(a) The LEAP internship program created in accordance with Section 19241 shall be designed to allow persons with developmental disabilities to meet the minimum qualifications of the LEAP classification to which he or she seeks an examination appointment. The length of a LEAP internship shall be for a minimum period of 512 working hours.
(b) A person with a developmental disability who successfully completes a LEAP internship upon certification by the appointing power shall be considered as meeting the referral requirements necessary to be eligible for an examination appointment, as specified in Section 19242.2, without being required to pass a written examination or readiness evaluation.
(c) The LEAP internship program may be accessed as an unpaid or paid internship if the state agency providing the internship has available funding authority within its personnel budget.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 356, Sec. 9. (SB 644) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2021, by its own provisions.)
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