Louisiana LDOE Registered Apprenticeship Student Funding — Fall 2026

Funding$2,500 per eligible non-rural enrollment; $3,500 per eligible rural enrollment.

DeadlineFall reporting deadline October 23, 2026; manual school/system Course Choice Portal uploads close September 18, 2026. The controlling LDOE page does not publish a closing time or time zone.

Last verifiedSeptember 18, 2026

Required next actionLouisiana school/system teams with students enrolled in approved Registered Apprenticeships should verify each student is enrolled with a vetted training provider, use the current Course Choice Portal spreadsheet, upload eligible enrollments as early as possible because funding is awarded in successful-upload order, and complete fall reporting by October 23, 2026. After the manual upload closure, follow LDOE's stated post-closure submission process through the fall deadline.

Broad Eligibility

Current LDOE guidance states funding is available for students enrolled in approved Registered Apprenticeships and vetted as enrolled with a training provider. Enrollments are reported through the Course Choice Portal by schools/systems. The controlling public page should be used for final enrollment and submission requirements.

Atlas Analysis

Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100. Strong Louisiana education-to-workforce funding fit, with per-enrollment support and explicit use for apprenticeship-program delivery costs. N9+ Fit Score 0/100 because the current LDOE page does not establish a specific healthcare or clinical-equipment pathway. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit 0/100; this is student apprenticeship funding routed through the education system.

The Louisiana Department of Education currently provides fall and spring funding for students enrolled in approved Registered Apprenticeships and vetted as enrolled with a training provider. Funding is paid at $2,500 per eligible non-rural enrollment and $3,500 per eligible rural enrollment, using the U.S. Census Bureau rural definition, and may support costs associated with delivering apprenticeship programming to students.

For the current fall cycle, enrollments must be reported through the Course Choice Portal. The fall reporting deadline is October 23, 2026; the system closes to manual school/system uploads on September 18, 2026. LDOE states that enrollments needing to be added after the system closes may still be submitted through its specified process up to the fall deadline. The controlling page does not publish a deadline clock time or time zone.

Because requests have increased this school year, LDOE states that eligible enrollments will be funded in the order they are successfully uploaded. Applicants should use the current LDOE page and Course Choice Portal materials as the controlling instructions.

Source verificationOfficial government source · doe.louisiana.govAtlas last verified this record September 18, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗