Louisiana § RS 17:4002.6 - Course providers; funding; course amounts
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§ RS 17:4002.6. Course providers; funding; course amounts
A. The course provider shall receive a course amount for each eligible funded student, as approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
B. The course provider may charge tuition to any eligible participating student in an amount approved by the state Department of Education.
C.(1) Fifty percent of the course amount or tuition to be paid to the course provider shall be paid upon student enrollment in a course, and fifty percent shall be paid upon course completion, according to the published course length.
(2) If a student does not complete a course according to the published course length, and the course provider has received the first payment pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the course provider shall receive an additional forty percent of the course amount as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, provided the student completes and receives credit for the course prior to leaving school pursuant to R.S. 17:221 or graduating from high school.
(3)(a) The state shall disburse any funds allocated, appropriated, or otherwise made available for the purposes of this Part to each city and parish public school system and other public school.
(b) Any such funds that are not committed for use by the school system or other public school shall be subject to reallocation to another public school system or other public school for the purposes of this Part.
Acts 2012, No. 2, §1; Acts 2014, No. 482, §1, eff. June 5, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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