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HR 1152 111th Congress House Education American Samoa 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

Semester of Service Act

Introduced: February 24, 2009 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Apr 22, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Feb 24, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 24, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now April 22, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Mar 3, 2009
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 3, 2009
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Feb 25, 2009
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 24, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 24, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 24, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1152: Semester of Service Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1152/
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