Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part LXXIX - Bulletin 741 (Nonpublic)-Louisiana Handbook for Nonpublic School Administrators
Chapter 1 - Operation and Administration
Section LXXIX-115 - Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The nonpublic school shall have the option of establishing a pre-kindergarten and/or kindergarten program on a half-day or full-day schedule.
B. The pre-kindergarten program shall be listed on the annual school report when operated as a developmental program within the total school program or when operated as a separate program.
C. The term pre-kindergarten includes developmental programs for children ages three through four, the minimum age being three by September 30 of the school year in which the student enters pre-kindergarten.
D. Pre-kindergarten programs may be operated as part of an approved elementary school program in conjunction with other grades or may be operated solely as an approved pre-kindergarten program. These approved programs are considered to be elementary schools.
E. Non-public schools are not required to offer pre-kindergarten programs nor are children required to attend these programs.
F. Any other program which operates in a school as a childcare program shall follow the day care standards as prescribed by the appropriate state agency and is not to be listed on the annual school report.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10), (11), and (15), R.S. 17:7(6), R.S. 17:10, R.S. 17:22(6), R.S. 17:391.1-391.10, and R.S. 44:411.
