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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 213
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education provide
in the 2015-2016 Minimum Foundation Program formula for a monthly distribution
of funds to public school governing authorities for dropout recovery programs based
on a count of students enrolled in such programs who are making satisfactory
monthly progress as defined in the act which originated as House Bill No. 968 of the
2014 Regular Session of the Legislature.
WHEREAS, effective high school dropout recovery programs are essential to the
economic success of individuals, communities, and the state; and
WHEREAS, new law, as provided in the act which originated as House Bill No. 968
of the 2014 Regular Session of the Legislature, authorizes school districts and charter
schools that provide instruction to high school students to offer dropout recovery programs
for eligible students; and
WHEREAS, new law further provides that the State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education's prescribed standards and achievement testing requirements shall
apply to dropout recovery programs, which shall make available appropriate and sufficient
supports for students, including tutoring, career counseling, and college counseling, comply
with federal and state laws governing students with disabilities, and meet state requirements
for high school graduation; and
WHEREAS, new law requires that each eligible student enrolled in a dropout
recovery program have an individual graduation plan developed by an academic coach; and
WHEREAS, new law requires that a student enrolled in a dropout recovery program
be included in the student enrollment count for the school or school system offering the
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WHEREAS, new law requires schools and school systems to report the following
information to the state Department of Education on a monthly basis:
(1) Newly enrolled students who have an individual graduation plan on file on or
before the first school day of the month; and
(2) Students who met the expectations for satisfactory monthly progress for the
month; and
(3) Students who did not meet the expectations for satisfactory monthly progress for
the month but did meet the expectations one of the two previous months; and
(4) Students who met expectations for program reentry in the revised individual
graduation plan in the previous month; and
WHEREAS, new law defines "satisfactory monthly progress" as an amount of
progress that is measurable on a monthly basis and that, if continued for a full twelve
months, would result in the same amount of academic credit being awarded to the student
as would be awarded to a student in a traditional education program who completes a full
school year and further provides that satisfactory monthly progress may include a lesser
required amount of progress for the first two months that a student participates in the dropout
recovery program.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request that the State Board of Elementary
and Secondary Education provide in the 2015-2016 Minimum Foundation Program formula
for a monthly distribution of funds to public school governing authorities for dropout
recovery programs based on a count of students enrolled in such programs who are making
satisfactory monthly progress as defined in the act which originated as House Bill No. 968
of the 2014 Regular Session of the Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES