The Governing Board desires to facilitate school-to-career transitions by providing secondary school students with a program of work experience education (WEE) which links the academic curriculum with experiences in actual work settings. The Superintendent or designee may design a program which provides paid and/or unpaid on-the-job experiences as well as instruction in the skills, attitudes, and knowledge necessary for successful employment.
(cf. 5147 - Dropout Prevention)
(cf. 6000 - Concepts and Roles)
(cf. 6143 - Courses of Study)
(cf. 6178 - Career Technical Education)
Students enrolled in this program may receive guidance and supervision designed to ensure maximum educational benefit from placement in suitable WEE courses. The program may integrate the efforts of teachers, counselors, students, parents/guardians, and employers to assist students in selecting a career path and developing a positive work ethic and work habits.
(cf. 6164.2 - Guidance/Counseling Services)
The WEE program may 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 district employees. (Education Code 51764)
(cf. 5113.2 - Work Permits)
The district may provide for liability insurance for students participating in a WEE program off school grounds in accordance with law and Board policy. (Education Code 51760)
(cf. 5143 - Insurance)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
46144 Minimum school day for work experience program
46147 Exception for minimum day; students in last semester or quarter of grade 12
46300 Method of computing ADA
48402 Enrollment in continuation education, minors not regularly employed
49160 Permits to work, duties of employer
51760-51769.5 Work experience education
52300-52499.66 Career technical education
56026 Students with exceptional needs
LABOR CODE
1285-1312 Employment of minors
1391-1394 Working hours for minors
3070-3099.5 Apprenticeship
3200-6002 Workers' compensation and insurance
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
1635 Credit for work experience education
10070-10075 Work experience education
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
2301-2414 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 29
570.35a Work experience programs
Management Resources:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
Work Permit Handbook for California Schools: Laws and Regulations Governing the Employment of Minors, 2007
Work Experience Education Guide, 2005
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PUBLICATIONS
Child Labor Laws, 2000
WEB SITES
California Association of Work Experience Educators: http://www.cawee.org
California Department of Education, Work Experience Education: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/we
California Department of Industrial Relations: http://www.dir.ca.gov
Policy CHAWANAKEE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: March 9, 2005 North Fork, California
revised: January 8, 2009