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111
TH
CONGRESS1
ST
S
ESSION
S. 277
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expandand improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
J
ANUARY
16, 2009Mr. R
EID
(for Mr. K
ENNEDY
(for himself, Mr. H
ATCH
, Ms. M
IKULSKI
, Mr.M
C
C
AIN
, Mr. D
ODD
, Mr. C
OCHRAN
, Mr. R
EID
, Mr. G
REGG
, Mr. D
URBIN
,Mr. W
ICKER
, Mrs. M
URRAY
, Ms. S
NOWE
, Mr. K
ERRY
, Mrs. L
INCOLN
,Mr. C
ARDIN
, Mr. R
OCKEFELLER
, Mr. S
CHUMER
, Mr. W
HITEHOUSE
, Mr.M
ENENDEZ
, Mr. B
AYH
, and Ms. L
ANDRIEU
)) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu-cation, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990to expand and improve opportunities for service, andfor other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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(a) S
HORT
T
ITLE
.—This Act may be cited as the
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‘‘Serve America Act’’.
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(b) T
ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
.—The table of contents of
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this Act is as follows:
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Sec.1.Short title; table of contents.TITLE I—NATIONAL SERVICESubtitle A—Service-LearningSec.111.Youth engagement zones to strengthen communities.Sec.112.Campus of Service.Sec.113.Service-learning impact study.Subtitle B—Supporting Social Innovation and EntrepreneurshipSec.121.Innovation and entrepreneurship.Subtitle C—ServeAmerica CorpsSec.131.Corps.Subtitle D—Civic Health Index Sec.141.Index.Subtitle E—ServeAmerica and Encore FellowshipsSec.151.ServeAmerica and Encore Fellowships.Subtitle F—Volunteer Generation Fund; National Service Reserve Corps; CallTo Service CampaignSec.161.Statement of purposes.Sec.162.Establishment of Volunteer Generation Fund.Sec.163.National Service Reserve Corps.Sec.164.Call To Service campaign.Subtitle G—Conforming AmendmentsSec.171.Conforming amendments.TITLE II—VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY PROGRAMSec.201.Findings.Sec.202.Definitions.Sec.203.Office of Volunteers for Prosperity.Sec.204.Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE I—NATIONAL SERVICE
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Subtitle A—Service-Learning
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SEC. 111. YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONES TO STRENGTHEN
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COMMUNITIES.
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(a) F
INDINGS
.—Congress finds the following:
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(1) Engaging in service-learning and commu-
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nity service activities at a young age makes individ-
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uals more likely to continue to volunteer and engage
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in service throughout their lives.
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(2) High-quality service-learning programs keep
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students engaged in school and increase the likeli-
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hood that they will graduate.
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(3) Since its creation, the Learn and Serve
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America program has allowed more than 15,000,000
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students to take part in service-learning activities to
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improve their communities and schools.
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(4) Most schools do not offer service-learning
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activities, but many students, particularly students
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at risk of dropping out, express an interest in serv-
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ice-learning.
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(b) P
URPOSES
.—The purposes of this section are—
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(1) to provide increased high-quality service-
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learning opportunities for in-school and out-of-school
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youth in high-need, low-income communities as a
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strategy to retain and re-engage youth likely to drop
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out and youth who have dropped out;
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(2) to encourage more individuals to engage in
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lifetimes of service by teaching young people the
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value of service early in their lives; and
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(3) to establish youth engagement zones with
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the goal of involving all secondary school students
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served by a local educational agency in service-learn-
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