LAC 28:CLI.701. Local Educational Authority (LEA) Duties

A. Each LEA shall establish policies and procedures whereby each eligible funded student enrolls in a course in this program, and which shall also provide for the following: 1. Consultation with a designated school system staff member and obtaining written permission from a parent or guardian. A student shall not be permitted to enroll in a course where a determination was made by the school counselor of the school that the course is not academically appropriate considering the student’s chosen graduation pathway or conflicts with the LDOE published planning resources. 2. Credits earned through the course provider shall appear on each such student's official transcript and count fully towards the requirements of any approved Louisiana diploma. 3. BESE state assessments as required by the school and district accountability system shall be administered to each student; 4. All services to which each student would be entitled if attending the school in which he is enrolled full time for all courses, including but not limited to special education services pursuant to the student's individual education plan, shall be provided. 5. Each LEA that provides transportation for students within their jurisdiction shall also provide students participating in course choice transportation services within the same jurisdiction during normal school business hours. 6. Advise the student and his parent or legal guardian as part of the development and annual review of the student’s IGP prior to academic scheduling for the upcoming school year. B. Each LEA shall make available to all students during the annual course enrollment process for the school system the course catalog as provided by the LDOE and derived from a list of course providers approved by BESE. If the allocated funds are insufficient to fund all students who seek to enroll in a course under this program, students shall be prioritized in the following order: 1. seniors who require a course in order to graduate or student access to TOPS aligned courses not available through the school or school system; 2. students enrolling in courses required to complete an associate degree in a Fast Forward pathway or a certificate of technical studies aligned to high wage, high demand jobs or work-based learning; 3. students seeking access to TOPS aligned college credit; 4. students enrolled in a Comprehensive Intervention Required (CIR) or Urgent Intervention Required for Academics (UIR-A) schools; 5. access to high quality academic content aligned to graduation requirements or access to high quality career and technical content aligned to the Louisiana IBC state focus list which can be offered as recovery credit; 6. students seeking coursework to increase a student score on a nationally recognized assessment as defined in LAC 28:XI. 1711 (Bulletin 111); 7. other priorities defined by the school system, approved by LDOE, and included in the LEAs pupil progression plan prior to the student enrollment process. C. No LEA shall actively discourage, intimidate, or threaten an eligible funded student or an eligible participating student during the course enrollment process or at any time for that LEA. D. The aggregate test scores of students identified in R.S. 17:4002.3(2)(a)-(b) and (3)(a) who are enrolled in a course shall be counted in the school performance score for the school in which the student is enrolled full time. The test scores shall be reported to and published by the state Department of Education for each course provider in an easy to understand format and on the department's website. E. Each student identified in R.S. 17:4002.3(2)(a) and (b) and (3)(a) shall enroll in at least one course at the school in which the student is enrolled full time. F. Enrollment of children in course work offered by course providers is in compliance with the objectives of Louisiana's compulsory attendance law.