2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:100.1 — Alternative educational programs; certain adjudicated students; students in the custody of the office of youth development; funding; authority of the local school board to contract

§100.1.  Alternative educational programs; certain adjudicated students; students in the custody of the office of youth development; funding; authority of the local school board to contract

A.(1)  Any child who has been adjudicated delinquent or as a member of a family in need of services by a court or is in the custody of the office of youth development as a result of any such adjudication and is assigned by the office of youth development to a community-based program or facility shall be counted by the city, parish, or other local public school board for the city or parish where such program or facility exists for purposes of the Minimum Foundation Program and any other available state or federal funding for which the child is eligible.  No other city, parish, or other local public school board shall include such a child in any count for purposes of the Minimum Foundation Program or any other available state or federal funding for which the child may be eligible.  Funds inuring to the city, parish, or other local public school board as a result of the presence of such children in their jurisdiction shall be used to provide educational services for such children.

(2)  Subject to the requirements of Subsection B of this Section, any city, parish, or other local public school board may contract for the provision of educational services for children described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

B.  Private providers of alternative educational services shall be approved by the city, parish, or other local public school board and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as alternative schools pursuant to standards established by the state board before a contract as authorized by this Section may be entered into by the city, parish, or other local public school board.

C.  The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt necessary rules and regulations to assure that no funds provided through the Minimum Foundation Program or any other state or federal program as provided in this Section shall supplant any other funding provided to the office of youth development for the educational services for such children.

Acts 1991, No. 725, §1, eff. July 18, 1991; Acts 2005, No. 274, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.