P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 16
(a) The private sector may provide support for the educational efforts of the Government by adopting a school and helping to develop its physical facilities and improve its environment.
(b) The private sector may provide training in basic labor skills. The training programs may be focused on interpersonal skills, computer management, and participation in meetings and teamwork. These training programs may help adolescents to make a more direct transition into the working world when they finish high school.
(c) The private sector may provide job opportunities to the students after classes, during summer and Christmas breaks and internships that allow them to stay away from environments that tend toward violence, provided that they comply with the applicable laws and regulations. It is presumed that these job opportunities shall help the students to value the significance of work.
(d) The private sector may support school programs and activities and the acquisition of resources to improve the learning environment in the schools.
(e) To effectively fulfill the purpose of this chapter, the participating private businesses shall provide the parents with the time for them to become actively involved in those conferences, activities and programs promoted by the school. In this manner, it shall be presumed that parents shall attend their children’s activities with greater regularity and maintain closer contact with the members of the school community.
History —May 31, 2006, No. 110, § 3.04.