2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:238 — Education of children having no permanent address, certain abandoned children, and children in foster care

§238.  Education of children having no permanent address, certain abandoned children, and children in foster care

A.  Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary, each city and parish school board shall establish a policy to provide for the placement in school and for the education of any child temporarily residing within the jurisdiction of the board who has no permanent address, who has been abandoned by his parents, or who is in foster care pursuant to placement through the Department of Social Services.

B.  No school board shall deny enrollment in school to any child solely because the child has no permanent address, because the child has been abandoned by his parents, or because the child is in foster care pursuant to placement through the Department of Social Services; however, nothing in this Section shall require the enrollment of any child not permitted by another school system to attend school, either permanently or temporarily, as a result of disciplinary actions.

Acts 1989, No. 251, §1; Acts 1995, No. 139, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 39, §1.