(a) Application to Corporation to make grants for school-based service-learning programs
(1) In general To be eligible to receive a grant in accordance with section
12523 (a) of this title to make grants relating to
school-based service-learning programs described in section
12521 (a) of this title, a grantmaking entity shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application.
(2) Submission
Such application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. Such application shall include a proposal to assist such programs in more than 1 State.
(b) Direct application to Corporation to carry out school-based service-learning programs in nonparticipating States To be eligible to receive a grant from the Corporation in the circumstances described in section
12522 of this title to carry out an activity as described in such section, a partnership or agency described in such section shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application. Such application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require.
(c) Application to State or Indian tribe to receive assistance to carry out school-based service-learning programs
(1) In general Any
(A) qualified organization that desires to receive financial assistance under this subpart from a State or Indian tribe for an activity described in section
12521 (a)(1) of this title;
(B) partnership described in section
12521 (a)(2) of this title that desires to receive such assistance from a State, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity for an activity described in section
12521 (a)(2) of this title;
(C) agency described in section
12521 (a)(3) of this title that desires to receive such assistance from a State or Indian tribe for an activity described in such section; or
(D) partnership described in section
12521 (a)(4) of this title that desires to receive such assistance from a State or Indian tribe for an activity described in such section,
to be carried out through a service-learning program described in section 12521 of this title, shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity, and obtain approval of, an application for the program.
(2) Submission
Such application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the agency, tribe, or entity may reasonably require.
(d) Regulations The Corporation shall by regulation establish standards for the information and assurances required to be contained in an application submitted under subsection (a) or (b) of this section with respect to a service-learning program described in section
12521 of this title, including, at a minimum, assurances that
(1) prior to the placement of a participant, the entity carrying out the program will consult with the appropriate local labor organization, if any, representing employees in the area who are engaged in the same or similar work as that proposed to be carried out by such program, to prevent the displacement and protect the rights of such employees;
(2) the entity carrying out the program will develop an age-appropriate learning component for participants in the program that shall include a chance for participants to analyze and apply their service experiences; and
(3) the entity carrying out the program will comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements of section
12637 of this title and the grievance procedure requirements of section
12636 (f) of this title.
(e) Limitation on same project in multiple applications No applicant shall submit an application under section
12525 of this title or this section, and the Corporation shall reject an application that is submitted under section
12525 of this title or this section, if the application describes a project proposed to be conducted using assistance requested by the applicant and the project is already described in another application pending before the Corporation.
