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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".22" citation="COMAR 09.12.41.22" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="41" heading="Work-Study Programs.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Definitions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A “work-study program” is a program in which the period of normal public or private school attendance is divided between school attendance and employment in industry or business.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A “work-study coordinator” is the individual assigned to supervise or administer a work-study program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Application.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Upon application by a work-study coordinator, the Commissioner may authorize payment to a student of an hourly rate less than the statutory minimum.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The application shall state the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Title of the work-study coordinator;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Name and address of the school attended by the student;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Name and address of the student;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Name and address of the employer;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Type of work to be performed by the student;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Hourly rate to be paid; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Duration of time that the student will be paid less than the statutory minimum.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The employer and the work-study coordinator shall sign the application.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The work-study coordinator shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Obtain, through his or her efforts, all work-study program employment opportunities;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Supervise, on a continuing basis, the progress of each student in a work-study program; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Notify the Commissioner upon termination of a student's employment in the job designated on the application.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>