Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXLV - Bulletin 129-The Recovery School District › Chapter 5 - Failed Schools › Section CXLV-502 - Parent Petitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				17:10.5, a public school that has received a
				letter grade of "D" or "F," or any variation thereof, for three consecutive
				years shall be removed from the jurisdiction of the city, parish, or local
				public school board, or other public entity and transferred to the jurisdiction
				of the recovery school district (RSD) if parents or legal guardians
				representing at least a majority of the students attending the school sign a
				petition requesting that the school be transferred to the RSD, and such
				transfer is approved by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education,
				in accordance with the requirements and procedures below. The effective date of
				transfer to the RSD shall be July 1 following the approval of such
				transfer.
B. Pursuant to
				R.S.
				17:10.5, a public school directly operated by
				the RSD that has received a letter grade of "D" or "F," or any variation
				thereof, for five consecutive years, and has not been identified for conversion
				to a charter school pursuant to a charter contract between BESE and a nonprofit
				charter organization, shall be transferred from the jurisdiction of the RSD to
				the jurisdiction of the local school board it was transferred from if parents
				or legal guardians representing at least a majority of the students who have
				been enrolled in the school for at least two years sign a petition requesting
				that the school be transferred to the local school board, and such transfer is
				approved by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and
				respective local school board, in accordance with the requirements and
				procedures below. The effective date of transfer shall be July 1 following the
				approval of such transfer.
C.
				Eligibility and Notification
1. The
				department shall make available on the LDE website information related to
				parent petitions, including, but not limited to, a list of schools eligible for
				the parent petition process, parent petition samples or forms, procedures and
				deadlines for completing and submitting parent petitions, and notification of
				receipt of parent petitions by the department.
2. On an annual basis, after completion of
				each year's state accountability assessment cycle, the department shall release
				a list of schools for which the department will accept parent petitions for
				that year's parent petition cycle.
a.
				Transfer to the RSD. A school eligible for transfer to the RSD pursuant to the
				parent petition process is any public school that is currently not under the
				jurisdiction of the RSD, nor under a memorandum of understanding with the RSD,
				and has received a letter grade of "D" or "F," or any variation thereof, for
				three or more consecutive years.
b.
				Transfer to the Local School Board. A school eligible for transfer to the local
				school board is any public school directly operated by the RSD that has not
				been identified for conversion to a charter school pursuant to a charter
				contract between the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and a
				nonprofit charter organization, and has received a letter grade of "D" or "F,"
				or any variation thereof, for five consecutive years.
c. For the purposes of this Section:
i. a 2009 or 2010 baseline school performance
				score (SPS) of 60.0 to 79.9 will equate to a "D" letter grade;
ii. a 2009 or 2010 baseline school
				performance score (SPS) below 60.0 will equate to an "F" letter
				grade.
3.
				With the release of the list of eligible schools, the department shall release
				a standard parent petition and may provide an estimate of the minimum number of
				parent or legal guardian signatures required for each eligible school. The
				estimated minimum number of required parent or legal guardian signatures shall
				be based on the official student enrollment count from October 1 of the
				previous school year. In cases where there has been a significant change in the
				number of students attending the school since that time, for example, due to a
				change in grade configuration at the school, the estimate shall reflect these
				changes. The final minimum number of required parent or legal guardian
				signatures will be based on the official student enrollment count from October
				1 of the current school year.
a. For schools
				transferring to RSD, the minimum number of required parent or legal guardian
				signatures will be 50 percent plus one signature of the total number of
				students attending the school.
b.
				For schools transferring to the local school board, the minimum required parent
				or legal guardian signatures will be 50 percent plus one signature of the
				number of students who have been enrolled in the school for at least two
				consecutive years.