RS 17:407.2 Louisiana early childhood opportunity program - Louisiana Statutes

§407.2.  Louisiana Early Childhood Opportunity Program

The department shall establish the Louisiana Early Childhood Opportunity Program to assist in the development and funding of appropriate early childhood programs for educationally at-risk children ages three to five years.  Beginning with the 1992-1993 school year, the department, with the approval of its governing authority, shall award grants or contracts to qualified early childhood programs, including but not limited to Head Start, HIPPY, Parents as Teachers (PAT), and programs for developmentally disabled and educationally or environmentally at-risk youngsters, selected by the department in accordance with specified programmatic standards and guidelines to be established by the department with the approval of its governing authority.  

Acts 1992, No. 970, §1, eff. July 9, 1992.