LAC 28:CXXXIX.2711. Enrollment Preferences for BESE-Authorized Charter Schools

A. Students seeking enrollment to a charter school that was created through the conversion, merger, or turnaround of a pre-existing school who were enrolled at the pre-existing school shall be given preference over all other applicants and the applications procedure shall be established in a fashion that provides ample opportunity for such students to exercise the right to preferential admission. B. Students previously enrolled in the charter school shall be given preference over all other applicants, and shall maintain enrollment or be automatically admitted following the charter school's application period. Students attending a pre-kindergarten or early childhood program operated by a charter school may be considered to have been previously enrolled at the charter school for the purpose of this Subsection. Requests by charter schools to give preference for students who attend a publicly-funded program at no cost to the student shall be automatically approved by the department for BESE-authorized charter schools, or the charter school's authorizer for other types of charter schools. For a charter school that requests to apply this preference for students who were admitted to a pre-kindergarten or early childhood program that utilizes admission requirements and/or charges tuition for some or all of its students, the use of the preference shall be subject to the approval of the department for BESE-authorized charter schools, or the charter school's authorizer for other types of charter schools. In such a case, the department or the charter school's authorizer, as applicable, shall require the charter school to set enrollment targets that ensure the charter school provides equity of access for economically disadvantaged applicants to its kindergarten classes. C. Students seeking enrollment to a type 5 charter school that is assigned a facility formerly occupied by a pre-existing public school may be given preference and may be automatically admitted following the charter school's application period, if authorized by the department.