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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 3 - Operation and Administration › Section CXV-349 - Complaint Procedures

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A. These
				complaint procedures are established for resolving complaints which may be
				filed against the LDE or an agency pursuant to provisions of the Elementary and
				Secondary Education Act of 1965,  20 U.S.C. §
										6301  et seq., (ESEA).
B. The following definitions apply to this
				Section.
Agency
-a local educational
agency
, educational service agency, consortium of those
agencies
, or entity.
Applicable Program
-any of the following
				  ESEA programs for which the LDE has submitted a consolidated state plan or
				  consolidated state application under the ESEA, which may include:
a. title I, part A (improving basic programs
				operated by local educational agencies);
b. title I, part B, subpart 3 (even start
				family literacy programs);
c. title
				I, part C (education of migratory children);
d. title I, part D (prevention and
				intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or
				economically disadvantaged);
e.
				title I, part F (comprehensive school reform);
f. title II, part A (teaching and principal
				training and recruitment fund);
g.
				title II, part D (enhancing education through technology);
h. title III, part A (english language
				acquisition, language enhancement, and academic achievement);
i. title IV, part A, subpart 1 (safe and
				drug-free schools and communities);
j. title IV, part A, subpart 2 (community
				service grants);
k. title IV, part
				B (twenty-first century community learning centers);
l. title V, part A (innovative
				programs);
m. title VI, part A,
				subpart 1, sections 6111 (improving academic achievement programs);
				and
n. title VI, part B, subpart 2
				(rural and low-income schools program).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 3 - Operation and Administration › Section CXV-351 - English Learners

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A. LEAs
				must establish a written policy to provide for the placement in school and for
				the education of any child who is English learner.
B. English Learners (EL) definition. A
				student identified as an English learner must:
1. be between the age of 3 through
				21;
2. be enrolled in an
				English-speaking elementary school or secondary school;
3. not have been born in the United States or
				has a native language other than English; and
4. have difficulties in speaking, reading,
				writing, or understanding the English language such that such challenges may be
				sufficient to deny them:
a. the ability to
				meet the state's proficient level of achievement on state
				assessments;
b. the ability to
				successfully achieve in classrooms where the language of instruction is
				English; or
c. the opportunity to
				participate fully in society.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 4 - Reopening School Facilities for the 2020-2021 School Year › Section CXV-401 - Purpose and Background

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A. This
				Chapter provides minimum health and safety standards regarding the reopening of
				school facilities for the 2020-2021 school year in response to the coronavirus
				disease (COVID-19) pandemic in order to ensure that students, faculty, staff,
				and others on school property are protected to the maximum extent possible and
				practical. These minimum standards regarding the reopening of schools for the
				2021-2021 school year expire on June 30, 2021. Any future requirements for
				schools related to a statewide pandemic will be communicated as
				needed.
B. The requirements
				contained within this Chapter were developed by the LDE in coordination with
				the LDH using guidance provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
				regarding school settings, defined as a setting in which educational services
				are provided to children. As research and information about COVID-19 is updated
				or if the LDH or CDC revise guidance regarding school settings, LDE will review
				the standards contained within this Chapter and, as appropriate and necessary,
				propose revisions of this Chapter to BESE.
C. While the requirements outlined in this
				Chapter are designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and to create a safe
				and healthy environment for students, faculty, staff, and others on school
				property, no requirement or plan guarantees that individuals will not contract
				COVID-19.
D. By executive
				proclamation, the governor establishes the statewide phase(s) of reopening
				(phase 1, phase 2, or phase 3). If the local governing authority of a parish or
				other municipality has established a more restrictive phase of reopening, the
				LEA located within that parish or municipality must conform to the more
				restrictive requirements.
1. Subsequent to
				the reopening of school facilities for the 2020-2021 school year and in
				coordination with requirements outlined in 168 JBE 2020, LEAs may continue to
				follow the Phase 3 minimum requirements for reopening school facilities as set
				forth in this Chapter.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 4 - Reopening School Facilities for the 2020-2021 School Year › Section CXV-403 - Minimum Requirements for Reopening and Operating School Facilities

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A. Group Sizes
1. The maximum group size that may convene
				indoors in a single room, irrespective of room size, or outdoors at any given
				time are as follows:
a. phase 1-10
				individuals;
b. phase 2-25
				individuals; and
c. phase 3-50
				individuals.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 4 - Reopening School Facilities for the 2020-2021 School Year › Section CXV-405 - Local Education Agency (LEA) Reopening Policies and Plans

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A. Prior to the beginning of the 2020-2021
				school year, each local school board must adopt policies in accordance with the
				standards outlined in this Chapter.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:6,
				  17:7,
				  17:439.1,
				  and
				  17:3391.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-501 - Criminal Background Checks

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A.
				Each LEA shall establish by regulation, requirements and procedures consistent
				with
				R.S.
				17:15 and
				R.S.
				15:587.1, through which it may request
				information from the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and
				Information necessary to ascertain whether an employee, or applicant for
				employment as a teacher, substitute teacher, bus driver, substitute bus driver,
				or janitor, or as a temporary, part-time, or permanent employee of any kind,
				including any person employed to provide cafeteria, transportation, or
				janitorial or maintenance services by any person or entity that contracts with
				a school or school system to pervade such services, has been arrested for,
				convicted of, or pled nolo contendere to, any criminal offense.
1. The regulation shall include the
				requirement and the procedure for the submission of a person's fingerprints on
				a form acceptable to the bureau.
2.
				The request for information necessary to determine whether a person has been
				arrested for, convicted of, or pled nolo contendere to, any criminal offense
				must be on a form prepared by the bureau and must be signed by a responsible
				officer or official of the LEA making the request.
3. It must include a statement signed by the
				person about whom the request is made which gives permission for such
				information to be released and must include the person's fingerprints in a form
				acceptable to the bureau.
4.
				Repealed.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-503 - Staff Organization

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A. The
				professional staff of the local LEA's central office shall be organized with
				assigned roles, responsibilities and authority to provide a structure for
				implementing local school policies.
B. Each LEA shall be required to employ
				certified personnel as required by state/federal law:
1. superintendent;
2. special education supervisor;
3. title IX coordinator;
4. child welfare and attendance
				supervisor;
5. school
				nurse;
6. school food services
				supervisor;
7. business
				manager.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-504 - Teaching Authorization (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:6(A)(10), (11), and (15),
				  17:7(6),
				  17:10,
				  17:22(6),
				  17:391.1-391.10, and
				  17:411.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-505 - Certification of Personnel

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A. To be
				eligible legally for teaching, administrative, supervisory, or other
				professional services in the public schools of Louisiana, personnel shall hold
				a valid Louisiana certificate appropriate to the services rendered or shall
				receive annual approval in accordance with provisions allowed by BESE.
NOTE: Refer to
Bulletin 746-Louisiana Standards for
				  State Certification of School Personnel
.
B. In the event that an LEA in Louisiana,
				through its locally authorized governing board, chooses to select a
				superintendent who does not meet the eligibility requirements necessary to
				obtain certification as a superintendent, such LEA may appoint the candidate,
				provided that:
1. the district appoints a
				chief academic officer whose primary and substantial job description shall
				govern the academics of the district including curriculum and
				instruction;
2. the chief academic
				officer possesses a valid state-issued teaching certificate;
3. the chief academic officer also meets all
				criteria required of a superintendent set forth in existing BESE policy;
				and
4. the chief academic officer
				is appointed no later than 120 days after the appointment of the superintendent
				candidate.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-507 - Mentoring Requirements for Teacher Candidates Enrolled in Alternate Teacher Preparation Programs

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A.
				Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, an alternate teacher preparation
				program candidate participating in a residency as a teacher of record must
				receive mentorship from a school-based mentor teacher who may collaborate with
				other personnel providing mentoring support.
1. The school-based mentor teacher must be
				credentialed in accordance with LAC 28:CXXXI.350 (Bulletin 746).
2. The mentorship must be at least 15
				percent, or 5 hours per week, of instructional time of the school.
3. The mentorship must include intensive
				individual supports, including:
a.
				co-teaching;
b. collaborative
				planning; and
c. observation and
				feedback sessions.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-509 - Completion of Approved Foundational Literacy Skills Course

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A. The LDE shall develop a list of approved
				professional development courses designed for educators that provide
				foundational literacy skills instruction based on the science of reading and
				include information on instructing students regarding phonemic awareness,
				phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
1. Not later than the beginning of the
				2023-2024 school year, each teacher and administrator must successfully
				complete at least one approved professional development course and provide
				documentation of successful completion of the course to the employing school. A
				teacher or administrator who provides documentation of completion of an
				approved professional development program within the five years prior to 2023
				shall be considered in compliance with the provisions of this Paragraph.
a. For the purposes of this Section,
teacher
means kindergarten through third grade teacher who
				teaches reading, math, science, or social studies.
b. For the purposes of this Section,
administrator
means a principal or assistant principal of a
				school that includes kindergarten through third grade.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-511 - Completion of Approved Numeracy Skills Course

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A. The LDOE shall develop a list of approved
				professional development courses designed for educators that provide numeracy
				skills instruction and include information on instructing students regarding
				the vertical alignment of mathematical concepts and the blending of concepts,
				procedures, strategies, problem-solving, and disposition.
B. For the purposes of the Section,
teacher
means a public school fourth through eighth grade
				mathematics teacher.
C. Not later
				than the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, each teacher must successfully
				complete at least one approved professional development course and provide
				documentation of successful completion of the course to the employing school. A
				teacher who provides documentation of successful completion of an approved
				professional development course within the five years prior to August 1, 2025,
				shall be considered in compliance with the provisions of this
				Paragraph.
D. Any teacher or
				administrator hired after July 31, 2025, must provide documentation to the
				employing school of successful completion of an approved professional
				development course within two years of the date of employment.
E. Beginning May 1, 2026, and annually
				thereafter, each LEA shall report to the LDOE the number and percentage of
				teachers who have successfully completed and approved professional development
				numeracy course. Reported data shall be included in LDOE school progress
				profiles.
F. Waivers to use
				professional development courses not included in the LDOE list of approved
				professional development courses must be submitted in writing to the department
				and are subject to approval by BESE.
G. The professional development course shall
				be presented during the educator's work day, but not during the statutorily
				guaranteed planning period and shall not extend the hours worked in a work day
				or the hours worked in a year.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:176 and
				  R.S.
				  17:2119.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-515 - Teachers' Retirement System - Part-Time, Seasonal, or Temporary Classroom Teacher

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A.R.S.
				11:162(C) provides that
				membership in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) shall be
				required of part-time, seasonal, or temporary employees, as defined in  26 CFR
				31.3121(b)(7)-2, who are classroom teachers and who have or earn five or more
				years of creditable service in the TRSL.
B. Classroom Teacher
1. For the purposes of
				R.S.
				11:162(C):
Classroom Teacher
-
i. an employee of an LEA under the control of
				BESE or any educational institution supported by and under the control of BESE,
				or any LEA:
(a). whose job description and
				assigned duties include the instruction of pupils in courses in traditional or
				nontraditional classroom situations for which daily pupil attendance figures
				for the school system are kept; and
(b). who is classified under object code 112,
				as provided in Bulletin 1929,
Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28, Part XLI §901. B.1 b, or is performing the functions, on a substitute
				basis, of an individual classified under object code 112;
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-517 - Acceptable Work Experience for Teacher Pay

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A. Conditions of Employment. For purposes of
				determining salary, Louisiana public schools shall grant credit for work
				experience in compliance with the following criteria.
1. Louisiana Public Schools
a. Full-time/half-time satisfactory teaching
				experience at an LEA. Experience in a position that requires a valid Louisiana
				teaching/ancillary certificate. Proper certification for the position held;
				this is to include a temporary certificate, temporary teaching assignment,
				temporary employment permit, emergency permit, provisional certificate, and/or
				Circular 665 experience after regular certificate/licensure is
				secured.
b. Full-time
				college/university satisfactory teaching experience, not to include graduate
				assistantship.
c. Technical college
				teaching/instructional, full-time satisfactory experience when certified as a
				teacher for public elementary or secondary schools or technical colleges;
				proper temporary certification will count.
d. Full-time satisfactory work experience
				acquired by ancillary personnel while employed by an organization or
				institution if such personnel held the credentials required for ancillary
				certification at the time work was performed. This is not to include private
				practice.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-521 - Physical Abuse of Teachers and School Employees by Students

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A. LEAs shall adopt rules and regulations to
				implement the following requirements regarding the physical abuse of public
				school teachers and other school employees by students.
1. LEAs shall keep an accurate record of
				incidents of such abuse.
2. LEAs
				shall provide appropriate equipment to protect teachers and other school
				employees from such abuse.
3.
				Support services shall be provided to teachers and other school employees which
				afford them the opportunity to discuss the stress caused by such
				abuse.
4. Any teacher or other
				school employee who has been the victim of such abuse shall be provided the
				opportunity to seek another position for which the teacher is certified within
				the same parish in which the teacher will not have contact with the student(s)
				involved, provided that there is another position available.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-523 - Foreign Associate Program

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A. The Foreign
				Associate Program supported through the Minimum Foundation Program requires
				visas be obtained for all teachers.
1.
				Foreign associate teachers shall not be employed unless a visa is
				obtained.
2. The Minimum Foundation
				Program formula may provide funding to pay for the expense of the
				visa.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 5 - Personnel › Section CXV-525 - Associate Teacher Program

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A. An associate
				teacher is an employee authorized by the local governing authority (LEA) of a
				public elementary or secondary school to serve as a teacher of record. Such
				teacher must:
1. be at least 25 years
				old;
2. hold an associate's degree
				awarded by a college or university accredited in accordance with
				  34 CFR
				602, et seq.;
3. be continuously enrolled in an
				undergraduate educator preparation program at a college or university
				accredited in accordance with
				34 CFR
				602, et seq., for the purpose of obtaining a
				bachelor's degree; and
4. meet any
				other qualifications established by the LEA.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-701 - Maintenance and Use of System Records and Reports

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A. The LEA and school shall maintain accurate
				and current information on students, personnel, instructional programs,
				facilities, and finances.
B. The
				maintenance, use, and dissemination of information included in system and
				school records and reports shall be governed by written policies adopted by the
				local educational governing authority and/or other applicable educational
				governing authorities. The policies shall conform to the requirements of all
				applicable state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, the Louisiana
				Public Records Act,
				R.S.
				44:1 et seq., the Family Educational Rights
				and Privacy Act (FERPA),
				20
				U.S.C. 1232 q and
				45 CFR 99.1 et
				seq., the Individual with Disabilities Education Act,
				20 U.S.C.
				1400 et seq., 17:1941 et seq., and
				R.S.
				17:1237.
1.
				Any agreements entered into between an LEA and a data storage company or
				organization shall provide for adherence to all applicable state and federal
				laws regarding the maintenance, use, and dissemination of personally
				identifiable student data.
2. In
				maintaining, using, and disseminating student data received from or reported by
				LEAs, the LDE shall adhere to and require any contracted data storage providers
				to adhere to all applicable state and federal laws, including, but not limited
				to, the Louisiana Public Records Act,
				R.S.
				44:1 et seq., the Family Educational Rights
				and Privacy Act (FERPA),
				20
				U.S.C. 1232 q and
				45 CFR 99.1 et
				seq., the Individual with Disabilities Education Act,
				20 U.S.C.
				1400 et seq., 17:1941 et seq., and
				R.S.
				17:1237.
3. By not later than May 1, 2015, the LDE
				shall develop a system of unique student identification numbers. By not later
				than August 1, 2015, each local public school board shall assign such a number
				to every student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school. Student
				identification numbers shall not include or be based on Social Security
				numbers, and a student shall retain his student identification number for his
				tenure in Louisiana public elementary and secondary schools.
4. Information files and reports shall be
				stored with limited accessibility and shall be kept reasonably safe from damage
				and theft.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-703 - Student Records

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A. Each school
				shall keep records for the registration and attendance of students and shall
				maintain an up-to-date permanent cumulative record of individual students
				showing personal data and progress through school.
1. Student cumulative records shall
				continually be updated and, when applicable, contain the following:
a. name, gender, social security number or a
				state-assigned identification number, date of admission, and date of
				birth;
b. name and address of
				parents, legal guardian, and/or next of kin;
c. language or means of communication, spoken
				or understood;
d. a cumulative
				record of the student's progress through the curriculum;
e. health history;
f. student grades;
g. attendance records;
h. results of vision and hearing
				screening;
i. all immunizations
				given in accordance with the requirements of the Office of Public Health (OPH),
				Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) recorded on a cumulative
				health record;
j. scores on
				statewide assessments and scores on local testing programs and screening
				instruments necessary to document the local criteria for promotion;
k. information (or reasons) for student
				placement, including promotion, retention, and/or remediation and
				acceleration;
l. information on the
				outcome of student participation in remedial and alternative programs;
				and
m. a copy of the letter
				informing the parent of either the placement of the student in or the removal
				of the student from a remedial education program.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-705 - Student Academic Records and Reports

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A. A report of each student's progress in
				school shall be provided to parents or guardians at intervals designated by the
				LEA and shall contain a report of progress made by the student in each subject
				or area.
B. Schools shall prepare a
				progress report related to the short-term objectives in the IEP/placement
				document for each exceptional child and must provide the report to the parent
				at the same time as report cards are provided to all regular
				students.
C. Parents shall be
				informed of the results of statewide assessment tests.
D. No education record of any student may be
				withheld as a result of lack of payment of any fine, debt or other outstanding
				obligation.
E. An education record
				of a student may be inspected by the student or his or her parents in
				accordance with the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with USCS 1232g,
				  R.S.
				  17:112,
				  R.S.
				  17:177, and
				  R.S.
				  17:391.7(D).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-707 - Evaluation of Transfer Students' Records

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A. A student transferred from an approved
				school, in- or out-of-state or foreign school, shall be allowed credit for work
				completed in the previous school. When a student transfers from one school to
				another, a properly certified transcript, showing the student's record of
				attendance, achievement, immunization, and the units of credit earned, shall be
				required.
1. Records, including evaluation
				information for exceptional students transferring from another system, shall be
				reviewed by pupil appraisal and approved by the supervisor of special education
				before the student is enrolled in a special education program.
2. Students in grades five and nine
				transferring to the public school system from any in-state nonpublic school
				(state-approved and -unapproved), or home schooling program, or Louisiana
				resident transferring from any out-of-state school, shall be required to pass
				the English language arts and mathematics components portions of the
				state-developed LEAP placement test.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-709 - Transfer of Student Records

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A. The
				principal shall provide for the transfer of the education records, including
				special education records if applicable, of any current or former student at
				the school upon the written request of any authorized person on behalf of a
				public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school within or outside of the
				state of Louisiana, where the student has become enrolled or is seeking
				enrollment.
1. The transfer of such records,
				whether by mail or otherwise, shall occur not later than 10 business days from
				the date of receipt of the written request.
2. If a student has been expelled, the
				transferred records shall include the dates of the expulsion and the reasons
				for which the student was expelled.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-713 - Attendance Records

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A. The
				attendance of all school students shall be checked each school day and at the
				beginning of each class period and shall be verified by the teacher keeping
				such records which shall be open to inspection by the supervisor of child
				welfare and attendance, or duly authorized representative, at all reasonable
				times. All schools shall immediately report to the visiting teacher, or the
				supervisor of child welfare and attendance, any unexplained, unexcused, or
				illegal absence, or habitual tardiness.
B. No public elementary or secondary school
				student who has not been emancipated by judicial decree or by marriage shall be
				permitted for any reason to leave school during the school day on his or her
				own authority.
1. The school principal or the
				principal's designee shall make all reasonable efforts to notify the parent or
				other person responsible for the student's school attendance of any such
				prohibited absence by a student.
2.
				For the purposes of notification as required by this section, a parent or other
				person responsible for a student's school attendance may designate in writing
				with the school principal one or more alternative contact persons.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-715 - System and School Reports

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A.
				Reports required by the LDE and BESE shall be made on appropriate forms, shall
				contain accurate information, and shall be returned by the specified date.
1. The certification form shall be signed by
				the superintendent verifying that all data submitted are accurate.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-717 - Reports of High School Credit

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A. A finalized list
				of graduates shall be submitted by the state-approved high school accompanied
				by the assurance statement signed by both the principal and the superintendent
				of the LEA in order to receive diplomas.
1.
				Prior to February 15 for mid-term graduates and prior to June 15 for spring
				graduates, a certificate of high school credits for each graduate shall be
				submitted by each state-approved high school as required.
2. A certificate of high school credits
				(transcript) shall be submitted by the state-approved high school in order for
				a diploma to be issued to those students graduating or exiting at times other
				than mid-term and spring.
3. Upon
				receipt of the finalized list of graduates, the LDE will issue the
				diplomas.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-719 - Reports to the Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance

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A. The principals, or administrators, and the
				teachers of all schools shall report the names, birth dates, race, parents, and
				residence of all students in attendance at their schools or classes in writing
				to the central office within 30 days after the beginning of the school term or
				session, and at such other times as may be required by BESE or the
				LDE.
B. No later than December 1,
				2023, the website of each public school shall contain a link to the school
				attendance data page designated by the LDE.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:232.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-721 - School and School System Financial Records

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A. Each local educational governing authority
				shall submit to the State Superintendent of Education a copy of its adopted
				budget no later than September 30 of each year, which shall include the same
				line items as prescribed by BESE for inclusion in the financial and statistical
				report as well as a general summary of the adopted budget.
B. Each school shall have an accounting
				system and an annual audit of all activity funds.
1. All expenditures from activity funds shall
				be approved by the principal or a designated staff member.
2. The principal of the school shall be
				bonded.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 7 - Records and Reports › Section CXV-723 - Other Reports

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A. Any other
				records and reports applicable to the LEA and to schools as required by BESE or
				the DOE shall be submitted.
B. No
				school employee shall be required by the LEA, BESE, or the DOE to complete
				paperwork if the information provided for in such paperwork is reasonably and
				readily available from another source.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:6;
				  R.S.
				  17:7.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 9 - Scheduling › Section CXV-903 - Exceptional Students

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A.
				Exceptional students shall not be placed in educational settings that exceed
				the maximum pupil/teacher ratio or the three-year chronological age span. The
				age span requirement does not apply to programs for secondary-aged students
				(students aged 14-21).
B. Special
				class, separate schooling, or other removal of students with disabilities from
				the regular educational environment shall occur only when the nature or
				severity of the individual's needs is such that education in regular class with
				the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
NOTE: Refer to
Bulletin 1706-Regulations for
				  Implementation of the Children with Exceptional Act
.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:151 and
				  R.S.
				  17:1946.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 9 - Scheduling › Section CXV-905 - Elementary-Grades per Class

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A.
				Elementary teachers shall teach no more than two grades in a combined group
				except in band, music, and art, or when assigned to a learning pod.
1. This policy shall not apply to teachers of
				exceptional students whose IEP committees have determined their placement to be
				the regular education classroom.
2.
				Waivers may be granted to allow for multi-age, multi-ability groupings when
				appropriate justification and documentation have been provided.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 9 - Scheduling › Section CXV-911 - Planning Time

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A. LEAs shall
				provide a minimum of 45 minutes daily and uninterrupted planning time, or its
				weekly equivalent, for every teacher actively engaged in the instruction and
				supervision of students in the public schools. Implementation of planning time
				for teachers as required in this Section shall not result in a lengthened
				school day or a reduction in student daily instructional time.
B. This Section shall not apply to a local
				educational governing authority operating under the terms of a collective
				bargaining agreement applicable to teachers employed by the local educational
				governing authority.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:434.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 9 - Scheduling › Section CXV-913 - Class Size and Ratios

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A. The maximum
				enrollment in a class or section in grades K-3 shall be 26 students and in
				grades 4-12, 33 students, except in certain activity types of classes in which
				the teaching approach and the materials and equipment are appropriate for large
				groups.
B. No teachers at the
				secondary level shall instruct more than 750 student hours per week, except
				those who teach the activity classes.
1. When
				a number of staff members are involved in a cooperative teaching project, the
				amount of each person's involved time may be counted in computing the
				individual teacher's load.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 9 - Scheduling › Section CXV-915 - Student Activities

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A. Each
				school shall have a well-balanced and effectively-administered student activity
				program.
B. Extracurricular
				activities shall not be scheduled during instructional time.
C. Extracurricular services and activities
				shall be offered to all exceptional students in a manner that allows them equal
				opportunity to participate in services and activities.
D. No school shall permit the existence or
				functioning of any fraternity, sorority, or secret society.
E. The scholastic rule of the Louisiana High
				School Athletic Association (LHSAA) shall be adhered to by all high schools
				under its jurisdiction.
NOTE: See for reference the LHSAA website at
				  www.lhsaa.org.
F. All
				athletic contests shall be scheduled after school hours.
1. When possible, no instructional time
				should be missed by student athletes when traveling to athletic
				events.
2. If teams are allowed to
				be released from school early to attend these events, released time should be
				kept to a minimum and the LHSAA's regular season released-time plan must be
				followed when determining the released time to be used.
3. All class work missed by student athletes
				while attending athletic events must be made up as soon as possible in the same
				manner that would be required of other students.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 11 - Student Services › Section CXV-1101 - Student Services Design

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A.
				Each LEA shall maintain a balanced, comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and
				coordinated program of student services. The student services program shall be
				identified with appropriate functions to assure leadership in accordance with
				an organizational plan.
B. The
				goals of student services shall be similar
and related to those of the instructional program.
1. These services shall be designed to
				provide a cooperative approach to problems that require a specialized,
				individualized service not generally provided within the regular classroom
				setting and to provide resources to other school personnel, parents, and others
				concerned with the student and his or her development.
2. Student advocacy shall be the ultimate and
				foremost goal of all student services.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 11 - Student Services › Section CXV-1103 - Compulsory Attendance

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A.
				Through the 2020-2021 school year, students who have attained the age of seven
				years shall attend a public or nonpublic day school or participate in an
				approved home study program until they reach the age of 18 years. Any child
				below the age of seven who legally enrolls in school shall also be subject to
				compulsory attendance. Refer to Chapter 33 for information on home study
				programs.
1. Beginning with the 2022-2023,
				students who have attained the age of five years by September thirtieth of the
				calendar year in which the school year begins shall attend a public or
				nonpublic day school or participate in an approved home study program until
				they reach the age of 18 years. Any child below the age of seven who legally
				enrolls in school shall also be subject to compulsory attendance. Refer to
				Chapter 33 for information on home study programs.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 11 - Student Services › Section CXV-1104 - Remote Instruction

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A. Remote
				instruction. An educational model in which the student and educator are not
				physically present in a traditional classroom environment where instruction may
				be facilitated by the use of computers, technology, and the internet.
B. Hybrid Instruction. Instruction provided
				via a combination of face-to-face and remote models.
C. Attendance. Students are considered to be
				in attendance during remote or hybrid instruction when attendance is checked
				and recorded on each school day and at the beginning of each class period in
				accordance with
				R.S.
				17:232.B.(1) and when at least one of the
				following requirements is met:
1. The student
				logs into synchronous online instruction at the designated time for the course
				in which the student is enrolled. Specific login requirements and instructional
				expectations according to grade level are determined by the LEA.
2. Evidence exists that the student accessed
				a planned asynchronous instructional activity. Acceptable evidence of student
				participation in asynchronous activities is to be outlined by the
				LEA.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 11 - Student Services › Section CXV-1105 - Types of Absences

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A. The
				days absent for elementary and secondary school students shall include
				non-exempted, excused; exempted, excused, unexcused absences and
				suspensions.
B.
Non-exempted, excused absences
are absences incurred due to
				personal illness or serious illness in the family ( documented by acceptable
				excuses, including a parental note) which are not considered for purposes of
				truancy, but which are considered when determining whether or not a student is
				eligible to make up work and tests, receive credit for work completed, and
				receive credit for a course and/or school year completed.
C.
Exempted, Excused
				Absences
- absences which are not considered for purposes of truancy
				and which are not considered when determining whether or not a student is
				eligible to make up work and tests, receive credit for work completed, and
				receive credit for a course and/or school year completed.
D.
Unexcused Absence
- any
				absence not meeting the requirements set forth in the excused absence and
				extenuating circumstances definitions, including but not limited to absences
				due to any job (including agriculture and domestic services, even in their own
				homes or for their own parents or tutors) unless it is part of an approved
				instructional program. Students shall be given failing grades in those days
				missed and shall not be given an opportunity to make up work.
E.
Suspension
- a
				non-exempted absence in which a student is allowed to make up his work and is
				eligible for consideration for credit provided it is completed satisfactorily
				and in a timely manner. The absence is considered when determining whether or
				not a student may or may not be promoted, but is not considered for purposes of
				truancy. Students absent from school as a result of any suspension shall be
				counted as absent.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:226,
				  R.S.
				  17:235.2, and
				  R.S.
				  17:416.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 11 - Student Services › Section CXV-1107 - Entrance Requirements

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A.
1. All students, upon entering school for the
				first time, shall present:
a. an official
				birth certificate (Children born in Louisiana will be given a 15-day grace
				period to secure a copy of their birth record. Children born out of this state
				will be given 30-days' grace in which to produce a copy of their birth
				record.);
b. a record of
				immunization; and
c. an official
				Social Security card. If no Social Security number is available, the student
				shall be assigned a state identification number.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 11 - Student Services › Section CXV-1109 - Assignment and Transfer of Students

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A. LEAs may, by mutual agreement, provide for
				the admission to any school of students residing in adjoining parishes and for
				transfer of school funds or other payments by one board to another for, or on
				account of, such attendance.
B. If
				not specifically contrary to the provisions of an order of a court of competent
				jurisdiction providing for the assignment of students within the LEA, a city or
				parish school board shall assign a student to attend any public school
				requested by a parent or other person responsible for the student's school
				attendance when the requested school has space available and is of a suitable
				grade level, and the child resides not more than one mile from such school
				measured by the distance to be traveled on public streets or highways, or by
				the boundary of a subdivision. Exceptions are as follows.
1. This provision does not apply in Orleans
				Parish.
2. If not specifically
				contrary to the provisions of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction
				providing for the assignment of students within the LEA, a city or parish
				school board in Caddo or St. Tammany Parish, shall assign a student to attend
				any public high school requested by a parent or other person responsible for
				the student's school attendance when the requested school has space available
				and is of a suitable grade level, and the student resides not more than 2 miles
				from such school. A school board shall not be required to provide
				transportation to any student enrolled in high school pursuant to the
				provisions of this Paragraph.