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Compulsory Education and Truancy in Louisiana: Statutes

Revised Statutes

SUBPART C. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

R.S. 17 §221. School attendance; compulsory ages; duty of parents; excessive absences; condition for driving privileges

R.S. 17 §221.2.  Assignment of pupils; parental request

R.S. 17 §221.3.  Student enrollment notification; required schools and programs; content

R.S. 17 §221.4. Louisiana School Dropout Prevention Act

R.S. 17 §221.5.  Placement in classrooms of children born at the same birth event; parental request; limitations

R.S. 17 §221.6. Louisiana School Dropout Recovery Program

R.S. 17 §221.7. Dropout prevention and recovery for expectant and parenting students

R.S. 17 §221.8. Pregnant or parenting students; policies; attendance, breastfeeding, and child care

R.S. 17 §222. School entrance; proof of age, race, and parentage required; exceptions

R.S. 17 §223. Discipline of pupils; suspension from school

R.S. 17 §223.1.  In-school suspension pilot projects

R.S. 17 §224.  Unadjustable or incorrigible children; reports to juvenile courts; expulsion, assignments, and transfers

R.S. 17 §226.  Exemptions from compulsory attendance

R.S. 17 §226.1.  Compulsory attendance; exemption for minors engaged in artistic or creative services

R.S. 17 §227.  State directors of child welfare and attendance; duties

R.S. 17 §228.  Visiting teachers, or supervisors of child welfare and attendance

R.S. 17 §229.  Appointment of visiting teachers, or supervisors of child welfare and attendance

R.S. 17 §230.  Powers and duties of visiting teachers, or supervisors of child welfare and attendance

R.S. 17 §231. Retirement, tenure, and other welfare benefits of visiting teachers, or supervisors of child welfare and attendance

R.S. 17 §232. Attendance records, principals' and teachers' duty to furnish; penalty for violation; pupil absence upon own authority prohibited; notice

R.S. 17 §233.  Cases of habitual absence or tardiness referred to juvenile or family court; denial or suspension of driving privileges

R.S. 17 §235.  Cooperation of other state agencies and institutions with visiting teachers, or supervisors of child welfare and attendance

R.S. 17 §235.1.  Parent orientation; local public school boards; guidelines

R.S. 17 §235.2.  Statements of compliance; students and parents; required

R.S. 17 §236.  Definition of a school

R.S. 17 §236.1.  Approval of home study programs

R.S. 17 §236.2.  Home study program participants; admission to public schools

R.S. 17 §236.3. Virtual school; definition; attendance policies

R.S. 17 §237.  Authority to suspend

R.S. 17 §238.  Education of children having no permanent address, certain abandoned children, and children in foster care