3.0.0 2428 2023-01-11T13:32:20Z 2023-01-11T13:32:20Z Senate S 2015-12-18 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-12-18T17:38:27Z 2015-12-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N Education Education of the disadvantaged Elementary and secondary education Government trust funds Higher education National and community service Student aid and college costs Education 00 2015-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-01T18:27:46Z Service for Schools Act of 2015

This bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Corporation for National and Community Service to establish the National Service for Schools Program to carry out activities concerning a Service Opportunity Registry that shall list eligible service opportunities and the registered organizations that offer them.

Upon receiving an application from an organization that offers an eligible service opportunity, the Corporation shall register it in a specified manner, including a description of the eligible service opportunity in the Registry.

To be eligible to participate in and receive credit for service in a service opportunity listed in the Registry, qualified students must apply to their participating State Commission on National and Community Service.

Each organization shall:

  • record the qualifying hours of service completed by each qualified student who participates in a service opportunity; and
  • notify the appropriate State Commission at least annually of the number of qualifying hours of service completed by each qualified student on a service opportunity.

Eligible students shall receive an award of $10,000 from the National Services for Schools Account (established by this bill) for use to:

  • repay eligible student loans, or
  • pay all or part of the cost of attendance or other educational expenses at an institution of higher education.
]]> Service for Schools Act of 2015 Display Title Service for Schools Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a National Service for Schools Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Service for Schools Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2428is/xml/BILLS-114s2428is.xml 2015-12-18 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.