2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 23 — Labor and worker's compensation
RS 23:1824 — Eligible youth

§1824. Eligible youth

A. An individual may qualify to be an eligible youth for purposes of participating in programs under this Chapter if such individual:

(1) Is sixteen to nineteen years of age, inclusive, at the time of assignment to a worksite;

(2) Is economically disadvantaged;

(3) Is not employed;

(4) Resides in the workforce investment area of the administrative entity; and

(5) Has entered into a commitment to pursue further education or training under Subsection B.

B. For the purpose of qualifying under Paragraph (A)(5), an individual shall sign a written commitment with the administrative entity by which the individual agrees:

(1)(a) To maintain or resume attendance in a secondary school for the purpose of obtaining a high school diploma;

(b) To maintain or resume attendance in an alternative education program conducted by a local educational agency or community-based organization for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of high school equivalency;

(c) To attend a program of remedial education which meets standards approved by the local educational agency; or

(d) To attend a program of skill training approved by the administrative entity;

(2) To equal or exceed the attendance and performance standards of the program in which the individual is enrolled pursuant to Paragraph (1); and

(3) To equal or exceed the attendance and performance standards at the worksite to which the individual is referred for employment under this Chapter.

C. In establishing procedures for allocating priorities to eligible youth in its plan pursuant to R.S. 23:1827(A)(1), an administrative entity shall allocate priority to youths who are educationally at risk.

D. An individual's status as an eligible youth shall be terminated upon a finding by the administrative entity, after an opportunity for a hearing, that the individual has failed to comply with the terms of the individual commitment under Subsection (B).

Acts 1986, No. 612, §1; Acts 1999, No. 386, §1.