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Sec. 1101. Purposes; sense of Congress. 
Sec. 1102. Definitions. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B (Learn and Serve America) 
Sec. 1201. School-based allotments. 
Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions and Campuses of Service. 
Sec. 1203. Innovative programs and research. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C (National Service Trust Program) 
Sec. 1301. Prohibition on grants to Federal agencies; limits on Corporation 
costs. 
Sec. 1302. Required and eligible national service programs. 
Sec. 1303. Types of positions. 
Sec. 1304. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 
Sec. 1305. Assistance to State Commissions; challenge grants. 
Sec. 1306. Allocation of assistance to States and other eligible entities. 
Sec. 1307. Additional authority. 
Sec. 1308. State selection of programs. 
Sec. 1309. National service program assistance requirements. 
Sec. 1310. Consideration of applications. 
Sec. 1311. Description of participants. 
Sec. 1312. Selection of national service participants. 
Sec. 1313. Terms of service. 
Sec. 1314. Adjustments to living allowance. 
Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle D (National Service Trust and Provision 
of National Service Educational Awards) 
Sec. 1401. Availability of funds in the National Service Trust. 
Sec. 1402. Individuals eligible to receive a national service educational award 
from the Trust. 
Sec. 1403. Determination of the amount of national service educational awards. 
Sec. 1404. Disbursement of educational awards. 
Sec. 1405. Process of approval of national service positions. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle E (National Civilian Community Corps) 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Program components. 
Sec. 1503. Eligible participants. 
Sec. 1504. Summer national service program. 
Sec. 1505. Team leaders. 
Sec. 1506. Training. 
Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions. 
Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 
Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre. 
Sec. 1510. Contract and grant authority. 
Sec. 1511. Other departments. 
Sec. 1512. Advisory Board. 
Sec. 1513. Evaluation. 
Sec. 1514. Repeal of funding limitation. 
Sec. 1515. Definitions. 
Sec. 1516. Terminology. 
Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 
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Sec. 1601. Family and Medical Leave and Reports. 
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. 
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 and National service reserve 
corps. 
Sec. 1805. Social innovation fund. 
Sec. 1806. Clearinghouses. 
Subtitle I—Training and Technical Assistance 
Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance. 
Sec. 1822. Volunteer Generation Fund. 
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. 
Sec. 4102. Table of contents amendments for the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act. 
TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 5101. Effective date. 
Sec. 5102. Service assignments and agreements. 
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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) 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 
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spirit of community to children and youth through-
out the United States; 
‘‘(13) assist in coordinating and strengthening 
Federal and other service opportunities, including 
opportunities for participation in emergency and dis-
aster preparedness, relief, and recovery; 
‘‘(14) 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; 
‘‘(15) encourage the continued service of the 
alumni of the national service programs, including 
service in times of national need; 
‘‘(16) support institutions of higher education 
that engage students in community service activities, 
provide service-learning courses, and encourage or 
assist graduates to pursue careers in public service 
in the nonprofit or government sector; and 
‘‘(17) encourage members of the Baby Boom 
generation to partake in service opportunities.’’. 
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(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 approved national service positions, including 
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; 
(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 120(c)(8) 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. 
‘‘(G) Who are individuals with a dis-
ability.’’; 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(12) COMMUNITY-BASED ENTITY.—The term 
‘community-based entity’ means a public or private 
nonprofit entity 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)). 
‘‘(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)).’’; 
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(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)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘602’’ and inserting 
‘‘602(3)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1401’’ and inserting 
‘‘1401(3)’’; 
(11) in paragraph (33) (as so redesignated), 
strike the last sentence; and 
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(12) 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) SCIENTIFICALLY VALID RESEARCH.—The 
term ‘scientifically valid research’ includes applied 
research, basic research, and field-initiated research 
in which the rationale, design, and interpretation are 
soundly developed in accordance with principles of 
scientific research. 
‘‘(39) PRINCIPLES IF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.— 
The term ‘principles of scientific research’ means 
principles of research that— 
‘‘(A) applies rigorous, systematic, and ob-
jective methodology to obtain reliable and valid 
knowledge relevant to education activities and 
programs; 
‘‘(B) presents findings and makes claims 
that are appropriate to and supported by meth-
ods that have been employed; and 
‘‘(C) includes, as appropriate to the re-
search being conducted— 
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‘‘(I) use of systematic, empirical 
methods that draw on observation or ex-
periment; 
‘‘(ii) use of data analyses that are 
adequate to support the general findings; 
‘‘(iii) reliance on measurements or ob-
servational methods that provide reliable 
and generalizable findings; 
‘‘(iv) strong claims of causal relation-
ships, only with research designs that 
eliminate plausible competing explanations 
for observed results, such as, but not lim-
ited to, random assignment experiments; 
‘‘(v) presentation of studies and meth-
ods in sufficient detail and clarity to allow 
for replication or, at a minimum, to offer 
the opportunity to build systematically on 
the findings of the research; 
‘‘(vi) acceptance by a peer-reviewed 
journal or critique by a panel of inde-
pendent experts through a comparably rig-
orous, objective, and scientific review; and 
‘‘(vii) consistency of findings across 
multiple studies or sites to support the 
generality of results and conclusions. 
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‘‘(40) SEVERELY
ECONOMICALLY
DISTRESSED 
COMMUNITY.—The term ‘severely economically dis-
tressed community’ means an area that has a mort-
gage foreclosure rate, home price decline, and unem-
ployment rate greater than the national mortgage 
foreclosure rate, home price decline, and unemploy-
ment rate for the last 12 months for which satisfac-
tory data are available, or a residential area that 
lacks basic living necessities, such as water and 
sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, and safe san-
itary housing. 
‘‘(41) 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). 
‘‘(42) 
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)). 
‘‘(43) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code.’’. 
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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 professional developement of edu-
cators, and to strengthen the service infrastructure 
to expand service 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 professional developement 
for teachers, supervisors, personnel from com-
munity-based agencies (particularly with regard 
to the recruitment, utilization, and management 
of participants), 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, 
professional 
developement, supervision, and placement of 
service-learning coordinators who may be par-
ticipants in a program under subtitle C or re-
ceive a national service educational 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) how the Nation’s government func-
tions; and 
‘‘(C) the importance of service in the Na-
tion’s character. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY
OF EDU-
CATION.—From the amounts appropriated under section 
501(a)(4), 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 
professional 
developement of, teachers and assisting in the plan-
ning, development, execution, and evaluation of serv-
ice-learning in their classrooms; 
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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; 
‘‘(3) carrying out such other duties as the re-
cipient of assistance under this part may determine 
to be appropriate; and 
‘‘(4) assisting schools and school districts in de-
veloping school policies and practices that support 
the integration of service-learning into the cur-
riculum. 
‘‘(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 
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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 
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. 
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‘‘(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 community-based entity to carry out 
service-learning programs as described in section 111(b) 
in such State, Territory, or Indian tribe. After community- 
based entities apply for the allotment with an application 
at such time and in such manner as the Corporation re-
quires and receive approval, the remainder of such allot-
ment shall be available for reallotment to such other 
States, Territories, or Indian tribes with approved applica-
tions 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 subtitle exceed 
$50,000,000, the minimum allotment to each State (as de-
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fined in subsection (b)(2)) under this section shall be 
$75,000. 
‘‘SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allot-
ment under section 112, a State, acting through the State 
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-learning opportunities into the academic pro-
gram 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); 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(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 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(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(b)(1); 
‘‘(B) partnership described in section 
111(b)(2) that desires to receive such assistance 
from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe or com-
munity-based organization described in section 
111(b)(2); 
‘‘(C) entity described in section 111(b)(3) 
that desires to receive such assistance from a 
State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity 
described in such section; and 
‘‘(D) partnership described in section 
111(b)(4) that desires to receive such assistance 
from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an 
activity described in such section, 
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shall prepare, submit to the State educational agen-
cy, Territory, community-based entity, or Indian 
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-
ance, if needed, to the State, Territory, or Indian tribe 
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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 professional development of the 
teachers of such students so as to allow for the equi-
table participation 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-
viding for the participation of students or teachers from 
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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-
rying out such a program, each recipient of assist-
ance under this part— 
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‘‘(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.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Offi-
cer may, with respect to any such program for any 
fiscal year, and upon determination that such action 
would be equitable due to lack of resources at the 
local level— 
‘‘(A) waive the requirements of subsection 
(a) in whole or in part; or 
‘‘(B) allow a recipient to provide the non- 
Federal contribution required under subsection 
(a)(2) from funding available pursuant to title 
I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). 
‘‘(2) RULES.—The following rules apply to 
paragraph (1)(B): 
‘‘(A) Paragraph (1)(B) applies only to re-
cipients that are schools receiving funding 
under title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
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Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(B) The non-Federal contribution pro-
vided under paragraph (1)(B) may only be used 
for activities authorized under section 1114 or 
1115 of title I of such Act (as applicable) sub-
ject to the approval of the local educational 
agency. 
‘‘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) PART HEADING.—The heading relating to part 
II of subtitle B of title I is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND 
CAMPUSES OF SERVICE’’. 
(b) 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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applications submitted by predominantly Black institu-
tions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, His-
panic-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities, and community colleges serving predominantly mi-
nority populations. 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBU-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the cost of carrying out a program for which 
assistance is provided under this part may not 
exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—In 
providing for the remaining share of the cost of 
carrying out such a program, each recipient of 
a grant under this part— 
‘‘(i) shall provide for such share 
through a payment in cash or in kind, fair-
ly evaluated, including facilities, equip-
ment, or services; and 
‘‘(ii) may provide for such share 
through State sources or local sources, in-
cluding private funds or donated services. 
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‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer 
may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in 
whole or in part with respect to any such program 
for any fiscal year if the Corporation determines 
that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack 
of available financial resources at the local level. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter 
into a contract under this part, an applicant shall 
prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain ap-
proval of, an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information and assurances 
as the Corporation may reasonably require. In re-
questing applications for assistance under this part, 
the Corporation shall specify such required informa-
tion and assurances. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) assurances that— 
‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a partic-
ipant, the applicant will consult with the 
appropriate local labor organization, if any, 
representing employees in the area who are 
engaged in the same or similar work as 
that proposed to be carried out by such 
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program, to prevent the displacement and 
protect the rights of such employees; and 
‘‘(ii) the applicant will comply with 
the nonduplication and nondisplacement 
provisions of section 177 and the grievance 
procedures required by section 176; and 
‘‘(B) such other assurances as the Chief 
Executive Officer may reasonably require. 
‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—In making grants and entering into 
contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall give 
priority to applicants or institutions that submit applica-
tions containing proposals that— 
‘‘(1) demonstrate the commitment of the insti-
tution of higher education, other than by dem-
onstrating the commitment of the students, to sup-
porting the community service projects carried out 
under the program; 
‘‘(2) specify the manner in which the institution 
will promote faculty, administration, and staff par-
ticipation in the community service projects; 
‘‘(3) specify the manner in which the institution 
will provide service to the community through orga-
nized programs, including, where appropriate, clin-
ical programs for students in professional schools 
and colleges; 
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‘‘(8) specify that the institution will use such 
assistance to strengthen the service infrastructure in 
institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(9) with respect to projects involving delivery 
of services, specify projects that involve leadership 
development of school aged youth; or 
‘‘(10) describe how service projects and activi-
ties are associated with such ideas as housing, eco-
nomic development, infrastructure, health care, job 
training, education, crime prevention, urban plan-
ning, transportation technology, and child welfare. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, as 
used in this part, the term ‘student’ means an individual 
who is enrolled in an institution of higher education on 
a full- or part-time basis. 
‘‘(h) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for as-
sistance under this part, an institution of higher education 
must demonstrate that it meets the minimum require-
ments under section 443(b)(2) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)) relating to the partici-
pation of Federal Work-Study students in community 
service activities, or has received a waiver of those require-
ments from the Secretary of Education.’’. 
(c) CAMPUSES OF SERVICE.—Title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12521 
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et seq.) is amended by adding after section 118 (as redes-
ignated by subsection (a)) at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 119. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, after consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Education, may annually des-
ignate not more than 25 institutions of higher education 
as Campuses of Service, from among institutions nomi-
nated by State Commissions. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomi-
nation to receive designation under subsection (a), 
and have an opportunity to apply for funds under 
subsection (d) for a fiscal year, an institution of 
higher education in a State shall submit an applica-
tion to the State Commission at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the 
State Commission may require. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica-
tion shall include information specifying— 
‘‘(A)(i) the number of undergraduate and, 
if applicable, graduate service-learning courses 
offered at such institution for the most recent 
full academic year preceding the fiscal year for 
which designation is sought; and 
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‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of under-
graduate students and, if applicable, the num-
ber and percentage of graduate students at 
such institution who were enrolled in the cor-
responding courses described in clause (i), for 
such preceding academic year; 
‘‘(B) the percentage of undergraduate stu-
dents engaging in and, if applicable, the per-
centage of graduate students engaging in activi-
ties providing community services, as defined in 
section 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)), during such pre-
ceding academic year, the quality of such activi-
ties, and the average amount of time spent, per 
student, engaged in such activities; 
‘‘(C) for such preceding academic year, the 
percentage of Federal work-study funds made 
available to the institution under part C of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) that is used to compensate 
students employed in providing community serv-
ices, as so defined, and a description of the ef-
forts the institution undertakes to make avail-
able to students opportunities to provide such 
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community 
services 
and 
be 
compensated 
through such work-study funds; 
‘‘(D) at the discretion of the institution, 
information demonstrating the degree to which 
recent graduates of the institution, and all 
graduates of the institution, have obtained full- 
time public service employment in the nonprofit 
sector or government, with a private nonprofit 
organization or a Federal, State, or local public 
agency; and 
‘‘(E) any programs the institution has in 
place to encourage or assist graduates of the in-
stitution to pursue careers in public service in 
the nonprofit sector or government. 
‘‘(c) NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(1) NOMINATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State Commission 
that receives applications from institutions of 
higher education under subsection (b) may 
nominate, for designation under subsection (a), 
not more than 3 such institutions of higher 
education, consisting of— 
‘‘(i) not more than one 4-year public 
institution of higher education; 
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‘‘(ii) not more than one 4-year private 
institution of higher education; and 
‘‘(iii) not more than one 2-year insti-
tution of higher education. 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—The State Commission 
shall submit to the Corporation the name and 
application of each institution nominated by the 
State Commission under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The Corporation shall 
designate, under subsection (a), not more than 25 
institutions of higher education from among the in-
stitutions nominated under paragraph (1). In mak-
ing the designations, the Corporation shall, if fea-
sible, designate various types of institutions, includ-
ing institutions from each of the categories of insti-
tutions described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of para-
graph (1)(A). 
‘‘(d) AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Using sums appropriated 
under section 501(a)(1)(C), the Corporation shall 
provide an award to institutions designated under 
subsection (c), to be used by the institutions to de-
velop or disseminate service-learning models and 
best practices regarding service-learning to other in-
stitutions of higher education. 
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‘‘(2) PLANS.—To be eligible to receive funds 
under this subsection, an institution designated 
under subsection (c) shall submit a plan to the Cor-
poration describing how the institution intends to 
use the funds to encourage or assist those students 
to pursue public service careers in the nonprofit sec-
tor or government. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—The Corporation shall de-
termine how the funds appropriated under section 
501(a)(1)(C) for a fiscal year will be allocated 
among the institutions submitting acceptable plans 
under paragraph (2). In determining the amount of 
funds to be allocated to such an institution, the Cor-
poration shall consider the number of students at 
the institution, and the quality and scope of the plan 
submitted by the institution under paragraph (2) 
and the institution’s current (as of the date of sub-
mission of the plan) strategies to encourage or assist 
students to pursue public service careers in the non-
profit sector or government.’’. 
SEC. 1203. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is fur-
ther amended by adding after part II the following new 
part: 
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‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION 
SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH 
‘‘SEC. 120. INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION SERVICE-LEARN-
ING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation 
may make grants and fixed-amount grants (in accordance 
with section 129(l)) with eligible entities for activities de-
scribed in subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this part, the 
following definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The term ‘eligible 
entity’ means a State education agency, a State 
Commission, a Territory, an Indian tribe, an institu-
tion of higher education, or a public or private non-
profit organization (including community-based or-
ganizations), a public or private elementary or sec-
ondary school, a local educational agency, or a con-
sortia of such entities, where a consortia of two or 
more such entities may also include a for-profit or-
ganization. 
‘‘(2) YOUTH
ENGAGEMENT
ZONE.—The term 
‘youth engagement zone’ means the area in which a 
youth engagement zone program is carried out. 
‘‘(3) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘youth engagement zone program’ means 
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a service learning program in which members of an 
eligible partnership described in paragraph (4) col-
laborate to provide coordinated school-based or com-
munity-based service learning opportunities, to ad-
dress a specific community challenge, for an increas-
ing percentage of out-of-school youth and secondary 
school students served by local educational agencies 
where— 
‘‘(A) not less than 90 percent of the stu-
dents participate in service-learning activities as 
part of the program; or 
‘‘(B) service-learning is a mandatory part 
of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools 
served by the local educational agency. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 
partnership’ means— 
‘‘(i) one or more community-based 
agencies that have demonstrated records of 
success in carrying out service-learning 
programs with disadvantaged students, 
and that meet such criteria as the Chief 
Executive Officer may establish; in com-
bination with; 
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‘‘(ii) (I) one or more local educational 
agencies for which— 
‘‘(aa) a high number or percent-
age of the students served by the 
agency, as determined by the Corpora-
tion, are disadvantaged students; and 
‘‘(bb) the graduation rate for the 
secondary school students served by 
the agency is less than 70 percent; or 
‘‘(II) a State Commission; or 
‘‘(III) a State educational agency. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL ENTITIES.—An eligible 
partnership may also include— 
‘‘(i) a local government agency that is 
not described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) the office of the chief executive 
officer of a unit of general local govern-
ment; or 
‘‘(iii) an institution of higher edu-
cation. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this 
part may be used to— 
‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into 
the science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics (STEM) curricula at the elementary, sec-
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ondary, or post-secondary, and post-baccalaureate 
levels in coordination with practicing or retired 
STEM professionals; 
‘‘(2) involve students in service-learning pro-
grams focusing on energy conservation in their com-
munity, including conducting educational outreach 
on energy conservation and working to improve en-
ergy efficiency in low income housing and in public 
spaces; 
‘‘(3) 
involve 
students 
in 
service-learning 
projects in emergency and disaster preparedness; 
‘‘(4) 
involve 
students 
in 
service-learning 
projects aimed at improving access to and obtaining 
benefits from computers and other emerging tech-
nologies, including improving such access to individ-
uals with disabilities, in low income or rural commu-
nities, in senior centers and communities, in schools, 
in libraries, and in other public spaces; 
‘‘(5) involve high school age youth in the men-
toring of middle school youth while involving all par-
ticipants in service-learning to seek to meet unmet 
human, educational, environmental, public safety, or 
emergency disaster preparedness needs in their com-
munity; 
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‘‘(6) conduct research and evaluations on serv-
ice-learning, including service-learning in middle 
schools, and disseminate such research and evalua-
tions widely; 
‘‘(7) conduct innovative and creative activities 
as described in section 111(b); 
‘‘(8) establish or implement summer of service 
programs (giving priority to programs that enroll 
youth in grades 6 through 9) during the summer 
months, including 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 
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identifiable improvements to the com-
munity; and 
‘‘(ii) may include the extension of aca-
demic year service-learning programs into 
the summer months; 
‘‘(C) 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 138(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 
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 
‘‘(D) 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; 
‘‘(9) establish or implement youth engagement 
zone service learning programs in youth engagement 
zones for students in secondary school served by 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program fund-
ed under this part shall be carried out over a period 
of three years, including one planning year and two 
additional grant years, with a 1-year extension pos-
sible, if the program meets performance measures 
developed in accordance with section 179(a) and any 
other criteria determined by the Corporation. 
‘‘(2) 
COLLABORATION
ENCOURAGED.—Each 
program funded under this part is encouraged to 
collaborate with other Learn and Serve programs, 
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AmeriCorps, VISTA, and the National Senior Serv-
ice Corps. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the 
program, the Corporation shall conduct an inde-
pendent evaluation of the program and widely dis-
seminate the results to the service community 
through multiple channels, including the Corpora-
tion’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effec-
tive strategies and recommendations for improve-
ment. 
‘‘(f) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out a program for which a grant 
(that is not a fixed-amount grant as described in 
section 129(l)) is made under this part may not ex-
ceed 75 percent of the total cost of the program in 
the first year of the grant and 50 percent of the 
total cost of the program in the remaining years of 
the grant, including if the grant is extended for a 
fourth year. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—In pro-
viding for the remaining share of the cost of car-
rying out such a program, each recipient of a grant 
under this part— 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer 
may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) 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. 
‘‘(g) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a 
program under this part, an entity shall prepare, 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.’’. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Sub-
title C (National Service Trust 
Program) 
SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES; LIMITS ON CORPORATION COSTS. 
Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘subdivisions of 
States,’’ the following: ‘‘Territories,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AGREE-
MENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘RESTRICTIONS
ON AGREEMENTS WITH 
FEDERAL AGENCIES’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a contract or coopera-
tive agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘an inter-
agency agreement other than a grant’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or otherwise sup-
ported’’ after ‘‘program carried out’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘by the agency.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘by the agency, and may approve 
national service positions for a program 
carried out or otherwise supported by the 
agency.’’; and 
(iv) by striking the second sentence; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON GRANTS.—The Corpora-
tion may not provide a grant under this section to 
a Federal agency.’’; and 
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(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘receiv-
ing assistance under this subsection’’ and in-
serting ‘‘operating a national service program’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘to be 
provided’’ and inserting ‘‘to be provided or otherwise 
approved’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘FIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘SIX’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘6 percent’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 140’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Federal share of the 
cost’’ and inserting ‘‘Corporation share of 
the cost, including member living allow-
ances, employment-related taxes, health 
care coverage, and worker’s compensation 
and other necessary operation costs,’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘may not exceed 75 
percent of such cost.’’ and inserting ‘‘may 
not exceed—’’; and 
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(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) for the first 3 years in which the re-
cipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 
such cost; 
‘‘(B) for the fourth through ninth years in 
which the recipient receives such assistance, a 
decreasing share of such cost between 76 per-
cent and 50 percent, as established by the Cor-
poration in regulation; and 
‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year 
thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 
assistance, 50 percent of such cost.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE CORPORATION SHARE FOR 
PROGRAMS IN RURAL OR SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY 
DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.—Upon approval by the 
Corporation, the Corporation share of the cost, in-
cluding member living allowances, employment-re-
lated taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s com-
pensation, of carrying out a national service pro-
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tees of Congress on an annual basis information 
regarding each recipient under subparagraph 
(A) that uses Federal funds other than those 
provided by the Corporation to carry out the 
program, including amounts and sources of 
other Federal funds.’’. 
SEC. 1302. REQUIRED AND ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 122 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 122. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR 
PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRED NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS.—The 
recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each Federal 
agency operating or supporting a national service program 
under section 121(b) shall, directly or through grants or 
subgrants to other entities, carry out or support the fol-
lowing national service corps, as full- or part-time corps, 
including during the summer months, to address unmet 
educational, health, veteran, or environmental needs: 
‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.—An Education Corps 
that identifies unmet educational needs within com-
munities through activities such as those described 
in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds the per-
formance indicators under subparagraph (B). 
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‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—An Education Corps 
described in this paragraph may carry out ac-
tivities such as— 
‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other aca-
demic support to students; 
‘‘(ii) mentoring students, including 
adult or peer mentoring; 
‘‘(iii) linking needed integrated serv-
ices and comprehensive supports with stu-
dents, their families, and their public 
schools; 
‘‘(iv) improving school climate; 
‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school 
in expanding the school day by strength-
ening the quality of staff and expanding 
the academic programming offered in an 
expanded learning time initiative, a pro-
gram of a 21st century community learn-
ing center (as defined in section 4201 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171)), or a high- 
quality after-school program, such as 
through recruiting, placing, training and 
supporting a full-time corps of Fellows who 
are graduates of 4-year institutions of 
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higher education or 2-year institutions of 
higher education with a certificate or de-
gree in youth development to administer 
the initiative or program at high-need 
school; 
‘‘(vi) assisting schools and local edu-
cational agencies in improving and expand-
ing high-quality service-learning programs 
that keep students engaged in schools by 
providing service-learning coordinators; 
‘‘(vii) assisting students in being pre-
pared for college-level work; 
‘‘(viii) involving family members of 
students in supporting teachers and stu-
dents; 
‘‘(ix) conducting a pre-professional 
training program in which students en-
rolled in an institution of higher edu-
cation— 
‘‘(I) receive training in specified 
fields, which may include classes con-
taining 
service-learning, 
including 
early childhood education, elementary 
and secondary education and other 
professions such as those in health 
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care, criminal justice, environmental 
stewardship and conservation or pub-
lic safety; 
‘‘(II) perform service related to 
such training outside the classroom 
during the school term and during 
summer or other vacation periods; and 
‘‘(III) agree to provide service 
upon graduation to meet unmet 
human, educational, environmental, or 
public safety needs related to such 
training; 
‘‘(x) A campus-based program that is 
designed to provide substantial service in a 
community during the school term and 
during summer or other vacation periods 
through the use of— 
‘‘(I) students who are attending 
an institution of higher education, in-
cluding students participating in a 
work-study program assisted under 
part C of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 
et seq.); 
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‘‘(II) teams composed of such 
students; 
‘‘(III) teams composed of a com-
bination of such students and commu-
nity residents; or 
‘‘(IV) students participating in 
service-learning programs at an insti-
tution of higher education; 
‘‘(xi) a program that provides special-
ized training to individuals in service-learn-
ing and places the individuals after such 
training in positions, including positions as 
service-learning coordinators, to facilitate 
service-learning in programs eligible for 
funding under part I of subtitle B; 
‘‘(xii) providing education or job 
training services that are designed to meet 
the needs of rural communities; and 
‘‘(xiii) 
other 
activities 
addressing 
unmet educational needs as the Corpora-
tion may designate. 
‘‘(B) EDUCATION
CORPS
INDICATORS.— 
The corps indicators for a corps described in 
this paragraph are— 
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‘‘(i) student engagement, including 
student attendance and student behavior; 
‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; 
‘‘(iii) high school graduation rates; 
‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and 
continued college enrollment for recipients 
of a high school diploma; 
‘‘(v) an additional indicator relating to 
improving education for students that the 
Corporation, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Education, establishes for a given 
year; 
‘‘(vi) a local indicator (applicable to a 
particular eligible entity and on which an 
improvement in performance is needed) re-
lating to improving education for students, 
proposed by that eligible entity in an appli-
cation submitted to, and approved by, a 
State Commission or the Corporation 
under this section; and 
‘‘(vii) any additional local indicator 
(applicable to a particular eligible entity 
and on which an improvement in perform-
ance is needed) that is approved by the 
Corporation. 
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