2017 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 17 - Education
RS 17:407.91 - Definitions
PART X-E. LOUISIANA EARLY LEARNING
ENROLLMENT COORDINATION
§407.91. Definitions
As used in this Part, the following definitions shall apply:
A. "Coverage area" means the parish, parishes, or other geographical area within the jurisdiction of a local early learning enrollment coordinator.
B. "Department" means the state Department of Education.
C. "Local early learning enrollment coordinator" means an approved entity that conducts a process for informing families about publicly-funded and Type III licensed early childhood care and education programs in the coverage area; collects family preferences; develops and uses a common application process; annually determines demand for publicly-funded early childhood care and education within the coverage area; and makes recommendations to the department for the distribution of available publicly-funded early childhood care and education slots for at-risk children within its coverage area.
D. "State Board" means the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Acts 2014, No. 717, §1, eff. June 18, 2014.