Meeting the Needs
of Youth with Disabilities:
Handbook for Implementing Community-based Vocational Education Programs According to the Fair Labor Standards Act
published: November 1999
Jointly developed by:
The Study Group, Inc.
US Department of Education
National Transition Network
This handbook provides guidance to schools operating Community-based Vocational Education (CBVE) programs, and encourages the adoption of CBVE programs by schools not presently using this approach.
The Handbook is comprised of three sections:
- Section I introduces the events and actions leading to the development of CBVE and guidelines promoting this approach consistent with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA);
- Section II presents answers to the questions most frequently asked by school personnel in carrying out CBVE programs consistent with the FLSA;
- Section III describes the CBVE experiences of eight students between the ages of 14 and 21. Additional resource information is provided in the appendices.
This handbook is available as a PDF file (65 pages, 206K). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download this file. Also see Adobe's Accessible Web site for tools to convert this PDF file to an HTML file at http://access.adobe.com
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