HLS 12RS-974 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 351
BY REPRESENTATIVE BURRELL
SCHOOLS/NONPUBLIC: Requires BESE to develop and implement a school
accountability system for approved nonpublic schools
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:10.9, relative to school accountability; to require the State Board of2
Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and implement an accountability3
system for certain nonpublic schools; to provide relative to criteria; to provide for4
effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:10.9 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง10.9. School accountability system; nonpublic schools8
A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop9
and implement a school accountability system for nonpublic schools that are10
approved by the board and that receive public funds.11
B. The system, to the extent possible, shall be comparable to and contain the12
same components, requirements, and criteria as the school and district accountability13
system for public schools, including but not limited to requirements for student14
testing, assignment of letter grades to schools, and reporting of results to parents.15
Section 2. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall implement16
a school accountability system for certain nonpublic schools as provided in this Act effective17
for the 2012-2013 school year and thereafter.18 HLS 12RS-974 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 351
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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)]
Burrell HB No. 351
Abstract: Requires BESE to develop and implement an accountability system for certain
nonpublic schools.
Present law provides for a school and district accountability system for public schools.
Proposed law adds that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)
shall develop, and, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, implement a school
accountability system for all nonpublic schools that are BESE-approved and that receive
public funds. Such system, to the extent possible, shall be comparable to and contain the
same components, requirements, and criteria as the accountability system for public schools,
including but not limited to requirements for student testing, assignment of letter grades to
schools, and reporting of results to parents.
(Adds R.S. 17:10.9)