Board Policy

BP 6178.1

Instruction

Work Experience Education

The Board of Education believes that work experience education programs can provide students with valuable instruction in the skills, attitudes and understandings they need in order to be successfully employed.

In order that they may strike a proper balance between work experience and academic instruction, students may earn up to 40 semester credits for the satisfactory completion of a work experience program. No more than 10 credits may be earned in any one semester.

The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that students in work experience programs receive at least the equivalent of one instructional period a week of related classroom instruction or counseling. Such instruction shall occur in sessions scheduled intermittently throughout the semester.

The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that the work experience education program meets all of the requirements of law governing these programs.

(cf. 5147 - Dropout Prevention)

Legal Reference:

EDUCATION CODE

46144 Minimum school day for vocational training and work experience program

46300 Method of computing ADA

49110-45119 Permits to work

51760-51769.5 Work experience education, especially

51760.3 Grant of credit; conditions

54729 Work experience education programs (when included in School-Based Motivation and Maintenance Program)

CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5

10070-10075 Work experience education

Policy PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

adopted: March 8, 2001 Palos Verdes Estates, California