La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CLV-1301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section CLV-1301 - Required Participation in the State Testing Program

A. Nonpublic schools that enroll scholarship recipients in grade levels with mandatory state accountability testing in math or English shall:

1. develop and submit annually to the LDE a test security policy approved by its board in compliance with Bulletin 118, Chapter 3;

2. follow BESE's test security policy as stated in Bulletin 118;

3. name a school test coordinator and provide contact information to the LDE;

4. be responsible for all required accountability and demographic coding of testing documents; and

5. investigate and report any testing irregularities and/or violations of test security to the department.

B. The school test coordinator for the participating nonpublic school shall attend the pretest workshop designed for the participating nonpublic schools as well as any additional training required to administer the state tests.

1. The school test coordinator shall provide to the LDE with a valid work email address. Personal email addresses (Yahoo, Hotmail, Google, etc.) will not be accepted.

2. When the school test coordinator changes, the participating nonpublic school shall provide the name and contact information of the new school test coordinator to the LDE on school letterhead within 15 days of the change in appointment;

C. The LDE staff shall have the authority to:

1. monitor the implementation of the state testing;

2. require changes to the test security policy as it deems necessary;

3. require changes to the testing plan as it deems necessary;

4. conduct site visits during testing; and

5. conduct an investigation into testing irregularities and/or violations, and void any scores deemed to be invalid.

D. The LDE staff shall:

1. notify participating nonpublic schools of any new requirements in state testing; and

2. evaluate annually the testing plan to ensure full compliance with policies and procedures

E. The LEA shall not test any students enrolled in participating nonpublic schools unless there is a written agreement between the LEA and the participating nonpublic school to this effect. No LEA shall ever be required to test students attending the participating nonpublic schools under the Tuition Donation Program.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CLV-1301

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 39:1028 (April 2013), Amended LR 432482 (12/1/2017).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 47:6301.