Amends existing law to provide for the hiring of employees under approved apprenticeship programs.

The purpose of this legislation is to allow for flexibility and clarification within established temporary employment practices. Currently, temporary employees are limited to working 1,385 hours in a 12-month period. This limitation restricts state agencies who wish to hire youth apprentices as the apprentice would not be employed long enough to complete their work-based learning. Language will be added in 67-5302 to waive the 1,385-hour limit for employees hired specifically as apprentices under an approved apprenticeship program. Hiring youth apprentices will be another tool agency heads can utilize to recruit and retain state employees more effectively.