§302A-430 Coverage for workers' compensation. Whenever a student participating in a school-approved work-based learning program sponsored by the department of education or the University of Hawaiʻi undertakes to perform work for a private or public employer as part of the student's work-based learning program, whether paid or unpaid, the State shall be deemed to be the responsible employer for the purposes of workers' compensation coverage, that shall be the student's exclusive remedy to the same extent as provided for in chapter 386 as against the State and the private employer participating in the program. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 1997, c 344, §3; am L 2001, c 242, §2; am L 2008, c 24, §1]

§302A-440 Coverage for workers' compensation of an exceptional child. Whenever an exceptional child as defined in section 302A-101 undertakes to perform work for a private employer as part of a school-approved work-based learning program, whether paid or unpaid, the State shall be deemed to be the responsible employer for the purposes of workers' compensation coverage. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 1997, c 344, §5; am L 2001, c 242, §3]

[§302A-448] Schools; career pathways, academies, and programs; commercial enterprises. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an individual department school or any career pathway, academy, or program operated within a school may engage in commercial enterprises that are related to the primary educational purposes of the school, career pathway, academy, or program as set forth in this chapter, including the sale of goods produced by or for an individual school, career pathway, academy, or program. (b) The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this section. [L 2018, c 169, §1]

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