Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXI - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section CXI-109 - Assessment Populations
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CXI-109
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Classified Populations
1. Definition
Classified Population-a population of students that is identified for educational and accountability purposes.
2. Regular
Education Students. These are students who have not been identified as eligible
for special education and related services.
3. Special Education Students. This group
includes:
a. Students with Disabilities.
These are students who have been evaluated in accordance with CFR
300.530-300.536 as having mental retardation, a hearing impairment including
deafness, a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment including
blindness, serious emotional disturbance (hereafter referred to as emotional
disturbance), an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, and
other health impairment, a specific learning disability, deaf-blindness, or
multiple disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and
related services (Federal Register, Vol. 64, No.
48);
b. Gifted and Talented
Students. These are students who have been identified as possessing
demonstrated or potential abilities that give evidence of high-performing
capabilities in intellectual, creative, specific academic or leadership areas,
or ability in the performing or visual arts and who require services or
activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop such
capabilities (HR 637-Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of
1999);
c.Section 504 Students.
These are students with one or more disabilities according to the regulations
for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which defines disability as
a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major
life activities. ( PL 95-602 Title 1, Sec.122 [a] [4]-[8]);
d. limited English proficient students. These
are students who are aged 3 through 21; who were not born in the United States
or whose native language is a language other than English; who are Native
Americans or Alaska Natives or native residents of the outlying areas and come
from an environment where a language other than English has had significant
impact on their level of English language proficiency; or who are migratory,
whose native language is a language other than English, and who come from an
environment where a language other than English is dominant; and whose
difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English
language may be sufficient to deny them:
i.
the ability to meet the state's proficient level of achievement on state
assessments;
ii. the ability to
successfully achieve in classrooms where the language of instruction is
English; or
iii. the opportunity to
participate in society.
B. Nonclassified Populations
1. Definition
Nonclassified Population-a population of students that is identified for reasons other than educational or accountability purposes.
2.
Homebound Program Students. These are students who are unable to attend school
as a result of health care treatment or physical illness and who are assigned a
teacher to instruct them at home or in a hospital environment.
3. Approved Home Study Program Students.
These students are taught in a program with a state-approved curriculum that is
implemented under the direction and control of a parent or a tutor. A
tutor is defined as a court-appointed guardian under Louisiana
law.
4. Foreign Exchange Students.
These students are citizens of another nation who have come under the auspices
of a specific program to study in U.S. public elementary and secondary
schools.
5. Correctional
Facilities. These are students attending alternative schools under the Office
of Youth Development.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4.
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