2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:10.1 — School and district accountability system; purpose; responsibilities of state board

§10.1.  School and district accountability system; purpose; responsibilities of state board

A.  It is the purpose of this Section to:

(1)  Provide for the development and implementation of a school and district accountability system which requires and supports student achievement in each public school.

(2)  Provide assurance to the citizens that the quality of education in each public school is monitored and maintained at levels essential for each student to receive a minimum foundation of education.

(3)  Provide clear standards and expectations for schools and school systems so that assessment of their effectiveness will be understood.

(4)  Provide information that will assist schools and school systems in order that energies and resources may be focused on student academic achievement.

B.  The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, hereafter referred to as the "state board", shall provide for a statewide system of accountability for schools and school districts based on student achievement and minimum standards for the approval of schools pursuant to R.S. 17:10.  The program shall include, at a minimum, clear and appropriate standards for schools and school districts, indicators for the assessment of schools and school districts, student achievement baselines, student growth targets, and appropriate minimum levels of student achievement for each public school and school district, rewards and corrective actions, specific intervals for assessment and reassessment of schools and school districts, a review process for evaluating growth targets, and technical assistance.

C.(1)  The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall, by rule, define "financially at risk" as a status of any city, parish, or other local school board the unresolved finding of which subjects the school system and its board to the provisions of Chapter 9-B of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 regarding the judicial appointment of a fiscal administrator.

(2)  Each city, parish, or other local public school board shall be notified on a regular basis by the state Department of Education of its status related to the elements of the definition of financially at risk.

D and E.  Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

Acts 1997, No. 478, §1, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1; Acts 2005, No. 7, §1, eff. May 27, 2005.