Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part IV - Student Financial Assistance-Higher Education Scholarship and Grant Programs › Chapter 17 - Responsibilities of High Schools, School Boards, Special School Governing Boards, the Louisiana Department of Education and the Louisiana Board of Regents on Behalf of Eligible NonLouisiana High Schools › Section IV-1701 - Eligibility of Graduates Based upon the High School Attended

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Graduates of the following high schools
				are eligible to participate in the Louisiana Board of Regents (the board)
				scholarship and grant programs, as authorized herein:
1. Louisiana public high schools-public high
				schools listed in the electronic STSQ14 report, high school sites extract file,
				provided annually by the Louisiana Department of Education to LOSFA;
2. approved nonpublic high schools:
a. nonpublic high schools approved by the
				Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) pursuant to
				R.S.
				17:11 and which meet the standards required
				by BESE for students of the school to be eligible to receive from the state the
				benefit of appropriations for such items as transportation, textbooks, and
				administrative cost reimbursement; and
b. nonpublic schools approved by BESE
				pursuant to
				R.S.
				17:11 prior to May 15, 2000, which have
				applied for and have had their application forwarded by the Louisiana
				Department of Education prior to May 15, 2000, seeking the approval necessary
				for the students in such school to be eligible to receive from the state the
				benefit of appropriations for such items as transportation, textbooks, and
				administrative cost reimbursement; and starting the 2003-2004 high school
				academic year, meet the requirements to be eligible to receive from the state
				the benefit of such appropriations;
c. the approvals by BESE may be provisional
				or probational approvals;
d.
				approved nonpublic high schools are listed in the electronic STSQ14 report,
				high school sites extract file, provided annually to LOSFA by the Louisiana
				Department of Education;
3. eligible non-Louisiana high
				schools-eligible non-Louisiana high schools are high schools which meet all of
				the following:
a. are in a state adjoining
				the state of Louisiana; and
b. have
				provided the board with acceptable evidence of an agreement dated prior to June
				5, 1994, between a parish school system in the state of Louisiana and the high
				school's local governing authority, which authorizes the attendance of students
				who are residents of Louisiana; and
c. have students who graduate during the
				academic year preceding the award year, who were residents of Louisiana and who
				were funded through the Louisiana Minimum Foundation Program; and
d. have certified the academic performance of
				Louisiana graduates, in accordance with §1703;
4. out-of-state high schools-
a. all other public or nonpublic high schools
				located in one of the United States or territories of the United States, other
				than Louisiana:
i. which have been approved by
				the state or territory's chief school officer, or by the public body which is
				that state's or territory's equivalent of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and
				Secondary Education (BESE); or
ii.
				which high school has been approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and
				Schools' Commission on Secondary and Middle Schools and can demonstrate that it
				meets the standards adopted by BESE for approval of nonpublic schools of
				Louisiana as set forth in §1701.A 2, above; or
iii. for students graduating during the
				2002-2003 school year and thereafter, which high school has been approved by an
				institutional accrediting organization recognized by the United States
				Department of Education and can demonstrate that it meets the standards adopted
				by BESE for approval of nonpublic schools of Louisiana as set forth in
				§1701.A 2, above; and
iv. for
				students graduating during the 2009-2010 school year and thereafter with an
				international baccalaureate diploma, which high school has been approved by the
				International Baccalaureate Organization to issue such a diploma;
b. graduates of out-of-state high
				schools are eligible to participate in the Rockefeller State Wildlife
				Scholarship and the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership
				Program;
c. graduates of
				out-of-state high schools who are Louisiana residents or the dependents of a
				Louisiana resident serving on active duty with the armed forces or who have a
				parent who is a Louisiana resident are eligible to participate in
				TOPS;
d. a school will be deemed to
				be approved by the appropriate state agency if that state agency certifies:
i. that the high school in question received
				funding from the state to cover all or a portion of the costs of instruction;
				and
ii. that the high school in
				question adopted and does adhere to state and federal non-discrimination
				policies and statutes;
5. out-of-country high schools-
a. all other public or non-public high
				schools located outside the United States or the territories of the United
				States that meet the standards adopted by BESE for approval of nonpublic
				schools in Louisiana and which are accredited by an accrediting organization
				recognized by the United States Department of Education; and
b. those high schools located in foreign
				countries which have been authorized or approved by a department in the
				executive branch of the United States government to teach the dependents of
				members of the U.S. Armed Forces stationed abroad; and
c. for students graduating during the
				2009-2010 school year and thereafter with an international baccalaureate
				diploma, those high schools located outside the United States and its
				territories that have been approved by the International Baccalaureate
				Organization to issue such a diploma.