PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 107 STAT. 837 (4) facilitate communication among entities carrying out service-learning programs and participants in such programs;
- (5) provide information, curriculimi materials, and technical assistance relating to planning and operation of servicelearning programs, to States and local entities eligible to receive
financial assist€uice under this title; "(6) provide information regarding methods to make service-leammg programs accessible to inmviduals with disabilities; (7)(A) gather and disseminate information on successful service-learning programs, components of such successful pro- -ams, innovative youth skills curricula related to service-learning, and service-learning projects; and "(B) coordinate the activities of the Clearinghouse with appropriate entities to avoid duplication of effort; "(8) make recommendations to State and local entities on quality controls to improve the quality of service-learning programs; "(9) assist organizations in recruiting, screening, and placing service-learning coordinators; and "(10) carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be Etppropriate.". (b) HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROJECTS. —Subtitle B of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12531 et seq.) is amended by striking part II and inserting 42 USC 12531. the following:
- PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE
PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
- «£€. 119. mCHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMU- 42 USC 12561.
NTTY SERVICE. "(a) PURPOSE. — It is the purpose of this part to expand participation in community service by supporting innovative community service programs carried out through institutions of higher education, acting as civic institutions to meet the human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs of neighboring communities. "(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY. —The Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, is authorized to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education (including a combination of such institutions), and partnerships comprised of such institutions and of other public or private nonprofit organizations, to pay for the Federal share of the cost of— (1) enabling such an institution or partnership to create or expand an organized community service program that— "(A) engenders a sense of social responsibility and commitment to the community in which the institution is located; and "(B) provides projects for participants, who shall be students, faculty, administration, or staff of the institution, or residents of the community; "(2) supporting student-initiated and student-designed community service projects through the program; "(3) strengthening the leadership and instructional capacity of teachers at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels, with respect to service-learning, by— "(A) including service-learning as a key component of the preservice teacher education of the institution; and
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