Semester of Service Act
Latest action · Feb 24, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Semester of Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies or their nonprofit partners and, through them, competitive subgrants to schools or their nonprofit partners for Semester of Service programs that allow high school juniors and seniors to earn academic credit for service-learning that meets unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs in their communities.
Gives grant priority to applicants that propose to direct subgrants toward programs at schools that receive school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Requires Semester of Service programs to engage youth in service-learning for a minimum of 70 hours over a minimum of 12 weeks and have: (1) a weekly classroom-based component that is integrated into schools' regular curricula and aligned with applicable state academic content standards; and (2) a field-based component covering at least 24 of the minimum 70 hours.
Directs the Chief Executive Officer to reserve funds for: (1) competitive grants to Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands for such programs; (2) technical assistance and training to grantees and subgrantees, and program outreach activities; and (3) independent evaluations of the programs.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 24, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Feb 24, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Feb 24, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2429-2430)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1152 | Semester of Service Act | Identical bill | Apr 22, 2009 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- American Samoa
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Guam
- Indian social and development programs
- Minority education
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Performance measurement
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Virgin Islands
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2009Introduced in Senate
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