Section 1858. Barber Training through Career and Technical Center Program (Hdg. amended Nov. 12, 2025, P.L.244, No.47).--(a) The Barber Training Through Career and Technical Center Program is established in the State Board of Barber Examiners. ((a) amended Nov. 12, 2025, P.L.244, No.47)
(a.1) A CTE barber student may earn up to three hundred fifty hours of education through participation in out-of-school programs, subject to the following:
(1) The CTE barber student must be supervised by a licensed barber, barber manager or barber teacher who has at least five years of experience.
(2) The program educator may use information obtained from the out-of-school program in gauging and grading the CTE barber student's skill level.
(3) The out-of-school program shall notify each client upon whom the CTE barber student performs a service that the service is being performed by a CTE barber student.
(4) A CTE barber student may receive compensation for services rendered in the out-of-school program.
(b) A CTE barber student may not earn less than two hundred fifty hours through in-person instruction at the CTC or secondary school.
(c) This section shall apply only to a CTE barber student and shall not apply to a postsecondary student enrolled and participating in an adult and continuing education program offered by a CTC or secondary school.
(d) No later than June 1 each year, each CTC and secondary school participating in the program shall report the following information to the State Board of Barber Examiners on a form prescribed by the board: (Intro. par. amended Nov. 12, 2025, P.L.244, No.47)
(1) The number of CTE barber students participating in an out-of-school program.
(2) The number of barber shops and supervising licensed barbers participating in an out-of-school program.
(3) The average number of hours CTE barber students participated in an out-of-school program.
(4) The average number of hours CTE barber students participated in online distance education hours.
(5) The number of CTE barber students participating in an out-of-school program that received employment as a result of an out-of-school program.
(6) Other information as requested by the State Board of Barber Examiners.
(e) ((e) deleted by amendment Nov. 12, 2025, P.L.244, No.47).
(f) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:
"CTC" means a Department of Education area career and technical school as defined in section 1841.
"CTE barber student" means a career and technical education student receiving a secondary education from a CTC or secondary school in a barber program of study under the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589, No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law.
"Out-of-school program" means a program conducted off CTC or secondary school grounds, including cooperative education, job shadowing, internships, community exploration, registered apprenticeships and community service learning designed to provide students with real world experiences under the general supervision of a program educator.
"Program educator" means an educator holding a career and technical certification issued by the Department of Education and a barber teacher licensed under the Barber's License Law.
(1858 added July 8, 2022, P.L.620, No.55)
Compiler's Note: See section 69 of Act 47 of 2025 in the appendix to this act for special provisions relating to pilot program. Section 71(3) of Act 47 of 2025 provided that the amendment of section 1858 hdg., (a), (d) intro. par. and (e) shall apply retroactively to July 1, 2025.