La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-1701

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

Section IV-1701 - Eligibility of Graduates Based upon the High School Attended

A. Graduates of the following high schools are eligible to participate in the Louisiana Board of Regents (the board) scholarship and grant programs, as authorized herein:

1. Louisiana public high schools-public high schools listed in the electronic STSQ14 report, high school sites extract file, provided annually by the Louisiana Department of Education to LOSFA;

2. approved nonpublic high schools:

a. nonpublic high schools approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) pursuant to R.S. 17:11 and which meet the standards required by BESE for students of the school to be eligible to receive from the state the benefit of appropriations for such items as transportation, textbooks, and administrative cost reimbursement; and

b. nonpublic schools approved by BESE pursuant to R.S. 17:11 prior to May 15, 2000, which have applied for and have had their application forwarded by the Louisiana Department of Education prior to May 15, 2000, seeking the approval necessary for the students in such school to be eligible to receive from the state the benefit of appropriations for such items as transportation, textbooks, and administrative cost reimbursement; and starting the 2003-2004 high school academic year, meet the requirements to be eligible to receive from the state the benefit of such appropriations;

c. the approvals by BESE may be provisional or probational approvals;

d. approved nonpublic high schools are listed in the electronic STSQ14 report, high school sites extract file, provided annually to LOSFA by the Louisiana Department of Education;

3. eligible non-Louisiana high schools-eligible non-Louisiana high schools are high schools which meet all of the following:

a. are in a state adjoining the state of Louisiana; and

b. have provided the board with acceptable evidence of an agreement dated prior to June 5, 1994, between a parish school system in the state of Louisiana and the high school's local governing authority, which authorizes the attendance of students who are residents of Louisiana; and

c. have students who graduate during the academic year preceding the award year, who were residents of Louisiana and who were funded through the Louisiana Minimum Foundation Program; and

d. have certified the academic performance of Louisiana graduates, in accordance with §1703;

4. out-of-state high schools-

a. all other public or nonpublic high schools located in one of the United States or territories of the United States, other than Louisiana:

i. which have been approved by the state or territory's chief school officer, or by the public body which is that state's or territory's equivalent of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE); or

ii. which high school has been approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Secondary and Middle Schools and can demonstrate that it meets the standards adopted by BESE for approval of nonpublic schools of Louisiana as set forth in §1701.A 2, above; or

iii. for students graduating during the 2002-2003 school year and thereafter, which high school has been approved by an institutional accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education and can demonstrate that it meets the standards adopted by BESE for approval of nonpublic schools of Louisiana as set forth in §1701.A 2, above; and

iv. for students graduating during the 2009-2010 school year and thereafter with an international baccalaureate diploma, which high school has been approved by the International Baccalaureate Organization to issue such a diploma;

b. graduates of out-of-state high schools are eligible to participate in the Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship and the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program;

c. graduates of out-of-state high schools who are Louisiana residents or the dependents of a Louisiana resident serving on active duty with the armed forces or who have a parent who is a Louisiana resident are eligible to participate in TOPS;

d. a school will be deemed to be approved by the appropriate state agency if that state agency certifies:

i. that the high school in question received funding from the state to cover all or a portion of the costs of instruction; and

ii. that the high school in question adopted and does adhere to state and federal non-discrimination policies and statutes;

5. out-of-country high schools-

a. all other public or non-public high schools located outside the United States or the territories of the United States that meet the standards adopted by BESE for approval of nonpublic schools in Louisiana and which are accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education; and

b. those high schools located in foreign countries which have been authorized or approved by a department in the executive branch of the United States government to teach the dependents of members of the U.S. Armed Forces stationed abroad; and

c. for students graduating during the 2009-2010 school year and thereafter with an international baccalaureate diploma, those high schools located outside the United States and its territories that have been approved by the International Baccalaureate Organization to issue such a diploma.

B. Non-high school graduates who have earned a Louisiana high school equivalency diploma (GED) in lieu of a high school diploma are eligible to participate in the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Grant Program and the Louisiana GO-Youth ChalleNGe Program.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-1701

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:642 (April 1998), amended LR 24:1911 (October 1998), LR 25:849 (May 1999), LR 26:67 (January 2000), LR 26:1997 (September 2000), repromulgated LR 27:1862 (November 2001), amended LR 30:784 (April 2004), LR 30:1165 (June 2004), LR 34:242 (February 2008), LR 40:56 (January 2014), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44551 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 48486 (3/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031, R.S. 17:3129.7, R.S. 17:5001 et seq., and R.S. 17:3050.1-3050.4.