Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part IV - Student Financial Assistance-Higher Education Scholarship and Grant Programs
Chapter 17 - Responsibilities of High Schools, School Boards, Special School Governing Boards, the Louisiana Department of Education and the Louisiana Board of Regents on Behalf of Eligible NonLouisiana High Schools
Section IV-1701 - Eligibility of Graduates Based upon the High School Attended

a. nonpublic high schools approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) pursuant to R.S. 17:11 and which meet the standards required by BESE for students of the school to be eligible to receive from the state the benefit of appropriations for such items as transportation, textbooks, and administrative cost reimbursement; and

b. nonpublic schools approved by BESE pursuant to R.S. 17:11 prior to May 15, 2000, which have applied for and have had their application forwarded by the Louisiana Department of Education prior to May 15, 2000, seeking the approval necessary for the students in such school to be eligible to receive from the state the benefit of appropriations for such items as transportation, textbooks, and administrative cost reimbursement; and starting the 2003-2004 high school academic year, meet the requirements to be eligible to receive from the state the benefit of such appropriations;

c. the approvals by BESE may be provisional or probational approvals;

d. approved nonpublic high schools are listed in the electronic STSQ14 report, high school sites extract file, provided annually to LOSFA by the Louisiana Department of Education;

a. are in a state adjoining the state of Louisiana; and

b. have provided the board with acceptable evidence of an agreement dated prior to June 5, 1994, between a parish school system in the state of Louisiana and the high school's local governing authority, which authorizes the attendance of students who are residents of Louisiana; and

c. have students who graduate during the academic year preceding the award year, who were residents of Louisiana and who were funded through the Louisiana Minimum Foundation Program; and

d. have certified the academic performance of Louisiana graduates, in accordance with §1703;

a. all other public or nonpublic high schools located in one of the United States or territories of the United States, other than Louisiana:

b. graduates of out-of-state high schools are eligible to participate in the Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship and the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program;

c. graduates of out-of-state high schools who are Louisiana residents or the dependents of a Louisiana resident serving on active duty with the armed forces or who have a parent who is a Louisiana resident are eligible to participate in TOPS;

d. a school will be deemed to be approved by the appropriate state agency if that state agency certifies:

a. all other public or non-public high schools located outside the United States or the territories of the United States that meet the standards adopted by BESE for approval of nonpublic schools in Louisiana and which are accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education; and

b. those high schools located in foreign countries which have been authorized or approved by a department in the executive branch of the United States government to teach the dependents of members of the U.S. Armed Forces stationed abroad; and

c. for students graduating during the 2009-2010 school year and thereafter with an international baccalaureate diploma, those high schools located outside the United States and its territories that have been approved by the International Baccalaureate Organization to issue such a diploma.