FILE: IDCA
SUMMER SCHOOL
The Acadia Parish School Board may offer a summer school program to enable students not meeting the promotion criteria during the regular school year to attend a state-approved summer school to remove deficiencies and be considered for promotion to the next grade.
Students not passing the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP 21) exam administered in the spring of each year in grades 4 and 8, are highly recommended to attend a summer school remediation program for remediation in the specific area needed and may be retested at the conclusion of the course. Operation of any approved schools in the summer session shall be in accordance with regulations established by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), guidelines of the Louisiana Department of Education, and directives of the Superintendent and staff as reflected in the Board’s Pupil Progression Plan.
Summer schools shall offer 90 hours of instruction for ½ unit of new credit, 180 hours for one unit of new credit, 60 hours of instruction for ½ unit of repeat credit, 120 hours for one unit of repeat credit, and 50 or more hours for ½ unit for GEE 21 Remediation. Elementary summer schools shall offer a minimum of seventy (70) hours of instruction per subject for removal of deficiencies.
Students attending summer school shall have the written permission from the principal of the students’ home school in order for high school credit to be awarded or if an elementary student is to be promoted. In order to be eligible to receive credit, summer high school students shall be in attendance a minimum of seventy (70) hours for ½ unit of new credit, one-hundred forty (140) hours for 1 unit of new credit, forty-seven (47) hours for ½ unit of repeat credit or credit for GEE 21 Remediation, and ninety-four (94) hours for one unit of repeat credit. Elementary students shall be in attendance for sixty (60) hours for one subject in order to be eligible to receive credit or pass a subject, unless the School Board imposes a stricter attendance requirement. An elementary student attending summer school for promotional purposes shall not enroll for more than two (2) subjects.
All students with disabilities should receive services along with regular education students in summer programs, with special supports provided as needed.
Students attending summer school session may be charged a fee, however, no fees shall be charged for use of textbooks. Fees shall be set by the Board upon recommendation of the Superintendent and his/her administrative staff.
Revised: April, 2008
Approved: September 8, 2008
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:24.4
Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education
Acadia Parish School Board