(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 AmeriCorps programs, including the Vol-
unteers in Service to America (VISTA) and the National 
Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), should grow to reach 
100,000 participants by 2012.’’. 
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; 
(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 111(a)(5) for which the Corporation has ap-
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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. 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(E) Who are at-risk to leave school with-
out a diploma. 
‘‘(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or 
at risk of delinquency.’’; 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(12) 
GRANTMAKING
ENTITY.—The 
term 
‘grantmaking entity’ means a public or private non-
profit organization that— 
‘‘(A) has experience with service-learning 
or with meeting unmet human, educational, en-
vironmental, or public safety needs; 
‘‘(B) was in existence at least one year be-
fore the date on which the organization sub-
mitted an application under the national service 
laws; and 
‘‘(C) meets other such criteria as the Chief 
Executive Officer may establish. 
‘‘(13) HISPANIC-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 502(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 
‘‘(14) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘historically black college or 
university’ means a part B institution, as defined in 
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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.’’; and 
(10) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(37) TRIBALLY
CONTROLLED
COLLEGE
OR 
UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘tribally controlled college 
or university’ has the meaning given in section 2 of 
the Tribally Controlled College or University Assist-
ance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801).’’. 
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Subtitle B—Amendments to 
Subtitle B (Service-Learning) 
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) 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— 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(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 
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 
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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— 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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 
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 
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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 
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 
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‘‘(5) establishing or implementing summer of 
service programs during the summer months, includ-
ing the cost of recruitment, training, and placement 
of service-learning coordinators— 
‘‘(A) for youth who will be enrolled in any 
grade from grade 6 through grade 12 at the 
end of the summer concerned; 
‘‘(B) for community-based service-learning 
projects that— 
‘‘(i) shall— 
‘‘(I) meet unmet human, edu-
cational, environmental (including en-
ergy conservation and stewardship), 
emergency and disaster preparedness, 
and public service needs; and 
‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, su-
pervised, and designed to produce 
identifiable improvements to the com-
munity; and 
‘‘(ii) may include the extension of aca-
demic year service-learning programs into 
the summer months; 
‘‘(C) through the distribution of Federal 
funds made available under this part to projects 
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operated by local partnerships that consist of 
local educational agencies and— 
‘‘(i) public or private elementary 
schools or secondary schools; 
‘‘(ii) institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(iii) public or private non-profit or-
ganizations that— 
‘‘(I) have a demonstrated exper-
tise in providing services to meet 
unmet human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs; and 
‘‘(II) have been in existence for 
at least 1 year before the date on 
which the organization submitted an 
application under section 113; 
‘‘(iv) for-profit businesses; or 
‘‘(v) a consortia of such entities; 
‘‘(D) under which any student who com-
pletes 100 hours of service in an approved sum-
mer of service position, as certified through a 
process determined by the Corporation through 
regulations consistent with section 139(f), shall 
be eligible for a summer of service educational 
award of not more than $500 (or, at the discre-
tion of the Chief Executive Officer, not more 
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than $1,000 in the case of a participant who is 
economically disadvantaged) from funds depos-
ited in the National Service Trust and distrib-
uted by the Corporation as described in section 
148; and 
‘‘(E) subject to the limitation that a stu-
dent may not receive more than 2 summer of 
service educational awards from funds deposited 
in the National Service Trust. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES
OF
SERVICE-LEARNING
COORDI-
NATOR.—A service-learning coordinator referred to in 
paragraph (2), (3), or (5) of subsection (a) shall provide 
services 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; 
‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in 
subsection (a) 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. 
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‘‘(c) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives 
financial assistance under this part may, in carrying out 
the activities described in subsection (a), 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 
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 
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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. 
‘‘(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 grantmaking entities to carry out serv-
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ice-learning programs as described in section 111(a) in 
such State, Territory, or Indian tribe. After grantmaking 
entities apply for the allotment with 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. 113. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allot-
ment under section 112 or an allotment of approved sum-
mer of service positions under section 111(a)(5)(D), a 
State, acting through the State educational agency, Terri-
tory, or Indian tribe shall prepare, submit to the Corpora-
tion, 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 
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service opportunities into the academic program of 
the participants; 
‘‘(2) information 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; 
‘‘(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; and 
‘‘(3) assurances that the applicant will comply 
with the nonduplication and nondisplacement re-
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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 
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 
grantmaking 
entity 
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 
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from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an 
activity described in such section; 
‘‘(E) agency or partnership described in 
section 111(a)(5) 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 
carried out through a service-learning program 
described in section 111, 
shall prepare, submit to the State educational agen-
cy, Territory, grantmaking entity, or Indian tribe, 
and obtain approval of, an application for the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(d) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b), if less than $20,000,000 is appropriated for any 
fiscal year to carry out this part, the Corporation shall 
award grants to States, Territories, and Indian tribes 
from the amount so appropriated, on a competitive basis 
to pay for the Federal share of the activities described in 
section 111. 
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