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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§12642 Partnerships with Schools

Title 42 › CHAPTER 129 — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER I — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › § 12642

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Heads of each federal agency must make and carry out a plan to get agency employees involved with elementary and secondary schools. The plan must review and expand volunteer opportunities for students and out‑of‑school youth, name a senior official to run partnership and youth service work, encourage employee participation, give yearly awards for top programs, and ask businesses to weigh community service in hiring and pay.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12642

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The head of each Federal agency and department shall design and implement a comprehensive strategy to involve employees of such agencies and departments in partnership programs with elementary schools and secondary schools. Such strategy shall include—
(1)a review of existing programs to identify and expand the opportunities for such employees to be adult volunteers in schools and for students and out-of-school youth;
(2)the designation of a senior official in each such agency and department who will be responsible for establishing partnership and youth service programs in each such agency and department and for developing partnership and youth service programs;
(3)the encouragement of employees of such agencies and departments to participate in partnership programs and other service projects;
(4)the annual recognition of outstanding service programs operated by Federal agencies; and
(5)the encouragement of businesses and professional firms to include community service among the factors considered in making hiring, compensation, and promotion decisions.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–188 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading before “The head of each Federal agency” and struck out subsec. (b) which required submission of reports to the Corporation and to Congress. 2009—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–13 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Not later than 180 days after November 16, 1990, and on a regular basis thereafter, the head of each Federal agency and department shall prepare and submit, to the appropriate Committees of Congress, a report concerning the implementation of this section.” 1993—Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 103–82 substituted “partnership” for “adult volunteer and partnership” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2009 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1993 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–82 effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 16, Conservation.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12642

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102