caradove

My oldest is near 12yo, and he has asked me several times if he has to
go to school to get a work permit at 16yo. I am not from US originally
and my husband was never in public school, so we did not really know
what permit he meant. We are in WV, anyone know what he might be
talking about? He said today that if he did not go to school he would
have to go to a tutor to get it.

Cara

Karen Swanay

Here is the copy of the West Virginia Child Labor Law...always best to
read what the law actually says than to take second and third hand
info.

http://www.stopchildlabor.org/USchildlabor/fact1.htm

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM, caradove <caradove@...> wrote:
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> My oldest is near 12yo, and he has asked me several times if he has to
> go to school to get a work permit at 16yo. I am not from US originally
> and my husband was never in public school, so we did not really know
> what permit he meant. We are in WV, anyone know what he might be
> talking about? He said today that if he did not go to school he would
> have to go to a tutor to get it.
>
> Cara

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Cara,
I am not in West Virginia, but here in Ca in my school district, the school district has to grant the work permit. I would check with the state department of education and find out what your state and district requirements are. (if any). My daughter got a job at 14 and it involved filling out the district's work permit application, and then getting the employer to sign off on it, and then going back to the district and filing the form. Here in CA we can file a form establishing our home as a private school (R4 form) and then we grant our students the work priveleges just as any public or private school would. It was pretty easy, but the district imposed a rule saying she could not work between the hours of 8 and 3 or some nonsense, but fortunately her employer ignored that because as my daughter explained "the form is written for people in formal schools and does not really address the needs of homeschoolers. "
Kathryn
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From: "caradove" <caradove@...>
> My oldest is near 12yo, and he has asked me several times if he has to
> go to school to get a work permit at 16yo. I am not from US originally
> and my husband was never in public school, so we did not really know
> what permit he meant. We are in WV, anyone know what he might be
> talking about? He said today that if he did not go to school he would
> have to go to a tutor to get it.
>
> Cara
>
>




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Debra Rossing

In CT, you have to go through the school district BUT you don't have to
attend the public school (otherwise private school kids would be out of
luck too, not just homeschoolers). Because of child labor laws, it's
required that there be a form filled out stating that your child is of
proper age (for whatever the state laws are for the job - it can vary
depending on whether it's agriculture or fast food or whatever) and that
the work will not interfere with the child's education/"school hours".
If an employer does not have that form on file when an inspector happens
by, the business can be in a heap o' trouble.

Deb

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Lisa

In NC you can go online and fill out and file the form ... it
processes it and give them a ID number, the form can be printed to
take to the employer for them to file with all the rest of the
paperwork. You can also go to any public library and get one filled
out there with any of the library staff helping out.
You can most likely find out the process by googling "work permit"
adding in the state you are in for specific information.
Lisa B






--- In [email protected], "Debra Rossing"
<debra.rossing@...> wrote:
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> In CT, you have to go through the school district BUT you don't have to
> attend the public school (otherwise private school kids would be out of
> luck too, not just homeschoolers). Because of child labor laws, it's
> required that there be a form filled out stating that your child is of
> proper age (for whatever the state laws are for the job - it can vary
> depending on whether it's agriculture or fast food or whatever) and that
> the work will not interfere with the child's education/"school hours".
> If an employer does not have that form on file when an inspector happens
> by, the business can be in a heap o' trouble.
>
> Deb
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