This guide to Maine and United States child labor laws and their relevance to school work experiences for youths aged 14 to 18 is intended to provide teachers, guidance counselors, job developers, and job coordinators with basic information on the standards and major provisions of the laws. Chapter 1 tells why the guide was developed; recommends 11 resources; gives an overview of applicable laws, including those regarding child labor, hazardous occupations, minimum wages, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, civil rights, accessibility standards, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and miscellaneous rules and regulations; and discusses educators' roles and responsibilities. Chapter 2 addresses the relationship of jurisdiction and school-to-work programs, including the employment relationship, which is the key to determining whether programs come under federal or state jurisdiction; school-to-work programs that do not involve the employer-employee relationship, such as those in which students are trainees or volunteers or shadow a person at work; and programs in which there is an employee-employer relationship, such as alternative education, apprenticeship, internship, on-the-job training, vocational cooperative education, work experience, work release, and work-study programs. Chapter 3 covers the laws' requirements regarding age, occupations, hours, and wages for 14- and 15-year-olds. Chapter 4 does the same for 16- and 17-year-olds. Chapter 5 covers the laws' relationship to 18-year-olds. The document concludes with the addresses and phone numbers for relevant Maine and federal offices. (CML)