has ap-
proved the provision of a summer of service edu-
cational award as one of the benefits to be provided 
for successful service in the position. 
‘‘(4) BABY
BOOM
GENERATION.—The term 
‘Baby Boom generation’ means the generation that 
consists of individuals born during the period begin-
ning with 1946 and ending with 1964.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘described in section 122’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘church or other’’; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(9) DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—The term ‘dis-
advantaged youth’ includes those youth who are eco-
nomically disadvantaged and one or more of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Who are out-of-school youth, includ-
ing out-of-school youth who are unemployed. 
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‘‘(B) Who are in or aging out of foster 
care. 
‘‘(C) Who have limited English proficiency. 
‘‘(D) Who are homeless or who have run 
away from home. 
‘‘(E) Who are at-risk to leave school with-
out a diploma. 
‘‘(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or 
at risk of delinquency. 
‘‘(G) Who are individuals with a dis-
ability.’’; 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(12) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘community-based organization’ means a public 
or private nonprofit organization that— 
‘‘(A) has experience with meeting unmet 
human, educational, environmental, or public 
safety needs; and 
‘‘(B) meets other such criteria as the Chief 
Executive Officer may establish. 
‘‘(13) HISPANIC-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 502(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 
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‘‘(14) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘historically black college or 
university’ means a part B institution, as defined in 
section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)).’’; 
(7) in paragraph (19) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘section 101(a) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 101(a) and 
102(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965’’; 
(8) in paragraph (23)(B) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘program in which the participant is en-
rolled’’ and inserting ‘‘organization receiving assist-
ance under the national service laws through which 
the participant is enrolled in an approved national 
service position’’; 
(9) by inserting after paragraph (26) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(27) QUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘qualified organization’ means a public or private 
nonprofit organization with experience working with 
school-age youth that meets such criteria as the 
Chief Executive Officer may establish.’’; 
(10) in paragraph (28)(B) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘602’’ and inserting 
‘‘602(3)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1401’’ and inserting 
‘‘1401(3)’’; and 
(11) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(37) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘predominantly black institution’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 318 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e). 
‘‘(38) TRIBALLY
CONTROLLED
COLLEGE
OR 
UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘tribally controlled college 
or university’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2 of the Tribally Controlled College or Uni-
versity Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801). 
‘‘(39) 
MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED
POPU-
LATION.—The term ‘medically underserved popu-
lation’ has the meaning given that term in section 
330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)). 
‘‘(40) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ means 
any individual who has engaged in the active duty 
in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
Coast Guard and was released under a condition 
other than dishonorable.’’. 
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Subtitle B—Amendments to Sub-
title B (Learn and Serve Amer-
ica) 
SEC. 1201. SCHOOL-BASED ALLOTMENTS. 
Part I of subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et 
seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND 
SECONDARY STUDENTS 
‘‘SEC. 111. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND IN-
DIAN TRIBES. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—School-based service learning pro-
grams promote service-learning as a strategy to— 
‘‘(1) 
support 
high-quality 
service-learning 
projects that engage students in meeting community 
needs with demonstrable results, while enhancing 
students’ academic and civic learning; and 
‘‘(2) support efforts to build institutional capac-
ity, including the training of educators, and to 
strengthen the service infrastructure to expand serv-
ice opportunities. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND 
INDIAN TRIBES.—The Corporation, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, may make allotments to State 
educational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes to pay 
for the Federal share of— 
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‘‘(1) planning and building the capacity within 
the State, Territory, or Indian tribe to implement 
service-learning programs that are based principally 
in elementary and secondary schools, including— 
‘‘(A) providing training for teachers, su-
pervisors, personnel from community-based 
agencies (particularly with regard to the re-
cruitment, utilization, and management of par-
ticipants), and trainers, to be conducted by 
qualified individuals or organizations that have 
experience with service-learning; 
‘‘(B) developing service-learning curricula, 
consistent with State or local academic content 
standards, to be integrated into academic pro-
grams, including an age-appropriate learning 
component that provides participants an oppor-
tunity to analyze and apply their service experi-
ences; 
‘‘(C) forming local partnerships described 
in paragraph (2) or (4) to develop school-based 
service-learning programs in accordance with 
this part; 
‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for re-
search and evaluation of the educational value 
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of service-learning and the effect of service- 
learning activities on communities; 
‘‘(E) establishing effective outreach and 
dissemination of information to ensure the 
broadest possible involvement of community- 
based agencies with demonstrated effectiveness 
in working with school-age youth in their com-
munities; and 
‘‘(F) establishing effective outreach and 
dissemination of information to ensure the 
broadest 
possible 
participation 
of 
schools 
throughout the State, with particular attention 
to schools identified for school improvement 
under title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(2) implementing, operating, or expanding 
school-based service-learning programs, which may 
include paying for the cost of the recruitment, train-
ing, supervision, placement, salaries, and benefits of 
service-learning coordinators, through distribution of 
Federal funds by State educational agencies, Terri-
tories, and Indian tribes made available under this 
part to projects operated by local partnerships 
among— 
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‘‘(A) local educational agencies; and 
‘‘(B) 1 or more community partners that— 
‘‘(i) shall include a public or private 
nonprofit organization that— 
‘‘(I) has a demonstrated expertise 
in the provision of services to meet 
unmet human, education, environ-
mental, or public safety needs; 
‘‘(II) will make projects available 
for participants, who shall be stu-
dents; and 
‘‘(III) was in existence at least 1 
year before the date on which the or-
ganization submitted an application 
under section 113; and 
‘‘(ii) may include a private for-profit 
business, private elementary or secondary 
school, or Indian tribe (except that an In-
dian tribe distributing funds to a project 
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 State educational 
agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes of Federal 
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funds made available under this part to local edu-
cational 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, supervision, 
and placement of service-learning coordinators 
who may be participants in a program under 
subtitle C or receive a national service edu-
cational award under subtitle D, who may be 
participants in a project under section 201 of 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 5001), or who may participate in a 
Youthbuild program under section 173A of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2918a), 
who will identify the community partners described 
in paragraph (2)(B) and assist in the design and im-
plementation 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 distribution by State 
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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 distributing funds under this paragraph is 
not eligible to be a recipient of those funds); 
‘‘(C) public or private nonprofit organiza-
tions; or 
‘‘(D) partnerships or combinations of local 
educational agencies and entities described in 
subparagraph (B) or (C); and 
‘‘(5) developing civic engagement programs that 
promote a better understanding of— 
‘‘(A) the principles of the Constitution, the 
heroes of American history (including military 
heroes), and the meaning of the Oath of Alle-
giance; 
‘‘(B) promote a better understanding of 
how the Nation’s government functions; and 
‘‘(C) promote a better understanding of 
the importance of service in the Nation’s char-
acter. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY
OF EDU-
CATION.—The Corporation is authorized to enter into 
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agreements with the Secretary of Education for initiatives 
that may include— 
‘‘(1) Identification and dissemination of re-
search findings on service-learning and scientifically 
valid research based practices; and 
‘‘(2) Provision of professional development op-
portunities that— 
‘‘(A) improve the quality of service-learn-
ing instruction and delivery for teachers both 
pre-service and in-service, personnel from com-
munity-based agencies and youth workers; and 
‘‘(B) create and sustain effective partner-
ships between local education agencies, commu-
nity-based organizations, businesses, and other 
stakeholders. 
‘‘(d) DUTIES
OF
SERVICE-LEARNING
COORDI-
NATOR.—A service-learning coordinator referred to in 
paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b) shall provide serv-
ices that may include— 
‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and informa-
tion to, and facilitating the training of, teachers and 
assisting in the planning, development, execution, 
and evaluation of service-learning in their class-
rooms; 
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‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in 
subsection (b) in the planning, development, and 
execution of service-learning projects, including sum-
mer of service programs; and 
‘‘(3) carrying out such other duties as the re-
cipient of assistance under this part may determine 
to be appropriate. 
‘‘(e) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives 
financial assistance under this part may, in carrying out 
the activities described in subsection (b), use such assist-
ance to pay for the Federal share of reasonable costs re-
lated to the supervision of participants, program adminis-
tration, transportation, insurance, and evaluations and for 
other reasonable expenses related to the activities. 
‘‘SEC. 112. ALLOTMENTS. 
‘‘(a) INDIAN TRIBES
AND TERRITORIES.—Of the 
amounts appropriated 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 United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their 
respective needs. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.—After reserv-
ing the amount under subsection (a), the Corporation shall 
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use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out 
this part for any fiscal year as follows: 
‘‘(1) ALLOTMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—From 50 per-
cent 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-age youth in the State 
bears to the total number of school-age youth of 
all States. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION
UNDER
ELEMENTARY 
AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.— 
From 50 percent of such remainder, the Cor-
poration 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 
previous fiscal year under title I of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) or its successor authority 
bears to such allocations to all States. 
‘‘(2) 
DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
101, for purposes of this subsection, the term ‘State’ 
means each of the several States, the District of Co-
lumbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
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‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT.—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 sub-
mit and receive approval of an application for the allot-
ment under section 113, the Corporation shall make the 
allotment for such State, Territory, or Indian tribe avail-
able for grants to community-based organization to carry 
out service-learning programs as described in section 
111(b) in such State, Territory, or Indian tribe. After 
community-based organizations apply for the allotment 
with an application at such time and in such manner as 
the Corporation requires and receive approval, the remain-
der of such allotment shall be available for reallotment to 
such other States, Territories, or Indian tribes with ap-
proved applications submitted under section 113 as the 
Corporation may determine to be appropriate. 
‘‘(d) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—For any fiscal year for 
which amounts appropriated for this part exceed 
$50,000,000, the minimum allotment to each State (as de-
fined in subsection (b)(2)) under this section shall be 
$65,000. 
‘‘SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allot-
ment under section 112, a State, acting through the State 
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educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe shall pre-
pare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, 
an application at such time and in such manner as the 
Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application for an allotment 
under this part shall include— 
‘‘(1) a proposal for a 3-year plan promoting 
service-learning, which shall contain such informa-
tion as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably 
require, including how the applicant will integrate 
service opportunities into the academic program of 
the participants; 
‘‘(2) information about the criteria the State 
educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe will 
use to evaluate and grant approval to applications 
submitted under subsection (c), including an assur-
ance that the State educational agency, Territory, or 
Indian tribe will comply with the requirement in sec-
tion 114(a); 
‘‘(3) assurances about the applicant’s efforts 
to— 
‘‘(A) ensure that students of different 
ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, 
and economic backgrounds have opportunities 
to serve together; 
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‘‘(B) include any opportunities for students 
enrolled in schools or other programs of edu-
cation providing elementary or secondary edu-
cation to participate in service-learning pro-
grams and ensure that such service-learning 
programs include opportunities for such stu-
dents to serve together; 
‘‘(C) involve participants in the design and 
operation of the program; 
‘‘(D) promote service-learning in areas of 
greatest need, including low-income or rural 
areas; and 
‘‘(E) otherwise integrate service opportuni-
ties into the academic program of the partici-
pants; 
‘‘(4) assurances that the applicant will comply 
with the nonduplication and nondisplacement re-
quirements of section 177 and the grievance proce-
dures required by section 176. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR IN-
DIAN TRIBE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT 
SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— 
‘‘(A) qualified organization, Indian tribe, 
Territory, local educational agency, for-profit 
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business, private elementary, middle, or sec-
ondary school, or institution of higher education 
that desires to receive financial assistance 
under this subpart from a State, Territory, or 
Indian tribe for an activity described in section 
111(a)(1); 
‘‘(B) partnership described in section 
111(a)(2) that desires to receive such assistance 
from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe or com-
munity-based organization described in section 
111(a)(2); 
‘‘(C) entity described in section 111(a)(3) 
that desires to receive such assistance from a 
State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity 
described in such section; 
‘‘(D) partnership described in section 
111(a)(4) that desires to receive such assistance 
from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an 
activity described in such section; and 
‘‘(E) agency or partnership described in 
section 119(c)(8) that desires to receive such 
assistance, or approved summer of service posi-
tions, from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe 
for an activity described in such section to be 
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carried out through a service-learning program 
described in section 111, 
shall prepare, submit to the State educational agen-
cy, Territory, community-based organization, or In-
dian 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 information, as the agency, Terri-
tory, Indian tribe, or entity may reasonably require. 
‘‘SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) PRIORITY.—In considering competitive applica-
tions under this part, the Corporation shall give priority 
to innovation, sustainability, capacity building, involve-
ment of disadvantaged youth, and quality of programs, as 
well as other criteria approved by the Chief Executive Offi-
cer. 
‘‘(b) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS.—If the Corpora-
tion rejects an application submitted by a State, Territory, 
or Indian tribe under section 113 for an allotment, the 
Corporation shall promptly notify the State, Territory, or 
Indian tribe of the reasons for the rejection of the applica-
tion. The Corporation shall provide the State, Territory, 
or Indian tribe with a reasonable opportunity to revise and 
resubmit the application and shall provide technical assist-
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ance, if needed, to the State, Territory, or Indian tribe 
as part of the re-submission process. The Corporation 
shall promptly reconsider such resubmitted application. 
‘‘SEC. 115. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS 
FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent consistent with the 
number of students in the State, Territory, or Indian tribe 
or in the school district of the local educational agency 
involved who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary 
and secondary schools, such State, Territory, Indian tribe, 
or agency shall (after consultation with appropriate pri-
vate school representatives) make provision— 
‘‘(1) for the inclusion of services and arrange-
ments for the benefit of such students so as to allow 
for the equitable participation of such students in 
the programs implemented to carry out the objec-
tives 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 participa-
tion of such teachers in the programs implemented 
to carry out the objectives and provide the benefits 
described in this part. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—If a State, Territory, Indian tribe, or 
local educational agency is prohibited by law from pro-
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viding for the participation of students or teachers from 
private nonprofit schools as required by subsection (a), or 
if the Corporation determines that a State, Territory, In-
dian tribe, or local educational agency substantially fails 
or is unwilling to provide for such participation on an equi-
table basis, the Chief Executive Officer shall waive such 
requirements and shall arrange for the provision of serv-
ices to such students and teachers. Such waivers shall be 
subject to the requirements of sections 9503 and 9504 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7883 and 7884). 
‘‘SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out a program for which assistance 
is provided under this part— 
‘‘(A) for new grants, may not exceed 80 
percent of the total cost for the first year of the 
grant, 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) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—In pro-
viding for the remaining share of the cost of car-
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rying out such a program, each recipient of assist-
ance under this part— 
‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through 
a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, 
including facilities, equipment, or services; and 
‘‘(B) may provide for such share through 
State sources or local sources, including private 
funds or donated services. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may 
waive the requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in 
part with respect to any such program for any fiscal year 
if the Corporation determines that such action would be 
equitable due to lack of resources at the local level. 
‘‘SEC. 117. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘Not more than 6 percent of the amount of assist-
ance received by an applicant in a fiscal year may be used 
to pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corpora-
tion may issue, for administrative costs, incurred by— 
‘‘(1) the original recipient; or 
‘‘(2) the entity carrying out the service-learning 
program supported with the assistance.’’. 
SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND CAM-
PUSES OF SERVICE. 
(a) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 
12561) is redesignated as section 118 and amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘com-
munity service programs’’ the following: ‘‘through 
service-learning’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘combination’’ and inserting ‘‘con-
sortia’’; 
(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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) may coordinate with service-learning 
curricula being offered in the academic cur-
ricula at the institution of higher education or 
at one or more members of the consortia;’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘teachers at the elementary, 
secondary, and postsecondary levels’’ and in-
serting ‘‘institutions of higher education and 
their faculty’’; 
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(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘edu-
cation of the institution; and’’ and inserting 
‘‘curricula of the institution to strengthen the 
instructional capacity of service-learning at the 
elementary and secondary levels;’’; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (E); and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) including service-learning as a key 
component of the health professionals curricula, 
including nursing, pre-medicine, medicine, and 
dentistry curricula of the institution; 
‘‘(C) including service-learning as a key 
component of the criminal justice professionals 
curricula of the institution; 
‘‘(D) including service-learning as a key 
component of the public policy and public ad-
ministration curricula of the institution; and’’; 
(4) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g); 
(5) by redesignating subsection (f) as (i); and 
(6) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent prac-
ticable, the Corporation shall give special consideration to 
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‘‘(C) involve an increasing percentage of 
students in secondary school and out-of-school 
youth in the community in school-based or com-
munity based service-learning activities each 
year, with the goal of involving all students in 
secondary schools served by the local edu-
cational agency and involving an increasing per-
centage of the out-of-school youth in service 
learning activities; and 
‘‘(D) encourage participants to engage in 
service throughout their lives; and 
‘‘(10) carry out any other innovative service- 
learning programs or research that the Corporation 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to programs 
that— 
‘‘(1) involve students and community stake-
holders in the design and implementation of the 
service-learning program; 
‘‘(2) implement service-learning programs in 
low-income or rural communities; and 
‘‘(3) utilize adult volunteers, including tapping 
the resource of retired and retiring adults, in the 
planning and implementation of the service-learning 
programs. 
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183 
‘‘(i) oversight activities and mecha-
nisms for the service sites as determined 
by the State Commission or the Corpora-
tion, which may include site visits; 
‘‘(ii) activities to augment the experi-
ence of participants in approved national 
service positions under this section, includ-
ing activities to engage such participants 
in networking opportunities with other na-
tional service participants; and 
‘‘(iii) recruitment or training activities 
for participants in approved national serv-
ice positions under this section. 
‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, a State Commission 
shall submit an application to the Corporation at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Corporation may require, including 
information on the criteria and procedures that the 
State 
Commission 
will 
use 
for 
overseeing 
ServeAmerica Fellowship placements for service 
projects, under subsection (e). 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.— 
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