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Ch. 322
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2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Department to adopt regulations to implement the Program and monitor
Program participants; authorizing the Director to make grants to local areas to
carry out the provisions of this Act; establishing a list of services to be provided
under this Act; requiring that Program participants be paid not less than the
federal minimum wage; setting a certain time limitation for participation in the
Program; establishing certain eligibility requirements for participation; defining
certain terms; and generally relating to establishing the Maryland Summer
Youth Connection Program under the Division of Employment and Training in
the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.
BY adding to
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 11-602
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, The General Assembly declares that it is necessary to enable the
adolescent children of Maryland's poor and working-poor families, especially at-risk
14- to 15-year-olds who have little or no experience with the attitudes, expectations,
and social/occupational skills necessary to function competitively as part of
Maryland's workforce, and to obtain a paid summer job, practical on-the-job
experience in meeting employer expectations, and familiarity with the daily demands
of a work environment; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly declares that it is necessary to provide youth
from low-income or working-poor families who have limited or no access to private
sector summer employment due to age, lack of transportation, disabilities, or other
special needs, with the opportunity to earn needed income at a meaningful summer
job; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly declares that it is necessary to provide
economically depressed communities the opportunity to maintain neighborhood
stability by providing productive activities for their teenaged children during the
summer months; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly declares that it is necessary to allow State
and local governments, private nonprofit agencies, and community organizations to
expand their supply of summer workers and to serve as on-the-job mentors to
disadvantaged teens; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly declares that it is necessary to provide
at-risk teens with a "first job" in order to foster the development of a work ethic and
a commitment to self-sufficiency through employment; now, therefore,
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
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