STUDENT service learning hours

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Service-Learning is a teaching method that combines meaningful service to the community with curriculum-based learning. Students improve their academic skills by applying what they learn in school to the real world; they then reflect on their experience to reinforce the link between their service and their learning. 

The Maryland State Board of Education mandates Service-Learning participation as a graduation requirement. Students must complete either: (1) seventy-five (75) hours of student service that includes preparation, action, and reflection components, which may begin during the middle grades; or (2) a locally-designed program in student service that has been approved by the State Superintendent of Schools.

All public school students must meet the graduation requirement, including students with disabilities, unless exceptions are specifically noted in their individual education plans (IEPs).