As in effect on August 1, 2008
A. "Board" means Utah State Board of Education.
B. "Intern" means a student enrolled in a school-sponsored work experience and career exploration program under Section 53A-29-102 involving both classroom instruction and work experience with a cooperating employer, for which the student receives no compensation.
C. "Work site" or "workplace" means the actual location where employment occurs for particular occupation(s), or an environment that simulates all aspects/elements of that employment, for instance school-based enterprises.
D. "Work-based learning" means activities that involve actual work experience or connect classroom learning to work.
E. "School-based enterprise" means businesses set up and run by supervised students learning to apply "practical" skills in the production of goods or services for sale or use by others.
A. This rule is authorized by Utah Constitution Article X, Section 3 which vests general control and supervision of public education in the Board; by Section 53A-29-102 which provides that the Board shall provide rules to schools wishing to offer and operate internships in connection with work experience and career exploration programs; and Section 53A-1-401(3) which allows the Board to adopt rules in accordance with its responsibilities.
B. The purpose of this rule is to provide direction to school districts as they provide work-based learning programs and to establish criteria to be included in those polices.
A. Each school district that has work-based learning programs that include assigning students to act as interns at off-campus sites or on-campus simulations shall establish a policy which provides procedures and criteria for at least the following issues:
(1) training for student interns, student intern supervisors, and cooperating employers regarding health hazards and safety procedures in the workplace;
(2) standards and procedures for approval of off-campus work sites;
(3) transportation options for students to and from the work site;
(4) appropriate supervision by employers at the work site;
(5) adequate insurance coverage provided either by the student, the program or the school district;
(6) appropriate supervision and evaluation of the student by the local education agency; and
(7) appropriate involvement and approval by the student's parents in the work-based intern program.
A. The work-based intern experience shall be consistent with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, Part 570, Subpart E, 29 C.F.R., pages 89.16 et seq., June 1995 and Administrative Letter Rulings: Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, pages 226 and 228, July 1996. These materials are contained within the Fair Labor Standards Handbook, are available in the School Law Section at the Utah State Office of Education and are hereby incorporated by reference.
B. Work-based intern programs shall operate consistently with Board rules and district polices including student transportation, credit toward graduation, attendance, and fee waivers.
public schools, intern program*
March 10, 1997
February 2, 2007
Art X Sec 3; 53A-29-102; 53A-1-401(3)
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