Pupils: work permits: issuance

Youth who are dependents or wards of juvenile court can seek lawful work through the county agency overseeing them when school-based permitting may be less accessible. County-issued permits carry the same validity as school-issued permits.

What the law does ​

• Authorizes county probation departments to issue permits to juvenile-court wards.
• Authorizes county child welfare agencies to issue permits to juvenile-court dependents.
• Requires the job to be in the minor’s best interest and the permit to include required permit information.
• Requires schools, employers, and state agencies to recognize qualifying county-issued permits as valid.
• Requires the issuing county agency to notify the minor’s school, charter school, or private school within 60 days.
• Allows a school, charter school, or private school to revoke a county-issued permit under its usual revocation process and requires notice to the county agency within 60 days.

Who it affects ​

• Juvenile-court wards and dependent children seeking work permits.
• County probation departments and county child welfare agencies.
• School districts, charter schools, private schools, and employers.

Context ​

A parent, guardian, foster parent, caregiver, education-rights holder, attorney, or qualifying shelter-services provider must submit a written permit request before issuance.