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§ 12521. Authority to assist States and Indian tribes

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(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.
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