2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:391.11 — School readiness screening; kindergarten instrument selection; administration; reporting

§391.11.  School readiness screening; kindergarten instrument selection; administration; reporting

A.  Beginning with the 1987-1988 school year and thereafter, each city and parish school system shall require that every child entering kindergarten for the first time be given a nationally recognized readiness screening.  The results of this screening shall be used in placement and for planning instruction.  The pupil progression plan for each school system shall include criterion for placement.

B.  The state Department of Education shall review the available nationally recognized individually administered readiness tests and shall recommend to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education tests acceptable for use as provided in this Section.  The tests recommended by the state Department of Education shall include the capacity to measure a student's proficiency in vision and hearing using the present vision and hearing screening programs.  Each school board may select one of the tests to be used in the system.  The test selected and policies adopted for promotion to or enrollment in first grade shall be promulgated by each system in its pupil progression plan and curriculum guides.

C.  Each child entering kindergarten for the first time shall be screened at the beginning of the school year.  The parent or guardian of each child shall be advised of the nature of the child's level of readiness.

D.  Each system shall report to the state Department of Education screening results by school on an annual basis by December first of each year.

E.  The state shall pay the cost of state required screening materials and reporting required by law or regulation pursuant to this Section.

Acts 1985, No. 257, §1, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 146, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1986, No 407, §1; Acts 1989, No. 241, §1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 478, §1.

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 146, §4.}}