Policy:

In order to provide students with valuable instruction in the skills, attitudes, and understandings necessary for successful employment, the Governing Board shall offer a program of work experience education. Students enrolled in this program shall receive guidance and supervision designed to ensure maximum educational benefit from placement in suitable work experience education courses.

Work experience education shall include the part-time employment of students in jobs which are selected or approved as having educational value for the employed students and which are coordinated by school employees.

The Board may provide for liability insurance for students participating in work experience programs of study off school grounds in accordance with child labor law found at http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/youthlabor/ and Board policy.

Original Policy 03/10/03

Revised Policy 03/16/09

Revised Policy 06/05/2020