42 U.S.C. § 12521 : US Code - Section 12521: Authority to assist States and Indian tribes

Search 42 U.S.C. § 12521 : US Code - Section 12521: Authority to assist States and Indian tribes

(a) Use of funds
The Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of Education,
may make grants under section 12524(b)(1) of this title, and
allotments under subsections (a) and (b)(2) of section 12524 of
this title, to States (through State educational agencies), and to
Indian tribes, to pay for the Federal share of -
(1) planning and building the capacity of the States or Indian
tribes (which may be accomplished through grants or contracts
with qualified organizations) to implement school-based service-
learning programs, including -
(A) providing training for teachers, supervisors, personnel
from community-based agencies (particularly with regard to the
utilization of participants), and trainers, to be conducted by
qualified individuals or organizations that have experience
with service-learning;
(B) developing service-learning curricula to be integrated
into academic programs, including the age-appropriate learning
component described in section 12526(d)(2) of this title;
(C) forming local partnerships described in paragraph (2) or
(4) to develop school-based service-learning programs in
accordance with this subpart;
(D) devising appropriate methods for research and evaluation
of the educational value of service-learning and the effect of
service-learning activities on communities; and
(E) establishing effective outreach and dissemination of
information to ensure the broadest possible involvement of
community-based agencies with demonstrated effectiveness in
working with school-age youth in their communities;
(2) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based service-
learning programs, which may include paying for the cost of the
recruitment, training, supervision, placement, salaries, and
benefits of service-learning coordinators, through State
distribution of Federal funds made available under this subpart
to projects operated by local partnerships among -
(A) local educational agencies; and
(B) one or more community partners that -
(i) shall include a public or private nonprofit
organization that -
(I) has a demonstrated expertise in the provision of
services to meet unmet human, educational, environmental,
or public safety needs;
(II) was in existence at least 1 year before the date on
which the organization submitted an application under
section 12526 of this title; and
(III) will make projects available for participants, who
shall be students; and
(ii) may include a private for-profit business or private
elementary or secondary school;
(3) planning of school-based service-learning programs, through
State distribution of Federal funds made available under this
subpart to local educational agencies, which planning may include
paying for the cost of -
(A) the salaries and benefits of service-learning
coordinators; or
(B) the recruitment, training, supervision, and placement of
service-learning coordinators who are participants in a program
under division C of this subchapter or receive a national
service educational award under division D of this subchapter,
who will identify the community partners described in paragraph
(2)(B) and assist in the design and implementation of a program
described in paragraph (2); and
(4) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based service-
learning programs involving adult volunteers to utilize service-
learning to improve the education of students, through State
distribution of Federal funds made available under this part to
local partnerships among -
(A) local educational agencies; and
(B) one or more -
(i) public or private nonprofit organizations;
(ii) other educational agencies; or
(iii) private for-profit businesses,
that coordinate and operate projects for participants, who shall
be students.
(b) Duties of service-learning coordinator
A service-learning coordinator referred to in paragraph (2) or
(3) of subsection (a) of this section shall provide services to a
local educational agency by -
(1) providing technical assistance and information to, and
facilitating the training of, teachers who want to use service-
learning in their classrooms;
(2) assisting local partnerships described in subsection (a) of
this section in the planning, development, and execution of
service-learning projects; and
(3) carrying out such other duties as the local educational
agency may determine to be appropriate.
(c) Related expenses
A partnership, local educational agency, or other qualified
organization that receives financial assistance under this subpart
may, in carrying out the activities described in subsection (a) of
this section, use such assistance to pay for the Federal share of
reasonable costs related to the supervision of participants,
program administration, transportation, insurance, and evaluations,
and for other reasonable expenses related to the activities.