STUDENT/ASSESSMENT: Provides relative to student assessment and school accountability with respect to the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

HB 243 modifies Louisiana's LA GATOR Scholarship Program by requiring participating nonpublic schools to administer standardized assessments to scholarship students. Schools must use either state-mandated tests or approved alternatives, with exemptions for students with disabilities. The bill establishes a new accountability system that assigns letter grades to schools based on student assessment scores (using public school criteria), with schools scoring below 50 losing the ability to enroll new scholarship students the following year. This directly affects nonpublic schools participating in the LA GATOR program and their scholarship recipients.