COVID-related volunteer work could provide college credit

[jch]

Here's an interesting provision that was just added to a Wisconsin COVID-19 relief bill:

Students' use of certain hours to satisfy course requirements
The bill requires University of Wisconsin institutions and technical colleges to
offer students an opportunity to use hours engaged in an eligible activity to satisfy
related course requirements to the extent appropriate. An “eligible activity” means
volunteering or working, for at least one semester, to assist Wisconsin in responding
to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As this is a new thing, there's no word yet on how it will be implemented. I haven't heard of any other states doing anything similar yet. If the state governments for the big 3 schools adopt something similar, it could provide a unique new source of credit.