BP 5113.2 — WORK PERMITS
Students BP 5113.2(a)
WORK PERMITS
The Board of Education recognizes that part-time employment can provide students
with income, job experience, and valuable life skills and should be permitted to the
extent that such employment does not interfere with a student’s education. Before
accepting any offer of employment, District students who are minors shall obtain work
permits from the Superintendent or designee, regardless of whether the employment
will occur when school is in session and/or not in session, unless otherwise exempted
by law.
(cf. 6178 - Career Technical Education)
In determining whether to grant or continue a work permit, the Superintendent or
designee shall consider whether employment is likely to significantly interfere with the
student’s schoolwork. Students granted work permits shall be required to demonstrate
and maintain a 2.0 grade point average and satisfactory school attendance, except
during periods of extended school closure due to an emergency as described in
Education Code 49200, and the accompanying administrative regulation. On a case-
by-case basis, the Superintendent or designee may approve a maximum work hour
limit that is lower than the limit specified in law and administrative regulation.
(cf. 5121 - Grades/Evaluation of Student Achievement)
Students with work permits may be exempted from attendance in a full-time day school
provided they attend part-time classes. (Education Code 48230)
(cf. 5112.1 - Exemptions from Attendance)
Work permits shall be limited to part-time employment as defined by law, except when
the Superintendent or designee determines that circumstances warrant the granting of
a permit for full-time employment.
Any student authorized to work full time when school is in session shall be enrolled
in part-time continuation classes. A student age 14 or 15 who receives a permit to
work full time shall also be enrolled in a work experience education program.
(Education Code 49130, 49131, 49135)
(cf. 6178.1 - Work-based Learning)
(cf. 6184 - Continuation Education)
BP 5113.2(b)
WORK PERMITS (cont.)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
48230 Exemption from full-time school attendance for students with work permits
48231 Exemption from compulsory attendance for students entering attendance area near end of term
49100-49101 Compulsory attendance
49110-49119 Permits to work
49130-49135 Permits to work full time
49140-49141 Exceptions
49160-49165 Employment of minors; duties of employers
49180-49183 Violations
49200 Permit to work during extended emergency school closure
51760-51769.5 Work experience education
52300-52499.66 Career technical education
LABOR CODE
1285-1312 Employment of minors
1391-1394 Working hours for minors
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
10120-10121 Work permits
16023-16027 District records, retention, and destruction
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 8
11701-11707 Prohibited and dangerous occupations for minors
11750-11763 Work permits and conditions, minor employed in entertainment industry
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 29
570.1-570.129 Child labor regulations
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
18 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 114 (1951)
Management Resources:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
Permit to Employ and Work, Form B1-4
Statement of Intent to Employ a Minor and Request for a Work Permit - Certificate of Age, Form B1-1
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PUBLICATIONS
Child Labor Laws, 2013
WEBSITES
California Department of Education, Work Experience Education: www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/we
California Department of Industrial Relations: www.dir.ca.gov
Chino Valley Unified School District
Policy adopted: January 23,1997
Revised: March 5, 2009
Revised: February 18, 2021