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123STA T . 1 487PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (x)as s i s t i ngeco no m ica l l yd isad v antaged st u dents in navigating t h e college admissions pr ocess

‘‘(xi) providing other activities , addressing unmet educational needs, that the C orporation may designate; or ‘‘(xii) providing s k illed musicians and artists to promote greater community unity through the use o f music and arts education and engagement through w ork in low - income communities, and education, health care, and therapeutic settings, and other work in the pu b lic domain with citi z ens of all ages . ‘‘(C) EDUCATION CO RPS INDICATORS. —T he indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are— ‘‘(i) student engagement, including student attend- ance and student behavior; ‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; ‘‘(iii) secondary school graduation rates as defined in section 1 111(b)( 2 )(C)(vi) of the Elementary and S ec- ondary Education A ctof1 965 (2 0U .S.C. 6 3 11(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in applicable regula- tions promulgated by the D epartment of Education; ‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and continued col- lege enrollment for recipients of a high school diploma; ‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to improving education for students that the Corporation, in con- sultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Edu- cation, establishes; or ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to improving edu- cation for students, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. ‘‘(2) HE A L T HYF UTURES CORPS.— ‘‘(A) I N G ENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national service programs through a Healthy F utures Corps that identifies and meets unmet health needs within commu- nities through activities such as those described in subpara- graph ( B ) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C). ‘‘(B) ACTI V ITIES.—A Healthy Futures Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as— ‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvantaged individ- uals in navigating the health services system; ‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining access to health services, including oral health services, for themselves or their children; ‘‘(iii) educating economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medi- cally underserved populations about, and engaging individuals described in this clause in, initiatives regarding navigating the health services system and regarding disease prevention and health promotion, with a particular focus on common health conditions, chronic diseases, and conditions, for which disease prevention and health promotion measures exist and for which socioeconomic, geographic, and racial and ethnic health disparities exist;