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 one credit towards the required number of credits
required for graduation from high school for each 12
credit, as specified, for hours of community service provided
outside of regular school hours by a pupil, up to a maximum
of 5 credits per pupil per semester, and 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.