(1) All persons registered as apprentices or trainees and participating in related instruction classes conducted by a school district, community college district or education service district in accordance with the requirements of ORS § 660.002 to 660.210 or section 50, title 29, United States Code as of September 13, 1975, are considered as workers of the school district, community college district or education service district subject to this chapter.

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(2) A school district, community college district or education service district conducting related instruction classes shall submit a written statement to the insurer, or in the case of self-insurers, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, that includes a description of the related instruction to be given to such apprentices or trainees and an estimate of the total number of persons enrolled.

(3) Upon receiving the written statement, the insurer, or in the case of self-insurers, the director, may fix assumed wage rates for those apprentices or trainees participating in related instruction classes, which may be used only for the purposes of computations under this chapter.

(4) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council shall furnish the insurer, or in the case of self-insurers, the director, and the school district, community college district or education service district with an estimate of the total number of apprentices or trainees approved by it for participation in related instruction classes subject to coverage under this section and any significant changes in the estimated total. Apprentices and trainees as provided in subsection (1) of this section are entitled to benefits under this chapter.

(5) The filing of claims for benefits under the authority of this section is the exclusive remedy of apprentices or trainees or their beneficiaries for injuries compensable under this chapter against the state, its political subdivisions, the school district, community college district or education service district, their members, officers and employees, or any employer, regardless of negligence.

(6) This section does not apply to any apprentice or trainee who has earned wages for performing such duties. [1971 c.634 § 2; 1975 c.775 § 1; 1979 c.815 § 5]