NOTE: §4013 eff. until July 1, 2025. See Acts 2024, No. 1.
§4013. Definitions
As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Department" means the state Department of Education.
(2) "Eligible student" means a student who resides in Louisiana, is a member of a
family with a total income that does not exceed two hundred fifty percent of the current
federal poverty guidelines as established by the federal office of management and budget,
and who meets any one of the following criteria:
(a) Is entering kindergarten and has enrolled in the local school system in which the
public school he would have otherwise attended is located or in a school under the
jurisdiction of the Recovery School District. Each local school system or the Recovery
School District shall conduct its annual kindergarten enrollment process and shall report such
enrollment to the department prior to the program enrollment process.
(b) Was enrolled in a public school in Louisiana on October first and on February
first of the most recent school year pursuant to the definition of student membership
established by the state board for purposes of the minimum foundation program formula, and
such school received a letter grade of "C", "D", or "F" or any variation thereof, for the most
recent year pursuant to the school and district accountability system.
(c) Received a scholarship pursuant to this Part in the previous school year.
(3) "Participating school" means a nonpublic school that meets program
requirements and seeks to enroll scholarship recipients or a public school that meets program
requirements and seeks to enroll scholarship recipients subject to any court-ordered
desegregation plan in effect for the school system in which the public school is located.
(4) "Program" means the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program.
(5) "Scholarship" means the funds awarded to a parent or other legal guardian on
behalf of an eligible student to attend a participating public or nonpublic school.
(6) "Scholarship recipient" means an eligible student who is awarded a scholarship.
NOTE: §4013 as repealed by Acts 2024, No. 1, eff. July 1, 2025.
§4013. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 1, §4, eff. July 1, 2025.
Acts 2008, No. 509, §1, eff. June 25, 2008; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff.
June 12, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 2, §1; Acts 2019, No. 21, §1; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1; Acts
2024, No. 1, §4, eff. July 1, 2025.