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● Service on behalf of a candidate for public office can be considered community service.
● Fostering animals for a non-profit animal organization will be given no more than 4 hours a day.
● Community service may include, but is not limited to, a business or governmental internship, work for a nonprofit
community service organization, or activities on behalf of a candidate for public office.

The following are examples that would not count as community service:
● Rehearsal time for participation in a fine arts or performing arts program
● Practice time for sports and band
● Club meetings to organize community service activities
● Donating canned goods or items to gain community service hours

Parents cannot sign to verify their child’s participation in a community service activity.

The documentation of the number of hours and dates of service must be signed by the student, the student’s parent or
guardian, and a representative of the organization for which the student performed the volunteer work.

Schools should have the community service hours entered onto the student’s electronic records within two (2) weeks
after submission.

For Bright Futures Requirements ONLY
● Students must earn either the required volunteer service (using the criteria described above), paid work hours, or
a combination of both.
● Volunteer service hours and paid work hours may not be hours that benefitted the student financially or materially
while in the service of family members defined as: parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces,
nephews, and spouses, including aforementioned step relations.
● The agencies where the volunteer service hours or paid work hours were earned must provide on agency
letterhead documentation of the number of hours and dates of service or paid work completed. Where a letter
cannot be obtained, students may submit a copy of their pay stub.
● Reflection: The student must, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and reflect upon their volunteer
service or paid work experience.
● Students may begin accumulating paid work hours as early as June 27, 2022.
● Paid work may include, but is not limited to, a business or governmental internship, work for a nonprofit
community service organization, or activities on behalf of a candidate for public office.
● Volunteer service or paid work must be approved by School Principal or Principal Designee, or the Department of
Education for Home Education students.

The documentation of the number of hours and dates of service must be signed by the student, the student’s parent or
guardian, and a representative of the organization for which the student performed the volunteer or paid work.

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