§1947. Funding

            A. Funding for public school special educational services as provided by local education agencies shall be as follows:

            (1) Each local education agency shall provide special education and related services to students with exceptionalities who are located within its geographical boundaries, including children who are placed in a private residential facility or an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities for any reason by any individual or agency; however, the agency shall pay the cost of such services only for such students who are residents within the geographical boundaries of the agency. Each local education agency shall provide child find and evaluation to nonresident students who attend a parentally placed private elementary or secondary school.

            (2) If a local education agency provides special education and related services to a student with an exceptionality who is located within the geographical boundaries of such agency but is not a resident thereof, including children who are placed in a private residential facility or an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities for any reason by any individual or agency, the cost of any special education and related services shall be reimbursed by the local education agency within the boundaries of which the student resides, except as provided in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection.

            (3) If a student with an exceptionality is living in a private residential facility in this state but the student is not a resident of this state, the local education agency providing any special education and related services to that student shall be reimbursed by the residential facility for the cost of providing those services.

            B. The state shall be responsible for funding the costs of special education and related services for students enrolled in the special school district and special schools as provided for in R.S. 17:1945.

            C. The state Department of Education and local education authorities may, under policies established by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, enter into purchase of service agreements or contracts with other public or nonpublic agencies to provide special education and related services.

            Acts 1977, No. 754, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1046, §1; Acts 1992, No. 458, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 109, §1, eff. May 5, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 181, §1; Acts 2008, No. 376, §1; Acts 2009, No. 303, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §8, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.