Max Age for FRC Participants?

[marshall]

Originally Posted by Michael Kaurich

The thread on minimum age got me thinking a bit regarding the program we are spooling up in Baltimore.

The overall goal of the program is using FRC as a training ground for the skill sets that local area firms need out of their future employees. While we are not frowning on our students going to a 4-year college for a STEM degree, the mentor brain trust doesn't see this as the only option and is looking at getting our students jobs within 6 months after graduating high school in a technical field (high goal I know) or into a 2-year technical program to enhance their skill sets for employment.

Currently our team is drawing from 6 local area high schools and has 10 students involved. The way the program is currently structured is not too dissimilar from community programs run across the country. However, I am wondering if it would be possible to include other members of the Baltimore community as participants. The definition of "Youth" in public policy circles is up to age 24. From what I can tell in the manual there isn't anything outside of a vague "pre-college" definition.

So the question I have is: Does anyone know if there is anything against the rules to pull in participants that are not in college but are up to 24 years old?

This is a good question. I do know that some of our international friends participating are slightly older than your average US high schooler.

The idea of recruiting some people working on apprenticeships at community colleges is interesting to me.