Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. The superintendent of the LEA requesting
deviation of any standard in this bulletin shall submit documentation to the
LDE, justifying the request.
B.
Technical assistance for meeting the policy as stated in this bulletin shall be
provided to the LEA by the LDE.
C.
When a deviation cannot be corrected by technical assistance, the LDE may
consider a waiver of policy using the following guidelines.
1. Waivers for Class Size
a. The LDE may waive class size requirements
up to two students over the maximum allowable upon receipt of the following:
i. a letter from the local superintendent
detailing each class that exceeds the class size;
ii. documentation from the principal and the
superintendent showing how efforts have been made to comply with standards;
and
iii. class sizes above the
limit of two will go directly to the appropriate board committee with an
executive recommendation from the LDE.
2. Course requirement waivers:
a. the LDE may waive up to one Carnegie unit
required for graduation in the following circumstances:
i. waivers for students who transfer to
Louisiana from another state during their senior year, are on course to
graduate in their previous state of residence, and are unable to schedule and
complete the needed course; and
ii.
waivers due to administrative errors;
b. beginning with the 2020-2021 incoming
freshman class, the LDE may grant a Jump Start 2.0 career diploma CTE hardship
waiver for applicable students:
i. waiver
requests may be considered for seniors with extraordinary circumstances;
and
ii. school systems must submit
Jump Start 2.0 course waiver requests with proposed CTE course equivalents via
the LDE Jump Start 2.0 course waiver request form, using the Secure ID;
and
c. in each
situation, the district must provide:
i. a
letter of justification from the local superintendent; and
ii. a copy of the student's
transcript.
D. Requests that do not meet BESE-approved
guidelines for an administrative action shall be submitted by the state
superintendent of education to the appropriate BESE committee with an executive
recommendation for action.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:6,
17:10.2(B)(5),
17:24.10(C)(1)(c),
17:151(B)(2),
17:192(B)(2),
17:274(D),
and
17:416.2(B).
