2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 17 - Education
RS 17:4002.6 - Course providers; funding

§4002.6. Course providers; funding

A.(1) The course provider shall receive a course amount for each eligible funded student.

(2) For purposes of this Part, the per course amount means an amount equal to the market rate as determined by the course provider and reported to the state Department of Education up to one-sixth of ninety percent of the per pupil amount each year as determined by the minimum foundation program for the local school system in which the eligible funded student resides. Any remaining funds, except those specified in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, for that student shall be returned to the state or to the local school system according to the pro rata share for the per pupil amount each year as determined by the minimum foundation program for the local school system in which the student resides. Transfers of course payments shall be made by the state Department of Education on behalf of the responsible city or parish school system in which the student resides to the authorized course provider.

(3) For each student identified in R.S. 17:4002.3(2)(a) and (b), an amount equal to ten percent of the per pupil amount according to the pro rata share as determined each year by the minimum foundation program for the local school system in which such student resides shall remain with the local school system in which the eligible funded student is enrolled full time. These funds shall be used to finance any administrative or operational costs to support students enrolled in courses offered by course providers, as determined by the state board.

(4) For students identified in R.S. 17:4002.3(2)(c), the course provider shall receive payment only for the courses in which the student is enrolled in accordance with Subsection C of this Section. The remaining funds for each of these students up to the maximum amount for the parish in which the participating student resides as determined each year by the minimum foundation program or actual tuition and fees, as applicable, shall remain with the participating school in which the student is enrolled in accordance with R.S. 17:4011 through 4025.

B.(1) The course provider may charge tuition to any eligible participating student in an amount equal to the amount determined by the course provider and reported to the state Department of Education in accordance with Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section.

(2) The course provider shall accept the amount specified in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section as total tuition and fees for the eligible participating student.

C.(1) Fifty percent of the amount of tuition to be paid or transferred through the minimum foundation program to the course provider shall be paid or transferred upon student enrollment in a course and fifty percent shall be paid or transferred upon course completion according to the published course length.

(2) If a student does not complete a course according to the published course length in which the course provider has received the first payment pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the provider shall receive forty percent of the course amount as defined in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section only if the student completes the course and receives credit for the course prior to leaving school pursuant to R.S. 17:221 or graduating from high school pursuant to R.S. 17:24.4.

(3) The remaining ten percent of the per pupil amount according to the pro rata share as determined each year by the minimum foundation program for the local public school system in which the eligible funded student resides shall remain with the school in which the eligible funded student is enrolled full time. This shall be in addition to the ten percent specified in Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section.

Acts 2012, No. 2, §1.