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584 MISCELLANEOUS ENACTMENTS
4. Clean Energy Service Corps
123 STAT. 1460 PUBLIC LAW 111–13—APR. 21, 2009
Apr. 21, 2009
[H.R. 1388]
Serve America Act.
42 USC 12501 note.
123 STAT. 1463
123 STAT. 1484
123 STAT. 1485 42 USC 12572.
123 STAT. 1486
Entitled The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Serve America Act’’.
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TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990
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Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C (National Service Trust Program)
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SEC. 1302. ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.
Section 122 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 122. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS.—The recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national service program under section 121(b) shall use a portion of the financial assistance or positions involved, directly or through subgrants to other entities, to support or carry out the following national service corps or programs, as full- or part-time corps or programs, to address unmet needs:
‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national
service programs through an Education Corps that identi- fies and meets unmet educational needs within commu- nities through activities such as those described in subpara- graph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Education Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other academic support to elementary school and secondary school students;
‘‘(ii) improving school climate;
‘‘(iii) mentoring students, including adult or peer mentoring;
‘‘(iv) linking needed integrated services and com- prehensive supports with students, their families, and their public schools;
‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school in expanding the school day by strengthening the quality of staff
Public Law 111–13 111th Congress
An Act