1. (a)

   1. (1) A child with a disability who has been placed by a local school system or private noncollegiate institution with an employer in an unpaid work assignment as part of an individualized education program is a covered employee, as defined in Title 9 of the Labor and Employment Article, of the employer for the purposes of workers' compensation.
   2. (2) A resident in a facility as defined under § 10-101(g) of the Health--General Article is not a covered employee, as defined in Title 9 of the Labor and Employment Article, of the employer for the purposes of workers' compensation.
2. (b) Compensation for injury or death to a child with a disability under this section shall be based on the federal minimum wage in effect at the time of the child's injury.
3. (c) A local school system or private noncollegiate institution that places a child with a disability with an employer in an unpaid work assignment pursuant to the child's individualized education program may secure workers' compensation coverage for that child.

Added as Education § 8-401.1 by Acts 1989, c. 739, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, c. 21, § 3. Renumbered as Education § 8-402 by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 16, eff. April 9, 1996. Amended by Acts 1998, c. 726, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2007, c. 229, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2015, c. § 22, 5.