La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XXXIX-303

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

Section XXXIX-303 - Adoption Procedures

A. Initial Adoption by the Local School Board

1. Meetings of the local committees shall be conducted within the legal guidelines of Louisiana's Open Meeting Law.

2. The local pupil progression plan shall be adopted at a public meeting of the local board, notice of which shall be published pursuant to the Open Meetings Law. It shall be stated that once the plan has been adopted and approved, the policies in the local plan shall be incorporated into the policies and procedures manual of the local school board.

3. The statements defining the committee-selection process and the pupil progression plan are public documents that must be handled within the guidelines of the Public Records Act.

B. Locally Initiated Interim Revisions

1. LEAs will comply with the same procedure as for initial adoption by the local school board.

C. State Mandated Interim Revisions

1. School systems will be notified of any policy change that will affect their currently approved pupil progression plan within 15 working days after the Notice of Intent is passed by BESE.

2. LEAs shall develop a procedure for informing the public of the proposed policy change.

3. After final adoption as a rule by BESE, school boards shall adopt and incorporate the state mandated policy changes into their current pupil progression plan within 30 working days after notification of said changes.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XXXIX-303

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 25:2170 (November 1999), LR 36:2002 (September 2010).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.7; R.S. 17:24.4; R.S. 42:4:2(A)(2); R.S. 44:1-42.