La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXV-1113

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section CXV-1113 - Orientation for Parents of First-Time Students

A. Each student entering public school within the state for the first time, including kindergarten, shall present at the time of registering or entering satisfactory evidence that at least one of his parents or guardians has completed the orientation course required by this Section. The certificate of completion required by this Section shall constitute satisfactory evidence.

B. Each local educational governing authority shall conduct a parent orientation course according to the following guidelines.

1. The program shall be scheduled to accommodate the attendance of the parents or guardians without the loss of work.

2. All parents or guardians shall be encouraged to attend as many times as they wish.

3. The local educational governing authority shall provide every parent or guardian who attends the program a certificate verifying completion of the course.

4. At the parent orientation meeting, the local educational governing authority or its representative shall provide each parent or guardian a copy of and shall explain school board policies which:

a. govern the discipline of students, including but not limited to corporal punishment, detention, suspension, and expulsion of students;

b. govern the attendance of students and truancy sanctions;

c. govern the behavior and decorum expected of students at all times;

d. govern dress codes for students for all school functions, including but not limited to in-school and out-of-school functions, including but not limited to dances; and

e. address any other such matters as the local educational governing authority may deem appropriate.

5. At the parent orientation meeting, the local educational governing authority or its representative shall explain:

a. existing grading systems for the LEA;

b. standardized test procedures in effect, including but not limited to preparation for tests, procedures to be followed on the testing days, and an explanation of the assessment of the test results;

c. policies governing promotion of students from grade to grade and procedures implemented when a student fails to attain sufficient standards for promotion; and

d. other such matters as the local educational governing authority may deem appropriate.

C. Completion of one orientation course shall be satisfactory for the enrollment or registration of all children of a parent or guardian.

D. A local educational governing authority shall schedule not less than three orientation meetings during a school year, and at various times during the day, in order to facilitate attendance with as little inconvenience to the parents or guardians as possible. In order to carry out the intent and purpose of this Section, a local educational governing authority shall schedule not less than three orientation meetings between March and September of each year, and shall publish notice and otherwise seek to notify parents or guardians whose children may enter a school in the system of the attendance requirements.

E. If teachers of any LEA are required to attend an orientation meeting for first time parents as part of their job responsibilities on a day or at a time when the teachers would not otherwise have been required to work, then the teachers shall be compensated at their usual rate of pay on a pro rata basis.

F. Under no circumstances shall a student be denied entry into school because of noncompliance by a parent or guardian with the provisions of this Section.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXV-1113

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 31:1275 (June 2005), amended LR 39:3259 (December 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:235.1.