Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 17, § 222. School entrance; proof of age, race, and parentage required; exceptions

B. (1) Children born in Louisiana will be given a fifteen-day grace period to secure a copy of their birth record. Children born out of this state will be given thirty days grace in which to produce a copy of their birth record.

(2) In cases where birth certificates or birth verification forms cannot be obtained, the school principal may accept whatever positive proof of age, race, and parentage is available. It shall be left to the discretion of the parish or city superintendent of schools, subject to the authority of the school board, as to whether or not a child shall continue in school upon failure to comply with this Section.

C. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section, the parish school boards in Jefferson and Orleans parishes may adopt, by rule, and enforce ages for entrance into first grade in the schools in their systems which vary from the provisions of this Section. All children admitted into school as a result of a rule adopted pursuant to this Subsection shall be counted in reports submitted for funding under the minimum foundation program, and money allocated pursuant to such program shall be based on the report which includes such children.

(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall become void on June 30, 2022.