La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XI-5317

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

Section XI-5317 - Virtual Charter Schools [Formerly LAC 28:CXl.317]

A. Virtual charter schools shall be responsible for testing their own students.

1. Virtual charter schools shall test their students with staff of the virtual school. Virtual charter schools shall administer all state assessments and are subject to the Louisiana School and District Accountability System. Virtual charter schools shall conduct all state assessments at secure, proctored locations within reasonable distance of students' homes, as approved by the charter authorizer.

2. Parents and/or family members of the students of the virtual school shall not test their own children and/or family members. The local school district shall not test any students enrolled in virtual charter schools unless there is a written agreement between the local school district and the virtual charter school. No local school district shall ever be required to test students attending the virtual school.

3. The district will develop and submit to LDOE annually a test security policy approved by its board.

4. The virtual charter school's assessment plan shall be part of its board approved test security policy. The plan must identify:

a. the state assessments to be administered throughout the year;

b. the cities/towns where testing will occur;

c. description of testing locations;

d. qualifications of testing personnel;

e. procedures for implementation of the requirement of a photo ID of all students to ensure the students reporting for testing are the actual students assigned to that testing site; and

f. provisions for students' transportation to the testing locations.

5. LDOE will monitor the assessment plan.

6. If the student population of the virtual school is spread across multiple parishes, the virtual school shall secure testing centers in those parishes (e.g., public library meeting rooms; public meeting facility; private meeting facility; rooms at community colleges, technical colleges, colleges). Testing centers shall be physical locations and must be submitted to LDOE prior to testing. A plan for providing student transportation to the assessment location on an as needed basis.

7. Thirty days prior to testing, the virtual charter school shall provide LDOE a list of students with testing accommodations as specified in the IEP for students with disabilities according to IDEA, IAPs for students with disabilities according to section 504, and accommodation plans for limited English proficient (LEP) students.

8. Within 30 days of testing, the virtual charter schools shall provide LDOE documentation of training in test administration and test security for each test administration. A copy of the following must be included:

a. the agenda;

b. all training materials; and

c. all sign-in-sheets.

9. Within 30 days of testing, the virtual charter school shall provide LDOE documentation of the test administration including the:

a. testing locations;

b. schedule;

c. all sign-in sheets for the students assessed with the name of the assessment administered;

d. days and times the student was assessed; and

e. provided accommodations.

10. LDOE staff shall have the authority to:

a. monitor the implementation of the testing plan;

b. require changes to the testing plan as deemed necessary.

11. LDOE staff shall:

a. notify virtual charter schools of any new requirements to their testing plan;

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

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XI-5317

Promulgated by the Department of Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 38:33 (January 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.