Red Dawn
Senior Member
They can make it a requirement of graduation. You must clock so many hours of community service to obtain a diploma.
according to the NYTimes in 1994 it was already becoming mandatory
High Schools Mandating Community Service for Graduation - New York Times
It's also already required in some schools
HHS - Community Service
This isn't exactly a new or radical idea.
Its just another sad attempt by Cons to convince themselves that Obama is a socialist, with dreams of authoritarian control and world domination.
Local school boards decide what graduation requirements are. The feds have zero power to require graduation requirements.
Don't like the requirements? Hate kids being "forced" to take physical education? Elect a new school board, move to a different district, or home school your kid. Its as simple as that.