Title 17. Education

Chapter 20-G. M.J. Foster Promise Program

17:3047.6       Coordination with other agencies

A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the administering agency shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Children and Family Services and the Louisiana Department of Health to share information relative to an individual’s qualification for certain aid or governmental benefits. Any information shared or furnished shall be held confidential by the administering agency and shall be reported in the aggregate only and contain no personally identifiable information. 

B. Notwithstanding R.S. 47:1508 or any other law to the contrary, the administering agency shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Revenue and the Louisiana Workforce Commission to share information relative to a taxpayer’s reported income, residency, and employment information for purposes of generating data related to the success of award recipients in the workforce. Any information shared or furnished shall be held confidential by the administering agency and shall be reported in the aggregate only and contain no personally identifiable information.

C. The administering agency shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to share information relative to a person’s criminal history in order to determine award eligibility and to collect data relative to the recidivism rates of scholarship recipients. Any information shared or furnished shall be held confidential by the administering agency, shall be reported in the aggregate only, and shall contain no personally identifiable information. 

Added by Acts 2021, No. 457, § 1, eff. June 23, 2021. Amended by Acts 2022, No. 374, § 1; Acts 2023, No. 287, § 1, eff. June 12, 2023.