20-7-310. Credit for employment -- congregate-care facilities, child-care facilities, and school-age programs. (1) A student who is 16 years of age or older at a public school or nonpublic school and who is employed on a paid or voluntary basis at a congregate-care facility, child-care facility, or school-age program may earn one unit of credit for graduation for every 8,100 minutes worked at the congregate-care facility, child-care facility, or school-age program.

(2) The public school or nonpublic school shall develop a written application for the student seeking credit under this section. The application form must include the following information:

(a) the student's name;

(b) the name, address, and contact information for the congregate-care facility, child-care facility, or school-age program at which the student is employed;

(c) the name of an individual supervising the student at the congregate-care facility, child-care facility, or school-age program;

(d) a description of the work the student is performing at the congregate-care facility, child-care facility, or school-age program; and

(e) the number of minutes the student is employed at the congregate-care facility, child-care facility, or school-age program.

(3) The public school or nonpublic school shall establish:

(a) deadlines for submission of the application; and

(b) a process for verification of the number of minutes the student works at the congregate-care facility, child-care facility, or school-age program.

(4) The public school or nonpublic school may establish conditions and requirements on the type of work the student is performing that the student shall satisfy to earn credit toward graduation.

(5) The public school or nonpublic school may not award credit to the student unless the school approves the student's application and the student has satisfied all of the requirements under this section.

(6) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(a) "Child-care facility" means a day-care center, group day-care home, or family day-care home licensed or registered under the provisions of Title 52, chapter 2, part 7.

(b) "Congregate-care facility" has the same meaning as:

(i) "community residential facility" as defined in 76-2-411;

(ii) "developmental disabilities facility" as defined in 53-20-202;

(iii) "long-term care facility" as defined in 50-5-101; and

(iv) "residential care facility" as defined in 50-5-101.

(c) "School-age program" means a program serving children 5 years of age or older during the school year or summer.