LAC 28:XI.2505. Transfer Options [Formerly LAC 28:LXXXIII.2505]

A. An LEA may consider health and safety factors in determining the transfer options. Should the LEA have concerns for health and safety factors, the LEA will need to find ways to provide choice consistent with their obligations to provide a healthy and safe learning environment. B. An LEA that is subject to a desegregation plan is not exempt from offering students the option to transfer. 1. An LEA should first determine whether it is able to offer choice within the parameters of its desegregation plan. 2. If it is not able to do so, or if the desegregation plan forbids the LEA from offering the choice option, the LEA needs to seek court approval for amendments to the plan that permit a transfer option for students. C. Students may not transfer to any school that is academically unacceptable. D. If there are no schools to which students can transfer, parents must be notified that the child is eligible for choice. The notification will further indicate that no choice options are currently available.