Sec. 2. For each student who wishes to earn academic credit for community service or volunteer service under this chapter, the student, a teacher of the student, or a community or volunteer service organization must submit an application that includes the following information to the principal or the principal’s designee of the high school in which the student is enrolled:

(1) The name of the community service organization or volunteer service organization the student intends to assist.

(2) The name, address, and telephone number of the director or the supervisor of the community service organization or volunteer service organization and, if different from the director or supervisor, the name, address, and telephone number of the individual assigned by the community or volunteer service organization to supervise the student at the activity site.

(3) The nature of the community service or volunteer service performed by the student with a certification that the service performed by the student is voluntary.

(4) The total number of hours the student intends to serve the community service organization or volunteer service organization during the school year.

(5) A written statement by the director or the supervisor of the community service organization or volunteer service organization certifying that the information included in the application is an accurate reflection of:

(A) the student’s expectations with regard to the number of hours of service contemplated to be performed; and

(B) the community service organization’s or the volunteer service organization’s need to acquire the student’s service.

(6) A description of:

(A) the educational or career exploration benefits the student and the school should expect to gain from the student’s community or volunteer service participation; and

(B) the service and benefit the community or volunteer service organization expects to gain from the student’s participation.

(7) A description of how the community or volunteer service activity relates to a course in which the student is enrolled or intends to enroll.

(8) The manner and frequency in which the student and the community or volunteer service activity will be evaluated.

(9) The name of the certificated school employee who will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the student’s activity and performance, including assigning to the student a grade for participation under this section.

(10) Any other information required by the principal.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-16.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.