La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXV-901

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

Section CXV-901 - Scheduling

A. The purpose of scheduling within available time frames and staff resources shall be to meet the educational needs of students.

B. Prior to student scheduling each year, each middle, junior, or high school shall provide the parent/legal custodian with a listing of course offerings including the course choice catalog, the content of each course, and high school graduation requirements where appropriate.

1. By the end of the eighth grade, each student shall begin to develop, with the input of his parent(s) or other legal custodians and school counselor, an individual graduation plan. Such a plan shall guide the next academic years course work. For a student with an exceptionality, except a student identified as gifted or talented and who has no other exceptionality, the students IEP team, if applicable, shall assist in developing the individual graduation plan.

2. The individual graduation plan will assist the student in exploring educational and career opportunities and in making appropriate secondary and postsecondary education decisions as part of an overall postsecondary plan.

3. By the end of the eighth grade each students individual graduation plan or the students IEP, if applicable, shall list the required core courses to be taken through the tenth grade and shall identify the courses taken in the first year of high school.

4. Students who fail to meet the standard for promotion to the ninth grade shall have any necessary remedial courses included in their individual graduation plan.

5. By the end of the tenth grade, each student's individual graduation plan or the student's IEP, if applicable, shall outline the school graduation requirements relevant to the student's chosen postsecondary goals based on the student's academic record, talents, and interests.

a. Using information provided by the LDE and the Office of Student Financial Assistance, LEAs shall provide the student and the student's parent or legal custodian information regarding state and federal need-based and merit-based financial aid programs to support postsecondary education and training. The LEA shall ensure that each student receives adequate support in completing and submitting an application for financial aid.

b. Using information developed by the Louisiana Workforce Commission, LEAs shall provide students with information about the top twenty high-demand jobs, in the state and in the student's region, with the highest typical annual salary. The student shall be shown how to access information on Louisiana Workforce Commission's website for the listed jobs and other high-demand, high-wage jobs and shown how to find educational programs offered in Louisiana that qualify the student for such jobs.

6. Each student, with the assistance of his parent or other legal custodian and school counselor shall choose the high school curriculum framework and related graduation requirements that best meet his postsecondary goals. Prior to revising a student's individual graduation plan, the school counselor shall meet with the student's parent or legal custodian, either in person or virtually, to explain the possible impacts the revisions to the plan might have on the student's graduation requirements and postsecondary education goals. Any revisions to a student's plan shall be approved in writing by the student's parent or legal custodian.

7. The individual graduation plan or the IEP, if applicable, shall be reviewed annually and updated as necessary to identify the courses to be taken each year until all required courses are completed. Each student, his parent or legal custodian, and his school counselor shall annually sign the student's individual graduation plan

8. The school counselor shall inform and assist students and their parents in the selection and scheduling of advanced courses and early college opportunities, such as dual enrollment, advanced placement, Cambridge, or international baccalaureate courses, as educational options.

C. Student scheduling shall be individually appropriate and flexible to allow entry into and exit from courses and course sequences that are available for meeting curricular requirements.

D. In order to support students applying for financial aid, beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, each high school shall, upon written request of the parent/legal custodian of a graduating senior, provide the student's parent/legal custodian with the student class rank, weighted grade point average, and unweighted grade point average.

E. Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the school counselor must:

1. finalize the individual graduation plan for each graduating senior;

2. upload all academic records into the state student transcript system (STS); and

3. post the student's graduation date prior to the awarding of a diploma.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXV-901

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 31:1271 (June 2005), amended LR 36:1498 (July 2010), LR 39:2204 (August 2013), Amended LR 36:1498 (July 2010), LR 39:2204 (August 2013), LR 40:2522 (12/1/2014), Amended LR 42557 (4/1/2016), Amended LR 432483 (12/1/2017), Amended LR 461083 (8/1/2020), Amended LR 4831 (1/1/2022), Amended LR 49250 (2/1/2023), Repromulgated LR 49856 (5/1/2023), Amended LR 50972 (7/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:17, R.S. 17:183.2, and R.S. 17:2926.