RS 17:180: Pilot program; decisionmaking skills; participating school systems; implementation; funding

A. The College of Education at Grambling State University may provide for the implementation of a pilot program based on the "CARE" model for developing lifelong decisionmaking skills for public school students. Such a program shall provide opportunities for students to learn how to utilize nonviolent dispute resolution strategies for problem solving as they develop effective lifelong decisionmaking skills. The program shall not include pregnancy counseling in any form or any matter of a sexual nature. The College of Education at Grambling State University may select a parish or city school system or systems which desire to participate in the program and may begin to implement such a pilot program in such system or systems beginning with the 1994-1995 school year.

B. The provisions of this Section shall be subject to the availability of funds for this purpose.