La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXV-3305

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CXV-3305 - Application Process

A. Initial Home Study Program Application

1. An initial application must be made within 15 days after the beginning of the program to the LDE, on behalf of BESE, for review and approval.

2. The initial application will be accompanied by a certified copy or a photocopy of the birth certificate of the student. The applicant must certify that the home study program will offer a sustained curriculum of quality at least equal to that offered by public schools at the same grade level.

3. For purposes of compulsory attendance, a child participating in an approved home study program will be considered in attendance in a day school.

B. Home Study Program Application Renewal

1. A renewal application must be made October 1 of the school year, or within 12 months of the approval of the initial application, whichever is later. Parents seeking continued approval are required to submit a renewal application each year.

2. A renewal application will be approved if the applicant submits to the LDE satisfactory evidence that the program offers a sustained curriculum of quality at least equal to that of public schools at the same grade level.

C. Initial and renewal applications will be approved if found to meet the requirements set forth in R.S. 17:236.1. Upon LDE approval, parents will receive an official approval verification letter. Because state law does not provide for any exceptions for the deadline for the approval of a home study program and does not allow for retroactive approval of a previous school year, it is the parents responsibility to maintain a record of annual home study participation.

D. Within 30 days of initial approval of an application, denial of an application, or failure to receive an annual renewal application for a previously approved home study program, LDE shall provide notification of the child's legal name, date of birth, and physical residential address to the city, parish, or other local school system in which the child was most recently enrolled and, if different, the school system in which the child resides.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXV-3305

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 31:1312 (June 2005), amended LR 39:2229 (August 2013), Amended LR 45226 (2/1/2019), Amended LR 49254 (2/1/2023), Repromulgated LR 49859 (5/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6 and 17:236.1.