From the ECS State Policy Database Service-Learning

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary ME Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Encourages High School Students To Complete Community Service H.P. 917 Existing law allows students to demonstrate achievement of the standards through multiple pathways and mulltiple opportunities. Added community service to the ways in which achievement may be demonstrated by evidence documented by course and learning experienc... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Promotion of Policies that Provide Incentives for Students to Participate in Community Service H.B. 1412 Requires each school district to adopt a policy that is supportive of community service and provides an incentive, such as recognition or credit, for students who participate in community service. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bills/Hou... More... LA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Distinction for Community Service Diploma Endorsement H.B. 1194 Authorizes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a diploma endorsement program for the performance of community service by high school students. Endorsement would apply to high school students who perform a certain number of hours of... More... AZ Vetoed 05/2012 P-12 Community Service Commendation S.B. 1066 Establishes procedures in cooperation with the governor's office to encourage pupils to perform two hundred hours of community service pursuant to the guidelines adopted in this paragraph in order to apply for a community service commendation from the governor... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism H.B. 153 - Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism Renames the Ohio community service council the Ohio commission on service and volunteerism. Pages 156-162 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part1.pdf... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Community Service Pilot Project S.B. 2898 Establishes in the Department of Education a four- year Community Service Phase Two Pilot Enhancement Program for high school juniors; provides for data collection. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/A1000/593_I1.PDF... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 High School Credit for Community Service S.B. 520 Authorizes the governing board of a school district to offer credit for hours of community service provided by a pupil outside of school hours for a maximum of two semesters. Requires such district to establish and maintain a list of suitable community service... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Excused Absence to Participate in Civic Engagement Activities A.B. 796 Amends existing law that authorizes a pupil to be excused from school for specified reasons. Includes civic engagement activities offered by a nonprofit organization or a governmental entity among the types of absences that are excused. Provides a pupil may no... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Quality of and Recognition for Community Service Projects H.B. 1 - Section 3313.605 Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Revises the current law permitting school districts to include community service education within their educational programs by: (1) Adding permissive authority for community and STEM schools to include community servi... More... FL Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Damaged Textbook Fees/Service-Learning Programs/Charter School Grades/Regional Professional Development Academies S.B. 1248 Damaged Textbooks: - Deletes a provision that requires a public school principal to collect a percentage of a textbook's purchase price from a student who has lost, destroyed, or damaged a textbook. Service-learning Programs: - Encourages school districts to ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Student Election Clerks S.B. 1134 Allows certain high school students to serve as election clerks. Provides an excused absence for such service. Adds new section 33.092 allowing a student election clerk to apply such time served toward a school service requirement or school project requirement... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Duties of Commission on Volunteers H.B. 231 Relates to the Utah Commission on Volunteers. Removes the commission's duty to prepare service learning applications. Removes the commission's duty to establish a community volunteer training program to assist school districts in implementing certain literacy ... More... GA adopted 07/2008 P-12 Learn and Serve Grant GAC 160-1-4.258 Amends rule to address the purpose, terms and conditions, eligible recipients, criteria for award, and directions and deadlines for applying for the Learn and Serve grant.... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Civic Education Advancement H.B. 2787 Provides that funding for civic education professional development for high school teachers must be provided by line item appropriation made to the state board of education. Provides for funding based on high school enrollment as reported on the state board of... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Students as Precinct Election Board Members H.F. 618 Allows a county commissioner of elections to appoint high school students in good standing to serve as precinct election board members. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=BillInfo&Service=Billbook&ga=82&hbill=HF618... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Excellence in Community Service Diploma Seal S.B. 751 Requires the Board of Education to establish criteria for awarding a diploma seal for excellence in community service for the standard and advanced studies diplomas. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB751... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Community Service Education Act H.B. 4832 Creates the Community Service Education Act. Establishes the Community Service Education Program. with voluntary district participation. Identifies items that may serve as best practices to be considered by districts opting to implement the program. Provides t... More... WI Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 High School Poll Workers Act. No. 451 Eliminates the minimum grade point average requirement for poll workers who are high school students. Authorizes school boards to develop criteria for approving students to serve as poll workers. Also modifies the term of service of a high school pupil appoin... More... CO Became law without governor's signature 05/2006 P-12 Community Service Recognition H.B. 1121 Concerns recognition of community service performed by students; requires each school district to adopt a policy whereby a student may earn a certificate of community service to be reflected on the student's high school diploma; specifies the minimum contents ... More... HI Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Commission for National and Community Service H.B. 3194 Reduces the term of membership on the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service from 4 to 3 years. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/HB3194_SD1_.pdf ... More... ME Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Task Force on Citizenship Education H.B. 1504; LD2112 Reestablishes the Task Force on Citizenship Education and extends a reporting deadline; provides that the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters may report out legislation based on the report to the First Regular... More... ID Issued 04/2006 P-12 Idaho Commission for National and Community Service Executive Order 2006-14 Changes the name of the Idaho Commission for National and Community Service to "Serve Idaho", with the tagline of "Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism." Provides that Serve Idaho ("the Commission") is established to advise and assist in the deve... More... WA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Study on Quality Environmental Education H.B. 2910 Directs the office of superintendent of public instruction to conduct an environmental education study in partnership with public and private entities invested in strategies to reach every student, family, and community with quality environmental education exp... More... MD Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Department of Juvenile Services Educational Programs - Private Residential Rehabilitative Institutions S.B. 503 Requiring private residential rehabilitative institutions to develop and implement a specified educational program; requiring a specified educational program to be approved by the State Department of Education before the program is implemented; providing for t... More... GA Adopted 01/2005 P-12 Community Service Grant GAC 160-1-4-.268 Establishes rules regarding the community service grant.... More... AK Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Alaska State Community Service Commission Administrative Order 220 Reestablishes the Alaska State Community Service Commission to update its duties and organizational structure. Establishes membership, officers and duties. http://gov.state.ak.us/admin-orders/220.html... More... CA Issued 08/2004 P-12 California Service Corps Executive Order S-14-04 Rescinds executive order D-51-02 establishing Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism (GO SERV) as the lead agency for promoting service and volunteerism in the state. Reorganizes the Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism as the California Servic... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Community Service S.B. 372 Provides that community service may include participation in a high school or community blood drive or other blood recruitment campaign. Provides for development of units of instruction. Allows a school district to also teach students about blood donor and tra... More... ME Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Citizenship Education H.P. 333 (House Resolve) Establishes the Commission to Study the Scope and Quality of Citizenship Education. Commission is to be comprised of three senate members, three house members, and 10 governor appointees representing different levels of the education community.... More... TX Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Service Learning Requirement S.C.R. 12 Urging public and private institutions of higher education in the State of Texas to adopt service learning as an important pedagogical tool and a central form of engagement, civic outreach, and citizenship education.... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Volunteerism in Schools S.B. 1278 Directs Board of Education to establish guidelines to promote volunteerism in community services for students in grades 9 through 12 prior to graduation from high school; requires parental consent for participation; provides procedures for a written proposal b... More... IA Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Service Learning, Character Education H.F. 180 Local boards or heads of a nonpublic school may require service learning units for a service learning endorsement on a high school diploma or as a condition of graduation (in Iowa, all high school graduation requirements are determined at the district level). ... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. Credit for Services Performed, Dual Enrollment H.B. 4362 Each governing board is required to establish and implement a policy through which college students obtain credit toward graduation for service performed in the public schools as tutors, student advisors, and mentors to instill in public school students the be... More... CA Signed into law 01/2002 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Service Learning Component A.B. 804 Creates the Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning program to promote service to the communities of California in honor of the life and work of Cesar Chavez. The program is to be administered by the California Commission on Improving Life Through Service in ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Intergenerational Programs A.B. 2558 Requires the California Commission on Improving Life Through Service, in consultation with an advisory board consisting of representatives of the State Department of Education, the California Department of Aging, the Corporation for National Service, and other... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Cal. State Service Learning Program S.B. 1737 Requires the systemwide Office of Community Service Learning of the California State University to develop, coordinate, and promote systemwide and campus service learning courses and centers on the campuses of the California State University. Prescribes the go... More... NY Vetoed 08/2000 P-12 Community Service S.B. 807 Veto No. 9 of 2000. Directs Commissioner of Education in consultation with Chancellor of the State University of New York and the Chancellor of the City University of New York to establish a program to encourage community service for undergraduate and graduate... More... KY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Community Volunteerism S.B. 233 Transfers the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service from the Council on Postsecondary Education to the Office of the Secretary, Cabinet for Families and Children; continues exemption of the Commission's employees from the classified service... More...