Bill Text: HI HB1707 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Education.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-26 - Referred to LAT, CPC, referral sheet 2 [HB1707 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-HB1707-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1707
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to education.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the career readiness of Hawaii's students is of the utmost importance, both for the economic stability of these individuals and the State more broadly.  Hawaii's schools have made great progress in recent years with expanding opportunities for students to engage in work-based learning, whereby they gain technical knowledge and skills in alignment with particular industries.

     The legislature further finds that employer-school partnerships are a vital and powerful tool for creating authentic learning experiences for students.  It is beneficial for Hawaii students to have a deep set of work-based learning partnerships and employers to choose from in order to pursue their interests most effectively.

     Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to update the list of exceptions under state child labor laws to include work-based learning programs with employers.

     SECTION 2.  Section 390-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§390-5  Exceptions.  (a)  This chapter shall not apply to any minor employed:

     (1)  By the minor's parent or legal guardian;

     (2)  In performance of work in connection with the sale or distribution of newspapers;

     (3)  In domestic service in or about the private home of the employer;

     (4)  As a golf caddy; [or]

     (5)  By any religious, charitable, or nonprofit organization in exempt employment as prescribed by the director by rule;

     (6)  In the course of a youth vocational training program or internship;

     (7)  As an apprentice in a registered apprenticeship program validated by the United States Department of Labor or the department; or

     (8)  In an occupation, in which the minor has completed a vocational or career education program approved by the department of education;

provided that such employment is during periods when the minor is not legally required to attend school or when the minor has been excused by school authorities from attending school; in an occupation which has not been declared by rule of the director to be hazardous; and not in connection with adult entertainment.

     (b)  As used in this section, "youth vocational training program or internship" means a program or internship that is recognized by the State; provided that the student is employed under a written agreement that:

     (1)  Specifies that the work of the student in the occupation declared particularly hazardous shall be incidental to training;

     (2)  Provides that the work shall be under the direct and close supervision of a qualified and experienced supervisor;

     (3)  Provides that safety instructions shall be given by the school and correlated by the employer with on-the-job training;

     (4)  Outlines the planned program of job training and work experience for the student, appropriate to the student's abilities, which includes training related to pre-employment and employment industry skills to be mastered at progressively higher levels that are coordinated with learning in the school-based learning component and lead to the awarding of a skill certificate;

     (5)  Specifies that tasks shall not be intended to replace professional labor; and

     (6)  Is signed by the employer, school career and technical education coordinator, principal, and the student's parent or legal guardian and kept on file by the school and employer."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Child Labor Law; Internships; Exceptions

 

Description:

Specifies additional exceptions under child labor laws to include work-based learning programs with employers.

 

 

 

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