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 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 s... 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 pursu... 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.st... 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; provi... 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 hou... 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... 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 ... 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... 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 allow... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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 a... 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. Ide... 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 c... 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 ... 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/... 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 Le... 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 ... 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 privat... 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 ed... 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, offic... 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 servi... 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. Pro... 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 s... 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 ... 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 t... 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 o... 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 serv... 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 wo... 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 o... 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 systemwi... 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... 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 Sec... More...