Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part V - Child Welfare › Subpart 8 - Residential Licensing › Chapter 75 - Juvenile Detention Facilities › Section V-7517 - Facility Services

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  Education
1. The provider shall have written
				  policies and procedures, and practices to ensure that each youth has access to
				  the most appropriate educational services consistent with the youth's abilities
				  and needs, taking into account his/her age, and level of functioning.
2. The provider shall provide accommodations
				  for educational services to be provided by the local school district in
				  accordance with local school board calendar.
3. Prior to the end of the first official
				  school day following admission, the youth shall receive a brief educational
				  history screening with respect to their school status, special education
				  status, grade level, grades, and history of suspensions or expulsions. Staff
				  shall use this information to determine initial placement in the facility
				  educational program.
4. The youth
				  shall receive a free and appropriate public education.
5. Within three school days of the youths
				  arrival at the facility, the provider shall request educational records from
				  the youths previous school. If records are not received within ten school days
				  of the request, the administrator shall report in writing on the eleventh day
				  to the local school district from which records were requested that the
				  information has been requested and not received. If the records are not
				  received within the following seven school days of notifying the local school
				  district, the administrator shall file a written complaint with the Board of
				  Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) on the eighth day.
6. The youth shall attend the facility school
				  at the earliest possible time but within three calendar days of admission to
				  the facility.
7. The youth's
				  admission assessment shall identify if the youth has any disabilities. Youth
				  with disabilities shall be identified to the local school district.
8. The provider shall ensure youth have
				  access to vocational training, GED programs, and other alternative educational
				  programming if available from the local school district.
9. Youth in restricted, disciplinary, or high
				  security units shall receive an education program comparable to youth in other
				  units in the facility consistent with safety needs.
10. When youth are suspended from the
				  facility school, the suspension shall comply with local jurisdiction due
				  process requirements.
11. Behavior
				  intervention plans shall be developed for a youth whose behavior interferes
				  with their school attendance and progress.
12. The provider shall have available reading
				  materials geared to the reading levels, interests, and primary languages of
				  confined youth.
13. The school
				  classes shall be held in classrooms/multi-purpose rooms. The provider shall
				  ensure that the educational space is adequate to meet the instructional
				  requirements of each youth.
14. The
				  provider shall ensure that youth are available for the minimum minutes in a
				  school day required by law.
15. The
				  administrator shall immediately report in writing to the local school district
				  if the facility school is not being staffed adequately to meet state student to
				  teacher ratios for education, including not but not limited to, special
				  education staff and substitute teaching staff. If the issue is not resolved
				  within five school days by the local school district, then the administrator
				  shall file a written complaint on the sixth day with BESE and cooperate with
				  any subsequent directives received from BESE.