Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 701
BY SENATOR MARIONNEAUX AND REPRESENTATIVES ARMES, AUSTIN
BADON, CARMODY, CARTER, CHANDLER, CHANEY, DIXON,
DOWNS, HINES, HOFFMANN, RI CHARDSON, RITCHIE,
PATRICIA SMITH AND THIBAUT
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:221.4(C) and (D), relative to education; to provide relative to options2
available to certain high school dropouts pursuant to court order; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:221.4(C) and (D) are hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง221.4. Dropout prevention and recovery program7
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C. A student, under eighteen years of age, who withdraws from9
school prior to graduating from high school, shall exercise one of the10
following options within one hundred twenty days of leaving school:11
(1) Reenroll in school and make continual progress toward12
completing the requirements for high school graduation.13
(2) Enroll in a high school equivalency diploma program and make14
continual progress toward completing the requirements for earning such15
diploma.16
(3) Enlist in the Louisiana National Guard or a branch of the17
United States Armed Forces, with a commitment for at least two years of18
service, and earn a high school equivalency diploma during such service19
period.20
ACT No. 666 D. The provisions of Subsection C of this Section shall apply only to1
students who have been ruled to be truants, pursuant to the provisions of2
Chapter 15 of Title VII of the Louisiana Children's Code, by a court of3
competent jurisdiction and ordered by the court to comply with the4
provisions thereof. 5
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: