La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CLV-303

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section CLV-303 - Awarding of Scholarships
A. No scholarship shall be designated, referred to, or in any way named after a private entity, nor shall any donation be earmarked by a donor to provide a scholarship for a particular qualified student or a particular qualified school; however, this Subsection shall not prohibit a donation being earmarked for a student with a disability, students with a particular type of disability, or students with any disability.
B. School tuition organizations shall only use applications approved by the LDE in awarding scholarships to qualified students.
C. School tuition organizations shall award scholarships to qualified students on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to students who received a scholarship from the school tuition organization or the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program in the previous year
D. School tuition organizations shall provide educational scholarships to students without limiting available scholarships to students of only one qualified school.
E. School tuition organizations shall document the eligibility of each qualified student for each year that a qualified student receives a scholarship.
F. School tuition organizations shall provide certification to the LDE that scholarships have been issued within 30 days of issuing the scholarships. This certification shall include:
1. information pertaining to students whom the scholarships were awarded;
2. the nonpublic school these students will use the scholarship for;
3. a list of the taxpayers whose donations to the school tuition organization funded the scholarships; and
4. the amount of each taxpayer's donation used to fund a scholarship.
G. Scholarships granted to qualified students shall be portable during the school year and can be used at any qualifying school served by the school tuition organization that accepts a qualified student. If the parent of a qualified student who is receiving a scholarship desires the student to move to a new qualified school served by the school tuition organization during a school year, the scholarship amount may be prorated.
H. Any qualified student receiving a scholarship from a school tuition organization shall be prohibited from receiving any other publicly funded scholarship, voucher, or other form of public financial assistance specific to that student for purposes of attending a nonpublic school.
I. A qualified student may receive scholarships from multiple school tuition organizations the total amount of which may not exceed the lesser of actual tuition or:
1. 80 percent of the state average MFP per pupil funding amount for the previous year in the case of a qualified student enrolled in kindergarten through eighth grade; or
2. 90 percent of the state average MFP per pupil funding amount for the previous year in the case of a qualified student enrolled in ninth through twelfth grade.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CLV-303

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education LR 39:1025 (April 2013), Amended LR 40:499 (March 2014), LR 4141 (1/1/2015), Amended LR 42554 (4/1/2016).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 47:6301.