‘‘(2) establishing objectives and benchmarks, 
conducting evaluations, and making evaluation re-
sults available; 
‘‘(3) conducting outreach and dissemination of 
project-related information to ensure the broadest 
possible involvement of eligible youth and community 
partners in the project; 
‘‘(4) carrying out basic implementation of the 
service-learning project, including the purchase or 
rental of materials needed to complete the field or 
classroom component of the service-learning in-
volved; 
‘‘(5) carrying out planning activities at the 
start of each semester in which the project is carried 
out; 
‘‘(6) providing supplemental pay to staff who 
administer the project; and 
‘‘(7) recognition and awards. 
‘‘(e) SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.—The eli-
gible entity may use the subgrant funds to carry out 
a service-learning project that meets unmet human, 
educational, environmental, or public safety needs 
and that includes a classroom-based instruction com-
ponent aligned with applicable State academic con-
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tent standards, and project activities tied to, where 
available, State service-learning standards. 
‘‘(2) INELIGIBLE
SERVICE
CATEGORIES.—The 
eligible entity may not use the subgrant funds for 
service prohibited under section 132(a). 
‘‘(f) PARTICIPATION.—Youth participants may par-
ticipate in service-learning projects under this subtitle for 
not more than 2 semesters of service, as defined by the 
Chief Executive Officer. 
‘‘SEC. 164. INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES. 
‘‘The Chief Executive Officer shall reserve not more 
than 3 percent of the funds appropriated under section 
501(a)(4) for a fiscal year, for grants made on a competi-
tive basis to Indian tribes, organizations serving Native 
Hawaiians (as defined in section 625 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3057k)), the United States 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Chief 
Executive Officer shall issue regulations specifying how an 
entity receiving a grant under this section shall use the 
grant funds to carry out a program under this subtitle. 
‘‘SEC. 165. NATIONAL QUALITY AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘The Chief Executive Officer shall reserve not more 
than 4 percent of the funds appropriated under section 
501(a)(4) for a fiscal year and use the reserved funds, 
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either directly or through grants and contracts to organi-
zations with experience in semester-based service-learning 
programs, to— 
‘‘(1) provide technical assistance and training 
to recipients of grants and subgrants under this sub-
title; 
‘‘(2) conduct outreach and dissemination of 
program-related information to ensure the broadest 
possible involvement of eligible agencies, eligible en-
tities, organizations, and eligible youth in programs 
under this subtitle; and 
‘‘(3) carry out other activities designed to im-
prove the quality of programs under this subtitle. 
‘‘SEC. 166. NATIONAL EVALUATION. 
‘‘(a) RESERVATION.—The Chief Executive Officer 
shall reserve not more than the greater of $500,000 or 
1 percent of the funds appropriated under section 
501(a)(4) for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(1) to arrange for an independent evaluation 
of eligible agency programs carried out under this 
subtitle, to be conducted in the third year of each 
grant period in which the programs are imple-
mented; and 
‘‘(2) to ensure that the results of the evaluation 
are widely disseminated. 
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