La. Admin. Code tit. 67 § III-5545

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

Section III-5545 - Remediation and Tutoring Programs

A. OFS shall enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Education to establish programs designed to increase the likelihood of a student scoring above the "unsatisfactory" achievement level on the Graduate Exit Exam and the LEAP 21 exam and include:

1. Graduate Exit Exam Summer Remediation-designed to provide additional remedial instruction to targeted students, that is, students who scored "unsatisfactory" on the English language arts and/or mathematics components of the Graduate Exit Exam;

2. Louisiana Education Assessment Program (LEAP) 21 Summer Remediation-designed to provide additional remedial instruction to targeted students, that is, fourth and eighth grade students who did not take the spring LEAP 21 test and fourth and eighth grade students who scored "unsatisfactory" on the English language arts and/or mathematics components of the LEAP 21; and

3. Louisiana Education Assessment Program (LEAP) 21 Tutoring-designed to provide intense early intervention and remedial instruction to targeted students in an effort to increase the likelihood of them scoring above the "unsatisfactory" level on the LEAP 21. The targeted group includes fourth and eighth grade students who have been retained because of their having scored at the "unsatisfactory" level on the English language arts and/or mathematics components of the LEAP 21 tests, and fourth and eighth grade students whose third and seventh grade Iowa test scores were below the thirtieth percentile and are considered to be at risk of scoring at the "unsatisfactory" level on the English language arts and/or mathematics components of the LEAP 21 tests.

B. These services meet TANF goal 3, to prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies by encouraging youths to remain in school, reducing their risk of engaging in negative behavior and increasing opportunities for families to become self-sufficient through education and training.

C. Eligibility for services is limited to families which include a minor child living with a custodial parent or an adult caretaker relative. A family in which any member receives a Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP) grant, Kinship Care Subsidy Program (KCSP) grant, Food Stamps, Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) benefits, Medicaid, Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or Free or Reduced School Lunch is eligible.

D. Services are considered non-assistance by the agency.

La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § III-5545

Promulgated by the Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support, LR 28:353 (February 2002), amended LR 31:485 (February 2005), LR 34:695 (April 2008).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; R.S. 46:231 and R.S. 36:474; Act 12, 2001 Reg. Session, Act 18, 2007 Reg. Session.