Pupil work permits.

Existing law authorizes the superintendent of a school district in which a minor resides, the chief executive officer of a charter school, or specified school employees authorized by the superintendent or chief executive officer in writing, to issue a work permit to a pupil upon receipt of a written request from a parent, guardian, foster parent, or other specified person. A superintendent of a school district also is authorized to designate the principal or another person having charge of a private school to issue work permits. Existing law imposes limits on the number of hours per schoolday and per week that a pupil with a work permit may work. This bill, in addition, would authorize the principal of a public or private school, subject to specified requirements and conditions, to issue, or designate another administrator in the school to issue, work permits to pupils who attend the school. The bill would require that the hour limitations that apply to a work permit issued by any of the officials or employees authorized to issue work permits be based on the school calendar of the school the pupil attends.