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9/11/2008--Introduced.<br/>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.<br/>

1221105600 2008-09-11 Fri Nov 07 19:33:59 -0600 2008 introduced 52408 'act':10 '1990':12 'bill':2 'amend':4 'grant':19 'nation':6 'purpos':24 'semest':16 'servic':9,18 'program':20 'communiti':8 'establish':14 63842 false official introduced 52408 'act':4 'semest':1 'servic':3 64794 false short introduced 52408 1221105600 Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0500 2008 171124 D000388 1944-05-27 13166 448 Russell Senate Office Building http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3130 202-228-1083 Christopher 'd':4 'ct':5 'sen':1 'dodd':3,7,9 'christoph':2,6,8 M 300034 Dodd Christopher_Dodd J. Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT] 7656 N00000581 18534 Democrat 202-224-2823 Roman Catholic CT Chris Christopher Dodd 1.63565891472868 http://dodd.senate.gov SenChrisDodd C000567 1937-12-07 5488 113 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://cochran.senate.gov/email.html 202-224-9450 Thad 'r':4 'ms':5 'sen':1 'thad':2,6,8 'cochran':3,7,9 M 300023 Cochran Thad_Cochran Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS] 2745 N00003328 10594 Republican 202-224-5054 Baptist MS Thad Cochran 3.17391304347826 http://cochran.senate.gov K000105 1932-02-22 12654 317 Russell Senate Office Building http://kennedy.senate.gov/senator/contact.cfm 202-224-2417 Edward 'd':4 'ma':5 'sen':1 'ted':8 'edward':2,6,9 'kennedi':3,7,10 M 300059 Kennedy Edward_Kennedy M. Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA] 7031 Ted N00000308 21741 Democrat 202-224-4543 Catholic MA Ted Edward Kennedy 3.57391304347826 http://kennedy.senate.gov/ introduced 52408 1221105600 Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0500 2008 171124 action 52408 1221105600 Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0500 2008 171125 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8414-8415) action 52408 1221105600 Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0500 2008 171126 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.