La. R.S. § 29:420 Academic Penalties Prohibited

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 29:420

A.

(1) No student member of any uniformed service of the United States shall have his postsecondary education, including but not limited to colleges and universities, unnecessarily disrupted because of his service in the uniformed services, in accordance with the Board of Regents' "Policy on Reservist and National Guard Mobilization/Activation for Louisiana Public Postsecondary Education Institutions", (Section II, 8.2). No student member of the uniformed services of the United States shall have his postsecondary education, including but not limited to postsecondary proprietary schools, vocational or technical or trade schools, or nonpublic colleges and universities licensed to do business within the state of Louisiana as provided by law, unnecessarily disrupted because of his service in the uniformed services.

(2)

(a) Policies shall be developed jointly by the Board of Regents and the management boards of public postsecondary education to address academic matters of members of the uniformed services resulting from mobilization or activation to ensure that the pursuit of education is disrupted to the minimum extent possible and that no undue penalties are assessed due to a military call to service. The policies shall address the awarding of academic credits, grades, time frames for resumption of academic work, academic status upon reenrollment, scholarships, student grants and loans, student fees, assessments and tuition, and related matters relative to the disruption of academic pursuits due to the mobilization or activation of student members of the uniformed services.