Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part XXXIX - Bulletin 1566-Pupil Progression Policies and Procedures
Chapter 5 - Placement Policies-General Requirements
Section XXXIX-503 - Regular Placement
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXXIX-503
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. Promotion-Grades K-12
1. Promotion from one
grade to another for regular students and students with disabilities shall be
based on the following statewide evaluative criteria.
a. Each plan shall include the school
attendance requirements.
b. Each
plan shall include the course requirements for promotion by grade
levels.
c. Each plan shall include
promotion requirements for students eligible to take LEAP alternate assessment,
level 1 (LAA 1) or LEAP connect.
d.
Each plan shall include promotion requirements for students with disabilities
aligned to policies included in Bulletin 1530-Louisiana's IEP Handbook
for Students with Exceptionalities.
e. Each plan shall include other applicable
requirements, including the high stakes policy requirements for entering
students in fifth or ninth grade.
2. Every child, as a prerequisite to
enrollment in any first grade of a public school, shall have attended at least
a full-day public or non-public kindergarten for a full school year, and shall
have satisfactorily passed an academic readiness screening administered by the
school system prior to the time of enrollment for the first grade. Each school
system shall establish the academic readiness level for its first grade based
on criteria established by the system. Any child not able to meet kindergarten
attendance requirements due to illness or extraordinary, extenuating
circumstances as determined by the school governing authority, shall be
required to satisfactorily pass an academic readiness screening administered by
the school system prior to the time of enrollment for the first grade. In
accordance with
R.S.
17:221, any child below the age of seven who
legally enrolls in school shall be subject to state laws regarding compulsory
attendance and promotion requirements set forth by the school system in
accordance with this bulletin.
B. Requirements for High School Students
1. Each plan shall include the following
statements, that:
a. in addition to
completing the required minimum number of Carnegie units of credits as
presented by BESE, students must pass the required end-of-course tests or LEAP
2025 high school assessments to receive a high school diploma;
b. any first-time eighth grade student who
does not meet the passing standard set forth in
§703 of this bulletin and any student
not eligible for any waiver pursuant to
§707 of this Part, may be placed on a
high school campus in transitional ninth grade;
c. LEAs shall follow the guidelines set forth
in
§703 to determine, based on evidence of
student learning, whether eighth grade students may be promoted to the ninth
grade or placed on a high school campus in transitional ninth grade. The
percentage of an LEAs eighth graders placed in transitional ninth grade is
expected to remain stable over time. In the event that the percentage of an
LEAs eighth graders placed in transitional ninth grade exceeds the percentage
of eighth graders in that LEA eligible for transitional ninth grade at the
conclusion of the prior school year, the local superintendent of that LEA shall
provide a written justification to the state superintendent;
d. the initial decision to place a student in
the transitional ninth grade or to retain a student in the eighth grade shall
be made by the school in which the student is enrolled in the eighth grade, in
consultation with the students parents;
e. each LEA shall admit transitional ninth
grade students, subject to any admissions requirements approved by the schools
governing authority or charter authorizer;
f. the following shall govern the
transitional ninth grade:
i. for any student
who recently completed the eighth grade and is transferring into the LEA from
another state or country after summer remediation, if summer remediation is
offered, the LEA shall review the students academic record to determine
appropriate placement in ninth grade or transitional ninth grade. Such
placement shall occur no later than October 1 of each school year.
ii. After one full year of transitional ninth
grade, students shall be included in the ninth grade graduation cohort for high
school accountability purposes.
iii. Students enrolled in transitional ninth
grade shall receive appropriate academic supports in any subjects in which they
did not score at or above proficient, as determined by BESE. A plan outlining
such academic supports shall be included in the students individual graduation
plan. Progress pursuant to such specified academic supports shall be reviewed
at least once throughout the school year in order to determine effectiveness
and any needed adjustments.
iv.
Students enrolled in transitional ninth grade shall have opportunities to take
career and technical education courses and participate in any career training
opportunities included in a high school career pathway developed by a
consortium of LEAs, post-secondary colleges and universities, and local
business and industry, and approved by the LDE.
v. Students enrolled in transitional ninth
grade shall receive dropout prevention and mentoring services based on proven
strategies to retain and graduate at-risk students. The LDE shall make
available to LEAs a list of recommended strategies and technical assistance
needed to offer students such services.
C. Retention-Grades K-12
1. Retention of a student shall be based upon
the student's failure to meet the criteria established by local boards for
promotion and other criteria contained in these policies and
procedures.
D. Acceleration
1. Grades K-8
a. The local school board shall establish
written policies and procedures for the placement of students who evidence that
they will benefit more from the instructional program at an advanced grade
level.
2. Grades 9-12
a. The local school board shall follow the
policies and procedures established in Bulletin
741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, and
other local requirements for student acceleration.
E. Transfer Students
1. The local school board shall establish
written policies for the placement of students transferring from all other
systems and home schooling programs (public, nonpublic, both in and
out-of-state, and foreign countries).
a.
Students in grades 5 and 9 transferring to a public school from any in-state
nonpublic school (state-approved and not seeking state approval), any approved
home study program, or Louisiana resident transferring from any out-of-state
school, shall be administered the English language arts and mathematics
portions of the LEAP placement test. Students who have scored below the "basic"
achievement level shall have placement and individual academic supports
addressed in the same manner as non-transfer students in accordance with
§701 and
§703
b. Any child transferring into the first
grade of a public school from out of state and not meeting the requirements for
kindergarten attendance shall be required to pass an academic readiness
screening administered by the school system prior to the time of enrollment for
the first grade, in accordance with state law.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6, 17.7, and 17:24.4.
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