Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Nonpublic schools that enroll scholarship
recipients in grade levels with mandatory state accountability testing in math
or English shall:
1. develop and submit
annually to the LDE a test security policy approved by its board in compliance
with Bulletin 118, Chapter 3;
2.
follow BESE's test security policy as stated in Bulletin 118;
3. name a school test coordinator and provide
contact information to the LDE;
4.
be responsible for all required accountability and demographic coding of
testing documents; and
5.
investigate and report any testing irregularities and/or violations of test
security to the department.
B. The school test coordinator for the
participating nonpublic school shall attend the pretest workshop designed for
the participating nonpublic schools as well as any additional training required
to administer the state tests.
1. The school
test coordinator shall provide to the LDE with a valid work email address.
Personal email addresses (Yahoo, Hotmail, Google, etc.) will not be
accepted.
2. When the school test
coordinator changes, the participating nonpublic school shall provide the name
and contact information of the new school test coordinator to the LDE on school
letterhead within 15 days of the change in appointment;
C. The LDE staff shall have the authority to:
1. monitor the implementation of the state
testing;
2. require changes to the
test security policy as it deems necessary;
3. require changes to the testing plan as it
deems necessary;
4. conduct site
visits during testing; and
5.
conduct an investigation into testing irregularities and/or violations, and
void any scores deemed to be invalid.
D. The LDE staff shall:
1. notify participating nonpublic schools of
any new requirements in state testing; and
2. evaluate annually the testing plan to
ensure full compliance with policies and procedures
E. The LEA shall not test any students
enrolled in participating nonpublic schools unless there is a written agreement
between the LEA and the participating nonpublic school to this effect. No LEA
shall ever be required to test students attending the participating nonpublic
schools under the Tuition Donation Program.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
47:6301.
