The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
Ward (SB 643)
Proposed law authorizes a school board, a governing body of a charter school established under
present law, or a governing body of a nonpublic school to create a work-based learning program
for pupils in grades nine through 12.
Proposed law prohibits any school board or governing body that creates a work-based learning
program from doing any of the following:
(1) Admitting any student to the work-based learning program who is not authorized to work
in the United States, and shall comply with all relevant provisions of the Immigration and
Nationality Act and present law.
(2)Admitting any minor into the work-based learning program who is less than14 years of
age on the first day of work.
(3)Assigning any student to employment that he is not authorized to perform under the Fair
Labor Standards Act or present law.
(4)Admitting any student into the program if it determines that the student cannot perform
the duties an employer that works with the school board or governing body as part of their
work study program sets forth.
Proposed law prohibits any income earned by a student in a work-based learning program
established under proposed law counting as part of the student's family's total income under
present law.
Proposed law provides that subject to the provisions of present law, in the case of a conflict
between proposed law and present law, for the purposes of schools that create work-based
learning programs proposed law shall control.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 23:167)