(a) A qualified internship position must meet a specific set of criteria, including:
  (1) Internship must identify marketable skills to be strengthened or gained;
  (2) Internship must be paid;
  (3) Internship must be at least 8 weeks in duration;
  (4) Intern must work at minimum 12 hours per week;
  (5) Intern activities may not be political or sectarian in nature;
  (6) No more than 25% of intern's work can be administrative in nature;
  (7) No more than 50% of the eligible employer's workforce may be interns; and
  (8) Federal work study funds may not be received or used for the internship position.
(b) The Coordinating Board has the right to set a maximum number of internship opportunities per eligible employer.
(c) In the event that available funds are insufficient to award all selected eligible students, a priority determination clause must be included in the employer agreement to govern placement and reimbursement.

Source Note: The provisions of this §21.705 adopted to be effective March 2, 2020, 45 TexReg 1412