Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 300 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter 300-7 - INSPECTION-CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS
Subject 300-7-1 - CHILD LABOR - MINORS IN ENTERTAINMENT
Rule 300-7-1-.09 - Education Requirements

(a) When a Minor is guaranteed more than 1 day of employment during a school week, the Employing Unit shall allow time for instruction, provide a suitable facility and a Studio Teacher from the initial (first) day of such Performance when the Minor is Performing on any day the Minor's regularly attended school is in session.

(b) When a Minor works more than one (1) school day in a school week, the Employing Unit will provide a Studio Teacher for any day the Minor's regularly attended school is in session.

(c) Upon the request of the Representative of a Minor who works more than one (1) school day in a school week for two (2) or more Employing Units, the current Employing Unit on the second school day shall allow time for instruction; provide a suitable facility and a Studio Teacher on that day of such Performance. The Representative must give the Employing Unit twenty-four (24) hours notice to provide such tutoring.

(d) If a Minor is homeschooled, the Employing Unit shall use the school district calendar where the Minor resides.

(e) Teaching instruction each day shall not commence before 7:00 a.m. and shall cease at 6:00 p.m. with a minimum of twenty (20) minutes for each teaching block.

(f) A Minor, who is a high school graduate or has a GED or its equivalent from a state education department and a letter from the Representative of the Minor stating that the Minor does not have to attend school, shall not be subject to this Rule 300-7-1.09.

(a) When any Minor, between the age of four (4) to the age of eighteen (18), due to Performance responsibilities is absent from regular school curriculum, for more than one (1) calendar school day in a school week, then the Minor shall receive at least three (3) hours of instruction per school calendar day from a Studio Teacher at the Location during the Production.

(b) A Minor between the ages of four (4) and nine (9) may "bank" one (1) hour of instruction time per school day, not to exceed a total of five (5) banked hours per week. Minors between nine (9) and eighteen (18) years of age may "bank" two hours of instruction time per school day, not to exceed a total of ten (10) banked hours per week. No more than ten (10) hours can be banked at any given time. No hours may be banked during a school night (a night that precedes a school day), past 6:00 p.m., or during non-school days. When "bank" hours are used by the Minor, the Minor may replace such hours. "Banked" hours are not valid except with the Production the Minor was Performing with when earned.

(c) No more than two (2) banked hours may be used per school day. No more than ten (10) banked hours may be used per week. For Minors between the age of four (4) years and six (6) years, no more than eight (8) banked hours may be used per week.

(d) The Representative of the Minor shall present a copy of the log of the "Bank" instruction hours to the Child Labor Coordinator who shall attach a copy along with any request to allow the Minor additional Performance time. Such request to be maintained by the Child Labor Coordinator at the Location during the Performance.

(e) The Studio Teacher and Representative shall maintain a record of each Minor's attendance, grades, and banked hours.

(f) The record maintained by the Studio Teacher and/or Representative shall be turned over to the Minor's local school officials within two (2) business days of the end of the Employment by the Employing Unit.

(g) The Studio Teacher must have completed a SBC to verify that the individual has not been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude. In regard to the SBC, the Studio Teacher must meet the same criteria as the Child Labor Coordinator.

(h) Any individual failing to meet the requirements set forth in (g) above shall not serve as a Studio Teacher.

(i) At the request of the Department, the Studio Teacher's SBC shall be provided to the Department.

(j) The Studio Teacher shall be provided by the Employing Unit and neither the Minor, Representative of the Minor nor the Minor's family shall incur any costs associated with the Studio Teacher.

(k) The Studio Teacher may serve as the Child Labor Coordinator when only one Minor is on Location or the Studio Teacher is not instructing while serving as the Child Labor Coordinator.

(l) The ratio of Studio Teacher to Minors shall not exceed one (1) Studio Teacher per ten (10) Minors.