ENROLLED Page 1 of 2 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. ACT No. 295 Regular Session, 2012 HOUSE BILL NO. 1194 (Substitute for House Bill No. 525 by Representative Barrow) BY REPRESENTATIVE BARROW AN ACT1 To enact R.S. 17:264, relative to public high school graduation; to authorize the State Board2 of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a diploma endorsement program3 for the performance of community service by high school students; to provide4 relative to rules, guidelines, and implementation; to provide for a report; and to5 provide for related matters.6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7 Section 1. R.S. 17:264 is hereby enacted to read as follows:8 ยง264. Community service; high school diploma endorsement program9 A.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may10 establish a "Distinction for Community Service" diploma endorsement program to11 recognize high school students who perform a certain number of hours of12 documented community service. The number of service hours required to earn a13 diploma endorsement shall be determined by the state board and shall accrue from14 the ninth grade through the twelfth grade.15 (2) Not later than March first of each year, provided that a diploma16 endorsement program as authorized in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection is17 implemented, the state board shall provide a written report to the House Committee18 on Education and the Senate Committee on Education, which shall contain, at a19 minimum, the following:20 (a) The goals and objectives of the diploma endorsement program.21 (b) The number of community service endorsements awarded to students for22 the preceding school year.23 (c) The types of community service performed by students for the preceding24 school year.25 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1194 Page 2 of 2 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. (d) The results and effectiveness of the program.1 B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt2 necessary rules and guidelines for the proper implementation of any diploma3 endorsement program for community service developed pursuant to Paragraph4 (A)(1) of this Section, and each city, parish, and other local public school board shall5 provide for such community service in accordance with such rules and guidelines.6 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED: