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[quote=Anonymous]The advisory from the DCPS website at
https://dcps.dc.gov/page/community-service
is below.

As a parent of graduates in 2022 and 2019 who both did the required 100 hours - I highly recommend it. It teaches valuable lessons about service, introduces them to organizations who do service work or non-profit work, gives them something to talk about at job interviews and on college applications, and may give them insights to what they want to do in the future. In 2022 kids were told they had to do 100 hours and it wasn't until mid May when DCPS waived the requirement for graduation. Many had fulfilled the requirement already. If these kids could find things to do during COVID, the opportunities to volunteer certainly exist now.

Emergency and Proposed Regulations for SY22-23
Please be aware of OSSE’s soon-to-be released Emergency and Proposed Regulations in regard to community service hours for students graduating in 2023. Per the Emergency and Proposed Regulations we will be gradually reintroducing community service hours over the next 4 years. The following expectations will go into effect for the class of 2023:

All students who graduate in 2023 must complete a minimum of 12 community service hours.
Students who transfer into DCPS during SY22-23 and graduate in 2023 will have the community service hour requirement waived.
Please note, these Emergency and Proposed Regulations will apply to all students who graduate in 2023, including midyear graduates, early graduates and all June and August graduates. Once OSSE’s final regulations are released, we will provide additional layers of information or guidance.[/quote]

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