From the ECS State Policy Database Students--Employment

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State Status/Date Level Summary NV Vetoed 06/2011 P-12 Bill provides that a pupil who has failed to pass the same subject area of the high school proficiency examination each time the pupil took the examination, including the final administration of the examination to the pupil before the date on which he or she is otherwise regularly scheduled to graduate, may receive a standard high school diploma if the pupil obtained a cumulative score that meets the required cumulative score prescribed by the State Board and also satisfies certain additional conditions. The bill also removes the satisfaction of the existing alternative criteria as a means by which a pupil may receive a standard high school diploma. The bill requires the board of trustees of each school district, on or before December 31, 2012, to submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regular session of the Legislature a report on the number of pupils who were awarded a standard high school diploma pursuant to the criteria prescribed by this bill. The bill authorizes school districts to adopt a policy that allows a high school pupil who has failed to comply with minimum attendance requirements the opportunity to make up the credits which the pupil missed during his or her absence. Existing law prescribes the actions which must be taken by a juvenile court against a child who has been adjudicated in need of supervision because the child is a habitual truant. This bill authorizes a juvenile court to order the parent or legal guardian of such a child to attend conferences with the child's teacher and appropriate school administrators to address the status of the child as a habitual truant and to develop a plan to ensure that the child attends school. The bill authorizes the parent or legal guardian of a child between the ages of 16 and 18 years to indicate on a work permit that is issued to the child by the county, if any, the maximum number of hours that his or her child may work and the particular hours in which that work may occur during the week or on the weekend. Existing law provides that a child under the age of 16 years may be employed in certain occupations for not more than 48 hours in any 1 week and 8 hours in any 1 day. Section 9 of this bill revises the hours that a child may be employed to 20 hours in any 1 week when school is in session and 48 hours in any 1 week when school is not in session.authorizing certain pupils to receive a standard high school diploma without passing all subject areas of the high school proficiency examination under certain circumstances; authorizing the board of trustees of a school district to adopt a policy that allows certain pupils enrolled in high school the opportunity to make up credit; authorizing a juvenile court to impose certain orders against the parent or legal guardian of a child who is adjudicated in need of supervision because the child is a habitual truant; revising provisions governing employment of minors. Title: A.B. 456 Source: Westlaw/StateNet ID Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Amend Employment Security Law to allow the director of the department of labor to develop and implement youth employment and job training programs. Chapter 276 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2010/H0509.htm Title: H.B. 509 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Authorizes the principal of a public or private school, subject to specified requirements and conditions, to issue, or designate another administrator in the school to issue, work permits to pupils who attend the school. Requires that the hour limitations that apply to a work permit issued by any of the officials or employees authorized to issue work permits be based on the school calendar of the school the pupil attends. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_66_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 66 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Permits a caregiver with whom a minor pupil resides, other than the pupil's parent, guardian, foster parent, or residential shelter services provider, to file a written request for a work permit. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2501-2550/ab_2525_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions) Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Bars minor age 16 who has not graduated from high school from working between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. before a school day, and minor age 17 from working between midnight and 5 a.m. before a school day. Clarifies language regarding the working hours of minors under the age of 16. For purposes of this section, a minor who has taken and passed a General Education Development test (GED) and who has been awarded a high school Equivalency Diploma from the Louisiana Department of Education will be considered to have graduated from high school. Employment pursuant to this Section shall be subject to the provisions of any local curfew ordinance. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT10/OUT/0000LV0L.PDF Title: H.B. 691 Source: www.legis.state.la.us ME Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Concerns child labor laws; provides that a minor shall not be employed more than 60 hours in any week, and from 10 to 12 hours in any day, when school is not in session. Increases from 20 to 40 the number of hours per week, and from 4 to 8 the number of hours per day, that a minor may work when school is in session. Changes from 6 to 13 the number of consecutive days a minor enrolled in school may work. Increases from 18 to 20 the number of hours a week a minor under 16 may work when school is in session. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/LD.asp?LD=6 Title: H.P. 13 Source: www.mainelegislature.org CT Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Extends to 2007 the expiration date of the law allowing fifteen-year-old minors to work in mercantile establishments such as supermarkets and department stores as store baggers, cashiers and stock clerks; establishes limits on hours of work. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2002/act/Pa/2002PA-00044-R00HB-05062-PA.htm Title: H.B. 5062 Source: www.cga.state.ct.us