---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 779.406"
title: "29"
number: "779.406"
heading: "“Student-learners”."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/779.406"
---

# §779.406. “Student-learners”.

- (a) **Applicable regulations.** In accordance with section 14 of the Act regulations have been issued to provide for employment under special certificates of student-learners at wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under [section 6](/cfr/29/6.md) of the Act. These regulations are set forth in [part 520](/cfr/29/part520.md) of this chapter and govern the issuance of special certificates for student-learners in covered employments generally as well as such employments in retail or service establishments.
- (b) **Definitions.** The regulations in [§ 520.2](/cfr/29/520.2.md) of this chapter define “student-learners” and “bona fide vocational training program” as follows:
  - (1) A student-learner is defined as “a student who is receiving instruction in an accredited school, college or university and who is employed on a part-time basis, pursuant to a bona fide vocational training program.”
  - (2) A bona fide vocational training program is defined as “one authorized and approved by a State board of vocational education or other recognized educational body and provides for part-time employment training which may be scheduled for a part of the workday or workweek, for alternating weeks or for other limited periods during the year, supplemented by and integrated with a definitely organized plan of instruction designed to teach technical knowledge and related industrial information given as a regular part of the student-learner's course by an accredited school, college or university.”

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 75 Stat. 65; Sec. 29(B), Pub. L. 93-259, 88 Stat. 55; 29 U.S.C. 201-219.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 5856, Apr. 9, 1970, unless otherwise noted.