Louisiana § 17:222 School entrance; proof of age, race, and parentage required; exceptions

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§ 17:222 — School entrance; proof of age, race, and parentage required; exceptions

Louisiana § 17:222

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Bluebook

La. Stat. Ann. § 17:222 (2026).

Text

§222. School entrance; proof of age, race, and parentage required; exceptions A. All children upon entering a public or nonpublic school in the state of Louisiana for the first time shall be required to present a copy of their official birth record to the school principal. A short-form birth certification card shall be acceptable as a copy of an official birth record. Only records from the local or state registrar of vital statistics will be accepted for children born in Louisiana. Birth verification forms issued by the local registrar of the parish of birth shall be valid and acceptable. B.

(1)Children born in Louisiana will be given a fifteen-day grace period to secure a copy of their birth record. Children born out of this state will be given thirty days grace in which to produce a copy

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§222. School entrance; proof of age, race, and parentage required; exceptions
A. All children upon entering a public or nonpublic school in the state of Louisiana
for the first time shall be required to present a copy of their official birth record to the school
principal. A short-form birth certification card shall be acceptable as a copy of an official
birth record. Only records from the local or state registrar of vital statistics will be accepted
for children born in Louisiana. Birth verification forms issued by the local registrar of the
parish of birth shall be valid and acceptable.
B.(1) Children born in Louisiana will be given a fifteen-day grace period to secure
a copy of their birth record. Children born out of this state will be given thirty days grace in
which to produce a copy of their birth record.
(2) In cases where birth certificates or birth verification forms cannot be obtained,
the school principal may accept whatever positive proof of age, race, and parentage is
available. It shall be left to the discretion of the parish or city superintendent of schools,
subject to the authority of the school board, as to whether or not a child shall continue in
school upon failure to comply with this Section.
C.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section, the
parish school boards in Jefferson and Orleans parishes may adopt, by rule, and enforce ages
for entrance into first grade in the schools in their systems which vary from the provisions
of this Section. All children admitted into school as a result of a rule adopted pursuant to this
Subsection shall be counted in reports submitted for funding under the minimum foundation
program, and money allocated pursuant to such program shall be based on the report which
includes such children.
(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall become void on June 30, 2022.

Legislative History

Acts 1964, No. 109, §2; Acts 1984, No. 914, §1; Acts 1993, No. 530, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 118, §2, eff. April 19, 2000; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 102, §1; Acts 2021, No. 386, §1, eff. June 16, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.