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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION - CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

     

     Introduced By: Senators Lombardo, Metts, Cote, Nesselbush, and Paolino

     Date Introduced: February 15, 2018

     Referred To: Senate Education

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 16-45.1 of the General Laws entitled "Career and Technical

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Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby

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amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     16-45.1-4. Career and Technical education internships for younger students.

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     (a) Any student between sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years of age, and in their junior or

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senior year in a secondary school, may participate in a career and technical education internship

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or teacher supervised job site training program provided the following factors are met:

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     (1) The student attends and is interning at or through a career and technical education

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program;

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     (2) The proposed internship is part of the career and technical education program, either

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at or through said program; and

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     (3) The appropriate educational advisors, counselors or instructors determine that the

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student is suitable to participate in the internship for which they have applied, and that the student

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has the necessary educational background, experience and personal maturity to engage in such

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internship.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO EDUCATION - CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

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     This act would permit children between sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years of age, and

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in their junior or senior year who are attending career and technical education centers, to

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participate in career and technical internships or teacher supervised job site training programs at

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or through said education center; provided, that the students are deemed to have the necessary

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educational background, experience and maturity.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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