---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2516.100"
title: "45"
number: "2516.100"
heading: "What is the purpose of school-based service-learning programs?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2516.100"
---

# §2516.100. What is the purpose of school-based service-learning programs?


The purpose of school-based service-learning programs is to promote service-learning as a strategy to support high-quality service-learning projects that engage students in meeting community needs with demonstrable results, while enhancing students' academic and civic learning; and support efforts to build institutional capacity, including the training of educators, and to strengthen the service infrastructure to expand service opportunities.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 74 FR 46502, Sept. 10, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12521-12529; 42 U.S.C. 12645g.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 13786, Mar. 23, 1994, unless otherwise noted.