Written agreement required; required terms
Sec. 8. (a) A certified program must comply with the terms of a
written agreement among the sponsor, each participant, and each
cooperating employer. Except as provided in sections 9 and 10 of
this chapter, each agreement must contain the following:
(1) The names and signatures of:
(A) the sponsor;
(B) the employer (if the employer is an entity other than the
sponsor); and
(C) the participant and the participant's parent or guardian if
the participant is a minor.
(2) A description of the career field in which the participant is
to be trained and the beginning date and duration of the
training.
(3) The employer's agreement to provide paid employment for
the participant at a base wage that may not be less than the
minimum wage prescribed by the federal Fair Labor Standards
Act during the participant's junior and senior years in high
school.
(4) The employer's agreement to assign an employee to serve as
a mentor for a participant. The mentor's occupation must be in
the same career pathway as the career interests of the
participant.
(5) An agreement between the participant and employer
concerning specified minimum academic standards that must be
maintained throughout the participant's secondary education.
(6) The participant's agreement to work for the employer for at
least two (2) years following the completion of the participant's
secondary education.
(b) An agreement described in subsection (a)(6) may be modified
to defer the participant's employment with the employer until after
the participant completes an appropriate amount of postsecondary
education as agreed to by the participant and the employer.
As added by P.L.96-2004, SEC.25.
Last modified: May 27, 2006