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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‘‘(4) describe any partnership that will partici-
pate in the community service projects, such as a 
partnership comprised of— 
‘‘(A) the institution; 
‘‘(B)(i) a community-based agency; 
‘‘(ii) a local government agency; or 
‘‘(iii) a non-profit entity that serves or in-
volves school-age youth, older adults, or low-in-
come communities; and 
‘‘(C)(i) a student organization; 
‘‘(ii) a department of the institution; or 
‘‘(iii) a group of faculty comprised of dif-
ferent departments, schools, or colleges at the 
institution; 
‘‘(5) demonstrate community involvement in the 
development of the proposal and the extent to which 
the proposal will contribute to the goals of its com-
munity partners; 
‘‘(6) describe research on effective strategies 
and methods to improve service utilized in the design 
of the project; 
‘‘(7) demonstrate a commitment to perform 
service projects in underserved urban and rural com-
munities; 
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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.’’. 
(b) 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)(D), 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)(D) 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. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
501(a)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1)), as amended by section 
111(d), is further amended— 
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‘‘(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘subpart 
B of part I’ and inserting ‘subpart B of part I and 
part III’; and 
‘‘(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘ ‘(D) PART III.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part III of subtitle B 
of title I $$7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2014.’.’’. 
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: 
‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE 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(k)) 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 
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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 
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 
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(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; 
‘‘(II) a State Commission; or 
‘‘(III) a State educational agency. 
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‘‘(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-
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; 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(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(a); 
‘‘(8) establish or implement summer of service 
programs during the summer months, including the 
cost of recruitment, training, and placement of serv-
ice-learning coordinators— 
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‘‘(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) 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-
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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 
local educational agencies where a majority of such 
students do not participate in service learning activi-
ties carried out by eligible partnerships as defined in 
paragraph (4) that are designed to— 
‘‘(A) involve all students in secondary 
school in the local educational agency in service- 
learning to address a specific community chal-
lenge; 
‘‘(B) improve student engagement, includ-
ing student attendance and student behavior, 
and student achievement, graduation rates, and 
college-going rates in secondary schools; 
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‘‘(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, 
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 
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section 129(k)) 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— 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(h) FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.—For the purposes of 
this section and subject to the limitation in section 129(k), 
the Corporation may award fixed-amount grants to carry 
out a program under this part.’’. 
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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— 
(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, including pro-
grams under the Public Lands Corps and 
Urban Youth Corps as described in section 
122(a)(2).’’; and 
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(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 
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘receiv-
ing assistance under this subsection’’ and in-
serting ‘‘operating a national service program’’; 
(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 
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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 
(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); 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE CORPORATION SHARE FOR 
PROGRAMS IN RURAL OR SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY 
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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-
gram that receives assistance under subsection (a) 
and that is located in a rural or severely economi-
cally distressed community may not exceed— 
‘‘(A) for the first 6 years in which the re-
cipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 
such cost; 
‘‘(B) for the seventh through ninth years 
in which the recipient receives such assistance, 
a decreasing share of such cost between 76 and 
65 percent as established by the Corporation in 
regulation; and 
‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year 
thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 
assistance, 65 percent of such cost.’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) RECIPIENT REPORT.—A recipient of 
assistance under section 121 (other than a re-
cipient of assistance of a fixed-amount grant) 
shall report to the Corporation the amount and 
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source of any Federal funds used to carry out 
the program other than those provided by the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(B) CORPORATION
REPORT.—The Cor-
poration shall report to Congress on an annual 
basis information regarding each recipient 
under subparagraph (A) that uses Federal 
funds other than those provided by the Cor-
poration 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-
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munities through activities such as those described 
in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds the per-
formance indicators under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(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) full-time classroom instruction; 
‘‘(iii) mentoring students, including 
adult or peer mentoring; 
‘‘(iv) linking needed integrated serv-
ices and comprehensive supports with stu-
dents, their families, and their public 
schools; 
‘‘(v) improving school climate; 
‘‘(vi) 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 
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Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171), or a high- 
quality after-school program; 
‘‘(vii) 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; 
‘‘(viii) assisting students in being pre-
pared for college-level work; 
‘‘(ix) involving family members of stu-
dents in supporting teachers and students; 
‘‘(x) 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 
care, criminal justice, environmental 
stewardship and conservation or pub-
lic safety; 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(xi) 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.); 
‘‘(II) teams composed of such 
students; 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(xii) 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; and 
‘‘(xiii) providing education or job 
training services that are designed to meet 
the needs of rural communities. 
‘‘(B) EDUCATION
CORPS
INDICATORS.— 
The corps indicators for a corps described in 
this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) student engagement, including 
student attendance and student behavior; 
‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; 
‘‘(iii) high school graduation rates; 
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‘‘(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; and 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(2) HEALTHY
FUTURES
CORPS.—A Healthy 
Futures Corps that identifies unmet health needs 
within communities through activities such as those 
described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds 
the performance indicators under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—A Healthy Futures 
Corps described in this paragraph may carry 
out activities such as— 
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‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvan-
taged individuals in navigating the health 
care system; 
‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining 
access to health care for themselves or 
their children; 
‘‘(iii) 
educating 
economically 
dis-
advantaged individuals and individuals who 
are members of medically underserved pop-
ulations about, and engaging individuals 
described in this clause in, initiatives re-
garding navigating the health care system 
and regarding disease prevention and 
health promotion, with a particular focus 
on common health conditions, chronic dis-
eases, and conditions, for which disease 
prevention and health promotion measures 
exist and for which socioeconomic, geo-
graphic, and racial and ethnic health dis-
parities exist; 
‘‘(iv) improving health literacy of pa-
tients; 
‘‘(v) providing translation services at 
clinics and in emergency rooms to improve 
health care; 
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‘‘(vi) providing services designed to 
meet the needs of rural communities; and 
‘‘(vii) assisting in health promotion 
interventions that improve health status, 
and helping people adopt and maintain 
healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 
health status. 
‘‘(B) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS INDICA-
TORS.—The corps indicators for a corps de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) access to health care among eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals and 
individuals who are members of medically 
underserved populations; 
‘‘(ii) access to health care for unin-
sured individuals, including such individ-
uals who are economically disadvantaged 
children; 
‘‘(iii) participation, among economi-
cally disadvantaged individuals and individ-
uals who are members of medically under-
served populations, in disease prevention 
and health promotion initiatives, particu-
larly those with a focus on addressing com-
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mon health conditions, addressing chronic 
diseases, and decreasing health disparities; 
‘‘(iv) health literacy of patients; 
‘‘(v) an additional indicator, relating 
to improving or protecting the health of 
economically disadvantaged individuals and 
individuals who are members of medically 
underserved populations, that the Corpora-
tion, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, establishes for a given 
year; and 
‘‘(vi) a local indicator (applicable to a 
particular eligible entity and on which an 
improvement in performance is needed) re-
lating to improving or protecting the 
health of economically disadvantaged indi-
viduals and individuals who are members 
of medically underserved populations, pro-
posed by that eligible entity in an applica-
tion submitted to, and approved by, a 
State Commission or the Corporation 
under this section. 
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‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY CORPS.—A Clean Energy 
Corps that identifies unmet environmental needs 
within communities through activities such as those 
described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds 
the performance indicators under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—A Clean Energy Corps 
described in this paragraph may carry out ac-
tivities such as— 
‘‘(i) 
weatherizing 
and 
retrofitting 
housing units for low-income households to 
significantly improve the energy efficiency 
and reduce carbon emissions of such hous-
ing units; 
‘‘(ii) building energy efficient housing 
units in low-income communities; 
‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for 
low-income households and recommending 
ways for the households to improve energy 
efficiency; 
‘‘(iv) the enhancement of renewable 
energy production by facilitating the instal-
lation or repair of renewable energy tech-
nologies; 
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‘‘(v) assisting in emergency oper-
ations, such as disaster prevention and re-
lief; 
‘‘(vi) the repair, renovation, or reha-
bilitation of an existing infrastructure fa-
cility including, but not limited to, rail, 
mass transportation, ports, inland naviga-
tion, schools and hospitals; 
‘‘(vii) working with schools and youth 
programs to educate students and youth 
about ways to reduce home energy use and 
improve the environment, including con-
ducting service-learning projects to provide 
such education; 
‘‘(viii) assisting in the development of 
local recycling programs; 
‘‘(ix) improving national and State 
parks, city parks, county parks, forest pre-
serves, and trails owned or maintained by 
the Federal Government or a State, includ-
ing planting trees, carrying out reforest-
ation, and making trail enhancements; 
‘‘(x) cleaning and improving rivers 
maintained by the Federal Government or 
a State; and 
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‘‘(xi) full-time, year-round youth corps 
program or full-time summer youth corps 
program, such as a conservation corps or 
youth service corps (including youth corps 
programs under subtitle I, the Public 
Lands Corps established under the Public 
Lands Corps Act of 1993, the Urban 
Youth Corps established under section 106 
of the National and Community Service 
Trust Act of 1993, and other conservation 
corps or youth service corps that performs 
service on Federal or other public lands or 
on Indian lands or Hawaiian home lands), 
that— 
‘‘(I) undertakes meaningful serv-
ice projects with visible public bene-
fits, including projects involving urban 
renewal, sustaining natural resources, 
or improving human services; 
‘‘(II) includes as participants 
youths and young adults between the 
ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, and at 
least 50 percent of whom are out-of- 
school youths and other disadvantaged 
youths (such as youths with limited 
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basic skills, youths in foster care who 
are becoming too old for foster care, 
youths of limited-English proficiency, 
homeless youths, youths who are indi-
viduals with disabilities), and youths 
who are economically disadvantaged 
who are between those ages; and 
‘‘(III) provides those participants 
who are youths and young adults 
with— 
‘‘(aa) 
crew-based, 
highly 
structured, and adult-supervised 
work experience, life skills, edu-
cation, career guidance and coun-
seling, employment training, and 
support services including men-
toring; and 
‘‘(bb) the opportunity to de-
velop citizenship values and skills 
through service to their commu-
nity and the United States. 
‘‘(B) CLEAN
ENERGY
CORPS
INDICA-
TORS.—The corps indicators for a corps de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
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111 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pursu-
ant to section 196(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursu-
ant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms of such 
donations direct that they be deposited in the 
National Service Trust’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘for payments 
of national service educational awards in accordance 
with section 148.’’ and inserting ‘‘for— 
‘‘(1) payments of summer of service educational 
awards and national service educational awards in 
accordance with section 148; and 
‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with 
section 148(f).’’. 
SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A NA-
TIONAL 
SERVICE 
EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD 
FROM THE TRUST. 
Section 146 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘if the individual’’ and inserting ‘‘if 
the organization responsible for an individual’s 
supervision certifies that the individual’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) and inserting the following: 
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