AmeriCorps Seeks Comments on School Commitment Form Update
Published Date: 3/19/2025
Notice
Summary
AmeriCorps is updating its Schools of National Service Commitment Form and asking for public feedback by April 18, 2025. This affects schools and organizations involved in national service, aiming to make the form clearer and easier to use without adding extra costs or time. They want to ensure the form collects useful info while keeping the process smooth and simple.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
New CTE and program type options
AmeriCorps will revise the Schools of National Service Commitment Form to add checkbox options for career and technical education (CTE) and other program types the institution may offer. The agency says the change is intended to make the form clearer and easier to use without adding extra costs or time for respondents.
Online / in-person program options added
The revised commitment form will include checkbox options for whether programs are offered online, in person, or both. This lets institutions mark delivery mode and helps AmeriCorps and applicants know how programs are delivered.
Institutions report senior benefits and age
The form revision will add a field for institutions to indicate whether they offer benefits to senior citizens and to state the age at which eligibility begins. This gathers explicit information about senior-targeted benefits offered by schools.
Removed education-award match percentage field
AmeriCorps will delete the form entry that asked for the percentage of the education award the institution will match for AmeriCorps alumni. The form will no longer collect that percentage through this entry.
Estimated annual responses and burden
AmeriCorps estimates the Schools of National Service Commitment Form will receive 200 annual responses and impose a total of 100 annual burden hours. The OMB Control Number for the collection is 3045-0143 and the agency plans to continue using the currently approved collection until the revision is approved.
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