2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 17 — Education
RS 17:4012 — Legislative findings


LA Rev Stat § 17:4012 What's This?

§4012. Legislative findings

The legislature finds and declares that:

(1) It is in the public interest that all Louisiana schoolchildren receive the best education that its citizens can provide, and the state of Louisiana has the right, responsibility, duty, and obligation to accomplish the objective of quality education for all Louisiana children, particularly for those children in school systems that have been declared to be academically in crisis.

(2) Attendance of children at nonpublic schools constitutes compliance with the objectives of Louisiana's compulsory attendance law; nonpublic schools in Louisiana make a significant educational and economic contribution towards meeting the goal of a quality education for every Louisiana school child; and Louisiana has recognized and encouraged that contribution through providing textbooks and transportation to students attending approved nonpublic schools for many decades.

(3) Effective nonpublic schools exist in Louisiana's school systems, including those that are academically in crisis.

(4) Nonpublic schools can offer a quality education to students in systems that are academically in crisis, and it is in the public interest to offer students in such systems the means of accessing the educational opportunities offered by nonpublic schools by providing them with scholarships to attend such schools.

(5) Academically acceptable public schools can serve as quality alternatives for students attending low-performing public schools.

Acts 2008, No. 509, §1, eff. June 25, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8.

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