Provides relative to school choice, including the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program, parent petitions to transfer certain schools to be RSD, charter school authorizers, and course providers. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Creates and provides for a program to provide state funding for the education of students not enrolled in public school and expands the ability of parents to enroll children in the public school of their choice (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program, parent petitions for certain schools to be transferred to the RSD, charter school authorizers, and course providers (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Creates the Louisiana New Start Education Tax Credit which grants a refundable tax credit per tax year for up to $4,000 (1) paid for tuition, fees, and other eligible costs required for a student who resides within the attendance zone of a failed public school to enroll in a qualified nonpublic elementary or secondary school or a college lab school or (2) contributed to an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization which provides assistance to such students attending such schools. (1/1/12) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education study the feasibility of developing an accountability system for nonpublic schools participating in the voucher program comparable to the accountability system for public schools
Directs the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to revise policies relative to the accountability system for schools participating in the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program
Directs BESE to submit a report relative to the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program to the legislature and the governor prior to the 2012 R.S.
Provides relative to implementation of Common Core State Standards and the development of curriculum guides prior to such implementation for public schools and nonpublic schools participating in the voucher program
Creates the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program to provide educational savings accounts for parental choice in K-12 education. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)