Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CLV - Bulletin 134-Tuition Donation Program
Chapter 3 - School Tuition Organizations
Section CLV-301 - Establishment of a School Tuition Organization

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CLV-301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Each school tuition organization shall notify the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) of its intent to provide educational scholarships to qualified students attending qualified schools.

B. Each school tuition organization shall provide documentary evidence to the LDE that it has been granted an exemption from federal income tax and is established as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

C. No school tuition organization shall employ, or allow as a board member, any person who has been convicted of or has entered a plea of nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1.

D. Each school tuition organization shall develop and implement a written policy, consistent with the provisions of R.S. 15:587.1, through which the organization shall determine whether any applicant for employment, employee, or board member, has been arrested for or convicted of or pled nolo contendere to any criminal offense.

1. The written policy shall include:
a. the requirement to perform criminal background checks on all applicants for employment, employees and board members according to the provisions of R.S. 15:587.1;

b. a procedure for the submission of a person's fingerprints, in a form acceptable to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information (bureau), prior to employment of such person or the appointment of such person as a member of the board.

2. Persons who have submitted fingerprints to the bureau may be temporarily hired pending receipt of the reports from the bureau.

3. Each school tuition organization shall maintain proof of such record checks for the duration of a person's employment and/or membership on the board, and shall be able to provide such records upon request of the LDE.

E. The department shall bar a school tuition organization from participating in the tuition donation program if the school tuition organization fails to perform criminal background checks on all of its employees and board members according to the provisions of R.S. 15:587.1 or employs or allows a person to be a board member who has been convicted of or entered a plea of nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 47:6301.

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