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Community service is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions. Performing community service is not the same as volunteering, since it is not always performed on a voluntary basis. It may be performed for a variety of reasons: * it may be required by a government as a part of citizenship requirements, generally in lieu of military service; * it may be required as a substitution of, or in addition to, other criminal justice sanctions – when performed for this reason it may also be referred to as community payback; * it may be mandated by schools to meet the requirements of a class, such as in the case of service-learning or to meet the requirements of graduation. * in the UK, it has been made a condition of the receipt of certain benefits, including disability-related ones.(see Workfare in the United Kingdom) ==High school graduation and community work== Many educational jurisdictions in the United States require students to perform community service hours to graduate from high school. In some high schools in Washington, for example, students must finish 200 hours of community service to get a diploma. Some school districts in Washington, including Seattle Public Schools, differentiate between community service and "service learning," requiring students to demonstrate that their work has contributed to their education.〔(High School Graduation Requirements Classes of 2008-Beyond ), Seattle Public Schools, G10-00B, revised September 1, 2004〕 If a student in high school is taking an AVID course, community service is needed. Whether American public schools could require volunteer hours was challenged in ''Immediato v. Rye Neck School District'', but the court found no violation. Other high schools do not require community service hours for graduation, but still see an impressive number of students get involved in their community. For example, in Palo Alto, California, students at Palo Alto High School log about 45,000 hours of community service every year.〔(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xltx8i8W-qXvXT53GdDwJjqzODFttDPEZBGXBo-29gY/edit )〕 As a result, the school's College and Career Center awards about 250–300 students the President's Volunteer Service Award every year for their hard work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Community service」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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