{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-3-3.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-3-3.1","heading":"Work experience program.","body":"The school committee of each city and town is authorized to adopt and implement a school-supervised and school-administered work experience and career exploration program (WECEP), under which students who have completed fourteen (14) years of age may be enrolled, notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, in a work experience career exploration program (WECEP) as approved by the wage/hour administrator of the United States Department of Labor in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., and 29 C.F.R. 570.1 et seq. (child labor regulations).","path":["Title 28 Labor and Labor Relations","Chapter 3 Employment of Children"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE28/28-3/28-3-3.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:47Z","sha256":"b91a7db3b0bbf40cb1ade0e19c7ce4c09a300235e5b0a4a33df787eae33d95cf","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-3-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-3-3.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}