00SENATE BILL NO. 176                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to workers' compensation coverage for certain high school                                              
02 students in uncompensated work-study programs."                                                                         
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 23.30.237 is amended to read:                                                                       
05  Sec. 23.30.237.  High school students in work-study programs as employees                                             
06 [OF THE STATE].  Except as provided in this section, an [AN] individual who is                                        
07 enrolled for credit at a public high school in a course that combines academic                                          
08 instruction with uncompensated work experience outside the school for a public or                                     
09 private [NONPROFIT] employer is an employee of the state for the purposes of this                                       
10 chapter while the individual is performing the work experience.  While an individual                                   
11 is performing work experience as described in this section, the individual is an                                        
12 employee of the employer providing the work experience, the school district in                                          
13 which the school is located, and of the state for purposes of the exclusive liability                                   
14 provisions of AS 23.30.055.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter,                                      

01 a person eligible for benefits [WEEKLY COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY OR                                                  
02 DEATH] under this section who suffers an injury may not receive compensation                                           
03 but shall receive medical and related benefits provided under AS 23.30.095.                                             
04 Nothing in this section allows an individual to perform work experience that is                                         
05 not permitted under state or federal law [MAY NOT BE LESS THAN THE                                                     
06 INITIAL PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION UNDER AS 23.30.175].