From the ECS State Policy Database Students--Employment

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary IL Adopted 03/2012 P-12 Urging Passage of Pathways Back to Work Legislation S.R. 596 Urges President Obama and Congress to pass the $5 billion Pathways Back to Work legislation as soon as possible to create an employment program throughout the year, with a particular emphasis on the creation of summer employment for 500,000 youth and adults, b... More... NV Vetoed 06/2011 P-12 High School Diploma A.B. 456 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 i... More... ID Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Job Training H.B. 509 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... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Student Work Permits A.B. 66 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Student Work Permits A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions) 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... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Employment of Minors H.B. 691 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... More... ME Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Number of Hours per Week/Day That Minors May Work H.P. 13 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 ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Employment of 15-Year-Olds H.B. 5062 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.sta... More...