260C.44 - APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.

        260C.44  APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
         Each community college is authorized to establish or contract for
      the establishment of apprenticeship programs for apprenticeable
      occupations.  Any apprenticeship program established under this
      section shall comply with requirements established by the United
      States department of labor, bureau of apprenticeship and training.
      Participation in an apprenticeship program or apprenticeship
      agreement by an apprenticeship sponsor shall be on a voluntary basis.

         For purposes of this section, "apprenticeship program" means a
      plan, registered with the United States bureau of apprenticeship and
      training which contains the terms and conditions for the
      qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of
      apprentices, including the requirement for a written apprenticeship
      agreement.
         For purposes of this section, "apprenticeship sponsor" means a
      person operating an apprenticeship program or in whose name an
      apprenticeship program is being operated, registered, or approved.
         For purposes of this section, "apprenticeable occupation"
      means an occupation approved for apprenticeship by the United States
      department of labor, bureau of apprenticeship and training.
         For purposes of this section, "apprentice" means a person who
      is at least sixteen years of age, except where a higher minimum age
      is required by law, who is employed in an apprenticeable occupation,
      and is registered with the United States department of labor, bureau
      of apprenticeship and training.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         90 Acts, ch 1253, §46
         C91, § 280A.44
         C93, § 260C.44
         Referred to in § 15.343, 260F.6B