Abstract: Provides relative to certain required characteristics of student populations at charter
schools.
Present law requires a charter school to meet a certain threshold with respect to the number of
students with exceptionalities (other than gifted or talented) and economically disadvantaged
students relative to its total student enrollment. Present law ties this percentage to the percentage
of such students enrolled in the local public school district(s) from which the school enrolls its
students; specifically, the total number of students enrolled in the charter school who are
economically disadvantaged and students with exceptionalities must be at least 85% of the average
percentage of these students enrolled in such district(s).
Proposed law retains present law except, instead of tying this requirement to the enrollment of the
local public school district(s) from which the charter school enrolls its students, it ties the enrollment
threshold for these students at the school to the percentage of students who reside within the
geographic boundaries from which the school is authorized to enroll students.
(Amends R.S. 17:3991(B)(1)(a)(i))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Education to the original bill:
1. Link the percentage of students with exceptionalities and economically disadvantaged
students required to be enrolled in a charter school to students residing within the
geographic area from which a charter school draws its students instead of to students in
the parish(es) from which a charter school draws its students.


Statutes affected:
HB940 Original: 17:3991(B)(1)
HB940 Engrossed: 17:3991(B)(1)