La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LXXIX-2103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section LXXIX-2103 - Minimum Time Requirements

A. Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten

1. The pre-kindergarten, and/or kindergarten elementary school grades should be planned to meet the developmental needs of young children and should be informal in nature, with teacher-directed and student-initiated activities.

B. Elementary Schools

1. Nonpublic elementary schools first through eighth grades shall devote no less than 50 percent of the school day to the skill subjects: reading, language arts, and mathematics. The remainder of the school day shall be devoted to social studies, science, health and physical education, and electives such as religion, foreign languages, and visual and performing arts.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LXXIX-2103

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 29:2349 (November 2003), amended LR 31:3080 (December 2005), LR 34:229 (February 2008), LR 36:2848 (December 2010), LR 38:1405 (June 2012), LR 39:1444 (June 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10), (11), and (15), R.S. 17:7(6), R.S. 17:10, R.S. 17:22(6), R.S. 17:391.1-391.10, and R.S. 44:411.