§12525 Applications

Summary

States, territories, and Indian tribes must prepare and send an application to the Corporation to get an allotment under section 12524. The Chief Executive Officer can set reasonable rules about when and how to apply, and the application must be approved. For an allotment under section 12523, the application must include a 3-year plan for service‑learning that explains how service ties into schoolwork, the rules the state/territory/tribe will use to review local applications (and a promise to follow section 12526(a)), and assurances that the program will promote diverse participation, let students (including elementary and secondary) serve together, involve participants in planning and running programs, focus on high-need areas (like low‑income or rural), and fit service into academics. The applicant must also promise to follow the nonduplication and nondisplacement rules in section 12637 and the notice, hearing, and grievance rules in section 12636. Many kinds of groups can apply to a state, territory, or tribe for funding — for example, qualified organizations, Indian tribes, territories, local school agencies, for‑profit and private schools, colleges, partnerships, and other entities described in the cited sections. Those applicants must send their requests when and how the state, territory, or tribe reasonably requires and include the information that entity asks for.