2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:332 — Data base; plans of high school students; creation; state department of education; recipients

§332.  Data base; plans of high school students; creation; state Department of Education; recipients

A.(1)  The state Department of Education shall establish, maintain, and manage, pursuant to all applicable policies and rules adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, a data base containing information voluntarily provided by high school students concerning their plans for themselves after leaving high school.  

(2)  The data base shall be established, maintained, and managed in a form that facilitates the efficient sharing of accurate and current information as provided in this Subpart.  

B.(1)  The following items of information shall be requested of every junior attending a public or private high school which has been approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education:

(a)  Name.  

(b)  Residence and mailing address.  

(c)  Age.  

(d)  Name of high school being attended.  

(e)  Anticipated date of graduation.  

(f)  Intention to enroll in any of the following:

(i)  Public four-year college or university, in or out of state.  

(ii)  Private four-year college or university, in or out of state.  

(iii)  Public vocational institute, in or out of state.  

(iv)  Proprietary school.  

(v)  Other.  

(g)  Program of interest, specify.  

(h)  Intention to undertake military service, specify.  

(i)  High school grade point average.  

(j)  Intention to apply for need-based financial assistance.  

(2)(a)  Prior to requesting the information listed in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, students and their parents or guardians shall be advised of the existence of the data base, the nature of the information to be requested, the use to which such information will be put, the access to the information which will be permitted, and the rights of the student and/or parent or guardian with regard to the information.  

(b)  Each student shall respond to such requests on a voluntary basis, and, only with the written permission of their parent or guardian, if the student is under eighteen years of age.  Responses shall not be required to each requested item.  

C.  The following institutions may request and receive data base information from the state Department of Education:

(1)  Any state public college or university.  

(2)  Any member institution of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.  

(3)  Any public vocational institute in the state.  

(4)  Any branch of the military services.  

(5)  The Board of Regents.  

(6)  Any public higher education management board.  

(7)  The Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission.  

D.  Any statistical data or summary of data which contains no personally identifiable information which is created by the department from information gathered pursuant to this Subpart shall be available in the same manner as for other public records.  

Acts 1991, No. 31, §1.