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 or distributive occupations shall be at least 16 years of age
 and shall have legally left the full-time school to engage in
 employment. Enrollees in evening and part-time extension
 classes shall be employed or about to be employed in the
 occupation for which instruction is supplemental. To be con-
 sidered supplemental, the instruction must be such as to
 increase the skill or knowledge of the workers in the
 business or distributive pursuit in which they are employed.

 2. 22 High School Cooperative Enrollees. High school cooperative
 classes in business, distributive and diversified programs
 may be conducted for persons who are enrolled in a voca-
 tional, technical, or secondary high school.

 Student-learners enrolled in cooperative training classes
 shall be at least 16 years of age and be legally employed in
 a business, distributive or diversified occupation under
 agreement (preferably written) between the school and the
 employer. Such employment shall be in conformity with
 federal, state, or local employment regulations, When
 employment is in establishments engaged in inter-state
 commerce, such employment shall be at least at the legal
 minimum wage, except when an exemption certificate is
 secured from the Wage Determination and Exemption
 Branches of the Wage and Hour Division, United States
 Department of Labor, permitting employment at a sub-
 minimum wage. In certain occupations declared hazardous
 by the United States Department of Labor under the Fair
 Labor Standards Act, or by State Regulations, student-
 learners must be 18 years of age unless specific exemption
 has been obtained to permit those between the ages of 16
 and 18 to work at such occupations.

 Only those classes composed entirely of persons employed
 in distributive occupations may be reimbursed from federal
 or matching funds.

 The training provided through the operation of cooperative
 programs shall be for skilled or semi-skilled occupations
 which offer opportunities for training and advancement, and
 the instruction shall be designed to enlarge the vocational
 intelligence of the enrollees.

2.3 Procedures and Records Used by the State to Assure that
 Enrollees Meet Requirements. Records and reports received
 from schools provide pertinent information concerning classes
 and instructors as indicated in Section I, 4.6 and 4.7 of this
 Plan. Local counties shall be responsible for keeping within