RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 512 (SB 253) 2024 Regular Session Foil
New law provides that children of military personnel will not be precluded from remote
registration or preliminary enrollment under certain circumstances, such as having an
individualized education program, receiving or qualifying for special education courses,
having an exceptionality as defined in existing law, or receiving or qualifying for
accommodations under the Rehabilitation Act.
New law requires local education agencies to do the following relative to students with
individualized education programs:
(1) Obtain written consent from a student's parent or legal guardian before initially
providing a student with special education courses or related services.
(2) Provide 10 days notice to the student's parent or legal guardian before a reduction or
removal of a special education course or related services is implemented. Such notice
is required to be via certified mail, electronic mail, text message, or through an
online portal.
New law authorizes the student's parent or legal guardian to request that a meeting of the
individualized education program team be postponed after receipt of the notice relative to
a potential change in the student's individualized education program.
New law provides that nothing in new law is to prevent the local education agency or the
parent or legal guardian from seeking a resolution of a dispute related to an individualized
education program through a hearing process as promulgated by the St. Bd. of Elementary
and Secondary Education (BESE) in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Effective June 10, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 17:101(D) and 1946.1)