[Adopted 5-29-1969, Sp. Laws 1969, No. 181]
The appropriate education programs available at the Center for Vocational Arts at Norwalk shall be deemed to be bona fide cooperative work-study programs as specified in Subsection (a) of Section 31-23 of the 1967 Supplement to the General Statutes, to the intent that any student of 15 years of age or older enrolled at such Center shall, upon request made by the Administrator of said Center to the Labor Commissioner, be authorized to be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile or theatrical industry, restaurant or public dining room, or in any bowling alley, shoe-shining establishment or barbershop as part of such work-study program.
Any student 15 years of age or older enrolled at said Center for Vocational Arts shall, where appropriate, be deemed to be enrolled in a bona fide apprenticeship course as specified in Subsection (b) of Section 31-23 of the General Statutes and, as such, may be employed in any appropriate manufacturing or mechanical or automotive services establishment as part of such apprenticeship course.