§ 692.30. How does a State administer its community service-learning job program?
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(a)(1) Each year, a State may use up to 20 percent of its allotment for a community service-learning job program that satisfies the conditions set forth in paragraph
(b)of this section.
(2)A student who receives assistance under this section must receive compensation for work and not a grant. (b)(1) The community service-learning job program must be administered by institutions in the State.
(2)Each student employed under the program must be employed in work in the public interest by an institution itself or by a Federal, State, or local public agency or a private nonprofit organization under an arrangement between the institution and the agency or organization.
(c)Each community service-learning job must---
(1)Provide community service as described in paragraph
(d)of this section;
(2)Provide participating students community service-learning opportunities related to their educational or vocational programs or goals;
(3)Not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts for services;
(4)Be governed by conditions of employment that are considered appropriate and reasonable, based on such factors as type of work performed, geographical region, and proficiency of the employee;
(5)Not involve the construction, operation, or maintenance of so much of any facility as is used or is to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship; and
(6)Not pay any wage to a student that is less than the current Federal minimum wage as mandated by section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
(d)For the purpose of paragraph (c)(1) of this section, "community service" means direct service, planning, or applied research that is---
(1)Identified by an institution through formal or informal consultation with local nonprofit, governmental, and community-based organizations; and
(2)Designed to improve the quality of life for residents of the community served, particularly low-income residents, in 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.
(e)For the purpose of paragraph (d)(2) of this section, "low-income residents" means---
(1)Residents whose taxable family income for the year before the year in which they are scheduled to receive assistance under the LEAP Program did not exceed 150 percent of the amount equal to the poverty level determined by using criteria of poverty established by the United States Census Bureau; or
(2)Residents who are considered low-income residents by the State. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070c-2, 1070-4) \[52 FR 45433, Nov. 27, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 4223, Jan. 28, 1994; 65 FR 38730, June 22, 2000; 85 FR 49828, Aug. 14, 2020\]
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