HLS 12RS-1441 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 1115
BY REPRESENTATIVE BADON
SCHOOLS: Prohibits alternative programs and alternative schools from being operated at
schools providing services to students other than those in the alternative program or
school
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:416.2(C) and to enact R.S. 17:100.5(E), relative to alternative2
schools and programs; to provide relative to the location of such schools and3
programs; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:416.2(C) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 17:100.5(E)6
is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
§100.5. Alternative schools; establishment by local boards 8
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E. Alternative education programs or schools shall not be operated at schools10
that enroll students other than those in the alternative program or school.11
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§416.2. Supervision of suspended students; alternative education programs13
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C.(1) For purposes of this Section, alternative education programs may mean15
programs designed to offer variations of traditional instructional programs and16
strategies for the purpose of increasing the likelihood that students who are17
unmotivated or unsuccessful in traditional programs or who are disruptive in the18
traditional school environment remain in school and obtain a high school diploma.19 HLS 12RS-1441 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1115
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Alternative programs may include but not be limited to programs that hold students1
to strict standards of behavior in highly structured and controlled environments,2
sometimes referred to as "boot camps", "police schools", or "court schools".3
(2) Alternative education programs or schools shall not be operated at4
schools that enroll students other than those in the program or school.5
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Badon HB No. 1115
Abstract: Prohibits alternative programs or schools from being operated at schools
providing services to students other than those in the alternative program or school.
Present law provides for the establishment and maintenance of alternative schools by parish
and city school boards, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education (BESE). Provides that BESE shall develop, adopt, and implement appropriate
guidelines for alternative schools. Requires that students eligible for enrollment in
alternative schools shall be determined from a list of disruptive students compiled by each
city and parish school board. Provides that each city or parish school board operating an
alternative school annually shall evaluate such school. Proposed law retains present law.
Present law defines alternative education programs as programs designed to increase the
likelihood that students who are unmotivated or unsuccessful in traditional programs or who
are disruptive in the traditional school environment remain in school and obtain a high
school diploma. Such programs may include programs that hold students to strict standards
of behavior in highly structured and controlled environments, sometimes referred to as "boot
camps", "police schools", or "court schools". Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law adds provision that prohibits alternative education programs or schools from
being operated at schools that enroll students other than those in the alternative program or
school.
(Amends R.S. 17:416(C); Adds R.S. 17:100.5(E))