The District may maintain a Live Work program whereby students and/or teachers perform customized preordered work for customers and a fee is charged for such work. Live work is work performed by students in a laboratory, classroom, shop, or in a field setting under written contract and under the direction of the program instructor. Live work projects are not to replace other learning activities but are to complement program learning activities. These projects will allow students to experience situations not easily duplicated in a lab or classroom, at little or not cost to the school.

Guidelines for selection of Live Work Project:

1. All projects will be accepted on the basis of their instructional value.

2. When it is the opinion of the Campus Director that students can enhance or improve their skills by working on a live project that complements the course curriculum and the skills being taught in the classroom/lab, the Campus Director may authorize such activity.

3. The program instructors have the responsibility to inform the customer whether or not the proposed project does or does not fit into the instructional program.

4. Superintendent, Deputy Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents and local board members shall be ineligible from utilizing live work services.

Live Work Project Procedure:

1. Each project will have a work order with approval signatures of the customer, Instructor, and the Assistant Superintendent. Work orders must be signed by the customer prior to work being performed. Work orders will be issued in numerical sequence.

2. A contract which includes a cost estimate section will be completed on all LWP’s. A copy of the work order is kept by the financial secretary, original copy is returned to the instructor. (A copy will be given to the customer upon request).

3. The instructors are responsible for completing work orders on all projects and insuring that all invoices and other documentation accompany all work orders. Invoices for resale materials and parts are to be sent to the financial secretary’s office daily. Completed work orders will be given to the financial secretary before the customer is contacted to pick up the project.

4. If it is determined by the Campus Director that an item must be reordered because of student breakage/loss, the reordered item will be charged to the instructional supply code or program activity fund.

5. All projects in a shop will have a tag depicting the work order number attached to the project in a visible location. The work order will be maintained in an organized, visible, and secured area.

6. A lab or shop fee will be charged on all projects based on the scope of the project.

7. Documentation for each live work project will be maintained by the campus financial secretary and will contain pre-numbered live work tickets, authorization signatures, signature of the project owner, estimated amount, and amount paid or deposited, scope of the work, estimated completion date, and record of all materials and parts purchased.

8. When it becomes apparent that the bill on a project will exceed the original estimate, the owner must be contacted and advised of the additional charges. Any additional charges will be so noted on the work order.

9. At the completion of all LWP’s and/or the end of the school term, all outstanding work orders will be paid in full.

Off Campus Live Work Projects are not allowed.

Approved by the Board of Education September 17, 1990
Amended by the Board of Education on June 21, 2004
Amended by the Board of Education on August 15, 2006
Amended by the Board of Education on February 13, 2012
Amended on November 12, 2012