US Congress House Bill 1152 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on February 24 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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

Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-22		Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2009-04-22		Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2009-04-22		Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
2009-02-24		Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

SB465 (Same As) 2009-02-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1152/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1152/BILLS-111hr1152ih.pdf