To be eligible to receive services through a Jobs for California Graduates local program under this article, a youth shall meet at least two of the following criteria:

1. (a) One or more years behind modal grade for one’s age group, with particular emphasis on those two or more years behind modal grade.
2. (b) Below average academic grade point average relative to students in his or her class.
3. (c) Above average number of absences during the past school year in comparison to other students in the school.
4. (d) Placed on probation, suspended, or expelled from school one or more times during the past two years.
5. (e) Pregnant or parenting teen.
6. (f) Physically or mentally challenged.
7. (g) Involved with substance abuse or criminal activities.
8. (h) Member of an economically disadvantaged family.
9. (i) Lives with only one or neither of his or her natural parents.
10. (j) Receives little or no academic or social support from home or family.
11. (k) Mother has not graduated from high school.
12. (l) Closest friends have limited educational expectations. For example, they do not expect to graduate from high school or have already dropped out of high school.