The Board of Education recognizes the value of providing students with experiences as part of their preparation for productive employment and appreciates the cooperation of local employers in accommodating such training activities at their places of business.

The Board authorizes the Superintendent to develop work-site training programs as part of the vocational education curriculum. S/He shall develop administrative guidelines whereby all such programs are reviewed to determine whether or not an employer relationship has been established according to criteria established by the Supreme Court in adjudicating cases related to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Particular attention should be paid to community-based programs for special education students and to vocational education programs in which students are producing goods or services for sale and the District is the recipient of the income therefrom.

WHEREAS the Board of Education, Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School District, Ashtabula County, Jefferson, Ohio, did set forth in its general objectives that each student should have the opportunity to become competent and employable in an occupational skill with realistic job experiences;

WHEREAS the Board of Education, Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School District supports the free enterprise system;

THEREFORE, be it resolved, that the Board of Education, Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School District, will encourage and support student training projects deemed worthwhile by the instructional staff that are within fiscal statutory limits.

29 U.S.C. 201-219