Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Establishment. The board of education of
any school district may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Education,
establish school to employment programs for students who have been identified
as potential school dropouts. Such programs shall be of a part-time school,
part-time employment nature.
(b)
Purpose. The purpose of such a program shall be the assistance of students in
improving their capacity to perform successfully as full-time employees, if
they leave school, or as full-time students if they elect to return to the
normal school program.
(c) Nature
of required study program.
(1) Students shall
meet at least one period each school day with a qualified instructor to
consider topics designed to facilitate adjustment to school and
employment.
(2) For the remainder
of the school day, students shall be enrolled in those classes of academic,
special and vocational instruction appropriate to their individual needs,
interests and abilities.
(3)
Necessary and proper counseling services, psychological services, remedial
services and other school services necessary to the progress of the individual
student, shall be provided by the participating school district.
(d) Nature of required work
program.
(1) Such program shall be in the
nature of part-time employment.
(2)
Students shall be placed either with public agencies, or with private employers
in accordance with the Education Law and the provisions of these regulations.
(i) Students shall not be placed in
employment situations unless covered with a policy of workers' compensation
insurance.
(ii) Students shall be
placed only with employers who provide the necessary supervision of the
students and who provide working conditions conducive to the success of the
program, to be determined by the school district, with the approval of the
Commissioner of Education.
(iii)
All participating students must obtain employment certificates.
(iv) No participating students under the age
of 16 years shall be placed in a employment situation in a factory
room.
(v) All places in which
students participating in such a program are placed in an employment situation
shall be so constructed, equipped, arranged, operated and conducted so as to
provide reasonable and adequate protection of the lives, health and safety of
all such participating students. It shall be determined by the participating
school district, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Education, that
such places meet said qualifications herein.
(e) Student qualifications. Students in the
program shall have been identified as potential school dropouts.
(f) Teacher-coordinator. The school district
shall assign a licensed teacher, properly qualified, to instruct the students
in the program so as to assist their orientation to school and employment, to
supervise their school and work experience, to promote their progress within
the program and to coordinate the total program.
(g) Advisory council.
(1) The school district shall establish an
advisory council composed of qualified representatives of groups such as labor,
business, industry, boards of education, civil service commissions, city and
county governments, social agencies, State agencies, and service
clubs.
(2) Such council shall serve
for the purpose of guiding and advising the school district in the development
of its program and in evaluating its progress.
