RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 635 (HB 762) 2024 Regular Session Bamburg
Prior law required high school students pursuing a career diploma to take the ACT and
allowed them also to take WorkKeys. New law grants these students a choice between the
ACT, WorkKeys, or the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB).
New law provides that if BESE policy requires students pursuing a diploma other than a
career diploma to take the ACT, they may also take WorkKeys and ASVAB.
Existing law, applicable to career diploma students, requires BESE to develop a system of
equivalent scores for the ACT and WorkKeys and to use a student's highest score for
purposes of the school and district accountability system. New law, applicable to all
students, applies BESE's obligation to develop such a system to all three of these tests for
such purposes.
New law provides for new law implementation beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 17:183.3(B)(3); Adds R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(g))
Statutes affected: HB762 Original: 17:3(B)(3)
HB762 Reengrossed: 17:3(B)(3)
HB762 Enrolled: 17:3(B)(3)
HB762 Act 635: 17:3(B)(3)