Work Opportunities for Students
Student Work Experience Opportunities
Opportunities for work experience during the school day through the Youth Apprenticeship and co-op programs are available to qualifying students. Students who are interested in pursuing any of these programs should contact the School-to-Work Coordinator.
Work Permits
In order for a student who is under 18 to work legally, a work permit is required. The requirements for Child Labor and Street Trades Permits are:
Work Release
Wisconsin’s compulsory attendance law allows a school attendance officer to excuse a student’s attendance at school for up to one non-instructional period each day. 11th and 12th grade students are eligible for this consideration under guide-lines set forth in the work release permit form available in the high school office. More hours may be granted on a case-by-case basis with administrative and parent approval.
Opportunities for work experience during the school day through the Youth Apprenticeship and co-op programs are available to qualifying students. Students who are interested in pursuing any of these programs should contact the School-to-Work Coordinator.
Work Permits
In order for a student who is under 18 to work legally, a work permit is required. The requirements for Child Labor and Street Trades Permits are:
- Proof of age – Birth Record or Baptismal Record. Birth records may be obtained from the Register of Deeds in the county of birth. Baptismal records may be secured from the pastor of the church in which the baptism took place.
- Letter from the employer stating the intent to employ the minor along with the job duties, hours of work, and time of day the minor will be working.
- Letter from the minor’s parent, guardian or court-ordered foster parent while the minor is under their care and supervision consenting to the employment. As an alternative, the parent, guardian, or foster parent may countersign the employer’s letter.
- The minor’s social security number.
- Statutory permit fee is $10.00. The employer is required to pay the permit fee. If the minor advances the fee, the employer shall reimburse the minor not later than the minor’s first pay check.
- School address minor attends or school district.
- Ages 12-13 years may be employed only as caddies, in agriculture, domestic service, street trades, school lunch programs, or for a parent/guardian who owns the business.
Work Release
Wisconsin’s compulsory attendance law allows a school attendance officer to excuse a student’s attendance at school for up to one non-instructional period each day. 11th and 12th grade students are eligible for this consideration under guide-lines set forth in the work release permit form available in the high school office. More hours may be granted on a case-by-case basis with administrative and parent approval.