La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.26 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.26
The Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program
Status: in_force

A. The state Department of Education, referred to in this Section as the "department", shall allocate funding, out of monies appropriated for such purpose, to each public school system that applies for such funding and uses the funding solely for the purpose of providing a program for early childhood development and enrichment activity classes in compliance with the requirements of this Section, which shall be named "The Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program" and shall be referred to in this Section as "the LA 4 program". Such classes shall be referred to in this Section as "LA 4 classes".

B. Subject to the availability of funds, the LA 4 program shall be available to every eligible child. To be eligible for the LA 4 program, a child shall meet all of the following criteria:

(1) He is four years old or eligible to enroll in kindergarten in the following school year pursuant to R.S. 17:151.3.

(2) He meets the requirements of R.S. 17:170 relative to immunization documentation required for regular school enrollment.

(3) He applies to the LA 4 program.

C. The cost of the LA 4 program shall be as follows:

(1) For children who are economically disadvantaged as defined in the rules and regulations of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, referred to in this Section as the "state board", the LA 4 program shall be provided at no cost, except for any applicable lunch cost and the cost of before and after care.

(2) For children who are not economically disadvantaged, tuition may be charged on a sliding scale in an amount not to exceed that necessary for the public school system to provide the program.

(3) A public school system offering the LA 4 program may charge a fee for each child for the cost of meals and the cost of before and after care, subject to state board rules and regulations.

D. (1) The department shall annually determine the demand for the LA 4 program.

(2) The state board shall consider such demand, the availability of public funds to support the program, and the eligibility of public school systems to receive funds for the program and annually determine the following:

(a) The cost of funding all LA 4 program applicants who both meet the eligibility requirements provided in Subsection B of this Section and who are economically disadvantaged.

(b) The method for equitably distributing available funds to eligible public school systems.

(c) The difference in dollar amount between the funding required to meet the measured funding demand and the funding available in the fiscal year.

E. Each participating school system may work collaboratively with other publicly funded and Type III licensed providers of early childhood education that serve children residing within the jurisdiction of the system, including Head Start and other federal programs, in providing the LA 4 program. Such collaboration may include agreements to share resources if such agreements are documented, no regulation of any provider is compromised or violated, and a clear demarcation of responsibility as to costs, employee supervision, and program administration is maintained.

F.(1) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year and continuing thereafter, each participating school system shall use a percentage of the total increase in funding for the LA 4 program received each year in excess of the amount received during the previous school year to provide LA 4 classes through collaborative agreements with nonschool system providers of early childhood education that serve children residing within the geographic boundaries of the school system, that meet the definition of an early learning center as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, and that have attained the minimum quality rating as established by the state board required to be eligible to participate in the program, as follows:

(a) For a school year in which the per pupil allocation for the LA 4 program is less than five thousand dollars per child, each participating school system shall use at least five percent of the total increase in funding over the previous school year to provide LA 4 classes through collaborative agreements with nonschool system providers.

(b) For a school year in which the per pupil allocation for the LA 4 program is five thousand dollars per child or more, each participating school system shall use at least ten percent of the total increase in funding over the previous school year to provide LA 4 classes through collaborative agreements with nonschool system providers.

(2) For the purposes of this Section, "early learning center" means any child day care center, Early Head Start Center, Head Start Center, or stand-alone prekindergarten program not attached to a school.

(3) Such collaborative agreements may include but shall not be limited to the following options:

(a) The participating school system may lease physical space from a nonschool system provider for an LA 4 class.

(b) The participating school system may provide a lead teacher with the nonschool system provider supplying the physical space and all other personnel, materials, or supplies needed to meet LA 4 program requirements.

(c) The nonschool system provider may supply the physical space and all of the teaching and ancillary personnel, materials, and supplies needed to meet LA 4 program requirements.

(4) Participating school systems shall explore all feasible supports to enable nonschool system providers of early childhood education to meet the requirements of the LA 4 program, including providing teachers employed by the school system to teach LA 4 classes in nonschool system provider settings, provided such teachers are certified to serve as a lead teacher in accordance with Subparagraph (H)(3)(a) of this Section.

(5) A nonschool system provider of early childhood education that serves children residing within the jurisdiction of a participating public school system and that wishes to participate in the LA 4 program shall apply to the board of the school system in accordance with the time lines and regulations established by the state board. Such application shall, at a minimum, include the following information:

(a) Verification that the applicant is a provider of early childhood education that meets the definition of an early learning center as provided in this Subsection and has attained the minimum quality rating required to be eligible to participate in the program as established by the state board.

(b) Documentation that the provider meets the requirements for participation in the program as provided by state law and state board regulation.

(c) Documentation relative to the provider's organizational, governance, and operational structure.

(d) Documentation relative to the provider's policies, programs, and practices in place to ensure parental involvement.

(e) Documentation relative to the provider's personnel policies and employment practices.

(f) Documentation relative to the provider's rules and regulations applicable to children, including disciplinary policies and procedures.

(g) Documentation relative to the adequacy of the provider's facilities and equipment.

(h) Documentation relative to the types and amounts of the provider's insurance coverage.

(i) Documentation relative to applicable teacher certification requirements.

(6) The provisions of R.S. 17:15 shall be applicable to all employees of an early learning center that enters into a collaborative agreement with a school board to provide LA 4 classes in a nonschool system provider setting, and each early learning center shall comply with all rules and regulations established by the participating school system pursuant to such law relative to criminal history review.

(7)(a) A waiver of the requirement specified in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection may be granted to a participating school system by the state board if the school system provides documentation acceptable to the state board that it meets at least one of the following conditions:

(i) There are no early learning centers located within the geographic boundaries of the participating school system that have attained the minimum quality rating required to be eligible to participate in the program as established by the state board.

(ii) The participating school system did not receive an application from an early learning center seeking to collaborate in the provision of LA 4 classes.

(iii) After a good faith effort and for good cause shown the participating school system and early learning center were unable to reach an agreement regarding the provision of LA 4 classes in a nonschool system provider setting.

(b) The state board shall send written notification to a participating school system as to whether its application for a waiver has been granted. However, a waiver shall not be granted for more than one school year at a time.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any given school year the provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to a participating school system with excess capacity in its LA 4 program nor shall such a system be required to seek or be granted a waiver from the state board of such requirements.

G. In addition to determining the demand for and distribution of funds for the LA 4 program, the state board shall assess all other funding streams in order to facilitate diverse delivery and fulfill demand to the greatest extent possible.

H. Each public school system operating the LA 4 program shall include or provide for the following:

(1) A full-day program for the hours of the day and the number of days that a regular school program in the school system is in session.

(2) A program of developmentally appropriate early childhood education, the content of which shall meet the standards required for accreditation of a high- quality early childhood education program as determined by the state board.

(3)(a) A teacher in each classroom, referred to in this Section as the "lead teacher", who is in charge of the classroom, supervises other adults employed in the classroom, plans the activities for the children in the classroom, and is one of the following:

(i) Certified by the department in nursery school education, kindergarten, or early intervention.

(ii) If the superintendent of the employing school system certifies by sworn affidavit that no qualified applicant with a certificate as provided in Item (i) of this Subparagraph has applied for the position, then a teacher certified by the department pursuant to rules adopted by the state board.

(iii) If the superintendent of the employing school system certifies by sworn affidavit that no qualified applicant with a certificate as provided in Item (i) or (ii) of this Subparagraph has applied for the position, then the recipient of a degree in elementary education, kindergarten, early childhood education, or early intervention and employed pursuant to the interim emergency policy of the state board for hiring non-certified personnel.

(b) The employment, retaining, or reemployment of any person as a lead teacher who is qualified in any way other than as provided in Item (a)(i) of this Paragraph may occur only if such teacher can document consistently working toward obtaining the qualifications in Item (a)(i) of this Paragraph in compliance with the requirements of state board rule or is otherwise deemed qualified in accordance with rules adopted by the state board.

(4) A student-to-lead teacher ratio of no more than twenty-to-one and a student-to-adult staff member ratio of no more than ten-to-one.

(5) Classroom and instructional supplies consistent with the standards required in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and consistent with standards required by state board rule.

(6) Required professional development, in compliance with state board rule, for lead teachers and all other persons whose employment in the LA 4 program involves direct contact with children.

(7) Adequate and appropriate space and facilities.

I. The department shall do all of the following:

(1) Provide technical assistance to each public school system operating the LA 4 program and ensure that each participating school system complies with the requirements of this Section and all rules adopted pursuant to this Section.

(2) Develop and implement a system of evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of the LA 4 program and conduct a study of the long-term effects of the program on the school success of the participating children.

(3) Provide regular, scheduled, and appropriate professional development for lead teachers and all other persons whose employment in the LA 4 program involves direct contact with children pursuant to Paragraph (H)(6) of this Section.

Acts 2014, No. 644, §1; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1; Acts 2018, No. 307, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2274 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2274
Bodies of persons required to be buried at public expense; notice to board; receipt of bodies by board
Status: in_force

A. The superintendents or wardens of hospitals, asylums, penitentiaries or other similar institutions, and all state, parish, or city officials or other persons having custody of the bodies of deceased persons required to be buried at public expense, shall notify the Anatomical Board of the availability of the same, and that there exists no legal prohibition against the release thereof. This notice shall be given not later than thirty-six hours from the death of the person deceased.

B. Upon receipt of this notice, the board may accept the bodies available, and it or its authorized agents shall be permitted to transport the same from any point within the state to its domicile in the city of New Orleans, or its resident offices elsewhere in the state; and, upon receipt of this notice, the board may authorize and allow immediate removal of eyes from the bodies available by qualified medical practitioners when the eyes so removed are to be used for the purpose of advancing medical science or for the replacement or rehabilitation of eyes in living persons. No claim or right of action of any sort in favor of any person and against any doctor, nurse, hospital, or any other person or organization, corporate or otherwise, shall arise out of or result from the removal of eyes from the bodies made available to the board under the terms of this section.

C. All bodies received by the board shall be used solely for the purpose of promoting anatomical knowledge and research or for the replacement or rehabilitation of diseased eyes or other parts of the body or organs of living persons.

D. All expenses incurred in connection with the notice, delivery and transportation of the bodies to the city of New Orleans, or elsewhere, shall be paid by the board. The board shall also assume all the expenses incurred in disposing of the remains of these bodies after the same have been used in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 131, §1; Acts 1968, No. 250, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:521 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 521
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Sub-part the term "employee" means any person in the employ of the Orleans Parish school board who is not a teacher or whose legal employment does not require the holding of a teacher's certificate.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3140.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3140.11
Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account
Status: in_force

A. There shall be established in the state treasury as a special permanent account the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account. Following compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, all monies generated pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be deposited into the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account, and monies in this fund shall be used solely to make refunds of unearned tuition as provided in this Chapter. The monies in the account shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as for the state general fund and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to the account. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the account at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the account and be available for expenditure in the next fiscal year. The legislature shall make yearly appropriations from the fund to the board for the purposes of the proprietary school student protection program.

B.(1) Each licensed proprietary school shall make payments to the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account. The first payment to the fund by a school shall be one thousand dollars and shall accompany application for licensure. Beginning one year after licensure by the board and annually thereafter, the annual payment shall be determined based on the graduated schedule as provided in this Paragraph. If the gross tuition collected by a school during the first assessment period after licensure requires an adjustment, the adjustment shall be made in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section.

PROPRIETARY SCHOOL STUDENT PROTECTION DEDICATED FUND ACCOUNT SCHEDULE

Gross Tuition Collected During Annual Payment

Assessment Period

$ 1 - 24,999 $ 200.00

$ 25,000 - 49,999 $ 250.00

$ 50,000 - 99,999 $ 300.00

$ 100,000 - 199,999 $ 400.00

$ 200,000 - 299,999 $ 500.00

$ 300,000 - 399,999 $ 600.00

$ 400,000 - 499,999 $ 700.00

$ 500,000 - 749,999 $ 1,000.00

$ 750,000 - 999,999 $ 1,250.00

$ 1,000,000 - 1,499,999 $ 1,500.00

$ 1,500,000 - and above $ 2,000.00

(2) All payments to the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account shall be made payable to the "Student Protection Fund". Except in cases of overpayment, all payments to the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account shall be nonrefundable.

(3) Nontuition revenues and all income generated from contract training services shall be exempt from the calculation of a school's gross tuition revenues.

(4) Payments required pursuant to this Section shall be a condition of doing business in the state and failure to make a payment within thirty days following the date on which it is due shall result in the loss of licensure as granted under the provisions of this Chapter. The commission shall provide written notice of the required payment to each school not less than thirty days prior to the due date of the payment.

(5) If an audit of tuition revenues conducted by the board determines that a school has paid into the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account an amount less than was required, the school shall pay the amount required to the commission within thirty days of receipt of written notice from the board of the amount of the underpayment.

(6) If an audit of tuition revenues conducted by the board determines that a school has paid into the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account an amount more than was required, subsequent payment or payments by the school shall be appropriately credited by the commissioner of higher education or his designee until the credited payment or payments equal the amount of the overpayment.

C. Forms developed and provided annually to calculate payments due the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account shall be completed by the school and submitted annually to the commission. The school director or persons designated to sign on his behalf shall attest that the information provided is correct and complete.

D. Claims against the account shall be considered from currently enrolled students only when there is a lack of availability for that student to transfer for the time remaining in his course of study at no additional cost to a similar program within the student's local area as determined by the commission or other teach-out options.

E. A school shall inform its students in writing of their rights under the provisions governing the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account.

F. Any student enrolled in a proprietary school licensed under the provisions of this Chapter who is unable to complete a course or unit of instruction at a school because of cessation of operation of the school and who has paid tuition for the course or unit of instruction may make application to the board for a refund of tuition from the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account to the extent that the fund exists or has reached the level necessary to pay outstanding approved claims.

G.(1) Application for refund shall be made on forms provided by the board after determination of cessation of operation of the school.

(2) In applying for a refund pursuant to the provisions of this Section, a student shall specify all sources and amounts of tuition which were paid on the student's behalf.

H.(1) Upon application, the board shall determine whether the applicant is unable to complete a course or unit of instruction because of the cessation of operation of the school to which tuition has been paid. The board may summon by subpoena any person, records, or documents pertinent to the making of a determination regarding cessation of operation.

(2) If the board finds that the applicant is entitled to a tuition refund because of the cessation of operation of the school, the board shall determine the amount of an appropriate refund which shall be equal to or a portion of the tuition paid for the uncompleted course or unit of instruction. The board shall direct the commission to pay the refund to the applicant or persons, agencies, or organizations indicated by the applicant who has paid tuition on the student's behalf. If the student is a minor, payment shall be made to the student's parent or legal guardian.

(3) Each recipient of a tuition refund made in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall assign all rights to the state of any action against the school or its owner or owners for tuition amounts reimbursed pursuant to this Section. Upon assignment, the board may take appropriate action against the school or its owner or owners in order to reimburse the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account for any expenses or claims that are paid from the account and to reimburse the state for the reasonable and necessary expenses in undertaking the action.

I. A claim shall be made against the account only if it arises out of the cessation of operation and after claims are made against the surety bond or other school financial resources.

J. The board shall adopt necessary rules and regulations based on recommendations from the commission providing for the cessation of payments into the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account by schools licensed under the provisions of this Chapter upon the account balance reaching a minimum of eight hundred thousand dollars and for the resumption of payments into the account whenever the account balance is less than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars.

K.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, there is hereby established a special account within the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account to be known as the Proprietary School Student Records and Administration Account, hereafter in this Subsection referred to as the "administration account". Any balance in the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account on July 1, 2000, that exceeds eight hundred thousand dollars, as provided in Subsection J of this Section, shall be deposited into the administration account. All interest earned on the account after July 1, 2000, shall be deposited in the administration account. All deposits made to the Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account after July 1, 2000, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

(2) Amounts from the administration account shall be pledged and dedicated solely and exclusively for costs associated with board functions as they relate to the administration of proprietary schools and for the creation of a digital student records management system.

Acts 2019, No. 404, §§ 2, 19, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 437, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2019, No. 404 providing for the effects of the conversion of certain dedicated funds to special statutorily dedicated fund accounts.

NOTE: Section 19(A) of Acts 2019, No. 404 states that the funds enumerated in Section 19(A) of the Act were converted to accounts in Acts 2018, No. 612 and shall be considered as statutorily dedicated fund accounts containing fees and self-generated revenues. Although enumerated in Section 19(A)(8) of Acts 2019, No. 404, the "Proprietary School Student Protection Dedicated Fund Account created in R.S. 17:3141.16" was not provided for in Acts 2018, No. 612.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:276 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 276
Physical education programs; secondary schools
Status: in_force

Each city and parish public school system, in accordance with the mandates of federal law and regulations, shall offer, as part of the physical education program at the secondary schools in such school system, sexually segregated contact sports and sexually integrated noncontact sports. Students enrolling in such physical education programs shall have the option of participating in sexually segregated contact sports, sexually integrated noncontact sports, or both.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 840, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 416.24
Mental health screenings
Status: in_force

A. Each city, parish, or other local public school board may offer mental health screenings for all students in grades kindergarten through twelve during the first semester of the school year. If a board offers such screenings, each school under its jurisdiction shall comply with the provisions of this Section relative to the administration of such screenings.

B. The school shall notify the parent or legal guardian of each student that screenings are being offered and shall give the parent or legal guardian the option to consent in writing to the screening. A school shall not conduct a mental health screening on a student whose parent or legal guardian has not consented to the screening, unless the student has reached the age of majority or is an emancipated minor and independently consents in writing to the screening. The school shall identify the screening tool being used and include this information on the parental consent form with information on how to access the tool on the school or district's website.

C. If the results of a student's screening indicate a potential mental health condition, the school shall notify the student's parent, legal guardian, or the student if he has reached the age of majority or is an emancipated minor of the results and provide a list of resources available to the student in the school or community.

D. The Louisiana Department of Health shall select mental health screening tools appropriate to the provisions of this Section and provide such tools at no cost to each city, parish, and other local public school board.

E. Results of the screenings shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure except to the student's parent, legal guardian, or the student if he has reached the age of majority or is an emancipated minor. Within thirty days following notification of the parent, legal guardian, or the student if he has reached the age of majority or is an emancipated minor, the mental health screening data collected by a school shall be destroyed. No school or vendor shall collect metadata when conducting such screenings.

F. No city, parish, or other local public school board shall use the results of any mental health screening to make any decision relating to student instruction, academic opportunities, or discipline.

G. There shall be no cause of action against the public school governing authority, or any employee thereof, related to the results of the screening provided for in this Section.

H. The provisions of this Section are subject to the approval and funding by the school board of a city, parish, or other local public school system.

Acts 2025, No. 469, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:87.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 87.3
Disposition of revenues received from grants
Status: in_force

All moneys received as consideration for grants authorized by R.S. 17:87.1 shall be deposited by the school board and credited to the general school fund of the parish wherein the sixteenth section or part thereof is located.

Added by Acts 1950, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1989.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1989.3
Governor's Program for Gifted Children; legislative establishment; location; governance; relationship with educational boards and state superintendent
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established the Governor's Program for Gifted Children, hereinafter referred to as "the program", as a residential summer enrichment program for gifted children in grades six through ten, with the exception of certain musically gifted students in grades eleven and twelve. The program shall be located on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, or at such other facility as shall be determined by the program's director.

B. The program shall be a continuation of the existing program which has operated heretofore without benefit of an explicit statutory mandate.

C. The program is hereby placed within the Department of Education as provided in R.S. 36:801.1, and shall be independent of the control of the state superintendent of education and of all local and state education boards.

Acts 1999, No. 595, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:197.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 197.2
Prohibited ingredients; local production preference
Status: in_force

A.(1) No public school governing authority shall serve any food or beverage containing a prohibited ingredient to students in schools under its jurisdiction.

(2) No nonpublic school that receives state funds shall serve any food or beverage containing a prohibited ingredient to students.

(3) The provisions of this Subsection shall apply to breakfasts and lunches served to a student on a school campus during regular school hours and to any food or beverages served by the school to a student during aftercare.

(4) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any food or beverage sold in concession stands or vending machines.

B. For purposes of this Section, "prohibited ingredient" means any of the following:

(1) Blue dye 1 (CAS 3844-45-9).

(2) Blue dye 2 (CAS 860-22-0).

(3) Green dye 3 (CAS 2353-45-9).

(4) Red dye 3 (CAS 16423-68-0).

(5) Red dye 40 (CAS 25956-17-6).

(6) Yellow dye 5 (CAS 1934-21-0).

(7) Yellow dye 6 (CAS 2783-94-0).

(8) Azodicarbonamide.

(9) Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA).

(10) Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT).

(11) Potassium bromate.

(12) Propylparaben.

(13) Acesulfame potassium.

(14) Aspartame.

(15) Sucralose.

C. Each public school and any nonpublic school that receives state funds shall purchase food produced in this state to the extent practicable.

Acts 2025, No. 463, §1, eff. See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3997 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3997
Charter school employees
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) The governing authority of any charter school may employ such faculty and staff members as it deems necessary. All potential charter school employees shall be notified of the specific benefits they will be offered, as specified in the school's charter agreement.

(b) The nonprofit organization shall have exclusive authority over all employment decisions at the charter schools. However, as provided for in the charter, a nonprofit organization may enter into a contract with a for-profit organization to manage the charter school and may delegate to the for-profit organization such authority over employment decisions at the charter school as the nonprofit organization deems necessary and proper. Any delegation of this authority must be specifically delegated in a service provider agreement.

(c) The governing authority of any Type 5 charter school may bargain and enter into a collectively bargained contract on behalf of all or any group of its employees. The provisions of this Subparagraph supersede the provisions of R.S. 17:3996(D) as it relates to Type 5 charter schools.

(2) Employees employed by any charter school who, previous to employment in the charter school, were employees of a local school board shall, if such employees desire, be placed on leave of absence pursuant to Subsection B of this Section. However, for the duration of such leave each such employee shall continue to contribute to and be a member of the school employees' or teachers' retirement system, and earn service credit for the accrual of retirement benefits. However, service time while employed by a charter school shall not accrue toward the acquisition of permanent status.

(3)(a) Employment in any charter school for all employees other than those provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection shall be deemed to be employment in a public elementary or secondary school in the state regarding eligibility for any or all benefits which would otherwise accrue under state law to such an employee in any other elementary or secondary school, including but not limited to membership in the school employees' and teachers' retirement systems. However, participation of the charter school and its employees in such benefit programs shall be contingent upon provisions contained in the school's approved charter.

(b)(i) The provisions of such charter may require only teachers employed by the charter school who previous to employment in the charter school were employees of a local school board to continue active membership in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana for the duration of their employment as charter school teachers, regardless of their leave status.

(ii) The provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph enacted by the Act that originated as Senate Bill No. 31 of the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature 1 shall not become effective until the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana is in receipt of a private letter ruling issued by the Internal Revenue Service, pursuant to a request by the system for such a ruling, concluding that the provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph will not adversely affect the status of the system as a qualified governmental plan under the Internal Revenue Code.

(4) With regard to participation in the public retirement systems:

(a) The compensation that the teacher or school employee would have received if employed by the local public school system shall be used to determine employee and employer contribution levels of the respective retirement systems.

(b) Any compensation paid to a teacher or school employee which exceeds the salary that would have been received if employed by the local school system shall not be deemed as compensation solely for the purpose of the calculation of future retirement benefits.

NOTE: The provisions of Subparagraph (B)(1)(a) ceased to be effective on June 30, 2010. See Subparagraph (B)(1)(b).

B.(1)(a) A local school board shall grant a leave of absence, not to exceed three years, to any employee in its school system requesting such leave in order to be employed in a charter school.

(b)(i) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall be in effect through June 30, 2010.

(ii) A leave of absence granted by a local school board pursuant to the provisions of this Section prior to July 1, 2010, shall continue to be governed by all applicable provisions of this Section.

(2)(a) At the end of the first year of leave authorized by this Subsection, an employee may return to his former teaching position with the local school board.

(b) At the end of the second year of leave authorized by this Subsection, an employee may make a written request to the local school board to return to the school system to a comparable position from which the leave was granted. Upon such request, the employee shall be permitted to return to a comparable position even if such return necessitates a reduction in force by the local school board in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 17:81.4.

(c)(i) Except as otherwise provided by Item (ii) of this Subparagraph, at the end of the third year of leave authorized by this Subsection, an employee shall either make a written request to the local school board to return to the school system in a comparable position, if one is available, or resign from the position from which the leave was granted. Any employee requesting to return to the school system in a comparable position shall be permitted to return even if such return necessitates a reduction in force by the local school board in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 17:81.4.

(ii)(aa) Any employee granted a three-year leave of absence pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and who would otherwise be required to take, during the 2007-2008 school year or the 2008-2009 school year, one of the actions specified in Item (i) of this Subparagraph relative to returning to or resigning from the school system granting leave may request, in lieu of taking such action, an additional leave of absence from the local school board not to exceed two years. The request for additional leave shall be made in the same manner and in accordance with the same timeline as applicable to a request to return to the school system. A request for additional leave pursuant to the provisions of this Item shall be granted by the local school board.

(bb) At the end of the additional leave period authorized by this Item, an employee shall either make a written request to the local school board to return to the school system in a comparable position, if one is available, or resign from the position from which the leave was granted. Any employee requesting to return to the local school system in a comparable position shall be permitted to return even if such return necessitates a reduction in force by the local school board in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 17:81.4.

(3) The local school board may require that any request to return to the city or parish school system be made at least ninety days before the employee would otherwise have to report for duty.

(4)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, upon the return of a teacher to the city or parish school system such teacher shall retain permanent status gained in the public school system prior to the leave authorized by this Subsection even if the teacher is terminated by the charter school.

(b) Upon the return of an employee to the city or parish school system, such employee shall not lose any right of retirement or salary status or any other benefits to which the employee would have been entitled had he not taken a leave of absence to teach in a charter school.

(5) Each local school board shall permit any employee granted leave under this Subsection to continue to participate in any group insurance program in which he was otherwise entitled to participate subject to the same conditions and costs.

C.(1)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section and in addition to those provisions, the state board or any local school board may contract with any charter school to provide all or any portion of the faculty and staff of such school. In such a case, any such faculty and staff members shall be employees of the contracting state or local board and shall continue as such employees to receive all the same benefits as other such employees, except as otherwise specified in the charter.

(b) No state or local board employee may be assigned by his employer to serve in a charter school involuntarily. No action taken or assignment made regarding any employee of a state or local board in any charter school shall affect the status of the employee as an employee of the board.

(2) The governing authority of the charter school shall have complete and exclusive control over all decisions regarding assignment, responsibilities, and conduct when such an employee is hired to work at, or is employed in, its charter school.

D.(1)(a) Each governing authority of a charter school annually shall evaluate every teacher and administrator employed at the school using the value-added assessment model and measures of student growth as determined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to R.S. 17:3902(B)(5).

(b) The governing authority of a charter school shall terminate the employment of any teacher or administrator determined to be ineffective for three consecutive years pursuant to the evaluation required by this Section.

(2)(a) Fifty percent of each teacher and administrator evaluation conducted pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be based on evidence of growth in student achievement as determined by the state board. Data derived from a value-added assessment model, as determined by the state board, shall be a factor in determining evidence of student growth for grade levels and subjects for which value-added data is available and shall comprise thirty-five percent of the overall evaluation. For grade levels and subjects for which value-added data is not available, the state board shall establish measures of student growth. The model shall take into account important student factors, including but not limited to special education, economic disadvantage, attendance, and discipline. The state board shall develop and adopt a policy to invalidate such student growth data for any teacher for any school year in which there is a natural disaster or any other unexpected event that results in the temporary closure of the school.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, for the 2020-2021 school year, value-added data shall not be used to evaluate teacher performance or effectiveness.

(3) The state superintendent of education shall make available to the public the data specified in R.S. 17:3902(B)(5) as may be useful for conducting statistical analyses and evaluations of educational personnel, but shall not reveal information pertaining to the evaluation report of a particular employee. Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, such public information may include school level student growth data as specified in R.S. 17:3902(B)(5).

(4)(a) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may request that the state Department of Education monitor evaluation programs established pursuant to this Section as necessary. The method to be used in monitoring such programs shall be established by the department with the approval of the board and shall be sufficient to determine the extent to which any programs have been implemented, and whether such programs comply with the provisions of this Section.

(b) If, in conducting such monitoring, the department determines that the governing authority of a charter school has failed to implement its evaluation program or has otherwise failed to comply with the provisions of this Section, the department shall notify the charter school governing authority of such failure, and the charter school governing authority shall correct such failure within sixty calendar days after receiving such notification. The department also shall notify the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education of such failure, by the charter school governing authority.

(c) If the failure is not corrected within the prescribed sixty calendar days, the department shall notify the board of such continued failure and shall recommend to the board whatever sanctions against such charter school governing authority the department deems appropriate, which may include withholding funds distributed pursuant to the minimum foundation program formula until the corrections are made. The board shall act upon such recommendation within sixty calendar days after its receipt of the notification.

E.(1) The provisions of this Section apply to all charter schools except for Type 4 charter schools. The employees in Type 4 charter schools are in all respects employees of the local school board entering into the charter and shall be entitled to the benefits, and be subject to conditions of employment, as prescribed by the local school board within the charter.

(2) The transfer of an employee of a local school board to a Type 4 charter school shall be governed by the transfer policy of the local school board.

F.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, hereinafter referred to as the "board", shall develop and administer a process for consideration and settlement of claims by former employees of the Northwood Preparatory High School, a nonprofit corporation domiciled in Amite, Louisiana, hereinafter referred to as the "school", for earned but unpaid wages and benefits as the board deems appropriate, subject to the provisions of this Subsection and pursuant to the availability of funds as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection.

(2)(a) The board shall develop and administer a process for determining eligibility for settlement and payment of claims for unpaid wages and benefits by former employees of the school, as well as determining the amounts due each claimant and the execution of settlements with respect to claims. While the board shall establish the criteria for eligibility for settlement of a claim, at a minimum, a claimant shall have been employed by the school at the time of its closure and shall make a claim in accordance with the requirements of the board no later than July 30, 2003. Any former employee of the school who makes a claim for unpaid wages and benefits, who is determined by the board to be eligible for consideration for payment of unpaid wages and benefits shall execute a receipt, release, and waiver of any past, present, or future cause of action against the state and its departments, agencies, subdivisions, boards, and commissions, and the Tangipahoa Parish School Board with respect to earned but unpaid wages and benefits, hereinafter referred to as a "settlement agreement". Such settlement agreements shall contain a clause which provides that neither the state nor any of its departments, agencies, subdivisions, boards, and commissions, nor the Tangipahoa Parish School Board shall bear any liability to pay any compensation to a claimant unless the provisions of Subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this Paragraph are met:

(b) After all settlements have been executed by the board with all claimants who made a valid claim by July 30, 2003, the board shall certify that a settlement has been effected with every person who was employed at the school at the time of its closure.

(c) The cooperative endeavor agreement executed by the Louisiana Department of Education and the Tangipahoa Parish School Board on March 25, 2003, has been amended to extend the effective date of the contract through December 31, 2003, and to expand the purposes of the contract to include payments either in whole or in part to the former employees of the school who have entered into settlement agreements with the board.

(3) The board shall complete its consideration and settlement of claims as provided herein no later than September 30, 2003. If the conditions of Subparagraphs (b) and (c) of Paragraph (2) are met, the board shall then transmit a copy of all settlement agreements not later than December 1, 2003, to the Tangipahoa Parish School Board for its use in determining the payments to be made to the former employees.

(4) In the event the conditions of Subparagraphs (b) and (c) of Paragraph (2) and Paragraph (3) of this Subsection are met, the Tangipahoa Parish School Board shall make payments to satisfy the settlement agreements, to the extent that monies are available from the cooperative endeavor agreement with the State Department of Education, with the amount of each payment made at the discretion of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board based on monies available.

Acts 1997, No. 477, §1, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 757, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 1210, §1; Acts 2001, No. 20, §1, eff. May 22, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 944, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §1, eff. Nov. 30, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 497, §1, eff. June 25, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 54, §1, eff. May 27, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 324, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8; Acts 2010, No. 999, §2; Acts 2012, No. 298, §2, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 504, §1, eff. June 14, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 136, §1; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 53, §1, eff. Nov. 5, 2020.

1 Acts 2012, No. 298.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 416.10
Visitor authorization; public elementary or secondary school grounds, buildings, and other facilities
Status: in_force

A.(1) To provide learning environments that are humane, just, and designed to promote excellence and to better maintain safety and good order at public elementary and secondary schools in this state, effective with the beginning of the 1994-1995 school year and thereafter, no person shall go on public elementary or secondary school grounds or in any public elementary or secondary school building or other school facility as a visitor during school hours without authority of the appropriate school official as provided by rules adopted pursuant to this Section.

(2) Whoever violates the provisions of this Subsection shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

(3) For purposes of this Section, "visitor" shall mean any person except:

(a) An employee of the school or school system.

(b) A member of the school or school system's governing authority.

(c) A student enrolled in the school system.

(d) A parent, guardian, or other person authorized by a parent or guardian who is delivering the pupil to school at the beginning of the school day or is picking up the pupil from school at the end of the school day.

B. Every governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school in the state, by not later than thirty days prior to the beginning of the 1994-1995 school year, shall develop and adopt written rules, regulations, and procedures for granting authority to persons to go on public school grounds or in any public school building or other school facility as a visitor during school hours and for notifying visitors of such rules, regulations, and procedures.

C. Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted:

(1) To deny access onto public school grounds or into any public school building or other school facility to any organization or religious group otherwise permitted to use such grounds, buildings, or facilities.

(2) To affect in any way the power of a public elementary or secondary school governing authority to provide relative to access by representatives of school employee organizations to school employees on public school grounds or in any public school building or other school facility.

Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 91, §1, eff. July 7, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1252 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1252
Establishment of clearinghouse
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, may establish a Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse. The clearinghouse shall be a depository for the personnel files of all persons who were employed by any city or parish school system, or by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or by any college or university to teach in any elementary or secondary school who have ceased to be employed for any reason other than death or retirement.

(2) Such files shall be maintained as confidential, except that with the permission of the teacher, any school employer, public or private may review the contents of any teacher's folder when considering him for employment. Further, the department may extract from each deposited personnel file the teacher's name, certification status, areas of certification, and address for inclusion in an availability list that shall be regularly published and circulated to each city and parish school board and any other school system employer who requests the list. Any teacher whose personnel file has been deposited with the clearinghouse may request, in writing, that his name and information not be included on such availability list. All such requests shall be honored.

B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall formulate and adopt appropriate regulations for the governance of the Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse.

C. For the purposes of this Part, "personnel file" shall be defined as provided in R.S. 17:1233(2).

Acts 1988, No. 457, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3047.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3047.1
Advisory council; membership; responsibilities
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Regents shall establish an advisory council to identify programs in which an eligible student may enroll to receive an award pursuant to this Chapter. The identified programs shall be known as "qualified programs".

B. The advisory council shall be comprised of the following members or their designees:

(1) The chancellor of Louisiana State University at Eunice.

(2) The chancellor of Southern University at Shreveport.

(3) The president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.

(4) The commissioner of higher education.

(5) The state superintendent of education.

(6) The secretary of Louisiana Economic Development.

(7) The secretary of Louisiana Works.

(8) The chairman of the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council.

(9) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue.

C. Louisiana Works shall convene the advisory council annually for program updates. At least once every three years, the advisory council shall review the workforce priorities of the state and each of its workforce regions and designate qualified programs.

D. The process for selecting qualified programs by the advisory council shall include:

(1) The identification of not more than five industry sectors that are predominated by high-demand, high-wage jobs that are aligned to workforce priorities of the state and each of its workforce regions and identify high-demand, high-wage jobs in each of the sectors.

(2) A review of the postsecondary education requirements of each job identified pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(3) A review of the public postsecondary education and proprietary school programs, at the associate degree level or below, that offer credentials and degrees that are aligned to the identified jobs in each industry sector.

(4) The designation of programs that offer the credentials and degrees identified pursuant to Paragraph (3) of this Subsection as "qualified programs".

(5) A review of the return on the state's investment in awards made to recipients who completed a qualified program.

E. Identification of industry sectors; high-demand, high-wage jobs; and the required degrees and credentials of the identified jobs shall, at a minimum, be based upon the following:

(1) A review of the most current statewide and regional industry and occupational forecasts as approved by the Occupational Forecasting Conference and the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council.

(2) A review of nationally recognized databases for industry and occupational projections.

(3) Input from the regional development organization in each region.

F. The advisory council shall identify and assist in the establishment of mechanisms to support award recipients to complete a qualified program and gain employment in the associated high-demand, high-wage jobs. Such mechanisms shall include the provision of college academic and career counseling and employer partnerships for developing mentorship programs and work-based learning experiences.

G. The advisory council shall:

(1) Identify federal and state programs, including childcare supplements and other aid or services, that may provide additional support to award recipients to further their postsecondary education.

(2) Compile a list of all identified aid and services, provide a copy to the Board of Regents, and post the listing on the website of the office of student financial assistance.

H. The advisory council shall identify programs in which an eligible student may enroll to receive a TOPS-Tech or TOPS-Tech Early Start award. The council shall consider the qualifications for qualified programs for the M.J. Foster Promise Program when identifying such programs.

Acts 2021, No. 457, §1, eff. June 23, 2021; Acts 2023, No. 287, §1, eff. June 12, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 102, §1, eff. May 21, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 152, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:424.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 424.2
Credit for teaching in state-approved private elementary and secondary school under state minimum salary schedule
Status: in_force

Any teacher holding a valid Louisiana teaching certificate at the time of rendering teaching services for which he was properly certificated in a private elementary or secondary school approved by the State Department of Education shall receive experience credit for such services under the state minimum salary schedule provided for in R.S. 17:419-422 when employed by any parish or city school board or by any special school in Louisiana; provided, however, that he shall not receive credit for such teaching services for any year in which he was not properly certificated for the services which he performed, nor shall he receive credit whether certificated or not for teaching services rendered in any year in which the private school employing him was not approved by the State Department of Education.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 107, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.66 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.66
Fees
Status: in_force

A.(1) The office of state fire marshal shall have the authority to charge each family child care provider and in-home provider applying for registration or renewal of registration an annual fee for services. This fee shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(2) A fee shall be charged to cover the cost of inspection for family child care providers and in-home providers regulated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in accordance with R.S. 17:407.64(A). The fee shall be set at forty dollars per inspection conducted by the office or an authorized agent, and money collected shall be used for the purposes of employing personnel to perform such inspections, audits pursuant to R.S. 17:407.64(B), and to implement and maintain supportive technologies.

B. The office of state fire marshal shall transfer sufficient funds to the department for those family child care providers and in-home providers who receive state or federal funds but do not participate in the United States Child and Adult Care Food Program to carry out the registration process in accordance with this Part.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §3, eff. Feb. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1; Acts 2015, No. 354, §2, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2022, No. 585, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3351.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3351.8
Facilities use and maintenance fee increase; amount; waivers; limitations; Southern University at New Orleans
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the authority granted to the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College by R.S. 17:1855, 3351(A)(5), and 3351.1, and in accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the board may impose, at Southern University at New Orleans, an increase in the facilities use and maintenance fee for a total amount of such fee not to exceed sixty dollars per semester for full-time undergraduate and graduate students effective for the Fall, 2003, semester and thereafter.

B.(1) The fee increase amount shall be applied proportionally for part-time students and for summer sessions.

(2) The fee shall not be a cost that is payable by the state on behalf of any student who is a recipient of an award under the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students.

C. The fee increase shall be paid by all students. However, the board shall establish criteria for waiving the fee increase in cases of financial hardship as determined by the board. Information relative to such waivers and the criteria and procedures for obtaining a waiver shall be made available to all prospective students in a timely manner such that each student is informed of the availability of a waiver prior to the student making a final decision concerning attendance.

D. No proceeds for the fee increase authorized by this Section shall be used to pay the salary of any university or university system administrator.

Acts 2003, No. 963, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2008, No. 652, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2359 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2359
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be cited as the Anatomical Gift Act.

Acts 1968, No. 651, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2115.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2115.1
Official prayer; prohibition
Status: in_force

No public elementary or secondary school shall adopt or use any official or standard prayer and when a voluntary, student-initiated, student-led prayer is offered, it shall be done in accordance with the religious views of the student offering the prayer.

Acts 1995, No. 264, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2820 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2820
Filing of documents
Status: in_force

Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution, as the case may be, when executed by authentic act shall be presented to the secretary of state for filing in the records of his office. If the secretary of state shall find that the articles presented conform to the requirements of this Chapter, he shall, upon the payment of the fees as in this Chapter provided, file the articles so presented in the records of his office and upon such filing the incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution provided for therein shall be in effect. The secretary of state immediately upon filing in his office of any articles pursuant to this Chapter shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the recorder of mortgages or clerk of court of the parish in which the principal office of each cooperative or corporation affected by such incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution shall be located. The recorder of mortgages or clerk of court of any parish upon receipt of any such certified copy, shall file and index the same in the records of his office, but the failure of the secretary of state or of the recorder of mortgages or clerk of court of the parish to comply with the provisions of this Section shall not invalidate such articles. The provisions of this Section shall also apply to certificates of election to dissolve and affidavits of compliance executed pursuant to R.S. 17:2819B.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §20.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1970.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1970.27
Funding; acceptance of other funds
Status: in_force

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

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

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 60, §2, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2010, No. 525, §2, eff. June 24, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3393 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3393
Operational autonomy contingent on audit findings
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any institution that meets the requirements of this Paragraph may exercise the autonomies provided by this Subsection subject to the limitations provided in this Paragraph.

(b) Subsequent to a postsecondary education management board granting approval to an institution in its system to exercise operational autonomies or a system exercising the provided authorities, the division of administration shall approve the exercise of such autonomies to all institutions in the system governed by the management board, provided the system received for its most recent audit, a financial audit with an unmodified opinion, where the financial statements were free of material misstatements and material weaknesses, and the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows were represented fairly in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. If the system did not receive for the most recent audit, a financial audit with an unmodified opinion, where the financial statements were free of material misstatements and material weaknesses, and the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows were represented fairly in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, then the division of administration shall approve the exercise of such autonomies to all institutions in the system, except for any institution which was responsible for the finding of noncompliance at the system level.

(c) If an institution granted the right to exercise operational autonomies pursuant to Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph subsequently receives an audit with a material weakness through a financial audit, the institution shall be required to develop and implement a corrective action plan for approval by the management board. The institution shall be required to demonstrate to the management board that the necessary corrective actions were taken within six months from the date the audit finding was reported, or the institution will lose the authority to exercise the autonomies granted for the remainder of the period that this authority is in effect. The corrective action plan and post-implementation report shall be submitted to the division of administration and the Board of Regents.

(2) The operational autonomies that may be granted pursuant to this Subsection are:

(a)(i) Authority to retain any funds which remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of the fiscal year for use at the institution's discretion.

(ii) No later than October first of each year, each postsecondary education management board shall report to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget the amount of unexpended and unobligated funds retained by each institution by means of finance from the prior fiscal year.

(b) Authority to identify and dispose of obsolete equipment, excluding vehicles and items considered by federal law to be of a dangerous nature. Prior to exercising this autonomy with respect to electronic devices, the postsecondary education management board shall provide certification to the division of administration that all such devices are sanitized of any personally identifiable information.

(c) Authority to be excluded by the division of administration from any table of organization.

(d)(i) Authority to participate in the higher education procurement code as established by Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and approved by the division of administration. Institutions within the same system may cooperatively operate procurement operations under the higher education procurement code. Each postsecondary education management board may adopt the higher education procurement code, with amendments necessary to insert the name of each management board into the procurement code and to implement the code but excluding any substantive changes, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Any entity whose budget is appropriated through Schedule 19-Higher Education or 19E-LSU Health Sciences Center-health care services division may use the higher education procurement code in lieu of the Louisiana Procurement Code as provided in R.S. 39:15.3, 196 through 200, and 1551 through 1755, subject to the prior review and approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Any changes to the higher education procurement code after an initial five-year period shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for approval. However, there shall be only one higher education procurement code except for nonsubstantive changes required to implement the code.

(ii) The division of administration shall maintain a list of all institutions participating in the higher education procurement code, which shall be published on its website.

(e)(i) Exemption from participation in the state's risk management program established by R.S. 39:1527 et seq. and administered by the office of risk management, pursuant to a determination by the division of administration that the institution or management board, as applicable, has the capacity to manage its own risk and a phased-in plan of implementation as determined by the institution in collaboration with the attorney general and the division of administration, subject to the prior review and approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. This exemption shall not include the coverage provided by the state's risk management program pursuant to R.S. 40:1237.1.

(ii) Nothing in this exemption shall abrogate, amend, or alter the authority of the attorney general or the Department of Justice under Article IV, Sections 1 and 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana or any other provision of law to represent the state and all departments and agencies of state government in all litigation arising out of or involving tort or contract. Any institution that is granted an exemption under this Subparagraph shall enter into an interagency agreement with the attorney general and pay the attorney general reasonable attorney fees and expenses incurred in representing the institution.

(iii) Nothing in this Subparagraph shall be construed as creating any independent or separate cause of action against the state. The state shall continue to be sued only through the exempt institution's management board and cannot be sued in addition to or separately from the exempt institution's management board in any cause of action asserted against the exempt institution. The office of risk management shall not be responsible for payment of any judgment against the exempt institution's management board rendered subsequent to the transfer of the applicable line of coverage. The state's obligation to indemnify a covered individual as provided in R.S. 13:5108.1 shall not be performed by the office of risk management.

(iv) Any contract between the exempt institution's management board and its insurer shall name the state as an additional insured. Any provision in any contract between the exempt institution's management board and its insurer that conflicts with the provisions of this Subparagraph shall be considered null and void.

(v) Nothing in this Subparagraph shall be construed to adversely affect any of the substantive and procedural provisions and limitations applicable to actions against the state, including but not limited to the provisions of R.S. 13:5106, 5107, 5108.1, and 5112, and R.S. 9:2800 which would continue to apply equally to any exempted institution. Those provisions that will not apply are those that are specifically excluded in this Section. Upon transfer of each line of coverage to the exempted institution under this Section, the provisions of R.S. 39:1527 et seq., as well as the provisions of R.S. 13:5106(B)(3)(c), shall not apply to the line of coverage so transferred, nor to any claims asserted against the exempted institution within the transferred line of coverage.

(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 39:113, authority to administer all facilities projects funded with self-generated revenue, federal funds, donations, grants, or revenue bonds, including all projects falling under R.S. 39:128; however, excluding those projects falling under R.S. 39:128, these projects shall not be exempted from the capital outlay budget or any requirements as pertains thereto.

(g) Authority to invest funds as defined by R.S. 49:327(C) in municipal bonds issued by any state or political subdivision and those instruments laid out in R.S. 49:327(B)(1), in tax exempt bonds and other taxable governmental bonds issued by any state or a political subdivision or public corporation of any state, provided that such bonds are rated by a nationally recognized rating agency as investment grade. The investment policy governing such investment as defined by R.S. 49:327(C)(1)(b) shall define the allocation of funds among instruments and the term of maturity of the instruments, subject to the prior review and approval of the investment advisory committee. If an institution is determined by the division of administration to no longer possess the capacity relevant to this autonomy, or both, authority to invest additional funds shall be limited to those instruments defined by R.S. 49:327(B)(1) and (C), and shall exclude further investments in tax exempt bonds and other taxable government bonds issued by any state or a political subdivision or public corporation of any state.

B. Nothing in this Section abrogates, amends, or alters the authority of the attorney general or the Department of Justice under Article IV, Sections 1 and 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana or any other provision of law to represent the state and all departments and agencies of state government in all litigation arising out of or involving tort or contract. Any exempt institution under this Section shall enter into an interagency agreement with the attorney general and pay the attorney general reasonable attorney fees and expenses incurred in representing the institution.

C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as creating any independent or separate cause of action against the state. The state shall continue to be sued only through the exempt institution's management board and cannot be sued in addition to or separately from the exempt institution's management board in any cause of action asserted against the exempt institution.

Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 36, §1, eff. Oct. 28, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1989.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1989.7
Registry of prospective students
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Education shall assist the director in identifying candidates for admission to the program, as follows:

(1) By the thirtieth of October of each year, the director shall notify the state superintendent of education in writing of the grade levels or ages, or both, of the participants in the program for the session or sessions in the subsequent year.

(2) By the fifteenth of December of each year, the state superintendent of education shall furnish to the director information regarding each student currently in the grades or of the ages specified whom the state Department of Education's records show to have achieved a score in the ninetieth percentile or higher on any generally administered achievement test or other instrument designed to measure academic or intellectual performance. A test or instrument shall be deemed to be generally administered if it is administered to at least forty percent of the students in any given grade or age group in the state in any particular year. Such information shall include the student's name and that of his parents, his last known address, and the name of the school in which he is enrolled.

B. The director shall treat this information as confidential and shall not disclose it to any person outside the program, nor distribute it to persons employed by the program except as reasonably necessary.

C. If the state superintendent of education is not in possession of the information he is required to provide to the director in this Section, he shall gather that information at no charge to the program and shall maintain that information in his office as a central registry of gifted students, which registry shall be used by the state in its efforts to provide educational opportunities to gifted students. Inclusion in this registry shall not be determinative of whether a child is gifted, which fact shall be determined by means specified elsewhere by law or by regulation.

Acts 1999, No. 595, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3398.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3398.4
Consortia
Status: in_force

The Board of Regents shall develop and adopt a program designed to underwrite the forming of consortia among institutions of higher education for the purpose of sharing available expertise and resources in order to build mutually beneficial relationships with business and industry in this state. Such consortia shall each have as the basis for their design, the expansion of economic opportunity, the enhancement of educational opportunity, or the improvement of the quality of life in this state.

Acts 1995, No. 912, §1, eff. June 28, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.42 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.42
Review of criminal history information and state central registry of child abuse and neglect
Status: in_force

A.(1) No person who has been convicted of or has pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C) or whose name is on the Louisiana Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry, any other state's sex offender registry, or the National Crime Information Center's National Sex Offender Registry shall directly or indirectly own, operate, or participate in the governance of an early learning center, or shall be hired by any early learning center as a volunteer or employee of any kind, including any therapeutic professionals, extracurricular personnel, and other independent contractors, or shall be hired by the department in a position whose duties include the performance of licensing inspections in early learning centers.

(2) No individual whose name is recorded on the state central registry within the Department of Children and Family Services as a perpetrator for a substantiated finding of abuse or neglect of a child or in any other state's child abuse and neglect registry or repository shall own or operate a licensed early learning center or shall be hired by a licensed early learning center as an employee or volunteer of any kind, including any therapeutic professionals, extracurricular personnel, and other independent contractors, or shall be hired by the department in a position whose duties include the performance of licensing inspections.

B.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish by regulation, requirements and procedures under which the department shall, for any owner, volunteer, applicant, or employee of any kind, including contractors, of an early learning center or an applicant or employee of the department in a position whose duties include the performance of licensing inspections:

(a) Request information from the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, consistent with the provisions of R.S. 15:587.1, concerning whether the person has been arrested for or convicted of or pled nolo contendere to any criminal offense.

(b) Request information from the Department of Children and Family Services as to whether the person is listed on the state central registry as a perpetrator for a substantiated finding of abuse or neglect of a child.

(c) Request information from the National Crime Information Center as to whether the individual's name is recorded on the National Sex Offender Registry.

(2) The department shall require and provide for the submission of a person's fingerprints in a form acceptable to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information prior to employment of such person. A person who has submitted his fingerprints to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, and for whom the department has received a Louisiana or federal criminal history information report, may be hired on a provisional basis until such time as all required background checks have been completed; a provisional employee shall be monitored in accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education by an individual who has completed a criminal background check. Under no circumstances shall an early learning center employ a person in any capacity until the department has received the required Louisiana or federal criminal history information report.

(3) The department may charge a processing fee not to exceed fifteen dollars and may collect the processing fees charged by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information for a state criminal history report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal criminal history information report, the National Crime Information Center for a search of the National Sex Offender Registry, the Department of Children and Family Services for a search of its state central registry of child abuse and neglect, and processing fees charged by other states when it receives a request for an employment eligibility determination and shall timely submit the appropriate processing fees to the appropriate agencies.

C.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt rules to provide for a procedure whereby an early learning center may obtain a waiver from regulations adopted by the board establishing minimum child-to-staff ratios, when an undue delay in completing required background checks for employees makes it impossible to meet the prescribed ratios.

(2) An early learning center shall not be penalized for failing to meet established minimum child-to-staff ratios, if it demonstrates that a good-faith effort was made to comply with all background check requirements.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2016, No. 646, §2; Acts 2017, No. 423, §3, eff. upon promulgation of rules or Sept. 30, 2018, whichever is earlier; Acts 2025, No. 409, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:67 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 67
Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board and school system; creation; membership; qualifications; apportionment; election; powers, duties, and functions; system operation
Status: in_force

A.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon the appointment of members of the interim school board as provided in R.S. 17:67.1, there shall be established a separate school system and school board for the Southeast Baton Rouge community in East Baton Rouge Parish. The school board shall be designated the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board. The board shall be composed of nine members, one from each of the single-member districts provided for in Subsection B of this Section, who shall be electors and shall meet the qualifications for office provided in R.S. 17:52(D) and (E).

(2) The geographic boundaries of the school system shall be as follows: Commence at a point where the centerlines of Interstate 10 and Interstate 12 intersect; thence proceed in an easterly direction along the centerline of Interstate 12 to its intersection with the Amite River; thence proceed in a southerly direction along the centerline of the Amite River to its intersection with Bayou Manchac; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the centerline of Bayou Manchac to its intersection with Interstate 10; thence proceed in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of Interstate 10 to the point of beginning.

B.(1) The interim school board shall, within one hundred eighty days of appointment, develop and adopt a plan to divide the geographic area encompassed by the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System into nine single-member districts, from each of which one member of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board shall be elected. The districts shall be drawn in such a manner that each member of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board represents as nearly as possible the same number of persons, using population figures from the latest federal decennial census.

(2) Prior to the final adoption of the apportionment plan required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the interim school board shall order a public hearing on the proposed plan and shall cause to be published in its official journal, at least twenty days prior to the date of such hearing, the time and place thereof, a general summary and map of the proposed plan, and the times and places where copies of the proposed plan are available for public inspection.

C. The initial members of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board shall be elected at the time and place provided by law generally for parish school board members occurring at least one year following appointment and shall take office as otherwise generally provided by law for parish school board members. Board members and their successors in office shall serve for four-year concurrent terms.

D. Vacancies on the board shall be filled as generally provided by law for parish school boards.

E.(1) The organization of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board as well as the board's powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities shall be as generally provided by law for local public school boards. Compensation for board members and reimbursement for expenses shall be as generally provided by law for city, parish, and other local public school board members.

(2) The Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures consistent with law to effectuate this Section and to administer the duties, functions, and responsibilities of the board.

F. The Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board shall begin actual operation of providing for the education of students within its jurisdiction on July first immediately following the effective date of this Act. Beginning on July first immediately following the effective date of this Act and thereafter, notwithstanding any provision of law or rule or regulation to the contrary 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, improvements, facilities, and other property having title vested in the public and subject to management, administration, and control by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board for public education purposes located within the geographic boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System or used to provide student transportation services to such facilities, or both, shall be transferred to, managed, administered, and controlled by the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board.

G. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System shall transfer ownership of at least fifty school buses, each with at least sixty-passenger capacity that are of equal quality, age, and condition to the fleet owned and operated by the East Baton Rouge Parish School System to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System, including a sufficient number of accessible buses to be used to transport the students needing special transportation services.

H. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System shall provide extended school year services, through August thirty-first immediately following the effective date of this Act, to public and nonpublic school students residing within the geographic boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System who qualified to receive such services prior to June thirtieth immediately following the effective date of this Act.

I. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System and any taxing district created by the East Baton Rouge Parish School System shall be the recipient of all sales and use taxes levied for school purposes collected within the geographic boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System and remitted by the tax collector through June thirtieth immediately following the effective date of this Act. Beginning on July first immediately following the effective date of this Act, the sales and use tax collector shall remit all sales and use taxes levied for school purposes collected within the geographic boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System, including delinquent payments, to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System.

J. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System shall receive all ad valorem and property taxes levied for school purposes collected within the geographic boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System collected and remitted by the tax collector through June thirtieth immediately following the effective date of this Act. Beginning on July first immediately following the effective date of this Act, the tax collector shall remit all ad valorem and property taxes levied for school purposes collected within the geographic boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System, including delinquent payments, to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System.

K. For every application made by the East Baton Rouge Parish School System for funding for the school year immediately following the effective date of this Act, which has a due date on or before August fifteenth immediately following the effective date of this Act, the East Baton Rouge Parish School System shall disaggregate the data for the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System and shall submit two applications, one for the East Baton Rouge Parish School System and one for the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System.

L. Consistent with Article VIII of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, relevant to equal educational opportunities, no state monies shall be used to discriminate or to have the effect of discriminating and failing to provide an equal educational opportunity for all students.

NOTE: §67 eff. upon a const. amend. which authorizes the St. George Community School System is effective. See Acts 2025, No. 455.

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

Acts 2013, No. 295, §1, eff. when constitutional amendment is adopted; Acts 2014, No. 811, §8, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2025, No. 455, §2, eff. See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:56 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 56
Compensation of board members and executive committee members
Status: in_force

A.(1) Members of all parish and city school boards are authorized to receive compensation not to exceed fifty dollars per day for every meeting of the school board. School board members shall not be paid for more than one hundred forty-four days in any one year; provided that no member shall be compensated for more than twelve meetings per month, or, in lieu of such per diem, the school board may elect, by a vote of a majority of the elected members, to go on an expense allowance basis, in which event the maximum allowance shall be eight hundred dollars per month for each member of the school board and nine hundred dollars per month for the school board president. Additionally, members of all parish and city school boards are authorized to receive the same mileage allowance as provided to state elected officials going to and from the meetings for every meeting of the school board as well as reimbursement for travel and related expenses outside the school board's jurisdictional boundaries on school board business. Mileage shall be charged for each day of attendance at each session of the school board. Prior to a meeting of the members of any school board at which the members vote on the method and amount of compensation or mileage to be paid such members, or to make any change therein, the school board shall advertise the time and place where the meeting is to be held in the official journal of the parish of the school board on at least two separate days during the fifteen days immediately preceding such meeting. Any increase in compensation shall be approved by a vote of two-thirds of the total membership of the school board.

(2) In the event that the school board elects to go on an expense allowance basis, a member who does not attend regular or special meetings, including committee meetings, of the board may be required to forfeit up to one-third of said expense allowance for each nonattendance without reasonable excuse, the amount of said forfeiture to be determined by the school board.

B. The members of the executive committees shall receive the same compensation as the members of the board while attending executive committee meetings, but they shall not receive compensation for attending more than one committee meeting in any one calendar month. An executive committee member attending an executive committee meeting and a board meeting on the same day shall not receive compensation for the executive committee meeting.

C. Presidents of parish and city school boards shall receive the same compensation as board members while attending meetings of the board or executive committee and they may, in the discretion of the board, receive per diem for one additional day per month for discharging the duties of their office. In addition to other compensation authorized herein the president of the board may also receive in addition to other compensation received, per diem for not more than two board related committee meetings per month, except as otherwise provided in this Part.

D. The compensation set forth in this Section shall not be changed by amendment to this Section, or by other Act regardless of whether it amends this Section, unless notice of intention to introduce the proposal has been published on two separate days without cost to the state in the official journal for the parish wherein the board is located. If the proposal would change the compensation of all school board members in the state, publication shall also be made in the official journal of the state. The last day of publication shall be at least thirty days prior to introduction of the bill. The notice shall state the amount of the change, the bill shall contain a recital that the notice has been given, and certification of such publication shall be attached to the bill.

E. Any change proposed by a parish or city school board from compensation based on per diem basis to an expense allowance basis as is authorized in Subsection A hereof, shall be adopted only upon prior publication of such proposed change in the official journal of the parish on at least two separate occasions within a period of fifteen days preceding the meeting.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 536, §1; Acts 1956, No. 334, §1; Acts 1967, No. 57, §1; Acts 1972, No. 373, §1; Acts 1975, No. 647, §2; Acts 1976, No. 235, §1; Acts 1978, No. 220, §1; Acts 1979, No. 295, §2; Acts 1980, No. 526, §1; Acts 1980, No. 619, §1; Acts 1993, No. 936, §1, eff. June 25, 1993.

{{NOTE: SECTION 4 OF ACTS 1980, NO. 619 (§1 OF WHICH AMENDED SUBSEC. A OF THIS SECTION) PROVIDED THAT: "THE PROVISIONS OF R.S. 17:56(A) AS CONTAINED IN SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT SHALL SUPERCEDE THE PROVISIONS OF R.S. 17:56(A) AS CONTAINED IN SENATE BILL NO. 474 OF THE 1980 REGULAR SESSION ONLY AS TO THE VOTE NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE COMPENSATION OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PROVIDED THAT SENATE BILL NO. 474 IS ENACTED INTO LAW." SENATE BILL NO. 474 WAS ENACTED AS ACTS 1980, NO. 526.}}

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1993, NO. 936, §2.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:409.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 409.5
Restrictions and examination
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) If a law enforcement agency, based on its investigation as required by R.S. 17:409.4(B)(1), determines that a student's threat is credible, it shall report it to the district attorney, who may file a petition no later than seven days after receiving such report with the appropriate judicial district court for medical, psychological, and psychiatric examination as outlined in this Subsection. Where the district attorney, in his discretion, decides not to file the petition or does not file such petition during the requisite period, the student who is the subject of a complaint and investigation shall be permitted to return to school unless the student is charged with assault on a teacher as provided in R.S. 14:38.2 or battery on a teacher as provided in R.S. 14:34.3. The school administration shall permit a student who is the subject of a complaint and investigation to return to school if at any point prior to a hearing the threat is determined not to be credible after an investigation by the school administration, a law enforcement agency, or the district attorney or by order of the court after a hearing unless the student is charged with assault on a teacher as provided in R.S. 14:38.2 or battery on a teacher as provided in R.S. 14:34.3. The school administrator shall notify any person who was a target of the threat at least two school days prior to the student's return. The school administrator or his designee may conduct a search of the student or his property for weapons upon the student's return.

(b) The appropriate judicial district court, for purposes of this Section, is either the district court having jurisdiction in the place where the school that is the subject of the threat is located or the district court having jurisdiction in the place where the student resides.

(2)(a) As soon as practical after the filing of the petition, the court shall review the petition and supporting documents and determine whether there exists probable cause to believe that the student is a danger to himself or others.

(b) If the court determines that probable cause exists:

(i) The court shall assign a time and place not later than seven calendar days thereafter for a hearing upon the petition and shall cause reasonable notice thereof to be given to the student, his attorney, and the petitioner. The notice shall inform the student that he has the right to be present at the hearing; the right to counsel; if indigent or otherwise qualified, the right to have counsel appointed to represent him; and the right to cross examine witnesses testifying at any hearing on such application.

(ii) The court may appoint the student's treating physician if available or, if not, then another medical professional, preferably a psychiatrist, or a mental health professional, such as a school psychologist, to examine the student and make a written report to the court and the student's attorney.

(3) An examination order by the court pursuant to this Subsection shall be conducted as soon as practical, and the examining medical or mental health professional shall report to the court any conclusions reached as a result of the examination. The medical or mental health professional shall consider whether:

(a) The student is suffering from serious mental illness which causes him to be a danger to himself or others.

(b) The student's condition is likely to deteriorate unless he is provided appropriate treatment.

(c) The student's condition is likely to improve if he is provided appropriate treatment.

(4) The student or his attorney shall have the right to seek an additional independent medical or mental health opinion.

(5)(a) If the student refuses to be examined by the court-appointed medical or mental health professional or if the judge, after reviewing the petition and affidavit and the report of the treating medical or mental health professional, finds that the student is a danger to himself or others, that he is mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and in need of immediate hospitalization to protect himself or others from physical harm, or that his condition may be markedly worsened by delay, the court may issue a court order for custody of the student, and a peace officer shall deliver him to a treatment facility designated by the court. The court shall not order custody to the Louisiana Department of Health or placement with a Louisiana Department of Health treatment facility without prior notice given to the department.

(b) If the judge, after reviewing the petition and affidavit or the report of the treating medical or mental health professional, finds that the student is not a danger to himself or others and is not in need of immediate hospitalization to protect himself or others from physical harm, the court may require that the student continue outpatient mental health treatment as a condition of the order. Such condition of outpatient mental health treatment shall be for a finite time that shall not exceed six months.

B. If the person who is reported to a local law enforcement agency pursuant to R.S. 17:409.3(A) is not a student, the person shall not be permitted to be within five hundred feet of any school until the person has undergone a formal medical or mental health evaluation and has been deemed by a healthcare professional to not be dangerous to himself or others. After such a determination, the person shall not be permitted in a school unless the person has notified the school administrator of his intent to visit the school and the person is notified that the administrator has provided at least two school days' notice regarding the visit to anyone in the school who was directly threatened by the person. The school administrator may deny such person the right to visit the school.

C. No person shall have a cause of action against any person for an action taken or statement made in adherence with this Section unless based on conduct that is maliciously, willfully, and deliberately intended to cause harm or harass.

Acts 2018, No. 716, §1; Acts 2019, No. 209, §1; Acts 2023, No. 164, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3351.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3351.7
Facilities use and maintenance fee increase; amount; waivers; limitations; University of New Orleans
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, 3351.5, 3351.6, and Act No. 493 of the 1999 Regular Session of the Legislature and in accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the board may impose, at the University of New Orleans, an increase in the facilities use and maintenance fee by an amount of sixty dollars per semester for full-time undergraduate and graduate students effective for the Fall, 2003, semester and thereafter.

B.(1) The fee increase amount shall be applied proportionally for part-time students and for summer sessions.

(2) The fee shall not be a cost that is payable by the state on behalf of any student who is a recipient of an award under the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students.

C. The fee increase shall be paid by all students. However, the board shall establish criteria for waiving the fee increase in cases of financial hardship as determined by the board. Information relative to such waivers and the criteria and procedures for obtaining a waiver shall be made available to all prospective students in a timely manner such that each student is informed of the availability of a waiver prior to the student making a final decision concerning attendance.

D. No proceeds for the fee increase authorized by this Section shall be used to pay the salary of any university or university system administrator.

Acts 2003, No. 963, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2008, No. 652, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:24.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 24.8
Prekindergarten programs
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each city, parish, or other local public school board may develop and offer prekindergarten instruction. The youngest age at which a child may enter prekindergarten provided for by this Subsection shall be four years old by September thirtieth of the year in which the child enrolls in prekindergarten.

(2) All public prekindergarten programs shall comply with the child safety and welfare minimum standards provided for in R.S. 17:407.41.

B.(1) The governing authority of any approved nonpublic elementary school may develop and offer prekindergarten instruction. The youngest age at which a child may enter prekindergarten provided for by this Subsection shall be three years old by September thirtieth of the year in which the child enrolls in prekindergarten.

(2) All nonpublic prekindergarten programs shall be licensed as an early learning center pursuant to Part X-B of this Chapter.

C. The goal of prekindergarten instruction shall be to improve academic readiness, individual development skills, and social skills. Prior to implementing prekindergarten instruction, a city, parish, or other local public school board and the governing authority of an approved nonpublic elementary school shall set forth a statement of the needs the program is intended to address, the anticipated results, and the basis upon which such results are expected, an outline of implementation steps, a detailed plan for staff usage, a detailed budget, and a plan for evaluation of the program results and an explanation thereof.

D.(1) Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, each city, parish, or other local public school board shall work to develop a mixed provider delivery model for full-day, year-round, high-quality prekindergarten instruction to each child residing within the boundaries of the school district who is eligible for a prekindergarten program pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.

(2) As used in this Subsection, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Full-day" means at least eight hours.

(b) "Mixed provider delivery model" means a program between the school board and one or both of the following:

(i) Quality-rated child care providers, as defined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, operating and overseeing programs on school property, pursuant to an agreement with a city, parish, or other local public school board.

(ii) Quality-rated child care providers, as defined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, operating and overseeing private child care within the boundaries of the school district with at least one infant and one toddler classroom and offering prekindergarten seats in their private program, pursuant to an agreement with a city, parish, or other local public school board.

(c) "Year-round" means for a full calendar year, excluding weekends and holidays, or approximately two hundred sixty days per year.

(3) The city, parish, or other local public school board shall ensure that the implementation of a mixed provider delivery model for prekindergarten instruction as described in this Subsection does not disrupt the stability of infant and toddler child care in their community and that the new seats created through the mixed provider delivery model are distributed equitably among quality-rated child care providers.

(4) The city, parish, or other local school board shall work to ensure that:

(a) The parent of each child provided a seat through the mixed provider delivery model is allowed to choose the setting in which their child is enrolled, subject to the availability of seats in a particular setting.

(b) The costs charged for a seat in the mixed provider delivery model are offered:

(i) At no cost to an eligible child who is economically disadvantaged, as defined in rule by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(ii) On a sliding scale, that is set in the agreement between the provider and the school district, to an eligible child who is not economically disadvantaged. The copayment required of a parent, guardian, or caretaker shall not exceed the difference between the rate paid by the school district and the cost necessary for the eligible provider to offer the prekindergarten programming to each child.

(iii) In addition to the costs for a seat, each student may be charged additional fees for meals or before- and after-care.

(5) The city, parish, or other local school board shall work with community networks or other designated local networks to engage in outreach to the parents and legal guardians of each eligible child to make them aware of any available seats in their community with priority focus on areas of high numbers of individuals qualifying for the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

(6) Beginning in 2023-2024, each city, parish, or other local public school board shall annually provide a report to the state Department of Education on:

(a) The number of three- and four-year-old children served through each prekindergarten program and early childhood program offered through the school board, including the seats provided through the mixed provider delivery model, in the same manner that they report enrollment numbers for students in kindergarten.

(b) The distribution of seats among each school and quality rated child care provider.

(c) Input from at least the majority of providers in the community network, including how the distribution of seats has impacted the stability of infant and toddler care.

(7) Beginning in 2024-2025, the state Department of Education shall annually provide a report to the Senate and House committees on education on:

(a) The number of children served in prekindergarten programs, in total, by type, and by provider.

(b) The approximate number of three- and four-year-old children in the state and by school system who are not being served by a prekindergarten program or early childhood program.

(c) Any recommendations for increasing seats and improving the provision of prekindergarten instruction and early childhood care.

Acts 1988, No. 718, §1, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 2011, No. 102, §1; Acts 2022, No. 532, §1, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2025, No. 409, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:183 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 183
Hazing; public elementary and secondary students; intent and findings; definitions; policies
Status: in_force

A.(1) It is the intent of the legislature that every public elementary and secondary school in this state shall be a safe, orderly, civil, and positive learning environment so that no student in this state feels threatened while in school.

(2) The legislature finds that while some forms of initiation for membership in student clubs and organizations constitute acceptable behavior, the hazing of students may degenerate into a dangerous form of intimidation and degradation.

B.(1) As used in this Section, "hazing" means any knowing behavior, whether by commission or omission, of any student to encourage, direct, order, or participate in any activity which subjects another student to potential physical, mental, or psychological harm for the purpose of initiation or admission into, affiliation with, continued membership in, or acceptance by existing members of any organization or extracurricular activity at a public elementary or secondary school, whether such behavior is planned or occurs on or off school property, including any school bus and school bus stop.

(2) Hazing does not mean any adult-directed and school-sanctioned athletic program practice or event or military training program.

C. Hazing is prohibited in public elementary and secondary schools.

D.(1) Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall develop, adopt, and post a policy to enforce the prohibition in this Section against hazing and to prevent its occurrence.

(2) Each such policy shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(a) A statement that hazing of students, as defined in Subsection B of this Section, is prohibited.

(b) A statement that any solicitation to engage in hazing is prohibited.

(c) A statement that aiding and abetting another person who engages in hazing is prohibited.

(d) A statement that consent of the hazing victim is not a defense.

(e) A statement that all students, teachers, and other school employees shall take reasonable measures within the scope of their individual authority to prevent violations of the policy.

(f) A description of the procedures for students, teachers, and other school employees to report violations of the policy and the procedures to file a complaint for a violation of the policy.

(g) Procedures to investigate reports or complaints of violations of the policy.

(h) A description of the circumstances under which a violation of the policy shall be reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

(i) A description of the appropriate penalties and appeal mechanisms for persons that violate the policy.

E. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit or exclude prosecution of or punishment for any crime or to limit the right to pursue any civil remedy.

Acts 2004, No. 599, §1, eff. July 5, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3622 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3622
Program components
Status: in_force

A. Each participating teacher shall pursue activities in each of two categories, namely, in-service training and academic pursuits. Guidelines and criteria for acceptable activities shall be fixed by the state committee.

B. Acceptable academic activities shall be as follows:

(1) Relevant formal college courses, either at the undergraduate or graduate level, offered by an accredited institution of higher education. Classroom teachers shall enroll in courses in either their area of certification or job assignment, and all other participants in the program shall enroll in courses in the area of their job responsibility. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, classroom teachers in the program shall pursue formal college courses as follows:

(a) Beginning with plans approved for participation in the program year beginning July 1, 1984 and thereafter, elementary teachers shall pursue a minimum of two courses in the subject matter area in which they teach if they take four or five such courses and shall pursue a minimum of one course in the subject matter area in which they teach if they take three or less such courses, and the remainder of such courses may be teacher education courses.

(b) Each secondary classroom teacher who includes two such courses in his plan shall pursue both courses in the subject area in which he teaches, and neither such course shall be scheduled from among courses of or relating to pedagogy nor from among courses offered by any college of education.

(c) Each secondary classroom teacher who includes three such courses in his plan may pursue not more than one course from among courses of or relating to pedagogy, and two courses in his plan shall be in the subject matter area in which he teaches, provided that neither such course shall be scheduled from among the courses offered by any college of education.

(d) Each secondary classroom teacher who includes four such courses in his plan may pursue not more than two courses from among courses of or relating to pedagogy, and two courses in his plan shall be in the subject matter area in which he teaches, provided that neither such course shall be scheduled from among courses offered by any college of education.

(e) Each secondary classroom teacher who includes five or more courses in his plan may pursue not more than two courses from among those of or relating to pedagogy, and two courses in his plan shall be in the subject matter area in which he teaches, provided that neither such course shall be scheduled from among the courses offered by any college of education. The Local Professional Improvement Committee shall determine whether the remaining course or courses in his plan shall be in the subject matter area in which he teaches, shall be taken from among courses of or relating to pedagogy, or both.

(f) The subject matter area requirements established herein may be waived by the aforementioned committee for physical education and special education teachers and for any other teacher to the extent that courses of or relating to pedagogy were pursued or enrolled in prior to May 1, 1983, as a part of their approved professional improvement program plan.

(g) For the purposes of this Paragraph, "subject matter area in which they teach" is defined as any subject area being taught by the teacher or for which the teacher is certified. Also, for purposes of this Paragraph, "pedagogy" is defined as the art of teaching, science of teaching, or profession of teaching.

(h) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the state committee shall formulate guidelines for allowing classroom teachers to include in their program plans formal college courses not within their area of certification, job assignment, or responsibility, if successful completion of such courses will qualify such teacher to be certified to teach in another subject matter area or areas in which a critical shortage of qualified classroom teachers exists in the school system in which such teacher is employed. The bureau of higher education and teacher certification in the state Department of Education shall develop criteria and supply data for determining areas in which a critical shortage of qualified classroom teachers exists and the state and local committees shall use the criteria and data in approving plans of teachers seeking certification in such shortage areas.

(i) Beginning with the approval of programs for participation in the program year beginning July 1, 1984, any teacher seeking certification to qualify to teach in one of the identified areas of critical shortage as provided in Subparagraph (h) may elect to take in any program year a college course which moves him toward that certification in lieu of the inservice activity in addition to any other college courses he takes to satisfy the academic requirement. The substitution of college courses for inservice activities may continue until the teacher achieves certification.

(j) In cases in which a subject matter area course as required by this Subsection for inclusion in a teacher's five-year plan is not available and the teacher documents that no suitable existing or anticipated alternative course outside a college of education is available then the local committee, subject to the approval of the state committee, shall allow the teacher to substitute a course offered by a college of education for inclusion in the teacher's plan.

(k) Beginning with the approval of programs for participation in the program year beginning July 1st, 1985, in those accredited institutions of higher education operating on a semester system, any college course for which a teacher seeks academic activity credit shall actually meet and class shall be conducted for the amount of time as follows:

(i) For one semester hour of college credit, the course shall meet and be conducted for a minimum of seven hundred and fifty minutes and shall meet and be conducted on at least five separate days for a minimum time of fifty minutes each day.

(ii) For two semester hours of college credit, the course shall meet and be conducted for a minimum of fifteen hundred minutes and shall meet and be conducted on at least ten separate days for a minimum time of fifty minutes each day.

(iii) For three semester hours of college credit, the course shall meet and be conducted for a minimum of two thousand two hundred and fifty minutes and shall meet and be conducted on at least fifteen separate days for a minimum time of fifty minutes each day.

(iv) For more than three semester hours of college credit, the course shall meet and be conducted for a minimum of the number of minutes required for one semester hour of college credit multiplied by the number of semester hours of college credit being offered, shall meet and be conducted for the number of separate days required for one semester hour of college credit multiplied by the number of semester hours of college credit being offered, and shall meet for not less than fifty minutes per day, excluding breaks.

(l) Beginning with the approval of programs for participation in the program year beginning July 1st, 1985, in those accredited institutions of higher education operating on a quarter system, a course offering one, two, three, or more semester hours of college credit shall actually meet and class shall be conducted for the minimum total number of minutes required in R.S. 17:3622(B)(1)(k)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above, respectively, and shall be conducted on no fewer than the number of days as follows:

(i) For one semester hour of college credit, the course shall meet and be conducted on at least four separate days.

(ii) For two semester hours of college credit, the course shall meet and be conducted on at least seven separate days.

(iii) For three semester hours of college credit, and for more than three semester hours of college credit, the course shall meet and be conducted on at least ten separate days.

(2) Supervision of students enrolled in a preservice teacher training curricula at an accredited institution of higher education.

(3) Preparation and conducting of workshops approved by the state committee and recognized professional organizations or public bodies as promulgated by the state committee.

(4) Development and implementation of innovative and exemplary programs.

C. Acceptable in-service training activities shall be as follows:

(1) Educational conferences by a public body, an accredited institution of higher education, a non-profit foundation, or a professional organization or association of recognized stature as promulgated by the statewide committee.

(2) Workshops approved by a local public school board or the department.

(3) Seminars sponsored by a public body, an accredited institution of higher education, a non-profit foundation, a professional organization or association of recognized stature promulgated by the state committee, or the department.

(4) Task forces whose purpose is to develop education programs.

(5)(a) Tutoring of students in public elementary or secondary schools who are determined by their regular teachers to be in need of tutoring.

(b) In providing for the inclusion of this component in an individual participant's plan, the state committee shall develop a listing of teachers whom it has determined are qualified to provide such tutoring in the various subject areas. No teacher who is not included on such listing may include tutoring as a component in his plan.

(c) The state committee shall determine the number of PIPS to be awarded for tutoring based on the amount of time spent by the participant in tutoring students.

(d) The number of PIPS awarded for tutoring shall be no fewer than one-fourth nor more than one-half of those PIPS required for in-service training activities.

(6) Subject to approval by the State Professional Improvement Committee, training by the personnel from the Substance Abuse Prevention Education Program in the Department of Education for participation in a Substance Abuse Prevention Team.

D. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, no academic or in-service training activity shall be acceptable which requires educators to enter into any commitment beyond that required for completion of that academic or in-service training activity.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 207, §1, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 337, §1, eff. July 15, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 262, §1, eff. July 18, 1982; Acts 1982, No. 841, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, §1; eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1983, No. 414, §1; Acts 1983, No. 506, §1, eff. July 7, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 698, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 86, §1, eff. June 29, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 17.8
Health Education requirement; virtual course
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a one-half credit course in Health Education that is required for a high school diploma shall be offered virtually to any student that is required to enroll in a physical education course for at least two consecutive school years.

B. No policy or administrative rule promulgated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education that is contrary to this Section shall be enforced.

Acts 2024, No. 530, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1873 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1873
Officers and employees of the board
Status: in_force

A. The board shall elect from its membership a chairman and a vice chairman, who shall also be chairman-elect, and may elect such other officers as it may deem necessary. Each officer shall serve for a term of one year or until his successor is duly elected, qualified, and inducted into office.

B. The chairman shall preside over all meetings of the board, and shall appoint the members of all committees. In the absence of the chairman, his duties shall be performed by the chairman-elect.

C.(1) The secretary to the board, designated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 17:3302, shall be responsible for keeping the minutes of the meetings of the board and its committees and shall be the custodian of the seal of the system and of all the records of the board. The board shall appoint suitable persons, who are not members of the board, to act as its administrative secretary and its assistant administrative secretary. The administrative secretary shall have custody, under the supervision and control of the secretary, of the records of the board. The administrative secretary shall cause to be filed, indexed, and preserved the minutes, papers, and documents pertaining to the business, affairs, and proceedings of the board and of its committees.

(2) Copies of all minutes, papers, and other documents of the board or of its committees may be certified to be true and correct copies thereof by the chairman, the secretary, the administrative secretary, or the assistant administrative secretary.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:5102 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 5102
Continuing eligibility for program awards; students displaced by certain natural disasters; waivers and exceptions; limitations
Status: in_force

A.(1) The legislature finds that due to the effects of natural disasters declared by the governor on August 26, 2005, relative to Hurricane Katrina, and on September 20, 2005, relative to Hurricane Rita, it is in the best interest for the education of the people of the state that continuing eligibility requirements established in Part I of this Chapter for awards pursuant to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students be modified as provided by this Section for the 2005-2006 academic year for students displaced as a result of either, or both, of the disasters.

(2) For the purposes of this Section, the phrase "a student displaced as a result of either, or both, of the disasters", hereinafter referred to in this Section as a "displaced student", shall mean a person who meets any of the following conditions:

(a) The person, on August 26, 2005, was eligible for or had a program award and had a home of record in Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, or Washington Parish.

(b) The person, on September 20, 2005, was eligible for or had a program award and had a home of record in Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Mary, Terrebonne, or Vermilion Parish.

(c) The person, on August 26, 2005, was eligible for or had a program award and was enrolled in an eligible Louisiana institution listed below:

(i) Delgado Community College

(ii) Dillard University

(iii) Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans

(iv) Louisiana Technical College: Jefferson, Sidney N. Collier, Slidell, Sullivan, and West Jefferson campuses

(v) Loyola University

(vi) New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

(vii) Nunez Community College

(viii) Our Lady of Holy Cross College

(ix) St. Joseph Seminary College

(x) Southern University at New Orleans

(xi) Tulane University

(xii) University of New Orleans

(xiii) Xavier University

(d) The person, on September 20, 2005, was eligible for or had a program award and was enrolled in McNeese State University or Sowela Technical Community College.

(3) For the purposes of Subparagraphs (2)(a) and (b) of this Subsection, "home of record" for a dependent student shall mean the domiciliary address of the student's parent or court-ordered custodian and for an independent student shall mean the domiciliary address of such student.

B.(1) Relative to continuing eligibility requirements for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award applicable for the 2005-2006 academic year to a student displaced during the 2005-2006 academic year, the administering agency, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, shall provide by rule as follows:

(a)(i) The provisions of R.S. 17:5043 permitting a student qualified for a program award who enrolls as a first-time freshman in an eligible out-of-state college or university to subsequently use the award at an eligible Louisiana college or university shall apply to a displaced student except that the time period of award eligibility shall not be reduced due to the student's attendance at an eligible out-of-state institution during the 2005-2006 academic year.

(ii) Relative to a displaced student having a suspended program award due to the student not meeting a requirement relative to having a specified grade point average or making steady academic progress, the respective time periods provided in Part I of this Chapter for the student to meet such requirement or lose program eligibility shall be extended on a one-for-one basis for each semester or other term in which the student does not enroll on a full-time basis in an eligible college or university during the 2005-2006 academic year.

(iii) The program award for a displaced student shall not be canceled if the student enrolls during the 2005-2006 academic year in an eligible out-of-state institution subsequent to use of a program award at an eligible Louisiana college or university. Additionally, the periods of time provided in Part I of this Chapter for use by eligible recipients of program awards shall not be reduced for those semesters or terms such displaced student was enrolled in an eligible out-of-state institution during the 2005-2006 academic year and the unused period of time shall remain available to the displaced student for use at an eligible Louisiana college or university.

(iv) In addition to the provisions of Part I of this Chapter permitting a recipient to use a TOPS-Tech Award at an eligible Louisiana college or university to pursue skill or occupational training, as defined by the administering agency, including a vocational or technical education certificate or diploma program or a nonacademic degree, a TOPS-Tech Award also may be used during the 2005-2006 academic year by a displaced student to enroll on a full-time basis at an eligible Louisiana college or university granting academic undergraduate degrees to take courses that contribute to the pursuit of a skill or occupation. In such case, the award amount paid by the state on behalf of the student shall be at the Opportunity Award level.

(2)(a)(i) Relative to continuing eligibility requirements for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award applicable for the 2005-2006 academic year to a student displaced during the 2005-2006 academic year, the administering agency, in consultation with the commissioner of higher education and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, shall by rule waive any provision of Part I of this Chapter that imposes on a displaced student a program requirement or condition that such student cannot comply with or meet when it is determined by the administering agency that a failure to comply with the requirement or meet the condition, more likely than not, is due solely to a consequence of Hurricane Katrina or Rita, or both.

(ii) Relative to continuing eligibility requirements for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award applicable for the 2005-2006 academic year to any student displaced during the 2005-2006 academic year as a consequence of a disaster or emergency other than Hurricane Katrina or Rita and for which the governor declares a state of emergency to exist, the administering agency, in consultation with the commissioner of higher education and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, shall by rule waive any provision of Part I of this Chapter that imposes on such student a program requirement or condition that the student cannot comply with or meet when it is determined by the administering agency that a failure to comply with the requirement or meet the condition, more likely than not, is due solely to a consequence of the declared disaster or emergency.

(b) In addition to provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act relative to oversight by the legislature of the adoption of administering agency rules, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, in accordance with procedures and threshold amounts established by the committee, shall have oversight and approval authority over any rule proposed for adoption pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph that has a significant program or other cost, or both, to the state.

C. The administering agency shall take all administrative action necessary to expedite full implementation of the provisions of this Section. The administering agency also shall disseminate information to displaced students and others regarding program changes pursuant to the provisions of this Section in the most timely manner possible.

Acts 2015, No. 227, §1; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:151.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 151.3
Kindergarten; establishment; entrance age; prerequisites
Status: in_force

A. Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall provide for and offer, in every school having a first grade or in a kindergarten center, full-day kindergarten instruction to each child who turns five years of age on or before September thirtieth of the calendar year in which the school year begins.

B. However, each city, parish, and other local public school board, by rule, may provide for a child younger than the age prescribed by Subsection A of this Section to enter kindergarten, provided that the child has been evaluated and identified as gifted in accordance with the regulations of the state Department of Education. A child admitted to kindergarten pursuant to this Subsection shall be eligible to enter first grade upon successful completion of kindergarten, provided all other applicable entrance requirements have been fulfilled.

C.(1)(a) For the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years, a child, as a prerequisite to enrollment in the first grade of a public school, shall have attended at least a full-day public or nonpublic kindergarten for a full school year, or shall have satisfactorily passed an academic readiness screening administered by the city, parish, or other local public school board prior to the time of enrollment in the first grade. Each city, parish, or other local public school board shall establish the academic readiness level for entry into the first grade.

(b) Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, a child, as a prerequisite to enrollment in the first grade of a public school, shall have attended a full-day public or nonpublic kindergarten for a full school year, and shall have satisfactorily passed an academic readiness screening administered by the city, parish, or other local public school board prior to the time of enrollment in the first grade. Each city, parish, or other local public school board shall establish the academic readiness level for entry into the first grade.

(2) A child transferring into the first grade of a public school from out of state who does not meet the requirements as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection for kindergarten attendance shall be required to satisfactorily pass an academic readiness screening administered by the city, parish, or other local public school board prior to the time of enrollment for the first grade.

(3) A child not able to meet the kindergarten attendance requirements as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection due to illness or extraordinary, extenuating circumstances as determined by the city, parish, or other local public school board shall be required to satisfactorily pass an academic readiness screening administered by the city, parish, or other local public school board prior to the time of enrollment in the first grade.

D.(1) For the 2021-2022 school year, the parent or legal guardian of a child who is eligible, as provided in Subsection A of this Section, to attend full-day kindergarten, as a prerequisite to enrollment in any first grade of a public school, shall send the child to attend public or nonpublic full-day kindergarten, or ensure that the child is administered an academic readiness screening as provided in Subsection C of this Section.

(2)(a) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the parent or legal guardian of a child who is eligible, as provided in Subsection A of this Section, to attend full-day kindergarten shall send the child to a public or nonpublic kindergarten in accordance with R.S. 17:221.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any other provision of law to the contrary, a parent or legal guardian shall have the option to defer enrolling his child in kindergarten for one year if either of the following applies:

(i) The child is four years of age on the first day of the school year.

(ii) The child is enrolled in a prekindergarten program.

(c) A parent or legal guardian who opts to defer enrolling his child in kindergarten pursuant to Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph shall not be considered to be in noncompliance with the compulsory school attendance law.

(3) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a child from being enrolled in and attending kindergarten in a home study program.

Acts 1988, No. 435, §1, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 906, §1, eff. July 26, 1988; Acts 1993, No. 530, §1; Acts 2021, No. 386, §1, eff. June 16, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1; Acts 2022, No. 414, §1, eff. June 15, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2354.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2354.4
Sale or purchase of parts prohibited
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this Section, a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy, if removal of the part is intended to occur after the death of the person, shall upon conviction be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding five years with or without hard labor, or both.

B. A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.

C-K. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 937, §3, eff. July 1, 2010.

Acts 1986, No. 416, §1; Acts 1997, No. 99, §1, eff. June 11, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 937, §§2, 3, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:7.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 7.1
Certification of teachers; certification of principals and superintendents; certification of school psychologists
Status: in_force

A. In carrying out its responsibility to prescribe the qualifications and provide for the certification of teachers under authority of R.S. 17:7(6), the qualifications and requirements established by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for certification of any applicant for certification who completes an approved teacher education program in Louisiana shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, that each approved teacher education program shall not require more than one hundred twenty semester hours of college credit for degree completion, inclusive of any classroom observation time or mentorship requirements. Programs designated by the Board of Regents as dual degrees or dual certifications shall be permitted to exceed the one-hundred-twenty-semester-hour credit limit.

(2) That the applicant shall have attained a 2.20 average on a 4.00 scale as a condition for entrance into a teacher education program.

(3)(a) That the applicant shall have achieved a 2.50 average on a 4.00 scale at graduation from an approved program.

(b) An applicant who has passed all requisite examinations covering pre-professional skills and content knowledge but who does not meet the requirement of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph may be certified if he completes a post-baccalaureate program, or he may be employed as a teacher for a period not to exceed five years in the following manner:

(i) The state superintendent of education, upon receipt of a signed affidavit by the president and superintendent of the school board to which such person has applied for employment that there is no other applicant available for employment for a specific teaching position who has met the requirements of this Section, may issue an emergency teaching permit to such person. Such permit shall be in effect for not more than five years.

(ii) 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 for the following school year subject to the receipt of a valid Louisiana teaching certificate, the person shall be granted a valid standard professional level teaching certificate by the state superintendent of education, subject only to passing all provisions of law relative to background checks and criminal history review.

(4)(a) For applicants who have participated in any undergraduate teacher education program, that the applicant shall complete the prescribed number of semester hours in the teaching of reading as established in policy by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in accordance with the level of certification to be awarded, such requirement to be in addition to requirements for English courses, and such courses in the teaching of reading shall emphasize techniques of teaching reading and the recognition and correction of reading problems of the student. For certification at the secondary level, not more than three semester hours in the teaching of reading shall be considered for purposes of meeting certification requirements.

(b) For applicants who have participated in any alternate teacher education program as provided pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, that the applicant shall be given the option of either completing the same amount of semester hours as required for the teaching of reading for undergraduate program applicants pursuant to this Paragraph or, in lieu of such semester hour requirements, shall possess the reading and literacy competencies identified in scientifically based reading research at the national level and approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for the teaching of reading.

(5) That the applicant shall have spent a minimum of 270 clock hours in student teaching with at least 180 of such hours spent in actual teaching.

(6) That the applicant shall have completed a substantial portion of his 180 hours of actual student teaching on an all-day basis.

(7) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 707, §2, eff. June 18, 2022.

NOTE: Paragraph (A)(8) as enacted by Acts 2022, No. 448, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.

(8) That an applicant who is applying for initial certification to teach kindergarten through third grade shall, as part of the examination required pursuant to R.S. 17:7(6)(b), pass a rigorous test of scientifically researched, evidence-based reading instruction and intervention, including data-based decisionmaking principles related to reading instruction and intervention, as approved by the Department of Education.

B.(1) Any persons applying for initial certification as a principal or vice, assistant, or deputy principal, hereafter referred to as a principal, in addition to any other requirements of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall have passed the administrative portion of the educational leadership exam adopted by and at a level determined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(2) Beginning August 15, 2003, and thereafter, any person applying for initial certification as a principal or superintendent, in addition to any other requirements of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall have satisfactorily passed the appropriate assessment instrument selected by the board at a level determined by the board.

(3) Any principal who holds valid out-of-state certification as a principal, has at least four years of successful experience as a principal in another state as determined by the board, and has completed one year of successful employment as an assistant principal or a principal in a Louisiana public school system shall not be required to take the examination administered in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection or to submit any examination scores from any examination previously taken in another state as a prerequisite to the granting of certification in Louisiana provided that all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The principal meets all other requirements for a Louisiana certificate as may be required by law or board policy.

(b) The local superintendent or his designee of the public school system employing the principal has recommended the principal for employment for the following school year subject to the receipt of a valid Louisiana certificate as a principal.

(c) The local superintendent or his designee has requested, on behalf of the principal, that the principal be granted a valid Louisiana certificate as a principal.

(4) A principal who holds valid out-of-state certification as a principal, and who applies to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for certification as a principal, shall be granted a three-year nonrenewable provisional certificate to be used while such principal completes the requirements set forth in this Subsection.

C. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may adopt such rules as are necessary for the orderly implementation of this Section and may make further provisions with regard to qualifications and requirements not inconsistent with this Section.

D. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall, by regulation, prescribe the qualifications, provide for the certification, and provide for the supervision of school psychologists in the employ of any public agency regulated by the board, notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 37:2363 or any other provisions of law to the contrary. The certification requirements shall not be less than those requirements established by the National Association of School Psychology. Nothing herein shall be construed as permitting a person certified under the provisions of this Subsection to offer to render, or to render his services as a psychologist in any setting other than his institutional employment unless he has been licensed under the provisions of R.S. 37:2356 or licensed as a medical psychologist under the provisions of R.S. 37:1360.51 et seq.

E. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person certified as a Level A school psychologist prior to September 1, 1986, shall be allowed to continue in the employment in which he was engaged and which was not specifically prohibited at the time of receiving such certificate and may use the title "certified school psychologist" in the context of that employment.

F. In carrying out its responsibility to prescribe the qualifications and provide for the certification of teachers under authority of R.S. 17:7(6), if the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education enters into any agreement for the certification to teach in Louisiana of teachers certified to teach in another state, such agreement shall:

(1) Be reciprocal, making applicable to any other state which is a party to such agreement and teachers certified to teach in such other state who seek certification in Louisiana equivalent to requirements as determined by the Louisiana state Department of Education to those the agreement places on Louisiana and teachers certified to teach in Louisiana who apply for certification in another state.

(2) Provide for the certification in Louisiana of a teacher certified to teach in another state only if such teacher has been employed in a professional educational capacity requiring certification as a teacher for the three years immediately preceding application for Louisiana teacher certification unless the teacher completes such additional educational requirements as shall be approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to a teacher who has been certified to teach in another state for less than three years and has been employed in a professional educational capacity requiring certification as a teacher for the entire period of certification.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 756, §1. Amended by Acts 1984, No. 318, §1, eff. July 2, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 836, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 399, §1, eff. July 10, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 190, §1, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 259, §1; Acts 1989, No. 209, §1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 1992, No. 613, §2, eff. July 2, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1094, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 147, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 28, §1, eff. May 23, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 29, §1, eff. May 23, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 462, §1; Acts 2005, No. 117, §1; Acts 2009, No. 251, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 326, §1; Acts 2019, No. 388, §1; Acts 2021, No. 238, §2; Acts 2022, No. 244, §§1, 2, eff. May 31, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 448, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2024; Acts 2022, No. 707, §2, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1187 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1187
Persons granted sabbatical leave; return to service
Status: in_force

A. Each person granted sabbatical leave shall sign an agreement or contract with his employing school board stipulating that, as a condition of his sabbatical leave and in order to be eligible for compensation during such leave, he will return to service for one semester for each semester of leave following the expiration of his leave in the school system granting the leave.

B. Should a person taking sabbatical leave fail to return to service in the school system granting leave for one semester for each semester of leave following the expiration of such leave for any reason other than incapacitating illness as certified by two physicians, that person shall forfeit all compensation received during the leave period. Provided however, any school board may waive the provisions of this Section in accordance with prepublished criteria if it deems to be in the best interest of the school system to do so. No such waiver shall favor or discriminate against any employee or applicant because of his job description, age, race, or sex.

C. Notwithstanding any provision of Subsection B herein, no person who, upon the expiration of his sabbatical leave, immediately begins employment with a state-operated educational agency, city or parish school board, department, school, college, or university instead of returning to the school system which granted him such leave, shall be required to forfeit that portion of compensation paid to him by the state while he was on such leave. However, such person shall be required to reimburse the school system which granted him such leave any salary paid to him by such school system while he was on leave, except as provided in Subsection B herein.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 715, §2. Acts 1983, No. 230, §1; Acts 1986, No. 811, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1513 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1513
Administration
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall administer the college.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 41, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3397.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3397.6
Debt or liability
Status: in_force

No evidence of debt issued by a corporation under this Subpart shall be deemed to constitute a debt, liability, or obligation of the state, a state agency, or any political subdivision thereof.

Acts 2004, No. 672, §1, eff. July 5, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1945.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1945.2
Funding; inclusion in the minimum foundation program formula; other appropriated state funds
Status: in_force

A. The board of directors of the Special School District shall annually adopt a recommended budget to adequately fund the district. The budget shall have as its goal to provide state funding that shall not be less than the average funding, on a per-student basis, at peer institutions in other states having similar programs and enrollments and may provide for achieving its goal over a multi-year period. The recommended budget shall be submitted to the division of administration as the total budget request for the district.

B. The Special School District shall be considered a public school and, as such, shall be included by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in the formula required by Article VIII, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana used to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary and secondary schools. Funding shall be provided through appropriations made directly to the district from the state general fund and through funds appropriated for the minimum foundation program and allocated to the district by the state Department of Education.

C. The Special School District may enter into purchase of service agreements or contracts with other public or nonpublic agencies to provide special education and related services.

Acts 2021, No. 468, §1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2196.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2196.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

In order to take full advantage of the Higher Educational Facilities Act of 1963 1 (Public Law 88-204, 77 Statutes 363) (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "1963 Act") the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (hereinafter sometimes called "LSU board") and the Louisiana State Board of Education (hereinafter sometimes called "state board") are hereby authorized to borrow money and issue bonds for construction cost of academic facilities for institutions of higher learning under their administration. No bonds shall be issued pursuant to the authority of this SubPart for any proposed facility unless the issuing board shall have entered into a loan agreement with the U.S. Commissioner of Education under Title III of the 1963 Act, as amended, for financing a portion of the cost of the proposed facility. The term "issuing board" shall refer to either or both LSU board or state board which issues bonds hereunder. "Board" shall refer to LSU board and/or state board.

"Academic facilities" means structures suitable for use as classrooms, laboratories, libraries and related facilities necessary or appropriate for instruction of students, or for research or for administration of the educational or research programs of an institution of higher learning; and maintenance, storage or utility facilities essential to the operation of the foregoing facilities as is provided for in 1963 Act.

"Construction" means (a) erection of new or expansion of existing structures and the acquisition and installation of equipment therefor; or (b) acquisition of existing structures not owned by institution involved; or (c) rehabilitation, alteration, conversion or improvement (including the acquisition and installation of equipment or modernization or replacement of built-in equipment) of existing structures; or (d) a combination of any two or more of the foregoing.

"Facility" shall herein mean academic facilities authorized to be constructed under the provisions of this SubPart.

"Construction cost" includes cost of the construction involved and the cost of necessary acquisition of land on which facility is located, and necessary site improvements to permit its use as intended, and interest on bonds authorized by this SubPart during the period of construction, and shall also include the cost of the issuance of the bonds, including legal, financial, architectural, engineering and other incidental expenses.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 376, §1.

1 20 U.S.C.A. §701 et seq., which has been affected by later legislation (see Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C.A. §1132a et seq.).
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3825 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3825
Teacher Incentive Pay Models Program; establishment
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established the Teacher Incentive Pay Models Program.

B. Not later than September 15th, 1985, the department shall invite in writing each local system to submit to the department a proposal for a teacher incentive pay pilot program. The written invitation to submit proposals shall be accompanied by guidelines concerning the requirements for submission of such proposals and an explanation of the program created by this Chapter. The guidelines shall be approved by the board prior to their distribution and shall contain information concerning what creditable research done throughout the country indicates are elements of a successful teacher incentive pay program and any other information the board deems advisable or helpful.

C. The department shall consider and evaluate each proposal submitted and recommend to the board not more than thirty proposals which meet the requirements in R.S. 17:3826. The board shall select not more than ten of the proposals submitted by the department which in the opinion of the board, after receiving recommendations from the committee, appear to have the highest potential for making meaningful improvement in the quality of education in this state. The local systems which submit approved proposals shall receive notice of such approval not later than January 15th, 1986 and shall receive from the department a grant of not more than thirty thousand dollars to fund the completion of the pilot program plan and to fund its implementation for the 1986-1987 school year.

D. Each school system to which a grant is made shall submit to the board, for its approval, not later than April 15th, 1986, a complete pilot program plan, pursuant to R.S. 17:3826. After receiving the board's approval, each such local system shall implement its pilot program during the 1986-1987 school year. Not later than June 30th, 1987, each such local system shall submit a final report on the results of its program, as required by R.S. 17:3826(C) to the board. At the time of submitting a final report, each local system may make a request to continue the pilot program with whatever changes the system deems necessary.

E. From among those local systems which make a request to continue their pilot programs for another year, the board shall select not more than three systems. Each local system approved for continuance pursuant to this Subsection shall receive notice of such approval not later than August 1st, 1987 and shall receive from the department a grant of not more than thirty thousand dollars to continue the pilot program for the 1987-1988 school year.

F. Not later than June 30th, 1988 each local school system which conducted a pilot program during the 1987-1988 school year shall submit a final report to the board.

G. The board shall review and evaluate the pilot programs conducted under this Chapter during the 1987-1988 school year and may consider other programs. Using the information gained from all the pilot programs conducted pursuant to this program, the board shall select one program conducted during the 1987-1988 school year and require the department to use it as a model to design a teacher incentive pay program for full statewide implementation, modifying it as necessary.

H. The board shall present the statewide teacher incentive pay program designed pursuant to Subsection G of this Section in writing to the governor and the Senate and House of Representatives committees on education, along with supporting documentation resulting from the preliminary pilot programs. The board shall not implement such a program without a prior legislative enactment.

Acts 1985, No. 601, §1, eff. July 13, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:233 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 233
Cases of habitual absence or tardiness referred to juvenile or family court; denial or suspension of driving privileges; parental responsibilities
Status: in_force

A. Any student who is a juvenile and who is habitually absent from school or is habitually tardy shall be reported by visiting teachers and supervisors of child welfare and attendance to the family or juvenile court of the parish or city as a truant child, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title VII of the Louisiana Children's Code relative to families in need of services, there to be dealt with in such manner as the court may determine, either by placing the truant in a home or in a public or private institution where school may be provided for the child, or otherwise.

B.(1)(a) A student shall be considered habitually absent or habitually tardy when either condition continues to exist after all reasonable efforts by any school personnel, truancy officer, or other law enforcement personnel have failed to correct the condition after the fifth unexcused absence or fifth unexcused occurrence of being tardy within any school semester.

(b)(i) The parent or legal guardian of a student shall enforce the attendance of the student at the school to which the student is assigned. The parent or legal guardian of a truant student shall ensure that the student makes up missed school work by attending after-school tutoring sessions, weekend make-up classes, or other remediation opportunities, as determined by the school board until the student has caught up with his school work. The parent shall also attend meetings at the school on at least a monthly basis relative to the student's progress until the student has caught up on his missed school work and any assistance fair conducted by the school district that provides information on supports available to families. Failure to comply with the provisions of this Item may subject a parent to the penalties provided in R.S. 14:92.2.

(ii) The principal of each school or his designee shall note any concerns that school personnel have relative to a child's school attendance on the back of any Supplemental Security Income form that the school receives relative to that child.

(c) The principal of the school, or his designee, shall notify the parent or legal guardian in writing on or before a student's third unexcused absence or unexcused occurrence of being tardy, and shall hold a conference with such student's parent or legal guardian. This notification shall include information relative to the parent or legal guardian's legal responsibility to enforce the student's attendance at school and the civil penalties that may be incurred if the student is determined to be habitually absent or habitually tardy. The student's parent or legal guardian shall sign a receipt for such notification.

(d) The parent or legal guardian of any student in kindergarten through grade eight who is considered habitually absent or habitually tardy pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be in violation of the provisions of Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph and shall be punished as follows:

(i) A first offense shall be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or the performance of not less than twenty-five hours of community service.

(ii) Any subsequent offense shall be punishable in accordance with R.S. 17:221(A)(2).

(iii) For purposes of this Subparagraph, an offense means a violation of this Subsection by the parent or legal guardian of a child who is habitually absent or habitually tardy; multiple offenses may result from violations involving different habitually absent or tardy children of that parent or legal guardian.

(iv) In any case where the child is the subject of a court ordered custody or visitation plan, the parent or legal guardian who is lawfully exercising actual physical custody or visitation of the child shall be responsible for the child's attendance at school on those days and shall be solely responsible for any absence or tardiness of the child on such days. The parent or legal guardian not exercising actual physical custody or visitation on the day of the absence or tardiness shall not be in violation of this Section.

(2) In a nonpublic school, a student shall be considered habitually absent or tardy only when the student has been absent or tardy for more than five days within any month without approval of the parent or other person responsible for the student's school attendance and when the student's principal has filed a written report showing dates of absence or tardiness and dates and results of school contacts with the home.

C. If a student is less than eighteen years of age and is habitually absent or tardy as determined pursuant to this Section, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may, upon notification from the school board, deny or suspend the driver's permit or license of the student in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 32:431.1.

D. For purposes of this Section, the term "tardy" shall include but not be limited to leaving or checking out of school unexcused prior to the regularly scheduled dismissal time at the end of the school day but shall not include reporting late to class when transferring from one class to another during the school day.

Acts 1990, No. 158, §2, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 103, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 2008, No. 688, §1, June 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 224, §6, eff. June 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 305, §1; Acts 2010, No. 644, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2024, No. 386, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1518.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1518.1
Huey P. Long Medical Center; merger with Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville is hereby merged with and shall become a part of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, hereinafter referred to in this Section as the "health sciences center".

(2) The Huey P. Long Medical Center shall be operated primarily for the medical care of the uninsured and medically indigent residents of the state and others in need of medical care and as a teaching institution. For purposes of this Section, "medically indigent" means any person whose household income is below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level and who is uninsured.

B. Management of the Huey P. Long Medical Center shall be the responsibility of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, office of the chancellor, which shall have authority to exercise all power to direct, control, supervise, and manage the medical center. As part of the health sciences center, the Huey P. Long Medical Center shall be maintained and operated in the same manner as those components of the health sciences center which provide medical care. The Huey P. Long Medical Center shall have access to all new health care initiatives and enjoy the benefits of technology and equipment acquired for the maintenance or enhancement of the delivery of medical care by organizations comprising the health sciences center.

C. All employees engaged in the performance of duties relating to the functions of the Huey P. Long Medical Center shall become employees of the health sciences center and shall continue to perform their duties and maintain their rights, privileges, and benefits in accordance with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to civil service employees and employees of the health sciences center. Huey P. Long Medical Center employees shall be eligible for the same benefits and professional development opportunities as similarly situated employees of the health sciences center.

D. All books, papers, records, money, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll payables (benefits), outstanding debt, contractual obligations, actions, and all property of every kind, movable and immovable, real and personal, heretofore possessed, controlled, or used by the Huey P. Long Medical Center are hereby transferred to the health sciences center. For accounting purposes all liabilities at fiscal year end, accounts payable, payroll payables (benefits), outstanding debt, contractual obligations, expenses, obligations at fiscal year end, accounts receivable at fiscal year end, revenues, and similar items shall be deemed to have been transferred to the health sciences center to the same extent as if originally made. All outstanding cost reporting and Uncompensated Care Cost (UCC) receivables and payables from current and prior year activity shall transfer to the health sciences center.

E.(1) The Huey P. Long Medical Center shall be an organizational unit within the health sciences center and shall be a separate line item within the appropriation schedule.

(2) In the event of a budget deficit or fiscal emergency, neither funds nor personnel shall be reduced from either the Huey P. Long Medical Center or the health sciences center to offset or compensate for such deficit or emergency in the other center.

F. Neither the Huey P. Long Medical Center nor the emergency room shall be closed without legislative approval. The health sciences center shall not authorize the Huey P. Long Medical Center to reduce health care services provided by the facility in any manner that causes annual expenditures for the facility to be reduced on an annualized basis by greater than thirty-five percent of the previous year actual spending level. Funding may be provided by any local, regional, state, federal, or private sources to augment existing funding or to restore reduced funding. Legislative approval may be granted by either concurrent resolution or other appropriate legislative action in an appropriation act.

G. The Huey P. Long Medical Center shall continue its commitment to collaborate with and support rural physicians and rural hospitals in the central Louisiana area by sponsoring continuing medical education, furnishing medical consultation to and with physicians, and rendering other support as may be appropriate, within available resources.

H.(1)(a) The Huey P. Long Medical Center Advisory Council is hereby established. The council shall consist of fifteen members who shall serve without compensation. One member shall be the chancellor of the health sciences center, or his designee. One member shall be the medical director of the Huey P. Long Medical Center, or his designee. One member shall be the hospital administrator of the Huey P. Long Medical Center, or his designee. One member shall be the dean of the Tulane University School of Medicine, or his designee. One member shall be appointed by the hospital employee union. The chancellor of the health sciences center shall appoint ten members to the advisory council as follows:

(i) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees, who are domiciled in Avoyelles Parish, submitted by the state legislators who represent such parish.

(ii) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees, who are domiciled in Catahoula Parish, submitted by the state legislators who represent such parish.

(iii) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees, who are domiciled in Concordia Parish, submitted by the state legislators who represent such parish.

(iv) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees, who are domiciled in Grant Parish, submitted by the state legislators who represent such parish.

(v) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees, who are domiciled in LaSalle Parish, submitted by the state legislators who represent such parish.

(vi) Three members shall be appointed from a list of nominees, who are domiciled in Rapides Parish, submitted by the state legislators who represent such parish.

(vii) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees, who are domiciled in Vernon Parish, submitted by the state legislators who represent such parish.

(viii) One member shall be appointed from a list of nominees, who are domiciled in Winn Parish, submitted by the state legislators who represent such parish.

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

(c) The council shall meet at least once in each quarter of each calendar year or upon call of the chairman. Eight members shall constitute a quorum. The council shall elect from its members a chairman, vice chairman, and secretary, and such committees as it deems necessary to carry out its duties, each for a term of one year. The council shall be subject to the Open Meetings Law (R.S. 42:11 et seq.) and the Public Records Law (R.S. 44:1 et seq.).

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

(e) The domicile of the council shall be in the city of Pineville.

(2) The council shall:

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

(b) Confer and advise the hospital administrator as to how the council may best serve the Huey P. Long Medical Center.

I.(1) This merger shall become effective on July 1, 2007; however, no changes at the Huey P. Long Medical Center, either administrative or fiscal, shall take place prior to such date without the written consent of the chancellor of the health sciences center.

(2) The health care services division (HCSD) of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans shall work with the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, office of the chancellor, to effectuate a complete and timely transition of the management of the Huey P. Long Medical Center to the health sciences center, including but not limited to the electronic transfer of data or the sale of computerized services by the HCSD, or both.

(3) Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport and HCSD of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans jointly shall prepare and agree to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to effect an orderly, fair, and equitable transfer of all Huey P. Long Medical Center activity from HCSD of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans to the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport. The MOU shall allow for the reimbursement of transition expenses of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans and HCSD of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans during the transition period. The transition shall be completed no later than one hundred eighty days following the beginning of the fiscal year, taking into consideration the transfer of the information technology systems; the activity centered on the fiscal year end close, annual financial report preparation, and the cost report preparation; and other operational transitional issues. The MOU shall be presented to and approved by the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare and the House Committee on Health and Welfare upon its completion and prior to the parties entering into the MOU.

J. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the health sciences center shall in all cases give preference to individuals who are blind, under the administration of Louisiana Works, and shall work jointly with Louisiana Works to ensure proper operation of vending stands, vending machines, and other small business concessions which are currently in operation on the premises and shall give priority to similar concessions in the future in accordance with R.S. 23:3023. No other vending stands, vending machines, or small business concessions shall be operated on the same premises with vending stands, vending machines, or other small business concessions operated under the provisions of this Subsection. No individual who is blind shall be required to pay any fee, service charge, or equivalent thereof in the operation of a vending stand, vending machines, or other small business concessions in hospitals or the premises transferred pursuant to this Section, nor shall an individual who is blind be disturbed in the security of the operation of the vending stand, vending machine, or small business concession in any way, without reasonable or just cause. The provisions of this Subsection shall not prevent the health sciences center from permitting the operation of gift shops or similar concessions by voluntary organizations which contribute the proceeds to the hospital or which spend the proceeds on behalf of the hospital.

Acts 2007, No. 220, §1, eff. July 2, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 220, §7, eff. June 14, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8; Acts 2010, No. 939, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3399.13.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3399.13.3
Failure to report or false reporting
Status: in_force

A responsible employee who is determined by the institution's disciplinary procedures to have knowingly failed to make a report or, with the intent to harm or deceive, made a report that is knowingly false shall be terminated.

Acts 2021, No. 439, §2, eff. June 21, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 472, §2, eff. June 29, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3723 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3723
Retention and recruitment
Status: in_force

A. The department shall develop and administer a plan for recruitment and retention of athletic trainers at high schools in rural areas. The plan shall provide for identification of shortage areas, prioritization of long-term and short-term goals, strategies for recruiting athletic trainers to rural areas, and public input.

B. The department shall implement the retention and recruitment plan, directly or through contract. Implementation may include advertising and promotion, professional recruitment services, travel, and all other necessary tasks. Total implementation costs shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars.

Acts 2022, No. 495, §1, see Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1924 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1924
Purposes and powers of the center
Status: in_force

The governance board of the center shall have authority to:

(1) Sue and be sued, including the right to recover all debts owing to the center, and to retain legal counsel therefor.

(2) Actively seek and accept donations, bequests, and other forms of financial assistance for educational and research purposes from any public or private person or agency and comply with rules and regulations governing grants from the federal government or any other person or agency which are not in contravention of the constitution and laws of the state.

(3) Purchase and maintain equipment and make improvements to facilities necessary for the use of the center.

(4) Approve the appointment of such administrative officers and other personnel as the governance board deems necessary and designate their titles. The compensation of all officers and employees shall be fixed by the governance board and the officers so appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the governance board.

(5) Adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations necessary or proper for the business of the center.

(6) Enter into contracts and agreements with other agencies and entities with respect to cooperative enterprises and undertakings relating to or associated with the purposes of the center.

(7) Perform such other functions as are necessary or incidental to the supervision and management of the center.

(8) Employ the proceeds of all donations, grants, and requests made to the center so as to effect the purposes of and in accordance with the terms and conditions of such donations, grants, and requests.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3099 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3099
Louisiana Education and Tuition Savings Fund; use
Status: in_force

A. The assets of the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority reserved for payment of the obligations of the authority pursuant to its agreements with account owners shall be placed in the Louisiana Education Tuition and Savings Fund created pursuant to R.S. 17:3129.4(C). Funds received by the authority of the state treasurer from persons making deposits in their education savings accounts, all interest and investment income earned by the fund, and all other receipts of the authority from any other source which the authority determines appropriate, shall be deposited in the fund. Any claim for redemption or withdrawal pursuant to an education savings account owner's agreement shall be solely against the assets of the fund. No account owner or beneficiary of an education savings account shall have any claim against the state general fund or other funds or revenue sources of the state, or against the funds of any state institution of higher education.

B. Unless otherwise provided by the authority, the assets of the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program in the Tuition and Savings Fund shall be expended in the following order:

(1) To make payments to beneficiaries, or institutions of higher education on behalf of beneficiaries.

(2) To make refunds.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, if at any time the amount in the Tuition and Savings Fund is insufficient to meet the payment demands made upon the fund which represent obligations listed in Subsection B of this Section, then the funds necessary to meet these payment obligations in full shall be appropriated.

D. All disbursements from the Tuition and Savings Fund for the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program shall be made by the treasurer on order of the authority.

E. The state treasurer shall cause the investment of the assets of the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program in the fund and, notwithstanding R.S. 17:3129.4(C), may cause investment in any investments in which public retirement boards are authorized by law to invest, provided that up to one hundred percent of deposits to an education savings account may be invested in equity securities when an account owner has selected an equity investment option and that such investments in equity securities shall not be included in any limitation on investment in equity securities. The instruments of title of all investments shall be delivered to the state treasurer or to a qualified trustee designated by him. Assets of the program in the fund shall be administered by the treasurer so that the assets will achieve the highest possible investment return to education savings accounts consistent with the security of principal, and be sufficient to satisfy the obligations of the authority.

F. The authority shall maintain an individual account for each account owner's agreement showing the beneficiary of that agreement and the accumulated value of the principal deposited, interest earned on deposits, earnings enhancements credited, and interest earned on earnings enhancements, pursuant to that agreement. Upon request of any beneficiary or person who has entered into an account owner's agreement, the authority shall provide a statement indicating, in the case of a beneficiary, or in the case of a person who has entered into an account owner's agreement, the accumulated value of the principal deposited, interest earned on deposits, earnings enhancements credited, interest earned on earnings enhancements, and the amounts used or refunded, pursuant to the agreement. A beneficiary and an account owner may request a statement under this Subsection at anytime, subject to any fee that the authority may impose for requests in excess of one per year.

G. In January of each year, the authority shall report to each person who received any payments or refunds from the authority during the preceding year information relative to the value of such payments or refunds.

H. All records of the authority indicating the identity of purchasers and beneficiaries of education savings accounts and the amounts used or refunded under an account owner's agreement are not public records.

Acts 1995, No. 547, §1, eff. June 18, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1416, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 332, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. April 18, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3365 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3365
Transfer of lease; sublease; mortgage on structure and lease
Status: in_force

A. With the prior written consent and approval of the board, all or any portion of the property or the improvements constructed thereon may be assigned or subleased under such terms and conditions as authorized by the board. The board may lease back all or any portion of the property or the improvements constructed thereon under such terms and conditions as authorized by the board. The term of any assignment, sublease or leaseback may equal but not exceed the term of the original lease.

B. Lessees may grant mortgages on the improvements erected on the leased premises and on the lease, but all such mortgages, as well as the rights of the mortgagees, shall be subject to the rules and regulations and to all the provisions of this Part.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975; Acts 1985, No. 416, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:274.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 274.1
Civics and Free Enterprise; required; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subparagraph (B)(1)(b) of this Section, all public high schools shall give instruction in Civics and Free Enterprise as a prerequisite to graduation. Instruction shall be given in accordance with the course of study prescribed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as provided in this Section. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall prescribe suitable teaching materials for the instruction.

B.(1)(a) For students who enter the ninth grade on or after July 1, 2011, instruction in Civics shall be given for two semesters, equal to one unit of credit; such instruction shall include a section on Free Enterprise.

(b) For students who enter the ninth grade on or after July 1, 2014, Government, AP US Government and Politics: Comparative, or AP US Government and Politics: United States may be substituted for Civics as required by this Section and shall satisfy the Civics and Free Enterprise instruction as a prerequisite to graduation.

(2) Students who enter the ninth grade prior to July 1, 2011, shall be allowed to choose from the following:

(a) Instruction in Civics for two semesters, equal to one unit of credit, which shall include a section on Free Enterprise.

(b) Instruction in Civics and Free Enterprise in separate courses, and instruction shall be given in each course for one semester, equal to one-half unit of credit, respectively.

C.(1) The legislature finds that the study of Free Enterprise is crucial in the development of students as thoughtful, active citizens who understand the American economic system, appreciate democratic values, and can function productively in society. The legislature further finds it appropriate that the important principles of Free Enterprise be incorporated into the Civics curriculum as essential components of the way the nation and state operate. For the purposes of this Section,"Free Enterprise" means an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision rather than state control and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined in a free manner. Such instruction shall emphasize the positive values of profit and competition in a free economy and the enhancement of the worth and dignity of the individual under such a system.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 267, §2, eff. July 1, 2024.

D.(1) The legislature, in recognition of the national Civics Education Initiative's efforts to ensure that every citizen can, at a minimum, demonstrate the same knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the history, principles, and form of the United States government required of naturalized citizens, hereby provides for the Louisiana Civics Education Initiative.

(2)(a) Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year:

(i) The curriculum for Civics, and courses permitted to substitute for Civics, shall contain a unit of study that includes civics-related subject matter of which naturalized citizens are required to demonstrate a knowledge.

(ii) As a means to inform civics-related curricula and instruction, each student enrolled in Civics, or a course permitted to substitute for Civics, shall be administered a test based upon the civics portion of the naturalization test used by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to survey his knowledge of the fundamentals of the history, principles, and form of the United States government.

(b) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Subsection.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 83, §1. Acts 1984, No. 283, §1; Acts 2010, No. 327, §1; Acts 2014, No. 566, §1; Acts 2015, No. 469, §1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2023, No. 267, §2, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3885 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3885
Beginning and continuing teacher assistance
Status: in_force

A. During the first three years of employment, beginning teachers shall be provided by the local board with professional development opportunities and assistance designed to enhance teaching competencies in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the board.

B. The local board shall provide targeted professional development to teachers to address deficiencies identified in the evaluation process.

Acts 2010, No. 54, §1, eff. May 27, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3621.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3621.1
Reimbursement of compensation
Status: in_force

A. Each teacher participating in a professional improvement program in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall enter into a written agreement with the state superintendent of education obligating such teacher to reimburse the state superintendent of education for all compensation paid by the state to such teacher as a participant in such program in excess of that provided for such teacher under R.S. 17:421.3 or the statute providing state paid salary for such teacher. Reimbursement shall be required from the teacher in any one year in which he does not successfully complete all the elements prescribed in his program for that year in accordance with R.S. 17:3623(A), except as provided in R.S. 17:3653.

B. When any teacher fails to successfully complete all the elements prescribed for any one year of his program as herein provided, except as provided in R.S. 17:3653, he shall reimburse the state superintendent of education all monies paid to him by the state as a participant in such program in excess of the amount provided for such teacher in R.S. 17:421.3 or the statute providing state paid salary for such teacher for that year. The State Professional Improvement Committee, provided for in R.S. 17:3610, shall adopt rules and regulations to establish a procedure by which this reimbursement shall be accomplished. If any teacher fails to make timely reimbursement to the state superintendent of education in accordance with the provisions of this Section and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant hereto, there shall be imposed a specific penalty to be added to such reimbursement in the amount of five percent of such reimbursement. Such penalty and the original reimbursement amount shall constitute a legal obligation of the teacher. The attorney general shall collect all such obligations which are not timely paid on behalf of the superintendent of education, or, if requested by the superintendent, the school board which currently employs such teacher shall collect such obligation, in which case the attorney general shall be released from such responsibility. Costs incurred by local school boards in the required collection of such obligations shall be reimbursed by the state in the same manner as provided in R.S. 17:3654.

C. Any participant whose plan is found to contain activities or pursuits not approved for participants in his area of certification or not otherwise approved by the state committee shall lose all PIPS awarded for such activities or pursuits, and, if the total PIPS awarded after such deduction has been made are not sufficient to qualify such participant for an enhanced salary under the provisions of this Chapter, he shall be required to reimburse the state superintendent of education for any enhanced salary received, such reimbursement to be accomplished as provided in this Section. The state committee shall determine whether reimbursement shall be required in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 336, §1, eff. July 15, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1541 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1541
Collection and publication of historical records
Status: in_force

The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College may, through its department of archives, receive and collect public records or documents and materials bearing upon the history of the state, edit and publish official records and other historical materials, and make a survey of the official records of the state, its parishes and other subdivisions.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1925 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1925
Executive director; appointment; functions
Status: in_force

The governance board may appoint a chief administrative officer who shall be the executive director of the center. The executive director of the center shall serve at the pleasure of the governance board and shall, with the approval of the governance board, appoint and remove all professional, research, technical, clerical, and other employees of the center. The compensation of the executive director shall be fixed by the governance board.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1213 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1213
Tenure rights of substitute teachers
Status: in_force

A substitute teacher appointed under the provisions of R.S. 17:1212 shall not acquire any of the tenure rights or privileges provided for in R.S. 17:441 through R.S. 17:444 or in R.S. 17:461 through R.S. 17:463, unless the substitute teacher has subsequently been appointed to fill a regular vacancy and has the necessary qualifications.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2156 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2156
Interest, etc., of bonds as part of cost for which bonds authorized; bonds not obligations of state
Status: in_force

The interest on the bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this Sub-part, as well as the cost of the issuance of the same including legal, financial, engineering, and other similar expenses, shall form part of the expenditures to be made for the construction, repairs and other expenses authorized by R.S. 17:2151 and for which the bonds are issued.

The bonds or other obligations issued by the board of education under the authority of this Sub-part shall be solely the obligations of the board and not the obligations of the State of Louisiana.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:187.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 187.4
State action plan for computer science education
Status: in_force

The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, upon recommendations of the Computer Science Advisory Commission and the state Department of Education, shall develop and approve a state action plan for computer science education for kindergarten through grade twelve. The state action plan shall provide for a comprehensive, integrated plan for providing computer science education in Louisiana public schools. The plan shall address instructional strategies, guidelines, content standards, and teacher development. Upon its approval, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall submit the action plan to the legislature for its review.

Acts 2022, No. 541, §1, eff. June 17, 2022.