SECTIONS 52410-52414 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 52410-52414

52410. Upon the approval of appropriate school district personnel,
or the approval of the county superintendent of schools as to
students under his jurisdiction, and with the written approval of the
parent or guardian of the student, a student in grade 11 or 12, who
will be at least 17 years of age at the commencement of his junior
year, may be employed as an environmental intern by a federal, state,
or local agency in California concerned with the regulation of
natural resources or with the protection of the environment during
the summer vacation period. These agencies shall include, but not be
limited to, the Resources Agency, the Agriculture and Services
Agency, the Business and Transportation Agency, the Department of
Fish and Game, the Department of Conservation, the Department of
Parks and Recreation, the Department of Water Resources, the State
Water Resources Control Board, the State Air Resources Board, the
State Lands Division, California regional water quality control
boards, air pollution control districts, mosquito abatement
districts, soil conservation districts, local planning agencies, and
county and city park and recreation departments.

52411. Duties of environmental interns employed pursuant to this
article shall be established by the employing agency in conjunction
with the local school district or the county superintendent of
schools and shall be oriented toward providing maximum exposure to
problems of environmental control and resource use.

52412. Approval of environmental internships shall be required by
the district superintendent or the county superintendent of schools.

52413. Successful completion of a summer program and submission by
the environmental intern of a suitable project report to the school
district may result in academic credit toward graduation from high
school. Such students may be deemed to be temporarily employees of
the agency involved for purposes of social security, unemployment
insurance, and workers' compensation or may be deemed for these
purposes to be employees of the school district or the county
superintendent of schools.

52414. The school district or county superintendent of schools and
the employing agency shall jointly apply to the Conservation
Education Service for funds. The Superintendent of Public
Instruction, upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Development
and Supplemental Materials Commission, and with the approval of the
State Board of Education, is authorized to make grants for the
purposes of this article, and for remuneration of interns and for
travel and other job-related expenses, in an amount per person not to
exceed three hundred twenty dollars ($320) per month.