La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 416.16
School crisis management and response plans
Status: in_force

A.(1) For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Crisis management and response plan" shall mean a plan to address school safety and the incidence of a shooting or other violence at schools, on school buses, and at school-related activities; to respond effectively to any incidents; and to ensure that every student, teacher, and school employee has access to a safe, secure, and orderly school that is conducive to learning. The plan shall also address the management of any other emergency situation.

(b) "District threat assessment team" shall mean a team established by each governing authority of public elementary and secondary schools. The team shall include the local school superintendent; the principal of each school; a person with responsibility over the school facilities; a mental health professional employed by the governing authority, or, if the governing authority has no such employee, a mental health professional selected by the local school superintendent; any school resource officer employed by the governing authority; any Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor employed by the governing authority; and the emergency preparedness and recovery point of contact.

(c) "Emergency preparedness and recovery point of contact" shall mean a person selected by the local school superintendent to serve as a point of contact with local and state officials and the media in the event of an emergency.

(d) "Local superintendent" shall mean the chief executive officer of the school or other employee holding an equivalent position.

(2)(a) A school crisis management and response plan shall be prepared by each public school principal jointly with local law enforcement, fire, public safety, and emergency preparedness officials. The plan shall seek to utilize resources and information available through the Louisiana Commission on School and Nonprofit Security, R.S. 29:726.5 et seq.

(b) In preparing or revising the plan, the principal shall consult with the district threat assessment team. The principal and the threat assessment team shall determine whether to consider input from students enrolled in the school and their parents, teachers at the school, other school employees, and community leaders.

(3) The plan, which shall focus on preventing the loss of life and the injury of students and teachers and other school employees, shall detail the roles and responsibilities of each school employee and of each local and state public safety and emergency preparedness office. The plan shall include the relevant coordination agreements, services, and security measures of a school.

(4) The plan shall provide for an all-hazards approach response plan for emergency events including any event with a hostage, an active shooter, or a building lockdown.

(5) The plan shall provide for the notification of parents, faculty, staff, and local public safety officials in the event of a shooting or other violent incident or emergency situation.

(6) The plan shall provide for the counseling of students by mental health professionals in the event of a shooting or other violent incident or emergency situation, encouraging peer helper programs, and identifying students who may have experienced rejection or other traumatic life events.

B.(1) Each public school principal, jointly with local law enforcement, fire, public safety, and emergency preparedness officials, shall review the plan at least once annually and shall revise the plan as necessary. Each principal shall submit the plan in writing to the local school superintendent for approval at least once annually, including upon each revision.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, when conducting the annual review of the crisis management and response plan for a high school, the school principal shall seek and consider input from the students enrolled in the school who shall be represented by either the president of the senior class or the president of the student council and at least one other responsible student selected by the principal.

(3) The local school superintendent shall make an annual report to the public school governing authority on the status of the plan of each school under the governing authority's jurisdiction and shall submit a copy of the report to the state Department of Education and the Center for Safe Schools provided for in R.S. 29:276.5.1.

C.(1) Within the first thirty days of each school year, each public school principal shall conduct a safety drill to rehearse the components of the plan, including an active shooter scenario. In addition, each school year, each principal shall conduct at least one additional drill during high traffic or transition points in the school day. Not later than seven days after each drill, the principal shall submit a written report summarizing the details of the drill to the local school superintendent. The superintendent shall comment on the drill to the principal, who shall consider the comments in revising the plan.

(2) Each public school principal shall notify all teachers and other school employees regarding revisions made to the plan.

D. Each plan shall provide that:

(1) Classroom doors with locks shall be in compliance with all fire safety standards promulgated by the office of state fire marshal code enforcement and building safety of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall remain locked during instructional time. Each plan shall provide that a locked door shall not obstruct egress.

(2)(a) Bleeding control kits shall be placed in easily accessible locations in each school.

(b) The principal shall designate employees to be trained in the proper use of a bleeding control kit and in traumatic injury response.

(c) The provisions of this Paragraph shall be subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature.

E. A person acting in good faith who administers aid for a traumatic injury, including through the use of a bleeding control kit, shall be immune from criminal and civil liability for the administration, unless personal injury results from gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct in the administration of aid.

F. Each school year, each public school principal shall be responsible for providing in-service training, which may be incorporated into a meeting or training session held for another purpose, for all teachers and school employees pertaining to the plan and shall involve local law enforcement, fire, public safety, and emergency preparedness officials in the preparation and presentation of the training. The training shall include an active shooter exercise. The training shall be reported to the local school superintendent and the state Department of Education.

G. Each public school principal shall keep a copy of the approved plan in his office and shall provide a copy to the following individuals, each of whom shall be responsible for keeping in his respective office a copy of the plan that is readily accessible in the event of a school shooting or other violent incident or emergency situation:

(1) The president of the local school board.

(2) The local school superintendent.

(3) The chief of police of the municipality or the sheriff of the parish where the school is located, as applicable, as well as the local fire chief whose office is in closest geographic proximity to the school.

(4) The state Department of Education.

(5) The Center for Safe Schools within the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.

H.(1) The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school may adopt rules and regulations as it deems necessary to provide for the implementation of the provisions of this Section.

(2) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Nonpublic School Commission, shall adopt rules and regulations requiring the governing authorities of nonpublic schools to address school safety. These rules and regulations shall address management and response in the event of a shooting or other violent incident on school campuses, school buses, and at school-related activities and shall provide for a safe, secure, and orderly school that is conducive to learning for every student, teacher, and school employee. These rules and regulations may also address management and response in the event of any other emergency situation.

I.(1) The state Department of Education shall review national awareness campaigns relative to the response to traumatic injuries and develop and offer annual training, or provide updated links to training, on the response to traumatic injuries and the proper use of a bleeding control kit.

(2) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop rules relative to bleeding control kits that specify the minimum items to be included in a kit, when a kit shall be inspected and restocked, and how often designated employees shall be trained.

J. In accordance with R.S. 44:3.1, school crisis management and response plans shall not be subject to the Public Records Law.

Acts 2001, No. 313, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2013, No. 50, §1; Acts 2018, No. 168, §1; Acts 2019, No. 44, §1, eff. June 1, 2019; Acts 2023, No. 334, §1, eff. June 13, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1519.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1519.15
Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Advisory Council
Status: in_force

A.(1) Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Advisory Council is hereby established. The council shall consist of eleven members who shall serve without compensation. Legislators representing the parishes of St. Helena and Tangipahoa shall appoint nine members to serve on the advisory council. Each legislator representing portions of St. Helena and Tangipahoa parish shall appoint one member. One member shall be appointed by the hospital administrator. One member shall be appointed by the hospital employee union.

(2) Each member of the council shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Members may serve two successive terms only.

(3) The council shall meet at least once in each quarter of each calendar year or upon call of the secretary or the chairman. Six members shall constitute a quorum. The council shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman and secretary, and such committees as it deems necessary to carry out its duties, each for a term of one year. All meetings of the council shall be public, and except as otherwise provided by law, all records of the council shall be open to inspection.

(4) Within thirty days after their appointment, the members of the council shall take an oath, before any person authorized to administer oaths, to faithfully and impartially perform their duties. Such oaths shall be filed with the secretary of state.

(5) The domicile of the council shall be in the city of Independence.

B. The council shall:

(1) Inquire into the needs of the population and health care providers in the catchment area, the matter of the policies thereof, and make such recommendations with respect thereto as may be deemed important and necessary for the welfare of the catchment area, the health of the public in this area, and the welfare and progress of the hospitals in the catchment area.

(2) Confer and advise the hospital administrator as to how the council may best serve the Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center.

Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 416.9
Schools' duty as to safety; imminent danger to teachers; inspection; restraining order; other relief
Status: in_force

A. Each city or parish school board shall furnish to each teacher a place of employment free from recognized dangers or hazards that are causing or likely to cause serious injury or death to its teachers.

B.(1) Any teacher or representative of a teacher who reasonably and in good faith believes that an imminent danger to such teacher exists may request the principal of his school to investigate and resolve the situation. If the teacher remains unsatisfied with the response to his request, he may request the superintendent of the system where the teacher is employed to cause an inspection of such teacher's school to occur. The superintendent shall notify the school board and shall undertake to resolve the situation within six months from the request.

(2) If the situation has not been resolved to the satisfaction of the teacher requesting the inspection, the teacher may request the state superintendent of education to cause an inspection of such teacher's school to occur. Such request shall be directed to the superintendent or his authorized representative and shall provide notice of any perceived danger. Any such request shall be reduced to writing, shall set forth with reasonable particularity the grounds for the request, and shall be signed by the teacher or his representative. A copy of the request shall be provided to the principal of the school not later than the time of inspection as ordered by the state superintendent. Upon the request of the person making request for inspection, any copies of the request shall delete his name and the names of any individual teachers referred to therein.

C. If upon receipt of such request the state superintendent or his authorized representative determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an inspection is warranted, he shall make an inspection of such school as soon as practicable, to determine if danger exists. If the superintendent or his authorized representative determines there are no reasonable grounds to believe that danger exists, he shall notify the principal of the school and the teacher or his representative in writing of such determination.

D. If upon inspection, the state superintendent or his authorized representative determines that an imminent danger exists from which there is a reasonable probability that serious injury or death could result to any teacher, the superintendent or his authorized representative may issue an order to the city or parish school board immediately restraining any such condition, practice, method, process, or means in the school. Any order issued under this Subsection may require the city or parish school board to take such steps as may be necessary to avoid, correct or remove such danger and prohibit the employment or presence of any teacher in locations or under conditions where such danger exists.

E. Whenever the state superintendent or his authorized representative determines that a condition, practice, method, process, or means described in Subsection D of this Section exists in any school, he shall promptly inform the requesting teacher and the principal of the danger.

F. At any time that an order restraining any condition, practice, method, process, or means described in Subsection D of this Section is issued by the state superintendent or his authorized representative, he may in addition request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to make an application to the district court of the parish wherein such condition, practice, method, process, or means exists for a temporary restraining order or such other relief as appears to be appropriate under the circumstances.

G. In addition to and after having invoked the powers of restraint vested in the state superintendent as provided in Subsection D of this Section, the district courts of this state shall have jurisdiction upon petition of the superintendent and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to enjoin any condition, practice, method, process, or means in any school from which there is a reasonable probability that serious injury or death could result to any teacher. Any order issued under this Subsection may require such steps to be taken as may be necessary to avoid, correct or remove such danger and prohibit the employment or presence of any teacher in locations or under conditions where such danger exists.

H. For purposes of this Section, "teacher" means any teacher or instructor, administrator, staff person, or employee of any public elementary or secondary school.

Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 45, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.28 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.28
Federal Funds for the Child Care and Development Fund Programs; state Department of Education's authority to receive; complaints
Status: in_force

A. Upon transfer of lead agency authority from the state Department of Children and Family Services to the state Department of Education for the Child Care and Development Fund, the state Department of Education may accept and direct the disbursement of funds appropriated by any act of Congress and apportioned to the state for use in connection with any Child Care and Development Fund programs. The state Department of Education shall deposit all such funds received from the federal government with the state treasurer who shall, subject to legislative appropriation, make disbursements upon the recommendation of the state Department of Education. Prior to the transfer of lead agency authority, the state Department of Children and Family Services shall seek input and approval from the state Department of Education in the development of the Child Care and Development Fund State Plan or any amendments to such plan prior to its submittal to the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the Child Care and Development Fund State Plan. The state Department of Education shall develop and implement the state plan in accordance with such rules and regulations.

C. Prior to the transfer of lead agency authority from the state Department of Children and Family Services to the state Department of Education, the departments shall enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement to ensure a coordinated and seamless transition that does not interrupt the provision of state services nor unduly impact the operation or function of either agency. The transition shall occur in such a manner that is cost neutral to the state. The cooperative endeavor agreement entered into by the agencies to facilitate the transfer of the grant and services shall ensure the transfer of funds from the state Department of Education to the state Department of Children and Family Services in an amount sufficient to fully fund the indirect costs of the state Department of Children and Family Services which were previously funded by the Child Care and Development Fund, until such time as another funding source is identified by the state Department of Children and Family Services to pay for those indirect costs. This agreement between the state Department of Education and the state Department of Children and Family Services may also allow services to be purchased by the state Department of Education including but not limited to fulfilling grant requirements, data reporting, and services to clients.

D. Lead agency authority shall transfer no later than July 1, 2015. The date shall be established in the cooperative endeavor agreement. The cooperative endeavor agreement shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for review.

E. The identity of a person making a complaint about fraud in the Child Care Assistance Program shall be confidential and shall not be subject to the Public Records Law.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2019, No. 244, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:52 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 52
Election and qualification of members; term of office
Status: in_force

A.(1) There shall be elected by the qualified voters of each parish police jury ward, or the equivalent thereof, of each parish of the state a member of the school board of the parish for each police juror in said ward, or the members of a parish school board shall be elected by the qualified voters in accordance with the school board reapportionment plan then in effect as authorized by law, or the members of a parish school board shall be elected in accordance with any special law applicable to the board, as the case may be. Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, members of parish school boards shall be elected at the congressional elections. Members elected in 1986 and thereafter shall serve four-year concurrent terms beginning January 1 following their election.

(2)(a) Any school board may, by resolution, adopt a plan for holding school board elections at the same time as the fall gubernatorial election in accordance with R.S. 18:402. No such plan shall be revocable by the school board.

(b) Any plan adopted pursuant to this Paragraph shall be filed with the secretary of state no later than July 1, 2026.

(c) Any school board that complies with the provisions of this Paragraph may hold its elections at the fall gubernatorial election in accordance with R.S. 18:402. The first election under the plan shall be held at the 2031 fall gubernatorial election.

(d) The members elected under the plan shall take office on the first day of January following their election and shall hold their office for four years. However, the members of a school board that complies with this Paragraph who are elected at school board elections held at the same time as the 2026 congressional election, as provided by R.S. 18:402, shall serve until their successors elected under the plan take office on January 1, 2032.

(e) If no election is held on the day authorized by the plan adopted by a school board or if a vacancy in any school board office elective by the people occurs or if a member elected fails to qualify, such vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana or as otherwise provided by law.

B. When the parish school board has no jurisdiction over or control of the public schools of a city in the parish, and when the limits of a ward of such parish extend beyond the limits of such city, only that part of the ward lying outside the limits of the city shall be represented on the parish school board, and that part shall have only one member on the parish school board, who shall be an elector of the ward living outside the limits of the city and shall be elected by the voters of the ward living and voting outside the limits of the said city.

C. Members of the parish school boards shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Election Code.

D. Each member of a parish school board, in addition to the qualifications otherwise prescribed by law, shall be able to read and write.

E.(1) Any person who, at the time of qualification as a candidate for the school board, has attained the age of eighteen, possesses a high school diploma or its equivalent as determined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, has resided in the state for the preceding two years, and has been actually domiciled for the preceding year in the parish, ward, or district from which the person seeks election is eligible for membership on the school board. However, at the next regular election for members of the school board following a reapportionment, an elector may qualify as a candidate from any district created in whole or in part from a district existing prior to reapportionment if the elector was domiciled in the prior district for at least one year immediately preceding his qualification and was a resident of the state for the two years preceding his qualification.

(2) The seat of any member who changes his domicile from the district he represents or, if elected after reapportionment, whose domicile is not within the district he represents at the time he is sworn into office shall be vacated thereby, any declaration of retention of domicile to the contrary notwithstanding.

(3) For purposes of this Section, "domicile" means a person's principal or habitual place of residence.

F. Any person who has been convicted of or has pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C) is not eligible to qualify as a candidate for membership on a school board.

Acts 1960, No. 539, §1, Acts 1975, No. 432, §1; Acts 1977, No. 321, §1; Acts 1980, No 285, §1, eff. July 14, 1980; Acts 1990, No. 1039, §1; Acts 2024, No. 204, §1; Acts 2025, No. 354, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:161 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 161
Revised Statutes 161
Status: repealed

§§161. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 640, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:500.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 500.1
School bus operators; sick leave
Status: in_force

A. A school bus operator as defined in R.S. 17:500 who is injured in his official capacity as a result of physical assault and battery by any student or person and is disabled as a result of such injury and cannot perform his functions as a school bus operator, shall receive sick leave without reduction in pay while disabled as a result of such injury. If a school bus operator is absent for six or more consecutive days as a result of such disability, he shall be required to present a certificate from a physician certifying the disability. The sick leave authorized by this Section shall be in addition to all other sick leave authorized by R.S. 17:500, provided that additional sick leave for disability as a result of physical assault and battery shall not be accumulated from year to year, nor shall such additional sick leave be compensated for at death or retirement, or compensated for in any other manner except as authorized in this Section.

B. At any time during the period of certified disability, if the school board questions the validity of the physician certification, the board may require the school bus operator to be examined by a physician selected by the board. In such a case, the board shall pay all costs of the examination and any tests determined to be necessary. If the physician selected by the board certifies the disability, the leave shall be granted or continued as appropriate. If the physician selected by the board disagrees with the certification of the physician selected by the school bus operator, the board may require the school bus operator to be examined by a third physician whose name appears next in the rotation of physicians on a list established by the local or state medical society for such purpose and maintained by the board. All costs of an examination and any tests required by a third physician shall be paid by the board. The opinion of the third physician shall be determinative of the issue.

C. (1) The school board shall not reduce the pay or accrued sick leave of a school bus operator who is absent from his duties to seek medical attention or treatment as a result of an injury as provided in this Section.

(2) If the school bus operator's physician determines that he is able to return to active service as a school bus operator with restrictions and the board does not allow the school bus operator to return to active service as a school bus operator subject to those restrictions, then the school bus operator's leave shall be granted or continued, as appropriate, as provided in this Section.

D. As used in this Section, "disabled" or "disability" means unable to or the inability to perform the essential functions of the job of a school bus operator.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 501, §1; Acts 2017, No. 227, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1372 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1372
Establishment of sub-districts; restrictions; special taxes and bond issues
Status: in_force

School sub-districts shall not be created within a school district except as provided in this Section.

A parish school board may, with the approval of the Louisiana State Bond and Tax Board, create a school sub-district within a district whenever the population of such district has suddenly increased by reason of industrial or oil development.

Bond issues and special taxes may be voted in such sub-district in the manner provided by law for school districts.

After the creation of a school sub-district as provided in this Section, the property therein shall be subject to taxation for the retirement and payment of bonds and special taxes previously voted and levied in the old district, and for the retirement and payment of bond issues and special taxes thereafter voted by the qualified voters of the sub-district.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:392.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 392.13
Administrative rules
Status: in_force

The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this Part in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 2023, No. 266, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:84.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 84.1
School janitors, school custodians, school maintenance employees; board's authority to employ; age limitation
Status: in_force

Parish and city school boards may also employ janitors, custodians, and maintenance employees as said boards may deem desirable for the proper and efficient conduct of their respective school systems at such salaries, unless otherwise prescribed by law, and with such qualifications and duties as the board may deem advisable.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 258, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 628, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:422.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 422.6
Hourly wages and salaries for school employees; reduction limitations; definition
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the amount of the hourly wage or annual salary paid to any school employee shall not be reduced for any school year below the amount paid to the school employee in hourly wage or annual salary during the previous school year, nor shall the amount of the hourly wage or annual salary paid to any school employee be reduced at any time during an academic year.

B. For purposes of this Section, the term "school employee" shall mean, without limitation, a teacher aide, paraprofessional, school bus operator, food service worker, clerical, custodial, and maintenance personnel, and any other employee of a city or parish school board, of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, or of the Special School District who is not required to hold a teacher's certificate as a condition of employment.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the reduction of any local salary funded, in whole or in part, from a revenue source requiring voter approval when such voter approval has not been obtained or when the reduction is necessary as a result of a decrease in revenues received from the production of or exploration for minerals, including severance taxes, royalty payments, bonus payments, or rentals.

D. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent local school boards from reducing personnel or staff as may be necessary.

E. For purposes of this Section, local bonuses or one-time special salary increases shall not be considered as salary.

Acts 1992, No. 1023, §1, eff. July 13, 1992; Acts 2014, No. 811, §8, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1; Acts 2019, No. 411, §1, eff. June 20, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:541 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 541
Probation and tenure of employees
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as otherwise provided by Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, all employees of vocational-technical schools shall serve a probationary term of three years during which term the board may dismiss or discharge any such probationary employee upon recommendation of the chief school administrator, accompanied by the written reasons therefor.

(2) Beginning with the 1990-1991 school year and thereafter, the probationary term for a vocational-technical school employee required by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to hold a valid vocational-technical certificate entitling the holder to teach in the vocational area of the actual teaching assignment shall be for not less than three years and shall terminate after three years only upon a showing that the employee holds the vocational-technical certificate required by the board.

B.(1) Any probationary employee found unsatisfactory by his director or the regional director shall be notified by certified mail of any charges made against him and shall be afforded an opportunity to respond to the stated charges. In the absence of such notification during the probationary term provided by Subsection A of this Section, the probationary employee shall automatically become a regular and permanent employee.

(2) The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall develop and adopt a formal plan and procedure for observing and evaluating such employees. Such observation and evaluation shall continue from the time the employee begins work at the school until the employee resigns, retires, or is dismissed from that school, and such employee shall be told of the formal plan and procedure and the results of any observations and evaluations.

(3) All employees having served for more than three consecutive years as of August 1, 1977, are declared to be regular and permanent employees.

Acts 1990, No. 632, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1608 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1608
Scholarship awarded by members of public postsecondary education management boards; report
Status: in_force

A. The chief executive officer of each public postsecondary education management board shall annually report to the legislature every scholarship awarded by a member of the management board for the preceding academic year.

B. The report shall be submitted electronically to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives no later than August first of each year. The report shall be a public record. The management board shall contemporaneously make the report available on its website for public inspection.

C. The report shall provide the name of each scholarship recipient, the name of the board member making the award, whether such scholarship consists of a waiver of tuition or a cash award, or both, and the annual dollar value of the scholarship. If the scholarship includes a cash award, the source of such funds shall be identified.

D. The information included in the report shall be considered directory information as defined by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, without further limitation by the public postsecondary institution. No other personally identifiable information in the student educational records of a scholarship recipient shall be included in the report, unless authorized by such federal act.

E. The failure to submit the report required by this Section shall suspend the power of all members of the management board to further award any such scholarships until the report has been submitted as required.

F. The provisions of this Section shall be known and may be cited as the Board Scholarship Reporting Act.

Acts 2013, No. 340, §1, eff. June 17, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3721 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3721
Athletic Trainer Professional Development Program
Status: in_force

The Athletic Trainer Professional Development Program is hereby created in the state Department of Education. The program is established to meet the projected shortage of certified athletic trainers employed at high schools in rural areas of the state by increasing the number of certified athletic trainers through a loan repayment program.

Acts 2022, No. 495, §1, see Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3047.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3047.5
Administering agency
Status: in_force

A. The program provided pursuant to this Chapter shall be administered by the Board of Regents through the office of student financial assistance.

B. The administering agency shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Chapter including the following:

(1) A mechanism for informing residents of the availability of the award.

(2) Financial audit procedures, program audit procedures, and other matters related to the efficient operation of the program.

(3) Applications, forms, timelines, deadlines, guidelines, policies, procedure, including timelines and deadlines for receipt by the administering agency of any required information.

(4) Notification to all appropriate public postsecondary education and proprietary school personnel of any changes in law or agency rules relative to the program no later than sixty days after such change.

Acts 2021, No. 457, §1, eff. June 23, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3972 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3972
Intent and purpose
Status: in_force

A. It is the intention of the legislature in enacting this Chapter to authorize school choice options for parents, teachers, and pupils through the creation of innovative kinds of independent public charter schools. Further, it is the intention of the legislature to provide a framework of operational autonomy for such schools, a means for all persons with valid ideas and motivation to participate, and a mechanism by which results can be analyzed, considered, and repeated or replicated if appropriate. Finally, it is the intention of the legislature that the best interests of students who are economically disadvantaged shall be the overriding consideration in implementing the provisions of this Chapter.

B.(1) The purposes of this Chapter shall be to increase school choice options throughout the state and to provide opportunities for parents, educators, and others interested in educating pupils to form, operate, or be employed within an operationally autonomous charter school with each such school designed to accomplish one or more of the following objectives:

(a) Improve pupil learning and, in general, the public school system.

(b) Increase learning opportunities and access to quality education for pupils.

(c) Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods, educational models, and a variety of governance, management, and administrative structures.

(d) Require appropriate assessment and measurement of academic learning results.

(e) Account better and more thoroughly for educational results.

(f) Create new professional opportunities for teachers and other school employees, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the school site.

(2) It is not a purpose of this Chapter to permit establishment of a charter school to be used as the means of keeping open an existing public school that otherwise would be closed. Such a circumstance, however, shall not preclude approval of a proposed charter that otherwise fulfills a purpose of this Chapter and for which the proposal clearly demonstrates that the educational program proposed to be offered will improve the achievement levels of the students enrolled in that school.

(3) It is not a purpose of this Chapter to provide a means of funding for nonpublic schools or any home study program.

Acts 1995, No. 192, §1, eff. June 14, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 477, §1, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 14, §1; Acts 1999, No. 757, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2018, No. 307, §1; Acts 2024, No. 334, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3775 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3775
Program evaluation
Status: in_force

A. The program shall be thoroughly evaluated in each parish immediately following its conclusion by a team which shall be comprised as follows:

(1) One system member, selected by the system.

(2) The superintendent.

(3) One teacher, other than a participant, selected by the largest teacher organization in the local school system.

(4) The teacher mentor.

(5) The new teacher.

(6) The principal of the school in which the program was piloted.

B. The team shall acquire and document as much information as possible from the participating new teacher, mentor, and principal about their reactions to the program, its value, means to improve it, and recommendations with regard to its continuation. Information shall also be solicited from other members of the faculty and staff in the participating school, particularly the experiences of other new teachers.

C. The team shall formulate a report on the experience of the Professional Growth Program in their parish in which the team shall make recommendations concerning the continuation, expansion, or termination of the program. The report shall be forwarded to the department which shall present the reports of all participating parishes to the board along with any recommendations the department wishes to make.

D. The board shall, not later than the beginning of the 1992 Regular Session of the Legislature, make a recommendation to the legislature about whether the program should be continued, expanded, or terminated.

Acts 1986, No. 713, §1; Acts 1988, No. 722, §1; Acts 1990, No. 985, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:87.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 87.4
Rights-of-way across sixteenth section lands
Status: in_force

That all grants of right-of-ways executed prior to the passage of R.S. 17:87.1 through 17:87.3 by the school boards of the several parishes of the state of Louisiana granting right-of-ways across and through sixteenth sections or parts thereof for all legitimate and necessary purposes including, but not limiting the generality thereof, power and communication lines and pipelines for water, oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances, shall be and the same are hereby recognized and ratified in accordance with their terms, and the validity thereof is hereby confirmed without further requirement under those Sections.

Added by Acts 1950, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:54 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 54
Officers of boards; election; superintendents; qualifications; appointment and removal
Status: in_force

A. A city or parish school board shall elect from among its members a president and a vice president and fix the terms of office not to exceed four years.

B.(1)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:3, each city, parish, and other local public school board shall elect a superintendent of schools, having such qualifications as may be fixed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, for a period not to exceed four years, which period, however, may extend no longer than two years after the expiration of the term of office of the membership of the board electing the superintendent. The election of a superintendent of schools by a city, parish, or other local public school board shall require the favorable vote of a majority of the entire membership of the school board. A superintendent of schools shall not be required to be a qualified elector or a resident of the political subdivision comprising the school system in which he is to serve as superintendent. He shall be required to devote his entire time to the office of superintendent of schools.

(b)(i)(aa) The superintendent of schools shall be employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board pursuant to a written contract. Such a contract shall provide that the superintendent is subject to a performance evaluation by the local school board. At least fifteen percent of the evaluation shall be based on evidence of growth in student achievement by the end of the third grade in literacy, and at least fifteen percent of the evaluation shall be based on evidence of growth in student achievement by the end of the third grade in mathematics, all as determined by the state board. Such contract shall also provide for specific performance objectives. However, for the board of a local public school system that received any variation of a school performance letter grade of "C", "D", or "F", such contract shall establish performance targets at the school and district level as follows: student achievement; student achievement for schools that have received any variation of a school performance letter grade designation of "C", "D", or "F"; graduation rates; graduation rates for schools that have received any variation of a school performance letter grade designation of "C", "D", or "F"; and the percentage of teachers with an "effective" or "highly effective" performance rating. Not less than thirty days prior to the termination of such a contract, the school board shall notify the superintendent of termination of employment under such contract, or in lieu thereof, the board and the superintendent may negotiate and enter into a contract for subsequent employment.

(bb) Each local public school board shall submit a copy of its current employment contract with the superintendent of schools to the state superintendent of education.

(cc) A local public school board shall notify the state superintendent of education any time it terminates or fails to renew its employment contract with the local school superintendent, along with the reasons therefor.

(dd) Any employment contract executed, negotiated, or renegotiated after July 1, 2012, between a local school board and a superintendent that does not meet the requirements established in this Subsection shall be null and void.

(ii)(aa) The superintendent may choose not to enter into a subsequent contract and may either terminate his employment or, if he has acquired permanent status as a teacher, resume employment as a teacher.

(bb) The school board, in accordance with the provisions of this Subparagraph, may choose not to offer a subsequent contract to the superintendent.

(iii) The superintendent shall be retained during the term of a contract; however, if the superintendent is found incompetent, unworthy, or inefficient or is found to have failed to fulfill the terms and performance objectives of his contract or to comply with school board policy, then the superintendent shall be removed from office as provided by Subsection C of this Section. Before the superintendent can be removed during the contract period, he shall have the right to written charges and a fair hearing before the board after reasonable written notice.

(iv) Subject to the approval of a majority of its entire membership, the board shall negotiate and offer the superintendent a new contract at the expiration of each existing contract unless a majority of the membership of the board votes at least ninety days prior to the termination of the existing contract against offering a new contract.

(v) Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 720, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

(2) Prior to filling a vacancy in the position of permanent superintendent of schools, each city and parish school board shall advertise the vacancy and solicit applications for the position. At a minimum, the school board shall publish a notice of the vacancy together with a request for the submission of applications to fill the position in accordance with all of the following:

(a) On two separate days at least one week apart in the official journal of the school board.

(b) Once in a daily newspaper published in the metropolitan area in the state having a population in excess of one hundred thousand persons that is nearest to the school board offices, if such newspaper is not the official journal of the school board.

(3) All publication requirements provided in this Subsection shall be completed at least thirty days prior to action by the school board to fill the position.

(4)(a) The board may, by a majority vote of its membership, select a person to serve as interim superintendent in the event of the death, resignation, or termination of the superintendent or his being placed on paid administrative leave in accordance with Subsection D of this Section.

(b) An interim superintendent shall have the same authority as a superintendent.

(c) The election of an interim superintendent is not subject to the provisions applicable to the process of selection or employment of a superintendent or to the requirement or content of a contract.

(d) A school board shall not employ an interim superintendent for longer than six months in any given twelve month period unless the appointment is made during the final year of the term of the majority of members.

C. A city, parish, or other local public school system superintendent may be removed from office for cause prior to the expiration of his contract by the concurring vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of the entire school board at any regular meeting or at any special meeting after due notice.

D.(1) A school board may place a superintendent on paid administrative leave prior to the expiration of his contract:

(a) For the purpose of investigating cause for termination.

(b) Without cause during the final three months of the term of his contract when the school board has voted not to extend a new contract offer.

(c) At a time as agreed by the superintendent.

(d) At a time as provided for in his contract.

(2) Paid administrative leave is subject to the following:

(a) Approval of a majority of the membership of the school board.

(b) A three-month time limit within a six-month period.

(c) All compensation afforded under the terms of the existing contract.

Acts 1990, No. 1005, §1, eff. July 26, 1990; Acts 1998, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 107, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 857, §1; Acts 2005, No. 482, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2010, No. 720, §§1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2020, No. 292, §1; Acts 2024, No. 193, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3913 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3913
Transfer of personally identifiable student information
Status: in_force

A.(1) Parents and citizens are increasingly concerned about the commercial and criminal uses of student information. It is therefore the intent of this Section to ensure that parents and citizens have an accurate picture of those transfers. The legislature finds that, if they are provided accurate information, parents and citizens will be in a better position to judge the validity and safety of various transfers and to bring focused pressure to bear on policy makers when they have concerns.

(2) The purpose of this Section is to increase awareness of the transfer of student information by requiring the state Department of Education and public school governing authorities to make such information available to the public.

B. By January 1, 2015, the state Department of Education shall make available on its website information about the transfer of personally identifiable student information. Such information shall include but need not be limited to all of the following:

(1) A profile of each authorized recipient of such information.

(2) A copy of the signed agreement between the department and the authorized recipient.

(3) A complete listing of all of the data elements authorized to be transferred.

(4) A statement of the intended use of the information, including references to legal authority or legal requirements associated with the transfer of such information.

(5) The name and contact information of the individual serving as the primary point of contact for inquiries about the agreement.

(6) A process by which parents of students attending public schools may register a complaint related to the unauthorized transfer of personally identifiable student information.

C. By January 1, 2015, the governing authority of each public school shall make available at the main office of the governing authority information about the transfer of personally identifiable student information. Such information shall include but need not be limited to all of the following, to the extent such information is obtainable:

(1) A profile of each authorized recipient of such information.

(2) A copy of the signed agreement between the governing authority of the public school and the authorized recipient.

(3) A complete listing of all of the data elements authorized to be transferred.

(4) A statement of the intended use of the information, including references to legal authority or legal requirements associated with the transfer of such information.

(5) The name and contact information of the individual serving as the primary point of contact for inquiries about the agreement.

(6) A process by which parents of students attending public schools may register a complaint related to the unauthorized transfer of personally identifiable student information.

D. The information specified in Paragraphs (B)(1) through (5) and (C)(1) through (5) of this Section shall be made available as specified in this Section no later than ten business days following the execution of an agreement providing for a transfer of personally identifiable student information and shall remain available for the duration of the agreement.

Acts 2014, No. 677, §1; Acts 2015, No. 228, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:235.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 235.2
Statements of compliance; students and parents; required
Status: in_force

A. Beginning with the 1999-2000 school year, each city and parish school board shall require each student in grades four through twelve in each school under the control of the board annually to sign a statement of compliance committing to do at least all of the following:

(1) Attend school daily, except when absent for reasons due to illness or other excused absence.

(2) Arrive at school on time each day.

(3) Demonstrate significant effort toward completing all required homework assignments.

(4) Follow school and classroom rules.

B. Beginning with the 1999-2000 school year, each parent or guardian of each student in grades four through twelve in any public school in the state annually shall sign a statement of compliance committing to do at least all of the following:

(1) Ensure that his child attends school daily except for reasons as specified in Paragraph A(1) of this Section.

(2) Ensure that his child arrives at school on time each day.

(3) Ensure that his child completes all required homework assignments.

(4) Attend all required parent and teacher or principal conferences.

C. Prior to the signing by any student of the statement of compliance as required in this Section, each homeroom teacher of students in grades four through twelve shall, on the first day of school each school year, provide information to and answer any questions from such students relative to the statement of compliance.

D. Each city and parish school board shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this Section. Such rules and regulations shall include the following:

(1) Appropriate action to be taken against any student or parent or guardian who fails to comply with the signed statement as required in this Section.

(2) Guidelines for accomplishing the requirements of Subsection C of this Section, including a specified amount of time necessary for teachers to accomplish such requirements.

Acts 1999, No. 1004, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3217.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3217.1
Louisiana Community and Technical College System
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Community and Technical College System is composed of the institutions under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges as follows:

(1) Baton Rouge Community College.

(2) Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier Parish.

(3) Central Louisiana Technical Community College.

(4) Delgado Community College.

(5) Elaine P. Nunez Community College.

(6) L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College.

(7) Louisiana Delta Community College.

(8) Northshore Technical Community College.

(9) Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College.

(10) River Parishes Community College.

(11) South Louisiana Community College.

(12) Sowela Technical Community College.

(13) All public postsecondary technical colleges which provide vocational-technical education.

(14) Any other community college, technical college, or other institution or program now or hereafter under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges.

B. The transfer of any institution of higher education to the Louisiana Community and Technical College System effected by this Section on July 1, 1999, shall not change the mission of or adversely affect the accreditation of such institution.

C.(1) In recognition of the critical importance and value of vocational and technical education in the implementation of initiatives, including college and career readiness, workforce development, adult learning, and workforce competitiveness, that are necessary to the fulfillment of the constitutional goal of providing learning environments, at all stages of human development, that are designed to promote excellence in order that every individual may develop to his full potential, to comply with the provisions of Article VIII, Section 7.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, and in recognition of the critical importance and high value the services emanating from such initiatives have for the citizens of this state, this Subsection provides for and requires the thoughtful, but timely, reorganization of vocational and technical education services within the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.

(2)(a) Not later than August 16, 2005, the commissioner of higher education shall appoint or assign a person with the appropriate expertise and background to research, prepare, and propose a plan for the organization of the technical division in compliance with this Subsection for presentation to the board in time for the thoughtful consideration of its members and action by the board as required in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection.

(b) In preparing such plan, the person shall consider and account for the population patterns across the state, the enrollment patterns in the various institutions of postsecondary education in the state, the evidence of commuting patterns in each area of the state, the level of accreditation of the various community colleges and other institutions that are part of the Community and Technical College System, and the programs in place at the various institutions.

(c) In researching the plan, the person shall consult with representatives of the students to be served, the faculty of the institutions involved, the businesses and industries in each region, and the members of the legislature in each region.

(d)(i) The plan shall include a proposal to reconfigure the state level technical resources to become the technical division of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.

(ii) The function of the state level unit shall include:

(aa) Statewide leadership and coordination of rapid-response workforce development.

(bb) Statewide leadership on adult learning with an emphasis on developing the community and technical college capacity as providers of adult literacy and adult education services.

(cc) Professional development and other support services to the institutions providing for technical education and workforce development.

(dd) Curriculum development.

(ee) Advocacy for the technical education mission with the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges.

(3)(a)(i) Not later than February 15, 2006, the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall take action on the proposed plan for technical division as provided in this Section.

(ii) Not later than March 15, 2006, the technical division and the requirements of this Subsection shall be operational.

(b) The technical division shall define regions based on evidence of commuting patterns and regional labor markets.

(c) The administrative and operational leadership structure for each region shall be established according to the variation of the institutions and components that are part of or planned for the region in compliance with the plan approved and made operational by the board of supervisors.

(d) Such structure shall include providing for regional coordinating authority that will bring about the greatest efficiency in administering technical services within the region which shall include the preparation and submission to the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges for its approval an annual proposed operational and capital outlay budget for each institution, based on a budget submitted by the head of each such institution in the region, and a proposed budget for the operation of his office.

D.(1) Beginning July 1, 2010, and thereafter, the board of supervisors shall:

(a) Adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to establish, operate, and maintain a statewide program of adult education to eliminate adult illiteracy and to provide opportunities for adults to pursue a course or courses of study which upon completion will entitle them to be issued a Louisiana high school equivalency diploma.

(b) Fully fund the cost of a statewide adult education program and shall allocate such funds appropriated therefor based on an adopted formula.

(2) Each program of adult education shall meet eligibility criteria established and adopted by the board and be subject to the overall administration and supervision provided by this Subsection. Quality indicators and performance-based criteria, as established and adopted by the board, shall be used to allocate funds on an annual basis.

Acts 1997, No. 917, §1, eff. July 10, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2005, No. 506, §1; Acts 2010, No. 132, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 732, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 163, §1; Acts 2011, No. 209, §1, eff. June 27, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 760, §1, eff. June 12, 2012; Acts 2019, No. 287, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:179 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 179
Student identification badges; authorization and display; Rapides Parish School Board; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

A. Each city, parish, or other local public school board in Rapides Parish may provide for an annual student identification badge to be issued to each student in grades six through twelve attending a public elementary or secondary school in the school system. The badge shall include the student's name and picture, the name of the school which the student attends, and the calendar year for which it is issued. The student shall display such badge in a prominent manner at all times while on school grounds and when attending any school function including school-sponsored cocurricular and extracurricular activities unless circumstances otherwise prevent such display.

B. Each city or parish school board subject to the provisions of this Section shall adopt necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this Section. Such rules and regulations shall include the size, color, material, and other requirements of the badge.

Acts 1993, No. 782, §1; Acts 2001, No. 483, §1, eff. June 21, 2001; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2077 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2077
Notre Dame Seminary
Status: in_force

Notre Dame Seminary, a religious, nonprofit corporation organized for the education of candidates for priesthood and other persons and operated in the city of New Orleans under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church, is authorized to graduate students and to confer such literary honors and degrees and to grant such diplomas to the graduates of this institution or other persons as may be provided for under such rules and regulations and over the signature of such persons as the corporation may adopt as are conferred by any colleges, universities, or seminaries of learning in the United States and Europe.

Acts 1995, No. 387, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:158.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 158.7
Lease of school buses from school bus operators
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of this Section is to assist city, parish, and other local public school boards in providing school transportation by facilitating the lease of school buses by such school boards. The legislature does hereby find and declare that the lease of school buses by city, parish, and other local public school boards from school bus operators pursuant to this Section is a public purpose.

B. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, each city, parish, and other local public school board may lease a school bus owned by any school bus operator employed by such school board or with whom such school board has contracted to provide transportation services for students from such school bus operator. Any such school bus shall be used by the operator to transport students on the operator's assigned bus route. Any such lease shall be in writing.

C. Any school bus leased pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be leased for an amount equal to the compensation mandated by R.S. 17:497.

D. Any operator who leases a bus as provided in this Section shall not receive the compensation provided by R.S. 17:497.

Acts 2001, No. 946, §1, eff. June 26, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3399.39 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3399.39
Right to individual dignity; each student's right to be free from discrimination on the basis of political ideas, affiliations, or ideology
Status: in_force

A. Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of Louisiana guarantees that each person, including a college or university student, has the right to "individual dignity" and further provides that protections are guaranteed against discrimination based upon the student's "political ideas or affiliations".

B. A public postsecondary education management board shall make reasonable efforts to protect students from discrimination on the basis of political ideas, affiliations, or ideology.

C. No professor or instructor who teaches a class to students at an institution of higher education shall impose the professor's or instructor's political views onto students and, therefore, shall be prohibited from doing any of the following:

(1) Requiring a student to attend a political protest or engage in any other political activity outside of the classroom that aligns with the political views of the professor or instructor.

(2) Requiring a student to participate in a certain political activity outside of the classroom as a condition of obtaining the letter grade to which the student would otherwise be entitled based upon the student's actual academic performance in the class.

Acts 2024, No. 584, §1, eff. June 11, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:122 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 122
Application of general laws and regulations of state board of education
Status: in_force

All laws, and all rules and regulations of the state board of education governing other parish school boards throughout the state, shall govern the Orleans Parish School Board, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Title.

Acts 1960, 3rd Ex.Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:272 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 272
French language and culture; teaching in public schools
Status: in_force

A. The French language and the culture and history of French populations in Louisiana and elsewhere in the Americas shall be taught for a sequence of years in the public elementary and high school systems of the state, in accordance with the following general provisions:

(1) As expeditiously as possible but not later than the beginning of the 1972-1973 school year, all public elementary schools shall offer at least five years of French instruction starting with oral French in the first grade; except that any parish or city school board, upon request to the State Board of Education, shall be excluded from this requirement, and such request shall not be denied. Requests already received from school boards for exclusion from the provisions of Act 408 of 1968 1 shall also be valid for exclusion from the provisions of this Act 2 unless individual school boards deem otherwise. School boards which have not already requested exclusion may do so at any time between July 1, 1971, and the beginning of the 1972-1973 school year. The fact that any board is excluded, as here provided, from participation in the program established by this section shall in no case be construed to prohibit such school board from offering and conducting French courses in the curriculum of the schools it administers. In any school where the program provided for herein has been adopted the parent or other person legally responsible for a child may make written request to the parish school board requesting that said child be exempted from this program.

(2) As expeditiously as possible but not later than the beginning of the 1972-1973 school year, all public high schools shall offer a program of at least three years of instruction in the French language and at least one course included in the culture and history of the French populations of Louisiana and other French speaking areas in the Americas; except that any parish or city school board may request the State Board of Education to be excluded from this requirement and such request shall not be denied. Requests already received from school boards for exclusion from the provisions of Act 408 of 1968 shall also be valid for exclusion from the provisions of this Act unless individual school boards deem otherwise. School boards which have not already requested exclusion may do so at any time between July 1, 1971, and the beginning of the 1972-1973 school year.

B. Repealed by Acts 1971, No. 13, §3.

C. The State Board of Education, the state superintendent of education, and all other public educational officials and administrators are properly charged with the implementation of this section.

D. The State Board of Education, the state superintendent of education, and the parish School Boards participating in the program set forth in this section shall include in their budget provision for the implementation of this program; and may avail themselves of any funds which may be provided by the federal government or other sources in accordance with the existing law and regulations of this state.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 408, §§1 to 4. Amended by Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 21, §1.

1 All of the original provisions of R.S. 17:272 were enacted by Acts 1968, No. 408.

2 Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 21, amending R.S. 17:272(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3399.41 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3399.41
Remedies
Status: in_force

A. The attorney general may obtain injunctive relief, protective order, writ of mandamus, or declaratory relief to prevent any violation of this Part. Should the attorney general prevail, the court shall award reasonable attorney fees and costs.

B. A student who is harmed in violation of this Part shall have a cause of action for remedies as provided for in this Subsection and may obtain appropriate relief, including but not limited to any of the following:

(1) Injunctive relief, protective order, writ of mandamus or a prohibition, or declaratory relief to prevent any violation of this Part. The court may waive the requirement that the student petitioner post bond to obtain injunctive relief for good cause shown.

(2) Actual damages.

(3) Recovery of reasonable attorney fees and costs.

Acts 2024, No. 584, §1, eff. June 11, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1945 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1945
Special Schools and school districts
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Special School District is hereby created and shall be considered an educational service agency, subject to the limitations of such units which shall include no authority to levy tax. The Special School District shall have the responsibility and authority to create and fill positions to serve the students in the district subject to the availability of funds.

(2) The governing authority for the Special School District shall be the board of directors as provided in R.S. 17:1945.1.

(3) The Special School District includes:

(a) Louisiana Special Schools.

(b) Special School Programs.

(4) The services of the Special School District shall be available to all eligible students as described in this Section, regardless of their place of residence within the state.

B.(1) The Louisiana Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired, referred to as Louisiana Special Schools, are residential schools established to provide such academic, vocational, and other related services as may be required.

(2) The Louisiana Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired shall, at the request of the parent or legal or appointed custodian, enroll students with low incidence disabilities and students eligible under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act who require special education services upon their admission into state facilities in which the Special School District provides special education services. For purposes of this Subsection, the term "students with low incidence disabilities" means students who have a visual impairment, who are deaf or hard of hearing, who both have a visual impairment and are deaf or hard of hearing, who have a significant cognitive impairment, or who have any impairment for which personnel with highly specialized skills and knowledge are needed in order for a child with such an impairment to receive early intervention services or a free appropriate public education.

(3) The Louisiana Special Schools may share services and functions, including but not limited to fiscal, human resources, maintenance, security, physical plant, food, transportation, admissions, diagnostics, and health services, to the extent that sharing such services and functions is not in conflict with federal laws and rules applicable to the education of students with exceptionalities.

C.(1) Special School Programs shall be established to provide:

(a) Special education and related services to any eligible student with exceptionalities who is in any state-operated facility that provides only a general education program.

(b) Appropriate educational services to any eligible student in a state-operated facility that does not provide an educational program.

(2) Special School Programs may provide appropriate educational services at facilities where public agencies place students who are in the care or custody of the public agency or students whose education is the responsibility of the public agency.

(3) Special School Programs may provide the services authorized in this Section to students until their twenty-fifth birthday and may provide the services authorized in this Section to students regardless of age, pursuant to an agreement between Special School Programs and the facility or the public agency that placed the student.

(4), (5) Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 441, §3.

Acts 1977, No. 754, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 258, §1, eff. June 30, 1980; Acts 1992, No. 458, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 109, §1, eff. May 5, 1998; Acts 2008, No. 376, §1; Acts 2010, No. 325, §1; Acts 2012, No. 441, §§1, 3; Acts 2019, No. 411, §1, eff. June 20, 2019; Acts 2021, No. 468, §1, eff. July 1, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:63 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 63
Iberville Parish School Board; number of members; districts
Status: in_force

A. The Iberville Parish School Board shall consist of nine members. Eight members shall be elected from single-member districts and one member shall be elected at-large. The single-member districts shall be designated as School Board District A, School Board District B, School Board District C, School Board District D, School Board District E, School Board District F, School Board District G, and School Board District H. The district for the member elected at-large shall be designated as School Board District I.

B.(1) No later than the deadline contained in R.S. 17:71.5, the Iberville Parish School Board shall develop a plan to provide for the eight single-member districts. Each single-member district shall contain as equal population as possible utilizing population figures from the latest federal decennial census. The at-large district shall contain the entirety of the Iberville Parish school district.

(2) Prior to the final adoption of the plan required by this Subsection, the Iberville Parish School Board shall have a public hearing on the proposed plan. The Iberville Parish School Board shall cause the following to be published in the official journal for the parish at least twenty days prior to the hearing:

(a) The date, time, and place of the hearing.

(b) A general summary and map of the proposed plan.

(c) The times and places where copies of the proposed plan are available for public inspection.

C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to redistricting of the Iberville Parish School Board following the 2010 federal decennial census for the regular elections for the school board in 2014 and thereafter.

Acts 2010, No. 650, §1, eff. June 29, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:414 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 414
Qualification of teacher as prerequisite to payment
Status: in_force

Before receiving any remuneration for services rendered, every teacher of any school supported wholly or in part with public funds must have been fully qualified to teach in the public schools of Louisiana and have been employed by the school authority authorized to employ teachers.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.68 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.68
Revocation or refusal of registration; appeal procedure
Status: in_force

Upon the refusal of the department to grant or renew a registration or upon the revocation of a registration, the family child care provider or in-home provider having been refused a registration or renewal or having had a registration revoked shall have the right to appeal such action to the division of administrative law by submitting a written request for an appeal to the department within thirty calendar days after receipt of the notification of the refusal or revocation. The department shall notify the division of administrative law within ten calendar days of receipt of a request for an appeal and the appeal hearing shall be held no later than thirty calendar days after such notice, with an administrative ruling no later than thirty calendar days from the date of the hearing. This provision shall in no way preclude the right of the party to seek relief through mandamus suit against the department, as provided by law.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §3, eff. Feb. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 354, §2, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:159.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 159.1
Insurance on privately owned school busses; withholding amounts to pay premiums; governmental immunity no defense
Status: in_force

A. All parish and city school boards, contracting for the use of privately owned school busses for the transportation of pupils, are hereby authorized to procure contracts on a fleet or group basis for the owners of such vehicles insuring such vehicles and the owners thereof with respect to all types of vehicular insurance as defined in R.S. 22:47.

B. The amounts required or to be required during each year to make premium payments during such year, may be withheld from compensation due the owners of such insured vehicles, in equal monthly installments.

C. All contracts of public liability and property damage insurance obtained as provided herein shall contain a clause whereby the insurance companies issuing said insurance shall not assert as a defense to any suit against them, the governmental immunity of such school board.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 339, §§1 to 3; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:492 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 492
Probation and tenure of bus operators
Status: in_force

A. Each school bus operator shall serve a probationary term of three years reckoned from the date of his first employment in the city, parish, or other local public school system in which the operator is serving his probation. During the probationary term, the city, parish, or other local public school board may dismiss or discharge any operator upon the written recommendation of the local superintendent of schools accompanied by valid reasons therefor. A school board shall immediately dismiss or discharge an operator who is convicted of or has pled nolo contendere to a violation of a parish or municipal ordinance that prohibits operating a vehicle while intoxicated or any of the following offenses relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, regardless of whether the violation occurred while the operator was performing an official duty or responsibility as a school bus operator at the time of the offense:

(1) R.S. 14:98, operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

(2) R.S. 14:32.1, vehicular homicide.

(3) R.S. 14:32.8(A)(2), third degree feticide.

(4) R.S. 14:39.1, vehicular negligent injuring.

(5) R.S. 14:39.2, first degree vehicular negligent injuring.

B. Except as provided in Subsection D of this Section, any school bus operator found unsatisfactory by the school board at the expiration of the probationary term shall be notified in writing by the board that he has been discharged or dismissed; in the absence of such notification such probationary school bus operator shall automatically become a regular and permanent operator in the employ of the school board of the school system in which he has successfully served his probationary term.

C. In order to acquire tenure under the provisions hereof, each school bus operator shall personally operate and drive the school bus he is employed to operate; no one shall acquire tenure in the operation of more than one school bus.

D.(1) The provisions of Subsection B of this Section, relative to a school bus operator becoming a regular and permanent operator, are not applicable to any school bus operator whose date of first employment with the school system is July 1, 2012, or thereafter.

(2) After the expiration of the probationary term provided in Subsection A of this Section, a school bus operator whose date of first employment with a school system is July 1, 2012, or thereafter, may be removed from his position as provided by the personnel policy of the employing school board. A school board shall immediately terminate a school bus operator who is convicted of or has pled nolo contendere to a violation of a parish or municipal ordinance that prohibits operating a vehicle while intoxicated or any of the following offenses relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, regardless of whether the violation occurred while the operator was performing an official duty or responsibility as a school bus operator at the time of the offense:

(a) R.S. 14:98, operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

(b) R.S. 14:32.1, vehicular homicide.

(c) R.S. 14:32.8(A)(2), third degree feticide.

(d) R.S. 14:39.1, vehicular negligent injuring.

(e) R.S. 14:39.2, first degree vehicular negligent injuring.

Acts 2012, No. 704, §1, eff. June 11, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 137, §1, eff. July 1, 2013.

NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 137, §2, relative to the applicability of Act for certain convictions and pleas occurring prior to July 1, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2802
Purpose for organization of cooperatives
Status: in_force

Cooperative, nonprofit membership corporations may be organized under this Chapter for the purpose of conducting private elementary or secondary schools or educational facilities.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3098 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3098
Termination of depositor's agreements; refund; conversion of the account to money
Status: in_force

A.(1) Unless otherwise provided for in the agreement, an education savings account owner's agreement may be terminated by the person entering into the agreement, the beneficiary, or by any person or combination of persons designated in the agreement as provided in this Section.

(2) An education savings account owner's agreement may be terminated under any of the following circumstances:

(a) Upon the death of the beneficiary.

(b) Upon notification to the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority in writing that the beneficiary has decided not to attend an institution of higher education and requests that the education savings account be terminated.

(c) Upon completion of the requirements for a degree, diploma, or other affirmation of program completion at an institution of postsecondary education.

(d) Upon the occurrence of other circumstances determined by the authority to be grounds for termination.

B.(1) The authority shall determine the method and schedule for payment of refunds upon termination of an education savings account.

(2) The amount of the refund to which the person designated in the account owner's agreement is entitled shall be equal to the following:

(a) The actual amount of the deposits or the current value of the deposits, whichever is less, if the account has been open for less than twelve months.

(b) The redemption value of the education savings account invested in fixed earnings at the time of the refund, minus any earnings enhancements, and interest earned thereon, previously credited but not expended from the account, if the account has been open for twelve or more months.

(c) The value of the education savings account invested in variable earnings at the time of the refund, minus any earnings enhancements and interest earned thereon previously credited but not expended from the account, if the account has been open for twelve or more months.

(3) Monies in accounts opened by juridical persons or classified under R.S. 17:3096(A)(1)(e) of this Chapter may not be refunded; however, the account owner or the authority, if the account owner has authorized the authority to designate the beneficiary, may designate a new beneficiary:

(a) Upon the death of the beneficiary.

(b) If the beneficiary has decided not to attend an institution of higher education.

(c) Upon the beneficiary's completion of the requirements for a degree, diploma, or other affirmation of program completion at an institution of postsecondary education.

C. If the beneficiary is the recipient of a scholarship, waiver of tuition, or similar subvention that the authority determines cannot be converted into money by the beneficiary, the authority shall, during each academic term that the beneficiary furnishes the authority such information about the scholarship, waiver, or similar subvention as the authority requires, refund to the person designated in the owner's agreement an amount from the owner's education savings account equal to the value of the scholarship, waiver, or similar subvention awarded to the beneficiary. The authority may, at its sole option, designate the institution of postsecondary education at which the beneficiary is enrolled as the agent of the authority for purposes of refunds pursuant to this Subsection.

D. If, in any academic term for which withdrawals from the education savings account have been used to pay all or part of a beneficiary's qualified higher education expenses, the beneficiary withdraws from the institution of postsecondary education at which the beneficiary is enrolled prior to the end of the academic term, a pro rata share of any refund of the qualified higher education expenses resulting from the beneficiary's withdrawal from the institution, equal to that portion of the qualified higher education expenses paid by disbursements from the education savings account, shall be made to the authority, unless the authority designates a different procedure. The authority shall credit any refund to the appropriate education savings account.

E. Amounts of money deposited which were exempt from state income taxation pursuant to R.S. 17:3095(A)(1)(b) and R.S. 47:293(6)(a)(vi) which are refunded to the account owner upon termination of an account or conversion of the amount as otherwise provided in this Section shall be declared as income for the purposes of state income taxation.

Acts 1995, No. 547, §1, eff. June 18, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1416, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2000, No. 45, §1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 332, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 221, §2, eff. June 5, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 329, §1, eff. June 18, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:268 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 268
Declaration of Independence and Federalist Papers
Status: in_force

A. The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America shall be made required study in all elementary schools throughout the state.

B. The Federalist Papers shall be made required study in all the high schools throughout the state.

Acts 1987, No. 486, §1, eff. July 9, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1519.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1519.11
E.A. Conway Medical Center; Advisory Council
Status: in_force

A.(1) E.A. Conway Medical Center Advisory Council is hereby established. The council shall consist of fourteen members who shall serve without compensation. Legislators representing the parishes of Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, and West Carroll shall each appoint a member to serve on the advisory council. One member shall be appointed by the hospital administrator. One member shall be appointed by the hospital employee union.

(2) Each member of the council shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Members may serve two successive terms only.

(3) The council shall meet at least once in each quarter of each calendar year or upon call of the secretary or the chairman. Seven members shall constitute a quorum. The council shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman and secretary, and such committees as it deems necessary to carry out its duties, each for a term of one year. All meetings of the council shall be public, and except as otherwise provided by law, all records of the council shall be open to inspection.

(4) Within thirty days after their appointment, the members of the council shall take an oath, before any person authorized to administer oaths, to faithfully and impartially perform their duties. Such oaths shall be filed with the secretary of state.

(5) The domicile of the council shall be in the city of Monroe.

B. The council shall:

(1) Inquire into the needs of the population and health care providers in the catchment area, the matter of the policies thereof, and make such recommendations with respect thereto as may be deemed important and necessary for the welfare of the catchment area, the health of the public in this area, and the welfare and progress of the hospitals in the catchment area.

(2) Confer and advise the hospital administrator as to how the council may best serve the E.A. Conway Medical Center.

Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.

NOTE: See R.S. 17:1518(H) as enacted by Acts 2003, No. 872, relative to E.A. Conway Medical Center Advisory Council.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:84 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 84
Deputy parish superintendents, assistant superintendents, supervisors, and other employees; boards' authority to appoint
Status: in_force

The parish school boards may appoint such assistant superintendents, supervisors, stenographers, bookkeepers as may be needed, and such attendance officers, medical directors, and other appointees as may be necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the schools; they may also fix their salaries and prescribe their duties.

Any parish or school board with a population of two hundred thousand or more may appoint a deputy parish superintendent of schools for such a period, and having such qualifications as may be fixed by the school board. The school board may also fix the salary and prescribe the duties to be performed by the deputy parish superintendent. The deputy parish superintendent of schools shall not be required to be a qualified elector or a resident of the parish which he is to serve as deputy.

The deputy parish superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the school board, and shall be removable by a majority vote of the membership of the parish school board at any regular meeting or at any special meeting after due notice.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 624, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:154 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 154
Curriculum; length of school periods
Status: in_force

A.(1) The branches of spelling, reading, writing, drawing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, United States history, and health, including alcohol, tobacco, drug, and substance abuse prevention and education, shall be taught in every elementary school. In addition to these, such other branches shall be taught as the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or the provisions of the state constitution, may require.

(2), (3) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 686, §2, eff. June 19, 2024.

B. Except as provided in R.S. 17:154.1(A), the minimum daily session, exclusive of all recesses, of every public school shall be three hundred sixty minutes; however, this shall not be construed so as to prevent half-day sessions where the school accommodations are insufficient for all the pupils of the district in a whole-day session. Nor shall it interfere with any arrangement made for the conduct of kindergarten schools; however, in the parish of Orleans the school board may fix the hours of the daily session of the public schools, provided that the minimum number of instructional minutes as required by R.S. 17:154.1(A) is met.

Acts 1991, No. 380, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 160, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2018, No. 694, §1; Acts 2021, No. 230, §1; Acts 2024, No. 686, §2, eff. June 19, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:411 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 411
Teacher aides; qualifications
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Section, "teacher aide" means any person employed by a city or parish school board on a full-time basis to assist a teacher in a public elementary or secondary classroom with the routine tasks inherent in conducting such class including but not limited to record keeping, preparation of classwork, the preparation of displays, assistance in student discipline matters, and grading student work, who has all of the following qualifications:

(1) Is at least twenty years of age.

(2) Possesses a high school diploma or its equivalent.

(3) Has taken a nationally validated achievement test and scored such as to demonstrate a level of achievement equivalent to the normal achievement level of a tenth grade student.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, commencing with the beginning of the 1985-1986 school year every person employed on a full-time basis to assist the teacher in any public school classroom in this state, kindergarten through twelfth grade, regardless of the source of such employment and regardless of the source of revenue to fund the salary of such person, shall meet the requirements to be a teacher aide as provided in Subsection A of this Section.

C.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, no teacher aide employed prior to the effective date of this Section by any city or parish school board which provides tenure for its teacher aides shall be subject to the requirements of this Section.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, the superintendent of any city or parish school system may, in his discretion, exempt from the provisions of this Section any teacher aide who was employed in this system prior to the effective date of this Section and who is not exempt under the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

Acts 1984, No. 756, §1, eff. July 13, 1984. Acts 1984, No. 699, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:376 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 376
Quality Science and Mathematics Program; establishment; participation; phase-in
Status: in_force

A.(1) There is hereby established the "Quality Science and Mathematics Program", referred to in this Part as "the program". The program shall provide for the distribution of science and mathematics supplies and equipment to teachers in this state.

(2) The supplies and equipment shall be allotted according to a priority established by the council and on a basis established by the council. Such priority may include consideration of the willingness of city and parish school systems to provide a portion of the supplies or equipment. No supplies and equipment may be placed in any school without the express written authorization of the school principal or his authorized agent. All supplies and equipment placed with a teacher shall become property of the school.

B. No monies allocated by the council to teachers or school systems shall be spent on consumables, field trips, or teacher training.

Acts 1992, No. 1093, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:286.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 286.7
Curriculum development
Status: in_force

A. Each city and parish school board shall develop and provide to each public school classroom teacher in the system a curriculum guide on presentation of creation-science.

B. The governor shall designate seven creation-scientists who shall provide resource services in the development of curriculum guides to any city or parish school board upon request. Each such creation-scientist shall be designated from among the full-time faculty members teaching in any college and university in Louisiana. These creation-scientists shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and without compensation.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 685, §1.

NOTE: The Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act, R.S. 17:286.1 to 286.7, was held unconstitutional in Edwards v. Aguillard , La. 1987, 107 S.Ct. 2573, 96 L.Ed.2d 510.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3301
Organization of postsecondary systems
Status: in_force

A.(1) The organization of each postsecondary system and of each postsecondary institution within each system shall be determined by its board.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System shall be comprised of two divisions, the vocational-technical division which shall include all public postsecondary vocational-technical schools and the community college division which shall include the community colleges in the system.

B. Each board shall appoint such administrative officers and other employees of the board as it deems necessary and designate their titles. In making its appointments, each board shall give consideration to the recommendations of the president or chief administrative officer and, in proper cases, to the head of any college or university affected by an appointment.

C. The compensation of these officers and employees shall be fixed by the board, and the officers so appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Appointments of classified employees shall be in conformity with applicable civil service laws, rules and regulations.

D. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §§1, 3, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:761 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 761
Revised Statutes 761
Status: in_force

PART VI. RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY PAYMENTS

PAYABLE BY PARISHES (ORLEANS EXCEPTED)

§§761-764. Redesignated R.S. 11:901.35-901.38 pursuant to R.S. 24:253.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:362 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 362
Applications for reimbursement
Status: in_force

Each school which seeks reimbursement pursuant to this Part shall submit to the superintendent an application therefor, together with such additional reports and documents as the superintendent may require, at such times, in such form, and containing such information as the superintendent may prescribe in order to carry out the purposes of this Part.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 205, §1, eff. July 11, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.96 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.96
Compliance
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Part shall prevent any Head Start grantee or Early Head Start grantee from complying with all applicable federal laws, regulations, standards, and grant requirements.

Acts 2014, No. 717, §1, eff. June 18, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:84.01 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 84.01
Assistant superintendents in certain districts; term of appointment; discharge for cause; other permanent status
Status: in_force

A. All assistant superintendents, who have not already acquired regular and permanent status as such, and who are appointed on or after September 1, 1972, by a parish or city school board of a school district in any municipality having a population above three hundred thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census shall be appointed for a term of not more than four years, and the term shall be specified in a written contract which shall be renewable for an additional term or terms at the pleasure of the employing board.

B. If any person so appointed shall be found incompetent, inefficient, or unworthy, during the term of his appointment, he shall be removable for such cause by a majority vote of the membership of the parish or city school board at any regular meeting or at any special meeting after due notice. Any person so appointed, who had previously acquired regular and permanent status, either as a teacher, as set forth in R.S. 17:461, or as an employee other than a teacher, as set forth in R.S. 17:522, shall retain the permanent status previously acquired in the lower position from which he was promoted; and should he be removed by the school board from his position in the manner hereinabove set forth, he must be returned to his former position, or to one paying the same salary as his former position, unless the provisions of R.S. 17:523 or R.S. 17:462 are complied with.

C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to deprive any person of any rights he may acquire under the provisions of R.S. 17:461 through 464, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to change, alter, or affect whatever tenure rights persons presently employed may have.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 67, §1; Amended by Acts 1991, No. 78, §1, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3085 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3085
Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority; powers relative to the administration of the program
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers conferred by this Chapter, the authority may do any of the following:

(1) Purchase insurance from insurers licensed to do business in this state providing for coverage against any loss in connection with the authority's property, assets, or activities or to further ensure the value of ABLE accounts.

(2) Indemnify or purchase policies on behalf of members, officers, and employees of the authority from insurers licensed to do business in this state providing for coverage for any liability incurred in connection with any civil action, demand, or claim against a director, officer, or employee by reason of an act or omission by the director, officer, or employee that was not manifestly outside the scope of his employment or official duties or with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner.

(3) Make, execute, and deliver contracts, conveyances, and other instruments necessary to the exercise and discharge of the powers and duties of the authority.

(4) Promote, advertise, and publicize the program.

(5) Solicit, accept, and expend gifts or grants.

Acts 2016, No. 604, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:85.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 85.4
Naming of curriculum center; St. Tammany Parish School Board
Status: in_force

The parish school board in St. Tammany Parish may name a curriculum center in the parish in honor of a former educator and coach who meets all of the following criteria:

(1) He served as an educator in Louisiana schools for more than forty years.

(2) He was a teacher and school principal in the parish where the curriculum center is located.

(3) He served as a football coach in the parish school system and the team he coached won its first state football championship.

(4) He retired from the parish school system before 1980.

Acts 2003, No. 909, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:238 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 238
Education of children having no permanent address, certain abandoned children, and children in foster care
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary, the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall establish a policy to provide for the placement in school and for the education of any child temporarily residing within the jurisdiction of the board who has no permanent address, who has been abandoned by his parents, or who is in foster care pursuant to placement through the Department of Children and Family Services.

B. No governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school shall deny enrollment in school to any child solely because the child has no permanent address, because the child has been abandoned by his parents, or because the child is in foster care pursuant to placement through the Department of Children and Family Services; however, nothing in this Section shall require the enrollment of any child not permitted by another school system to attend school, either permanently or temporarily, as a result of disciplinary actions.

C. The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall establish a policy to ensure that a child who is in foster care pursuant to placement through the Department of Children and Family Services shall be allowed to remain enrolled in the public school in which the child was enrolled at the time he entered foster care for the duration of the child's stay in the custody of the state or until he completes the highest grade offered at the school if the Department of Children and Family Services determines that remaining in that school is in the best interest of the child. If the foster care placement is outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the public school in which the child is enrolled, the governing authority of such school shall be responsible for providing free transportation for the child to and from a designated location which is within that school district and is located nearest to the child's residence and is determined to be appropriate by such governing authority and the Department of Children and Family Services. The Department of Children and Family Services shall be responsible for providing the child's transportation between that location and the child's residence.

Acts 1989, No. 251, §1; Acts 1995, No. 139, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 39, §1; Acts 2009, No. 297, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 249, §1, eff. May 25, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3138.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3138.8
Louisiana Jobs Now Fund
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Louisiana Jobs Now Fund, hereinafter referred to in this Section as the "fund", is hereby created within the state treasury as a special fund for the purpose of funding degree and certificate production in high-demand fields through programs offered by Louisiana's public postsecondary education institutions, the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, the Louisiana Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, to meet the state's current and future workforce needs.

(2) Any money donated to the fund or appropriated to the fund by the legislature shall be deposited in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be invested in the same manner as monies in the general fund. Interest earned on investment of monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund.

B.(1) Monies in the fund shall be appropriated to the Board of Regents to be distributed to and used by postsecondary education institutions in accordance with the distribution method to be developed as provided for in this Section.

(2) The funds distributed pursuant to this Section shall be used by the institution towards degree production at four-year institutions, the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, the Louisiana Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs and towards degree and certificate production at two-year, community, and technical colleges in fields required for four-star or five-star jobs as defined by Louisiana Works' Louisiana Star Jobs program or its successors.

(3) Any funds distributed to an institution that remain unexpended or unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall be available for use in the subsequent fiscal year by an institution pursuant to its implementation plan.

(4) Funding shall be distributed by the Board of Regents to the postsecondary education management boards, the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, the Louisiana Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, only upon the certification by the postsecondary education management board and the association on behalf of the receiving institution that a match of no less than twenty-five percent of the amount of funding to be distributed has been guaranteed by a private entity. The certification shall detail the type of private match to be provided, which may include but is not limited to: cash; in-kind donations of technology, personnel, construction materials, facility modification, or corporeal property; internships; scholarships; sponsorship of staff or faculty; or faculty endowment.

C. The method for distribution of funds shall be as follows:

(1) Fifty percent of funds shall be distributed to the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, the Louisiana Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, and four-year institutions based on each institution's prior year degree production in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs.

(2) Fifty percent of funds shall be distributed to two-year, community, and technical colleges based on each institution's prior year degree and certificate production in fields required for four-star or five-star jobs as defined by Louisiana Works' Louisiana Star Jobs program or its successors.

(3) The commissioner of higher education and the presidents of the four public postsecondary education systems and the chancellors of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, the Louisiana Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, annually shall review and approve the distribution method, the list of degree and certificate programs upon which the distribution is based, and the final distribution amounts.

D. The Board of Regents annually shall submit a report to the Senate Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Finance, the House Committee on Education, and the House Committee on Appropriations. The report shall include the distribution method, the list of degree and certificate programs upon which the distribution is based, the final distribution amounts, the number of jobs created as a result of the distribution, and the method and data used to determine the reported number of jobs created. Each postsecondary education management board, the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, the Louisiana Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, shall report to the Board of Regents the information necessary for the Board of Regents to satisfy the requirements of this Subsection.

E. The fund is in addition to, and separate from, any monies appropriated or allocated to any postsecondary education management board. Allocations from this fund shall not be included in the Board of Regents' funding formula calculation, nor shall it supplant any state general fund allocations provided to institutions. The availability of the fund shall not in any way substitute, limit, or otherwise affect the allocation of any funds otherwise available to those institutions under state or federal laws.

Acts 2018, No. 619, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2231 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2231
Deposits in state treasury by educational institutions
Status: in_force

The president and trustees of any institution of learning established in the State of Louisiana, which is or may be hereafter incorporated as a body politic, in conformity with the constitution and laws of this State, who may wish so to do, can deposit in the treasury of the State of Louisiana all sums of money intended solely for the uses and purposes of such institutions of learning; and all sums so deposited shall be invested in the bonds or obligations of the State of Louisiana or of the United States, and the interest accruing thereon, as realized, shall be paid over to such corporation or again invested as they may desire.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:161.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 161.1
School buses in Orleans Parish; lettering requirements
Status: in_force

Each school bus used to transport students to public schools in Orleans Parish shall contain lettering identifying the name of the school or schools for which it transports students. The lettering shall be black and in block form. The lettering shall be placed on both sides of the bus as high as possible to provide maximum visibility.

Acts 2017, No. 230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:158.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 158.1
Purchase of school buses; athletic departments of high schools
Status: in_force

Each parish and city school board may purchase at least one school bus for the athletic department of each high school located within its jurisdictional boundaries.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 553, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3084 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3084
Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority; rules; compliance with federal requirements
Status: in_force

A. The authority shall, by adoption of rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and in consultation with the advisory council, provide for the following functions, policies, and requirements of the program and shall ensure through such rules that all of the following aspects of the program comply with all applicable provisions of Section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code and with any regulations pertaining to qualified ABLE programs issued pursuant thereto:

(1) Individual eligibility factors, including the age limit before which a person's disability must have occurred in order to be deemed an eligible individual for purposes of the program.

(2) Applicant documentation and other standards relating to determination of eligibility for the program.

(3) The establishment and imposition of reasonable residency requirements for beneficiaries of those applying to establish an ABLE account.

(4) The establishment and imposition of reasonable limits on the number of ABLE account participants.

(5) The number of ABLE accounts per eligible individual.

(6) The establishment and imposition of limits on maximum annual contributions to an ABLE account.

(7) The establishment and imposition of limits on the amount that may accrue in an ABLE account on behalf of any designated beneficiary.

(8) Separate accounting for each designated beneficiary.

(9) A limitation on the number of times per year a designated beneficiary may direct the investment of contributions made to his ABLE account.

(10) A prohibition on pledging of any interest in an ABLE account or any portion thereof to be used as security for a loan.

(11) Safeguards to prevent aggregate contributions on behalf of a designated beneficiary in excess of the limit provided for in 26 U.S.C. 529A(b).

(12) The establishment and imposition of restrictions on the substitution of one designated beneficiary for another.

(13) The establishment and imposition of restrictions on the transfer of ownership of ABLE accounts.

(14) The determination of the rate of interest to be paid on ABLE accounts of record at the close of a calendar year, provided that such rate is not a negative rate and is approved by the state treasurer.

(15) Types and categories of qualified disability expenses.

(16) Prevention of fraud and abuse with respect to amounts claimed as qualified disability expenses.

(17) The disposition of abandoned accounts in compliance with federal and state law.

(18) The establishment and imposition of restrictions on investment of deposits in an ABLE account and the interest earned thereon.

B. In addition to ensuring that specified program aspects are in compliance with federal provisions and regulations as provided in Subsection A of this Section, the authority shall monitor such provisions and regulations for any revisions that would have an impact on the program and revise program rules as necessary to ensure conformance with federal laws and regulations.

Acts 2016, No. 604, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3399.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3399.17
Public institutions of postsecondary education; power-based violence climate surveys
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each institution shall administer an anonymous power-based violence climate survey to its students. If an institution administers other surveys with regard to campus safety, the power-based violence climate survey may be included as a separate component of any such survey, provided that the power-based violence component is clearly identified as such.

(2) Participation in the power-based violence climate survey shall be voluntary. No student shall be required or coerced to participate in the survey, nor shall any student face retribution or negative consequence of any kind for declining to participate.

(3) Each institution shall make every effort to maximize student participation in the survey.

B. The Board of Regents shall:

(1) Coordinate the survey in consultation with the public postsecondary education management boards and stakeholders in accordance with national best practices.

(2) Work with the management boards in researching and selecting the best method of developing and administering the survey.

(3) Consult with victims' advocacy groups and student leaders who represent a variety of student organizations and affiliations, including student government associations, academic associations, faith-based groups, cultural groups, and fraternities and sororities, when meeting the requirements of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(4) Publish the survey results on the board's website and in any other location or venue the board considers necessary or appropriate.

C. Each public postsecondary institution shall:

(1) Administer a survey during the 2022-2023 academic year and every third year thereafter.

(2) Report survey results to the institution's board of supervisors and the Board of Regents.

(3) Publish the survey results in a prominent, easy-to-access location on the institution's website.

D. The Board of Regents shall submit a written report on the survey results to be included in the power-based violence report pursuant to R.S. 17:3399.13.1(F). The report shall summarize results from each public postsecondary education institution and the state as a whole. The report shall be submitted to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library as required by R.S. 24:771 and 772.

Acts 2019, No. 157, §1, eff. June 6, 2019; Acts 2021, No. 439, §2, eff. June 21, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 472, §2, eff. June 29, 2021; Acts 2023, No. 211, §1, eff. June 8, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3601
Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this Chapter to provide a mechanism by which professional educational employees in public elementary and secondary schools of this state will have an opportunity for continuing professional growth and improvement in order to enable them to acquire and bring into the classroom innovative ideas, insight, greater competence, and better methods of instruction.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 207, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3225 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3225
Louisiana Delta Community College; creation
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Delta Community College is hereby created in the area of the Monroe Regional Planning and Economic Development District as a comprehensive, two-year institution of higher education as part of the Louisiana Community and Technical College system under the management of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges. Such community college shall offer classes at appropriate satellite locations, including in East Carroll Parish.

Acts 1997, No. 1369, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: See Acts 1997, No. 1369, §§3, 4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:127 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 127
Revenues of parish school board; duty to secure
Status: in_force

The Orleans Parish School Board or its successor in law, shall secure its revenues as provided in the Constitution of the state.

Acts 1960, 3rd Ex.Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:443 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 443
Discipline of teachers; procedure; right of review
Status: in_force

A. The school superintendent may take disciplinary action against any nontenured teacher after providing such teacher with the written reasons therefor and providing the teacher the opportunity to respond. The teacher shall have seven days to respond, and such response shall be included in the teacher's personnel file. The superintendent shall notify the teacher in writing of his final decision. Within sixty days of such notice, the teacher may seek summary review in a district court pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Article 2592. The district court's review shall be limited to determining whether the action taken by the superintendent was arbitrary or capricious.

B.(1) A teacher with tenure shall not be disciplined except upon written and signed charges by the superintendent or his designee of poor performance, willful neglect of duty, incompetency, dishonesty, immorality, or of being a member of or contributing to any group, organization, movement, or corporation that is by law or injunction prohibited from operating in the state of Louisiana, and then only if furnished with a copy of such written charges and given the opportunity to respond. The teacher shall have ten calendar days from written notice of the charges to respond, in person or in writing. Following review of the teacher's response, the superintendent may take interim disciplinary action, which may include placing the teacher on administrative leave. The teacher shall not be placed on administrative leave without pay unless the teacher has been arrested for a violation of any of the following: R.S. 14:42 through 43.5, 80 through 81.5, any other sexual offense affecting minors, any of the crimes provided in R.S. 15:587.1, or any substantiated complaint of child abuse or neglect on file in the central registry pursuant to Children's Code Article 615. Within ten calendar days after written notice of the interim disciplinary action or within ten calendar days after receipt of the teacher's response if no interim disciplinary action is taken, a teacher may request a hearing before a disciplinary hearing officer. If the teacher fails to timely request a hearing, the disciplinary action becomes final.

(2)(a) Upon request for a review hearing, the superintendent shall randomly appoint a hearing officer from a list of persons previously approved by the school board to serve as "disciplinary hearing officers" for the school board. The school board shall maintain a list of at least five hearing officers for districts of fewer than twenty thousand students and a list of at least ten hearing officers for districts with more than twenty thousand students according to the February first student membership count. If a school board fails to maintain such a list, a superintendent may randomly appoint a hearing officer from a list of persons previously approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Only the following persons may serve as a disciplinary hearing officer: a mediator qualified under R.S. 9:4106, an arbitrator approved by the American Arbitration Association or the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, an attorney, or a retired member of the judiciary.

(b) Such hearing may be private or public, at the option of the teacher, and shall commence no sooner than ten calendar days nor later than thirty calendar days after receipt of the teacher's request for such hearing. For purposes of this Section, the disciplinary hearing officer shall have the power to issue subpoenas. The school board shall adopt and maintain procedures to govern the conduct of the hearing, which shall include, at a minimum, a method for the examination of witnesses and the introduction of evidence and for the presence of a court reporter and maintenance of the court reporter's record. The teacher shall have the right to appear before the disciplinary hearing officer with witnesses on his behalf and with counsel of his selection. The disciplinary hearing officer shall hold a hearing and review on whether the interim decision of the superintendent was arbitrary or capricious and shall either affirm or reverse the action of the superintendent. The disciplinary hearing officer shall notify the superintendent and the teacher of his final determination, with written reasons, within ten days from the date of the hearing. If the superintendent's disciplinary action is affirmed, it shall become effective upon the teacher's receipt of the decision of the disciplinary hearing officer. If the superintendent's disciplinary action is reversed, the teacher shall be restored to duty.

(3) Within sixty days from the postmarked date of written notification of the decision of the disciplinary hearing officer, the school board or the teacher may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to review the matter as a summary proceeding pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Article 2592. The court shall determine, based on the record of the disciplinary review hearing, whether the disciplinary hearing officer abused his discretion in deciding whether the action of the superintendent was arbitrary or capricious. If the action of the superintendent is reversed by the court and the teacher is ordered reinstated and restored to duty, the teacher shall be entitled to full pay for any loss of time or salary he may have sustained by reason of the action of the superintendent.

C. For the purposes of this Section, immorality shall mean any conviction of a felony offense affecting the public morals enumerated in Part V of Chapter 1 of Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

D. The time periods contained in this Section may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. However, paid administrative leave as provided in Paragraph (B)(1) of this Section shall not exceed fifty days from notice of the superintendent's interim decision.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 249, §1; Acts 1972, No. 329, §1; Acts 1980, No. 631, §1; Acts 2003, No. 273, §1; Acts 2012, No. 1, §3, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 570, §1, eff. June 9, 2014; Acts 2025, No. 409, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1681.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1681.2
Scholarships for spouses of police officers killed or disabled in performance of duty and for police officers injured in the performance of duty
Status: in_force

A. The spouse of a police officer who is injured in the course and scope of the performance of his duties and the injury causes death or serious injury resulting in an inability to be employed, which spouse is otherwise eligible and meets all of the entrance requirements of a college or university, shall be admitted to a college or university without the payment of any fees, tuition, or other charges, including room and board charges. As long as the spouse meets the academic requirements and maintains a "C" average for each semester and complies with the rules and regulations of the college or university required for attendance, as a full-time student, the spouse shall receive the exemption. The exemption shall exist for the spouse for the number of semesters required of a full-time student to obtain one bachelor degree offered by the college or university. In addition, the spouse shall be entitled to a cash grant of two hundred fifty dollars per semester from the college or university as an allowance for books, and all of the above sums shall be paid out of funds appropriated from the general fund of the state of Louisiana.

B. In no event shall any spouse be allowed more than ten semesters under the provisions of this Section.

C. Any police officer who is injured in the performance of duties as a police officer and such injury results in an inability to be employed, and the police officer is otherwise eligible and meets all of the entrance requirements of a college or university, such police officer shall be admitted to such college or university without the payment of any fees, tuition, or other charges, including room and board charges, as long as such police officer meets the academic requirements and maintains a "C" average for each semester and complies with the rules and regulations of such college or university required for attendance therein as a full-time student. Such exemption shall exist for such police officer for the number of semesters required of a full-time student to obtain one bachelor degree offered by such college or university. In addition thereto, such police officer shall be entitled to a cash grant of two hundred fifty dollars per semester from such college or university as an allowance for books, and all of the above sums shall be paid out of funds appropriated from the general fund of the state of Louisiana.

D. In no event shall any injured police officer be allowed more than ten semesters under the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2024, No. 280, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3042.42 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3042.42
Loans for students enrolled in colleges or universities to prepare to teach; Bienville Parish School Board; authority
Status: in_force

A. The Bienville Parish School Board, hereinafter referred to as "the board", may, with the use of board funds, make loans to a student who meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Is a bona fide citizen and resident of the state and is domiciled in Bienville Parish.

(2) Desires to become a teacher and has been accepted to enroll in a public college or university in this state.

(3) Has a composite score on the American College Test or the Scholastic Aptitude Test which is, or is the equivalent to, a nineteen on the 1990 version of the American College Test, or an equivalent concordant value on any subsequent version of such test.

(4) Meets such other qualifications as the board may prescribe by rule.

B. The board may make a loan to a student who it deems to be qualified, upon such terms and conditions as the board may impose in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, provided the student intends to acquire a degree from a program approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to R.S. 17:7.2 which leads to a degree in education or intends to pursue an alternative program which leads to regular certification as a teacher as provided by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Additionally, the student shall be pursuing certification in an area in which there is a shortage of qualified teachers as determined by the school board after conducting a duly advertised public hearing.

C. Any student to whom the board has made a loan shall be required to maintain a cumulative college grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and to enter a program approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to R.S. 17:7.2 which leads either to a degree in education or to regular certification as a teacher as soon as the student has earned sufficient credits to do so.

D. It shall be the duty of the board to do all of the following:

(1) Accept and review each application for such a loan.

(2) Make careful and full investigation of the qualifications of each applicant.

(3) Determine the eligibility of the applicant to become the recipient of such a loan and to continue to be eligible for such loan.

E. The board may prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this Chapter which shall include and provide for an open and competitive process for determining loan recipients.

Acts 1997, No. 425, §1, eff. June 22, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:392.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 392.3
Implementation
Status: in_force

It is the intention of the legislature that the costs relative to the implementation of the provisions of this Part shall be covered by funds appropriated by the state. Such funds shall include those appropriated pursuant to the minimum foundation program.

Acts 1992, No. 1120, §1, eff. July 14, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 581, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2091 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2091
Definitions
Status: in_force

A public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society, as contemplated by this Sub-part is defined to be any organization composed, wholly or in part, of public high school pupils, which seeks to perpetuate itself by taking in additional members from the pupils enrolled in such high school or schools on the basis of the decision of the membership of such fraternity, sorority or secret society rather than upon the free choice of any pupil in the school.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1315 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1315
Purchase of annuities by school boards for teachers and other school employees; income taxation thereof
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of providing tax-sheltered annuities to its teachers and other employees, each parish school board and each city school board is hereby authorized to purchase annuities from any insurer or insurers authorized to do business in this state, and for this purpose each school board may enter into agreements with any of its teachers and other employees to provide that the teacher's or other employee's salary may be reduced by the amount set aside to purchase his or her annuity, even though such reduction may bring the net salary paid below the minimum salary required by law.

B. The provisions of this section shall not operate to repeal R.S. 17:864, but shall be supplemental thereto.

C. Any amounts so set aside and used to purchase annuities as provided in Subsection A of this Section shall not be subject to state income taxation in the year so set aside and used to purchase such annuities, but said amounts shall be subject to state income taxation in the years and to the extent in which such teachers and other school employees actually receive payments under said annuities.

Added by Acts 1963, No. 117, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 371, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3161.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3161.1
Reverse Transfer Agreements
Status: in_force

A. Four-year colleges and universities and community colleges shall enter into reverse articulation or reverse transfer agreements to facilitate the transfer of academic credits earned by a student while enrolled in a four-year postsecondary institution back to a community college for the purpose of enabling a student to complete the requirements for an associate degree from the community college.

B. The Statewide Articulation and Transfer Council shall establish guidelines to govern the reverse transfer of academic credits between four-year colleges and universities and community colleges.

C. The Board of Regents, in collaboration with the Statewide Articulation and Transfer Council, shall develop, coordinate, and maintain processes to facilitate the reverse transfer of academic credits.

Acts 2015, No. 233, §1, eff. June 26, 2015; Acts 2022, No. 205, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:274 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 274
Free enterprise; elective course
Status: in_force

Public high schools may give instruction in an elective course in free enterprise in accordance with a course of study prescribed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for at least one semester, equal to one-half unit of credit. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall prescribe suitable teaching materials for the instruction.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 83, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 324, §1, eff. July 13, 1977. Acts 1984, No. 283, §1, §2; Acts 2003, No. 296, §1, eff. June 13, 2003; Acts 2010, No. 327, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3621 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3621
Compensation
Status: in_force

During the time the plan is pursued and after such plan is successfully completed as hereinafter provided, each participating teacher shall be paid compensation by the state as contained in R.S. 17:421.3 and, in addition, shall be paid as an inducement an amount for such participation according to the schedule below:

BACH-

SPECIAL-

YEARS OF

ELOR'S

MASTER'S

MASTER'S

IST IN

PH.D OR

EXPERIENCE

DEGREE

DEGREE

PLUS 30

ED.

ED.D.

3

$1129

$1155

$1155

$1193

$1257

4

1155

1180

1180

1219

1297

5

1180

1219

1225

1266

1337

6

1206

1257

1270

1310

1377

7

1231

1297

1317

1357

1417

8

1257

1337

1364

1404

1457

9

1297

1377

1411

1451

1497

10

1337

1417

1457

1497

1538

11

1437

1457

1504

1544

1578

12

1505

1529

1551

1591

1618

13

1738

1749

1861

1909

1941

14

1738

1894

2016

2068

2103

15

1872

2040

2171

2227

2265

16

1872

2040

2171

2227

2265

17

1872

2040

2171

2227

2265

18

2273

2477

2637

2705

2750

19

2273

2477

2637

2705

2750

20

2273

2477

2637

2705

2750

21

2674

2915

3102

3182

3235

22

2674

2915

3102

3182

3235

23

2674

2915

3102

3182

3235

24

2674

2915

3102

3182

3235

25

3075

3352

3567

3659

3721

Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, any teacher who successfully completes his five-year professional improvement program as provided in this Chapter and who chooses not to continue in the program shall not have his annual salary diminished below the salary he would be receiving under the provisions of this Section at the time of his successful completion of his five-year program.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 207, §1, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 337, §1, eff. July 15, 1981.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1512 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1512
Location; land acquisition and construction
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall determine the location for the college, shall acquire the necessary land therefor and shall construct, equip and furnish the buildings necessary therefor.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 41, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.29 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.29
Confidentiality of applications and client case records for child care assistance clients; waiver; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Applications for assistance and information contained in case records of child care assistance clients of the Department of Education shall be confidential and, except as otherwise provided in this Section, it shall be unlawful for any person to solicit, disclose, receive, make use of, authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of applications or client case records or the information contained therein for any purpose not directly connected with the administration of department programs.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all offices and divisions within the department are hereby expressly authorized to share access to child care assistance case records as necessary for the administration of the programs they administer, except as prohibited by federal law or regulation.

C. Publication of lists or names of clients or applicants is prohibited, except as provided in this Section.

D. Subject to the exceptions enumerated in this Subsection, confidential information may be released to an outside source not directly connected with the administration of department programs, but only upon written request of the outside source and only after written waiver by the applicant, client, or his legal representative is provided. Governmental authorities, the courts, and law enforcement agencies shall be considered the same as any other outside source, except as provided in Subsections E, F, and G of this Section.

E.(1) Upon request of any authorized person as defined in this Subsection, the most recent address and place of employment of any absent parent shall be provided if such information is available, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section. For the purposes of this Subsection, the term "authorized person" shall mean:

(a) Any agent or attorney of any state agency which has the duty or authority to seek to recover any amounts owed as child support.

(b) Any court of competent jurisdiction which has authority to issue an order against an absent parent for the support and maintenance of a child, or any agency of such court.

(c) Any resident parent, legal guardian, attorney, or agent of any child, except a child currently receiving aid to dependent children, without regard to the existence of any court order against an absent parent who has a duty to support and maintain the child.

(2) Department information pertaining to financial assistance programs may be released in accordance with federal laws and regulations governing the release of financial assistance program information.

F. The following information shall not be subject to waiver and shall not be released to applicants, recipients, or outside sources, except those outside sources engaged in the administration of department programs:

(1) Information furnished to the department by persons, governmental agencies, or other legal entities, when the provider of information is subject to a confidentiality statute or regulation which prohibits release of such information to an outside source.

(2) Information contained in applications for assistance and case records that is furnished to law enforcement agencies or courts to aid in the prosecution of criminal offenses related to any department program.

G. The department may release information to other state agencies that are engaged in rendering services or treatment to a department program recipient or former recipient. The agency receiving the information from the department pursuant to this Subsection shall be bound by the same confidentiality standard as prescribed in this Section with regard to release of information to the recipient, the client's legal representative, or an outside source.

H. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than two years in the parish jail, or both, nor less than five hundred dollars or ninety days on each count.

I. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, in any hearing before the State Civil Service Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and any office in Louisiana Works in its capacity of administering the Louisiana Employment Security Law, or in any civil or criminal judicial proceeding, wherein the work performance or conduct of an employee of the department is at issue, client case records relevant to said work performance or conduct shall be admissible. However, prior to admission into evidence, the client case records shall have client names and identifying data obliterated. The department shall provide to the employee the relevant case records with names and other identifying data obliterated, except that where an employee is disciplined as a result of allegations made by the guardian, parents, family members, or tutor of the client, the names of the accuser shall not be withheld so as to deny the employee the right of confrontation granted to him by the constitution and laws of the United States of America and the state of Louisiana.

J. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including this Section, the state child ombudsman shall receive, upon written request, records of the state Department of Education concerning applications for assistance and information contained in the case records of child care assistance clients of the department.

Acts 2016, No. 473, §1, eff. June 13, 2016; Acts 2024, No. 507, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1377 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1377
Validation of existing consolidated districts; proceedings for bond issues
Status: in_force

Consolidated school districts created by parish school boards prior to July 28, 1948 are approved, validated and ratified and their legal existence recognized. Any proceedings therefore taken by any parish school board to authorize the issuance of bonds of such consolidated school districts under any laws then existing are approved, validated, and ratified, and such proceedings may be completed under any of those laws that may be applicable.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3014 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3014
Limitation of liability; school chaplain
Status: in_force

A. No person shall have a cause of action against a chaplain for any action taken or statement made in adherence with the provisions for service, support, and programs for students.

B. The immunity from liability provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to any action or statement by such chaplain if such action or statement was maliciously, willfully, and deliberately intended to cause harm to harass or intimidate those seeking support, services, and programs.

Acts 2024, No. 293, §1, eff. May 28, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 688, §1, eff. June 19, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:85.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 85.13
Naming of stadium by certain school boards
Status: in_force

The parish school boards in East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and Orleans parishes may name a stadium in the parish in honor of a former principal who meets all of the following criteria:

(1) He served as an instructor, assistant coach, head coach, athletic director, administrator, and principal in the parish where the stadium is located for more than forty years.

(2) He served as an instructor, assistant coach, head coach, athletic director, administrator, and principal at the school where the stadium is located for more than thirty years.

(3) He was named principal of the year in the parish where the stadium is located prior to 2002.

Acts 2008, No. 905, §1, eff. July 11, 2008; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2826 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2826
Fees
Status: in_force

Each cooperative shall pay annually, on or before the first day of October, to the department of revenue, a fee of ten dollars for each one hundred persons or fraction thereof to whom educational services are supplied within the state by it, but shall be exempt from all other excise and income taxes whatsoever.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §26.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3042.56 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3042.56
Funding
Status: in_force

The commission may receive and accept funds from public and private sources to meet administrative and other expenses of the implementation of this Chapter.

Acts 2003, No. 885, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3087 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3087
ABLE account funds; treatment under certain federal assistance programs
Status: in_force

In accordance with Section 103 of Title I of Division B of Public Law 113-295, for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive, or the amount of, any assistance or benefit authorized to be provided to or for the benefit of a designated beneficiary by a means-tested federal assistance program, the following amounts shall be disregarded for such purpose with respect to any period during which the beneficiary maintains, makes contributions to, or receives distributions from an ABLE account:

(1) Any amount, including earnings thereon, in the ABLE account of the designated beneficiary.

(2) Any contributions to the ABLE account of the designated beneficiary.

(3) Any distribution from the ABLE account for a qualified disability expense.

Acts 2016, No. 604, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1804 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1804
Retention and use of permit funds
Status: in_force

Funds collected by state colleges and universities for parking permits, including any unexpended balances on hand on June 30 of each year, may be reserved and retained indefinitely for use only for future construction and repair and maintenance of parking facilities, including streets, roadways, walks, and walkways leading into such parking facilities and for operation of these parking programs and for all operations incidental to campus related parking; however, no funds appropriated from the state general fund for operating expenses may be expended for construction, repair, or maintenance of parking facilities until all proceeds from such parking permits have been expended.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 353, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3092 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3092
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Beneficiary" means a person designated in an education savings account owner's agreement, or by the authority when authorized by an account owner meeting the classification requirements of R.S. 17:3096(A)(1)(e), as the individual entitled to apply the savings accrued in an education savings account to the payment of his qualified higher education expenses.

(2) "Earnings enhancement" is a payment credited to an education savings account, on behalf of the beneficiary of the account, to help offset the beneficiary's qualified higher education expenses at a college or university. The purpose of the earnings enhancement is to encourage persons eligible to establish education savings accounts to save for the future qualified higher education expenses of a designated beneficiary. Earnings enhancement is determined by the account owner's annual income and annual deposits of principal. The earnings enhancements and the interest earned thereon may only be disbursed from an account pro rata with the disbursement of deposits to pay the beneficiary's qualified higher education expenses at an eligible college or university. An earnings enhancement may not be refunded.

(3) "Education savings account" is a savings account established by an individual, a group of individuals, or an organization pursuant to the program created by this Chapter for a beneficiary.

(4) "Fixed earnings" means the placement of all the deposits in an education savings account and the interest earned thereon in investments with fixed earnings.

(5) "Institution of postsecondary education" means a state college, university, or technical college or institute or an independent college or university located in this state that is approved by the United States Secretary of Education; a public or independent college or a university located outside this state that is approved by the United States Secretary of Education; a proprietary school licensed pursuant to Chapter 24-A of this Title; or a proprietary school located outside this state that is licensed by an out-of-state public postsecondary education board, accredited by a recognized national or regional accrediting body, and eligible to participate in a program under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

(6) "Member of the family" means, with respect to any designated beneficiary:

(a) The spouse of such beneficiary.

(b) An individual who bears one of the following relationships to such beneficiary:

(i) A son or daughter of the beneficiary, or a descendant of either.

(ii) A stepson or stepdaughter of the beneficiary.

(iii) A brother, sister, stepbrother, or stepsister of the beneficiary.

(iv) The father or mother of the beneficiary, or an ancestor of either.

(v) A stepfather or stepmother of the beneficiary.

(vi) A son or daughter of a brother or sister of the beneficiary.

(vii) A brother or sister of the father or mother of the beneficiary.

(viii) A son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of the taxpayer.

(c) The spouse of any individual described in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(7) "Other persons" means, with respect to any designated beneficiary, any person, whether natural or juridical, who is not a member of the family, including but not limited to individuals, groups, trusts, estates, associations, organizations, partnerships, and corporations.

(8) "Qualified higher education expenses" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in 26 U.S.C. 529(e)(3) as amended.

(9) "Redemption value" means the cash value of the education savings account attributable to the sum of the principal invested, the interest earned on principal and authorized to be credited to the account by the authority, any earnings enhancements appropriated by the legislature and authorized by the authority to be credited to the account and the interest earned on earnings enhancements, less any earnings enhancements or interest thereon restricted from expenditure, and any fees due and imposed by rule of the authority.

(10) "Savings Enhancement Fund" is the subaccount established within the Tuition and Savings Fund by the state treasurer to receive funds appropriated by the legislature or donated from any other source for the purpose of funding earnings enhancements. The funds deposited in this subaccount shall only be used to make earnings enhancements to beneficiaries of education savings accounts, as annually appropriated by the legislature.

(11) "Trade date" means the date that a deposit to an investment option that includes variable earnings is assigned a value in units, the date a disbursement or refund from an investment option that includes variable earnings is assigned a value, or the date a change in investment options that includes variable earnings is assigned a value, whichever is applicable.

(12) "Tuition" means the mandatory educational charges imposed by an institution of postsecondary education and all fees required as a condition of enrollment, as delineated by the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority.

(13) "Variable earnings" means that portion of funds in an education savings account invested in equities.

(14) "Variable Earnings Transaction Fund" means the subaccount established by the state treasurer within the Louisiana Education Tuition and Savings Fund to receive earnings funds as described in R.S. 17:3095(H).

Acts 1995, No. 547, §1, eff. June 18, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1416, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 1282, §1, eff. July 12, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 332, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2003, No. 221, §2, eff. June 5, 2003; Acts 2006, No. 279, §1, eff. June 8, 2006; Acts 2012, No. 658, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 53, §1; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3921.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3921.3
Digital devices in public schools; health and safety guidelines
Status: in_force

A. The state Department of Education, in collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Health and medical practitioners in relevant specialties such as ophthalmology, optometry, childhood obesity, heart disease, sleep occupational therapy, kinesiology, and ergonomics as well as parents, teachers, and school administrators, shall develop health and safety guidelines relative to best practices for the effective integration of digital devices in public schools. The state Department of Education shall distribute the guidelines to public school governing authorities for implementation.

B. The guidelines shall be based on peer-reviewed, independently funded studies and shall address, at a minimum, digital device use for different age ranges and developmental levels, the amount of time spent on school-issued digital devices in the classroom and at home, appropriate break frequency from the use of digital devices, the physical positioning of digital devices in the classroom, the use of digital devices for homework, and the training of teachers relative to these issues.

C. The department shall review the guidelines at least once annually and revise them based on updated medical information, as needed. The department shall distribute revised guidelines to each public school governing authority.

Acts 2018, No. 381, §1; Acts 2018, No. §3, eff. December 31, 2019; Acts 2022, No. 222, §1, eff. May 31, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:173.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 173.1
Mental health assessments
Status: in_force

A. Each public school shall make available to each student in grades three through twelve a mental health assessment by a licensed behavioral health provider, so long as it is annually authorized by his parent or legal guardian. Such screening shall be offered within the year, and, if feasible, during the first semester rather than the second semester of the school year. Each public school principal or his designee may use discretion in determining a convenient time for scheduling such assessments and an appropriate time and place to conduct such assessments.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "licensed behavioral health provider" means an individual or provider that falls into one of the following categories:

(1) A mental health professional with a current and valid occupational license issued by a Louisiana professional occupational licensing board or commission under Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, acting within the scope of practice authorized by the licensing board to conduct mental health assessments.

(2) A behavioral health services provider with a current and valid license issued by the Louisiana Department of Health pursuant to R.S. 40:2151 et seq. to provide mental health services and assessments.

C. Public schools may locate a current list of licensed mental health professionals who are authorized to conduct mental health assessments by contacting the individual licensing boards who regulate the licensed professionals. Public schools may locate a current list of behavioral health service providers licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health through the Louisiana Department of Health's website.

D. The assessments provided for in this Section shall be provided to the appropriate students at each public school at no cost to each city, parish, or other local public school board.

E. Each public school shall annually report at the end of each school year the number of screenings administered to students, by grade level, under its jurisdiction to the state Department of Education.

Acts 2025, No. 504, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:67.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 67.1
Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System; interim school board
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon the appointment of the members thereof as provided in Subsection C of this Section, there shall be and there is hereby created an interim school board for the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System which shall continue in existence until the taking of office of the initial elected members of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board as provided by R.S. 17:67.

B.(1) The interim school board shall be composed of seven members appointed at large as provided in Subsection C of this Section. An interim school board member shall have attained the age of eighteen, be an elector, have resided in the state for the two years preceding appointment, have been domiciled within the geographic boundaries of the school system for at least one year preceding appointment, meet the qualifications provided in R.S. 17:52(D), and reside within the geographic boundaries of the school system.

(2) Membership on the interim school board shall not disqualify an otherwise eligible person from qualifying as a candidate for election as a member of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board.

C.(1) All members of the interim school board shall be appointed by the governor within thirty days after the effective date of this Section and shall serve until the taking of office of the initial members of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board elected as provided in R.S. 17:67.

(2) Members appointed by the governor shall be from a list of nominees provided as follows:

(a) The members of the Louisiana Senate elected from district numbers six and sixteen shall each nominate three persons meeting the qualifications for office for each position to be appointed by the governor.

(b) The members of the Louisiana House of Representatives elected from district numbers sixty-five, sixty-six, sixty-eight, and sixty-nine shall each nominate two persons meeting the qualifications for office for each position to be appointed by the governor.

(3) A vacancy on the interim school board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

D.(1) The interim school board shall constitute a body corporate in law.

(2) The organization of the interim school board as well as the board's powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities shall be as provided by law generally for city, parish, and other local public school boards.

(3) Members of the interim school board shall serve without compensation.

E. The interim school board shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures consistent with law to effectuate this Section and to administer the duties, functions, and responsibilities of the interim board.

F. The provisions of R.S. 42:11 through 28, relative to open meetings, and the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, relative to public records, shall be applicable to the interim school board and its members.

G. All authority granted to the interim school board by this Section shall expire upon the taking of office of the initial members of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board elected as provided by R.S. 17:67(C). However, the elected school board may take formal action to continue the interim school board as an advisory body on matters previously under the jurisdiction of the interim board.

H. The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall:

(1) Work cooperatively and collaboratively with the interim school board and the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board to effect the transfer of the students, buildings and other facilities, property, instructional materials, buses, and all other assets related to the schools located within the geographic boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System in an efficient and expeditious manner.

(2) Provide the interim school board for the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System with immediate and complete access to:

(a) All school buildings and facilities associated with the schools located within the geographic boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System. Such access shall include making the school buildings and facilities to be transferred available, free of charge, to the interim and elected school boards for the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System for purposes of conducting board and community meetings and other functions and activities related to the operation of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System.

(b) All student records and any other student-related files associated with students enrolled in the schools to be transferred to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System.

(c) All financial records associated with the schools to be transferred to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System, including those related to building maintenance, taxes, insurance, and indebtedness.

I. The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall not:

(1) Interfere, or impede in any way, with the processes to transfer the students, buildings and other facilities, property, instructional materials and equipment, buses, and all other assets related to the schools located within the geographical boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board.

(2) Sell, transfer, or otherwise remove any asset or thing of value, movable or immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, attributable to the schools to be transferred to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System prior to such transfer.

(3) Incur, transfer, or assign any debt or other responsibility or obligation to schools to be transferred to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System that is not properly attributable to such schools.

NOTE: §67.1 eff. upon adoption of a const. amend. which authorizes the St. George Community School System. See Acts 2025, No. 455.

§67.1 Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 455, §2, eff. See Act.

Acts 2013, No. 295, §1, eff. when constitutional amendment is adopted; Acts 2025, No. 455, §2, eff. See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:493 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 493
Removal of bus operators; procedures; right to appeal
Status: in_force

A.(1) A permanent school bus operator shall not be removed from his position except upon written and signed charges of willful neglect of duty, or incompetence, or immorality, or drunkenness while on duty, or failure to comply with the reporting requirements of R.S. 17:491.3 relative to being arrested for one or more of the specified offenses, or physical disability to perform his duties, or failure to keep his transfer equipment in a safe, comfortable, and practical operating condition, or of being a member of or contributing to any group, organization, movement, or corporation that is prohibited by law or injunction from operating in the state, and then only if furnished with a copy of such written charges and given the opportunity to respond as provided in this Section.

(2) Additional grounds for the removal of any permanent school bus operator shall be:

(a) The abolition, discontinuance, or consolidation of routes based upon a determination by the superintendent that it is in the best interests of the school system to abolish, discontinue, or consolidate said route or routes.

(b) A conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to a violation of a parish or municipal ordinance that prohibits operating a vehicle while intoxicated or any of the following offenses relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated regardless of whether the violation occurred while the bus operator was performing an official duty or responsibility as a school bus operator at the time of the offense:

(i) R.S. 14:98, operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

(ii) R.S. 14:32.1, vehicular homicide.

(iii) R.S. 14:32.8(A)(2), third degree feticide.

(iv) R.S. 14:39.1, vehicular negligent injuring.

(v) R.S. 14:39.2, first degree vehicular negligent injuring.

B. A permanent school bus operator shall have ten calendar days from written notice of the charges provided in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section to respond, in person or in writing.

C.(1) The superintendent shall have ten calendar days to review the school bus operator's response and to provide written notice to the bus operator of the interim disciplinary action, if any. A superintendent may take interim disciplinary action, which may include placing the bus operator on administrative leave. A permanent bus operator shall not be placed on administrative leave without pay unless the bus operator has been arrested for a violation of the following: R.S. 14:42 through 43.5, 80 through 81.5, any other sexual offense affecting minors, any of the crimes provided in R.S. 15:587.1, or any substantiated complaint of child abuse or neglect on file in the central registry pursuant to Children's Code Article 615.

(2) Upon notification that a bus operator has a conviction or plea of nolo contendere to any violation as specified in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the superintendent shall immediately remove the bus operator from his position and notify the bus operator of such and that the termination is not subject to review.

D. Within twenty calendar days after receipt of the superintendent's interim disciplinary action, if any, the bus operator may request a hearing before a disciplinary hearing officer. If the bus operator fails to timely request a hearing, the disciplinary action becomes final.

E. Upon request for a review hearing, the superintendent shall randomly appoint a hearing officer from a list of persons previously approved by the school board to serve as "disciplinary hearing officers" for the school board. The school board shall maintain a list of at least five hearing officers for districts of fewer than twenty thousand students and a list of at least ten hearing officers for districts with more than twenty thousand students according to the February first student membership count. If a school board fails to maintain such a list, a superintendent may randomly appoint a hearing officer from a list of persons previously approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Only the following persons may serve as a disciplinary hearing officer: a mediator qualified under R.S. 9:4106, an arbitrator approved by the American Arbitration Association or the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, an attorney, or a retired member of the judiciary.

F. Such hearing may be private or public, at the option of the bus operator, and shall commence no sooner than ten calendar days nor later than thirty calendar days after receipt of the bus operator's request for such hearing. For purposes of this Section, the disciplinary hearing officer shall have the power to issue subpoenas. The school board shall adopt and maintain procedures to govern the conduct of the hearing, which shall include, at a minimum, a method for the examination of witnesses and the introduction of evidence and for the presence of a court reporter and maintenance of the court reporter's record. The bus operator shall have the right to appear before the disciplinary hearing officer with witnesses on his behalf and with counsel of his selection.

G. The disciplinary hearing officer shall hold a hearing and review whether the interim decision of the superintendent was arbitrary or capricious and shall either affirm or reverse the action of the superintendent. The disciplinary hearing officer shall notify the superintendent and the bus operator of his final determination, with written reasons, within ten days from the date of the hearing. If the superintendent's disciplinary action is affirmed, it shall become effective upon the bus operator's receipt of the decision of the disciplinary hearing officer. If the superintendent's disciplinary action is reversed, the bus operator shall be restored to duty.

H. Within sixty days from the postmarked date of written notification of the decision of the disciplinary hearing officer, the school board or the bus operator may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to review the matter as a summary proceeding pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Article 2592. The court shall determine, based on the record of the disciplinary review hearing, whether the disciplinary hearing officer abused his discretion in deciding whether the action of the superintendent was arbitrary or capricious. If the action of the superintendent is reversed by the court and the bus operator is ordered reinstated and restored to duty, the bus operator shall be entitled to full pay for any loss of time or salary he may have sustained by reason of the action of the superintendent.

I. The time periods contained in this Section may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. However, paid administrative leave as provided in Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section shall not exceed fifty days from notice of the superintendent's interim decision.

J. In the event that one or more school bus operators must be removed due to the abolition, discontinuance, or consolidation of routes, the principle of seniority shall apply, so that the last school bus operator hired to serve within the school system to be affected shall be the first to be removed.

K. For the purposes of this Section, immorality shall mean any conviction of a felony offense affecting the public morals enumerated in Part V of Chapter 1 of Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 248, §1; Acts 1970, No. 494, §1; Acts 1975, No. 418, §1; Acts 1983, No. 581, §1; Acts 2003, No. 273, §1; Acts 2010, No. 533, §1, eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2013, No. 137, §1, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2018, No. 238, §1, eff. May 15, 2018; Acts 2022, No. 332, §1, eff. June 10, 2022; Acts 2025, No. 409, §3.

NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 137, §2, relative to the applicability of Act for certain convictions and pleas occurring prior to July 1, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 5
Compensation of board members
Status: in_force

Each member of the board shall be paid the same per diem provided by law for members of the state legislature for each day of actual attendance at meetings of the board or of a committee appointed by the board on which the member serves, or while on business for the board assigned by it, plus travel and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. Reimbursement of travel and expenses shall be in conformity with regulations governing such expenses of state officials.

Acts 1975, No. 274, §1; Acts 1999, No. 722, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3323 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3323
Manner in which leave may be spent
Status: in_force

A. Every person on sabbatical leave for the purpose of rest and recuperation shall spend such leave in a manner calculated to attain that purpose.

B. No person who applies for sabbatical leave for the purpose of study or research will receive outside compensation for such study or research, unless such compensation and such leave is approved in writing in advance by the president of the institution where such person is employed.

Acts 1991, No. 858, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.24
Rules
Status: in_force

The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Part.

Acts 2012, No. 3, §1, eff. April 18, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1875 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1875
Centers of Excellence Program; creation; operation; funding
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, with the approval of and in coordination with the Board of Regents, may establish a Centers of Excellence Program to provide customized educational and training programs to meet areas of need as identified by Louisiana business and industry.

B.(1) The board may establish an advisory board composed of not more than seven individuals representing private businesses with high workforce training demands, which shall have the following duties:

(a) Assist in the identification of the needs of business and industry.

(b) Provide consultation regarding admissions, curriculum, equipment needs, tuition and fee models, and other aspects of the operation of a Center of Excellence as prescribed by the board.

(2) No public funds shall be used to compensate a member of the advisory board for the performance of his duties on the board or to pay any per diem or other expenses related to the performance of his duties as a board member.

C.(1) A Center of Excellence may be established only with private sector support, including funding or the donation of land or equipment, and shall be operated on a business model conducive to real-time market responsiveness which provides for flexibility in pricing, service delivery, and administration.

(2) The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges may establish a tuition and fee structure for a Center of Excellence that differs from that established for other courses or programs offered by institutions within the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.

Acts 2010, No. 555, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1683 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1683
Children of sanitation workers; definitions
Status: in_force

A. The term "sanitation workers" shall include all persons employed or engaged on a full-time basis by a governmental subdivision of the state of Louisiana, including any parish, municipality, or garbage district which maintains a full-time regularly paid sanitation department, for collecting or disposing of garbage and other waste matter.

B. "College or university" means any institution of post secondary education situated in this state, operated by an agency, board or other body created by the constitution or laws of this state, operated in whole or in part with funds appropriated for that purpose by the legislature and authorized to confer degrees in the arts and sciences.

C. "Room and board charges" means the fee or charge for lodging, quarters or food furnished by a college or university on its campus, and for which a regular and periodic charge is made to all students availing themselves of such services.

D. "Books" means textbooks, reference books, manuals, or other aids to instruction which are required to be purchased by a student in a given course of study.

E. "Semester" means a regularly fixed period of instruction for which credit is given whether a semester, quarter, trimester or otherwise.

F. "Child" means the offspring of a sanitation worker or his spouse living in the same household with and dependent upon the sanitation worker for support, and the offspring of a sanitation worker dependent upon him for support, whether or not living in the same household.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 711, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3992 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3992
Charter revision and renewal
Status: in_force

A.(1) Unless revoked as provided for in Subsection C of this Section, an approved school charter shall be valid for an initial period of five years, contingent upon the results of a review conducted after the completion of the fourth year as provided in R.S. 17:3998. The charter may be renewed for additional periods of not less than three nor more than ten years after thorough review by the approving chartering authority of the charter school's operations and compliance with charter requirements. The chartering authority shall notify the chartering group in writing of any decisions made relative to the renewal or nonrenewal of a school's charter not later than January thirty-first of the year in which the charter would expire. A notification that a charter will not be renewed shall include written explanation of the reasons for such nonrenewal. Pursuant to Subsection C of this Section and using such annual review process, a charter may be revoked for failure to meet agreed-upon academic results as specified in the charter.

(2)(a) No charter shall be renewed unless the charter renewal applicant can demonstrate, using standardized test scores, improvement in the academic performance of pupils over the term of the charter school's existence.

(b) Each charter school shall be provided by its chartering authority with the criteria and procedures that will be used when considering whether to renew a school's charter. Charter renewal criteria shall include academic performance and progress indices, as well as distinguish between charter schools with selective admissions criteria, charter schools without selective admissions criteria, and alternative charter school educational models.

(c) A charter school which has met or exceeded for the three preceding school years the benchmarks established for it in accordance with the school and district accountability system, has demonstrated growth in student academic achievement for the three proceeding schools years, and has had no significant audit findings during the term of the charter agreement shall be deemed a high-performing school, and such school's charter shall be automatically renewed.

(d) In instances where the state does not issue a school performance score for a charter school, the charter school qualifies as a severe impact school as defined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or other extraordinary circumstances as set forth in policy by the chartering authority, the chartering authority may extend the charter contract term by the same length of time as the impacting occurrence.

(3) A Type 2 charter school that has been renewed as provided in this Subsection shall be funded by the state as provided in R.S. 17:3995(A)(6).

B. Subsequent to approval, a school charter may be amended by the approving chartering authority by an affirmative vote of at least a majority of the membership of the chartering authority when such amendment is proposed by the charter school's governing authority and the amendment will better permit the charter school to achieve its stated objectives. No amendment shall be the basis of extending the duration of the original charter.

C. A school charter may be revoked by the authority that approved its charter upon a determination by an affirmative vote of at least a majority of the local board membership or upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, whichever approved the charter, that the charter school or its officers or employees did any of the following:

(1) Committed a material violation of any of the conditions, standards, or procedures provided for in the approved charter.

(2) Failed to meet or pursue within the agreed timelines any of the academic and other educational results specified in the approved charter.

(3) Failed to meet generally accepted accounting standards of fiscal management.

(4) Violated any provision of law applicable to a charter school, its officers, or employees.

D.(1) As an alternative to revocation as provided for in Subsection C of this Section, and in accordance with rules promulgated by the state board, the chartering authority may reconstitute the governing body of the charter holder if the chartering authority determines that the governing body of the charter holder has done one of the following:

(a) Committed a material and uncorrected violation of applicable law relative to the finances of the school or the health, safety, or welfare of the students enrolled at the school.

(b) Failed to satisfy accountability provisions prescribed by the charter or the chartering authority.

(c) Failed to meet generally accepted accounting standards of fiscal management.

(d) Committed material violations of the bylaws of the organization or nonprofit laws of the state.

(e) Is imminently insolvent as determined by the chartering authority.

(2) The action that the chartering authority takes pursuant to this Subsection shall be based on the best interest of the public charter school's students, the severity of the violation, any previous violation that the school has committed, and the accreditation status of the school and shall be implemented after a public hearing.

E. For each charter school which has received a letter grade designation of "A" or "B" or any variation thereof and has met the criteria of Subparagraph (A)(2)(c) of this Section pursuant to automatic renewal, a charter operator shall be eligible to open and operate two additional schools that serve the same grade levels and the same enrollment boundaries as defined in the charter agreement of the school meeting the criteria of Subparagraph (A)(2)(c) of this Section without formal application to the chartering authority with which the charter agreement for the school that meets the criteria of Subparagraph (A)(2)(c) of this Section is held. The chartering group shall notify its chartering authority of its intent to open one or two additional charter schools pursuant to this Subsection at least one hundred twenty calendar days prior to the day on which each additional school shall enroll students. At least ninety calendar days prior to the day on which each additional school shall enroll students, the chartering authority shall enter into a charter agreement with the chartering group for each additional school and shall notify the state board of its action. Acts 1997, No. 477, §1, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 757, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 735, §1; Acts 2008, No. 202, §1, eff. June 13, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 334, §1; Acts 2010, No. 722, §1; Acts 2012, No. 2, §1; Acts 2024, No. 172, §1, eff. May 23, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3351.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3351.21
Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College; Louisiana State University at Alexandria; aviation program; course fees; amounts; authority to increase
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority granted by any other provision of law and in accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College may impose at Louisiana State University at Alexandria the following aviation course fees:

(1) Private Pilot Flight I: $4,600.

(2) Private Pilot Flight II: $4,600.

(3) Instrument Pilot Flight I: $4,900.

(4) Instrument Pilot Flight II: $4,900.

(5) Commercial Pilot Flight I: $16,648.

(6) Commercial Pilot Flight II: $16,648.

(7) Flight Instructor: $7,350.

(8) Multi-Engine Flight: $5,480.

(9) Flight Instructor Instrument: $4,680.

(10) Multi-Engine Flight Instructor: $5,480.

Acts 2021, No. 412, §1, eff. June 18, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3385 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3385
Cessation of regionally accredited institutions of higher education; notification; preservation of student records
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, at least ninety days prior to any regionally accredited institution of higher education ceasing to function as an institution of higher education, the chief executive officer of the institution shall:

(1) Notify the Board of Regents of the intention to cease the institution's operations as an institution of higher education and to include in such notification the anticipated date of cessation.

(2) Designate an organization with which the institution has made arrangements to serve as the repository for the institution's student records and notify the Board of Regents of the name, telephone number, and address of the organization.

(3) Make whatever arrangements with the organization designated to serve as a repository for student records as are necessary to assure that:

(a) Every student record or a legible copy thereof is transported to the designated organization not more than ten days following the day the institution ceases to operate as an institution of higher education.

(b) Each student's record once under the control of the designated repository is preserved in a manner which insures that the records are continually available to:

(i) Each former student for the ordering of transcripts or any other legitimate purpose.

(ii) The appropriate state agency for audit of any state program for aid to institutions or students. Such records shall be maintained within the boundaries of the state until the appropriate state agency has had a reasonable opportunity to conduct such an audit.

(iii) For any other purpose required by law.

B. Whenever the decision to cease to operate a regionally accredited institution of higher education is reached by the governing authority of such institution less than ninety days from the anticipated date of cessation, the chief executive officer of such institution shall provide the notifications required in Subsection A of this Section within twenty-four hours of the occurrence of the decision.

C. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Arrangements" means any contract or other agreement, compensated or otherwise, which requires the repository organization to perform the functions as prescribed in Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of this Section.

(2) "Organization" means any governmental agency, office, or department; public or independent institution of higher education; or, any profit or nonprofit enterprise or business.

(3) "Student record" means any record that contains an indication of academic achievement, registration, or attendance of any student that has ever attended the institution of higher education which is ceasing operations. Such records may be preserved in the original or in any copy form, including microfilm, which is true and accurate and may readily be used for reproduction.

Acts 1984, No. 248, §1, eff. June 30, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:154.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 154.2
Enrollment of students with special needs
Status: in_force

A. No public school or public school governing authority shall require the parent or legal guardian of any student to disclose the student's medical information or special education needs prior to enrolling the student in a public school, unless otherwise specifically required by law.

B. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a public school from providing an enrollment preference to a student with special needs when the student's parent or legal guardian has voluntarily provided the school with information regarding such needs.

Acts 2016, No. 303, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3398.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3398.2
Business and industry advisory boards
Status: in_force

A. The president or chancellor of each institution of higher education shall establish an advisory board made up of a cross section of owners of small businesses and chief executive officers of larger businesses or industries who do business in the general service region of the institution. Each such board shall meet regularly with the president or chancellor to explore research efforts, cooperative endeavors, and other kinds of joint undertakings which have potential for being beneficial to the business community and the institution of higher education.

B. The Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System shall establish an advisory board, to be known as the Process Technology Advisory Board, which shall assist the board of supervisors in developing and maintaining two-year associate degree programs in process technology.

C. The advisory board shall be comprised of the following:

(1) The president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System or his designee.

(2) A representative from the Board of Regents.

(3) A representative from the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council.

(4) The industry chairs or their representatives of the regional process technology education committees.

(5) A representative from the executive committee of the Gulf Coast Process Technology Alliance.

(6) The directors or deans of the regional college process technology programs.

(7) The president of the Louisiana Chemical Association.

(8) Two citizens with expertise in process technology appointed at-large by the governor.

D. The advisory board shall provide statewide coordination of the Louisiana process technology education program as a whole and shall address multi-regional issues and coordinate regional process technology efforts at the state level.

E. The mission of the advisory board shall include the following:

(1) Support and provide common oversight for regional process technology education committees.

(2) Provide guidance and support for a consistent set of standards and program accountability.

(3) Recommend curriculum content and changes.

(4) Support major facilities funding, design, and construction.

(5) Provide for a focal point for communicating regional job opportunities.

(6) Identify roles of relevant industry associations in supporting the process technology education programs.

(7) Develop and maintain formal connections with the Gulf Coast Process Technology Alliance and the International Process Technology Alliance, particularly in the area of standardized curriculum development and materials.

F. The regional process technology education committees shall continue to recommend process technology programs at the regional level.

Acts 1995, No. 912, §1, eff. June 28, 1995; Acts 2003, No. 507, §1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3826 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3826
Requirements; proposals; pilot program plans; final reports
Status: in_force

A. To be considered for selection pursuant to R.S. 17:3825(C) each proposal submitted shall contain, at a minimum, all of the following:

(1) A written statement signed by the local superintendent and the president of the local system board confirming that the pilot project to be developed contains the program elements required in this Subsection and complies fully with any guidelines required by the board.

(2) Identification of the pilot program's prototype which shall be one of the following:

(a) A pure compensation plan which provides a variance in the annual salary of a teacher as a function of performance and provides that those teachers who perform best are given more compensation.

(b) A career ladder program which advances teachers up career rungs with accompanying salary increases based purely on longevity and evaluation.

(c) A career ladder program which advances teachers up career ladder rungs with accompanying salary increases based not only on longevity and evaluation but also on the contribution of extended responsibility services, or time.

(d) A combination of the prototypes in Subparagraph (a), (b), or (c) of this Paragraph.

(3) A descriptive overview of the basic process to be employed in devising the pilot program plan, listing all activities and procedures to be implemented to develop the pilot program plan.

(4) A detailed description of plans to insure substantial teacher involvement in the development of the pilot program plan.

(5) A detailed description of plans to involve nonteachers in the development of the pilot program plan.

(6) A proposed budget for developing the pilot program plan and for its implementation.

(7) Information required by the board in the guidelines submitted with the invitation to submit proposals which shall include geographic and demographic information about the local system.

B. Pilot program plans to be submitted pursuant to R.S. 17:3825(D) shall contain at a minimum all of the following:

(1) A detailed explanation of implementation procedures.

(2) A detailed explanation of the schedule for implementation.

(3) A detailed explanation of all steps taken in developing the pilot program plan.

(4) A detailed explanation of the goals and objectives of the pilot program.

(5) A detailed explanation of monies from the grant expended in development of the pilot program plan and a detailed proposal for the expenditure of the balance of the grant.

C. Final reports submitted pursuant to R.S. 17:3825(D) shall thoroughly document the pilot program and its results and contain the recommendation of the local system with regard to the program it piloted and the probable effectiveness of the program should it be implemented on a statewide basis. The final report shall contain an accounting of all grant monies expended. Each local system shall return to the department any of the money granted pursuant to this Chapter, the expenditure of which is unaccounted.

Acts 1985, No. 601, §1, eff. July 13, 1985.