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About Course Choice

Supplemental Course Academy provides school districts and other public schools an MFP allocation related to the cost of high school credit courses. It is individualized to the needs of secondary students and is provided outside the traditional secondary school. Course Choice funded through the Supplemental Course Allocation (SCA) provides courses not currently available to their students, including:

Career and technical preparation, supporting the Jump Start program
Academic work required to achieve TOPS
Advanced coursework not available at the school due to limited resources
Dual Enrollment
Intensive remediation for students struggling to stay on pace for graduation

Registration Information

All registration for coursework in 2022-2023 will go through the school. If a parent or student seeks to enroll in a course, please contact your school directly to speak with the person handling Course Choice Registration.

K-12 Course Provider Registration - Registration for coursework will take place at the school level and is only open to school representatives. A representative from the school should follow the directions on the Registration Instructions document to register with various course providers. School representatives will be asked to input student information in the Course Choice Reporting portal by a TBD deadline. The deadline will be published in the News section and the LDOE newsletter.

Public Higher Education Registration - Students seeking coursework for Public Higher Education credit should register directly with the Louisiana post-secondary institution as they have in the past. Then school representatives will input student information in the Course Choice Reporting portal by a TBD deadline. The deadline will be published in the News section and the LDOE Newsletter.

Current News

Dates to Remember

July 11, 2022	Schools can begin uploading enrollments; additions or withdrawals can be made by the schools during this time
September 12, 2022	System will close to new fall and full year enrollments for Private Providers at 5 pm
September 12 – 16, 2022	LDOE staff will verify enrollment numbers so billing can take place in October
September 23, 2022	Last day to report "no shows" for fall and full year for Private Providers
October 3, 2022	Private providers should bill school systems for 50% of tuition for fall and full year enrollments
October 10, 2022	Higher Education providers should bill school systems for 50% of tuition for fall and full year enrollments
November 21, 2022	System re-opens for spring enrollments
December 16, 2022	Course providers provide grades to schools and grade distribution to LDOE
January 9, 2023	Course providers bill school systems for remaining tuition for fall enrollments
January 23, 2023	System will close to new enrollments at 5 pm
January 23 – 27, 2023	LDOE staff will verify enrollments numbers so billing can take place in February
January 30, 2023	Last day to report "no shows" for spring
February 6, 2023	Course providers should bill school systems for 50% of tuition for spring enrollments
March 10, 2023	All higher education reporting must be finalized
May 12, 2023	Course providers provide grades to schools and grade distribution to LDOE
May 31, 2023	Course providers bill districts for the remaining tuition for full year and spring enrollments

Registration Process

Schools will register students directly with the Course Choice Provider by providing the Course Provider all of the needed information about the student in accordance with student privacy laws.

Schools must document all SCA enrollments in the Course Choice Reporting System by the end of registration deadlines in order to fund the courses using SCA allocations. Fall and Full Year registration must be documented by September 12, 2022. Enrollments can occur, at this time, for spring coursework however, there will be an additional enrollment period for spring coursework starting November 21, 2022.

No show:	a student who hasn’t completed any work; the enrollment was made in error.
Withdrawal:	a student who has completed work within the course, but subsequently leaves the course at the request of the school.

Public Higher Education Enrollment

Students seeking Public Higher Education coursework should register directly with the Louisiana post-secondary institution. Schools must document all SCA Public Higher Education enrollments in the Course Choice Reporting System by the end of registration deadlines in order to fund the courses using SCA allocations. Fall and Full Year registration must be documented by October 10, 2022. Enrollments can occur, at this time, for spring coursework however, there will be an additional enrollment period for spring coursework starting November 21, 2022.

Course Choice Support

For assistance with Course Choice, please send an e-mail to SCA@la.gov