Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4047

  • Board: means the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4041
  • Low-performing school: means an academically unacceptable school as determined by the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4041
  • Waiver: means a waiver granted pursuant to and in accordance with this Chapter which exempts the recipient district from any provision of this Title or from any rule, regulation, or policy of the board that is applicable to public schools and to public school officers and employees. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4041

A.  The board shall terminate a waiver, either completely or with respect to individual schools, if the board determines that the performance of the schools has been inadequate to justify a continuation of the waiver or if the waiver is no longer necessary to achieve its original purposes.

B.  The board shall terminate a waiver as applied to a low-performing school if the school has failed to implement the requirements set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 17:4044 within two years of the granting of the waiver and may terminate a waiver as applied to a low-performing school that has not met its statewide accountability growth targets for three consecutive years while under the waiver or has not met any other required condition or benchmark.

Acts 2010, No. 749, §1, eff. June 29, 2010.