1. (a) A school corporation, through the school corporation's appropriate officials, may enter into cooperative programs with employers. These programs must include an agreement by the employer to provide employment for students enrolled in school directed career and technical education to learn the manipulative skills or manual processes of an occupation.

2. (b) The employer may employ the students in otherwise restricted occupations for the purpose of career and technical education under the following conditions:

   1. (1) That training in the occupation is approved by a proper school authority and is school supervised.
   2. (2) That safety instructions are given by the school and integrated with on-the-job training by the employer.

   3. (3) That the student is assigned to competent adults designated by the employer for instruction and supervision in the manipulative skills or manual processes of the occupation according to a written training schedule developed by the employer and a representative of the school.

      [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-7.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.128.