ENROLLED
ACT No. 121
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 562
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3991(B)(3), relative to charter schools; to permit city, parish,
3 and other local public school boards to assign students to charter schools under
4 certain circumstances; to provide for such assignment to be based on parental
5 preferences, charter school admission requirements and contracts, and local board
6 policies; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:3991(B)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง3991. Charter schools; requirements; limitations; renewal; amendment; revocation
10 * * *
11 B. Each proposed charter shall contain or make provision for the following:
12 * * *
13 (3) Admission requirements, if any, that are consistent with the school's role,
14 scope, and mission may be established pursuant to rules promulgated by the state
15 board. Such admission requirements shall be specific and shall include a system for
16 admission decisions which precludes exclusion of pupils based on race, religion,
17 gender, ethnicity, national origin, intelligence level as ascertained by an intelligence
18 quotient examination, or identification as a student with an exceptionality as defined
19 in R.S. 17:1942(B). Such admission requirements may include, however, specific
20 requirements related to a school's mission such as auditions for schools with a
21 performing arts mission or proficiency in a foreign language for schools with a
22 language immersion mission. Any school which was chartered prior to July 1, 2012,
23 and which incorporated achievement of a certain academic record as part of its
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HB NO. 562 ENROLLED
1 admission requirements may continue to utilize use such admission requirements.
2 No local board shall assign any pupil to attend a charter school, except that a local
3 board in a district in which fifty percent or more of the public schools in the district
4 are charter schools and that uses a single application and enrollment process adopted
5 by the local board for public school enrollment may assign a pupil to a charter school
6 based on such enrollment process, the preferences of the pupil's parent or legal
7 guardian, the charter school's admission requirements, the charter contract, and the
8 local board's policies.
9 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
Page 2 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.