California Serves Grant Program

Overview

The California Serves Grant Program will promote access to effective service learning for pupils in grade twelve who are enrolled at participating local educational agencies, with the goal of expanding access for high school graduates in obtaining a State Seal of Civic Engagement through service learning. The California Serves Grant Program will award participating and eligible local educational agencies with grants of up to $500,000 to use for a variety of purposes: (1) Paid planning time for teachers to increase the use of service learning in their instruction. (2) Professional development for school and local educational agency administrators and classroom teachers on service learning. (3) Purchase of instructional materials to aid in the use of service learning in instruction. ...