A program of summer career technical and technical education may be established pursuant to this article by the governing board of any school district maintaining one or more high schools. Pupils who have completed grades 9 to 12, inclusive, may be permitted to participate in a program.
Summer career technical and technical education programs shall consist of training and instruction in any skills and crafts in which ample opportunities for gainful employment are to be found. The program may include work experience involving the gainful employment of pupils. The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1940) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of the Labor Code, limiting the employment of aliens by public agencies shall not be applicable to the employment of pupils under this article.