STUDENTS: Requires BESE to establish a uniform process to determine when a student is nonenrolled due to incarceration or unknown whereabouts in order to exclude the student from public school accountability calculations. (8/1/26)

Summary

The bill requires the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to develop a consistent process for identifying students who are not enrolled because they are incarcerated or their whereabouts are unknown. Those students would be removed from the calculations used to evaluate public school performance. The measure also amends charter‑school statutes to clarify that charter schools remain subject to the student‑enrollment rule.

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