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LA HB243
Bill
Status
4/1/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mandie Landry
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AI Summary
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Requires LA GATOR scholarship students at participating nonpublic schools to take all state accountability exams at prescribed grade levels, eliminating the current option for schools to use alternative nationally norm-referenced tests
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Mandates the Department of Education assign letter grades to nonpublic schools based on scholarship student performance using the same criteria and scale as public schools, published at the same time
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Prohibits schools scoring below 50 on the scholarship cohort index (scale of 150) from enrolling new scholarship recipients the following year; students at low-scoring schools receive priority admission to transfer
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Schools scoring below 50 for the majority of a four-year period may only enroll new scholarship students after achieving a score above 50 and passing a DOE quality review
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Schools receiving a scholarship cohort index below 50 for three consecutive years become permanently ineligible to participate in the LA GATOR program
Legislative Description
Provides relative to student assessment and school accountability with respect to the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
STUDENT/ASSESSMENT
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
4/14/2025