LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 520, as amended, Pavley. High school curriculum: community
service.
Existing law sets forth the courses a pupil is required to
complete while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to graduate
from high school and authorizes the governing board of a school
district to specify by rule other required coursework.
This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district
to offer credit, as specified, for hours of community service
provided outside of regular school hours by a pupil, for a maximum of
2 semesters. The bill would require a school district that elects to
offer credit for community service to establish and maintain a list
of suitable community service organizations from which a pupil would
be required to choose to complete the community service hours. The
bill also would require a school district to require the pupil to
submit a report or other academic assignments, as determined by the
district, on the community service experience and would require the
community service organization to verify the hours served by the
pupil.