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Requiring annual volunteer service by high school students and including applicability provisions
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Students in grades 9 through 12 must complete a certain number of volunteer hours every year to graduate from public or accredited private schools. These hours can be earned by helping at school events, community activities, or with nonprofit groups, including religious or political organizations. Local school boards will create rules for how students report and prove their service hours.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires as a condition of graduation that students in grades through in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools complete a minimum of hours of volunteer service per school year commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2020. Volunteer service performed at school functions or community activities or for nonprofit organizations shall be eligible for this requirement. Such volunteer service may include service that is performed for nonprofit organizations of a political or religious nature. The bill requires school boards and authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to establish a policy for reporting and verifying hours of volunteer service. The policy may provide for recognition of outstanding volunteer service by students. The bill authorizes transfer of credit for hours of volunteer service between school years and between school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, or both within a school year. The bill does not apply to academic years completed prior to the effective date of the bill.