Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 17, § 1947. Funding

(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.