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Article: Mandating community service: service or servitude?
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- State Legislatures
- Article date:
- March 1, 1993
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Controversy simmers as some states try to make community service a high school graduation requirement.
Not since the 1960s, when the boom in community service programs was at its peak, has there been such an interest in the idea of young people giving back to their community and learning through volunteer service. Now, some schools are requiring it for graduation, but not without controversy. A Maryland State Board of Education decision to require community service has met with such opposition that the Maryland General Assembly is expected to try to pass a bill prohibiting it. A bill in the New Jersey Legislature would require high school seniors to complete 15 hours ...