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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 611
BY SENATOR PETERSON
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. Requires BESE to transfer MFP funds to entities providing
instruction to certain students preparing to take the General Education Development test.
(8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact 17:100.1.1, relative to preparation for the General Education Development test; to2
provide for supervision of private providers by the Louisiana Community and3
Technical College System; to provide with respect to provider eligibility4
requirements; to provide with respect to student eligibility; to provide with respect5
to Minimum Foundation Program funds; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:100.1.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง100.1.1. Alternative completer programs; eligibility based upon age; provider9
approval; inclusion in minimum foundation formula10
A.(1) Each student age sixteen through eighteen years who is enrolled11
in an approved adult education program, as provided for in Subsection B of this12
Section, providing instruction in preparing to take the General Education13
Development (GED) test, shall be counted by the city, parish, or other local14
public school board for the city or parish in which such program exists for15
purposes of the minimum foundation program and any other state or federal16
funding for which the student may be eligible. No other city, parish, or other17 SB NO. 611
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local public school board shall include such a student in any count for purposes1
of the minimum foundation program for any other available state or federal2
funding for which the student may be eligible.3
(2) Subject to the requirements of Subsection B of this Section, the4
Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) may contract for5
the provision of educational services for students described in Paragraph (1) of6
this Subsection.7
B. Private providers of programs of instruction to students preparing8
to taking the GED test shall be approved by LCTCS and the State Board of9
Elementary and Secondary Education (board) as providers of such programs10
pursuant to standards established by LCTCS and the board before a contract11
as authorized by this Section may be entered into by LCTCS.12
C.(1) Each student enrolled in a program approved pursuant to13
Subsection B of this Section under the jurisdiction of LCTCS shall be included14
by the board in the development of each year's minimum foundation program15
formula.16
(2) Each student described in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section enrolled17
in an approved program shall be provided for and funded at one hundred18
percent of the state share per pupil amount as provided in the approved19
minimum foundation program formula for the city, parish, or other local public20
school system in which the student would otherwise have been enrolled, as21
contained in the budget letter approved by the board, and the board shall22
allocate such funds to the provider of the approved program.23
(3) In addition to the allocation of the state share per pupil amount24
provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the city, parish, or other local25
public school system in which the student would have otherwise been enrolled26
shall allocate and transfer to the approved program from which the student is27
receiving services an amount of money equal to the local share per pupil amount28
allocated by the system times the number of such students under the supervision29 SB NO. 611
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of the LCTCS. The board shall provide for the transfer of the local share per1
pupil amount from the appropriate city, parish, or other local public school2
system to the approved program provider.3
(4) Each provider of an approved program pursuant to this Section shall4
expend all minimum foundation program funds allocated to it pursuant to this5
Subsection to provide services to the students receiving its services.6
(5) The board, in collaboration with the LCTCS, shall develop a method7
to identify the number of students eligible for funding each year pursuant to8
this Section.9
D. Providers of programs approved pursuant to this Section shall be10
supervised by the LCTCS, and shall have demonstrated a proven record of11
student progress in the attainment of basic skills and essential competencies as12
determined by quality indicators and performance-based criteria developed and13
adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges in14
accordance with R.S. 17:3217.1(D)(2).15
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Nancy Vicknair.
DIGEST
Proposed law requires that any student ages 16 through 18 who enrolled in an approved
program providing preparation for the General Education Development (GED) test, to be
counted by the city, parish, or other local public school board for the city or parish such
program exists for purposes of the minimum foundation program (MFP) and any other state
or federal funding for which the student may be eligible. Provides that no other city, parish,
or other local public school board shall include such a student in any count for purposes of
the MFP for any other available state or federal funding for which the student may be
eligible.
Proposed law authorizes the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS)
to contract with private entities to provide programs and requires such providers to be
approved by LCTCS and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE),
pursuant to standards established by LCTCS and the board, before a contract may be entered
into by LCTCS.
Proposed law requires that each student enrolled in an approved program under the
jurisdiction of LCTCS be included by BESE in the MFP formula.
Proposed law requires that each student enrolled in such an approved program shall be
provided for and funded at 100% of the state share per pupil amount as provided in the MFP
formula for the city, parish, or other local public school system in which the student would
otherwise have been enrolled, as contained in the budget letter approved by the board. SB NO. 611
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Provides that the board shall allocate such funds to the provider of the approved program.
Proposed law provides that in addition to the allocation of the state share per pupil amount,
the city, parish, or other local public school system in which the student would have
otherwise been enrolled shall allocate and transfer to the approved program provider from
which the student is receiving services an amount of money equal to the local share per pupil
amount allocated by the system times the number of students enrolled in the approved
program under the supervision of the LCTCS. Requires BESE to provide for the transfer of
the local share per pupil amount from the appropriate city, parish, or other local public
school system to the provider of the approved program.
Proposed law requires each provider of an approved program to expend all MFP funds
allocated to it to provide services to the students receiving its services.
Proposed law requires BESE and LCTCS to develop a method to identify the number of
students eligible for funding each year.
Proposed law requires LCTCS to supervise providers of approved programs and requires
such providers to have demonstrated a proven record of student progress in the attainment
of basic skills and essential competencies as determined by quality indicators and
performance-based criteria developed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of
Community and Technical Colleges.
Effective August 1, 2012
(Adds R.S. 17:100.1.1)