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Introduced September 11, 2025 by Andy Kim · Last progress September 11, 2025
The bill expands and stabilizes federal support and eligibility for national service and school-based service-learning (benefiting nonprofits, schools, and tribal entities) but creates an ongoing $40M federal cost and shifts funding and control in ways that may concentrate resources and reduce flexibility and predictable support for some local and smaller recipients.
Nonprofits and local governments receive a permanent $40 million annual appropriation to CNCS subtitle B programs, providing stable, predictable funding for community service projects nationwide.
K–12 local education agencies (LEAs) and consortia become eligible for Learn and Serve grants, expanding direct federal support for school-based service-learning and benefiting students and schools.
State education agencies, territories, and tribes can competitively receive grants after FY2025, creating new statewide and tribal funding routes for service-learning initiatives.
Taxpayers face an ongoing federal cost of $40 million per year plus additional staffing expenses, increasing the long-term budgetary commitment.
Transitioning some funding to competitive grants (after FY2025) risks disadvantaging smaller or resource-constrained LEAs that lack grant-writing capacity, concentrating awards among better-resourced applicants.
Requiring at least 80% of funds to go to part II programs reduces flexibility to allocate subtitle B funds to other priorities, which could leave some program needs underfunded.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Provides $40M annually to CNCS for subtitle B programs, expands grantees to local school districts/consortia, funds CNCS staff, and sets a 2–3% BIA/tribal reservation with reporting rules.
Creates a permanent annual appropriation of $40,000,000 to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) beginning in fiscal year 2026 to support programs under subtitle B of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, with at least 20% allocated to part I and at least 80% to part II. It also authorizes an indefinite amount to hire at least 10 additional full‑time CNCS staff for planning, program design, and technology support. Expands who can receive grants to include local educational agencies (LEAs) and LEA consortia, allows state education agencies to designate a statewide entity to receive allotments or competitive grants, reserves 2–3% of FY2026+ appropriations for payments to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and competitive awards to states, territories, and tribes, and requires the Corporation to report annually to Congress on distributions and uses of funds.