La. Ch. Code art. 793.3
This is the official text of La. Ch. Code art. 793.3, part of Louisiana’s Children's Code — governs child custody, child protection, and juvenile justice in Louisiana.
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Reporting; funding; implementation; termination
Official statutory text
A. No later than June fifteenth of each year, the district attorney shall report statistical data indicating the effectiveness of the program to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature for use by the committees in consideration of expansion of the program.
B. The program shall be implemented with fidelity to the Sixteenth Judicial District prosecutor's Early Intervention Program model, in three phases as follows:
(1) Phase one shall be implemented in grades pre-kindergarten through six.
(2) Phase two shall be implemented in grades seven and eight.
(3) Phase three shall be implemented in grades nine through twelve.
C. All children who enroll in a public school within the Sixteenth Judicial District or the Nineteenth Judicial District in grades pre-kindergarten to sixth shall be required to follow all compulsory attendance requirements in R.S. 17:221 et seq. and all families in need of services provisions in Children's Code Article 726 et seq.
D. The implementation of this program may be subject to appropriation of funds by the legislature for such purpose.
E. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 132, §2, eff. June 25, 2009.
Acts 2004, No. 852, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2009, No. 132, §§1, 2, eff. June 25, 2009; Acts 2014, No. 479, §1; Acts 2015, No. 203, §1.
B. The program shall be implemented with fidelity to the Sixteenth Judicial District prosecutor's Early Intervention Program model, in three phases as follows:
(1) Phase one shall be implemented in grades pre-kindergarten through six.
(2) Phase two shall be implemented in grades seven and eight.
(3) Phase three shall be implemented in grades nine through twelve.
C. All children who enroll in a public school within the Sixteenth Judicial District or the Nineteenth Judicial District in grades pre-kindergarten to sixth shall be required to follow all compulsory attendance requirements in R.S. 17:221 et seq. and all families in need of services provisions in Children's Code Article 726 et seq.
D. The implementation of this program may be subject to appropriation of funds by the legislature for such purpose.
E. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 132, §2, eff. June 25, 2009.
Acts 2004, No. 852, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2009, No. 132, §§1, 2, eff. June 25, 2009; Acts 2014, No. 479, §1; Acts 2015, No. 203, §1.
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