FILE: IKDB
GRADUATION EXERCISES
No students will be allowed to participate in commencement exercises until they have successfully completed all graduation requirements, as prescribed by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). Special Education students must meet all program requirements to receive the appropriate (achievement, completion, skills) certificate and participate in commencement exercises.
Graduation exercises for the public school system shall be held at the end of each second semester only, and mid-term graduates will be allowed to return for graduation exercises at the end of the term.
Graduating seniors shall be required to wear caps and gowns in order to standardize graduation clothes; also, graduation rings shall be standardized by each school.
NONPARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS WITH OUTSTANDING SCHOOL DEBTS
Any student in grades K-12 who owes money for lost or stolen textbooks, school meals, club fees, sport fees, or vandalism shall not be allowed to participate in graduation exercises or co-curricular or extracurricular activities, including field trips, until the debt is paid in full.
Adopted: November 2, 1999
Re-Adopted: April 6, 2004
Re-Adopted: July 1, 2014
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:81, 17:2115
Board minutes, 8-4-92, 11-2-93, 8-4-98, 11-2-99, 4-6-04, 7-1-14
East Feliciana Parish School Board