section 120(3)(b)
‘(B) service-learning is a mandatory part of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools served by the local educational agency.
From what I got in reading the bill, section 6104, which establishes national service, was struck, however service-learning seems to be learing by doing something, and its mandatory.
Under section 6104 of the bill, entitled “Duties,” in subsection B6, the legislation states that a commission will be set up to investigate, “Whether a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed, and how such a requirement could be implemented in a manner that would strengthen the social fabric of the Nation and overcome civic challenges by bringing together people from diverse economic, ethnic, and educational backgrounds.” 
“The legislation, slated to cost $6 billion over five years, would create 175,000 “new service opportunities” under AmeriCorps, bringing the number of participants in the national volunteer program to 250,000. It would also create additional “corps” to expand the reach of volunteerism into new sectors, including a Clean Energy Corps, Education Corps, Healthy Futures Corps and Veterans Service Corps, and it expands the National Civilian Community Corps to focus on additional areas like disaster relief and energy conservation,”
Okie dokie.......
I'm torn......our school system (also mandatory) has failed our kids. Our gov can't run anything efficiently or effectively. Which brings me to my reasons for being torn. Our kids have gone through a failed school system (our kids are dumbed down) and many through failed family life (divorce, abuse, etc) and we want to throw them out into the world (which is failing). Now the gov is going to require mandatory service of some sort? If I thought they could do this in order to teach our children things that would make them better able to survive, then I am all for it. However, our gov has only succeeded in making them more dependent and I don't trust our gov any more............to do anything.
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