3.0.0 3479 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z Senate S S 2008-09-11 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-11T21:25:38Z 2008-09-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-09-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8414-8415) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2008-09-11 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2008-09-11 True Education American Samoa Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Elementary and secondary education Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to education Guam Hawaiians Indian education Minorities Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Northern Mariana Islands Secondary education Service learning Social Welfare Virgin Islands Education 00 2008-09-11 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-22T18:51:25Z 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.

]]> Semester of Service Act Short Titles as Introduced Semester of Service Act Display Title Semester of Service Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Semester of Service grant program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3479is/xml/BILLS-110s3479is.xml 2008-09-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.