Hi Everyone, WikiEducators take heart!
I subscribe to a list about "Service Learning", and I'm noticing the exciting energy that's taking place in the US, around service learning.... Here's an interesting post - Cheers, - Randy --- On *Mon, 3/2/09, Kristen Pichler <kpich...@compact.org>* wrote: From: Kristen Pichler <kpich...@compact.org> Subject: [he-sl] Group of four service bills introduced in Senate and House To: "HE-SL listserv" <he...@lists.etr.org> Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 7:52 AM On Tuesday, February 24th, a group of four service bills (collectively referred to as the "Service for All Ages" initiative) were introduced in the Senate by Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Thad Cochran (R-MS), and in the House of Representatives by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3). The spirit of the legislation is to "expand and strengthen opportunities for Americans of all ages to serve their communities." A press release from Senator Dodd summarized the bills: 1. *The Semester of Service Act* - will give students in their junior or senior year of high school the opportunity to spend a semester participating in community service-learning for academic credit. 2. *The Summer of Service Act* - will create a competitive grant program that enables states and localities to offer students making the transition from middle to high school an opportunity to participate in a structuredcommunity service program over the summer months. 3. *The ACTION Act (AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation)* - will update the AmeriCorps Education Award to reflect 15 years of college tuition increases. 4. *The Encore Service Act* - provides stipends and educational scholarships to citizens 55 years of age and older who volunteer their time and dedicate their knowledge to help communities in need. As more details become available, we will send an update concerning these bills. Sincerely, Kristen L. Pichler Special Assistant to the President Campus Compact Educating Citizens • Building Communities 45 Temple Place Boston, MA 02111 (617) 357-1881 x202 (617) 357-1889 fax Please visit our website at www.compact.org --- You are currently subscribed to he-sl as: wikira...@yahoo.com To change your email address, unsubscribe, or view archived messages, visit http://lists.etr.org/read/?forum=he-sl -- ________________ Randy Fisher * Change/Transition & Program/Project Support * Stakeholder Engagement, Collaboration & Performance * Community Building & Organization Development * eLearning & eCoaching * Open Source & Open Education + 1 604.684.2275 wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher * Can You Do the Wiki-Wiki? http://www.wikieducator.org/Wiki_Wiki Skype: wikirandy "Open Education is a Sustainable & Renewable Resource" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
