STATE OF LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

General Circular No. 001560

To:                   Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

Subject:            Amendment to Rule 1.5.1 'Bona Fide Student'

Issue Date:       March 3, 2004

The State Civil Service Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 to consider adoption of a proposed amendment to Rule 1.5.1.

The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will be held in the auditorium of the Claiborne Building, 1201 Third Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Consideration will be given to the following:

Amend Rule 1.5.1 'Bona Fide Student'

1.5.1 'Bona Fide Student' means a person enrolled in an accredited high school, college, or university in the State, or a person enrolled in a State-operated vocational- technical school, in a sufficient number of courses and classes in such institution to be classified as a full-time regular student under the criteria used by the institution in which he is enrolled; or a person enrolled in an off-campus college work-study program in a proprietary institution of higher education as defined in Section 102(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. Less than full time students may be considered for employment as bona fide student employees only for work performed under the Federal Work-Study Program.  A bona fide student shall retain his status during breaks, which occur in the course of or between sessions, including summer breaks.

Explanation

The proposed change to the bona fide student definition will allow less than full time students who are performing work under the Federal Work-Study Program to be hired as bona fide student employees.

Another change has been proposed to clarify that section 102(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 defines proprietary institution of higher education. 

In addition, the last sentence has been revised to clarify that a student does not need to be enrolled in summer school in addition to the regular academic year in order to be qualified as a bona fide student.

If you have any questions, you may contact Fran Williams at  (225) 342-8274 or Fran.Williams@la.gov.  If any accommodations are needed, please notify the Civil Service Department prior to the meeting.

Sincerely,

s/Allen H. Reynolds

Director