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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLIII - Bulletin 133-Scholarship Programs › Chapter 5 - Finance › Section CLIII-501 - Finance

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The LDE shall
				allocate annually from funds appropriated or otherwise available for the
				program an amount per pupil to each participating school equal to the amount
				allocated per pupil as provided in the minimum foundation program formula,
				inclusive of the calculations of both the local and state per pupil
				allocations, to the local school system in which the scholarship recipient
				resides, considering all student characteristics.
B. For a participating school that charges
				tuition, if the maximum amount of tuition plus incidental or supplementary fees
				that are charged to non-scholarship students enrolled in such school and any
				costs incurred in administering the tests required pursuant to
				R.S. 17:4023
				is less than the amount allocated per pupil to the local school system in which
				the student resides, then the amount allocated per pupil to the school shall be
				equal to the sum of
such maximum tuition amount, such incidental or supplementary
				  fees charged to non-scholarship students, and such testing costs.
C. The maximum amount of tuition
				and fees to be paid for scholarship students including annual increases shall
				be determined as follows.
1. When tuition and
				fees for participating nonpublic schools are increased, payments for
				scholarship students shall be determined as follows:
a. if tuition and fees were at or above
				two-thirds of the MFP per pupil amount for the district in which the school is
				located, then the department shall not pay more than a 5 percent annual
				increase for participating scholarship students at the school; and
b. if tuition and fees were below two-thirds
				of the MFP per pupil amount for the district in which the school is located,
				then the department shall not pay more than two-thirds of the MFP per pupil
				amount for the district in which the school is located or a 5 percent annual
				increase for participating schools, whichever is higher;
c. once tuition and fees are equal to or
				greater than the MFP per pupil amount for the district in which the school is
				located, then the payment to the nonpublic school shall be no greater than the
				MFP per pupil for the district in which the school is located. The nonpublic
				school may continue to increase tuition and fees for privately-funded
				students.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLIII - Bulletin 133-Scholarship Programs › Chapter 9 - Continued Eligibility › Section CLIII-901 - Continued Eligibility

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A. For
				continued eligibility in the scholarship program, participating schools must:
1. use an open admissions process in
				enrolling scholarship recipients in the program;
2. within ten business days of the first day
				of school as determined by the participating school, notify the department of
				scholarship recipients enrolled;
3.
				comply with all testing requirements listed in Chapter 7;
4. accept the scholarship amount as full
				payment of all educational costs, including all fees;
5. prior to enrollment, inform the parent or
				legal guardian of a scholarship recipient of any and all rules, policies, and
				procedures of the school, including but not limited to academic policies,
				disciplinary rules, and procedures of the school;
6. submit an annual independent financial
				audit as described in Chapter 5;
7.
				notify the department of any expulsion within two days; and
8. meet the criteria for participation as
				determined by the department and, as needed, additional site visits, audits,
				and assessments of compliance with applicable health and safety
				regulations.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLIII - Bulletin 133-Scholarship Programs › Chapter 11 - Reporting › Section CLIII-1101 - Reporting

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A. The department
				shall annually report to the Senate Committee on Education, the House Committee
				on Education, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, and each
				individual legislator regarding the implementation of the program. The report,
				at a minimum, shall include the following information:
1. the total number of students receiving
				scholarships;
2. a list of all
				schools participating in the program;
3. a list of all schools participating in the
				program grouped by legislative district;
4. the total enrollment of each participating
				school, the number of scholarship recipients enrolled in each school, and the
				percentage of the total enrollment of each school represented by scholarship
				recipients; and
5. aggregate test
				result data for the scholarship recipients enrolled in each participating
				school.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLIII - Bulletin 133-Scholarship Programs › Chapter 13 - Criteria for School Participation in the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program › Section CLIII-1301 - Purpose

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A. The Student
				Scholarships for Educational Excellence Act requires the LDE to "develop
				criteria for [school] participation that includes an accountability system for
				participating students at participating schools." In accordance with this
				requirement, the criteria set forth in this Chapter shall reflect the following
				values:
1. achievement - a common standard
				for student performance across the system of traditional public, charter
				public, and nonpublic schools;
2.
				autonomy - minimizing bureaucracy and complexity;
3. responsibility - upholding the public
				trust when public funds are involved;
4. safety - protection of children's health
				and welfare.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section CLV-101 - Purpose, Scope, and Effect

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				The purpose of this policy Rule is to set forth the rules and regulations
				necessary to implement the provisions of
				R.S.
				47:6301, which allows credits for donations a
				taxpayer makes to a school tuition organization which provides scholarships to
				qualified students that attend a qualified school.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 3 - School Tuition Organizations › Section CLV-301 - Establishment of a School Tuition Organization

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A. Each school tuition organization shall
				notify the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) of its intent to provide
				educational scholarships to qualified students attending qualified
				schools.
B. Each school tuition
				organization shall provide documentary evidence to the LDE that it has been
				granted an exemption from federal income tax and is established as an
				organization described in
				section
				501(c)(3) of
				the
Internal Revenue Code
.
C. No school tuition organization shall
				employ, or allow as a board member, any person who has been convicted of or has
				entered a plea of nolo contendere to a crime listed in
				R.S.
				15:587.1.
D. Each school tuition organization shall
				develop and implement a written policy, consistent with the provisions of
				R.S.
				15:587.1, through which the organization
				shall determine whether any applicant for employment, employee, or board
				member, has been arrested for or convicted of or pled nolo contendere to any
				criminal offense.
1. The written policy shall
				include:
a. the requirement to perform
				criminal background checks on all applicants for employment, employees and
				board members according to the provisions of
				R.S.
				15:587.1;
b. a procedure for the submission of a
				person's fingerprints, in a form acceptable to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal
				Identification and Information (bureau), prior to employment of such person or
				the appointment of such person as a member of the board.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 3 - School Tuition Organizations › Section CLV-303 - Awarding of Scholarships

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A. No
				scholarship shall be designated, referred to, or in any way named after a
				private entity, nor shall any donation be earmarked by a donor to provide a
				scholarship for a particular qualified student or a particular qualified
				school; however, this Subsection shall not prohibit a donation being earmarked
				for a student with a disability, students with a particular type of disability,
				or students with any disability.
B.
				School tuition organizations shall only use applications approved by the LDE in
				awarding scholarships to qualified students.
C. School tuition organizations shall award
				scholarships to qualified students on a first-come, first-serve basis, with
				priority given to students who received a scholarship from the school tuition
				organization or the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program in
				the previous year
D. School tuition
				organizations shall provide educational scholarships to students without
				limiting available scholarships to students of only one qualified
				school.
E. School tuition
				organizations shall document the eligibility of each qualified student for each
				year that a qualified student receives a scholarship.
F. School tuition organizations shall provide
				certification to the LDE that scholarships have been issued within 30 days of
				issuing the scholarships. This certification shall include:
1. information pertaining to students whom
				the scholarships were awarded;
2.
				the nonpublic school these students will use the scholarship for;
3. a list of the taxpayers whose donations to
				the school tuition organization funded the scholarships; and
4. the amount of each taxpayer's donation
				used to fund a scholarship.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 3 - School Tuition Organizations › Section CLV-307 - Prohibition on Claiming Scholarship Payments for Tax Purposes

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A. Any parent who
				receives scholarship payments in accordance with the provisions of this Rule or
				R.S.
				47:6301 shall not be allowed to claim the
				amount received as any other credit, deduction, exemption, or rebate under
				Title 47 of the
Louisiana Revised Statutes
of 1950.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 3 - School Tuition Organizations › Section CLV-309 - Amount of Scholarships

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A. The
				amount of scholarships awarded by a school tuition organization shall equal the
				amount of donations the organization receives from taxpayers, minus allowable
				administrative or promotional costs. No less than 95 percent of the monies
				received by the school tuition organization from taxpayer donations for
				scholarships shall be used to provide scholarships to students for attendance
				at a qualified nonpublic school of their parent's choice.
B. The maximum amount for a scholarship
				provided by the school tuition organization to a qualified student in
				kindergarten-eighth grade shall not exceed actual tuition and mandatory fees or
				80 percent of the state average MFP per pupil funding amount for the previous
				year, whichever is less.
C. The
				maximum amount for a scholarship for a qualified student in ninth-twelfth
				grades shall not exceed actual tuition and mandatory fees or 90 percent of the
				state average MFP per pupil funding amount for the previous year, whichever is
				less.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 3 - School Tuition Organizations › Section CLV-311 - Scholarship and Tuition Payments

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A.
				School tuition organizations shall distribute scholarship payments in
				September, December, February, and May of each year as checks made out to a
				parent of a qualified student that are mailed to the qualifying school where
				the student is enrolled. The parent shall restrictively endorse each check for
				deposit into the account of the school. The parent shall not designate any
				entity or individual associated with the school as the parent's attorney to
				endorse a scholarship check.
B.
				Upon receipt of notification from a qualified school that a student who has
				received a scholarship has ceased to be enrolled in the school, the school
				tuition organization shall cease making payments to the school for that
				student.
C. The LDE shall verify
				that each qualified student has received scholarships not to exceed the lesser
				of actual tuition and fees at the qualified school or 80 percent of the state
				average MFP per pupil funding amount for the previous year in the case of a
				qualified student enrolled in kindergarten-eighth grade, or 90 percent of the
				state average MFP per pupil funding amount for the previous year in the case of
				a qualified student enrolled in ninth-twelfth grade. If the total amount of
				scholarships received by a qualified student has exceeded one of these amounts,
				as applicable, the school tuition organization that awarded the scholarship
				that caused the student's total scholarship amount to exceed this amount shall
				refund the state the difference.
D.
				The department shall verify that each student receiving a scholarship from a
				school tuition organization was not enrolled in a public school in Louisiana on
				October 1 or February 1 of the school year for which the student received the
				scholarship, pursuant to the definition of student membership established by
				the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 3 - School Tuition Organizations › Section CLV-313 - Refund of Donations (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 5 - Donations to School Tuition Organizations and Credits › Section CLV-501 - Donations; Qualifications

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A. There
				shall be a credit allowed for donations made by a taxpayer during a taxable
				year to a school tuition organization which provides scholarships to qualified
				students to attend a qualified school.
B. To qualify for a credit pursuant to
				R.S.
				47:6301, the donor must be a taxpayer who is
				required to file a Louisiana income tax return.
C. The LDE shall certify and issue a receipt
				to a taxpayer indicating the actual amount of the taxpayer's donation to a
				school tuition organization which was used to fund a scholarship after all of
				the requirements of this Rule have been satisfied. The school tuition
				organization which received the donation shall assist the taxpayer in obtaining
				the receipt from LDE.
D. The
				Department of Revenue shall provide a standardized format for the receipt to be
				issued by the LDE to a school tuition organization. The Department of Revenue
				shall require a taxpayer to provide a copy of the receipt when claiming the
				credit authorized by this Rule.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 5 - Donations to School Tuition Organizations and Credits › Section CLV-503 - Donations; Time (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 5 - Donations to School Tuition Organizations and Credits › Section CLV-505 - Credits

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A. In order for a
				donation to qualify for the credit, the donation shall be used by the school
				tuition organization to provide scholarships for tuition and fees for students
				to attend a qualified school in accordance with the provisions of this Rule and
				R.S.
				47:6301.
B. The amount of the credit to the donor
				shall be equal to the actual amount of the taxpayer donation used by a school
				tuition organization to fund a scholarship to a qualified student, which shall
				not include administrative costs.
C. The credit shall be earned when the
				donation is made.
D. The department
				shall transmit an electronic file to the Department of Revenue verifying that
				the LDE has issued taxpayer receipts to the taxpayer or to the school tuition
				organization, on behalf of the taxpayer, when the taxpayer has authorized the
				school tuition organization to collect the receipt on the taxpayer's behalf.
				The electronic file should include the following information for each receipt:
1. the date the LDE issued the
				receipt;
2. the name and social
				security number or Louisiana taxpayer identification number of each taxpayer;
				and
3. the amount of each
				taxpayer's donation that funded student scholarships for the previous school
				year.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 7 - School Tuition Organization Fiscal and Advertising Responsibilities › Section CLV-701 - Financial Information Report

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A.
				Each school tuition organization shall prepare a financial information report
				that complies with uniform financial accounting standards, to be submitted to
				the LDE by the deadline set by the LDE each year. The report shall be prepared
				by a certified public accountant and shall be submitted to the LDE. The report
				shall contain a certification from an auditor that the report is free of
				material misstatements.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 7 - School Tuition Organization Fiscal and Advertising Responsibilities › Section CLV-703 - School Tuition Organization Advertising

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A. Each school
				tuition organization shall adequately advertise the availability of
				scholarships to the public, with an emphasis on notifying parents of students
				in public schools that received a letter grade of "D" or "F."
B. School tuition organizations must perform
				at least the following activities to adequately advertise the availability of
				scholarships to the public, with an emphasis on notifying parents of students
				in public schools that received a letter grade of "D" or "F":
1. advertise scholarship availability on the
				school tuition organization's website;
2. host at least one public information
				session regarding scholarship availability in proximity to a "D" or "F" public
				school; and
3. on a per parish
				basis, advertise scholarship availability to parents of students of "D" and "F"
				school at least equally to parents of students of "A", "B", and "C"
				schools.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 7 - School Tuition Organization Fiscal and Advertising Responsibilities › Section CLV-705 - Annual Report

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A. Each school
				tuition organization shall annually provide a public report to the LDE that
				contains information regarding all scholarships awarded or granted in the
				previous fiscal year. The report shall be prepared by a certified public
				accountant and shall be submitted to the department no later than the first day
				of January each year. The report shall contain:
1. the name and address of the school tuition
				organization;
2. the total number
				and total dollar amount of donations received during the previous fiscal
				year;
3. the total number and total
				dollar amount of educational scholarships awarded to qualified
				students;
4. the total amount
				expended on administrative costs;
5. the percentage breakdown of donations
				expended on scholarship and administrative costs during the previous fiscal
				year;
6. the actual tuition and fee
				amounts published by the qualifying schools which enrolled a student with a
				scholarship from that school tuition organization;
7. the total amount of donations received by
				the school tuition organization;
8.
				the total amount of donations made by each donor during the previous calendar
				year;
9. the amount of each
				taxpayer's donations expended on scholarships during the previous school year;
				and
10. the social security number
				or Louisiana taxpayer identification number of each donor.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 7 - School Tuition Organization Fiscal and Advertising Responsibilities › Section CLV-707 - Budgeting

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A. No more than 5
				percent of any donation shall be used by the school tuition organization for
				administrative or promotional costs.
B. Each school tuition organization shall pay
				out or reserve for scholarships at least 75 percent of all funds from
				donations.
1. Only those funds that are
				designated for a specific student who is awarded a scholarship for the next
				school year or for multiple school years shall be considered to be
				"reserved."
2. On July 1 of each
				year, the school tuition organization shall make an accounting of all funds
				received as donations during the previous calendar year and retained from the
				year before the previous calendar year.
3. Any donated funds retained by the school
				tuition organization as of July 1 that exceed 25 percent of all funds available
				from donations from all prior calendar years shall be remitted to the
				department for deposit into the state general fund.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 9 - Review of School Tuition Organizations › Section CLV-901 - General Audits and Financial Reviews

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A. The department shall annually conduct an
				audit of a school tuition organization. The department shall bar a school
				tuition organization from participating in the program authorized under this
				Section if the school tuition organization intentionally or substantially fails
				to comply with the requirements of this Bulletin.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 11 - Qualified Schools › Section CLV-1101 - Background Checks

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A. Each
				qualified school must conduct criminal background checks on its employees in
				compliance with
				R.S.
				17:15 and exclude from employment any person
				not permitted by state law to work in a nonpublic school. The LDE shall bar an
				otherwise qualified school from participating in the program authorized under
				this Rule if the otherwise qualified school fails to comply with the
				requirements of
				R.S.
				17:15.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 11 - Qualified Schools › Section CLV-1103 - Enrollment of Scholarship Recipients

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A. Qualified schools shall admit qualified
				students for enrollment based on the letter grade of the public school for
				which the qualified student was attending or would have attended. Qualified
				students from public schools that received a letter grade "F" or "D," or any
				variation thereof, shall be given the first priority.
B. If more first-time qualified students who
				are otherwise eligible apply than there are seats available in a particular
				grade level, the school shall conduct a random selection process that ensures
				all qualified and otherwise eligible students an equal chance for admission;
				however, the qualified school may give preference for the following:
1. siblings of students already enrolled in
				the qualified school; and
2.
				qualifying students who had previously enrolled at a different qualified school
				and who are otherwise eligible.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 11 - Qualified Schools › Section CLV-1105 - Tuition

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A. Qualified
				schools enrolling participating students shall not charge a higher total
				tuition and fee amount to a qualified student than is charged to all students
				enrolled at the school.
B. Each
				qualified school enrolling participating students shall annually provide to
				each school tuition organization that has provided a scholarship to a student
				enrolled in that school, the actual tuition and fee amounts charged to all
				students.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 11 - Qualified Schools › Section CLV-1107 - Transfer/Withdrawal of Scholarship Students

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A. If a student who has received a
				scholarship ceases to be enrolled in a qualified school, the school shall
				immediately notify the respective school tuition organization and the LDE that
				the student is no longer enrolled.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 11 - Qualified Schools › Section CLV-1109 - Testing of Scholarship Students

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A.
				Using funds retained for administrative costs by the school tuition
				organization, schools enrolling participating students shall annually
				administer the state test associated with the school and district
				accountability system to measure learning gains in math and language arts to
				each participating qualified student in grades that require testing under the
				state's accountability and testing laws for public schools.
B. The LDE shall not incur any expense for
				the administration of the state tests to students applying for tuition
				scholarships from a school tuition organization.
C. The qualified school shall provide the
				parents of each student who was tested a copy of the student's test results on
				an annual basis, beginning with the first year the student is tested.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 11 - Qualified Schools › Section CLV-1111 - Surety Bonds

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A. Any qualified
				school that receives more than $50,000 in scholarship donations from a school
				tuition organization shall demonstrate its financial viability by filing, prior
				to the start of a school year, a surety bond payable to the school tuition
				organization in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of donations expected
				to be received during the school year or by filing, prior to the start of a
				school year, financial information with the qualified school tuition
				organization demonstrating its financial viability. However, a qualified school
				that has been in business for more than five years shall not be required to
				post a surety bond.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 13 - Testing › Section CLV-1301 - Required Participation in the State Testing Program

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A. Nonpublic schools that enroll scholarship
				recipients in grade levels with mandatory state accountability testing in math
				or English shall:
1. develop and submit
				annually to the LDE a test security policy approved by its board in compliance
				with Bulletin 118, Chapter 3;
2.
				follow BESE's test security policy as stated in Bulletin 118;
3. name a school test coordinator and provide
				contact information to the LDE;
4.
				be responsible for all required accountability and demographic coding of
				testing documents; and
5.
				investigate and report any testing irregularities and/or violations of test
				security to the department.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program › Chapter 13 - Testing › Section CLV-1303 - Annual Report on Program Implementation

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A. The LDE shall compile a public report
				which lists the name of all qualified schools receiving scholarship recipients
				pursuant to the provisions of this Rule, the number of scholarship recipients
				attending each qualified school, and the results of the state's accountability
				and testing laws for scholarship recipients in each grade.
B. The LDE shall release the public report on
				the LDE's website the same time the LDE traditionally releases reports
				regarding individual school performance on state tests.
C. The department shall publically report
				state test scores for each student receiving a scholarship the entirety of the
				students participating in the tuition donation program in accordance with the
				requirements of the federal FERPA statute (20
				U.S.C. 1232g) and regulations (34
				CFR 99.1 et seq.). However, the LDE shall not
				include the name or any other identifying information for individual
				students.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:6301.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Foreword › Section CLVII-101 - Purpose

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A. This bulletin
				contains policies passed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
				(BESE) regarding the health and safety of students while at school, traveling
				on school transportation, and at school sponsored events.
B. Sections of this bulletin have been
				jointly promulgated by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing (LSBN) and BESE.
				Any waivers, deletions, additions, amendments, or alterations to policies
				within those sections shall be approved by both BESE and LSBN.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:6 and
				  R.S.
				  17:7.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 3 - Health › Section CLVII-301 - Health Screening

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A. Every LEA,
				during the first semester of the school year or within 30 days after the
				admission of any students entering the school late in the session, shall test
				the sight, including color screening, for all first grade students, and hearing
				of each and all students under their charge, except those students whose parent
				or tutor objects to such examination. Such testing shall be conducted by
				appropriately trained personnel, and shall be completed in accordance with the
				schedule established by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
B. Upon the request of a parent, student,
				school nurse, classroom teacher, or other school personnel who has reason to
				believe that a student has a need to be tested for dyslexia, that student shall
				be referred to the school building level committee for additional testing.
				Local school systems may provide for additional training for school nurses to
				aid in identifying dyslexic students. Refer to §1123 in
Bulletin
				741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators.
C. The LEA shall keep a record of such
				examination, shall be required to follow up on the deficiencies within 60 days,
				and shall notify in writing the parent or tutor of every student found to have
				any defect of sight or hearing.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:2112.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 3 - Health › Section CLVII-303 - Immunizations

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A. Each student
				entering any school within the state for the first time, at the time of
				registration or entry, shall present satisfactory evidence of immunity to or
				immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases according to a schedule
				approved by the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Office of Public
				Health (OPH) or shall present evidence of an immunization program in progress.
				Each person entering the sixth grade in any school within the state shall
				present satisfactory evidence of immunity to or immunization against vaccine
				preventable diseases according to a schedule approved by the Department of
				Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health or shall present evidence of an
				immunization program in progress.
1. The
				schedule shall include, but not be limited to measles, mumps, rubella,
				diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, and hemophilus influenzae
				type B invasive infections.
2. The
				schedule may provide specific requirements based on age, grade in school, or
				type of school. At its own discretion and with the approval of the OPH, an
				educational institution or licensed day care center may require immunizations
				or proof of immunity more extensive than required by the schedule approved by
				the Office of Public Health.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 3 - Health › Section CLVII-305 - Administration of Medication

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A.
				Administration of Medication
1. Each local
				educational governing authority shall establish guidelines based upon the joint
				policy of BESE and the Louisiana State Board of Nursing for the administration
				of medications which shall include but not be limited to the following
				provisions.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 3 - Health › Section CLVII-309 - Communicable Disease Control

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A. The
				LDE will work cooperatively with the Louisiana Department of Health and
				Hospitals for the prevention, control and containment of communicable diseases
				in schools and shall assist in the dissemination of information relative to
				communicable diseases to all school governing authorities, including but not
				limited to information relative to imminent threats to public health or safety
				which may result in loss of life or disease.
B. Students are expected to be in compliance
				with the required immunization schedule.
1.
				The principal is required under
				R.S.
				17:170 to exclude children from school
				attendance who are out of compliance with the immunizations required by this
				statute.
2. School personnel will
				cooperate with public health personnel in completing and coordinating all
				immunization data, waivers and exclusions, including the necessary Vaccine
				Preventable Disease Section's school ionization report forms (EPI-11, 11/84) to
				provide for preventable communicable disease control.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 3 - Health › Section CLVII-311 - School Health Forms

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A. LEAs may
				implement the use of the standardized school health forms to eliminate the
				duplication of information submitted to schools and school nurses relative to
				health information and screenings, allergies, illnesses, sports physicals,
				medication administration, and prescribed procedures.
B. These forms will be made available for
				download via the Internet on the LDE website and on the Louisiana Department of
				Health and Hospitals website.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  40:5.12., 20 USCS 6301 et seq., and 20 USCS
				  1232.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 3 - Health › Section CLVII-313 - Non-Complex Health Procedures

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A.
				The term
noncomplex health procedure
shall mean a task which
				is safely performed according to exact directions, with no need to alter the
				standard procedure, and which yields predictable results. It shall include the
				following:
1. modified activities of daily
				living which require special instruction such as toileting/diapering,
				bowel/bladder training, toilet training, oral/dental hygiene,
				lifting/positioning, and oral feeding;
2. health maintenance procedures such as
				postural drainage, percussion, tracheostomy suctioning, and gastrostomy feeding
				and monitoring of these procedures;
3. screenings such as growth, vital signs,
				hearing, vision, and scoliosis.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Injury Management Program Rules for Serious Sports Injuries › Section CLVII-501 - Injury Management Program

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A.
				Each high school that sponsors or sanctions any athletic activity in Louisiana
				and which requires a participating student to regularly practice or train and
				compete, shall be subject to the terms of the injury management program
				contained in this Chapter.
B. This
				Chapter does not create any liability for, or create a cause of action against,
				a school, its officers, or its employees.
C. To carry out the duties prescribed in this
				Chapter, a school may contract for and accept private contributions, gifts, and
				grants, or in-kind aid from the federal government, the state, or any other
				source.
D. No school or school
				system shall be required to incur any financial cost related to the
				implementation of this Chapter, unless funds are appropriated by the
				legislature for such purpose.
E.
				The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to concussions, as the protocols
				specific to these injuries shall be governed by the Louisiana Youth Concussion
				Act.
F. Each school shall establish
				a comprehensive Emergency Action Plan (EAP) for each location of assembly
				located on the member school campus. A venue specific EAP must be reviewed
				annually prior to each sport season with all appropriate personnel. Recommended
				personnel include Emergency Medical Services (EMS), school public safety
				officials, school administrators, on-site medical personnel or school medical
				staff such as team physicians or athletic trainers, and all pertinent coaching
				staff members.
1. The venue specific EAP must
				be accessible to all personnel involved in a potential emergent
				situation.
2. The venue specific
				EAP must be available on site.
3.
				All emergency equipment available on site must be listed in the EAP.
4. The EAP must identify key personnel and
				responsibilities for implementation of the plan of action including a
				designated chain of command.
5. The
				EAP must include appropriate contact information for the local and/or
				responding EMS personnel.
6. A
				Pregame Administrative Conference (PAC) is required prior to all LHSAA
				sanctioned events to review the EAP. The EAP must provide a formal process to
				evaluate all post emergency incidents with appropriate personnel. The
				evaluation must be retained on file.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Injury Management Program Rules for Serious Sports Injuries › Section CLVII-503 - Injury Management Program Protocol for Educational Training on Serious Sports Injuries

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A. Each high
				school coach and non-faculty coaches certified by the Coaches Education and
				Certification Program shall receive annual documented training related to
				serious sports injuries in accordance with the National High School Coaches
				Association and the Louisiana High School Coaches Association. Each approved
				workshop or online course(s) shall be designed to educate the attendees
				concerning concussion awareness, exertional heat illness, sudden cardiac
				arrest, and the nature, and risks associated with, serious sport injuries.
1. Each school board or district shall
				determine an appropriate method of documentation that each respective high
				school coach received such approved educational training regarding the nature,
				and risks associated with, serious sport injuries.
2. The director of the Louisiana High School
				Officials Association shall determine an appropriate method of documentation
				that each game official received such approved educational training regarding
				the nature, and risks associated with, serious sport
				injuries.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Injury Management Program Rules for Serious Sports Injuries › Section CLVII-505 - Injury Management Program Protocol for Serious Sports Injuries

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A. A
				student-athlete, who reports, or exhibits, any sign or symptom of a possible
				serious sports injury, defined as any loss of function as a result of a direct
				or indirect injury, shall immediately be disqualified from continued
				participation and be removed from practice, training or competition.
1. A direct injury refers to an injury which
				results from participation in the fundamental skills of the sport. This may
				include, but not limited to, fractures, dislocations, injuries to the eyes,
				dental, or any other acute episode of musculoskeletal injury.
2. An indirect injury refers to an injury
				caused by a systemic failure (usually cardiac or respiratory in nature)
				resulting from exertion while participating in an activity, or by a
				complication which may be secondary to a non-fatal injury. This may include,
				but not limited to, abnormal/difficulty in breathing, the appearance of
				dizziness or confusion or any other unusual behavior exhibited by a
				student-athlete.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Injury Management Program Rules for Serious Sports Injuries › Section CLVII-507 - Serious Heat Illness and Acclimatization

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A. Each school participating in
				interscholastic sports shall follow best practices for any activity that does
				not occur in a climate-controlled facility. These best practices shall follow
				modified guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine and the National
				Athletic Trainers Association regarding heat acclimatization and wet globe
				temperature policy. The policies shall be implemented on all school campuses
				where summer conditioning, pre-season practices or games, and fall or spring
				sports occur, including all activities when a coach is present.
B. Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Best Practices
1. Schedule practices during times of various
				Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) levels.
2. The ratio of workout time allotted for
				rest and hydration during various WBGT levels will result in modified or
				terminated practice(s) or contest(s) in consideration of safe playing
				conditions.
3. Rest time should
				involve unrestricted access to fluids such as water or electrolyte
				beverages.
4. Sports requiring
				helmets, including but not limited to football, baseball, lacrosse, and field
				hockey, should be removed during rest time.
5. The site of rest time should be in a
				shaded area.
6. When the WBGT
				reading is [GREATER THAN]85.0°, cold-water immersion tubs or equivalent should
				be available to aid in the cooling process within the shaded area.
a. An instrument approved to measure WBGT
				must be utilized at each outdoor practice. WBGT readings should be taken at the
				practice site a minimum of every hour, beginning 30 minutes before the start of
				practice or contest. All readings should be recorded or data logged in either
				written or electronic form. In the event that a modification or cancellation is
				required, documentation using the WBGT Environment Modification/Cancellation
				Log must be completed.
b. In the
				event of potential Exertional Heat Stroke (EHS), each school participating in
				interscholastic sports must be properly prepared and equipped to initiate Cold
				Water Immersion (CWI) or Cold Tub. Cooling techniques must be implemented
				immediately and EMS concurrently contacted, noting that the focus is to cool
				first and then transport.
c. The
				best practices shall be carried out by a licensed athletic trainer, designated
				healthcare provider, or individual appointed by the athletic
				director.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Injury Management Program Rules for Serious Sports Injuries › Section CLVII-509 - Automated External Defibrillators (AED)

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A. Each elementary, middle, and secondary
				school shall have an AED on its premises in an easily accessible
				location.
B. Each elementary,
				middle, and secondary school shall have a cardiac emergency response plan that
				establishes the specific steps to reduce death from cardiac arrest. The plan
				shall include at a minimum:
1. list of cardiac
				emergency response team;
2.
				procedures for activating the team in response to a sudden cardiac
				arrest;
3. placement and
				maintenance of AED; and
4. staff
				training.