Title 17. Education

Chapter 20-G. M.J. Foster Promise Program

 

 

17:3047.6       Coordination with other agencies

 

A. (1) The office of student financial assistance shall establish a working group composed of an appointee from each of the following: 

 

(a) The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. 

 

(b) The Louisiana Department of Health. 

 

(c) The Louisiana Department of Education. 

 

(d) The Louisiana Workforce Commission. 

 

(e) The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs. 

 

(f) The Louisiana Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. 

 

(g) The office of student financial assistance. 

 

(h) The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. 

 

(2) The working group shall meet at least annually upon the call of the executive director of the office of student financial assistance. 

 

(3) The working group shall identify federal and state programs, including childcare supplements and other aid or services, that may provide additional support to award recipients to further their postsecondary education. 

 

(4) The working group shall compile a list of all identified aid and services, provide a copy to the Board of Regents, and post the listing on the website of the office of student financial assistance. 

 

B. Notwithstanding R.S. 47:1508 or any other law to the contrary, the administering agency shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Revenue and the Louisiana Workforce Commission to share information relative to a taxpayer’s reported income and employment information for purposes of generating data related to the success of award recipients in the workforce. Any information shared or furnished shall be held confidential by the administering agency, shall be reported in the aggregate only, and shall contain no personally identifiable information. 

 

C. The administering agency shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to share information relative to a person’s criminal history in order to determine award eligibility and to collect data relative to the recidivism rates of scholarship recipients. Any information shared or furnished shall be held confidential by the administering agency, shall be reported in the aggregate only, and shall contain no personally identifiable information. 

 

Added by Acts 2021, No. 457, § 1, eff. June 23, 2021.