WORK COLLEGES.

SEC. 447. WORK COLLEGES. Section 448 (42 U.S.C. 2756b) is amended—(1) by striking “work-learning” each place it appears and inserting “work-learning-service”;(2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:“(e) Definitions.—For the purpose of this section—“(1) the term ‘work college’ means an eligible institution that—“(A) has been a public or private nonprofit, four-year, degree-granting institution with a commitment to community service;122 STAT. 3261“(B) has operated a comprehensive work-learning-service program for at least two years;“(C) requires students, including at least one-half of all students who are enrolled on a full-time basis, to participate in a comprehensive work-learning-service program for at least five hours each week, or at least 80 hours during each period of enrollment, except summer school, unless the student is engaged in an institutionally organized or approved study abroad or externship program; and“(D) provides students participating in the comprehensive work-learning-service program with the opportunity to contribute to their education and to the welfare of the community as a whole; and“(2) the term ‘comprehensive student work-learning-service program’ means a student work-learning-service program that—“(A) is an integral and stated part of the institution’s educational philosophy and program;“(B) requires participation of all resident students for enrollment and graduation;“(C) includes learning objectives, evaluation, and a record of work performance as part of the student’s college record;“(D) provides programmatic leadership by college personnel at levels comparable to traditional academic programs;“(E) recognizes the educational role of work-learning-service supervisors; and“(F) includes consequences for nonperformance or failure in the work-learning-service program similar to the consequences for failure in the regular academic program.”; and(3) in subsection (f), by striking “$5,000,000” and all that follows through the period and inserting “such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.”.