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Compulsory Education and Truancy in Louisiana: 2010

2010

2010 ACT No. 132

AN ACT To amend and reenact RS. 17:221(I) and R.S. 36:649(D), to enact R.S. 17:1871(B) (8) and 3217.1(D), and to repeal R.S. 17:14, relative to adult education; to provide for the school attendance of certain students in adult education programs; to eliminate the division of adult and community education within the Department of Education; to transfer the responsibility for the provision of adult education programs from the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to the Board of Supervisors for Community and Technical Colleges and to provide with respect thereto; to provide for the powers, duties, and functions of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges; to provide for an effective date of such transfer; and to provide for related matters.

2010 ACT No. 557

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:221.4(B)(2)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S. 17:221.4(B)(5), relative to elementary and secondary education; to provide with respect to dropout prevention and recovery programs; to provide with respect to cohort graduation rates and dropout rates; to provide for publication of school and school system cohort graduation rates; to provide for notification to parents of certain students regarding dropout rates and other school performance related information; and to provide for related matters.

2010 ACT No. 644

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:233(B)(1)(c), relative to compulsory school attendance; to provide relative to habitual student absence or tardiness; to provide relative to notification to the parent or legal guardian of a student who is at-risk of being considered habitually absent or tardy; and to provide for related matters.

2010 ACT No. 666

AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:221.4(C) and (D), relative to education; to provide relative to options available to certain high school dropouts pursuant to court order; and to provide for related matters.

2010 ACT No. 677

AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:236.1(G), relative to home study programs; to provide that a high school diploma awarded by an approved home study program shall be recognized by certain educational institutions and governmental entities in the same manner as one awarded by an approved nonpublic school; and to provide for related matters.

2010 ACT No. 699

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:221(B), relative to school attendance by certain students; to provide relative to the authority of a city, parish, or other local public school board to deny admission or readmission to school of certain students; to provide limitations; to delete provisions relative to a pilot program regarding school attendance; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.

2010 Act No. 732

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:221(I) and R.S. 36:649(D), to enact R.S. 17:1871(B) (8) and 3217.1(D), and to repeal R.S. 17:14, relative to adult education; to provide for the school attendance of certain students in adult education programs; to eliminate the division of adult and community education within the Department of Education; to transfer the responsibility for the provision of adult education programs from the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and to provide with respect thereto; to provide for the powers, duties, and functions of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges; to provide for an effective date of such transfer; and to provide for related matters.

2010 ACT No. 927

AN ACT To repeal R.S. 17:221(E), relative to school attendance; to repeal provisions relative to permitting children of certain ages to withdraw from school under specified circumstances.