Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXI - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 35 - Assessment of Students in Special
Section CXI-3501 - Approved Home Study Program Students

A. Fourth grade students from state-approved home study programs who are seeking to enroll in grade 5 must meet promotion standards on the grade 4 LEAP English Language Arts or the Mathematics test enroll in grade 5.

B. Eighth grade students from state-approved home study programs who are seeking to enroll in grade 9 must meet promotion standards on the grade 8 LEAP English Language Arts or the Mathematics test enroll in grade 9.

C. Students from state-approved home study programs have the option of taking the grades 4 and 8 LEAP Science and Social Studies tests.

D. Students from state-approved home study programs may take the iLEAP tests in grades 3, 5, 6, and 7.

E. Approved home study program students shall take the test which is designated for the enrolled grade.

F. A fee of up to $35, which covers actual costs of administering, scoring, and reporting the results of statewide assessment, may be charged. For students testing to enter the public school system, this fee shall be refunded upon the students enrollment in that public school system the semester immediately following testing. The DTC shall return results to parents when results are returned to the public schools.

G. Students enrolled in state-approved home study programs or non-public/non-scholarship schools are not eligible to participate in LAA 1, LAA 2, ELDA, EOC, or the state administration of EXPLORE, PLAN, WorkKeys or ACT.