text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Service for Schools Act of 2015''.
  
  SEC. 2. SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS.
  
      Subtitle H of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 
  1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
  following:
  
                  ``PART VI--NATIONAL SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS
  
  ``SEC. 198T. SERVICE OPPORTUNITY REGISTRY.
  
      ``(a) Definitions.--
              ``(1) Eligible service opportunity.--The term `eligible 
          service opportunity' means a national service opportunity--
                      ``(A) that achieves purposes specified in section 
                  2(b), including meeting an unmet human, educational, 
                  environmental, or public safety need of the United 
                  States, without displacing existing (as of the first 
                  date of the opportunity) workers, as determined by the 
                  Chief Executive Officer; and
                      ``(B) for which--
                              ``(i) a participant may receive 
                          compensation but, except as provided in clauses 
                          (ii) and (iii), the total compensation, in the 
                          aggregate, shall not exceed the product of--
                                      ``(I) $10.00 per hour; and
                                      ``(II) the number of the qualifying 
                                  hours of service involved;
                              ``(ii) a participant may receive total 
                          compensation that exceeds the product described 
                          in clause (i), if the excess is subtracted from 
                          the amount of the participant's corresponding 
                          award under subsection (d); and
                              ``(iii) a participant in a professional 
                          corps program described in section 
                          122(c)(1)(D), who is in engaged in a service 
                          opportunity that meets human, educational, 
                          environmental, or public safety needs in a 
                          high-need community with an inadequate number 
                          of such professionals, as determined by the 
                          Chief Executive Officer, may receive 
                          compensation without regard to clauses (i) and 
                          (ii).
              ``(2) Eligible student.--The term `eligible student' means 
          an individual who--
                      ``(A) completed 2000 qualifying hours of service 
                  when the individual was a qualified student, which 
                  hours are recorded by a State Commission under 
                  subsection (c); and
                      ``(B) is not older than age 35.
              ``(3) Qualified student.--The term `qualified student' 
          means an individual who is not younger than age 12 or older 
          than age 30.
              ``(4) Qualifying hour of service.--The term `qualifying 
          hour of service' means an hour of service performed for an 
          eligible service opportunity and for which the participant did 
          not receive a payment under part C of title IV of the Higher 
          Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
      ``(b) Registry.--
              ``(1) In general.--The Corporation shall establish and 
          carry out directly, in partnership with a nonprofit 
          organization or State Commission or through a grant or subgrant 
          to a nonprofit organization or State Commission, activities 
          concerning a Service Opportunity Registry (referred to in this 
          section as the `Registry'), which shall list eligible service 
          opportunities and the registered organizations offering the 
          opportunities.
              ``(2) Application.--To be eligible to be registered in the 
          Registry, an organization that offers an eligible service 
          opportunity shall submit an application to the Corporation at 
          such time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
          the Corporation may require.
              ``(3) Registry information.--On receipt of an application 
          that meets the requirements of paragraph (2) from an 
          organization that the Chief Executive Officer determines offers 
          an eligible service opportunity, the Corporation shall register 
          the organization by listing in the Registry--
                      ``(A) the names and contact information for the 
                  organization; and
                      ``(B) a description of the eligible service 
                  opportunity.
              ``(4) Web site.--The Corporation shall make the Registry 
          available to the public through a National Service for Schools 
          Web site.
              ``(5) Re-registration.--Not less often than every 2 years, 
          a listed organization that offers an eligible service 
          opportunity shall re-apply for listing in the Registry.
      ``(c) Service.--
              ``(1) Application.--To be eligible to participate in and 
          receive credit for service in service opportunities listed in 
          the Registry, a qualified student shall submit an application 
          to the student's State Commission, at such time, in such 
          manner, and containing the qualified student's name, the 
          qualified student's contact information, and such other 
          information as the Corporation, after consultation with the 
          State Commissions, may require.
              ``(2) Designation.--In order for students in a State to 
          participate in and receive credit for that service, the State 
          Commission shall participate in the program carried out under 
          this part. On receipt of an application that meets the 
          requirements of paragraph (1) from a qualified student, the 
          State Commission shall designate the qualified student as 
          eligible to so participate and receive such credit.
              ``(3) Contact.--A qualified student who wishes to 
          participate in a service opportunity listed in the Registry 
          shall contact and make arrangements with the organization 
          providing the opportunity.
              ``(4) Record of service.--
                      ``(A) Organization.--The organization shall record 
                  the qualifying hours of service completed by each 
                  qualified student who participates in an eligible 
                  service opportunity with the organization.
                      ``(B) State commission.--The organization shall, 
                  not less often than annually, notify the appropriate 
                  State Commission of the number of qualifying hours of 
                  service completed by each qualified student on an 
                  eligible service opportunity with the organization 
                  since the last notification. The State Commission shall 
                  record the qualifying hours of service in a record for 
                  the qualified student. The State Commission shall make 
                  the record available to the Corporation on request.
              ``(5) Transfer of application and record.--At the request 
          of a qualified student, a State Commission shall transfer to 
          another State Commission the qualified student's application 
          for service under paragraph (1) and record of hours of service 
          under paragraph (4)(B).
              ``(6) Effect of erroneous certifications.--If the State 
          Commission or the Corporation determines that the 
          organization's record of service under paragraph (4) is 
          erroneous due to a willful act of the organization or is 
          incorrect, and the Corporation makes any associated payment 
          from the National Service Trust due to the erroneous or 
          incorrect record of service, the Corporation may assess against 
          the organization a charge for the amount of the payment. In 
          assessing the amount of the charge, the Corporation shall 
          consider the full facts and circumstances surrounding the 
          erroneous or incorrect recording of hours.
      ``(d) Awards.--
              ``(1) In general.--Subject to appropriations, an eligible 
          student shall receive an award of $10,000 from the National 
          Service for Schools Account, established in section 145A, to be 
          used as described in subsection (f), except that--
                      ``(A) the eligible student may not receive more 
                  than 4 of such awards; and
                      ``(B) the eligible student may not receive both an 
                  award under this section and a national service 
                  educational award for the same hours of service.
              ``(2) Application.--An eligible student seeking such an 
          award shall submit an application to the Corporation at such 
          time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
          Corporation may require.
      ``(e) Credit of Hours of Service for National Service 
  Participants.--A participant who is eligible to receive a national 
  service educational award from the National Service Trust under section 
  146 may opt to use the hours certified under section 146A towards an 
  award under subsection (d). The Corporation shall establish a process 
  allowing such participants to elect to use their hours certified under 
  section 146A towards that award instead of towards a national service 
  educational award.
      ``(f) Use of Funds.--
              ``(1) In general.--Award funds provided under this section 
          shall be available--
                      ``(A) to repay eligible student loans in accordance 
                  with section 148(b); and
                      ``(B) to pay all or part of the cost of attendance 
                  or other educational expenses at an institution of 
                  higher education in accordance with section 148(c).
              ``(2) Application.--For purposes of the application of 
          subsections (b) and (c) of section 148 under paragraph (1), a 
          reference in those subsections--
                      ``(A) to a national service educational award shall 
                  be considered to be a reference to an award under this 
                  section;
                      ``(B) to an eligible individual shall be considered 
                  to be a reference to an eligible student who has met 
                  the requirements for an award under this section;
                      ``(C) to the National Service Trust shall be 
                  considered to be a reference to the National Service 
                  for Schools Account established in section 145A;
                      ``(D) to a position shall be considered to be a 
                  reference to activities under this section; and
                      ``(E) to a term of service shall be considered to 
                  be a term of service under this section.
      ``(g) National Service for Schools Account.--
              ``(1) Investment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
          invest in full the amounts appropriated under subsection 
          (i)(1)(B) to the National Service for Schools Account in 
          section 145A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 
          only provisions of subtitle D relating to funds in the National 
          Service Trust that apply to amounts in the Account shall be 
          section 145(b) and subsections (b) and (c) of section 148.
              ``(2) Obligations for awards.--Notwithstanding section 149, 
          the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a et seq.), 
          subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, 
          and any other Federal law, the Corporation shall not record an 
          obligation for an award under this section until such time as 
          the Corporation approves the corresponding application under 
          subsection (d)(2).
      ``(h) Annual Estimates.--Not later than January 31 of each fiscal 
  year, the Corporation and the Director of the Congressional Budget 
  Office shall jointly--
              ``(1) estimate the amount necessary to make award payments 
          under subsection (d) in the next fiscal year; and
              ``(2) submit a report containing the estimate to the 
          Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
          the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
      ``(i) Appropriations.--
              ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
          for a fiscal year--
                      ``(A) such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
                  the Registry under this section; and
                      ``(B) such sums as may be necessary for the 
                  National Service for Students Account, to make award 
                  payments under subsection (d).
              ``(2) Insufficient appropriations.--If, for any fiscal 
          year, the funds appropriated for award payments under this part 
          are insufficient to make all the awards for which applications 
          are submitted and approved under subsection (d)(2), the 
          Corporation shall promptly transmit a notice of such 
          insufficiency to each House of Congress, and identify in such 
          notice the additional amount that would be required to be 
          appropriated to make all such awards.''.
  
  SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS ACCOUNT.
  
      Subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 
  1990 is amended by inserting after section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601) the 
  following:
  
  ``SEC. 145A. NATIONAL SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS ACCOUNT.
  
      ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the National Service 
  Trust a National Service for Schools Account.
      ``(b) Amounts in the Account.--The Account shall consist of--
              ``(1) the amounts appropriated under section 198T(i)(1)(B);
              ``(2) any amounts received by the Corporation as gifts, 
          bequests, devises, or otherwise pursuant to section 196(a)(2), 
          if the terms of such donations direct that the donated amounts 
          be deposited in the Account; and
              ``(3) the interest on, and proceeds from the sale or 
          redemption of, any obligations held by the Account.
      ``(c) Administration.--The Account shall be administered as 
  described in section 198T.''.
target: Service for Schools Act of 2015  This bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Corporation for National and Community Service to establish the National Service for Schools Program to carry out activities concerning a Service Opportunity Registry that shall list eligible service opportunities and the registered organizations that offer them.  Upon receiving an application from an organization that offers an eligible service opportunity, the Corporation shall register it in a specified manner, including a description of the eligible service opportunity in the Registry.  To be eligible to participate in and receive credit for service in a service opportunity listed in the Registry, qualified students must apply to their participating State Commission on National and Community Service. Each organization shall:   record the qualifying hours of service completed by each qualified student who participates in a service opportunity; and   notify the appropriate State Commission at least annually of the number of qualifying hours of service completed by each qualified student on a service opportunity.   Eligible students shall receive an award of $10,000 from the National Services for Schools Account (established by this bill) for use to:  repay eligible student loans, or pay all or part of the cost of attendance or other educational expenses at an institution of higher education. 
feat_title: Service for Schools Act of 2015