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# 20 U.S.C. § 1070c4 - “Community service” defined
## Text
For the purpose of this subpart, the term “community service” means services, including direct service, planning, and applied research which are identified by an institution of higher education, through formal or informal consultation with local nonprofit, governmental, and community-based organizations, and which—
(1) are designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to the needs of such residents, including but not limited to, such fields as health care, child care, education, literacy training, welfare, social services, public safety, crime prevention and control, transportation, recreation, housing and neighborhood improvement, rural development, and community improvement; and
(2) provide participating students with work-learning opportunities related to their educational or vocational programs or goals.
(Pub. L. 89329, title IV, § 415F, formerly § 415E, as added Pub. L. 99498, title IV, § 401(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1336; amended Pub. L. 10050, § 5, June 3, 1987, 101 Stat. 340; renumbered § 415F, Pub. L. 105244, title IV, § 407(c)(1), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1666.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 1070c4, Pub. L. 89329, title IV, § 415E, as added Pub. L. 94482, title I, § 123(c)(3), Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2094; amended Pub. L. 9543, § 1(a)(7), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 213, related to a program of bonus allotments, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96374, title IV, § 404(d), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1407, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
Amendments1987—Par. (1). Pub. L. 10050 substituted “literacy” for “literary”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1987 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 10050 effective as if enacted as part of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986, Pub. L. 99498, see section 27 of Pub. L. 10050, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.