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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not mind a community service or service learning credit requirement but I actually with other posters that there are too many restrictions which make it less meaningful. Its a good point that lower income students need this time for work, or family childcare. We are not religious but many good charities have religious affiliations which knocks them off the list. The SSL requirement doesn't support creative endeavors like kids setting up their own charitable activity so this is lost too. [/quote]

There are plenty of SSL activities available during the course of the school day.  You can shelve books in the library, or help a teacher and get credit.  My kid got credit for running the camera on the school TV show.  Low income kids (and other kids) can also start earning credits when they're 11 so they've got 3 years to get the 75 hours done before they're eligible to earn money anyway.  The requirement is less than 11 hours a year, so hardly a threat a teen's ability to earn money.

As far as religion, the organization can be religious as long as the activity isn't.  So, my son can go with a church group to serve food at a soup kitchen and earn hours, but he can't earn hours for serving at the altar or for teaching Sunday school.  [/quote]

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