La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LXXXIII-2401

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

Section LXXXIII-2401 - Eligibility for Transfer to the Recovery School District

A. The Louisiana legislature established the recovery school district with the passage of R.S. 17:1990. A school is eligible for the recovery school district under any of the following conditions.

1. The LEA fails to submit a reconstitution plan for a school in AUS 4 to BESE for approval.

2. A school's reconstitution plan is submitted to BESE but is deemed to be unacceptable.

3. A school and/or the LEA fails to comply with the terms of a BESE approved reconstitution plan.

4. A school is labeled academically unacceptable for four consecutive years.

B. The recovery school district under R.S. 17:10.5 and 10.7 shall retain jurisdiction of any school transferred to it for a period of not less than five school years not including the school year in which the transfer occurred if the transfer occurred during a school year.

1. No later than October 1 each year, the recovery school district shall make a report to the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

a. The report shall include at a minimum each of the following elements:

i. the status of each school transferred;

ii. the nature of its faculty and administration;

iii. the demographics and size of its student body;

iv. its organizational and management structure;

v. whether there has been improvement in student academic performance and, if so, how much and, if not, why not.

2. No later than January 1 prior to the expiration of the five-year period, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall take action on the recommendations of the recovery school district concerning the transfer of schools.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LXXXIII-2401

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:1028 (June 2006), amended LR 33:2599 (December 2007), LR 34:431 (March 2008), LR 35:640 (April 2009), LR 37:2595 (September 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:10.1.