SUMMARY

This bill raises the maximum number of hours a 16-year-old or 17-year-old may work during a school week from 20 hours to 35 hours and raises the number of hours a 16-year-old or 17-year-old may work during a school day from 4 hours to 5 hours. This bill limits a minor whose overall grade average is below a C or who has an average grade in any class below a C- to working no more than 20 hours during a school week and only during the hours of 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on a school day. A secondary school must notify every student whose work schedule is limited under this provision and must notify the student. A minor may return to normal working conditions if the school administrator determines the minor's overall grade average has risen to at least a C and that no average grade for any class is below C-. Current law requires employers of minors under 18 years of age to keep a time book or record on every minor working for the employer. This bill requires the employer to send a copy of this time book to the minor's secondary school on a monthly basis. This bill also eliminates the provision that does not count the time a minor works in an approved vocational cooperative education program towards the maximum number of hours the minor may work during a school day or week.