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Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102

§1070c–4 “community Service” Defined

Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER IV — STUDENT ASSISTANCE › Part A — Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education › subpart 4 — leveraging educational assistance partnership program › § 1070c–4

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines "community service" as hands-on work, planning, or practical research a college or university sets up after talking with local nonprofits, government, or community groups. The work must aim to make life better for community residents—especially low-income people—or fix local problems in areas like health care, child care, education, public safety, housing, and similar needs. It must also give students work-learning experience tied to their school or career goals.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §1070c–4

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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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1070c–4, Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 415E, as added Pub. L. 94–482, title I, § 123(c)(3), Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2094; amended Pub. L. 95–43, § 1(a)(7), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 213, related to a program of bonus allotments, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–374, title IV, § 404(d), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1407, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.

Amendments

1987—Par. (1). Pub. L. 100–50 substituted “literacy” for “literary”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1987 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100–50 effective as if enacted as part of the Higher Education

Amendments

of 1986, Pub. L. 99–498, see section 27 of Pub. L. 100–50, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

20 U.S.C. § 1070c–4

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102