La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXV-2907 - Connections Process

A. All LEAs should be empowered to create a system of intervention appropriate for the student population and every LEA shall be held accountable for the academic growth of every student.

B.

1.LEAs may choose to implement the Connections Process which replaces Louisianas PreGED/Skills Option Program. Connections is a one-year process for overage students to receive targeted instruction and accelerated remediation aimed at attaining a high school diploma, high school equivalency diploma (by passage of tests HiSET exams), or state-approved skills certificate. The process includes a connections profile to track the following elements:

a. academic and behavioral interventions;

b. mentoring;

c. job skills training;

d. TABE locator and battery assessments;

e. committee reviews;

f. parent meetings;

g. individual prescriptions for instruction;

h. individual graduation plans; and

i. exiting pathways.

2. While in the Connections Process, students are eighth graders and therefore shall take required eighth grade courses per Bulletin 741.

NOTE: Refer to high stakes testing policy in Bulletin 1566 - Pupil Progression Policies and Procedures . Requirements differ for initial eighth grade students and students repeating the eighth grade.

3. Students in the Connections Process shall be 15 years of age during the school year and 2 years behind their peers academically to enter the Connections Process.

4. Schools opting to participate in the Connections Process must follow the Connection Process handbook found on the LDE website.

C. All LEAs participating in the Connections Process shall annually submit their intent to participate to the LDE.

Notes

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXV-2907

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 31:1308 (June 2005), amended LR 34:2032 (October 2008), LR 37:2131 (July 2011), LR 38:1000 (April 2012), LR 38:3133 (December 2012), LR 39:2226 (August 2013), Amended LR 421878 (11/1/2016).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:100.5.