The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall use 30 percent of the funds available under Section 202(c)(1)(C) and Section 262(c)(1)(C) of the federal Job Training Partnership Act to support the work-based learning component of a school-to-career program. These funds shall be expended as authorized by the federal act and shall be targeted for activities that create and support paid internships in the private sector, with an emphasis on small businesses, and paid work experience in the public sector or private nonprofit sector, for youth.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 915, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)