La. Rev. Stat. § 17:7.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 7.8
Associate educator program; authority; rules; participant requirements
Status: in_force

A.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may provide for the associate educator program through which a governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school may authorize certain individuals with associate's degrees to serve as teachers.

(2) The state board shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act for the implementation and administration of this Section and may provide by rule for additional qualifications and requirements for the program that are not inconsistent with this Section.

(3) A governing authority may establish stricter participation requirements than those provided pursuant to this Section or by the rules promulgated by the state board.

B. An individual who serves as a teacher through the program authorized by this Section, referred to in this Section as a "participant", shall:

(1) Have an associate's degree from an accredited college or university.

(2) Be continuously enrolled in an undergraduate teacher education program at an accredited college or university for the purpose of obtaining a bachelor's degree.

(3) Be at least twenty-five years of age.

(4) Meet all other qualifications provided pursuant to this Section, board rules, or requirements of the governing authority.

C. An individual shall not participate in the program for more than five years.

D.(1) A participant shall be employed to teach only in the content area related to the participant's associate's degree.

(2) A participant shall not teach in a class for students with identified exceptionalities, unless the students are identified as gifted or talented.

E. For a participant enrolled in an approved teacher education program, the hours spent teaching as a participant shall count towards the student teaching hours required pursuant to R.S. 17:8.1.

F. No more than ten percent of the teaching staff of the governing authority shall be program participants.

G. The salary paid to a participant shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the average yearly classroom teacher salary of the employing school system.

H. Subject to the appropriation of funds for such purpose, the governing authority shall assign a mentor teacher to a participant for the purposes of providing on-site teacher training, demonstrating lessons, co-teaching, observation, and providing feedback for improving instruction.

I. Each participant shall participate in weekly teacher collaborations.

J. The governing authority shall conduct a criminal history record check in accordance with R.S. 17:15 and R.S. 15:587.1 prior to allowing a participant to work as a teacher.

K. The state board shall evaluate the effectiveness of the program and report its findings and conclusions to the legislature no later than December 29, 2028. The report shall be submitted to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library as required by R.S. 24:771 and 772.

L. The provisions of this Section shall terminate on December 31, 2033.

Acts 2023, No. 99, §1, eff. June 6, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3722 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3722
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Athletic trainer" means an individual possessing a master's degree in athletic training from an institution accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education and licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

(2) "Department" means the state Department of Education.

(3) "Rural area" means a parish with a population of fewer than one hundred ten thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census.

(4) "Superintendent" means the state superintendent of education.

Acts 2022, No. 495, §1, see Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2354.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2354.3
Authority to make an anatomical gift of a body or part
Status: in_force

A. Subject to Subsections B and C of this Section and unless barred by R.S. 17:2354.1 or 2354.2, an anatomical gift of the body or part of a decedent for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any reasonably available member of the following classes, in the following order of priority:

(1) The agent who could have made an anatomical gift in accordance with R.S. 17:2352 immediately before the death of the decedent.

(2) The surviving spouse of the decedent.

(3) The adult children of the decedent.

(4) The parents of the decedent.

(5) The adult siblings of the decedent.

(6) The adult grandchildren of the decedent.

(7) The grandparents of the decedent.

(8) An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent.

(9) The person acting as guardian of the decedent at the time of death.

(10) Any other person having the authority to dispose of the body of the decedent.

B. If there is more than one member of a class listed in Subsection A of this Section entitled to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made by a member of the class unless that member or a person to which the gift may pass in accordance with R.S. 17:2353 knows of an objection by another member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may be made only by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.

C. A person may not make an anatomical gift if at the time of the death of the decedent, a person in a higher ranking class is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.

D. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift pursuant to R.S. 17:2352 or this Section may make an anatomical gift by any of the following:

(1) Verbally, by telephone, provided that the conversation is recorded and a record of such conversation is maintained.

(2) Verbally when expressed or given before two witnesses.

(3) Verbally, by telephone, provided that the conversation is witnessed.

Acts 1985, No. 311, §1; Acts 1986, No. 551, §1; Acts 1992, No. 642, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2010, No. 937, §2, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2990.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2990.4
Administration; receipts and income tax returns
Status: in_force

The superintendent of education, or a person or persons duly appointed by him, shall administer the provisions of this chapter. Said administration shall be as simplified as is possible. Assistance shall be given upon:

(1) The parent submitting a paid receipt showing payment of tuition for the current school year to a nonpublic school in excess of $75.00 per child in grades 1 through 8, or in excess of $100.00 per child in grades 9 through 12, and

(2) a copy of the parents' previous year's state and/or federal income tax return, as the superintendent of education may determine in administering this act, showing that the requirements of R.S. 17:2990.3(2) are met.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 94, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.93 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.93
Responsibilities of approved local early learning enrollment coordinators
Status: in_force

In accordance with R.S. 17:407.22, local early learning enrollment coordinators shall support families in accessing high-quality publicly-funded early childhood care and education by:

(1) Conducting a process for disseminating information about early childhood care and education programs and collecting family preferences in order to make distribution recommendations.

(2) Using a common application process, annually determine family demand for publicly-funded early childhood care and education within the coverage area.

(3) Providing a recommendation to the department of the distribution of available publicly-funded early childhood care and education slots within the coverage area.

Acts 2014, No. 717, §1, eff. June 18, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:53 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 53
School board members; training required
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each member of a city, parish, and other local public school board shall receive a minimum of sixteen hours of training and instruction during his first year of service on the board in order to receive the designation of "Distinguished School Board Member" pursuant to Paragraph (B)(3) of this Section.

(2) Except as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, each member of a city, parish, and other local public school board shall receive a minimum of six hours of training and instruction annually.

(3) The training and instruction referred to in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection shall be in the school laws of this state; in the laws governing the powers, duties, and responsibilities of city, parish, and other local public school boards; and in educational trends, research, and policy. Such training and instruction also shall include education policy issues, including but not limited to special education, the minimum foundation program and formula, literacy and numeracy, leadership development, dropout prevention, career and technical education, redesigning high schools, early childhood education, school discipline, and harassment, intimidation, and bullying. Training also shall include instruction relative to the provisions of the Open Meetings Law, R.S. 42:11 et seq., and the public bid law, Chapter 10 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(4) In a city, parish, or other local public school district that has one or more schools identified as academically unacceptable or in need of academic assistance as defined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to policies developed and adopted by the board for implementation of the school and district accountability system, at least two of the hours referred to in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection shall focus on the improvement of schools identified as failing schools as defined by the state board pursuant to such policies.

B.(1) Any such instruction required by Subsection A of this Section may be received from any of the following sources:

(a) A postsecondary education institution in this state.

(b) Instruction sponsored by the state Department of Education.

(c) An in-service training program conducted by a city, parish, or other local public school board central office or the Louisiana School Boards Association provided that the instruction and the method for demonstrating attendance are preapproved by the Louisiana School Boards Association.

(d) Training and instruction received at any conference presented by the National School Boards Association or by the Council of the Great City Schools, provided that verification of attendance by the school board member at any such training is obtained.

(2) Each school board member's attendance shall be reported by the instructor to the Louisiana School Boards Association.

(3) The postsecondary education institution, the state Department of Education, the school board central office, or the Louisiana School Boards Association that provides such instruction shall issue a certificate of completion annually to each school board member who completes the instruction required by this Section, and a copy of such certificate shall be entered into the minutes of the school board on which such member serves. The superintendent of the school system on which school board the member serves shall be responsible for verifying that any of the training or instruction received by the school board member pursuant to Subsections A and B of this Section meets the requirements of this Section.

(4) A school board member who has received a certificate of completion for the initial sixteen hours of training and instruction required by Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section and has also received an annual certificate of completion of the training required by Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section for the subsequent three consecutive years shall receive the designation of "Distinguished School Board Member" and the State Department of Education shall issue each such member an appropriate certificate attesting to such designation. A school board member in office on January 1, 2011, who has prior service on the board may receive the designation if he receives a certificate of completion of sixteen hours of training during 2011 and receives a certificate of completion of the required training for the subsequent three consecutive years.

C.(1) The Louisiana School Boards Association shall post on its website regularly updated information relative to the number and subject matter of training hours completed by each school board member pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

(2) At least annually, the superintendent of the school system on which school board the member serves shall transmit to the newspaper which is the official journal of the school board a press release detailing the information for his school board that is posted on the Louisiana School Boards Association website pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and also shall include in such press release information concerning each school board member who has been designated a "Distinguished School Board Member" pursuant to Paragraph (B)(4) of this Section.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §1; Acts 2008, No. 380, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 552, §1; Acts 2010, No. 705, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8; Acts 2024, No. 198, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3099.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3099.1
Annual financial report; audits
Status: in_force

The authority shall be audited in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 24:513. A copy of the audit report shall be provided to the governor, the president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives. Copies of the audited financial report also shall be made available, upon request, to persons entering into contracts with the authority and to prospective account owners in education savings accounts.

Acts 1995, No. 547, §1, eff. June 18, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 332, §1, eff. June 6, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1970.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1970.8
Funding; acceptance of other funds
Status: in_force

A. Funds for the operation of the school and the programs provided by the school shall come from monies appropriated therefor by the legislature.

B. Nothing in this Part shall be so construed as to prohibit or prevent the board from accepting federal funds or monies from any corporation or other private contributor for use in establishing school facilities, operating the school, maintaining the school, or providing programs by the school.

Acts 1997, No. 1350, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:185.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 185.3
Agricultural education; state action plan
Status: in_force

A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, upon recommendation of the state Department of Education, shall approve a state action plan for a nonmandatory comprehensive agricultural education program for kindergarten through grade twelve, inclusive, in the public schools in Louisiana. The state action plan shall include instructional strategies, guidelines, instructional materials, and professional development activities.

B. The instructional strategies established pursuant to this Section for kindergarten through grade six may include grade-appropriate and collaborative learning experiences through investigation and inquiry, including laboratory and site-based learning activities.

C. The instructional strategies established pursuant to this Section for grades seven through twelve may include the elements as provided in Subsection B of this Section and the following components:

(1) Organized classes in the study of agriculture, agriscience, and agribusiness.

(2) Supervised program of work-based learning experiences in agricultural careers that occur outside of the classroom.

(3) Organized program of leadership, organization, and personal development at the local level.

(4) Learning activities that are intracurricular and may contribute to the grade of the student when such activities are integral to assisting such student in achieving an objective of a class or course. Such intracurricular activities may include those activities associated with the FFA Organization.

Acts 2001, No. 339, §1, eff. June 7, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 815, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1532 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1532
Land acquisition; construction
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1966, No. 163, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2358.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2358.1
Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce
Status: in_force

This Part modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 7001 of that Act, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 7003(b) of that Act.

Acts 2010, No. 937, §2, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 100
Parishes authorized to aid in construction of schools
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of the several parishes may appropriate available parish funds to aid the school boards of their respective parishes, with the consent of the said boards, in the construction and operation of parish public schools.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:81.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 81.2
Acceptance of nonlocal funds without prior approval prohibited
Status: in_force

On and after July 29, 1970, no parish and/or city school board shall accept any funds or grants for any new curricular or pilot programs or for any instructional material for these programs, including library or other books, visual aids and similar materials, unless the parish and/or city school board seeking to obtain said funds or grants has received the prior approval of the State Board of Education, including the approval of the state board as to the purpose for which said funds or grants are intended to be used.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 497, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.91 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.91
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) "Coverage area" means the parish, parishes, or other geographical area within the jurisdiction of a local early learning enrollment coordinator.

(2) "Department" means the state Department of Education.

(3) "Local early learning enrollment coordinator" means an approved entity that conducts a process for informing families about publicly funded and Type III licensed early childhood care and education programs in the coverage area; collects family preferences; develops and uses a common application process; annually determines demand for publicly funded early childhood care and education within the coverage area; and makes recommendations to the department for the distribution of available publicly funded early childhood care and education slots for children who are economically disadvantaged as defined by the state board within its coverage area.

(4) "State board" means the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Acts 2014, No. 717, §1, eff. June 18, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 307, §1; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:408.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 408.2
Bossier Education Excellence Fund; purpose; creation; investment; restrictions on use of principal; withdrawal of earnings; expenditures from earnings limited to educational enhancement
Status: in_force

A. The Bossier Education Excellence Fund is established in recognition of the need to earmark and set aside a portion of the earnings from riverboat gaming in Bossier Parish which is an industry in that parish, to be used exclusively for educational enhancements that will ultimately improve economic development opportunities in that parish and the surrounding area.

B.(1) The Bossier Education Excellence Fund, hereafter referred to as the "fund", is hereby created as a special fund in the state treasury. Any funds collected pursuant to R.S. 4:552(A) and allocated pursuant to R.S. 4:552(A)(2)(g) and all monies imposed pursuant to R.S. 4:163.1(D) and allocated pursuant to R.S. 4:163.1(D)(2)(c) shall be transferred to the depository of the Bossier Parish School Board. The school board shall invest the principal of the fund only in direct obligations of the United States government and in time certificates of deposit of state banks organized under the laws of Louisiana and national banks having their principal office in Louisiana. Earnings on principal may also be invested. However, the amount of earnings shall be kept account of separately from fund principal and shall be available for the school board to withdraw as provided in this Section.

(2) All monies attributable to the Bossier Education Excellence Fund as enacted by Act No. 370 of the 1985 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature 1 and unexpended on August 15, 1995, shall be deposited in the fund created in this Section and the expenditure of such funds shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

C. The principal of the Bossier Education Excellence Fund may not be appropriated and shall be used only for making income-producing investments. Beginning January first of each year, the Bossier Parish School Board, on its own warrant, may withdraw from the fund an amount not to exceed the earnings which have accrued to the fund during the prior calendar year.

D. The Bossier Parish School Board shall use earnings from the fund only for enhancements to the education program in Bossier Parish. Earnings may not be used for administrative, custodial, or maintenance expenses nor for capital expenses. Equipment and supplies purchased with such funds shall be for educational purposes only. Audits of the Bossier Parish School Board by the legislative auditor shall specifically address compliance with the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1995, No. 743, §2.

1 R.S. 17:2261 et seq. repealed by Acts 1992, No. 984, §18.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:419.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 419.3
Compensation for school support employees serving as substitute teachers
Status: in_force

A. A school support employee shall be compensated at a rate not less than that of a substitute teacher for all work performed as a substitute teacher. Compensation for such work shall not be considered an increase in base salary and shall not be considered in the calculation of the employee's salary in the following school year. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to any day on which the school support employee performs work as a substitute teacher for less than a single class period.

B. Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall establish a policy which provides a standardized method for school support personnel to report work performed as a substitute teacher.

C. For purposes of this Section, "school support employee" means an employee of the school board whose regular employment with the board does not require a teaching certificate.

Acts 2014, No. 231, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3351.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3351.11
Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College; tuition and attendance fee amounts; Health Sciences Centers; waivers
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the authority granted to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College by R.S. 17:3351(A)(5), 3351.1, 3351.3, and 3351.5, and Act No. 493 of the 1999 Regular Session and Act 138 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2002 of the Legislature and in accordance with the provisions of Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the board may impose the following program tuition and attendance fee amounts:

(1) For a full-time undergraduate student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the School of Allied Health Professions at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of one thousand seven hundred seventy-one dollars per semester.

(2) For a full-time graduate student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the School of Allied Health Professions at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of two thousand seventy-eight dollars per semester.

(3) For a full-time student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Dentistry Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of nine thousand eight hundred ninety-four dollars per year.

(4) For a full-time student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Dental Hygiene Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of one thousand two hundred ninety-five dollars per semester.

(5) For a full-time graduate student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Graduate Studies Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of two thousand seventy-eight dollars per semester.

(6) For a full-time student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Medicine Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of eleven thousand six hundred thirteen dollars per year.

(7) For a full-time graduate student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Nursing Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of one thousand six hundred dollars per semester.

(8) For a full-time undergraduate student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Nursing Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of one thousand three hundred thirteen dollars per semester.

(9) For a full-time student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Master of Nursing, Nurse Anesthetist Program of the School of Nursing at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of eight thousand four hundred ninety-eight dollars per year.

(10) For a full-time student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Doctor of Audiology Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, a fee not to exceed two thousand seventy-eight dollars per semester.

(11) For a full-time student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Master of Public Health Program (Preprofessional) at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, an annual fee not to exceed four thousand nine hundred twenty-eight dollars.

(12) For a full-time student who is a nonresident and who is enrolling in the Master of Public Health Program (Preprofessional) at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, an annual fee not to exceed six thousand fifty-three dollars.

(13) For a full-time student who is a Louisiana resident or a nonresident and who is enrolling in the Master of Public Health Program (Professional) at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, an annual fee not to exceed six thousand one hundred twenty-eight dollars.

(14) For a full-time student who is a Louisiana resident or a nonresident and who is enrolling in the Master of Public Health Executive Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, an annual fee not to exceed twelve thousand nine hundred twenty-eight dollars.

(15) For a full-time undergraduate or graduate student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the School of Allied Health Professions at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of one thousand eight hundred twenty-four dollars per semester.

(16) For a full-time student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Graduate Studies Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of one thousand four hundred thirty-one dollars per semester.

(17) For a full-time student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Medicine Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport for the Fall 2004 semester and thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of ten thousand fifty-two dollars per year.

(18) For a full-time graduate student who is a Louisiana resident and who is enrolling in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans or Shreveport for the Fall 2006 semester and any fall or spring semester thereafter, tuition and mandatory attendance fees of four thousand dollars per fall or spring semester.

B. The authority to impose the tuition amounts and the attendance and program fee amounts provided by Subsection A of this Section shall include the authority to impose proportional amounts for part-time students and for summer sessions.

C. Prior to imposing any increase in tuition or attendance fee amounts or any program fee amount authorized by this Section, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall establish criteria for waivers of such amounts in cases of financial hardship. Information about such waivers and the criteria and procedures for obtaining a waiver shall be made available to all affected prospective students in a timely manner so the prospective student can be aware of the increase or fee amount and the availability of waivers thereto prior to the student having to make any final decision concerning attendance.

D.(1) In addition to the authority granted by Subsection A of this Section, other provisions of law as cited in the introductory paragraph of Subsection A of this Section, and any other provision of law including but not limited to R.S. 17:3139.5, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, in accordance with the provisions of Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, may increase tuition and fee amounts, without additional legislative approval, for students enrolled or enrolling in the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans School of Medicine or School of Dentistry or the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport School of Medicine by up to five percent each year for five years beginning with the 2011-2012 academic year.

(2) The authority granted by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be in addition to and independent of all other authority to increase tuition and fees at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans School of Medicine or School of Dentistry or the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport School of Medicine.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision of this Subsection or of any other law to the contrary, tuition and fee amounts at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans School of Medicine or School of Dentistry or the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport School of Medicine shall be weighted based upon median household income as provided in R.S. 17:3139.5(3)(a) and shall not exceed average tuition and fee amounts of their respective peer institutions. For purposes of this Subsection, "peer institutions" shall have the meaning provided by guidelines established by the Board of Regents in the same manner as provided by R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(e)(i).

E. In addition to the authority granted by this Section and any other provision of law, including but not limited to R.S. 17:3139.5, and in accordance with the provisions of Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College may impose the following fees for students enrolled in the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans School of Dentistry for the 2013-2014 academic year and thereafter:

(1) A dental supply fee of three hundred dollars per academic year for students in the doctor of dental surgery program, the dental hygiene program, and the dental laboratory technology program.

(2) A prosthetic device fee of two hundred seventy-five dollars per academic year for second-year students in the doctor of dental surgery program.

Acts 2004, No. 788, §1, eff. July 8, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 95, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2011, No. 297, §1, eff. June 28, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 811, §5, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 426, §1, eff. June 21, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:87.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 87.8
Leasing of sixteenth section lands for hunting and trapping; procedure
Status: in_force

A. Except in the parishes of East Carroll, West Carroll, and Morehouse, whenever a city, parish, or other local public school board desires to rent or lease sixteenth section lands for hunting or trapping purposes, the procedure set forth below shall be followed by each board in connection with the award of the rights or privileges to bidders after advertisement in accordance with the following:

(1) If the lands have not been previously leased or when the immediately previous lessee is not bidding for renewal or continuation of his prior lease, as described in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the award shall be made to the highest bidder.

(2) If improvements made by the immediately previous lessee have become component parts of the lands to be leased and have a value equal to or greater than ten thousand dollars and the prior lessee is bidding for continuation or renewal of his prior lease then the award by the school board shall be made to the highest bidder who stipulates in his bid he will pay to the prior lessee a sum equal to the appraised value of such improvements as determined by a recognized appraiser of real estate selected by the school board. If the highest bidder does not comply with the provisions of this Section, the prior lessee will have the opportunity to renew or continue his lease at the price bid by the highest bidder. Upon failure of a prior lessee to bid for continuation of his prior lease, all improvements made by said prior lessee shall be forfeited to the school board. The provisions of this Paragraph shall apply only to those prior lessees who have not defaulted in or violated the provisions of their prior lease with such school board.

B. Each bid submitted shall be accompanied by a payment in a sum equal to one year's rental or lease amount. Such payment shall be in cash or by any of the following:

(1) A certified check.

(2) A cashier's check.

(3) A teller's check.

(4) An official check issued by a bank.

Added by Acts 1984, No. 638, §1, eff. July 12, 1984; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 76, §1; Acts 2004, No. 215, §1, eff. June 14, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4035.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4035.2
Public high school program of choice
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of this Section, a "program of choice" shall mean a public high school program that allows a student to concurrently pursue a high school diploma and one of the following:

(1) A postsecondary degree, credential, or certificate.

(2) A state-registered apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship.

B. A student may enroll in a program of choice offered within his school system, without regard to attendance zones, provided that both of the following apply:

(1) The program of choice and the high school offering the program have available capacity at the appropriate grade level.

(2) The program of choice is not offered at the public high school in which the student was most recently enrolled or would otherwise attend.

C. The governing authority of each public high school shall adopt policies to govern student transfers to each program of choice that include:

(1) A definition of "capacity" for each high school and each program of choice.

(2) The transfer request period, which shall begin no later than March first and end no earlier than March twenty-eighth, annually.

(3) The process for submitting a transfer request.

(4) Admission requirements, if any, for each program of choice.

(5) The process for requesting review by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in accordance with R.S. 17:4035.1(C) of a denial of a request to transfer to a program of choice.

D. The governing authority of each public high school shall:

(1) Partner with local businesses and public postsecondary education institutions to grow programs of choice that are relevant to the school's local area and to the state and that lead to careers in high-demand, high-paying fields.

(2) Work to ensure that programs of choice are evenly distributed, to the greatest extent possible, among the high schools in the school system.

E. The authority to enroll a student in a program of choice shall not be permitted and shall not be exercised if doing so violates an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

F. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed as requiring a high school or a program of choice with selective admission requirements to enroll a student who does not meet the admission requirements, regardless of whether the school or program of choice has available capacity.

Acts 2022, No. 533, §1, eff. June 17, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:498 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 498
Ownership of bus; determination of salary
Status: in_force

Where the operator of a school bus is the owner thereof, he shall be paid by voucher-check stating the amount of the minimum salary as set out in R.S. 17:496 and the full amount of reimbursement for operation as set out in R.S. 17:497. Where the school bus is jointly owned by the operator and the school board, they shall share in the ratio of their investment and expense to the amounts as set out in the schedule in R.S. 17:497.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 74, §4. Amended by Acts 1955, No. 57, §1; Acts 1955, No. 58, §1; Acts 1956, No. 112, §1; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3042.44 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3042.44
Contract required; cancellation
Status: in_force

A. Before the board makes a loan for an applicant, the applicant shall enter into a contract with the board, agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the loan shall be made, which said contract shall include such terms and provisions as will carry out the full purpose and intent of this Chapter. The form for the contract shall be prepared and approved by the board and shall be signed by such officer or employee of the board as the board shall designate, and shall be signed by the applicant.

B.(1) The obligation of the applicant to repay a loan pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall remain in effect until the applicant has repaid the loan and the interest thereon as provided in this Chapter or the board has forgiven the loan, all in accordance with the terms of the contract with the applicant for the loan.

(2) Upon breach of any terms of the contract by the applicant, or for any cause deemed sufficient by the board, the remaining amount of the loan paid to the applicant which the board has not forgiven in return for service shall become due and payable by the applicant in accordance with the terms of the contract between the board and the applicant and the board shall take all necessary steps to secure collection.

C. The board is hereby vested with full and complete authority and power to sue in its own name any applicant for any balance due on a loan made by the board.

Acts 1997, No. 425, §1, eff. June 22, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3099.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3099.2
Effectiveness
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority shall undertake operation of the program created by this Chapter upon receipt of an appropriation or an award or donation from any other source sufficient to fund the authority's initial start-up and operational expenses. Funds appropriated, awarded, or donated to the authority for this purpose shall be carried forward from year to year and may be expended by the authority as appropriated. Appropriations to the authority from the Tuition and Savings Fund which remain at the end of each fiscal year shall not be returned to the general fund but shall be deposited in the Tuition and Savings Fund.

Acts 1995, No. 547, §1, eff. June 18, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:523 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 523
Permanent employees; causes for removal; procedure
Status: in_force

A. A regular or permanent employee shall not be dismissed or discharged, except upon written and signed charges of willful neglect of duty, or of incompetency, dishonesty, immorality, or of insubordination, or of being a member of or of contributing to any group, organization, movement or corporation that is prohibited by law or injunction from operating in the state of Louisiana, and then only if found guilty after a hearing by the Orleans Parish School Board, which hearing at the option of said employee may be private or public. The Orleans Parish School Board shall furnish the employee a copy of the written charges at least fifteen days in advance of the date set for the hearing. The employee shall have the right to appear before the Orleans Parish School Board at said hearing with witnesses in his behalf, and with counsel of his selection, all of whom shall be heard by the board at the hearing.

B. Nothing herein contained shall impair the right of appeal to the court of appropriate jurisdiction.

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.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 250, §1; Acts 1975, No. 639, §1; Acts 2003, No. 273, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3042.47 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3042.47
Board resolution; public hearing
Status: in_force

If the board determines to establish a loan program as provided in this Chapter, it shall do so by appropriate resolution. Prior to adopting such resolution, the board shall conduct a public hearing on the issue of establishing the program which shall have been advertised in the official journal of the board at least once and which shall be held at least fifteen days prior to the adoption of the resolution.

Acts 1997, No. 425, §1, eff. June 22, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:8.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 8.3
Provisional teaching permit
Status: in_force

A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may issue a provisional teaching permit to:

(1) Any person who has not passed the examinations required pursuant to R.S. 17:8.2 and who satisfies one of the following:

(a) Holds at least a master's degree in the subject area in which the person is seeking employment.

(b) Holds a bachelor's degree in the subject area in which the person is seeking employment and meets all of the following:

(i) Is seeking employment in a secondary school.

(ii) Graduated from an accredited postsecondary education institution with at least a 2.50 average on a 4.00 scale.

(iii) Passed all requisite examinations covering content knowledge.

(c) Meets all other certification requirements except the requirement to successfully pass the original examination but who scored within ten percent of the score required for passage.

(2) Any person who has graduated from an approved teacher education program with less than a 2.50 average on a 4.00 scale but who meets all other certification requirements for a standard professional level teacher certificate.

B. Any person holding a provisional teaching permit may be employed as a teacher for a period not to exceed five years if both of the following are satisfied:

(1) The state superintendent of education receives a signed affidavit by the president and superintendent of the school board to which the person has applied for employment stating that there is no other applicant available for employment for a specific teaching position who has a valid standard professional level teacher certificate and stating that the person has agreed to participate in a mentorship program offered by the school board.

(2) Each academic year, the person receives a successful teaching evaluation pursuant to R.S. 17:3902.

C. Any person issued a provisional teaching permit who has not completed an approved teacher education program shall be required to complete a preservice training session offered by the school board prior to the first day of teaching students.

D. At any time a person who meets the requirements of Subparagraph (A)(1)(c) of this Section successfully passes the examination, the person shall be issued a standard professional level teacher certificate, provided the person meets all other requirements for background checks and criminal history reviews as required by law and board policy.

E. After five years of effective teaching evaluations pursuant to R.S. 17:3902 and upon a signed affidavit of a superintendent of a school system recommending to employ the person subject to the receipt of a valid Louisiana teaching certificate, the person shall be granted a valid standard professional level teacher certificate by the state superintendent of education, subject only to complying with all provisions of law or board policy relative to background checks and criminal history review.

F. The period during which a teacher is working with a provisional teaching permit granted under the provisions of this Section shall not count toward tenure.

Acts 2023, No. 392, §1, eff. June 14, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3398.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3398.1
Partnerships with business and industry; applied research
Status: in_force

A. Consistent with institutional mission, state institutions of higher education shall pursue the development of opportunities to establish partnerships with businesses and industries to develop or refine products, methods for construction, production, and the conduct of business, and procedures for training and evaluating employees.

B. The development of opportunities as provided in Subsection A of this Section shall specifically include enhanced capacities to do applied research, product development, and incubation of new ideas and businesses.

Acts 1995, No. 912, §1, eff. June 28, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2928 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2928
Graduation goals; responsibility; recognition for graduation rates and student academic achievement
Status: in_force

A.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish improved high school graduation rates as a top educational priority, and the board and the state superintendent of education are hereby charged with the responsibility to achieve a high school graduation rate of eighty percent by the end of the 2013-2014 school year, while maintaining the integrity of the required curriculum for each major.

(2) Progress toward achieving this goal shall be made part of the board's annual performance evaluation process for the state superintendent of education.

(3) The board shall submit a written report regarding school, district, and statewide graduation rates for the prior school year, including trend data, to the Senate and House Committees on Education and to the governor not later than October first of each year.

(4) If the Senate and House Committees on Education determine that satisfactory progress toward meeting the established graduation rate goal is not being made, the committees shall jointly make recommendations to the legislature regarding additional actions they deem necessary to facilitate achievement of the stated goal.

B.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall revise the school and student accountability system to recognize schools and school districts that improve their high school graduation rates and for the number of students who successfully complete programs that lead to industry-based certifications and International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, and dual enrollment courses.

(2) International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, and dual enrollment courses, and any related examinations as approved by the board, shall be given equal status and recognition by the board for purposes of determining school performance scores and letter grades.

Acts 2009, No. 257, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8; Acts 2014, No. 483, §1, eff. June 5, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1989.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1989.8
Miscellaneous powers of program
Status: in_force

A. Without limitation to the foregoing, the program, acting through its director or other authorized representatives, has the authority to:

(1) Award diplomas for completion of the program's course of studies.

(2) Conduct seminars and workshops both during the program's session and at other times for gifted children, parents, or teachers of the gifted.

(3) Train teachers to teach gifted children and to award certificates for completion of such training.

(4) Conduct research into methods and techniques for teaching the gifted and publish the results of that research.

(5) Engage in cooperative and joint ventures with other institutions of learning, programs for the gifted, and similar entities related to gifted education.

(6) Conduct activities designed to identify students who are potential students of the program.

(7) Establish and operate programs for the musically gifted.

B. The program may also engage in any other activities reasonably related to its purposes and goals as set forth in this Part and which shall not be contrary to law.

Acts 1999, No. 595, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2079 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2079
St. Joseph's Abbey
Status: in_force

St. Joseph's Abbey, an institution for the education of young men, situated in the Parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana, owned and operated by the corporation known as the St. Joseph's Abbey, shall have the power and is hereby granted authority to graduate students and confer such literary honors and degrees, and to grant such diplomas, as are conferred and granted by any colleges, universities or seminaries of learning in the United States and Europe, to such graduates of such institution, or other persons, as may be provided for under such rules and regulations and over the signature of such persons as such corporation may adopt.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 210, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3139.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3139.4
Legislative auditor; performance analysis
Status: in_force

The legislative auditor, in cooperation and coordination with the Board of Regents, shall annually audit data submitted or to be submitted by institutions to the Board of Regents as indicators of meeting performance objective targets established by or pursuant to this Part to ensure that the data is reliable. The auditor shall complete all audits pursuant to this Section and report his findings to the Board of Regents and to the legislature prior to the board's annual vote on whether an institution will be able to exercise tuition authority and operational autonomies pursuant to this Part. Each institution shall provide to the legislative auditor all of the information that the auditor requests to conduct audits pursuant to this Section. The legislative auditor shall charge the actual costs of such audits to the institution being audited; however, no institution shall be charged more than ten thousand dollars for such audits in any single fiscal year unless a higher amount is authorized by the Legislative Audit Advisory Council. The council may authorize the auditor to charge an institution more than ten thousand dollars in a fiscal year if the additional actual costs are proven to be related to the scope of work described in this Section. No provision of this Section shall be construed to limit the authority of the auditor under any other provision of law. The legislative auditor shall, to the extent that he determines feasible and in the best interests of the state, take steps to minimize disruption of normal operations at the institutions such as conducting such audits in conjunction with the institution's financial audit.

Acts 2010, No. 741, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 367, §1, eff. June 29, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:174 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 174
Class size; maximum
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, on and after September 15, 1986, the number of students in any class in kindergarten through third grade in any public city or parish school system shall not exceed twenty, except physical education classes, unless otherwise specifically authorized in writing by the State Superintendent of Education based upon regulations adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Such authorization shall be granted only on an individual basis with respect to each class.

B. No student above the maximum established herein shall be counted for purposes of determining the amount of funding or the allocation of teachers or administrators under the minimum foundation program formula for which provision is made in R.S. 17:7(2).

C. No provision of this Section shall be implemented or have effect until such time as funds are appropriated specifically therefor by the legislature.

Acts 1984, No. 447, §1, eff. July 6, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 416.5
Same; attorney fees
Status: in_force

If a judgment is rendered in favor of the teacher in an action provided for in R.S. 17:416.4, it may include an award for attorney fees if the court finds that the action was brought in bad faith or was otherwise brought without sufficient merit.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 378, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3050.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3050.3
Administration
Status: in_force

The GO-Youth ChalleNGe Program shall be under the administration of the Board of Regents, through the office of student financial assistance, which shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 2003, No. 826, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2019, No. 402, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:25.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 25.1
Minimum foundation program; date for payments
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Department" means the state Department of Education acting through the superintendent or his designee.

(2) "Schedule notice" means a notice sent by the department by registered or certified mail to each affected parish and city school board describing a disbursement schedule for the amounts payable annually to the board under the minimum foundation program pursuant to this Section.

(3) "Transmit" means depositing in the mail, allowing a designated person to pick up the check, or directly depositing the check in a bank in the city of Baton Rouge designated by the parish or city school board, whichever method each city or parish school board designates to the department.

B.(1) The department shall transmit to each parish and city school board, not later than the twenty-fifth day of each month, one-twelfth of the amount payable annually to the board under the minimum foundation program, unless the department mails a schedule notice to each parish and city school board on or before May first of each year which contains such information as is required to inform such boards that a disbursement schedule of the amount payable annually to the board under the minimum foundation program will be implemented pursuant to this Section.

(2) Notice and implementation of a disbursement schedule pursuant to this Section shall by its terms in no way reduce the aggregate annual minimum foundation program funds payable to all parish and city school boards and the annual minimum foundation program funds payable to an individual parish or city school board in accordance with Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

C. The schedule notice shall set forth the fraction or percentage of annual minimum foundation program disbursements, if any, to be transmitted each month; the latest day on which the disbursements, if any, will be transmitted, which date shall not be later than the twenty-fifth day of any month during which disbursements are scheduled to be transmitted; and such other information as the department deems necessary or convenient.

D. The department shall submit appropriate warrants and documents to the division of administration and the state treasurer at such times as will allow the state treasurer to issue checks for such payments on the twenty-fourth day of each month, or if the schedule notice has been given as provided by this Section, at such times as will allow the state treasurer to issue checks for such disbursements no later than the dates set forth in the schedule notice.

E.(1) A disbursement schedule for which the schedule notice has been given shall not be effective during the fiscal year described therein unless and until an amount in addition to the aggregate minimum foundation program formula amount shall have been included in the general appropriations act for such fiscal year sufficient to reimburse each parish and city school board for the interest expense and costs, if any, incurred as a direct result of an alternative borrowing caused by the implementation of a disbursement schedule pursuant to this Section. The aggregate interest expense and costs, if any, projected to be incurred by parish and city school boards and included in the general appropriations act shall be projected and calculated by the department and such calculation shall be conclusive.

(2) Any expenditure by the state for the reimbursement to any parish or city school board of any interest expense and costs shall be made upon proof of actual direct expenditures by the parish or city school board and shall be payable no later than the last day of the then current fiscal year.

F. Nothing herein shall relieve the state of the obligation to make payments in the event that borrowable funds are not available to parish and city school boards as certified by the department.

Acts 1984, No. 463, §1; Acts 1988, No. 728, §1, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.40 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.40
Rules, regulations and standards for licenses
Status: in_force

A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate regulations for each type of license which, at a minimum, shall accomplish all of the following:

(1) Promote the health, safety, and welfare of children attending any early learning center.

(2) Promote safe and proper physical facilities at all early learning centers.

(3) Ensure adequate supervision of those attending early learning centers.

(4) Ensure adequate and healthy food service in early learning centers where food is offered.

(5) Prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, ancestry, or whether the child is being breastfed. However, nothing in this Paragraph shall be construed to affect, limit, or otherwise restrict the hiring or admission policies of an early learning center owned by a church or religious organization, or prohibit such a center from giving preference in hiring or admission to members of the church or denomination.

(6) Include procedures for the receipt, recordation, and disposition of complaints.

(7) Include requirements for employees of early learning centers to receive training in recognition and prevention of shaken baby syndrome. The Louisiana Department of Health, office of public health, shall provide information and resources to the state Department of Education for such training and for other areas of training required for employees of early learning centers in promoting the health, safety, and welfare of children. The state Department of Education shall post such information and resources on its website so that it is easily accessible by employees of early learning centers.

B.(1) Every early learning center approved for licensure by the department shall be required to have all of the following:

(a) Approval from the office of state fire marshal.

(b) Approval from the Louisiana Department of Health.

(2) Each Type III early learning center shall also be required to obtain approval from the department of adherence to the performance and academic standards of the Early Childhood Care and Education Network regarding kindergarten readiness as determined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The department shall base its approval upon the uniform accountability system as promulgated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

C. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall conduct a comprehensive review of all standards, rules, and regulations for all licenses every three years.

D. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, upon request by the department, may waive compliance with a licensing minimum standard upon determination that the economic impact is sufficiently great to make compliance impractical, as long as the health and well-being of the staff or children is not imperiled. If it is determined that the early learning center is meeting or exceeding the intent of a standard or regulation, the standard or regulation may be deemed to be met.

E. Nothing in the rules, regulations, and standards adopted pursuant to this Section shall authorize or require medical examination, immunization, or treatment of any child whose parents object to such examination, immunization, or treatment.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2016, No. 81, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.50.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.50.1
Health-related policies; parental notification
Status: in_force

Each licensed early learning center shall provide a written copy of all health-related policies established by the center, including policies regarding accidents, allergic reactions, fever, illness, immunizations, infection, and injuries, to the parent or guardian of each child attending or enrolled in the early learning center. Such policies shall be binding upon the early learning center and the child's parent or legal guardian. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to provide any exemptions or exclusions to any protections or waivers established by law.

Acts 2017, No. 256, §1, eff. June 14, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:105.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 105.2
Local public school boards; agreements for the management and operation of low-performing schools
Status: in_force

A. The school board of a city, parish, or other local public system with one or more low-performing schools may enter into an agreement with the school board of a higher-performing public school system for the management and day-to-day operation of any or all of such schools, provided the higher-performing school system received a letter grade of "C" or higher for the previous two years.

B. The school board of each respective school system shall mutually develop the terms and scope of the management agreement, which shall be subject to the approval of a majority of the members of each school board.

Acts 2015, No. 159, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2182 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2182
Authority to issue bonds, etc.
Status: in_force

For any such purpose, the board of supervisors may incur debt and as evidence of any such indebtedness, issue bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness as hereinafter provided. The power to issue bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness conferred by this Sub-Part shall be in addition to any other such powers now possessed by or hereafter granted to the board of supervisors by virtue of the constitution and laws of Louisiana.

Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1826.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1826.4
Foreign travel; research institutions
Status: in_force

A. By July 1, 2023, each postsecondary education institution that receives state appropriations and has a research budget of ten million dollars or more shall establish an international travel approval and monitoring program. The program shall require preapproval and screening by the institution for any employment-related foreign travel to foreign adversary countries and employment-related foreign activities engaged in by any faculty member, researcher, or any other research department staff with foreign adversaries. This requirement is in addition to any other travel approval process applicable to the institution.

B.(1) Preapproval by the institution shall be based on the applicant's review and acknowledgment of guidance published by the institution which relates to countries under sanctions or other restrictions imposed by the state or federal government, including any federal license requirement; customs rules; export controls; restrictions on taking institution property, including intellectual property, abroad; restrictions on presentations, teaching, and interactions with foreign colleagues; and other subjects important to the research and academic integrity of the institution.

(2) Preapproval shall be based on the binding commitment of the individual traveler not to violate the institution's limitations on travel and activities abroad and to obey all applicable federal laws. Any person subject to this Section traveling abroad representing their respective institution, upon return, shall report any gifts of funds or promises to pay offered by a foreign adversary or any entity representing the interests of a foreign adversary.

C. The postsecondary education institution shall maintain records of all employment-related foreign travel requests and approvals to foreign adversary countries; expenses reimbursed by the institution or affiliate organization of the institution during travel, including for transportation, food, and lodging; and payments and honoraria received during the travel and activities, including for transportation, food, and lodging. The institution shall keep records of the purpose of the travel and any records related to the foreign activity review. These records shall be retained for at least three years or any longer period of time required by any other applicable state or federal law.

D. The institution shall provide an annual report of travel to foreign adversary countries listing individual travelers, foreign locations visited, and foreign institutions visited to the board of supervisors of the applicable institution.

E. By July 1, 2025, the office of the legislative auditor shall perform an operational audit regarding the implementation of this Section.

Acts 2022, No. 767, §1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 106, §1, eff. July 1, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:420.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 420.1
Inclusion of employers' contributions for budget purposes
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall include the employers' contribution due to Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana on all salaries payable as a result of a statewide minimum salary schedule adopted by the legislature or by a schedule established in the cost program of the minimum foundation program in the formula for computing the state equalization fund distribution, together with distributions from the teachers salary fund into which the legislature is authorized to make appropriations from the general fund of the state, as follows:

(1) The amount allowed in the cost portion of the equalization distribution formula for teachers salaries, visiting teachers salaries, and supervisors salaries shall be multiplied by the current employer contribution rate and the sum thereof included as a line item in the cost program.

(2) The total amount of salaries payable to other school employees who are members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana shall be multiplied by the current employer contribution rate and the sum thereof included as a line item in the cost program.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 112, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2931 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2931
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Board of Regents and Louisiana Works, shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Chapter in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 2009, No. 257, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2824 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2824
Liens
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, upon the recordation as a mortgage on real property of any mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument executed by a cooperative, which, by its terms creates a lien upon both real and personal property then owned or after-acquired, the lien thereof shall attach to all property of such cooperative then owned, described in such mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument and to all after-acquired property described therein immediately upon the acquisition thereof by such cooperative and the lien so created shall be superior to all claims of creditors of such cooperative and purchasers of such property and to all other liens affecting such property, except liens of prior record.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §24.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:176.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 176.1
Field trips and extracurricular activities; rules and procedures
Status: in_force

A. Each city, parish or other public local school board in the state shall develop rules and procedures which will establish criteria and set limits for those individuals, organizations or entities which plan, organize or promote field trips or extracurricular activities for students which involve travel or lodging expenses. Such rules and procedures at a minimum shall require that any travel agent or booking agent which provides or arranges for transportation or lodging for excursions be required to provide proof of adequate insurance and be bonded. Such insurance coverage and bonding capacity shall be sufficient to insure recovery of all monetary advances as a result of nonperformance.

B. No principal of any middle, junior high, or high school in a city, parish or other public local school system in the state shall approve any student field trip or extracurricular activity promoted by any individual, organization or entity involving for hire transportation or lodging at a hotel or motel unless such arrangements are in accordance with school board policies and procedures which provide for certain insurance coverage and bond capacity.

Acts 2004, No. 605, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:425 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 425
Payment of accrued sick leave upon retirement or death
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, beginning July 1, 1973, any parish or city school board, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or other boards of control of publicly supported educational institutions upon the retirement of any employee of such boards or upon his death prior to retirement, shall pay to such employee or to his heirs or assigns all sick leave which has accrued to such employee but which remains unused at the time of his retirement or at the time of his death if prior to retirement, not to exceed twenty-five days of unused sick leave. Such pay shall be at the rate of pay received by the employee or teacher at the time of retirement or death prior to retirement. However, a city or parish school board may pay such unused sick leave beyond twenty-five days on a uniform basis not to exceed forty-five days at its discretion. Any payment of such unused sick leave beyond twenty-five days shall be based on affordability and the availability of funds. No unused sick leave beyond twenty-five days paid for under the provisions of this Section shall be used in the calculation of retirement benefits and no state funds shall be used for the payment of such sick leave.

Acts 1991, No. 560, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1555 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1555
Establishment authorized; administration
Status: in_force

A. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is hereby authorized to establish a two-year junior commuters' college which shall be located in the parish of St. Tammany.

B. The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is hereby authorized to acquire the necessary land therefor and to construct, equip and furnish the buildings necessary therefor.

C. To authorize the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to administer the college.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 269, §§1 to 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:125 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 125
Normal schools; authority to maintain; salary schedules
Status: in_force

The Orleans Parish School Board may maintain one or more normal schools for the professional training of teachers. The course of study pursued in such schools must be approved by the state board of education. All graduates of these normal schools shall be awarded diplomas. The normal schools in existence on July 29, 1942, under the authority of this Section, may award the degree of bachelor of arts and bachelor of science to graduates who complete four-year courses approved by the state board of education. Wherever the Orleans Parish School Board fixes salary schedules to distinguish between teachers employed on July 29, 1942, who have certificates based on degrees from recognized colleges or universities and certificates issued by the state board on the basis of a two years normal course, or on other qualifications accepted by the state board of education, and in which cases the teachers are on the same level of experience, the Orleans Parish School Board shall in no instance pay to the teacher holding the certificate based on the two years normal course, or on other qualifications accepted by the state board of education, a salary which shall be less than that paid to the holder of the certificate based on a college degree by an amount exceeding Fifteen Dollars per month, or One Hundred Fifty Dollars per annum.

Acts 1960, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2009 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2009
Vocational-technical portable building program
Status: in_force

A. Each vocational-technical school may enter into a sales contract each year for the construction of a portable building.

B. The building contracts shall be subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, which shall formulate and adopt appropriate regulations for the governance of such contracts.

C. Each vocational-technical school which enters into such a building contract shall:

(1) Furnish building plans and build to plan specifications.

(2) Comply with all local and state building codes and federal standards to enable buyers to secure federal or other financing.

(3) Advertise in accordance with state bidding procedures for all materials and for all other applicable items.

(4) Sell the building to the highest bidder prior to beginning construction or upon completion.

D.(1) The proceeds of the sale of any building constructed pursuant to this Section shall be available for expenditure by the school at which the sold building was constructed in accordance with R.S. 39:42(C).

(2) The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall establish a program for the purpose of advancing monies to any vocational-technical school under the board's jurisdiction having an approved carpentry program to initiate and develop a vocational-technical portable building program as authorized by this Section. The board shall adopt necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Subsection, and such rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to a procedure whereby monies advanced to any vocational-technical school to initiate and develop a portable building program shall be repaid by it to the department upon the portable building program becoming self-sufficient. Beginning with the 1999-2000 Fiscal Year and annually thereafter, the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall request sufficient funds from the legislature to effectuate the purposes of this Paragraph.

Acts 1988, No. 737, §1; Acts 1989, No. 242, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2830 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2830
Employment of teachers
Status: in_force

Any educational cooperative established pursuant to R.S. 17:2801-17:2828 is authorized and empowered to enter into contracts of employment with teachers qualified under the certification standards of the Louisiana State Board of Education and laws of Louisiana for terms of at least five years, but not more than ten years to perform teaching services and services related to teaching for the educational cooperative.

Added by Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 4, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 406
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Family-School Partnership Act".

Acts 1991, No. 448, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3100.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3100.5
Education savings accounts; types, use, limitations, and disclosures
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) The authority may enter into an account owner's agreement with any person who qualifies pursuant to R.S. 17:3100.6(A) for the creation of an education savings account on behalf of a beneficiary. When the number of available agreements is limited, preference shall be given to the establishment of account owner agreements with resident account owners who are establishing accounts for resident beneficiaries.

(b) For tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2022, amounts that an account owner deposits into an education savings account shall be exempt from inclusion in the account owner's taxable income for the purposes of state individual income tax up to a maximum of one thousand two hundred dollars per beneficiary per taxable year for account owners filing single returns and up to a maximum of two thousand four hundred dollars per beneficiary per taxable year for account owners filing joint returns, as provided in R.S. 47:293(9)(a)(xxv). If an account owner deposits less than the maximum one thousand two hundred dollars per year in an owned account and files a single return or if married account owners deposit less than the maximum of two thousand four hundred dollars per year in an account or accounts for a beneficiary and file a joint return, the difference between the total deposits and one thousand two hundred dollars or two thousand four hundred dollars, respectively, shall roll over to subsequent years and shall be exempt from inclusion in the account owner's taxable income for the purposes of state income tax in addition to the one thousand two hundred dollars or two thousand four hundred dollars in the year actually deposited, as provided in R.S. 47:293(9)(a)(xxv).

(c) The deduction provided for in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph shall not be allowed for any deposits that are withdrawn within the same taxable year as the deposit.

(2) Disbursements from an education savings account shall be made from the account to the account owner, beneficiary, or elementary or secondary school, as directed by the account owner, for the qualified education expenses of the beneficiary not to exceed the redemption value of the account. The amount of all disbursements from all education savings accounts with respect to a beneficiary during any taxable year shall, in the aggregate, include not more than ten thousand dollars in qualified education expenses incurred during the taxable year.

(3) Nothing in this Chapter or in any education savings account owner's agreement entered into pursuant to this Chapter shall be construed as a guarantee by the state, the authority, or any elementary or secondary school that a beneficiary of such an account will be admitted to such a school, or, upon admission to such a school, will be permitted to continue to attend or will receive a diploma or any other affirmation of program completion from the school. Nothing in this Chapter or in any education savings account owner's agreement entered into pursuant to this Chapter shall be considered a guarantee that the beneficiary's cost of tuition at an elementary or secondary school will be covered in full by the proceeds of the beneficiary's education savings account.

(4) Subject to the limitation imposed by R.S. 17:3100.7(B), the authority shall guarantee payment of the redemption value of an education savings account in which the deposits and interest are invested in fixed earnings.

(5) Nothing in this Chapter or in any education savings account owner's agreement entered into pursuant to this Chapter shall be construed as a guarantee of payment of the redemption value of an education savings account by the state, the authority, or any elementary or secondary school for deposits and interest invested in variable earnings.

B. The following information shall be disclosed in writing to each person completing an account owner's agreement:

(1) The terms and conditions for opening, maintaining, terminating, or redeeming an education savings account.

(2) Any restrictions on the substitution of another individual for the original beneficiary.

(3) The person entitled to terminate the account owner's agreement.

(4) The terms and conditions under which the agreement may be terminated and the amount of the refund, if any, to which the person terminating the agreement, or that person's designee, is entitled upon termination.

(5) The obligation of the authority to make payments to a beneficiary, or an elementary or secondary school on behalf of a beneficiary pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, based upon the redemption value accrued on behalf of the beneficiary.

(6) The method by which withdrawals from the education savings account shall be applied toward payment of qualified education expenses.

(7) The period of time during which the beneficiary may receive benefits under the agreement.

(8) The terms and conditions under which money may be wholly or partially withdrawn from the program.

(9) A clear statement that the act of establishing an education savings account pursuant to this Chapter does not guarantee full payment of tuition on behalf of the beneficiary.

(10) A clear statement of fees that may be imposed and collected and an estimate of the amount of such fees for the two years following the establishment of an agreement.

(11) All other rights and obligations of the purchaser and the authority and any other terms, conditions, and provisions the authority considers necessary and appropriate.

C. An education savings account owner's agreement may provide that the authority shall pay directly to the elementary or secondary school in which the beneficiary is enrolled the amount represented by the qualified education expenses incurred that term, subject to the limitations provided in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section.

D. Prior to the close of the calendar year in which the program is implemented and each year thereafter on a date specified by the authority, the state treasurer shall determine and report to the authority the total earnings and the rate of return achieved on deposits in the Louisiana Education Tuition and Savings Fund. Based upon the fund's reported earnings, the authority shall establish the rate of interest to be applied to the accumulated principal and interest in education savings accounts of record, subject to approval by the state treasurer. The authority shall calculate and credit the appropriate amount of interest earnings to each such account prior to the close of the calendar year.

E. If the redemption value of an education savings account is in excess of the maximum allowed to be saved pursuant to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. 529 as amended, the excess value shall be treated in accordance with R.S. 17:3100.7.

F.(1) Checks and electronic funds transfers through the Automated Clearing House Network, or its successor, received for deposit in a variable earnings option shall be invested by the state treasurer in fixed earnings prior to the trade date. All earnings from such investments from the beginning of the program shall be the property of the state and shall be deposited in the Variable Earnings Transaction Fund.

(2) Any increase in the value of an account over the amount deposited shall be forfeited by the account owner and deposited in the Variable Earnings Transaction Fund if the deposit was used to purchase units in a variable earnings option and made by check or Automated Clearing House Network a transfer that, subsequent to the trade date, was not honored by the financial institution on which it was drawn.

(3) Any increase in the value of an account over the amount deposited shall be forfeited by the account owner and deposited in the Variable Earnings Transaction Fund if the account was invested in a variable earnings option and terminated within twelve months of the date the account was opened.

(4) The monies in the Variable Earnings Transaction Fund shall be used by the authority to pay a financial institution's charges and any loss in value between the purchase and redemption of units in a variable earnings option resulting from a check deposit or Automated Clearing House Network transfer that, subsequent to the trade date, is not honored by the financial institution on which it was drawn.

Acts 2018, No. 687, §2, eff. May 30, 2018; Acts 2021, No. 52, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2930 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2930
Collaboration with business and industry; coordination with workforce needs
Status: in_force

A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Department of Education, the Board of Regents, and the postsecondary education management boards shall work with the designated representative from Louisiana Works to facilitate the identification of regional and state workforce needs and work-based educational and training opportunities and to ensure coordination in the delivery of career and technical education across all educational agencies and institutions.

B. Every city, parish, and other local public school board shall convene biannual public meetings with representatives of career and technical education advisory committees, local workforce development boards, and colleges and universities in their region to discuss regional workforce needs and the educational, training, and work-based learning opportunities that should be provided to students to meet both individual and workforce needs.

C. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall expand existing programs that recruit and train individuals with experience and skills in business and industry, but with no prior teaching experience, to teach courses in the public schools in their specific area of expertise; provided that utilizing such instructional personnel does not prevent the full articulation and transfer of credit for students who complete such courses.

D.(1) Louisiana Works shall update its website, at least annually, to include information on high-demand, high-wage jobs pursuant to R.S. 23:76(C)(8)(b) and shall provide a link to the updated information to the state Department of Education.

(2) The state Department of Education shall prominently display the link to the information on its website and shall disseminate the link to each city, parish, and other local public school board.

(3) Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall require each public middle school and high school under its jurisdiction to prominently display the link on its website.

Acts 2009, No. 257, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8; Acts 2015, No. 426, §1; Acts 2020, No. 238, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4037.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4037.2
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Chapter is all of the following:

(1) To recognize that Article VIII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana requires that "(t)he legislature shall provide for the education of the people of the state and shall establish and maintain a public educational system." The public educational system is established to ensure that every person is afforded an equal educational opportunity and prohibits the use of state dollars in a manner that would have the effect of discriminating in providing equal educational opportunities for all students. The legislature further recognizes the importance of parental choice in providing an education choice for their children, as well as the necessity that all students have access to quality educational opportunities.

(2) To create an opportunity for each parent to set aside part of their tax dollars in an educational scholarship account in order to provide the best educational opportunities for their child, whether the child's best opportunities are found at a public school, charter school, private school, home study program, or at a faith-based or religious school.

Acts 2024, No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4037.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4037.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program".

Acts 2024, No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:176 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 176
Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards; prohibitions; filming or videotaping; definitions
Status: in_force

A. At such times as he may deem appropriate, the superintendent of each city, parish, and other local public school system, together with the principals of middle, junior high, and high schools in the school system, shall review all cocurricular and extracurricular activities and programs, including interscholastic athletics, in such schools and shall determine:

(1) If such programs are adequately meeting the educational, emotional, and social needs of the student participants.

(2) If the educational program standards of the schools are diminished by reason of the participation of students in extracurricular activities.

B. The superintendent of each city, parish, and other local public school system shall cause the principal and faculty of each middle, junior high, and high school to take all actions necessary or appropriate to upgrade the academic standards of student athletes such that each such athlete, to the extent possible, accomplishes his maximum potential in academic endeavors while participating in interscholastic athletics.

C. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt a policy which at a minimum shall require that the scholastic rule adopted by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association in January of 2010 be adhered to by all high schools under its jurisdiction. The association's scholastic regulations, which include a "C" average as determined by the local governing authority of the school in which the student is enrolled, shall serve as the minimum standard upon which each school builds higher academic standards.

D. No person shall be denied the right to film, videotape, or otherwise record any extracurricular activity or event, including athletic contests or events provided the filming, videotaping, or recording involves no significant disruption or distraction to the participants in the extracurricular activity or event or to other observers of the extracurricular activity or event.

E. Notwithstanding any policy, rule, or regulation adopted by the governing authority of any public elementary or secondary school to the contrary, no student otherwise eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity, including interscholastic athletics, shall be limited in the number of such activities in which the student may participate during a school year.

F.(1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no public school or nonpublic school that receives public funds may be a member of, or participate in any competition sponsored by, any intrastate interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or organization that does not provide for third-party arbitration of eligibility issues.

(2) For the purposes of this Section, the term "third-party arbitration" means a process that provides all of the following elements:

(a) The rules and procedures established by the association or organization shall generally comply with the spirit of the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association.

(b) Arbitrators shall be approved by the American Arbitration Association and the parties.

(c) Arbitration shall be implemented only after all internal remedies have been exhausted.

(d) Each party shall bear the cost of its own representation and any other costs related to its presentation, if any.

(e) Except as provided in Subparagraph (d) of this Paragraph, the losing party shall bear the costs of the arbitration proceeding.

(f) The resulting arbitration decision shall be final and non-appealable.

G, H, and I. Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 294, §2.

Acts 1984, No. 936, §1, eff. July 20, 1984; Acts 1995, No. 950, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 465, §1, eff. June 23, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 495, §1; Acts 2010, No. 691, §1, eff. June 29, 1010; Acts 2011, No. 60, §1, eff. June 20, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 587, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 665, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 294, §§1,2; Acts 2014, No. 476, §1, eff. June 4, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3999 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3999
Application of Chapter
Status: in_force

A. All charter schools shall be governed by the law in effect on August 15, 2003. Thereafter, if the provisions of this Chapter are amended, all charter schools shall comply with the law as amended within ninety days of its effective date.

B. To the extent that the provisions of this Chapter conflict with the provisions of R.S. 17:10.7.1, the provisions of R.S. 17:10.7.1 shall prevail.

Acts 1997, No. 477, §1, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 757, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 381, §1; Acts 2016, No. 91, §1, eff. May 12, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3139.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3139.1
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Part is to support the state's public postsecondary education institutions in remaining competitive and increasing their overall effectiveness and efficiency by requiring that the institutions achieve specific, measurable performance objectives aimed at improving college completion and at meeting the state's current and future workforce and economic development needs, by improving the quality and type of data available on these objectives and institutions' respective progress towards them, and by granting the institutions limited operational autonomy and flexibility in exchange for achieving such objectives.

Acts 2010, No. 741, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 418, §1, eff. July 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.44 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.44
Denial, refusal to renew, or revocation of license; written notice
Status: in_force

The department shall have the power to deny, revoke, or refuse to renew a license for an early learning center if an applicant has failed to comply with the provisions of this Part or any applicable, published rule or regulation of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education relating to early learning centers. If a license is denied or revoked, or renewal is refused, the action shall be effective when made, and the department shall notify the applicant or licensee of such action in writing immediately, and of the reason for the denial or revocation, or refusal to renew the license.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:185.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 185.2
Agricultural education; legislative findings; intent
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds and declares the following:

(1) Agriculture is one of the most important industries to the economy in Louisiana.

(2) There is a need to develop agricultural education instructional strategies and content that meet the statewide content standards and support the goals and mission of the statewide accountability system that can be integrated into local curriculum in the elementary and secondary grades to increase knowledge among the citizenry on the social and economic significance of agriculture and its links to human health and environmental quality.

(3) By providing cross-curricular instruction at all grade levels, agricultural literacy will enhance student achievement in core subjects, increase student motivation for learning, and strengthen student understanding of agriculture and its fundamental importance to society.

(4) Students need to understand all of the following:

(a) The role that agriculture plays in the economy.

(b) The role science plays in changing agriculture.

(c) The relationship between agriculture and the environment.

(d) The wide variety of employment opportunities that exist in the industry.

B. It is the intent of the legislature that instructional strategies be developed to integrate agricultural education into a broad range of academic subject areas, provide a stronger career preparation program in keeping with the career options law to meet the needs of a dynamic and competitive agricultural industry, and to provide for better informed citizens in this state.

Acts 2001, No. 339, §1, eff. June 7, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3364 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3364
Rules governing conduct and social activities of people in structures
Status: in_force

Each board, either directly or through the president of the college or university, may adopt such rules or regulations as it deems necessary or desirable relative to the conduct and social activities of people in the houses or other structures erected on the leased grounds under the provisions of this Subpart and may amend these rules and regulations in such manner as is deemed to be in the best interest of the college or university. Unless waived by written consent of the board, failure of any lessee to conform to the rules and regulations shall be cause for the immediate termination of the lease and removal of the houses and structures at the option of the board, and the board shall be the sole judge of the rules and of conformity or nonconformity thereto.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975; Acts 1985, No. 416, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:436.3.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 436.3.1
Type 1 diabetes information; distribution to school boards
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Louisiana Department of Health shall develop and provide type 1 diabetes informational materials to the state Department of Education. The state Department of Education shall provide the information to each city, parish, and other local public school board.

(2) Information provided to the school boards pursuant to this Section shall include but not be limited to all of the following:

(a) A description of type 1 diabetes.

(b) A description of the risk factors and warning signs associated with type 1 diabetes.

(c) A description of the need for screening of all students for early detection of type 1 diabetes using a blood autoantibody test.

(d) A recommendation that a parent or guardian of a student displaying warning signs associated with type 1 diabetes or positive early detection screening results should immediately consult with the student's primary care provider to develop an appropriate treatment plan. The treatment plan may include consultation with and examination by a specialty care provider, including but not limited to a properly qualified endocrinologist.

B. Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall distribute the information to parents and legal guardians of all prekindergarten, elementary, and secondary students upon enrollment and annually thereafter by posting the information on school websites or by electronic distribution.

Acts 2025, No. 402, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:496.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 496.1
Minimum salaries
Status: in_force

Any person who operates a school bus for the fall and spring semesters of a state university, college, or junior college for the transportation of students attending such university, college, or junior college as provided in R.S. 17:3381, shall be entitled to and shall receive for such operation the entire minimum salary provided by R.S. 17:496; provided further, however, that any person who operates a school bus providing such transportation during any summer semester shall be entitled to and shall receive a proportionate amount of the minimum salary provided by R.S. 17:496 for each day of actual operation of a bus during any summer semester, to be calculated by dividing the total minimum salary for fall and spring semesters by one hundred eighty, multiplied by the number of days of actual operation.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 552, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:277 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 277
Black history and the historical contributions of all nationalities; required study
Status: in_force

A. Not later than the 1988-1989 school year each public high school shall offer instruction in black history and the historical contributions of all nationalities. Instruction shall be given as prescribed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. With the advice of the Louisiana Black Culture Commission, pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 25:833(4), the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall prescribe suitable curricula and teaching materials for the required instruction.

B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt regulations to insure the proper implementation of this Section and each city and parish school board shall schedule such instruction in accordance with said regulations.

Acts 1987, No. 380, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3140.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3140.8
Prohibited acts; penalty; injunctive relief
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any owner of a school or a representative of a proprietary school offering courses of instruction in this state to:

(1) Operate the school without a valid license.

(2) Operate the school without a valid surety bond or certificate of deposit as required by this Chapter.

(3) Use advertising designed to mislead or deceive prospective students.

(4) Accept a contract from a solicitor who does not hold a valid permit issued in accordance with this Chapter.

(5) Violate any provisions of this Chapter.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person selling or offering to sell courses of instruction in this state to:

(1) Solicit a prospective student without holding a valid permit as required by this Chapter.

(2) Solicit a prospective student without having a surety bond or certificate of deposit as required by this Chapter.

(3) Use fraud or misrepresentation in procuring a student's enrollment.

(4) Violate any provisions of this Chapter.

C. Any owner, school employee, or solicitor who is found guilty of any act prohibited by this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

D. If the commissioner of higher education or the commission has probable cause to believe that any owner of a proprietary school or any solicitor who sells or offers to sell any course of instruction has committed any of the acts prohibited by this Chapter, the commissioner of higher education shall petition a court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction against the school or solicitor.

Acts 2019, No. 437, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 100.6
School property; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule or regulation to the contrary, except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in a local or special law, including but not limited to R.S. 17:58.2(E) and (F), 72, and 72.1 and pursuant to the duty and responsibility placed with the legislature by Article VIII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana to establish and maintain a public educational system and the authority granted the legislature by Article VIII, Section 10(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana to enact laws affecting parish school board systems in existence on the effective date of the constitution, all lands, buildings and improvements, facilities, and other property having title vested in the public and subject to management, administration, and control by a parish school board for public education purposes but located within the geographic boundaries of a public school board created by the legislature after January 1, 1995, shall be managed, administered, and controlled by the public school board in whose geographic boundaries the lands, buildings and improvements, facilities, or other property is located, effective on the date such school board begins its initial year of actual operation providing for the education of students within its jurisdiction.

Acts 1999, No. 910, §1, eff. July 2, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.2
Louisiana Early Childhood Opportunity Program
Status: in_force

The department shall establish the Louisiana Early Childhood Opportunity Program to assist in the development and funding of appropriate early childhood programs for children ages three to five years who are economically disadvantaged as defined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, referred to in this Section as the "state board". The department, with the approval of the state board, shall award grants or contracts to qualified early childhood programs, including but not limited to Head Start, HIPPY, Parents as Teachers, and programs for children with developmental disabilities or who are economically disadvantaged, selected by the department in accordance with specified programmatic standards and guidelines to be established by the department with the approval of the state board.

Acts 1992, No. 970, §1, eff. July 9, 1992; Acts 2014, No. 811, §8, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1; Acts 2018, No. 307, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3135 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3135
Requirement to notify campus community of availability of registered sex offender information
Status: in_force

A. In compliance with the provisions of 20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(I), each institution of postsecondary education in the state shall issue a statement informing students, faculty, and staff where they can obtain information identifying sex offenders who are enrolled or employed at the institution. At a minimum, the statement shall include information as to how to access the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information and the State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry.

B. The Board of Regents shall develop a policy to insure that each institution of postsecondary education in the state shall issue the statement required by this Section. The policy developed by the board shall include procedures for the receipt and dissemination of such information by the institutions and for the monitoring of the implementation of the procedures by the management board of the institutions.

Acts 2003, No. 215, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3621.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3621.2
Continuation of compensation
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, a teacher who has successfully completed his professional improvement program and has terminated his employment with a city or parish school board shall receive the additional compensation provided in R.S. 17:3621 upon subsequent employment with a local school board or a vocational-technical school subject to either of the following conditions:

(1) That the teacher was employed by a city or parish school board as a teacher of vocational-technical courses and such courses were eliminated by such school board or the teacher was terminated as the result of a reduction-in-force action by the employing school board and such teacher was subsequently employed as an instructor by a state vocational-technical school.

(2) That the teacher was employed by a city or parish school board and was employed by any city or parish school board within three years from the date prior employment was terminated.

B. Any teacher who has begun his professional improvement program but has not completed such program and who takes a leave of absence to pursue a doctor's degree at an institution of higher education and upon completion of such degree is employed by a city or parish school board in a teaching position or as a counselor shall be permitted to resume his professional improvement program and may substitute any academic courses completed in such degree program for those required by his professional improvement program pursuant to R.S. 17:3622.

Acts 1990, No. 650, §1, eff. July 19, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1854 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1854
Transitional provisions
Status: in_force

A. The State Board of Education created by Section 4 of Article XII of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 shall continue to exercise all power and authority granted to and perform all functions provided for such board by the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 or by law which pertain to Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Southern University system until the first meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is held as provided in R.S. 17:1853(E). Should a vacancy occur on the State Board of Education after midnight of December 31, 1974 and prior to the first meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, it shall be filled by appointment by the governor but any member so appointed shall serve only for such time and for such purposes as are provided in this section and shall not be considered as a member whose term had not expired on December 31, 1974.

B. The obligations heretofore incurred by the State Board of Education created by Article XII, Section 4 of the Constitution of 1921 in connection with any contract or agreement with respect to Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall be preserved and discharged by the board created in this section. All of such obligations and all books, papers, records, money and other property heretofore owned, possessed, controlled or used by the former board in the exercise of its functions with respect to Southern University are hereby transferred to the board created in this section, effective on the date of the first meeting of the board.

Added by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3042.62 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3042.62
Loans for certain veterinary students; Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission; authority
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission, hereinafter referred to as "the commission", may use funds appropriated for or otherwise available to the commission for such purpose to make loans to not more than four students each year who each meet all of the following eligibility criteria:

(1) Is a bona fide citizen and resident of the state. However, first priority shall be given to students who have been residents of the state for at least two years.

(2) Has been accepted to enroll in a school of veterinary medicine.

(3) Intends to acquire a doctor of veterinary medicine degree from a school of veterinary medicine.

(4) Intends to practice as a food animal veterinarian in the state of Louisiana.

(5) Meets such other qualifications as the commission may prescribe by rule.

B. The commission may make a loan to a student who it deems to be qualified, upon such terms and conditions as the commission may impose in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

C. Any student to whom the commission has made a loan shall be required to maintain all requirements set forth by the school of veterinary medicine such student is attending.

D. It shall be the duty of the commission 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 commission 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 2004, No. 809, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3701 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3701
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that intercollegiate athletics provide intercollegiate athletes with significant educational opportunities. However, participation in intercollegiate athletics should not infringe upon an intercollegiate athlete's ability to earn compensation for the athlete's name, image, or likeness. An intercollegiate athlete must have an equal opportunity to control and profit from the commercial use of the athlete's name, image, or likeness, and be protected from unauthorized appropriation and commercial exploitation of the athlete's right to publicity, including the athlete's name, image, or likeness.

Acts 2021, No. 479, §1, eff, July 1, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3399.13.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3399.13.1
Administrative reporting requirements
Status: in_force

A. Not later than October tenth and April tenth of each year, the Title IX coordinator of an institution shall submit to the chancellor of the institution a written incident report on the reports received under R.S. 17:3399.13, including information regarding:

(1) The investigation of those reports.

(2) The disposition, if any, of any disciplinary processes arising from those reports.

(3) The reports for which the institution determined not to initiate a disciplinary process, if any.

(4) Any complaints of retaliation and the status of the investigation of the complaints.

B. The Title IX coordinator of an institution shall immediately report to the chancellor of the institution an incident reported to the coordinator under R.S. 17:3399.13 if the coordinator has cause to believe as a result of the incident that the safety of any person is in imminent danger.

C. The chancellor of each institution shall submit a report to the institution's management board within fourteen days of receiving the report pursuant to Subsection A of this Section from the Title IX coordinator. The report shall include the number of complaints of power-based violence received by the institution, the number of complaints which resulted in a finding that power-based violations occurred, the number of complaints in which the finding of power-based violations resulted in discipline or corrective action, the type of discipline or corrective action taken, the amount of time it took to resolve each complaint, the number of reports of retaliation, and the findings of any investigations of reports of retaliation. The report shall be posted on the institution's website.

D. The system president shall submit a system-wide summary report within fourteen days of receiving the reports from the chancellors to the management board. The report shall be published on the website of the system.

E. The management board shall send an annual system-wide summary incident report to the Board of Regents by December thirty-first. The Board of Regents shall post the report on its website.

F. In addition, each management board shall send an annual training report to the Board of Regents by January thirtieth. The report shall include the number of employees and confidential advisors for each institution and the number and percentage of those who have completed the required annual training. The training report shall be published on the website of each system.

G. The Board of Regents, in consultation with the Louisiana Power-Based Violence Review Panel, shall annually submit a report to the governor, the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Senate and House committees on education and select committees on women and children by February twenty-eighth which shall include system-wide and statewide information. The report shall also include any recommendations for legislation. The report shall be published on the website of the Board of Regents.

Acts 2021, No. 439, §2, eff. June 21, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 472, §2, eff. June 29, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 689, §1, eff. June 18, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 211, §1, eff. June 8, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 482, §1, eff. June 3, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2354.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2354.9
Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directives
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Advance health care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed by a prospective donor containing his direction concerning health care decisions.

(2) "Declaration" means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the circumstance in which a life support system may be withheld or withdrawn from the donor.

(3) "Health care decision" means any decision made regarding the health care of the prospective donor.

B. If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance health care directive and the express or implied terms of a potential anatomical gift are in conflict with regard to the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy, the attending physician and the donor shall confer to resolve the conflict. If the conflict cannot be resolved, a reasonably available agent acting for the declaration or directive, or if none, another person authorized by law to make health care decisions on behalf of the donor, shall act for him to resolve the conflict. The conflict shall be resolved as expeditiously as possible. Information relevant to the resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate procurement organization and any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift for the donor in accordance with R.S. 17:2354.2. Before resolution of the conflict, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part may not be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor if doing so is not contraindicated by appropriate end of life care.

Acts 2010, No. 937, §2, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3167 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3167
Implementation and funding
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Regents shall appoint the members of the Statewide Articulation and Transfer Council not later than August 1, 2009.

B. The Statewide Articulation and Transfer Council shall hold an organizational meeting not later than September 1, 2009.

C. The statewide articulation agreement shall be developed and adopted not later than March 1, 2010.

D. All public postsecondary educational institutions shall be prepared to and shall implement the full articulation and transfer of associate of arts and associate of science degrees approved by the council for transfer to a four-year postsecondary educational institution by the beginning of the 2010-2011 academic year.

E.(1) Common course numbers and content for the courses contained in the Board of Regents' general education core curriculum shall be established during the 2012-2013 academic year.

(2) Common course numbers and content for the courses required for completion of the associate of arts and associate of science transfer degrees shall be established during the 2013-2014 academic year.

(3) Common course numbers and content for all remaining lower division courses shall be established during the 2014-2015 academic year.

(4) Common course numbers and content for all remaining undergraduate courses shall be established by the end of the 2015-2016 academic year.

F. The Board of Regents shall ensure that sufficient funding is made available to implement the provisions of this Chapter and may utilize state appropriations, federal funds, funds made available through other sources, or funds realized through realignment of other programs administered by the board.

Acts 2009, No. 356, §1, eff. July 6, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 623, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 25
Funds for parish and city school boards; warrants
Status: in_force

A.(1) The superintendent shall prepare and transmit to each parish and city school board, during the current calendar or fiscal year, monthly warrants on the state official designated by law for such purpose. The warrant shall cover the amount of the funds due each such school board based upon the total funds appropriated for all school boards in accordance with such formula as is adopted for the purpose by the board in accordance with law. Each warrant shall be made payable to the treasurer of the school board. These warrants shall be drawn by the superintendent subject to the control of and regulations established by the board.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the superintendent of education is authorized to withhold the warrants for any monies payable under the minimum foundation program to any local school system that fails to timely provide to the Department of Education the completed minimum foundation program equalization report until the completed report is provided.

B. When a warrant is presented to the designated state official on whom drawn in accordance with law, that official shall issue his warrant to the state treasurer for the payment thereof.

Acts 1975, No. 274, §1. Acts 1984, No. 284, §1, eff. July 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4031 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4031
School choice program; students with exceptionalities; establishment; purpose; student eligibility; nonpublic school eligibility; educational certificates; administration; implementation; reporting
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of the program established in this Section is to provide certain students with exceptionalities the opportunity to attend schools of their parents' choosing that provide educational services that specifically address the needs of such students.

B.(1) The School Choice Program for Certain Students with Exceptionalities, hereinafter referred to as the "program", is hereby established in each parish having a population in excess of one hundred ninety thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census.

(2) Any student who meets all of the following criteria is an eligible student:

(a) The student has been evaluated by a local education agency as defined in R.S. 17:1942, is determined to be in need of services for autism, a mental disability, emotional disturbance, developmental delay, other health impairment, specific learning disability, or traumatic brain injury, and has one of the following plans: an Individual Education Plan, a services plan in accordance with Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 300.37, or a plan that is created by the nonpublic school that the student will attend and that clearly identifies the services provided by the school and specifies how those services adequately address the student's needs.

(b) The student is eligible to attend public school.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 272, §2.

C.(1) The state Department of Education, hereafter in this Part referred to as the "department", shall administer and provide for implementation of the program pursuant to rules and regulations developed and adopted for such purpose by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Such rules and regulations shall include procedures and guidelines permitting a parent or guardian of an eligible student who chooses to enroll the student in an eligible nonpublic school as provided in Subsection D of this Section to apply for an educational certificate, which is to be applied to the cost of educational services offered by the school and which is redeemable by the school from the department upon verification from the school that the student is enrolled in the school. The value of each certificate shall be determined by the department; the value shall be equivalent to fifty percent of the per pupil allocation of state funds to the city, parish, or other local public school district in which the eligible student is residing for that school year but shall not exceed the amount of tuition charged by the eligible nonpublic school. The funds to be paid for a certificate shall be divided into four equal payments to be made to each participating school in September, November, February, and May of each school year. Payments shall be based on per pupil count dates as determined by the department.

(2) Any cost of educational services above the amount of the certificate issued to the parent or guardian shall not be paid by the state.

D.(1) To be eligible to participate in the program and accept eligible students for enrollment in the program, a nonpublic school shall meet all of the following criteria:

(a) Be approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to R.S. 17:11 and have been so approved for the school year prior to the school's participation in the program.

(b) Comply with the criteria set forth in Brumfield, et al. v. Dodd, et al. 425 F. Supp. 528.

(c) Has existed and provided educational services to students with exceptionalities as defined in R.S. 17:1942, excluding students deemed to be gifted or talented, for at least two years prior to participation in the program and such provision of services shall be pursuant to an established program in place at the school that includes instruction by teachers holding appropriate certification in special education or other appropriate education or training as defined by the department and that is in accordance with a student's Individual Education Plan and rules and regulations developed as required in this Section.

(2) In accordance with time lines as determined by the department, each eligible nonpublic school choosing to participate in the program shall inform the department of the types of student exceptionalities as defined in R.S. 17:1942 that the school is willing to serve. Each school may determine the number of eligible students it will accept in any year of program participation and may establish criteria for enrollment of students. Each school shall have discretion in enrolling eligible students for participation in the program and no school shall be required to accept any eligible student.

(3) No eligible nonpublic school shall require any student seeking to enroll and participate in the program to take an entrance examination.

(4) Prior to enrollment, each eligible nonpublic school shall inform the parent or guardian of an eligible student of all rules, policies, and procedures of such school including but not limited to academic policies and disciplinary policies and procedures. Enrollment of an eligible student in the school shall constitute acceptance of such rules, policies, and procedures by the parent or guardian individually and on behalf of the eligible student. An eligible student may be expelled from the school in accordance with the school's discipline policies or may be disqualified from enrollment if the student is no longer eligible for the program as determined by the department.

(5) Enrollment of eligible students shall be completed not later than April thirtieth of the school year prior to the year of participation by the school, and the school shall submit a list of all eligible students enrolled in the school to the department not later than June first of such year.

E.(1) The department shall submit a report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education not later than August 1, 2012, on the implementation of the program. The report shall include but shall not be limited to the number of eligible students participating in the program, the name of each participating nonpublic school, and the number of eligible students each school enrolled for participation in the program.

(2) The department shall submit a report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education not later than December 1, 2014, on the implementation of the program. The report shall include but shall not be limited to the same information required in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and also shall include the department's recommendations as to whether the program should continue in the program eligible parishes or be implemented statewide.

Acts 2010, No. 515, §1; Acts 2012, No. 424, §1; Acts 2014, No. 272, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1519 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1519
Title
Status: in_force

This Subpart shall be known as the "Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division Act".

Acts 1997, No. 3, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 802, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 872, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 872, §3, relative to provisions of Acts 2003, No. 906, superceding Act 872.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:421.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 421.4
Salary increases for noninstructional school personnel
Status: in_force

A. The salary increase funded by Act No. 12 of the 1991 Regular Session of the Legislature for noninstructional school employees, including teacher aides and paraprofessionals, school bus operators, food service workers, including school lunch employees provided a pay increase pursuant to Act No. 713 of the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature, school nurses, clerical, custodial, and maintenance personnel, and any other employees of a city or parish school board or unclassified noninstructional employees of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, and the Special School District who are not required to hold a teacher's certificate as a condition of employment, shall continue to be paid to such employees from year to year. The legislature annually shall appropriate sufficient funds for this purpose and shall make such funds available to the employing school boards.

B. Any increase in the expenditures of a city or parish school board or of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education resulting from a state-mandated increase in the salaries of noninstructional school personnel shall be fully funded by the state. Such funds shall be made available to the respective school boards. For purposes of this Subsection, noninstructional school personnel shall mean teacher aides and paraprofessionals, school bus operators, food service workers, school nurses, clerical, custodial, and maintenance personnel, and any other employee of a parish or city school board or unclassified noninstructional employee of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, and the Special School District who is not required to hold a teacher's certificate as a condition of employment.

Acts 1992, No. 199, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 260, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; 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. § 17:2117 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2117
Reading and posting of certain writings, documents, and records; prohibition; limitations; dissemination to local school systems
Status: in_force

A. No public elementary or secondary school governing authority, superintendent of schools, or school system administrator, nor any public elementary or secondary school principal or administrator shall prohibit any teacher in a public school system of this state from reading and posting in a public school building or classroom or at a school-sponsored event any excerpts or portions of the following:

(1) The preamble to the Constitution of the state of Louisiana.

(2) The Declaration of Independence.

(3) The United States Constitution.

(4) The Mayflower Compact.

(5) The national motto.

(6) The national anthem.

(7) The pledge of allegiance.

(8) The writings, speeches, documents, and proclamations of the founding fathers and presidents of the United States.

(9) Organic documents from the Pre-Colonial, Colonial, Revolutionary, Federalist, and Post-Federalist eras.

(10) United States Supreme Court decisions.

(11) Acts of the United States Congress.

B. No public elementary or secondary school governing authority, superintendent of schools, or school system administrator, nor any public elementary or secondary school principal, administrator, or teacher, in the course and scope of his duties in such capacity, shall censor or suppress in any way any writing, document, record, or other content of any material listed in Subsection A of this Section or any portion thereof based upon religious or other reference or content in any such material.

C. By not later than the start of the 1997-1998 school term, the state superintendent of elementary and secondary education shall notify all public school system superintendents of the provisions of this Section. Each superintendent shall then disseminate to all employees within his school system a copy of the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1997, No. 415, §1, eff. June 22, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1211 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1211
Maternity leave for teachers; adoptive leave; tenure status unaffected; definition
Status: in_force

A. Each city, parish, and other local school board shall grant leaves of absence to regularly employed women teachers for a reasonable time before and after the birth of a child. If multiple children are born on the same date, the event shall be considered a single qualifying event. The granting of such leaves shall not affect any of the tenure rights which the teacher may have acquired under the provisions of R.S. 17:441 through 444.

B. Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall grant leaves of absence not to exceed thirty days to regularly employed teachers after the legal adoption of a child. If multiple children are adopted on the same date, the event shall be considered a single qualifying event. The granting of such leaves shall not affect any of the tenure rights which the teacher may have acquired under the provisions of R.S. 17:441 through 444.

C. As used in this Subpart, the word "teacher" shall include any member of the teaching staff of a public school in the state and any social worker or school psychologist employed by a local school board in the state who holds a valid professional ancillary certificate in school social work or school psychology issued by the state Department of Education.

Acts 1985, No. 590, §1; Acts 2018, No. 631, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 416.4
Civil liability; legal defense and indemnification of all public school employees
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the provisions of R.S. 17:416.1(C), 416.3(B) and (C)(2)(a), and 416.6(B), should any public school employee be sued for damages by any student or any person qualified to bring suit on behalf of any student based on any action or statement or the omission of any action or statement by such employee when in the proper course and scope of his duties as defined by the school board employing such employee, then it shall be the obligation of said school board to provide such defendant with a legal defense to such suit including reasonable attorney fees, investigatory costs, and other related expenses. Should any such employee be cast in judgment for damages in such suit, it shall be the obligation of the school board employing such defendant to indemnify him fully against such judgment including all principal, interest, and costs, except that the school board shall not be responsible for any costs which the court stipulates are to be borne by a party other than the employee or school board.

B. If the school board provided the defense and the judgment makes an award to the employee for damages or other awards for costs or any fees, the employee shall reimburse the school board for its costs incurred for the defense. The requirement of reimbursement by the employee shall not exceed the award received by the employee.

C. Nothing in this Section shall require a school board to indemnify an employee against a judgment wherein there is a specific decree in the judgment that the action of the employee was maliciously, willfully, and deliberately intended to cause bodily harm or to harass or intimidate the student or where there is a specific decree in the judgment that the employee purposefully or with gross disregard of the facts ignored the complaints of the student, or the student's parent or guardian, that the student was being bullied and the bullying led to the physical harm or death of the student.

D. It shall be the responsibility of each city and parish school board to notify its employees of the provisions for legal defense and indemnification as provided in this Section and to provide such information in writing in a clear and concise manner to its employees on an annual basis prior to the beginning of each school year.

E. For purposes of this Section, the term city and parish school board shall include the municipal school systems recognized by the provisions of Article VIII, Section 13(D) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 1983, No. 378, §1; Acts 1997, No. 619, §1; Acts 2012, No. 861, §1, eff. June 14, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:167 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 167
Certification of child's age upon entering a parish or city school system or private school for the first time; proof of age to qualify for athletic event participation
Status: in_force

A. All children upon entering a parish or city school system or private school in the state of Louisiana for the first time shall be required to present a copy of their official birth record to the school principal. A short-form birth certification card shall be acceptable as a copy of an official birth record. Only records from the local or state registrar of vital statistics will be accepted for children born in Louisiana. Birth verification forms issued by the local registrar of the parish of birth shall be valid and acceptable for entry into parish or city school systems or private schools and for qualifying for all types of athletic participation where proof of age is required, provided that parish and city school boards may require the submission of additional evidence as to age or race, where such is not conclusively established by the birth certificate.

B. Children born out of the state of Louisiana will be required to secure a copy of their official birth record from the authorized person or agencies registering vital statistics in their state of birth.

C. Children born in foreign countries will be allowed to submit birth facts as shown on their passport or citizenship papers in lieu of a birth record if none is available from the country of birth.

D. Children born in Louisiana will be given a fifteen day grace period to secure a copy of their birth record.

E. Children born out of this state will be given thirty days grace in which to produce a copy of their birth record.

F. It shall be left to the discretion of the parish school board superintendent as to whether or not a child shall continue in school upon failure to comply.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 573, §1. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 170, §1; Acts 1960, No. 541, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 118, §2, eff. April 19, 2000.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3005 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3005
Elementary school counselors; availability; guidelines; requirements; counseling services; work time; exceptions; reporting; funding
Status: in_force

A. Each city, parish, or other local public school board shall provide elementary school counselors for all students in kindergarten through grade six in the public elementary schools in the state in accordance with guidelines as established by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Such guidelines shall require that there shall be one school counselor for every four hundred students.

B. Any elementary school counselor employed by a school board pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be certified as required by the state of Louisiana.

C. Such school counselors shall provide preventive and developmental counseling services to all public elementary school students in kindergarten through grade six in order to prepare them for middle, junior, and senior high school responsibilities and their social and physical development. In providing such counseling services, the counselors may:

(1) Aid children in academic development through the use and interpretation of test scores, improved pupil self-concept, and early identification and attention to problems that are deterrents to learning and development.

(2) Serve as consultants to teachers relative to the use of test scores and improvement of the learning environment, use of out-of-state school resources and agencies, and development of a home-school liaison.

(3) Offer services related to the identification and placement of children with handicapping conditions.

(4) Serve as a consultant to parents, in a liaison capacity, as a resource in understanding growth and development problems, and as an aid in understanding how some nonschool factors affect learning and achievement of children.

(5) Serve as a resource in decreasing discipline and other at-risk behavioral problems through an understanding of peer relations, teacher-pupil relations, social awareness, drug awareness, and others.

(6) Aid in improving school attendance and retention by implementing an early identification and prevention program for potential attendance and retention problems.

(7) Serve as a resource to parents in decreasing the incidence of juvenile delinquency by early intervention through guidance and counseling services.

(8) Consult with teachers in implementing a career development program which, at the elementary school level, includes self-awareness, job awareness, and prevocational orientation.

(9) Provide an available source for youngsters needing someone to "just listen" to their problems or concerns.

D. School counselors shall spend the majority of their time on providing direct counseling related to students.

E. Nothing in Subsection A of this Section shall prohibit any school board from employing more elementary school counselors than provided in Subsection A of this Section.

F. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall annually report to the legislature on the implementation and effectiveness of the program as provided in this Section.

G. The provisions of this Section shall become effective upon the provision of funds for this purpose in the minimum foundation program.

Acts 1991, No. 911, §1; Acts 2021, No. 275, §4; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3042.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3042.6
Reports
Status: in_force

The commission shall make an annual report to the legislature of its activities under the provisions of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 934, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981; Acts 1986, No. 583, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3327 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3327
Payment of compensation to persons on leave
Status: in_force

Compensation payable to persons on sabbatical leave shall be paid at the times at which salaries of the other members of the faculty are paid and in the same manner.

Acts 1991, No. 858, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:284 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 284
American Sign Language; secondary schools
Status: in_force

A. Any public high school shall offer instruction in a course in American Sign Language as an elective course provided a sufficient number of students desire to enroll in such a course. Any public high school offering a course in American Sign Language shall provide instruction to any pupil wishing to participate in that course. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish by rule criteria for each parish or city school board to determine whether a sufficient number of students desire a course in American Sign Language and shall develop appropriate procedures for submittal of such determinations by any parish or city school board wishing to offer such instruction. The board shall provide by rule for the implementation of this requirement. The board shall prescribe suitable teaching materials for the instruction and provide for teacher qualifications.

B. As used in this Section "American Sign Language" shall mean a visual language which has emerged from the deaf culture and is comprised of handshapes, movement, and body and facial expression, and possesses an identifiable syntax and grammar specific to visual languages which incorporates spatial relationships as a linguistic factor.

C. Any parish or city school board offering American Sign Language in any school under its jurisdiction shall schedule such instruction in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Acts 1991, No. 512, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:108 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 108
Findings and actions of board as final; appeals
Status: in_force

The findings of fact and action of the board shall be final except that in the event that the pupil or the parent or guardian, if any, of any minor or, if none, the custodian of any such minor shall, as next friend, file exception before such board to the final action of the board as constituting a denial of any right of such minor guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States, or any right under the laws of Louisiana, and if the board shall not, within fifteen days, reconsider its final action, an appeal may be taken from the final action of the board, on such ground alone, to the district court of the judicial district in which the school board is located, by filing with the clerk of said court within thirty days from the date of the board's final decision a petition stating the facts relevant to such pupil as bearing on the alleged denial of his rights under the Federal Constitution, or state law, accompanied by bond with sureties approved by the clerk of said court conditioned to pay all costs of appeal if the same shall not be sustained. A copy of such petition and bond shall be filed with the president of the board. The filing of such a petition for appeal shall not suspend or supersede an order of the board; nor shall the court have any power or jurisdiction to suspend or supersede an order of the board issued under this Sub-part before the entry of a final decree in the proceeding, except that the court may suspend such an order upon application by the petitioner made at the time of the filing of the petition for appeal, after a preliminary hearing, and upon a prima facie showing by the petitioner that the board has acted unlawfully to the manifest detriment of the child who is the subject of the proceeding.

On such appeal the district court may, as in other cases, summon a jury for the determination of any issue or issues of fact presented. Appeal may be taken from the decision of the district court in the same manner as appeals may be taken in other suits, either by the appellant or by such board.

Acts 1960, No. 492, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2942 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2942
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) "Courses" means one of the following:

(a) Academic courses that the successful completion of which would result in earned credit that may be transferred to a public postsecondary education institution and applied toward an undergraduate degree.

(b) Career and technical education courses aligned with the career major option, pursuant to R.S. 17:183.1 et seq., that may be transferred for credit to a public postsecondary education institution and applied toward a credential from such institution.

(2) "Dual enrollment" means the enrollment of a secondary school student in a postsecondary course for which both secondary school and postsecondary credit may be earned.

Acts 2020, No. 204, §1, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3667 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3667
Reporting deadlines
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section with respect to the items indicated the following reporting deadlines shall apply:

(1) The annual written report of completed activities as required by R.S. 17:3624(A) shall be submitted by each participant to the local committee no later than July 15.

(2) The notification by a local committee to any participant that his report of completed activities has been disapproved shall be submitted to that participant no later than July 30.

(3) All reports required by this Chapter or by regulation of the state committee pursuant to authority granted in this Chapter of a local committee to the state committee shall be submitted no later than August 1.

(4) Any appeal to the local committee, pursuant to R.S. 17:3631, shall be decided by the local committee no later than August 10.

(5) Each appeal to the state committee, pursuant to R.S. 17:3632, shall be decided by the state committee no later than September 30.

B. Whenever any date of a deadline established in Subsection A of this Section occurs on a weekend or holiday, the next following business day shall be the required deadline.

Acts 1984, No. 745, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1876 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1876
Louisiana Educational Workforce Training Fund; purpose; program administration
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the state treasury, as a special fund, the "Louisiana Educational Workforce Training Fund", hereinafter referred to as the "fund".

B.(1) The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for degree and certificate production through workforce training programs offered by Louisiana's public two-year, community, and technical colleges.

(2) The fund shall be used to prepare Louisiana citizens, particularly those who are underemployed or have no postsecondary training or credentials, in high-wage, high-skill, and high-demand career fields.

C. After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, monies received from public or private grants, federal appropriation, or state appropriation shall be deposited into 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, following compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

D.(1) Subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature, monies in the fund shall be appropriated to the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to be used for workforce training programs to prepare individuals for high-demand careers as defined by the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council. Distribution of the monies in the fund shall be based on an outcome-based distribution model. The distribution model shall allocate funds based on short-term, high-demand workforce training completer programs that lead to industry-based certifications or other credentials of value to employers.

(2) Funding shall be distributed by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges only upon receipt of certification that a match of not less than twenty 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.

(3) The use of private matching funds shall comply with expressed donor intent. Any private matching funds shall remain with the institution as provided for by the donor.

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

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 allocation 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.

F. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section and pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 23:34 and 1514, all federal-appropriated Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding shall be excluded from the Louisiana Educational Workforce Training Fund and shall be exclusively administered by Louisiana Works.

G. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section and pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 23:1514, 1291.1, and R.S. 1377, all state-appropriated Incumbent Working Training Account funds, workers' compensation funds, and Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund funds shall be excluded from the Louisiana Educational Workforce Training Fund and shall be exclusively administered by Louisiana Works.

H. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall, not less than sixty days before the legislature convenes for each regular session, submit an annual report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education. The report shall include, at a minimum, information on any and all private matches provided for in Subsection D of this Section, training programs funded, the number of students enrolled, the number and type of credentials awarded, and the number and amount of scholarships.

Acts 2017, No. 379, §1, eff. June 23, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3100.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3100.4
Cooperation of state agencies
Status: in_force

The authority shall develop a plan for the establishment of education savings accounts. The Board of Regents, and any other state agency requested to do so, shall cooperate with the authority and provide technical assistance upon request. To facilitate participation in the START K12 Program, such plan shall allow for the deposit of small sums of money on a regular, incremental basis.

Acts 2018, No. 687, §2, eff. May 30, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1753 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1753
Loan fund committees to be bodies corporate
Status: in_force

The parish school loan fund committees created under this Sub-part are constituted bodies corporate with the power to sue and be sued.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:444 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 444
Promotions to and employment into positions of higher salary and tenure
Status: in_force

A. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 1, §4, eff. July 1, 2012.

B.(1) Whenever a teacher who has acquired tenure, as set forth in R.S. 17:442, in a local public school system or the special school district is promoted by the superintendent by moving such teacher from a position of lower salary to one of higher salary, such teacher shall not be eligible to earn tenure in the position to which he is promoted, but shall retain any tenure acquired as a teacher, pursuant to R.S. 17:442.

(2), (3) Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 1, §4, eff. July 1, 2012.

(4)(a)(i) Except as provided otherwise by R.S. 17:54(B), relative to the maximum term of a superintendent of schools elected by a city or parish school board, the employment provided for in this Section shall be for a term of not less than two years, except when such employment is for a temporary position, nor more than four years, and said term shall be specified in a written contract, which shall contain performance objectives.

(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:3 and except as provided otherwise by R.S. 17:54(B), relative to the maximum term of a superintendent of schools elected by a city or parish school board, the term of employment provided in this Section may be for a longer period of time than the term of office of the employing school board.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, any person promoted to a higher position pursuant to this Section shall possess a standard Louisiana teaching certificate as well as appropriate administrative/supervisory endorsement when a teaching certificate is a qualification requirement for the post to which the person is being promoted. Any person holding a provisional teaching certificate shall not be promoted to a higher position, except when a person meeting the requirements of this Subsection is not available for employment within the parish or city school system subject to all other requirements as provided by law.

(c)(i) The board and the employee may enter into subsequent contracts of employment. Not less than one hundred twenty days prior to the termination of such a contract, the superintendent shall notify the employee of termination of employment under such contract, or in lieu thereof the board and the employee may negotiate and enter into a contract for subsequent employment.

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

(iii) The employee shall be retained during the term of a contract unless the employee is found incompetent or inefficient or is found to have failed to fulfill the terms and performance objectives of his contract. However, before an employee can be removed during the contract period, he shall have the right to written charges and a hearing before a disciplinary hearing officer in the manner provided in R.S. 17:443.

(iv) The board shall negotiate and offer a new contract at the expiration of each existing contract unless the superintendent recommends against a new contract based on an evaluation of the contractee as provided for in R.S. 17:391.5, or unless failure to offer a new contract is based on a cause sufficient to support a mid-contract termination as provided in Item (iii) of this Subparagraph, or unless the position has been discontinued, or unless the position has been eliminated as a result of district reorganization, provided that should the position be re-created, the employee, if still employed by the board, shall have first right of refusal to the re-created position.

(v) If the contracted employee is removed or not renewed and had previously acquired permanent status as a teacher, he shall be returned to his former position as a teacher or to a position paying the same salary as his former position as a teacher unless he chooses to terminate his employment.

(d) Prior to the board's approval of any initial or subsequent contract of employment pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the superintendent shall disclose all terms of such a contract to the board.

(5) The provisions of this Subsection shall apply only to those whose promotion to or employment in a higher position as provided herein, occurs on or after August 1, 1985.

Acts 1968, No. 494, §1; Acts 1985, No. 988, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 1988, No. 228, §1, eff. July 6, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 900, §1; Acts 1990, No. 729, §1; Acts 1991, No. 779, §1, eff. July 19, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 781, §1, eff. July 19, 1991; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2012, No. 1, §§3, 4, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 548, §1, eff. June 9, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 570, §1, eff. June 9, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107 re: prospective application of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1517 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1517
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Medical School at Shreveport; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport; composition
Status: in_force

A. Louisiana State University Hospital at Shreveport is hereby merged with the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, Louisiana. Said health sciences center shall be maintained as a teaching institution and as an institution for the reception and medical and surgical treatment of the indigent and medically underserved in Louisiana.

B. The funds, property, obligations, and functions of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, including the Louisiana State University Hospital at Shreveport are hereby transferred to and vested in the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College which shall administer the affairs of the health sciences center herein provided.

C. The present membership of the Board of Directors of the Confederate Memorial Medical Center is hereby terminated and said board of directors abolished in its entirety and the powers and duties of the board and the direction and management of the Confederate Memorial Medical Center at Shreveport are hereby transferred to and vested in the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.

D. The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College as a body corporate shall have authority to exercise all power to direct, control, supervise, and manage the Louisiana State University Hospital at Shreveport, including but not limited to the following:

(1) To order, establish, alter and put into execution all bylaws and ordinances which the board thinks best suited to the interests and better regulation of said hospital;

(2) To appoint the several persons the board finds necessary for the service of the hospital and to fix their compensation;

(3) At each meeting to appoint a committee who shall visit and inspect the hospital and who shall enforce the execution of the regulations of the board; and

(4) To deliver to the legislature, within the first ten days of each regular session:

(a) a copy of the descriptive list of each patient for the preceding year;

(b) a statement exhibiting the nature of the diseases attended to at the hospital for the preceding year, including the number of patients admitted, the number of persons dead, cured or discharged from the hospital for any other cause, the number of them born therein and the number remaining in the hospital; and

(c) a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the preceding year and all such other information as the board may think proper.

E. The board of supervisors shall manage and administer the affairs of the hospital and may:

(1) Repair, improve, rent or lease its property, of whatever nature and kind, and enter into any kind or nature of contracts, for the best advantage of the institution;

(2) Accept, in behalf of the hospital, all donations and legacies, under any and all title whatsoever, which may be made by private or public instrument of writing by codicil, will, or in any other manner; provided that the title to any property, real or personal, purchased for the use of or donated to and accepted for the use of the hospital shall vest in and belong to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, for the sole and exclusive use and benefit of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Medical School in Shreveport; or

(3) By vote of two-thirds of the members of the board, sell so much of the property as may be necessary to purchase, build or improve a hospital of dimensions and size adequate to the object of the institution.

F. This transfer and merger shall become effective on October 1, 1976.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 470, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1032, §6; Acts 2005, No. 145, §1, eff. July 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:89.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 89.1
Pledge and deposit of Minimum Foundation Equalization Distribution Funds
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section the following words and phrases shall have the following meaning unless the context otherwise requires.

(1) "Minimum Foundation Equalization Distribution Funds" shall mean such funds appropriated to parish school boards under the authority of Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

(2) "Note" or "notes" shall mean any note, certificate, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by a parish school board pursuant to the authority of R.S. 17:89.

(3) "Public trust" shall mean any public trust and public corporation organized pursuant to state law having for its beneficiary the state.

(4) "Restricted account" shall mean the sinking fund subaccount for the notes established by any parish school board pursuant to this Section to receive directly from the state its allocation of the Minimum Foundation Equalization Distribution Funds.

B. In connection with the issuance of any note or notes, a parish school board may direct its treasurer to create restricted accounts for the segregation of the Minimum Foundation Equalization Distribution Funds and revenue income therefrom, or other sums, and parish school boards may pledge any such accounts to and create liens thereon in favor of the public trust as the registered owner or holder of the note or notes which pledge or lien shall have such priority of lien on the revenues of such account as is provided for statutory charges pursuant to R.S. 33:2922.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2928 et seq., R.S. 39:1211 et seq. or any other provision of law to the contrary, parish school boards are empowered to establish restricted accounts in any bank domiciled in the state. A parish school board may direct the Department of Education to direct the state treasurer to make payment of the Minimum Foundation Equalization Distribution Funds allocated to such parish school board for its then current fiscal year directly to such restricted account.

D. The state, through the office of the state treasurer, is hereby authorized to accept the irrevocable direction of a parish school board made through the Department of Education to deposit its respective allocation of the Minimum Foundation Equalization Distribution Funds directly to a restricted account, and thereupon the state treasurer shall be required to make payments of all remaining Minimum Foundation Equalization Distribution Funds for the then current fiscal year allocable to such parish school board directly to such restricted account.

E. A parish school board shall direct the bank at which it is maintaining its restricted account to apply monies in the restricted account to satisfy any scheduled sinking fund payment obligation created by a parish school board in connection with the sale of its note; provided however, upon satisfaction of such sinking fund payment obligation a parish school board may direct the bank to remit Minimum Foundation Equalization Distribution Funds received by it directly to said parish school board or to otherwise accept and remit funds to and from the restricted account.

F. Any pledge made by parish school boards pursuant to this Section shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The revenues and monies so pledged and thereafter deposited in the restricted account shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery or further act, and the act of such pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, by contract or otherwise against such pledging parties, irrespective of whether such claiming parties have notice of such lien. The resolution, ordinance, or other instrument by which a pledge is created need not be recorded.

G. Any agreements between the state and the public trust necessary or convenient to effect the pledge of the Minimum Foundation Equalization Distribution Funds or otherwise provide for the security or repayment of the notes are authorized and approved and may be entered into without the approval of any governmental board, commission, agency, office, or instrumentality other than the State Bond Commission, notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 9:2347(J) or any other provision of law to the contrary.

H. The security procedure authorized by this Section is an alternative method for securing notes and its use is within the complete discretion of a parish school board. The alternate procedure for securing notes authorized by this Section may be utilized by a parish school board only if such parish school board has no previously issued and outstanding notes which are not secured by said alternate security procedure.

Acts 1987, No. 861, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3223 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3223
South Louisiana Community College; creation, management, and operation
Status: in_force

A. Pursuant to the duty and responsibility placed with the legislature by Article VIII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana to establish and maintain a public educational system and the authority granted the legislature by Article VIII, Section 5(D)(3) to create a new institution by law enacted by two-thirds of the elected members of each house, the South Louisiana Community College in Lafayette Parish is hereby created and established as a comprehensive, multi-campus, public two-year institution of higher education. The institution and its programs shall be managed and supervised by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, subject to the appropriate approval of and oversight by the Board of Regents.

B. The Board of Regents and the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall adopt necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Section. Such rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to the following guidelines, procedures, and requirements:

(1) The institution and its programs shall be developed to be operational and ready to begin providing instructional services to students no later than the start of the 1999-2000 academic year.

(2) The primary service delivery area of the community college shall be comprised of the parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion. Campuses or sites may be established in each of these parishes using public technical college facilities whenever possible. The institution shall be domiciled in Lafayette Parish. T. H. Harris Technical College in Opelousas shall serve as the site for the college campus in St. Landry Parish. If space is available, the technical college in each parish shall be the primary site for the vocational component of the community college. If space is available, the academic component may be offered at the technical college site in each parish. Where the primary service delivery area overlaps with the service area developed by the Board of Regents for Louisiana State University at Eunice, the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall work in close cooperation with the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, officials at Louisiana State University at Eunice, and the Board of Regents to minimize unnecessary duplication of programs and services.

(3) The institution and its programs shall be developed to assure the delivery of coordinated and articulated educational services in each parish comprising the primary service delivery area.

(4) The institution and its programs shall be developed in a manner that maximizes the use of existing state and local resources and facilities in each parish comprising the college's primary service delivery area. This may include entering into cooperative service agreements, or contracts, or both, with other public education institutions and facilities in each parish comprising the institution's primary service delivery area, including public secondary schools, technical colleges, and higher education institutions, to provide for credentialed faculty and instructional services from qualified persons, the use of classroom and laboratory facilities, and library resources. The institution shall be established with adequate facilities, resources, services, and programs to meet accreditation requirements. Additionally, it is the intention of the legislature that programs and services of the community college involving occupational, career, and vocational-technical education be provided through cooperative agreements with existing public vocational-technical education facilities within the primary service delivery area to the extent that such existing facilities can efficiently and effectively meet the needs of the community college.

(5) The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges is authorized to establish tuition amounts and other fees and charges applicable to students attending South Louisiana Community College that are consistent with tuition amounts and other fees and charges applicable to students attending other public two-year institutions of higher education in the University of Louisiana System.

C. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges may appoint an advisory board made up of two members of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education who reside in the South Louisiana Community College primary service delivery area, two members of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, and local community representatives from business and labor. The Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges president, the state superintendent of education, the commissioner of higher education, and the president of South Louisiana Community College shall serve as ex officio members.

D. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and the Board of Regents shall work closely with the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools for accreditation. The institution shall be structured so as to fully satisfy all requirements of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to assure accreditation.

Acts 1997, No. 1369, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94, §1, eff. May 5, 1998; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: See Acts 1997, No. 1369, §§3, 4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.34 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.34
Requirement of licensure
Status: in_force

All early learning centers shall be licensed prior to beginning operations in Louisiana. Early learning center licenses shall be of three types: Type I, Type II, and Type III.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:170 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 170
Immunization of persons entering schools, kindergartens, colleges, proprietary or vocational schools, and day care centers for the first time; immunization of persons entering sixth grade; electronic transmission of immunization compliance reports; exemption
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) Each person entering any school within the state for the first time, including elementary and secondary schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities, proprietary schools, vocational schools, and licensed day care centers, at the time of registration or entry shall present satisfactory evidence of immunity to or immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases according to a schedule approved by the office of public health, Louisiana Department of Health, or shall present evidence of an immunization program in progress.

(b) Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year and thereafter, each person entering the sixth grade in any school within the state shall present satisfactory evidence of immunity to or immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases according to a schedule approved by the office of public health, Louisiana Department of Health, or shall present evidence of an immunization program in progress.

(2) The schedule shall include but not be limited to measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, meningococcal disease, and hemophilus influenzae Type B invasive infections.

(3) The schedule may provide specific requirements based on age, grade in school, or type of school. At its own discretion and with the approval of the office of public health, an educational institution or licensed day care center may require immunizations or proof of immunity more extensive than required by the schedule approved by the office of public health.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any other provision of law to the contrary, no person shall be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of initial enrollment or continuing attendance at any public or nonpublic school or facility enumerated in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

B. A person transferring from another school system in or out of the state shall submit either a certificate of immunization or a letter from his personal physician or a public health clinic indicating immunizations against the diseases in the schedule approved by the office of public health in accordance with Subsection A of this Section having been performed, or a statement that such immunizations are in progress.

C. If booster immunizations for the diseases enumerated in the schedule approved by the office of public health are advised by that office, such booster immunizations shall be administered before the person enters a school system within the state.

D.(1) Chief administrators of all elementary and secondary schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities, proprietary schools, vocational schools, and licensed day care centers whether public or private within this state shall:

(a) Be responsible for checking students' records to see that the provisions of this Section are enforced.

(b) Electronically transmit immunization compliance reports to the Louisiana Department of Health, office of public health, when the public or private school operates an existing student-specific electronic data system.

(2) The provisions of this Section which relate to the electronic transmission of data shall be implemented according to rules and regulations promulgated by the Louisiana Department of Health in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

E.(1) No person attending or seeking to enter any school or facility enumerated in Subsection A of this Section shall be required to comply with the provisions of this Section, including any additional immunization or proof of immunity requirement adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Section, if the person is a distance learner or if the person or his parent or guardian submits either a written statement from a physician stating that the procedure is contraindicated for medical reasons or a written dissent from the student or his parent or guardian.

(2) Any communication issued to persons or their parents or guardians relative to the requirements of this Section shall include the text and legal citation of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(3) No teacher or school employee or administrator shall distinguish between students based on whether a student has or has not received vaccines from the schedule provided for in this Section. Actions prohibited by this Paragraph include but are not limited to discrimination based on a student's vaccination status in any of the following acts:

(a) Determination of eligibility for athletics or other extracurricular activity.

(b) Allowing or denying participation inside and outside of the classroom.

(c) Issuance of surveys to students relative to vaccination status.

(d) Organizing seating arrangements.

F. In the event of an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease at the location of an educational institution or facility enumerated in Subsection A of this Section, the administrators of that institution or facility are empowered, upon the recommendation of the office of public health, to exclude from attendance unimmunized students and clients until the appropriate disease incubation period has expired or the unimmunized person presents evidence of immunization.

Acts 1990, No. 1047, §1; Acts 1991, No. 275, §1, eff. July 2, 1991; Acts 2008, No. 73, §1; Acts 2008, No. 152, §1; Acts 2015, No. 394, §1; Acts 2024, No. 460, §1; Acts 2024, No. 674, §1; Acts 2024, No, 675, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 100.4
Grievance procedures for teachers and other school employees
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each city and parish school board shall adopt rules, regulations, and policies necessary to establish a grievance procedure that shall guarantee a fair hearing on grievances by any teacher or group of teachers or other school employee or group of employees employed by such school board. However, prior to the adoption of the rules, regulations, and policies, each school board shall consult with the various professional organizations that represent the teachers or other school employees in that school system regarding the grievance procedure.

(2) The grievance procedure required by this Section shall provide for a fair and objective resolution of complaints by any teacher or group of teachers or other school employee or group of school employees.

B. In establishing a grievance procedure, each city and parish school board shall allow for representation in all aspects of the grievance, except for the procedure provided for in Paragraph C(1) of this Section, and in any school board action on the grievance by the teacher or group of teachers or other school employee or group of school employees voicing the grievance or by a representative or representatives of their choosing.

C. Effective not later than January 1, 1996, and thereafter, the rules, regulations, and policies required by Subsection A of this Section shall include but not be limited to the following guidelines and procedures:

(1) The grievant or group of grievants shall present the grievance first to the appropriate immediate supervisor or his designee.

(2) If the grievant or group of grievants is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance by the immediate supervisor or his designee, the grievance shall be presented to the school system superintendent or his designee.

(3) If the grievant or group of grievants is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance by the school system superintendent or his designee, the grievant or group of grievants may request in writing a full hearing before the superintendent or his designee on the grievance. Upon receipt of such written request, the superintendent or his designee shall conduct a full hearing on the grievance, maintain a transcript of the proceedings, and make a written recommendation for disposition of the grievance and provide a copy of the transcript to the school board at a meeting of the board. The board then shall dispose of the grievance.

D. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section or any other provision of law to the contrary, each city and parish school board may, in negotiating contracts with teachers, or other employees amend its rules, regulations, and policies relative to grievance procedures.

E. This Section shall not be inferred in any manner to require nor shall the provisions of this Section be construed in any manner to constitute collective bargaining.

F. For the purposes of this Section, city and parish school boards shall include the governing authority of any public elementary or secondary school.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 388, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 723, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1002, §1, eff. June 29, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1173 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1173
Method of selecting and order of preference among applicants
Status: in_force

A. Whenever, in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart, some of the applications cannot be granted, from among those which would otherwise be granted, those to be granted, except as specified in this Section, shall be determined in the following manner:

(1) Preference in every case shall be given to the applicant who has rendered active service in the school system of the parish affected for the greatest number of consecutive semesters immediately preceding the period for which leave is requested, provided that where any two applicants rank equally in point of continuous service, preference in every case shall be given to the applicant who has rendered service in the school system for the greater total number of semesters.

(2) When any two applicants rank equally both in point of continuous service and in point of total service, preference in every case shall be given to the applicant whose date of birth is earlier.

(3) Applicants whose applications are filed in the first thirty days of the semester shall be given preference over those who seek medical leave under the special provisions relating to sickness during a school semester.

B. Whenever, in accordance with the method of selection outlined herein, the quota established for medical leave has been filled, all remaining applications shall be rejected and shall be disregarded in any further selection of applicants for that semester. Those whose applications are rejected have the right to reapply in any future semester.

Acts 1999, No. 1342, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1999, No. 1342, §2 relative to sabbaticals already granted and §3 relative to increases in teacher compensation.

NOTE: See also Acts 2001, No. 338, §2 relative to increases in teacher compensation (amends Acts 1999, No. 1342, §3).

NOTE: See also Acts 2004, No. 778, §2, relative to increases in teacher compensation and §3 relative to a required report by BESE (amends Acts 1999, No. 1342, §3, as amended by Acts 2001, No. 338, §2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1855.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1855.2
Southern University Laboratory School; tuition; increase; amounts
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority granted to the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College by R.S. 17:1855, 1855.1, 3351(A)(5), and 3351.1 and in accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the board may increase the amount of tuition charged per student at the university laboratory school by the following amounts:

(1) For the 2006-2007 school year and thereafter, by an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars.

(2) For the 2007-2008 school year and thereafter, by an additional amount not to exceed five hundred dollars.

(3) For the 2012-2013 school year and thereafter, by an additional amount not to exceed five hundred dollars.

Acts 2006, No. 437, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2012, No. 420, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2074 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2074
Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Status: in_force

The Academy of the Immaculate Conception, an institution of learning situated at Opelousas, La., and conducted by the Sisters Marianites of the Holy Cross, is authorized to confer degrees and grant diplomas which, without further requirement, shall qualify the holders thereof for positions as principals or teachers in the public schools of the State, provided that the curriculum of said academy in the arts and sciences and in pedagogy shall be approved by the state board of education of the State of Louisiana. This curriculum shall meet such requirements as may be exacted under existing laws or any law that may hereafter be passed fixing the qualifications of teachers in the public schools of the state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4101
Louisiana National Guard Patriot Scholarship Program; creation; eligibility
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana National Guard Patriot Scholarship Program is hereby created for the purpose of covering the cost of mandatory fees at public postsecondary education institutions.

B. In order to qualify for the scholarship, a student shall be a member in good standing with the Louisiana National Guard, enrolled in a Louisiana public postsecondary education institution, and eligible for the tuition exemption provided for in R.S. 29:36.1.

C. The scholarship shall be available for an eligible student for up to four academic years or until the receipt of a degree at the baccalaureate level, whichever occurs first. However, any student receiving a scholarship under the provisions of this Chapter who is mobilized or called to active duty is entitled to an extension of the time the scholarship may be claimed equal to the amount of academic time impacted by the time served on active duty.

Acts 2023, No. 279, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:424 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 424
Credit for years of service to teachers transferring
Status: in_force

A. Any teacher in the public school system of Louisiana who transferred from one to another parish or city school system of this state after July 1, 1956, shall be given full credit for the years of satisfactory teaching service previously rendered in the public school system of the state.

B. The parish or city school board by which any such teacher is presently employed shall determine the years of service rendered by any such teacher prior to the date of transfer and such prior service shall be taken into consideration in computing the salary to be paid such teacher under the provisions of this Section; provided that this Section shall apply to any transferred teacher who taught the two school years immediately preceding the date of transfer, or who has taught at least two years immediately following the date of such transfer.

C. Salaries of transferred teachers shall be determined in compliance with the provisions of this Section, commencing with the school year 1958-59.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 287, §1. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 70, §§1 to 3.