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42 U.S.C. § 12582 — Educational awards only program
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**(a) In general** From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under this division and consistent with the restriction in subsection (b), the Corporation may, through fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 12581(l) of this title), provide operational support to programs that receive approved national service positions but do not receive funds under [section 12571(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Limit on Corporation grant funds** The Corporation may provide the operational support under this section for a program in an amount that is not more than $800 per individual enrolled in an approved national service position, or not more than $1,000 per such individual if at least 50 percent of the persons enrolled in the program are disadvantaged youth.
**(c) Inapplicable provisions** The following provisions shall not apply to programs funded under this section:
(1) The limitation on administrative costs under [section 12571(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The matching funds requirements under [section 12571(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) The living allowance and other benefits under sections 12583(e) and 12594 of this title (other than individualized support services for participants with disabilities under [section 12594(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12594/f&num=0&edition=prelim)).
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**(a) In general** From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under this division and consistent with the restriction in subsection (b), the Corporation may, through fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 12581(l) of this title), provide operational support to programs that receive approved national service positions but do not receive funds under [section 12571(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Limit on Corporation grant funds** The Corporation may provide the operational support under this section for a program in an amount that is not more than $800 per individual enrolled in an approved national service position, or not more than $1,000 per such individual if at least 50 percent of the persons enrolled in the program are disadvantaged youth.
**(c) Inapplicable provisions** The following provisions shall not apply to programs funded under this section:
(1) The limitation on administrative costs under [section 12571(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The matching funds requirements under [section 12571(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) The living allowance and other benefits under sections 12583(e) and 12594 of this title (other than individualized support services for participants with disabilities under [section 12594(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12594/f&num=0&edition=prelim)).
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### Statutory Notes
Section 5091, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 701, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3172, set forth purpose of this subchapter.
Section 5091a, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 702, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3173, authorized Federal grants for Youthbuild projects.
Section 5091b, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 703, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3173, related to service in construction and rehabilitation projects.
Section 5091c, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 704, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3174, related to education and job training services.
Section 5091d, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 705, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3174, set forth permitted uses of funds provided under this subchapter.
Section 5091e, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 706, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3175, set forth eligibility requirements for participants.
Section 5091f, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3175, provided living allowance for full-time program participants.
Section 5091g, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 708, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3176, directed that services and activities be carried out through arrangements or under contracts with certain entities.
Section 5091h, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 709, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3176, directed prescribing of standards for evaluating performance of projects.
Section 5091i, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 710, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211,
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**(a) National service corps** The recipient of a grant under [section 12571(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/a&num=0&edition=prelim) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national service program under [section 12571(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/b&num=0&edition=prelim) 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 identifies and meets unmet educational needs within communities through activities such as those described in subparagraph (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 comprehensive 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 and expanding the academic programming offered in an expanded learning time initiative, a program of a 21st century community learning center (as defined in [section 7171 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-pr
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**(a) Planning assistance** The Corporation may provide assistance under [section 12571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571&num=0&edition=prelim) to a qualified applicant that submits an application under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim) for the planning of a national service program. Assistance provided in accordance with this subsection may cover a period of not more than 1 year.
**(b) Operational assistance** The Corporation may provide assistance under [section 12571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571&num=0&edition=prelim) to a qualified applicant that submits an application under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim) for the establishment, operation, or expansion of a national service program. Assistance provided in accordance with this subsection may cover a period of not more than 3 years, but may be renewed by the Corporation upon consideration of a new application under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Replication assistance** The Corporation may provide assistance under [section 12571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571&num=0&edition=prelim) to a qualified applicant that submits an application under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim) for the expansion of a proven national service p
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**(a) One percent allotment for certain territories** Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under [section 12571(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands upon approval by the Corporation of an application submitted under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim). The Corporation shall allot for a grant to each such territory under this subsection for a fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to 1 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories.
**(b) Allotment for Indian tribes** Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under [section 12571(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve at least 1 percent for grants to Indian tribes to be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis.
**(c) Reservation of approved positions** The Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected during a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ([42 U.S.C. 4951](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4951&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or as a participant in the National Civilian Community Corps Program under division E shall receive the na
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**(a) Impact on communities** An application submitted under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim) shall include an assurance by the applicant that any national service program carried out by the applicant using assistance provided under [section 12571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571&num=0&edition=prelim) and any national service program supported by a grant made by the applicant using such assistance will—
(1) address unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs through services that provide a direct benefit to the community in which the service is performed; and
(2) comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements of [section 12637 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12637&num=0&edition=prelim) and the grievance procedure requirements of [section 12636(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12636/f&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Impact on participants** An application submitted under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim) shall also include an assurance by the applicant that any national service program carried out by the applicant using assistance provided under [section 12571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571&num=0&edition=prelim) and any national service program supported by a grant made by the applicant using such assistance will—
(1) provide participants in the national service program with the training, sk
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), an application submitted to the Corporation under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim) shall include an assurance by the applicant that any national service program carried out using assistance provided under [section 12571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571&num=0&edition=prelim) and any approved national service position provided to an applicant will not be used to perform service that provides a direct benefit to any—
(1) business organized for profit;
(2) labor union;
(3) partisan political organization;
(4) organization engaged in religious activities, unless such service does not involve the use of assistance provided under [section 12571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571&num=0&edition=prelim) or participants—
(A) to give religious instruction;
(B) to conduct worship services;
(C) to provide instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious education or worship;
(D) to construct or operate facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship or to maintain facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship; or
(E) to engage in any form of proselytization; or
(5) nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in [section 501(c) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section501/c&num=0&edition=prelim), except that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative.
**(b
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**(a) Corporation consideration of certain criteria** The Corporation shall apply the criteria described in subsections (c) and (d) in determining whether—
(1) to approve an application submitted under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim) and provide assistance under [section 12571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571&num=0&edition=prelim) to the applicant; and
(2) to approve service positions described in the application as national service positions that include the national service educational award described in division D and provide such approved national service positions to the applicant.
**(b) Application to subgrants**
(1) **In general** — A State or other entity that uses assistance provided under [section 12571(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to support national service programs selected on a competitive basis to receive a share of the assistance shall use the criteria described in subsections (c) and (d) when considering an application submitted by a national service program to receive a portion of such assistance or an approved national service position.
(2) **Contents** — The application of the State or other entity under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim) shall contain—
(A) a certification that the State or other entity used these criteria in the selection of national service programs to receive assistance;
(B) a description of the positions into which participants will be placed using such assistance,
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**(a) Existence required**
(1) **State Commission** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), to be eligible to receive a grant or allotment under division B or C or to receive a distribution of approved national service positions under division C, a State shall maintain a State Commission on National and Community Service that satisfies the requirements of this section.
(2) **Alternative administrative entity** — The chief executive officer of a State may apply to the Corporation for approval to use an alternative administrative entity to carry out the duties otherwise entrusted to a State Commission under this chapter. The chief executive officer shall ensure that any alternative administrative entity used in lieu of a State Commission provides for the individuals described in paragraph (1), and some of the individuals described in paragraph (2), of subsection (c) to play a significant policymaking role in carrying out the duties otherwise entrusted to a State Commission, including the submission of applications on behalf of the State under [section 12582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12582&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Appointment and size** Except as provided in subsection (c)(3), the members of a State Commission for a State shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the State. A State Commission shall consist of not fewer than 15, and not more than 25, voting members, and any ex officio nonvoting members, as described in paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (c).
**(c) Composition and membership**
(1) **Required members** — The State Commission for a State shall include as voting members at least one of each of the following individuals:
(A) An individual with expertise in the educational, tra
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 12582
program, in addition to those received
under the national service laws; and
(B) may adopt other terms and conditions
that the Corporation considers necessary or
appropriate based on the relative risks (as
determined by the Corporation) associated
with any application for a fixed-amount
grant.
(4) Other requirements not applicable
Limitations on administrative costs and
matching fund documentation requirements
shall not apply to fixed-amount grants pro-
vided in accordance with this subsection.
(5) Rule of construction
Nothing in this subsection shall relieve a
grant recipient of the responsibility to comply
with the requirements of chapter 75 of title 31
or other requirements of Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A–133.
(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 129, as added Pub. L.
103–82, title I, § 101(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 796;
amended Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1306, Apr. 21,
2009, 123 Stat. 1501.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, referred
to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 93–113, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat.
394. Title I of the Act is classified generally to sub-
chapter I (§ 4951 et seq.) of chapter 66 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 4950 of this title
and Tables.
For the effective date of the Serve America Act, re-
ferred to in subsec. (l)(1)(B), as Oct. 1, 2009, see section
6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as an Effective Date of
2009 Amendment note under section 4950 of this title.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 129 of Pub. L. 101–610 was renumbered
section 199H and is classified to section 12655h of this
title.
AMENDMENTS
2009—Pub. L. 111–13 amended
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