42 U.S.C. § 12521

Purpose

The purpose of this part is to promote service-learning as a strategy to—

(1)

support high-quality service-learning projects that engage students in meeting community needs with demonstrable results, while enhancing students’ academic and civic learning; and

(2)

support efforts to build institutional capacity, including the training of educators, and to strengthen the service infrastructure to expand service opportunities.

( Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 111 , as added Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1201 , Apr. 21, 2009 , 123 Stat. 1467 .)