Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 9 - Scheduling › Section CXV-901 - Scheduling

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The purpose of
				scheduling within available time frames and staff resources shall be to meet
				the educational needs of students.
B. Prior to student scheduling each year,
				each middle, junior, or high school shall provide the parent/legal custodian
				with a listing of course offerings including the course choice catalog, the
				content of each course, and high school graduation requirements where
				appropriate.
1. By the end of the eighth
				grade, each student shall begin to develop, with the input of his parent(s) or
				other legal custodians and school counselor, an individual graduation plan.
				Such a plan shall guide the next academic years course work. For a student with
				an exceptionality, except a student identified as gifted or talented and who
				has no other exceptionality, the students IEP team, if applicable, shall assist
				in developing the individual graduation plan.
2. The individual graduation plan will assist
				the student in exploring educational and career opportunities and in making
				appropriate secondary and postsecondary education decisions as part of an
				overall postsecondary plan.
3. By
				the end of the eighth grade each students individual graduation plan or the
				students IEP, if applicable, shall list the required core courses to be taken
				through the tenth grade and shall identify the courses taken in the first year
				of high school.
4. Students who
				fail to meet the standard for promotion to the ninth grade shall have any
				necessary remedial courses included in their individual graduation
				plan.
5. By the end of the tenth
				grade, each student's individual graduation plan or the student's IEP, if
				applicable, shall outline the school graduation requirements relevant to the
				student's chosen postsecondary goals based on the student's academic record,
				talents, and interests.
a. Using information
				provided by the LDE and the Office of Student Financial Assistance, LEAs shall
				provide the student and the student's parent or legal custodian information
				regarding state and federal need-based and merit-based financial aid programs
				to support postsecondary education and training. The LEA shall ensure that each
				student receives adequate support in completing and submitting an application
				for financial aid.
b. Using
				information developed by the Louisiana Workforce Commission, LEAs shall provide
				students with information about the top twenty high-demand jobs, in the state
				and in the student's region, with the highest typical annual salary. The
				student shall be shown how to access information on Louisiana Workforce
				Commission's website for the listed jobs and other high-demand, high-wage jobs
				and shown how to find educational programs offered in Louisiana that qualify
				the student for such jobs.
6. Each student, with the assistance of his
				parent or other legal custodian and school counselor shall choose the high
				school curriculum framework and related graduation requirements that best meet
				his postsecondary goals. Prior to revising a student's individual graduation
				plan, the school counselor shall meet with the student's parent or legal
				custodian, either in person or virtually, to explain the possible impacts the
				revisions to the plan might have on the student's graduation requirements and
				postsecondary education goals. Any revisions to a student's plan shall be
				approved in writing by the student's parent or legal custodian.
7. The individual graduation plan or the IEP,
				if applicable, shall be reviewed annually and updated as necessary to identify
				the courses to be taken each year until all required courses are completed.
				Each student, his parent or legal custodian, and his school counselor shall
				annually sign the student's individual graduation plan
8. The school counselor shall inform and
				assist students and their parents in the selection and scheduling of advanced
				courses and early college opportunities, such as dual enrollment, advanced
				placement, Cambridge, or international baccalaureate courses, as educational
				options.