§ 17:5021 — Louisiana high school graduation

§5021. Louisiana high school graduation
A.(1) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection B of this Section, to be eligible
for an award pursuant to this Chapter, a student shall be certified as provided in this Chapter
to have graduated from a public high school or a nonpublic high school which has been
approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(2)(a) For a student graduating from a Louisiana nonpublic high school to be eligible
for an award under this Chapter, beginning with applicants who graduate from a nonpublic
high school during the 1999-2000 school year, the nonpublic high school from which the
student graduates shall be approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education pursuant to R.S. 17:11 and, in addition, shall meet the standards required by the
board 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.
(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, those
nonpublic high schools that, not later than May 15, 2000, were approved by the State Board
of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to R.S. 17:11 and applied for and had their
application forwarded by the state Department of Education seeking the approval necessary
for the students in such schools to be eligible to receive from the state the benefits of
appropriations for such items as transportation, textbooks, and administrative cost
reimbursement shall have until the 2003-2004 school year to meet the latter requirement in
order for the graduates from such high schools to be eligible for an award under this Chapter.
B. Students funded through the Louisiana minimum foundation program and who
are attending any high school in an adjoining state pursuant to an agreement in effect as of
June 4, 1994, between the parish school system and the local governing authority of the
school in the adjoining state shall be considered as having graduated from a state-approved
nonpublic high school.

Legislative History

Acts 2015, No. 227, §1; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1.