The recipient entity's physical address:
           671 Napoleon Avenue
Sunset, LA 70584

The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           671 Napoleon Avenue
Sunset, LA 70584

Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          

The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  0

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $60,000

What type of request is this?  General Appropriation

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           Board Members
Jerry Domengeaux, 163 Channing Way, Sunset, LA 70584
Katherine Watson, 147 Chretien Point Road, Sunset, LA 70584
Skye Duhon, 1680 Hwy 356, Sunset, LA 70584
Jerilyn Lavergne, 287 Pershing Hwy, Sunset, LA 70584
Brady McKellar, 207 Brookside Drive, Lafayette, LA 70506
Ben Trant, PO Box 377, Grand Coteau, LA 70541
Shirley James, 590 Pershing Hwy, Sunset LA 70584
Taylor Lormand, 204b Timmy Street, Scott, LA 70583

School Leader/CEO
Lindsay Smythe, 353 Sunset Strip, Sunset, LA 70584

Provide a summary of the project or program:
           We are a first-year public full-French immersion charter school in Sunset who depends on French speaking International Associate Teachers (IAT) as instructors. According to the Minimum Foundation Program: "Any city, parish, or other public school system or school employing a Foreign Language Associate or a graduate of the Escadrille Louisiane program shall receive a supplemental allocation from State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education of $21,000 per teacher. Of the $21,000 allocation, $20,000 shall be allocated to the school where the teacher is employed and the funds used to support the total cost of the teacher salary, and the remaining amount shall be associated with costs of VISA sponsorship pursuant to State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education regulations.”

Our school employs 3 IATs, and having this $20,000 per teacher ($60,000 total) was critical to our 2021-2022 budget. We found out once the school year started that we would not be receiving this funding because it is not allocated until year 2, though we had not be told that was the case in any of the documentation received. We are requesting this funding to ensure that our IATs are paid according to their contract.

What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,000
          Professional Services. . . $0
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $0
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $0
          Operating Services. . . . $0
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $0

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          The monies will immediately go back to our school and its students. École Saint-Landry is a tuition-free, public, French immersion charter school, open to all children living anywhere in Saint Landry Parish. Our mission is to prepare students from the Acadiana region to be academically proficient, bilingual, and globally competent. Our school closes the gaps of academic achievement and supports the local community in their efforts to preserve and revitalize at-risk cultural assets by offering an innovative, research-based French immersion education to students. We are dedicated to this motto in our continual efforts to play an important role in our community’s revitalization.

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          We propose a school that, in addition to having a rigorous program guided by high expectations, is made unique by characteristics that are both shown to be beneficial to all students as well as craved by our community.

Our school is defined by the following differentiating pillars:

French-Language Immersion: The use of an immersion language pathway gives students a rigorous academic training as well as both the intellectual and cultural benefits of bilingualism. Our school has partnerships with organizations such as the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana through which we will be able to recruit teachers who are native French speakers. This will support our language immersion program.

Extra-Curricular Community Engagement: One of the central purposes of our use of a French-immersion program is to cultivate a strong sense of community among our stakeholders and within our school. We will reinforce this characteristic central to our school by engaging all of our students in extracurricular community service projects.

Diverse Student Body: Our school is committed to having a socioeconomically and racially diverse student body. There is a large body of data demonstrating that socioeconomic and racial diversity is beneficial for all students and, in particular, at-risk students.

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           immediately

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                 

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
              

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
               

          What is the nature of the relationship? 

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               


Contact Information
name:  Lindsay Smythe 
                                       address:  671 Napoleon Ave
Sunset, LA 70584
                                       phone:  337-377-7177
                                       fax: 
                                       e-mail:  lsmythe@ecolestlandry.org
                                       relationship to entity:  Directrice/School Leader/Executive Director