Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLIII - Bulletin 133-Scholarship Programs › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section CLIII-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Department
the state Department of
				  Education.
Eligible Nonpublic School
- a non-public
				  school that meets the following criteria:
1. is approved by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary
				  Education as either an accredited approved school, a non-accredited approved
				  school, a Louisiana Montessori accredited approved school, or a Louisiana
				  Montessori provisionally accredited approved school pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  17:11; and
2. is approved according to Brumfield, et al. v. Dodd, et al.
				  425 F. Supp. 528.
Eligible Public School
- a public school
				  with a letter grade of "A" or "B", or any variation thereof, for the most
				  recent school year a letter grade is available, pursuant to the school and
				  district accountability system.
Eligible Student
- a student who resides
				  in Louisiana, is a member of a family with a total income that does not exceed
				  two hundred fifty percent of the current federal poverty guidelines as
				  established by the federal office of management and budget, and who meets any
				  one of the following criteria:
1. is entering kindergarten and has enrolled in the local
				  school system in which the public school he/she would have otherwise attended
				  is located or in a school under the jurisdiction of the Recovery School
				  District; or
2. was enrolled in a public school in Louisiana on October
				  first and on February first of the most recent school year pursuant to the
				  definition of student membership established by the state board for purposes of
				  the Minimum Foundation Program formula, and such school received a letter grade
				  of "C", "D", or "F" or any variation thereof, for the most recent year a letter
				  grade is available, pursuant to the school and district accountability system;
				  or
3. received a scholarship pursuant to this Program in the
				  previous school year.
Fees
- standard educational fees that are
				  charged to all students at a participating school.
Participating School
- a school that meets
				  program requirements and seeks to enroll scholarship recipients pursuant to
				  this Chapter or a public school that meets program requirements and seeks to
				  enroll scholarship recipients pursuant to this Chapter subject to any
				  court-ordered desegregation plan in effect for the school system in which the
				  public school is located.
Program
- the Student Scholarships for
				  Educational Excellence Program.
Provisionally Accredited Approved School
a
				  school that is working toward meeting accreditation requirements and has met
				  all other criteria for approval by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary
				  Education.
1. eligible accrediting
				entities shall be:
a. Southern Association of
				Colleges and Schools accreditation organizations;
b. Cognia accreditation
				organizations;
c. National
				Association of Independent Schools accreditation organizations;
d. Louisiana Montessori Association;
				and
e. Diocese or Archdiocese in
				which the provisionally accredited approved school is located.