§264. Community service; high school diploma endorsement program
A.
(1)The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may establish a
"Distinction for Community Service" diploma endorsement program to recognize high
school students who perform a certain number of hours of documented community service.
Community service hours shall not count toward academic course work or graded work in
any public school. The number of service hours required to earn a diploma endorsement
shall be determined by the state board and shall accrue from the ninth grade through the
twelfth grade.
(2)Not later than March first of each year, provided that a diploma endorsement
program as authorized in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection is implemented, the state board
shall provide a written report to the Hous
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§264. Community service; high school diploma endorsement program
A.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may establish a
"Distinction for Community Service" diploma endorsement program to recognize high
school students who perform a certain number of hours of documented community service.
Community service hours shall not count toward academic course work or graded work in
any public school. The number of service hours required to earn a diploma endorsement
shall be determined by the state board and shall accrue from the ninth grade through the
twelfth grade.
(2) Not later than March first of each year, provided that a diploma endorsement
program as authorized in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection is implemented, the state board
shall provide a written report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate
Committee on Education, which shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
(a) The goals and objectives of the diploma endorsement program.
(b) The number of community service endorsements awarded to students for the
preceding school year.
(c) The types of community service performed by students for the preceding school
year.
(d) The results and effectiveness of the program.
B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt necessary
rules and guidelines for the proper implementation of any diploma endorsement program for
community service developed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section, and each city,
parish, and other local public school board shall provide for such community service in
accordance with such rules and guidelines.
C. The community service performed pursuant to this Section shall not be related to
political activities of any kind.