Work Study
Students enrolled in a Washoe County School District high school in grades 9-12 may apply to earn elective high school credit for working at a paid job.
Procedure can be found here
- Each student is responsible for obtaining their own job.
- Work and study credit may be earned at one-half (.5) credit for 180 hours of active participation (actual hours worked).
- Sick time, PTO or vacation does not count towards the hours worked.
- Overtime can be counted.
- Total credits earned from Work and Study and other alternative means may not exceed a maximum of four (4) credits. If no other alternative credits have been earned, then four(4) credits can be earned in Work and Study.
- Use course number 8369.
- All grades are pass/fail and do not factor in to the GPA.
- Tracker to submit credits to Curriculum & Instruction can be found here. Only school personnel will submit trackers.
- Completed tracker and PDF versions of paystubs should be submitted by school personnel through the Informed K12 System. Emails will not be accepted from students or family members.
Students - please direct any questions to your school counselor. All paperwork should be sent to your school counselor.