La. Rev. Stat. § 17:405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 405
Drug free zone; notice; signs
Status: in_force

A.(1) A "drug free zone" is:

(a) An area inclusive of any property used for school purposes by any school.

(b) An area within two thousand feet of any property used for school purposes by any school.

(c) A school bus.

(d) Any building or area owned by the state or by a political subdivision and used or operated as a playground or recreational facility.

(e) Any park or recreational area administered by the state.

(f) Any building owned by any quasi public agency or body as defined in R.S. 24:513(A)(1)(b) and used or operated as a community center.

(g) Any public housing dwelling.

(h) Any area inclusive of any property used for a full-time day care center.

(i) Any area within two thousand feet of any property used for the purposes of a full-time day care center.

(2) For purposes of this Section, "school" means any public or private elementary, secondary, or vocational-technical school or any public or private college or university in Louisiana.

(3) For the purposes of this Section, "property used for school purposes by any school" means all property used for school purposes, including but not limited to school playgrounds.

(4) For the purposes of this Section, "full-time day care center" or "property used for a full-time day care center" means any place or facility operated by any institution, society, agency, corporation, person or persons, or any other group pursuant to a license issued by the state for the primary purpose of providing care, supervision, and guidance of seven or more children, not including those related to the care giver, unaccompanied by parent or guardian, on a regular basis for at least twelve and one-half hours in a continuous seven-day week.

B. The local governing authority which has jurisdiction over zoning matters in which each drug free zone is located shall publish a map clearly indicating the boundaries of each drug free zone in accordance with the specifications in Subsection A. The drug free zone map shall be made an official public document and placed with the clerk of court for the parish or parishes in which the drug free zone is located.

C.(1) The state superintendent of education, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the commissioner of higher education, with the approval of the Board of Regents, shall develop a method by which to mark drug free zones, including the use of signs or other markings suitable to the situation. Signs or other markings shall be located in a visible manner on or near each school and on and in each school bus indicating that such area is a drug free zone, that such zone extends to two thousand feet of school property, and that a felony violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law will subject the offender to severe penalties under law. The state Department of Education shall assist each school system with providing for the posting required in this Subsection.

(2) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall coordinate and provide rules for the establishment of toll free telephone numbers for use in submitting anonymous information regarding drug activity to local law enforcement agencies. Such telephone numbers shall be displayed on the drug free zone signs which shall be manufactured in correctional institutions subject to the regulation of the office of corrections in the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

D.(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to cover, remove, deface, alter, or destroy any sign or other marking identifying a drug free zone as provided in this Section.

(2) Any violation of this Subsection shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by a jail sentence of not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1989, No. 171, §1; Acts 1990, No. 293, §1, eff. July 5, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 1027, §1, eff. July 26, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 464, §1, eff. July 15, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 668, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1173, §1; Acts 2010, No. 506, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:68.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 68.3
Redistribution of Minimum Foundation Program to other school systems
Status: in_force

To ensure that the creation of the St. George Community School District does not have a negative impact on the minimum foundation program allocation to school systems, beginning in the fiscal year of July 1, 2027, and continuing for the next four fiscal years, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall identify the districts in parishes other than East Baton Rouge on which the creation of the St. George Community School System causes a negative impact and determine the amount of the negative impact on the minimum foundation program per pupil allocation. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall withhold the total of the amounts of the negative impact on all districts in parishes other than East Baton Rouge from the total minimum foundation program allocation to the St. George Community School District and transfer those funds on a per pupil basis to such districts.

Acts 2025, No. 455, §1, eff. See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1945.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1945.3
Louisiana Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired; year-round operation; continuing service
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired may operate year-round under the provisions of this Section, subject to the approval of the superintendent of the Special School District and subject to the availability of funds.

Acts 2022, No. 323, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:356 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 356
Rules
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2015, No. 389, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2115 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2115
Silent prayer or meditation; pledge of allegiance
Status: in_force

A. Each parish, city, and other local public school board in the state shall permit the proper school authorities of each school within its jurisdiction to allow an opportunity, at the start of each school day, for those students and teachers desiring to do so to observe a brief time in silent prayer or meditation. The allowance of a brief time for silent prayer or meditation shall not be intended nor interpreted as state support of or interference with religion, nor shall such time allowance be promoted as a religious exercise and the implementation of this Section shall remain neutral toward religion.

B. Each parish and city school board in the state shall also permit the proper authorities of each school to allow the opportunity for group recitation of the "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag". Such recitation shall occur at the commencement of the first class of each day in all grades and in all public schools.

Acts 1989, No. 380, §2; Acts 1992, No. 320, §1; Acts 1999, No. 904, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 56, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3045.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3045.7
Repayment of loans
Status: in_force

All repaid principal and interest resulting from repayment of a loan shall be credited to the commission for the commission's use in making further loans.

Acts 1991, No. 799, §1, eff. July 22, 1991; Acts 1991, 3rd E.S., No. 3, §1, eff. Aug. 5, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:71.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 71.3
Procedure for accomplishing reapportionment; special election districts; effective date of same
Status: in_force

A. Each of the parish and city school boards shall use the latest federal decennial census as the basis upon which to accomplish reapportionment, provided however, that each of said school boards may authorize the taking of a special census to use as a basis for reapportionment. To this end, each of said school boards may employ qualified firms to take such special census, and may employ such other consultants, attorneys, etc. as it deems desirable in order to assist such board in such reapportionment.

B. Each of said boards, after determining the number of members of said board after reapportionment is to be effective, may create such school board election districts as it deems desirable. These districts need not be coterminous with other districts that may be created by any governing authority, but any such school board election districts created as a result of this Subpart shall be compact and contiguous. The boundaries of such election districts shall contain whole election precincts established by the parish governing authority under R.S. 18:532 or 532.1. The board may provide that all or part of its members shall be elected from such districts and may provide that one or more of its members may be elected at large.

C. Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 285, §9, eff. July 14, 1980.

D. The school board election districts provided for herein shall be for the purpose only of electing school board members and shall not be for the purpose of levying taxes or issuing bonds. The creation of such election districts shall not affect existing tax or bonding districts and same shall remain in full force and effect as otherwise provided by law.

E.(1) The boundaries of any election district for a new apportionment plan from which members of a school board are elected shall contain whole precincts established by the parish governing authority under R.S. 18:532 or 532.1.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 17:71.3(E)(1) or any other law to the contrary, if a school board is unable to comply with applicable law regarding redistricting and reapportionment, including adherence to traditional redistricting principles, in the creation of its redistricting or reapportionment plan through the use of whole precincts, the school board may, in the creation of its redistricting or reapportionment plan, divide a precinct into portions which are bounded by visible features which are census tabulation boundaries. No such precinct shall be divided into more than two school board districts. No school board district shall contain more than three divided precincts. The division of any precinct as a result of the boundary between different school systems crossing the precinct shall not be counted towards the limitation on the number of divided precincts allowed in each school board district.

(b) Any plan adopted by a school board in contravention of this Subsection shall be null and void by operation of law, and no election shall be conducted using any ballot based on such a null and void plan. The secretary of state shall promptly notify the school board that the plan is null and void by operation of law. Any plan that is null and void under this Subsection may be declared valid by a court of competent jurisdiction upon petition of the school board. The fact that a plan is null and void by operation of law pursuant to this Subsection or is declared null by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or legality of any actions taken by, ordinances or regulations adopted by, or contracts entered into by the school board elected pursuant to the null plan.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 760, §2.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or any other law to the contrary, whenever the reapportionment of a school board created by the legislature after January 1, 1995, cannot be accomplished through the use of whole precincts and the number of members of the school board is equal to the number of members of the governing authority of a municipality having the same geographic boundaries as the school board, the reapportionment plan of the municipal governing authority shall be the reapportionment plan of the school board. Reapportionment as used in this Paragraph includes the initial apportionment of the school board.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 561, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 319, §1, emerg. eff. July 13, 1970 at 2:00 P.M.; Acts 1975, No. 432, §1; Acts 1982, No. 558, §1, eff. July 22, 1982; Acts 1992, No. 925, §1; Acts 1993, No. 286, §1, eff. June 2, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 52, §1, eff. May 7, 1996; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 87, §1, eff. May 10, 1996; Acts 2001, No. 760, §§1, 2; Acts 2003, No. 1020, §1; Acts 2010, No. 824, §1, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2022, No. 303, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:68.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 68.2
St. George Community School System; interim school board; interim school superintendent
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon the appointment of the members thereof as provided in Subsection C of this Section, an interim school board shall be created for the St. George Community School System and the board shall continue its service until the taking of office of the initial elected members of the St. George Community School Board as provided in R.S. 17:68.1.

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

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

C.(1) All seven members of the interim school board shall be appointed by the governor within thirty days after the effective date of this Act and shall serve until the initial members of the St. George Community School Board are elected, as provided in R.S. 17:68.1, and take office.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

G. All authority that is granted to the interim school board by this Section shall expire upon the taking of office of the initial members of the St. George Community School Board once the initial members are elected pursuant to R.S. 17:68.1. However, the elected school board may take formal action to continue the interim school board as an advisory body on matters previously under the jurisdiction of the interim board.

H. The governor shall appoint an interim school superintendent who shall serve until the elected school board chooses a new school superintendent who shall meet the qualifications of R.S. 17:54.

I. The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall:

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

(2) Provide the interim school board for the St. George Community School System with immediate and complete access to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2025, No. 455, §1, eff. See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1984 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1984
Standards of competency and instruction
Status: in_force

Instruction in braille reading and writing shall be sufficient to enable each blind student to communicate effectively and efficiently with the same level of proficiency expected of the student's peers of comparable ability and grade level. The student's individualized education program shall specify:

(1) The results obtained from the inventory required by R.S. 17:1983.

(2) How braille will be implemented as the primary mode for learning through integration with other classroom activities.

(3) The date on which braille instruction will commence.

(4) The length of the period of instruction and the frequency and duration of each instructional session.

(5) The level of competency in braille reading and writing to be achieved by the end of the period and the objective assessment measures to be used.

(6) If a decision has been made under the provisions of R.S. 17:1983 that braille instruction or use is not required for the student.

Acts 1992, No. 923, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:286.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 286.4
Authorization for balanced treatment; requirement for nondiscrimination
Status: in_force

A. Commencing with the 1982-1983 school year, public schools within this state shall give balanced treatment to creation-science and to evolution-science. Balanced treatment of these two models shall be given in classroom lectures taken as a whole for each course, in textbook materials taken as a whole for each course, in library materials taken as a whole for the sciences and taken as a whole for the humanities, and in other educational programs in public schools, to the extent that such lectures, textbooks, library materials, or educational programs deal in any way with the subject of the origin of man, life, the earth, or the universe. When creation or evolution is taught, each shall be taught as a theory, rather than as proven scientific fact.

B. Public schools within this state and their personnel shall not discriminate by reducing a grade of a student or by singling out and publicly criticizing any student who demonstrates a satisfactory understanding of both evolution-science or creation-science and who accepts or rejects either model in whole or part.

C. No teacher in public elementary or secondary school or instructor in any state-supported university in Louisiana, who chooses to be a creation-scientist or to teach scientific data which points to creationism shall, for that reason, be discriminated against in any way by any school board, college board, or administrator.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 685, §1.

NOTE: The Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act, R.S. 17:286.1 to 286.7, was held unconstitutional in Edwards v. Aguillard , La. 1987, 107 S.Ct. 2573, 96 L.Ed.2d 510.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:8.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 8.1
Certification of teachers; parental notification
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 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. However, an applicant who has not attained a 2.20 average may be granted conditional acceptance into a teacher education program. In order for a student granted conditional acceptance to continue in a teacher education program that awards credit hours, the student shall achieve a 3.00 average on the first twelve credit hours of the program. In order for a student granted conditional acceptance to continue in a teacher education program that does not award credit hours, the student shall demonstrate mastery of competencies as required by the program and by the school system in which the applicant completes required clinical practice.

(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 preprofessional skills and content knowledge but who does not meet the requirement of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph may be certified upon completion of a postbaccalaureate program or may be granted a provisional teaching permit pursuant to R.S. 17:8.3.

(4) The applicant shall meet at least one of the following requirements:

(a) 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. This requirement shall be in addition to requirements for English courses. The courses in the teaching of reading shall emphasize techniques of teaching reading and the recognition and correction of reading problems of the student that are based on the science of reading and designed for educators and that include information on instructing students regarding phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

(b) 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 two hundred seventy clock hours in student teaching with at least one hundred eighty hours spent in actual teaching.

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

(7) 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. 17:8.2, 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.

(8)(a) That the applicant has met at least one of the following requirements:

(i) Has completed the prescribed number of semester hours in the teaching of foundational numeracy as established in rule by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in accordance with the level of certification to be awarded. The components of the foundational numeracy courses shall be as provided in R.S. 17:7.2(A)(4).

(ii) Has completed numeracy training appropriate to the certification area and approved by the state Department of Education in alignment with the numeracy competencies identified in scientifically based mathematics research at the national level and approved by the state board for the teaching of mathematics.

(b) That an applicant who is applying for initial certification to teach kindergarten through eighth grade has completed either the prescribed number of semester hours in accordance with Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or the numeracy professional development pursuant to R.S. 17:24.13.

(c) The provisions of this Paragraph shall be implemented beginning on September 1, 2028.

(9) That an applicant complete a crisis intervention training program created or approved by the state Department of Education.

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

C. Additionally, whenever there is a qualification or condition established by law or board policy, or both, that a teacher holding a standard professional level teacher certificate shall comply with in order for the teacher to be issued a standard professional level teacher certificate, and it is not possible for a teacher at a nonpublic school to comply with the qualification or condition due to the teacher being employed at a nonpublic school, the board shall establish an alternative method or process by which the nonpublic school teacher may meet the qualification or condition. A teacher employed in a nonpublic school who meets the qualifications or conditions pursuant to the alternative method or process established pursuant to this Subsection shall be issued a standard professional level teacher certificate which shall be valid for all purposes in this state and under all of the same conditions as if it had been issued to a teacher who complied with the qualifications or conditions as otherwise established by law or board policy. Prior to establishing an alternative method or process, the board shall direct the nonpublic school commission to formulate, develop, and recommend to the board the alternative method or process by which the nonpublic school teacher may meet the qualification or condition, and the method or process established by the board shall be consistent with the recommendations of the nonpublic school commission.

D. 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, the agreement shall:

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

(2) Provide for the certification in Louisiana of a teacher certified to teach in another state only if the teacher has been employed in a professional educational capacity requiring certification as a teacher for three years preceding application for Louisiana teacher certification unless the teacher completes the 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.

E.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall grant a valid five-year standard Louisiana teaching certificate to an applicant who holds a valid out-of-state teaching certificate and who is military personnel or the spouse of military personnel serving in Louisiana, provided the applicant meets all other requirements for background checks and criminal history reviews as may be required by law and board policy.

(2) The board shall notify an applicant of the board's determination relative to the applicant's Louisiana certification not later than twenty days from receipt of a complete application.

(3) For purposes of this Subsection, "military personnel" means either of the following:

(a) A member of the armed forces of the United States.

(b) A United States Department of Defense civilian or contract employee.

F. The principal of each public school may notify the parents of any child assigned to the classroom of a temporary, uncertified teacher that the teacher is not certified; the teacher has a nonstandard teaching certificate and, if so, what type of certificate; or the teacher has been granted authorization to teach without certification.

Acts 2023, No. 63, §1, eff. June 6, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 371, §1; Acts 2023, No. 392, §1, eff. June 14, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 116, §1; Acts 2025, No. 353, §1; Acts 2025, No. 479, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3152 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3152
Consideration of criminal history; prohibited acts
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, a public postsecondary education institution, referred to in this Section as an "institution", shall not inquire about a prospective student's criminal history on an initial application form or at any time during the admissions process prior to the institution's decision relative to the prospective student's acceptance for admission.

(2) An institution may inquire on an initial application form about a prospective student's criminal conviction history relative to any conviction for an offense defined in R.S. 14:40.2, 40.3, 41, 42, 42.1, 43, 43.1, and 43.2 or an offense under the laws of another state or under any military, territorial, foreign, tribal, or federal law that is equivalent to any of these offenses. If an institution elects to deny admission based on any such conviction, it shall notify the person, who may appeal the decision to the entity that considers the institution's disciplinary matters.

B.(1) After a student has been accepted for admission, an institution may make inquiries relative to his criminal conviction history, not limited to the offenses enumerated in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, for the following purposes:

(a) Offering supportive counseling and services.

(b) Making decisions relative to a student's participation in campus life and determining if the institution will limit such participation.

(2) An institution may make such inquiries when obtaining secondary information, including but not limited to information pertaining to immunizations, financial aid, or housing. If an institution elects to make such inquiries, the institution shall consider all of the following:

(a) The nature and gravity of the criminal conduct and whether it bears a direct relationship to a particular aspect of a student's participation in campus life, including but not limited to campus residency and campus activities.

(b) The time that has passed since the occurrence of the criminal conduct.

(c) The age of the student at the time of the conduct underlying the criminal conviction.

(d) Any evidence of rehabilitation or good conduct produced by the student.

(3) After a student has been accepted for admission, an institution offering a teacher preparation program may consider criminal conviction history if information pertaining to such history is provided on the professional conduct form developed by the state Department of Education for use in the teacher certification process. The purpose of such consideration shall be limited to the offering of counseling as provided in Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section.

C.(1) An institution shall not deny based solely on criminal conviction history admission to or continuation in an academic program designed to prepare a student for a career that requires an occupational license or a teaching certificate. The institution shall offer counseling relative to the licensing or certification requirement in order to assist a student in making an informed decision about pursuing such program.

(2) The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, and other public postsecondary education institutions may consider criminal conviction history if information pertaining to such history is provided on an application that is designed by a national application service, tailored for admission to a specific degree program, and used by postsecondary education institutions in multiple states.

Acts 2017, No. 276, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:351.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 351.1
Textbooks and other instructional materials; review; adoption; procurement; distribution
Status: in_force

A.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall prescribe a process for the review, adoption, procurement, and distribution of free textbooks and other instructional materials, which it shall supply without charge to the children of this state at the elementary and secondary levels out of funds appropriated therefor by the legislature in accordance with the requirements of Article VIII, Section 13(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) The state board shall also establish rules and procedures whereby public school governing authorities shall supply textbooks and other instructional materials, as available, to children enrolled in a board-approved home study program. Such rules shall include a requirement that textbooks and instructional materials supplied to a student enrolled in a home study program shall be returned when the student has completed the coursework for which the textbooks and instructional materials were provided.

(3) The state board shall not limit the amount or percentage of state or local funds the governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school may expend on the purchase or acquisition of textbooks and other instructional materials.

B.(1)(a) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish a transparent, digital process whereby the state Department of Education shall review textbooks and other instructional materials in the core subject areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies and determine the degree to which each aligns with state content standards. The department may review textbooks and instructional materials in other subject matter areas as it deems necessary or upon request of a public school governing authority.

(b) The department may review textbooks and other instructional materials at such times as it deems necessary and appropriate but shall review textbooks and other instructional materials in the core subject areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies at least every six years.

(2) The review process for textbooks and other instructional materials submitted to the department for review shall be conducted entirely online. Every aspect of the process, including the textbooks and instructional materials under review and any and all comments submitted by reviewers, parents and other members of the public, and publishers and other content providers, shall be posted online and made readily accessible to all interested parties.

(3) The review process shall, at a minimum, provide for the following:

(a) Guidelines and timelines for the submission, review, comment, and evaluation of textbooks and other instructional materials.

(b) Establishment of review panels composed of Louisiana public school educators, some of whom shall be classroom teachers currently employed in schools in the state, and Louisiana content experts who have knowledge of curriculum and the subject matter under consideration.

(c) Evaluation criteria and procedures to determine the extent to which textbooks and instructional materials submitted for review align with state content standards.

(d)(i) The opportunity for parents and the public to view and submit comments on all textbooks and instructional materials under review. A copy of all textbooks and instructional materials under review shall be made readily available online and in person for this purpose. Reasonable safeguards against unauthorized use, reproduction, and distribution shall be provided.

(ii) The opportunity for publishers and other content providers to submit comments in response to any review committee evaluation. Publishers and content providers shall be given the opportunity to review any evaluation prior to its posting online and shall be given at least ten business days to respond and make any correction to the content that they deem necessary.

(iii) All comments submitted in relation to a reviewed textbook or instructional material shall be posted online for ready access by any interested party.

(e) A requirement that all print textbooks and print instructional materials submitted for review be supplied in an electronic format that meets the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard, as consistent with the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (20 U.S.C. 1474(e)), and can be converted into specialized formats for children with disabilities and from which braille and large-print textbooks can be produced for blind and visually impaired students.

(4)(a) The state Department of Education shall provide the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school with a list of all textbooks and other instructional materials reviewed by the department which includes information indicating the degree to which each aligns with state content standards. Such list shall also be posted online.

(b) The list of reviewed textbooks and other instructional materials shall include textbooks and instructional materials for each core subject at each grade level that are fully aligned with state content standards.

(c) Any list of reviewed textbooks and other instructional materials prepared by the department shall contain a statement to the effect that the textbooks and instructional materials contained therein were reviewed for the sole purpose of determining the degree of alignment with state content standards and that it is the responsibility of each public school governing authority to determine if their use is appropriate to meet the educational needs of its students.

(d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting a public school or school district from purchasing or otherwise acquiring textbooks and instructional materials that are not included in the list of reviewed textbooks and instructional materials prepared by the state Department of Education, provided the use of such textbooks and instructional materials is not prohibited by the policies of the governing authority of such school or school district.

C.(1) The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall adopt policies and regulations for the adoption and use of textbooks and other instructional materials that sufficiently support the needs of all students in meeting state content standards.

(2) The purchase and use of electronic textbooks, instructional materials, and other media or content shall be maximized to the extent practical.

(3)(a) For the adoption of textbooks and instructional materials that have not been reviewed by the state Department of Education pursuant to this Section, such policies and regulations shall provide for the establishment of review committees composed of classroom teachers and other educators, all of whom shall be employees of Louisiana public schools, parents of students enrolled in Louisiana public schools, and other educational stakeholders in Louisiana who have interest in or knowledge of curriculum and the subject matter under consideration.

(b) Parents and other members of the public shall be afforded the opportunity to review and provide input relative to the textbooks and instructional materials under consideration prior to final adoption.

(c) The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall include on its website a link to the website on which the state Department of Education conducts the online review process pursuant to Paragraph (B)(2) of this Section.

(d)(i) If the governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school conducts a review of textbooks or other instructional materials and determines the textbooks or other instructional materials are of high quality, the state Department of Education shall recognize that determination for all purposes including but not limited to funding eligibility.

(ii) A public school governing authority seeking the recognition of textbooks or other instructional materials as high quality for all purposes shall have at least two teachers who hold the designation of Teacher Leader Advisor certify that the textbooks and instructional materials are fully aligned with Louisiana state content standards, using the rubric approved by the department. No more than fifty percent of the Teacher Leader Advisors conducting the certification shall be employed by the governing authority.

(4) Textbooks and instructional materials adopted for use in public elementary and secondary schools shall accurately reflect the contributions and achievements of people of differing races and promote an understanding of the history and values of the people of the United States and Louisiana, including the free enterprise system, private property, constitutional liberties, democratic values, and traditional standards of moral values.

(5) The governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school may establish the price and sell any textbook or library book no longer in use to any person or entity for private use.

D.(1) The state Department of Education shall support public school governing authorities in achieving maximum cost efficiencies and reducing regulatory burdens in the purchase and acquisition of textbooks and other instructional materials by providing for bulk purchasing through state contracts, whenever possible and feasible, and by encouraging publishers and other content providers to make their textbooks and other instructional materials available through the central depository.

(2) The governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school may purchase textbooks and other instructional materials through a state contract or through the central depository or may contract directly with a publisher or other content provider.

(3) Each contract between the state or the governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school and a publisher or other content provider for textbooks and instructional materials shall:

(a) Be awarded on a competitive basis in accordance with applicable state law.

(b) Provide that the publisher, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer shall not charge the governing authority of a public school a purchase price, rental fee, or other fee for the purchase, lease, or use of a textbook or instructional material that exceeds the lowest price or fee charged to a school governing authority in any other state for the same textbook or instructional material.

(c) Provide that upon the request of a public school governing authority, a publisher or other content provider shall allow the governing authority to purchase textbooks and other instructional materials through the central depository.

E. The state Department of Education shall provide for a central depository for textbooks and other instructional materials that are aligned to state content standards to facilitate the purchase and distribution of textbooks and instructional materials.

Acts 2015, No. 389, §1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2023, No. 238, §1, eff. June 9, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 346, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3399.13.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3399.13.4
Confidentiality
Status: in_force

A. Unless waived in writing by the alleged victim, the identity of an alleged victim of an incident reported under R.S. 17:3399.13 is confidential and not subject to disclosure except to:

(1) A person employed by or under contract with the institution to which the report is made, if the disclosure is necessary to conduct the investigation of the report or any related hearings.

(2) A law enforcement officer as necessary to conduct a criminal investigation of the report.

(3) A person alleged to have perpetrated the incident, to the extent required by law.

(4) A potential witness to the incident as necessary to conduct an investigation of the report.

B. The alleged victim shall have the right to obtain a copy of any report made pursuant to this Part that pertains to the alleged victim.

Acts 2021, No. 439, §2, eff. June 21, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 472, §2, eff. June 29, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1997 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1997
Open door policy; statewide service
Status: in_force

The vocational-technical schools shall be operated under an open door policy and shall serve persons on an equal priority basis, including but not limited to, adults, veterans, high school students, persons who have dropped out of high school and minority ethnic groups. Persons meeting board requirements with respect to age shall be free to enroll in any school in the state and there shall not be any geographic barriers to enrollment.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3002
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Counseling director" is a member of the school faculty who functions as a school counselor but has the following additional responsibilities in the school system:

(a) The director aids teachers by gathering and interpreting facts which will enable the student to take advantage of the educational opportunities available and to maximize personal growth and development.

(b) The director fosters a greater understanding between teachers and parents of the emotional, social, and academic problems of the individual student as well as the potentialities and limitations of the student.

(2)(a) "Practice of school counseling" means the rendering, offering to render, or supervising those who render to individuals or groups of pupils within the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools services involving the application of counseling procedures for learning how to solve problems and make decisions.

(b) In the practice of counseling:

(i) The counselor serves as an advocate for children within the adult structure of the school and community and has, as his or her prime responsibility, services to and for the pupil.

(ii) The counselor does not include among his or her responsibilities the administration of disciplinary action, substitute teaching, or administrative clerical duties.

(c) A school counselor shall devote not less than two-thirds of each academic school year to the practice of school counseling.

(3) "School counselor" is a member of the school faculty who by training and background is qualified to engage in educational and vocational counseling and advisement. The purpose of a school counselor is to help students to arrive at their full potential through a process involving direct contact between the counselor and a student, parents, teachers, school administrators, or others.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 319, §2. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 389, §1; Acts 1977, No. 334, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 45, §2; Acts 2021, No. 275, §4; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.52 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.52
Coordination
Status: in_force

The department shall coordinate with the office of state fire marshal and the Louisiana Department of Health to align standards for licensing of early learning centers with the standards for early childhood education programs.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3624 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3624
Program evaluation
Status: in_force

A. Periodically, but not less than once each year, each participant shall submit a written report with proper documentation of the activities completed, as of that time. The local committee shall review the report, fix the number of PIPS actually earned for the completed activities, and recommend any necessary modification of the plan.

B.(1) At the completion of each five-year plan, the local committee shall review the activities completed and notify the teacher and the state committee in writing that:

(a) The five-year program has been successfully completed by the teacher; or

(b) The five-year program has not been successfully completed, with reasons for such decision; or

(c) Upon application of the participant, a one-year extension for completion has been granted because of extenuating circumstances.

(2) Beginning with the approval of plans for participation in the program year beginning July 1, 1985 and notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, any teacher who obtains fifteen hours of college credit in his field, or its equivalent, and seventy-five clock hours of in-service education in a five-year period shall be considered as having obtained the reasonable quota of self-improvement required by this Chapter.

C. Any teacher whose employment required a teaching certificate at the time he submitted his professional improvement plan in writing to his local committee, received approval by the local committee as required in R.S. 17:3623, and then successfully completed his program before the State Professional Improvement Committee declared such program ineligible, shall be eligible to receive those benefits provided in R.S. 17:3621.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 207, §1, eff. July 1, 1981; Acts 1983, No. 99, §1, eff. June 24, 1983; Acts 1988, No. 766, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1805 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1805
Authority of university or college police officer
Status: in_force

A.(1) Those persons who are university or college police officers responsible for maintaining general order and exercising police power on the campus of a state-supported or a private college or university shall be designated as university or college police officers.

(2) Each such person named as a police officer by the president of the college or university shall be commissioned as a university or college police officer by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or as provided in Subsection E of this Section. Such commission shall remain in force and in effect at the pleasure of the employing college or university.

(3) While in or out of uniform, these police officers shall have the right to carry concealed weapons and to exercise the power of arrest when discharging their duties on their respective campuses and on all streets, roads, and rights-of-way to the extent they are within or contiguous to the perimeter of such campuses. In the discharge of their duties on campus and while in hot pursuit on or off the campus, each university or college police officer may exercise the power of arrest. For purposes of R.S. 14:40.8, the right of university or college police officers to carry a concealed weapon and to exercise the power of arrest when discharging their duties shall extend to alleged acts of hazing committed by members of an organization that is organized and operating at the university or college for which the police officer is commissioned regardless of the location where the alleged acts occurred.

(4) Each such police officer shall execute a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars in favor of the state for the faithful performance of his duties. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the employing institution.

B. Any person arrested by a college or university police officer, in the exercise of the power granted pursuant to Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section, shall be immediately transferred by such officer to the custody of the sheriff or city police wherein the arrest occurs.

C. On and after January 1, 1975, no person shall be commissioned as a college or university police officer, unless prior to such commissioning the person has, as a minimum requirement, completed and graduated from the six-weeks program of the Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College or possesses equivalent training or experience.

D. Upon authorization by the chief administrative officer of the educational institution, a college or university police officer shall have authority to discharge his duties off campus as follows:

(1) If engaging in intelligence gathering activity.

(2) When investigating a crime committed on campus or when investigating the crime of criminal hazing committed off campus by members of an organization that is organized and operating at the college or university for which the police officer is commissioned.

(3) When transporting prisoners in furtherance of duties as set forth in this Section.

(4) When transporting money, securities, or other valuables on behalf of the college or university.

(5) While providing security or protective services for visiting dignitaries to the college or university both on and off the campus.

(6) If specifically requested by the chief law enforcement officer of the parish or city.

E. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Section to the contrary, any state supported or private college or university situated within the territorial limits of the city of New Orleans may, at the option of the college or university, have its campus police officers commissioned as university or college police officers by the city's police department, rather than the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, upon complying with the requirements and regulations as may be prescribed by the city's police department for the commissioning of special officers. Such commissions issued by the city's police department shall confer upon such campus police officers all rights and privileges as are enumerated in this Section with respect to officers commissioned through and by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; provided, however, that such officers shall not be entitled to supplemental pay for municipal police officers.

F. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, on July 1, 1991, and thereafter, no person shall be commissioned as a university or college police officer by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or as otherwise provided in Subsection E of this Section until there has been a determination made by the commissioning authority that the particular public or private college or university naming the police officer is in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 17:3351(C), or, in the case of a private college or university, is in compliance with substantially similar requirements adopted by the particular institution, relative to reporting certain statistics on reported criminal offenses, adopting certain written security policies and procedures, and publishing certain such policies and procedures.

G. Each person who is employed as a full-time college or university police officer may carry a concealed handgun, whether in uniform or not and whether on or off duty, provided the person meets the requirements for college and university police officers set forth in this Section and is certified by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

H. On and after January 1, 2016, each person who is employed as a full-time college or university police officer shall complete a sexual assault awareness training program as provided by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to R.S. 40:2405.8.

Acts 1968, No. 529, §§1, 2; Acts 1974, No. 269, §1; Acts 1978, No. 754, §1; Acts 1979, No. 594, §1; Acts 1981, No. 874, §1; Acts 1984, No. 478, §1; Acts 1990, No. 916, §1, eff. July 25, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 289, §8; Acts 1995, No. 1192, §1; Acts 1997, No. 508, §2; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Acts 2015, No. 152, §1, eff. June 23, 2015; Acts 2019, No. 382, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.32
Legislative intent; declaration of purpose and policy
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the children of the state who are in out-of-home care on a regular or consistent basis. Toward that end, it is the purpose of this Part to establish statewide minimum standards for the safety and well-being of children in early learning centers, to ensure maintenance of these standards, and to regulate conditions in these centers through a program of licensing. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement a program of licensing for early learning centers and the state Department of Education shall administer the licensing program pursuant to such rules and regulations.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3386 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3386
Surplus funds; retention; use; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by this Section, any public college or university or any consortium of colleges and universities which adopts a building and facility preventative maintenance program approved by the Board of Regents may retain any funds appropriated or allocated to such college, university, or consortium thereof from the state general fund which remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of the fiscal year, provided that not less than fifty percent of such retained funds shall be maintained by the college, university, or consortium thereof in a preventative maintenance reserve fund, and the monies from such reserve fund shall be used solely for preventative maintenance purposes in accordance with the approved plan. Retained funds shall be spent only on nonrecurring projects and such expenditures are subject to approval by the appropriate postsecondary education management board, the Board of Regents, and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Such expenditures shall be contained in a report submitted to the Board of Regents no later than September fifteenth.

B. Before approving the building and facility preventative maintenance program of a public college, university, or consortium thereof, the Board of Regents shall determine that the college, university, or consortium thereof has a preventative maintenance reserve fund.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any state general fund appropriation which was made for a specific purpose in the General Appropriation Act for any fiscal year and which remains unexpended or unobligated at the end of any fiscal year. Such monies shall not be retained by any institution identified in Subsection A of this Section.

D. Except as otherwise provided by this Section, no public postsecondary education institution as provided in Subsection A of this Section may carry forward more than two percent of its prior fiscal year's state general fund appropriation or allocation under the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section.

E. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an institution that is determined by the Board of Regents to have met the short-term targets established in the performance agreement entered into pursuant to Part II of Chapter 24 of this Title (R.S. 17:3139, et. seq.) may retain any funds appropriated or allocated to such college, university, or consortium thereof, excluding those as specified in Subsection C of this Section, which remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of the fiscal year, in accordance with R.S. 17:3139.5(5)(a)(i) and such funds shall be used at the institution's discretion.

Acts 1988, No. 912, §1; Acts 1995, No. 910, §1, eff. June 28, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1478, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 741, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 418, §1, eff. July 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.71 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.71
Grounds for revocation or refusal to renew registration; criminal activities; lack of CPR or first aid training
Status: in_force

A.(1) No person who has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C), whose name is recorded on the state registry within the Department of Children and Family Services as a perpetrator for a substantiated finding of abuse or neglect of a child, whose name is on any other state's child abuse and neglect registry or repository, whose name is on the Louisiana Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry, whose name is on any other state's sex offender registry, or whose name is on the National Crime Information Center's National Sex Offender Registry may be a registered family child care provider, be employed in the residence or on the property of the residence where the care is provided by the registered family child care provider, or live in the residence where care is provided by the registered family child care provider. The cost of any criminal background check which may be required by the department as proof of compliance with this Subsection shall be the responsibility of the family child care provider.

(2) No person who has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C), whose name is recorded on the state registry within the Department of Children and Family Services as a perpetrator for a substantiated finding of abuse or neglect of a child, whose name is on any other state's child abuse and neglect registry or repository, whose name is on the Louisiana Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry, whose name is on any other state's sex offender registry, or whose name is on the National Crime Information Center's National Sex Offender Registry may be a registered in-home child care provider, be an adult employed in the home or on the property of the home where care is provided by the registered in-home child care provider, or be any adult living in the home where care is provided by the registered in-home child care provider who is not a caregiver. For the purposes of this Paragraph, the term "caregiver" shall mean any person legally obligated to provide or secure care for a child, including a parent, legal custodian, foster home parent, or other person providing a residence for the child. The cost of any criminal background check which may be required by the department as proof of compliance with this Subsection shall be the responsibility of the in-home provider.

B.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish by regulation requirements and procedures through which the department shall:

(a) Request, consistent with the provisions of R.S. 15:587.1, from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, information concerning whether or not a registered family child care provider, any adult employed in the residence or on the property of the residence where care is provided, or any adult living in the residence where care is provided has been arrested for, 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 individual's name is recorded on the state central registry for child abuse and neglect.

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

(d) Request information identified in this Paragraph for the registered in-home provider, any adult employed in the home or on the property of the home where care is provided, or any adult living in the home where care is provided.

(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. 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 abuse and neglect, and processing fees charged by other states when it receives a request for a criminal background check and shall timely submit the appropriate processing fees to the appropriate agencies.

C. Each family child care provider and in-home provider shall have documented current certification in either Infant/Child CPR or Infant/Child/Adult CPR in order to be registered.

D. The department may deny, revoke, or refuse to renew any registration of a family child care provider or in-home provider who violates the provisions of this Section.

E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a family child care provider or in-home provider when such provider is related to all the children receiving child care.

F. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a family child care provider or in-home provider who is registered with the department solely for participation in the United States Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Added by Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. February 1, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 354, §2, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 297 §1, eff. August 1, 2015; Acts 2017, No. 423, See Act; Acts 2025, No. 409, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1995 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1995
Regional administration
Status: in_force

All postsecondary vocational-technical schools shall be under the control of the board, which shall adopt policies governing the schools. The board may provide for regional coordination of vocational-technical schools to be administered in the following areas:

(1) Regional fiscal matters.

(2) Personnel matters.

(3) Building standards and maintenance.

(4) Reporting and data collection.

(5) Coordination of instruction.

(6) Such other duties as may be prescribed by the board or department.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3; Acts 1986, No. 945, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:418 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 418
Salaries; teachers and other school employees; additional compensation
Status: in_force

A.(1) The governing authority of each local public elementary and secondary school, the state special schools, and the schools and programs administered through the special school district shall establish salary schedules by which to determine the salaries to be paid to teachers and all other school employees.

(2) Such salary schedules shall be established and published not later than June thirtieth annually and shall apply during the school year that begins that year.

(3)(a) The salaries provided in the salary schedules shall be considered compensation for the work performed by each employee within his prescribed duties and responsibilities, which include only those specifically identified and described in the employee's job description. Additional compensation shall be provided as follows:

(i) In addition to all other compensation to which a teacher is entitled, each governing authority shall compensate any teacher who is not afforded the minimum uninterrupted planning time required by R.S. 17:434(A) at the effective hourly rate of that teacher for each hour of planning time. A teacher's effective hourly rate, for the purposes of this Subsection, shall be calculated by converting the teacher's annual salary on the teacher's salary schedule adopted by the governing authority into an hourly rate of pay.

(ii) Each governing authority shall develop a uniform supplemental salary schedule for the 2024-2025 school year, if such schedule is not already in place, that specifically addresses compensation for duties performed by certified employees of the governing authority beyond the scope of their prescribed duties and responsibilities. The uniform supplemental salary schedule shall provide the following:

(aa) All certified employees shall be paid a minimum of thirty dollars per hour for such duties and responsibilities, rounded to the nearest tenth of an hour, net of all applicable deductions.

(bb) All nonexempt employees shall be compensated for overtime work in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.

(b) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph do not apply to the teachers and other employees of the state special schools or the schools and programs administered through the special school district.

(c) The provisions of this Subsection shall not be inferred in any manner to require nor be constructed to constitute collective bargaining.

B.(1) Salary schedules established for teachers, administrators, and other certified school personnel shall be based upon the following criteria, with no one criterion accounting for more than fifty percent of the formula used to compute such employees' salaries:

(a) Effectiveness, as determined by the performance evaluation program as provided in R.S. 17:3881 through 3905.

(b) Demand inclusive of area of certification, particular school need, geographic area, and subject area, which may include advanced degree levels.

(c) Experience.

(2) No teacher or administrator who is rated "ineffective" pursuant to the performance evaluation program as provided in R.S. 17:3881 through 3905 shall receive a higher salary in the year following the evaluation than he received in the year of the evaluation.

C.(1) The amount of the annual salary paid to a teacher or other school employee in any school year shall not be reduced below the amount of such salary paid during the previous school year, nor shall the amount of the annual salary paid to such school personnel be reduced at any time during an academic year.

(2) Each vocational agricultural teacher employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board shall teach a twelve-month program for a twelve-month budget period and shall be paid a proportional salary for a twelve-month budget period according to the salary schedule established by his employing school board.

(3) The limitations on the reduction in the amount of the annual salary paid to teachers and other school employees shall not be applicable to:

(a) The correction of any accounting errors or to a reduction necessitated by the elimination of a state program or state funding.

(b) The reduction of any local salary supplement funded, in whole or in part, from a revenue source requiring voter approval when such voter approval has not been obtained.

(c) A teacher or other school employee who has been promoted to a position of higher salary is demoted in accordance with applicable law and local board or special school district policy to a lower position. In such case, the teacher or other school employee shall return to the salary previously received in the lower position from which he was promoted.

(d) The elimination, discontinuance, or reorganization of the position to which the employee is assigned that results in the employee working fewer hours, days, or months. In such case, the employee's salary for that academic year shall not be reduced. After that year, the employee's salary shall be determined in accordance with the salary schedule established pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any employee who is in the classified service of the state.

Acts 2012, No. 1, §2, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 466, §1; Acts 2024, No. 311, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2354.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2354.8
Donor registry
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health may establish or contract for the establishment of a donor registry.

B. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shall cooperate with any person administering any donor registry that this state establishes, contracts for, or recognizes for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant information regarding the making, amendment to, or revocation of an anatomical gift.

C. A donor registry shall be accessible seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day and allow each of the following:

(1) A donor or other person authorized in accordance with R.S. 17:2352 to include on the donor registry a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.

(2) A procurement organization to obtain relevant information to determine, at or near death of the donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.

D. Personally identifiable information on a donor registry may not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective donor, or person that made the anatomical gift, for any purpose except to determine, at or near the death of the donor, whether he has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.

E. This Section does not prohibit any person from creating or maintaining a donor registry that is not established by or contracted with the state. Any such registry shall comply with Subsections C and D of this Section.

Acts 2010, No. 937, §2, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2024, No. 348, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:406.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 406.7
Parent-teacher conferences; required attendance; consequences
Status: in_force

A.(1) A teacher shall schedule at least two parent-teacher conferences during the first semester each school year. At least one parent or guardian of the child shall attend or participate in at least one of the scheduled parent-teacher conferences.

(2) A teacher may not require a parent or guardian to attend a conference if the conference is deemed to be unnecessary due to the student's academic record.

(3) If a middle school or high school student has more than one teacher, the parent or guardian may participate in the conference by conference call.

B. The governing authority of each elementary and secondary school shall adopt rules relative to failure of the parent or guardian to attend at least one scheduled parent-teacher conference. The rules shall prohibit any negative action against the child as a result of the failure of a parent to attend a parent-teacher conference.

Acts 2012, No. 845, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4042 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4042
Authority of the board to grant waivers
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board may, upon receipt of a waiver application from a governing authority as set forth in this Chapter and with the goal of improving quality of instruction and student academic achievement, issue a waiver to any district.

Acts 2010, No. 749, §1, eff. June 29, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.7.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 10.7.1
Return of certain schools from the Recovery School District to the transferring school system; timeline; conditions; funding
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable only to a school system from which one or more schools have been transferred to the Recovery School District pursuant to R.S. 17:10.7.

B. To the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with the provisions of Chapter 42 of this Title, the provisions of this Section shall prevail.

C.(1) Not later than July 1, 2018, every school transferred to the Recovery School District pursuant to R.S. 17:10.5 or 10.7 shall be returned to the governance, administration, and jurisdiction of the local school system from which the school was transferred.

(2)(a) Each Type 5 charter school returned to the local school system shall be converted to a Type 3B charter school in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 17:3973(2)(b)(vii).

(b) The initial term of the charter for such Type 3B charter school shall be equal to the number of years remaining on the school's prior Type 5 charter contract.

(c) Each Type 5 charter school returned to the local school system shall remain subject to any active federal consent judgments or settlement agreements as a Type 3B charter school under the jurisdiction of the local school board.

D.(1) All buildings, facilities, and property owned by, or under the control of, the Recovery School District shall be transferred to the local school system at the time the school is returned to the governance, administration, and jurisdiction of the local school system from which the school was transferred. However, any assets acquired by the charter school shall remain the property of the charter school, as provided in R.S. 17:3991(H).

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Subsection, unless otherwise agreed to by the Recovery School District and the local school system and subject to any necessary approval by the appropriate federal agency, the following shall apply:

(a) A school facility under the control of the Recovery School District that is under construction or scheduled to be under construction pursuant to a federal recovery plan, shall remain under the control of the Recovery School District until construction is substantially complete.

(b) The Recovery School District and the state Department of Education shall continue to operate as the federal grant applicant for projects completed by the Recovery School District pursuant to a federal recovery plan and shall retain responsibility for the execution and administration of contractual warranties, grant close-outs, and financing compliance periods for such projects.

(c)(i) The Recovery School District shall return all buildings, facilities, and property that are related to a school and that are owned by or under the control of the district to the local school system free of any encumbrances, including liens and judgments, other than those financing transactions to which the local school board is a party.

(ii) The local school board shall have no obligation to reimburse the Recovery School District, the state Department of Education, or the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for any maintenance, alterations, or other repairs made to any of the school's buildings, facilities, or property before the school's return to the local school system.

(d) The local school board and its individual members shall be immune from civil liability for any damages arising from acts, omissions, or incidents occurring during the time a school returned to the local school system was under the jurisdiction of the Recovery School District.

(e) The local school board and its individual members shall be immune from any liability or responsibility for any obligation, claim, demand for reimbursement, or other indebtedness asserted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any other federal or state governmental agency or entity, with respect to construction projects managed by the Recovery School District.

E. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in order to support and protect the interests and rights of the children it serves, the local school board:

(1) Shall adopt a policy that establishes a process to determine the district-level funding allocation to be effective beginning July 1, 2017, and as revised in subsequent years as appropriate, based upon student characteristics or needs, as determined by the local school board, to distribute the total amount of minimum foundation program formula funds allocated to the local school board and to Type 1, 3, 3B, 4, and 5 charter schools that are located within the geographic boundaries of the local school system.

(2) May use local revenues from new or repurposed taxes levied by the board and approved by voters after September 1, 2016, for parish-wide functions or programs specifically approved by the voters.

(3) Shall approve charter operating agreements for all charter schools under the board's jurisdiction that are limited to provisions which are common to all such charter contracts, unless terms specific to an individual school are authorized pursuant to policies of the board in accordance with applicable state law.

(4) Shall require all charter schools under the board's jurisdiction to participate in the parish-wide enrollment system and student expulsion process, according to policies established by the board.

(5) May adopt a policy for charter schools under the school board's jurisdiction that are in good standing in regard to compliance with the board's parish-wide enrollment system and student expulsion process policies, so that such schools shall be exempted from the minimum enrollment percentages required by R.S. 17:3991.

(6) May provide a lottery preference for enrollment at elementary and middle schools under the board's jurisdiction for students residing within defined geographic zones as one of the factors to determine student assignment, according to policies adopted by the board. Such preference shall be applied to not more than one-half of the seats available in each grade level to ensure that seats in all schools are accessible to students residing outside of a school's geographic zone. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Subsection, any Type 1 or Type 3 charter school that was first authorized by the board on, or prior to, July 1, 2016, and whose charter contract includes a geographic preference in accordance with R.S. 17:3991 may maintain such preference with the approval of the board, in accordance with board policy adopted for this purpose.

(7) May adopt a policy for cooperatively and annually establishing enrollment projections and targets for every school under the school board's jurisdiction and requiring enrollment of additional or fewer students throughout the school year as necessary. The policy may consider factors including past trends in enrollment and school performance.

(8) Shall adopt a policy establishing a process which allows the local superintendent to limit the percentage of system enrollment that any single operator of schools or charter governing authority may serve to ensure that a diverse system of schools led by multiple high quality operators exists at all times.

(9) Shall provide for the distribution of deferred local revenues to charter schools under the board's jurisdiction in any year that such revenues exist. Deferred local revenues shall be defined as the amount of local revenues specified in R.S. 17:3995(A)(1) for distribution to all charter schools under the board's jurisdiction that vary from the total amount of local revenues distributed to all charter schools pursuant to R.S. 17:3995(A)(3) due to a collection of local revenues that is higher or lower than the amount projected by the board. In the event that actual local revenues are lower than the amount projected, the board may carry forward the amount of any loss, to be recovered from deferred revenues in any future year in which such revenues exceed projections, prior to distribution of such revenues to charter schools.

F. In order to determine quality standards for all schools and intervene appropriately in instances when student needs are not being met, the local superintendent shall:

(1) Present recommendations to the local school board regarding the approval, extension, renewal, or revocation of the charter for any charter school under the board's jurisdiction. Unless rejected by a vote of the board, in accordance with board policy, the local superintendent may implement any such recommendation submitted to the board.

(2) Monitor and require corrective actions by a charter school with respect to compliance with board policy, state law, or terms of the charter contract.

(3) Be authorized to require one or more charter schools under the school board's jurisdiction to temporarily close, dismiss students, or evacuate in the event that there are credible threats of terror, or an official state of emergency is declared for the area in which any school under the board's jurisdiction is located.

G. In order to ensure the appropriate level of autonomy to enable educators to successfully prepare students for success in college and career:

(1) Unless mutually agreed to by both the charter school's governing authority and the local school board pursuant to a duly authorized resolution adopted by each governing entity, the local school board shall not impede the operational autonomy of a charter school under its jurisdiction in the areas of school programming, instruction, curriculum, materials and texts, yearly school calendars and daily schedules, hiring and firing of personnel, employee performance management and evaluation, terms and conditions of employment, teacher or administrator certification, salaries and benefits, retirement, collective bargaining, budgeting, purchasing, procurement, and contracting for services other than capital repairs and facilities construction.

(2) Each Type 3B charter school and, with the approval of the local school board, any other type of charter school under the board's jurisdiction may act as its own local educational agency for one or more funding purposes or statutory definitions, in accordance with R.S. 17:3995, and rules adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(3) Beginning July 1, 2017, each charter school under the local school board's jurisdiction shall provide for independent test monitoring from a third-party entity approved by the school board for the testing period immediately preceding the board's consideration of renewal of the charter school's contract.

H.(1)(a) The local school superintendent shall develop a plan to effect the return of schools from the Recovery School District to the local school board, as provided in this Section.

(b) The local school superintendent, in consultation with the superintendent of the Recovery School District, shall convene an advisory committee to assist in the development of the plan.

(2) The advisory committee shall be subject to the provisions of the Louisiana Open Meetings Law, the Louisiana Public Records Law, and all local school board policy regarding public meetings and public documents.

(3) The advisory committee shall be comprised of thirteen members as follows:

(a) The local school superintendent.

(b) The superintendent of the Recovery School District.

(c) Two members who shall represent Type 5 charter school operators, appointed by the local school superintendent.

(d) Two members who shall represent Type 5 charter school operators, appointed by the superintendent of the Recovery School District.

(e) Two members who shall represent either a Type 1 or Type 3 charter school operator, appointed by the local school superintendent.

(f) One member who shall represent a school directly operated by the local school board, appointed by the local school superintendent.

(g) One member who shall represent an educational advocacy organization, appointed by the local school superintendent.

(h) One member who shall represent an educational advocacy organization, appointed by the superintendent of the Recovery School District.

(i) Two members jointly appointed by the local school superintendent and the superintendent of the Recovery School District.

(4) The local school superintendent shall submit the plan to the local school board for approval by September 1, 2016. The plan shall include:

(a) Consideration of equitable funding for governmental functions deemed appropriate for the efficient operation of a system of autonomous schools under the jurisdiction of the local school board.

(b) An implementation timeline that shall include a detailed list of tasks and benchmarks that are appropriately sequenced to efficiently facilitate the transfer of such functions and related funding from the Recovery School District with respect to the return of schools to the local school system.

(5) After the local school board has approved the plan, the local school superintendent shall convene the advisory committee as often as he deems necessary, but at least on a quarterly basis, until all schools have been returned from the Recovery School District to the local school system.

(6) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 374, §2.

I.(1) The final transfer of schools from the Recovery School District to the local school board as provided in this Section may be postponed only by a majority vote of the full membership of the local school board or the full membership of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and at least one of the following must apply:

(a) The local school board is not financially stable.

(b) The local school board lacks a comprehensive expulsion and reentry program for students.

(c) The local school board cannot assure the stability of employee retirement benefits.

(d) The local school board cannot ensure or provide sufficient insurance coverage.

(e) The local school superintendent and the superintendent of the Recovery School District provide written certification that it is not feasible to meet the time lines, tasks, and benchmarks established in the plan to effect the return of schools from the Recovery School District to the jurisdiction of the local school board as provided in Subsection H of this Section.

(f) The advisory committee, by a majority vote of its full membership, officially requests the local school board or the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to consider such postponement.

(2) Any action taken by the local school board or the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to postpone the final transfer of schools from the Recovery School District to the local school board must occur no later than January 31, 2018, and in no instance shall such postponement extend the final transfer date beyond July 1, 2019.

Acts 2016, No. 91, §1, eff. May 12, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1; Acts 2021, No. 93, §1, eff. June 4, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 374, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2112 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2112
Testing pupils' sight and hearing; notice to parent or tutor; report to state superintendent
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection C of this Section, every city, parish, and other local public school board, during the first semester of the school year or within thirty days after the admission of any pupils entering the school late in the session, shall test the sight, including color screening for all first grade students, and hearing of each and all pupils under their charge, except those pupils whose parent or tutor objects to such examination, as provided for in R.S. 17:156. Such testing shall be completed in accordance with the schedule established by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may convert the age equivalent as provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics schedule to the academic year equivalent which corresponds to that age.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 266, §2.

(3) The school board shall keep a record of such examination, shall be required to follow up on the deficiencies within sixty days, and shall notify in writing the parent or tutor of every pupil found to have any defect of sight or hearing.

B. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 266, §2.

C.(1) Effective for the 2005-2006 school year, the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section relative to the requirement for testing the sight and hearing of pupils within thirty days after the admission of any pupils entering school late in the session shall not be applicable.

(2) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may adopt rules effective for the 2005-2006 school year relative to the requirement for testing the sight and hearing of pupils entering school late in the session.

Acts 1986, No. 415, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1013, §1; Acts 1987, No. 522, §1; Acts 1989, No. 241, §1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 478, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1053, §1; Acts 2003, No. 108, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2013, No. 329, §1; Acts 2020, No. 206, §1; Acts 2023, No. 266, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2502 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2502
Definitions
Status: in_force

The term "Authority" means the Louisiana Educational Television Authority, and when used in connection with action authorized to be taken by the Authority, means the Authority acting by and through its members.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 13, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 101
Children of military families; registration prior to residency; preliminary enrollment
Status: in_force

A. A public school governing authority shall allow a dependent child of an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, of the military reserve forces, or of the National Guard or a Department of Defense civilian to register and preliminarily enroll in a public school under its jurisdiction by remote means, including electronic means, prior to becoming a resident of the state, provided all of the following apply:

(1) The student's parent or legal guardian is transferred or pending transfer to a military installation or comparable duty location in Louisiana pursuant to an official military order.

(2) The student's parent or legal guardian provides a copy of the official military order transferring the parent or legal guardian to a military installation or comparable duty location in Louisiana to the public school governing authority.

(3) The student's parent or legal guardian completes and submits all required registration and enrollment forms and documentation to the public school governing authority, except that proof of residency shall not be required until ten days after the arrival date specified on the parent or legal guardian's transfer orders.

B. A public school governing authority shall provide a student who remotely registers pursuant to this Section the same enrollment opportunities available to resident students, including requesting and applying for school assignment, registering for courses, participating in extracurricular activities, and applying to any school or program that requires an additional request, including a lottery for admission to a specific school or program.

C. A student registered and enrolled pursuant to this Section shall not attend school until proof of residency is provided in accordance with the policies of the school's governing authority.

D. None of the following shall preclude a child from registration prior to residency and preliminary enrollment as provided in this Section:

(1) Having an individualized education program or family service plan under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.

(2) Receiving or qualifying for special education courses or services.

(3) Having an exceptionality as defined in R.S. 17:1942.

(4) Receiving or qualifying for accommodations or services under the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. 504.

Acts 2021, No. 208, §1, eff. June 11, 2021; Acts 2024, No. 512, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1913 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1913
Bylaws; state not bound
Status: in_force

Pursuant to Article III(i) of the compact, the commission shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendment thereto with the office of the governor, the State Department of Education, and the secretary of state. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as binding the State of Louisiana to appropriate or provide any specific amount of money for operations of the Educational Commission of the States or as binding or obligating the state to act favorably upon the recommendations of the commission with reference to the budget or other matters.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 364, §3. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 680, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2278 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2278
Financial contributions of schools
Status: in_force

Each educational institution accepting the provisions of this Part shall remit to the anatomical board a sum to be fixed by the board proportionate to the total number of anatomy students in attendance, as provided in R.S. 17:2275, or so much per capita for each such student, within sixty days after the beginning of each academic session. These funds shall be used by the board for defraying the expenses incurred in conducting the affairs of the board, and shall be under the exclusive custody and control of the board.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1941 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1941
Statement of policy
Status: in_force

It is and shall be the duty of state and local educational agencies of the state of Louisiana to provide a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment to every student with an exceptionality, ages three through twenty-one, who is a resident therein.

Acts 1977, No. 754, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 109, §1, eff. May 5, 1998; Acts 2008, No. 376, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:87.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 87.7
School property; school board may require liability insurance for use
Status: in_force

Each parish or city school board within municipalities of more than two hundred thousand shall have the authority to require any state governmental agency or local governing authority to enter into an agreement to hold the parish or city school board harmless from liability for damages prior to and as a condition of the use of school property or facilities for purposes of any primary, general or special election conducted directly by such agency or governing authority, or for which said agency or governing authority designates the school property as the site of such election.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 162, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3139.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3139.6
Monitoring; reporting; renewal
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Regents annually shall monitor and report to the legislature and the governor on each participating institution's progress in meeting the established targets for performance objectives as specified in R.S. 17:3139.2 and the effect of the exemptions as provided in R.S. 17:3139.2(2)(a) and (4)(a) relative to the adoption of admission standards and the limited remedial education course offerings and developmental study programs at certain institutions. At the end of the first six years and each subsequent six-year period, the Board of Regents shall determine whether to recommend renewal of an institution's performance agreement subject to the approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Such determination shall be based on the recommendations of a review panel established by the Board of Regents to conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation of the institution's progress in meeting the performance objectives. The composition of the review panel shall be similar to that provided in R.S. 17:3138(C) as repealed by Act No. 251 of the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature with the addition of two representatives from the business community, who each possess a postsecondary degree, one recommended by the speaker of the House of Representatives and one recommended by the president of the Senate.

B. If an institution's initial performance agreement is renewed after six years, the institution in exchange shall:

(1) Further increase cohort graduation rate goals as specified in R.S. 17:3139.2(1)(a) including the following, as applicable:

(a) A graduation rate of at least seventy-five percent for any institution classified as a "Four-Year 1" institution by the Southern Regional Education Board.

(b) A graduation rate of at least sixty percent for any institution classified as a "Four-Year 2" institution by the Southern Regional Education Board.

(c) A graduation rate of at least fifty percent for any institution classified as a "Four-Year 3", "Four-Year 4", "Four-Year 5", or "Four-Year 6" institution by the Southern Regional Education Board.

(d) For any community college and technical college campus, a graduation rate that is at least equal to the Southern Regional Education Board average for peer institutions.

(2) Continue to make progress in meeting all other performance objectives as contained in the initial agreement.

(3) Meet any additional performance objectives as determined by the Board of Regents.

C. If an institution's performance agreement is renewed after six years, the institution in exchange shall:

(1) Maintain the same graduation rates as specified in Paragraph (2) of this Section.

(2) Continue to make progress in meeting all other performance objectives as contained in the initial agreement.

(3) Meet any additional performance objectives as determined by the Board of Regents.

D. The Board of Regents shall inventory all institutional student records systems and recommend a plan to standardize and integrate such systems to include student transcript analysis and degree auditing components. This system shall include all undergraduate students and at a minimum and by student, the number of course credits earned, the number of course credits needed for degree completion, a time line for successful degree completion that shows if the student is behind, on track, or ahead, and course credits needed as determined by the student's declared area of concentration. The Board of Regents shall report on the progress of such standardization to the legislature and the division of administration sixty days prior to the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana and annually thereafter on the performance of qualifying institutions at achieving on-time graduation based on the student tracking and records system. The report shall be posted on the Board of Regents' website and shall be made easily accessible to the public.

Acts 2010, No. 741, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 418, §1, eff. July 12, 2011; Acts 2015, No. 100, §1, eff. June 19, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 359, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3455
Executive director; appointment; functions
Status: in_force

The board may appoint a chief administrative officer who shall be the executive director of the consortium. The executive director of the consortium shall serve at the pleasure of the board and shall, with the approval of the board and subject to the applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations of the state, appoint and remove all professional, research, technical, clerical, and stenographic employees of the consortium. The compensation of the executive director shall be fixed by the board. The executive director shall serve as secretary to the board, the executive committee, and any additional committees appointed by the board to assist in the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 557, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1243, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2016, No. 314, §1(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:222 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 222
School entrance; proof of age, race, and parentage required; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. All children upon entering a public or nonpublic school in the state of Louisiana for the first time shall be required to present a copy of their official birth record to the school principal. A short-form birth certification card shall be acceptable as a copy of an official birth record. Only records from the local or state registrar of vital statistics will be accepted for children born in Louisiana. Birth verification forms issued by the local registrar of the parish of birth shall be valid and acceptable.

B.(1) Children born in Louisiana will be given a fifteen-day grace period to secure a copy of their birth record. Children born out of this state will be given thirty days grace in which to produce a copy of their birth record.

(2) In cases where birth certificates or birth verification forms cannot be obtained, the school principal may accept whatever positive proof of age, race, and parentage is available. It shall be left to the discretion of the parish or city superintendent of schools, subject to the authority of the school board, as to whether or not a child shall continue in school upon failure to comply with this Section.

C.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section, the parish school boards in Jefferson and Orleans parishes may adopt, by rule, and enforce ages for entrance into first grade in the schools in their systems which vary from the provisions of this Section. All children admitted into school as a result of a rule adopted pursuant to this Subsection shall be counted in reports submitted for funding under the minimum foundation program, and money allocated pursuant to such program shall be based on the report which includes such children.

(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall become void on June 30, 2022.

Acts 1964, No. 109, §2; Acts 1984, No. 914, §1; Acts 1993, No. 530, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 118, §2, eff. April 19, 2000; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 102, §1; Acts 2021, No. 386, §1, eff. June 16, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 17.2
Physical activity; awards for model programs
Status: in_force

A. Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and annually thereafter, one outstanding public elementary or secondary school shall be selected from each regional education service center region in the state to be recognized and receive an award for an outstanding program of physical activity implemented at the school.

B.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in collaboration with the Department of Education, Louisiana Department of Health, and the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, shall establish a selection process for naming the outstanding schools, which shall include regional selection committees appointed by the collaborative efforts of the agencies named in this Subsection.

(2) The final selection process shall also include a formal mechanism to obtain teacher, parental, and community recommendations and opinions.

C. Monetary awards shall be provided to the outstanding schools when funds are available for this purpose, and may be provided from private sources subject to the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Acts 2004, No. 734, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:286.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 286.2
Purpose
Status: in_force

This Subpart is enacted for the purposes of protecting academic freedom.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 685, §1.

NOTE: The Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act, R.S. 17:286.1 to 286.7, was held unconstitutional in Edwards v. Aguillard , La. 1987, 107 S.Ct. 2573, 96 L.Ed.2d 510.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:170.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 170.4
Immunizations of certain persons against meningococcal disease; exceptions
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, a student shall provide satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease in accordance with a directive provided by the state Department of Education and the Louisiana Department of Health that shall be based on the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a condition of entry into the sixth grade and as a condition of entry into the eleventh grade at any city, parish, or other local public school or nonpublic school.

(b) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, a student who is eleven years old and is entering a grade other than the sixth grade and a student who is sixteen years old and is entering a grade other than the eleventh grade shall provide satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease in accordance with a directive provided by the state Department of Education and the Louisiana Department of Health that shall be based on the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a condition of entry into such grade at any city, parish, or other local public school or nonpublic school.

(c) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, each student who is eleven years old and each student who is sixteen years old and is participating in an approved home study program pursuant to R.S. 17:236.1 shall provide satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease in accordance with a directive provided by the state Department of Education and the Louisiana Department of Health that shall be based on the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as provided by rule adopted by the board in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(2) The chief administrator of any city, parish, or other local public school or nonpublic school that educates students who are subject to the requirements of this Section shall be responsible for checking students' records to ensure that the provisions of this Section are enforced.

B. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to the following persons:

(1) Any person whose parent, tutor, or legal guardian signs a waiver stating that the person shall not be immunized against meningococcal disease for religious or other personal reasons.

(2) Any person whose parent, tutor, or legal guardian has submitted a written statement from a physician stating that the immunization is contraindicated for medical reasons.

(3) Any person who is unable to comply with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section due to a shortage in the supply of available vaccinations against meningococcal disease.

C.(1) The provisions of this Section shall be implemented according to rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, which shall include an implementation schedule based on ensuring sufficient availability of the required vaccine.

(2) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall provide such rules, including the implementation schedule, to the state Department of Education. The state Department of Education shall notify each city, parish, and other local school board, the governing authority of each nonpublic school system or school in the case of a school not a part of a school system, and the parent or legal guardian of any student participating in an approved home study program as specified in Subparagraph (A)(1)(c) of this Section of the requirements of this Section and the rules and schedule for their implementation as provided by this Section.

D. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any city, parish, or other local public school board, any nonpublic school system or nonpublic school, the state Department of Education, or the Louisiana Department of Health to provide or pay for immunizations against meningococcal disease.

E. Any written communication issued to students pursuant to this Section shall include notice that the student's parent, tutor, or legal guardian may be exempt from compliance with this Section under the conditions set forth in Subsection B of this Section.

Acts 2008, No. 342, §1, eff. June 21, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8; Acts 2018, No. 196, §1, eff. July 1, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3623 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3623
Program development
Status: in_force

A. Each participating teacher shall submit to his local committee, in writing, a professional improvement program plan for five years, which shall be based on his needs as determined through self evaluation of career needs and interests as determined in conjunction with the local committee. Each plan shall indicate as specifically as possible the activities intended to be pursued, the time for completion, and the goals to be reached. Each plan shall be subdivided into one-year increments and shall contain an estimate by the teacher of the number of PIPS each activity should be awarded.

B.(1) Each city and parish school superintendent may submit to his local committee, in writing, recommendations relative to the types of subject matter area courses and in-service training that, based on his assessment of the overall needs of the teachers in his school system, would most benefit those teachers in fulfilling the purposes of this program as provided in R.S. 17:3601.

(2) Each local committee shall review the recommendations submitted to it by the local city or parish school superintendent pursuant to this Subsection and may consider such recommendations if they are in compliance with state law and state committee guidelines.

C. Each submitted plan shall be reviewed, evaluated, and if necessary, modified by the local committee which shall assign the number of PIPS to be awarded for each activity planned as determined by the state committee in accordance with R.S. 17:3613(3). The local committee shall require that the total PIPS planned to be earned in each five-year plan is the number required by the state committee.

D. Each participant may modify his plan during the five years with the approval of the local committee if such modification does not reduce the total number of PIPS required to be earned for successful completion of the program. A participant who transfers from one public school system to another may continue to follow the plan approved by the local committee in the system from which the transfer was made.

E. No participant shall include in his plan any course or seminar he has previously undertaken and successfully completed; however, participants on Substance Abuse Prevention Education teams as provided under R.S. 17:3622(C)(6) may receive PIPS for continued participation on such teams for a period not to exceed three years.

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. 433, §1, eff. July 21, 1982; Acts 1983, No. 505, §1, eff. July 1, 1984.

{{NOTE: SECTION 2 OF ACTS 1983, NO. 505, §1 OF WHICH AMENDED R.S. 17:3623(E), PROVIDES THAT THE "ACT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 1984, AND THEREAFTER SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY EACH LOCAL SYSTEM PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE IN DETERMINING WHETHER EACH LOUISIANA EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PLAN SUBMITTED TO IT IS ACCEPTABLE; HOWEVER, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT SHALL HAVE NO EFFECT UPON ANY ONE-YEAR INCREMENT OF SUCH PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE PARTICIPANT PURSUANT TO R.S. 17:3622(A) AND UNDERTAKEN PRIOR TO THAT DATE."}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1970.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1970.6
Extracurricular activities
Status: in_force

Whenever possible, the school shall offer such extracurricular activities as may be found in any public secondary school in the state and shall work to make arrangements with surrounding city and parish school systems to provide such opportunities.

Acts 1997, No. 1350, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3123.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3123.2
Internet broadcast of board and committee meetings; archives
Status: in_force

A. The board shall broadcast over the Internet live audio and video streams of all its board and committee meetings held in Baton Rouge.

B. All meetings broadcast in accordance with Subsection A of this Section shall be recorded, archived, and made accessible to the public for at least one year after the date of the meeting.

C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all meetings of the board and its committees, but shall not apply to executive sessions held in accordance with the Louisiana Open Meetings Law as provided in R.S. 42:11 et seq.

D. The audio and video records created pursuant to this Section shall not be construed in a manner to be the official record, or any part of the official record, of the proceedings of a meeting of the board or any of its committees.

E. If the board is precluded from fulfilling the requirements of this Section due to a technical problem beyond its control, or when the only meeting room available lacks the equipment necessary to facilitate Internet broadcast, the failure to broadcast or record the proceedings of a meeting of the board or any of its committees shall not be construed to be a violation of the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2010, No. 696, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3138.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3138.11
Louisiana Postsecondary Inclusive Education Fund; Postsecondary Inclusive Education Advisory Council
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) The Louisiana Postsecondary Inclusive Education Fund, referred to in this Section as the "fund", is hereby created within the state treasury as a special fund for the purpose of funding an approved comprehensive inclusive postsecondary education program at each public postsecondary education institution in the state in order to provide pathways to postsecondary degree, certificate, and apprenticeship programs designed to increase independent living and employment opportunities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

(b) An approved inclusive education program, referred to in this Section as an "inclusive program", shall mean a federally approved comprehensive transition and postsecondary program offered at a Louisiana public postsecondary institution.

(2) Any money donated to the fund or appropriated to the fund by the legislature shall be deposited in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be invested in the same manner as monies in the general fund. Interest earned on investment of monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(3) Monies in the fund shall be appropriated to the Board of Regents for distribution to public postsecondary institutions only for:

(a) The creation, operation, and expansion of inclusive programs.

(b) Technical assistance in creating or expanding inclusive programs.

(c) Dissemination of information on inclusive programs in Louisiana to students with intellectual or developmental disabilities and the parent or guardian of the students.

(4) Any funds distributed to an institution that remain unexpended or unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and, subject to appropriation, be available for use in the subsequent fiscal year by an institution for the purposes as provided in this Section.

(5) Funding shall be distributed by the Board of Regents to a public postsecondary education management board only upon the certification by the board, on behalf of the receiving institution, that the institution has or is creating an inclusive program and that all funds shall be used by the institution for the inclusive program.

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

B.(1) The Postsecondary Inclusive Education Advisory Council, referred to in this Section as the "council", is hereby created under the auspices of the Board of Regents for the purpose of advising the board with respect to inclusive programs and methods to fund and expand inclusive programs in the state.

(2) The council shall assist the Board of Regents in:

(a) Identifying existing inclusive programs capable of providing technical assistance to institutions creating or expanding inclusive programs and developing a method to provide grants for such technical assistance.

(b) Developing an annual application process for public postsecondary institutions to request funds to create or expand inclusive programs.

(c) Reviewing applications and determining the amount of funds to distribute for each inclusive program.

(d) Determining a method to distribute information about inclusive programs to students and their families.

(3)(a) The council shall be composed of the following members:

(i) Two members with expertise in postsecondary educational programming for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, appointed by the governor.

(ii) The commissioner of higher education or his designee.

(iii) A director of an inclusive program appointed by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Education.

(iv) A director of an inclusive program appointed by the chairman of the House Committee on Education.

(v) The president of the Louisiana State University System or his designee.

(vi) The president of the Southern University System or his designee.

(vii) The president of the University of Louisiana System or his designee.

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

(ix) The executive director of the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council or his designee.

(x) The director of the Louisiana Rehabilitation Services or his designee.

(xi) An alumnus of an inclusive program appointed by the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council.

(xii) The parent or legal guardian of a student who is enrolled in or who has completed an inclusive program appointed by the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council.

(xiii) The superintendent of the Special School District or his designee.

(b) Any member selecting a designee shall select the designee from his respective system, agency, office, or association who has expertise in transitional postsecondary educational services.

(4) A vacancy in the membership of the council shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

(5) Members of the council shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and other officers as they consider necessary.

(6) The members of the council shall serve without compensation, except for per diem or reimbursement of expenses to which they may be entitled as members of the constituent organizations.

(7)(a) The council shall meet upon the call of the chairman or of a quorum of the members of the council.

(b) The chairman shall give at least seven days' notice to the members of the council of the time and place where each meeting will be held.

(c) The commissioner of higher education shall, no later than September 1, 2022, convene the first meeting of the council.

(8) A majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(9) The council shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge but may hold public meetings elsewhere in the state.

C.(1) By February first of each year, the Board of Regents, with assistance from the council, shall submit a report to the Senate Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Finance, the House Committee on Education, and the House Committee on Appropriations.

(2) The report shall include:

(a) A detailed accounting of the fund.

(b) The following information for each program that received a distribution from the fund:

(i) The name of the program.

(ii) The name of the institution housing the program.

(iii) The amount provided to the program from the fund for the current academic year and in total.

(iv) Whether the program is operational or in development. If the program is in development, the date the program will begin offering services to students shall be reported.

(v) The student capacity of the program, both in the current academic year and the upcoming academic year.

(vi) The actual number of students enrolled in the program.

(vii) The number of students, if any, on a waiting list for the program.

(viii) A description of the services offered through the program.

(ix) The number of students that completed the program, both during the prior academic year and in total.

(x) The number and percentage of program completers who are employed.

(xi) The number and percentage of program completers who are living independently.

(xii) The purpose for which monies from the fund were requested.

(c) Details on each technical assistance grant provided from the fund.

(d) Recommendations for additional money for the fund, if any.

(3) Each public postsecondary education management board shall report to the Board of Regents the information necessary for the Board of Regents to complete the report.

(4) The report shall be posted on the Board of Regents' website.

Acts 2022, No. 682, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:71.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 71.6
Purpose and intent of Subpart
Status: in_force

The purpose and intent of this Subpart is to authorize all school boards to reapportion themselves so that each member thereof, except for any school board member which may be elected at large as authorized by R.S. 17:71.3(B), represents as nearly the same number of constituents as is possible. It is also the purpose and intent of this Subpart to permit such school boards as much latitude and discretion as possible in accomplishing such reapportionment within the limits set forth in this Subpart.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 561, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 319, §1, emerg. eff. July 13, 1970 at 2:00 P.M.; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 52, §1, eff. May 7, 1996.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3396.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3396.6
Liability of board members
Status: in_force

No member of the board of directors of the corporation shall be liable personally for any indebtedness issued by the corporation or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

Acts 1992, No. 882, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3107 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3107
Prohibition against enrolling or employing dismissed student, faculty or employee
Status: in_force

No student, faculty member, member of the administrative staff or other employee expelled or dismissed under the provisions of this Chapter shall be eligible to be enrolled or employed in any capacity in any state owned and operated institution of higher learning in this state for a period of one year from the date of the expulsion or dismissal.

Added by Acts 1969, No. 59, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2.2
Districts for election of members of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Status: in_force

Louisiana shall be divided into eight districts for the election of eight of the members of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. One member shall be elected from each of the following districts:

(1) District 1 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125A, 125B, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 170, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-KA, 6-KB, 7-KA, 7-KB, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K, 11-K, 12-K, 13-KA, 14-K, 16-K, 17-K, 18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 27-K, 28-K, 29-K, 34-K, and 35-K of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 3-20, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17, 4-17A, 4-18, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 7-41, 7-42, 13-4, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8, 13-9, 13-10, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-12, 14-13A, 14-14, 14-15, 14-16, 14-17, 14-18A, 14-19, 14-20, 14-21, 16-1, 16-1A, 16-2, 17-1, 17-17, 17-18, 17-18A, 17-19, and 17-20 of Orleans Parish; St. Tammany Parish; and Precincts 122, 122A, 122B, 124, 124A, 143, 143A, 145, 147, and 151 of Tangipahoa Parish.

(2) District 2 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, and 7-1 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 57, 104, 108, 115, 131, 133, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 171, 179B, 180, 181, 185B, 187, 188, 191, 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 200, 201, 205, 210, 211, 212, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215, 216A, 216B, 216C, 217, 225, 232A, 232B, 1-G, 2-G, 6-G, 7-G, 13-KB, 15-K, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 30-K, 31-K, 33-K, 1-W, and 2-W of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 3-1, 3-8, 3-9, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-18, 3-19, 4-2, 4-3, 4-5, 4-6, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9A, 7-10, 7-11, 7-12, 7-13, 7-14, 7-15, 7-16, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-20, 7-21, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25, 7-25A, 7-26, 7-27, 7-27B, 7-28, 7-28A, 7-29, 7-30, 7-32, 7-33, 7-35, 7-37, 7-37A, 7-40, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 8-12, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-19, 8-20, 8-21, 8-22, 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-26, 8-27, 8-28, 8-30, 9-1, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-8, 9-9, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16, 9-17, 9-19, 9-21, 9-23, 9-25, 9-26, 9-28, 9-28C, 9-29, 9-30, 9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A, 9-31B, 9-31D, 9-32, 9-33, 9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A, 9-36, 9-36B, 9-37, 9-38, 9-38A, 9-39, 9-39B, 9-40, 9-40A, 9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A, 9-41B, 9-41C, 9-41D, 9-42, 9-42C, 9-43A, 9-43B, 9-43C, 9-43E, 9-43F, 9-43G, 9-43H, 9-43I, 9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L, 9-43M, 9-43N, 9-44, 9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D, 9-44E, 9-44F, 9-44G, 9-44I, 9-44J, 9-44L, 9-44M, 9-44N, 9-44O, 9-44P, 9-44Q, 9-45, 9-45A, 10-3, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-14, 11-17, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-16, 12-17, 12-19, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-5, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13, 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 14-23, 14-24A, 14-25, 14-26, 15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12, 15-12A, 15-13, 15-13A, 15-13B, 15-14, 15-14A, 15-14B, 15-14C, 15-14D, 15-14E, 15-14F, 15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A, 15-15B, 15-16, 15-17, 15-17A, 15-17B, 15-18, 15-18A, 15-18B, 15-18C, 15-18D, 15-18E, 15-18F, 15-19, 15-19A, 15-19B, 15-19C, 16-3, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6, 16-7, 16-8, 16-9, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 17-5, 17-6, 17-7, 17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11, 17-12, 17-13, 17-13A, 17-14, 17-15, and 17-16 of Orleans Parish; St. Charles Parish; St. James Parish; and St. John the Baptist Parish.

(3) District 3 is composed of Precincts 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 5-2, 5-3, 7-2, 7-3, 8-1, and 9-1 of Assumption Parish; Iberia Parish; Precincts 4, 5, 25, 26, and 27 of Iberville Parish; Precincts 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179A, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 189, 190, 192, 193A, 193B, 194A, 194B, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238A, 238B, 246, 247, 248, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G, 12-G, 13-G, 1-GI, 1-L, 3-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W, and 7-W of Jefferson Parish; Lafourche Parish; Plaquemines Parish; St. Bernard Parish; Precincts 7, 7A, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 29, 30, 31, 39, and 40 of St. Landry Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, and 29 of St. Martin Parish; St. Mary Parish; and Terrebonne Parish.

(4) District 4 is composed of Allen Parish; Bienville Parish; Bossier Parish; Caddo Parish; DeSoto Parish; Natchitoches Parish; Red River Parish; Sabine Parish; Vernon Parish; Webster Parish; and Winn Parish.

(5) District 5 is composed of Avoyelles Parish; Caldwell Parish; Catahoula Parish; Claiborne Parish; Concordia Parish; East Carroll Parish; Franklin Parish; Grant Parish; Jackson Parish; LaSalle Parish; Lincoln Parish; Madison Parish; Morehouse Parish; Ouachita Parish; Rapides Parish; Richland Parish; Tensas Parish; Union Parish; and West Carroll Parish.

(6) District 6 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 43, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77, and 78 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 1-33, 1-34, 1-35, 1-39, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-44, 1-46, 1-47, 1-48, 1-49, 1-52, 1-53, 1-55, 1-56, 1-57, 1-60, 1-64, 1-65, 1-69, 1-72, 1-74, 1-75, 1-76, 1-79, 1-80, 1-89, 1-90, 1-98, 1-99, 1-103, 1-105, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-14, 2-18, 2-21, 2-26, 2-28, 2-29, 2-32, 2-33, 2-34, 2-35, 2-36, 2-37, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-6, 3-7, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-21, 3-22, 3-25, 3-26, 3-27, 3-28, 3-29, 3-30, 3-31, 3-32, 3-33, 3-34, 3-35, 3-36, 3-37, 3-38, 3-39, 3-40, 3-41, 3-43, 3-45, 3-46, 3-47, 3-48, 3-49, 3-51, 3-52, 3-53, 3-56, 3-58, 3-59, 3-60, 3-61, 3-62, 3-63, 3-64, 3-66, 3-67, 3-68, 3-70, 3-71, and 3-72 of East Baton Rouge Parish; Livingston Parish; and Precincts 27, 28, 33, 40, 40A, 41, 42, 42A, 43, 44, 45, 45A, 46, 47, 48, 49, 70, 70A, 71, 72, 72A, 73, 74, 112, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 120A, 120B, 121, 121A, 123, 125, 127, 127A, 129, 129A, 133, 133A, 137, 137A, 137B, 137C, 137D, 139, 141, 141A, 149, and 149A of Tangipahoa Parish.

(7) District 7 is composed of Acadia Parish; Beauregard Parish; Calcasieu Parish; Cameron Parish; Jefferson Davis Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, and 128 of Lafayette Parish; Precincts 41, 42, and 43 of St. Landry Parish; and Vermilion Parish.

(8) District 8 is composed of Precincts 28, 30, 36, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, and 65 of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-36, 1-37, 1-38, 1-45, 1-50, 1-51, 1-54, 1-58, 1-59, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-66, 1-67, 1-68, 1-70, 1-71, 1-73, 1-77, 1-78, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-84, 1-85, 1-86, 1-87, 1-88, 1-91, 1-92, 1-93, 1-94, 1-95, 1-97, 1-100, 1-101, 1-102, 1-104, 1-107, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17, 2-19, 2-20, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-27, 2-30, 2-31, 3-5, 3-8, 3-12, 3-20, 3-23, 3-24, 3-44, 3-50, 3-54, 3-55, 3-57, 3-65, and 3-69 of East Baton Rouge Parish; East Feliciana Parish; Evangeline Parish; Precincts 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13C, 14, 14A, 15, 15B, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 31, and 32 of Iberville Parish; Precincts 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 112, and 113 of Lafayette Parish; Pointe Coupee Parish; St. Helena Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52 of St. Landry Parish; Precincts 17, 18, 19, 23, and 26 of St. Martin Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 6, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 101, 102, 104, 104A, 105, 106, 106A, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111A, and 115B of Tangipahoa Parish; Washington Parish; West Baton Rouge Parish; and West Feliciana Parish.

Acts 2022, 1st E.S., No. 3, §1, see Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:432.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 432.1
Outstanding school support employee award; definition; selection; recognition
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Section, "school support employee" shall mean, without limitation, teacher aides and paraprofessionals, school bus operators, food service workers, clerical, custodial, and maintenance personnel, and any other employee of a city, parish, or other local public school board who is not required to hold a teacher's certificate as a condition of employment.

B.(1) Beginning with the 1990-1991 school year and annually thereafter, the superintendent of each such system shall select one school support employee from the elementary schools in the system, one school support employee from the middle or junior high schools in the system, and one school support employee from the high schools in the system to receive the outstanding elementary school, outstanding middle or junior high school, and outstanding high school support employee of the year award.

(2) The selection of these three outstanding school support employees shall be based upon minimum criteria established by the state Department of Education with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and shall include the establishment of objective procedures to consider the following factors:

(a) Skill and dedication.

(b) Plans to continue active employment status.

(c) Respect of and rapport with students.

(d) Respect of and rapport with coworkers.

(e) Respect of and rapport with teachers.

(f) Community leadership.

(3) The department with the approval of the board shall establish procedures to include school support employees from special schools in the selection process.

(4) The department with the approval of the board shall establish procedures for the categorization of school support employees into each classification specified in Subsection A for purposes of selection of recipients for such awards.

C. Any nominations from each school system participating in the school support employee of the year awards program shall be submitted by each school principal to the city, parish, or other local public school system superintendent and shall be made by school support employees or school support employee groups through use of procedures established by the local system for this purpose. The final selection process shall include a formal mechanism to obtain school support employee, teacher, and community recommendations and opinions.

D. The superintendent for each school system participating in the school support employee of the year awards program shall report to the state Department of Education on the three selections made from the respective school system for outstanding school support employee of the year.

E. Award recipients shall be suitably recognized by award by the local superintendent of an appropriate plaque or certificate of merit at a reception or other honorary meeting or ceremony. The recipients may also be presented a monetary award by the local superintendent in an amount approved by the local school board. Such monetary award shall not be a violation of R.S. 42:1111 or any other provision of the Code of Governmental Ethics. The state Department of Education shall provide for recognition of award recipients by the state superintendent of education.

Acts 1990, No. 1081, §1; Acts 1993, No. 648, §1, eff. June 16, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 289, §1; Acts 2003, No. 297, §1; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:221.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 221.7
Dropout prevention and recovery for expectant and parenting students
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Legislature recognizes the need to ensure that all students graduate from high school, despite the many challenges they may face. The legislature acknowledges that pregnancy is consistently the most common family-related reason given by female students who drop out of high school. Further, the legislature finds that federal Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects the rights of expectant and parenting students, and encompassed in that protection is the right to a safe and supportive school environment that promotes high school graduation.

B. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 establishes basic legal obligations of any educational program receiving federal assistance.

C.(1) Each governing authority of a public secondary school receiving federal financial assistance shall adopt a policy that complies with the requirements of federal Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

(2) In addition to the basic legal obligations under federal Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the following key provisions shall be included in a school governing authority's policy regarding expectant and parenting students:

(a) Maintaining student confidentiality.

(b) Ensuring a safe and supportive learning environment.

(c) Promoting academic success.

(d) Implementing sensible attendance policies.

(3) Such policy shall be readily available to the public by posting on the website of the school or school governing authority, or by other appropriate means.

(4) The state Department of Education shall submit a written report to the Senate and House committees on education and health and welfare at least sixty days before the 2017 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature which shall include a summary of the aggregate data related to the graduation rate of expectant and parenting students, and any recommendations for changes in policy or legislation. However, in no case shall personally identifiable student information be reported.

Acts 2016, No. 523, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:532 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 532
Probationary term and tenure
Status: in_force

A. Each employee of the Iberville Parish School Board shall serve a probationary term of three years, reckoned from the date of his first appointment to the position in which he is serving his probation. During this probationary term, the Iberville Parish School Board may dismiss or discharge any probationary employee upon the written recommendation of the parish superintendent of schools, accompanied by valid reasons therefor.

B. Any employee found unsatisfactory by the Iberville Parish School Board shall be notified in writing, before the expiration of his probationary term, that he has been discharged or dismissed. In the absence of such written notification, the probationary employee shall automatically become a regular and permanent employee of the Iberville Parish School Board at the expiration of his probationary term. All employees of the school board on July 28, 1972, who have served satisfactorily for more than three years, are declared to be regular and permanent employees of the Iberville Parish School Board.

C. No employee, as defined in R.S. 17:531, hired on or after July 1, 2012, shall be eligible to acquire permanent status.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 194, §1; Acts 2012, No. 1, §3, eff. July 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3047.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3047.2
Initial eligibility
Status: in_force

A. To be eligible for the award, an applicant shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Meet the following minimum age requirements:

(a) Be at least twenty years old in the 2024-2025 award year.

(b) Be at least nineteen years old in the 2025-2026 award year.

(c) Be at least eighteen years old in the 2026-2027 award year.

(d) Be at least seventeen years old in the 2027-2028 award year and thereafter.

(2) Have earned a high school diploma or its equivalent or shall co-enroll in a qualified program and a program to earn a high school credential that is recognized by the state of Louisiana.

(3) Be a citizen of the United States as defined by the administering agency.

(4)(a) Be a resident of Louisiana during the twenty-four months preceding the date of the application for the award or be a veteran of the United States Armed Forces who received an honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions within the twenty-four months preceding the date of application and who has become a resident of Louisiana since separation from the United States Armed Forces.

(b) Notwithstanding Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or any other provision of law to the contrary, an award recipient does not have to be a resident of Louisiana, if the award recipient is:

(i) The spouse or dependent child of a resident of Louisiana on active duty with the United States Armed Forces who is stationed outside Louisiana but who claims Louisiana as the state of legal residence and who has filed a Louisiana state income tax return for the most recent two years.

(ii) The spouse or dependent child of a nonresident of Louisiana on active duty with the United States Armed Forces who is stationed in Louisiana under permanent change of station orders and who, not later than one hundred eighty days after reporting, changes his military personnel records to establish Louisiana as the official state of legal residence and complies with Louisiana income tax laws and regulations for the time period while stationed in Louisiana.

(5) Have not previously earned an undergraduate degree at the associate level or above.

(6) Meet any admission requirements of the postsecondary education institution and the qualified program.

(7) Have received an honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions if the applicant served in the United States Armed Forces and separated from service.

(8)(a) Not be incarcerated.

(b) Have no conviction for any crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B).

(9) Have applied for federal student aid, unless the qualified program chosen by the applicant does not qualify for federal student aid or if the applicant demonstrates ineligibility for federal student aid to the administering agency. The administering agency may provide by rule alternative methods to determine financial need for students who are unable to complete an application for federal student aid due to extenuating circumstances as defined by the administering agency. If the applicant meets all eligibility requirements except filing the application for federal student aid, the applicant shall be eligible to receive one award payment prior to completion of the federal student aid application.

(10) Provide the administering agency permission to collect and verify information relative to the success of the program provided pursuant to this Chapter including information regarding the applicant's employment before and after receiving the award.

(11) Agree to reside and work full-time in Louisiana for at least one year after the completion of the last semester that an award is provided.

(12) Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 287, §2, eff. June 12, 2023.

(13) Have a family income that does not exceed three hundred percent of the applicable federal poverty guideline as published in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or certify unemployment or underemployment for at least six months prior to receiving the award.

B. Proof of meeting each requirement shall be demonstrated and certified as required by rule of the administering agency.

Acts 2021, No. 457, §1, eff. June 23, 2021; Acts 2023, No. 287, §§1, 2, eff. June 12, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 633, §1, eff. June 11, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3322 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3322
Application procedures
Status: in_force

Application procedures for sabbatical leave shall be established by the appropriate management boards governing the institutions of higher education in the state. Such procedures shall include but shall not be limited to application forms, filing deadlines, method of selection, notification of approval or denial, and grounds for rejection of applications.

Acts 1991, No. 858, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1501.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1501.2
Tuition and attendance fee amounts; Louisiana State University at Alexandria
Status: in_force

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, and 3351.5, and Act No. 493 of the 1999 Regular Session of the Legislature and in accordance with the provisions of Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the board may impose the following tuition and attendance fee amounts for students, as applicable, at Louisiana State University at Alexandria:

(1) A tuition amount of nine hundred seventy-three dollars per semester effective for the Fall, 2003 semester and an additional increase of one hundred sixty-seven dollars per semester effective for the Fall, 2004 semester and thereafter.

(2) Effective for the Fall, 2003 semester and thereafter:

(a) A registration fee of fifteen dollars.

(b) A laboratory fee of ten dollars per laboratory course hour.

(c) A one-time international student fee of sixty dollars.

Acts 2003, No. 1023, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:436.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 436.4
Seizure treatment and training
Status: in_force

A. The parent or guardian of a student with a seizure disorder may submit to the administration of the student's school a seizure management and treatment plan developed by the student's parent and treating physician for review and use by school employees with whom the student has regular interaction. The plan shall include the following:

(1) The health care services the student may receive at school or while participating in a school activity.

(2) Evaluation of the student's ability to manage and understand his seizure disorder.

(3) Signatures from the student's parent or guardian and from the treating physician.

B. The state Department of Education shall develop or approve and make available two courses of instruction regarding treating students with seizure disorders that include information about seizure recognition and related first aid. One course shall be designed for school nurses and the other course for other school employees and school bus operators who have regular interactions with students for whom there is a seizure management and treatment plan. Each local public school governing authority shall require school nurses and such school employees and school bus operators to successfully complete the applicable course biennially.

Acts 2022, No. 562, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1986 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1986
Teacher certification
Status: in_force

As part of the certification process pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 17:7(6), on or after July 1, 1993, teachers seeking certification in the education of blind and visually impaired students shall be required to demonstrate competence in reading and writing braille as verified by a college of education. Such competencies shall be consistent with standards adopted by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Acts 1992, No. 923, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:384 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 384
Restrictions on alienability of property donated
Status: in_force

The donor cannot make the property inalienable, but he may prescribe the manner and the circumstances under which the donees may sell, mortgage, or otherwise encumber the whole or any portion of the property donated, or the manner in which investments once made, may be changed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1966 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1966
Extracurricular activities
Status: in_force

A. Whenever possible, the school shall offer such extracurricular activities as may be found in any public secondary school in the state. The Natchitoches Parish public school system shall to the extent practicable allow the students of the school to participate in any extracurricular activities the system may offer which the school cannot, particularly music and varsity athletics.

B. Any student attending the school shall be eligible to participate in any extracurricular activity at any nonpublic school that is located within the attendance zone of the school provided that such nonpublic school is approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to R.S. 17:11 and is in compliance with the criteria set forth in Brumfield, et al. v. Dodd, et al., 425 F. Supp. 528.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 932, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 151, §1, eff. July 12, 1982; Acts 2003, No. 346, §1, eff. June 13, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1682 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1682
Children and spouses of firefighters; definitions
Status: in_force

A. The term "firefighters" shall include (1) all persons employed or engaged on a full-time basis by a governmental subdivision of the State of Louisiana, including any parish or fire protection district, which maintains a full-time regularly paid firefighting force, for firefighting or fire protection duties and services, and (2) all persons engaged as firefighters in firefighting, or fire protection duties and services as a member of a volunteer fire department in any parish or fire protection district, including operators of a fire alarm system when such operators are members of the regularly constituted or volunteer fire department, and including those secretarial and clerical employees and mechanics who are killed in the course and scope of the performance of the duties of a firefighter and are subject to any firefighters' civil service law as established by the constitution or laws of the state of Louisiana.

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

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

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

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

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

G. "Performance of duties as a firefighter" means activities directly related to duties relating to civil disorders, hurricanes and fighting active fires.

H. "Spouse" means the wife or husband of the firefighter who is living in the same household and who is dependent upon the firefighter for support if the firefighter is alive and is permanently disabled as a result of an injury sustained in the performance of his duties as a firefighter. Spouse also means the wife or husband of a firefighter who is deceased and who was living in the same household and was dependent upon the firefighter for support at the time of the injury which occurred in the performance of his duties as a firefighter and which resulted in the firefighter's death.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 262, §1; Acts 2004, No. 697, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:5002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 5002
Awards and amounts
Status: in_force

A. A student shall be eligible for an Opportunity, Performance, Honors, Excellence, or TOPS-Tech Award based on his academic achievement.

B. Any student who is eligible for an Opportunity, Performance, or Honors Award pursuant to this Chapter and who has enrolled:

(1) In any public college or university in this state, shall be awarded by the state an amount determined by the administering agency to equal the tuition charged by the public college or university during the 2016-2017 academic year.

(2) At any independent college or university in the state that is a member of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and that is accredited by an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education to pursue an academic undergraduate degree, shall be awarded by the state an amount to be determined by the administering agency to equal the weighted average of the tuition amounts charged to students attending public colleges and universities that offer academic undergraduate degrees at the baccalaureate level during the 2016-2017 academic year.

(3) In a school that has a valid and current certificate of registration issued by the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology in accordance with law and that is accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education or in any proprietary school that has a valid and current license issued by the Board of Regents in accordance with law and that is accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education, shall be awarded by the state an amount determined by the administering agency to equal the weighted average of the tuition amounts charged to students attending public colleges and universities during the 2016-2017 academic year and who are enrolled in the permitted skill or occupational training, as may be applicable.

(4) In an out-of-state college or university that is specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard-of-hearing students under R.S. 17:5027(C), shall be awarded an amount determined by the administering agency to equal the weighted average of the tuition amounts charged to students attending Louisiana public colleges and universities that offer academic undergraduate degrees during the 2016-2017 academic year.

C.(1) A student who is eligible for the Performance Award shall receive the sum of two hundred dollars per semester or four hundred dollars per academic year in addition to the amount provided for in Subsection B of this Section.

(2) A student who is eligible for the Honors Award shall receive the sum of four hundred dollars per semester or eight hundred dollars per academic year in addition to the amount provided for in Subsection B of this Section.

D.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, a student who is eligible for a TOPS-Tech Award pursuant to this Chapter and who is enrolled:

(a) In an eligible public college or university that does not offer an academic undergraduate degree at the baccalaureate level in those associate's degree or other shorter-term training and education programs as determined by the advisory council pursuant to R.S. 17:3047.1, shall be awarded by the state an amount determined by the administering agency to equal the tuition charged by the college or university during the 2016-2017 academic year. If such council determines that a program is no longer aligned with those priorities, an otherwise eligible student who had previously received an award and enrolled in that program may continue to use the award.

(b) In an eligible college or university other than as provided for in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph in those associate's degree or other shorter-term training education programs as determined by the advisory council pursuant to R.S. 17:3047.1, shall be awarded by the state an amount determined by the administering agency to equal the weighted average of the tuition amounts charged to students attending an eligible public college or university that does not offer an academic undergraduate degree at the baccalaureate level during the 2016-2017 academic year. If such council determines that a program is no longer aligned with those priorities, an otherwise eligible student who had previously received an award and enrolled in that program may continue to use the award.

(2) A student who graduated prior to the 2016-2017 school year, who is eligible for a TOPS-Tech Award pursuant to this Chapter, and who is enrolled:

(a) In an eligible college or university that does not offer an academic undergraduate degree at the baccalaureate level, shall be awarded by the state an amount determined by the administering agency to equal the tuition charged by the college or university during the 2016-2017 academic year.

(b) In an eligible college or university other than as provided for in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, shall be awarded by the state an amount determined by the administering agency to equal the weighted average of the tuition amounts charged to students attending an eligible public college or university that does not offer an academic undergraduate degree at the baccalaureate level during the 2016-2017 academic year.

E.(1) No student shall be eligible for tuition payment pursuant to this Section for the Opportunity Award, the Performance Award, the Honors Award, or the Excellence Award for more than eight semesters or an equivalent number of units in an eligible institution which operates on a schedule based on units other than semesters, unless an extension is granted by the administering agency in accordance with its rules.

(2) No student shall be eligible for tuition payment pursuant to this Section for the TOPS-Tech Award for more than two years unless an extension is granted by the administering agency in accordance with its rules.

(3)(a) Any student receiving an Opportunity, Performance, Honors, or Excellence Award who successfully completes an academic undergraduate degree in less than the eight semesters or its equivalent of award benefits provided by this Subsection shall be eligible to continue to receive all applicable award benefits, in accordance with the limitations as specified in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, for any remaining semester or semesters or the equivalent thereof of eligibility not used to obtain the undergraduate degree if the student pursues a postgraduate academic degree at an eligible institution and the student continues to meet all academic and other requirements provided by this Section and by rule of the administering agency for continued receipt of the award as an undergraduate except as such requirements, including requirements provided by this Section for undergraduate students, may be modified by the administering agency as necessary to apply such requirements to postgraduate study.

(b) In developing rules to implement this Paragraph, the administering agency shall establish reasonable timelines and deadlines for receipt of any information required to implement this Paragraph both for current and subsequent students receiving Opportunity, Performance, Honors, or Excellence awards and for any student previously receiving such an award who successfully completed an academic undergraduate degree in less than eight semesters. Such rules shall also provide for appropriate notice to all such students of the timelines, deadlines, and rules governing implementation of this Paragraph.

(c) The amount of the award benefits as provided for in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not exceed the amounts determined by the administering agency to equal the tuition charged for the postgraduate study or for undergraduate full-time enrollment charged by the highest cost public college or university in the state, whichever amount is less.

F. No student shall receive a grant pursuant to this Section in an amount greater than the tuition charged by the institution attended or, if the student is the recipient of a Performance or an Honors Award as provided for in Subsection C of this Section, the amount stipulated therein. The institution shall credit any amount in excess of the cost of tuition to the student's account to pay room and board or other cost of attendance.

G. In lieu of the payment of tuition as provided in this Section, any student participating in the program provided by R.S. 29:36.1 for persons serving in the Louisiana National Guard shall receive the tuition exemption as provided therein. In addition to any other payments provided for by R.S. 29:36.1:

(1) For any student who also meets the qualifications provided in this Chapter for receipt of an Opportunity Award or a TOPS-Tech Award, the state shall pay on behalf of such student a sum of three hundred dollars per semester or six hundred dollars per academic year to be applied toward the cost of books and other instructional materials.

(2) For any student who also meets the qualifications provided in this Chapter for receipt of a Performance Award, the state shall pay on behalf of the student a sum of three hundred dollars per semester or six hundred dollars per academic year to be applied toward the cost of books and other instructional materials plus the sum of four hundred dollars per semester or eight hundred dollars per academic year for other educational expenses as defined by the administering agency.

(3) For any student who also meets the qualifications provided in this Chapter for receipt of an Honors Award, the state shall pay on behalf of the student a sum of three hundred dollars per semester or six hundred dollars per academic year to be applied toward the cost of books and other instructional materials plus the sum of eight hundred dollars per semester or one thousand six hundred dollars per academic year for other educational expenses as defined by the administering agency.

(4) For any student who also meets the qualifications provided in this Chapter for receipt of an Excellence Award, the state shall pay on behalf of the student a sum of three hundred dollars per semester or six hundred dollars per academic year to be applied toward the cost of books and other instructional materials plus the sum of one thousand dollars per semester or two thousand dollars per academic year for other educational expenses as defined by the administering agency.

H. In lieu of the payment of tuition as provided in this Section, any student participating in the program provided by R.S. 17:1688 for disabled veterans shall receive the tuition exemption provided in that Section.

I.(1) Any student who is eligible for an Excellence Award pursuant to this Chapter and who has enrolled in any public college or university in this state, shall be awarded by the state either an amount determined by the administering agency to equal the tuition charged by the public college or university or twelve thousand dollars, whichever is less.

(2) Any student who is eligible for an Excellence Award pursuant to this Chapter and who has enrolled in any independent college or university in this state that is a member of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and that is accredited by an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education to pursue an academic degree, shall be awarded by the state either an amount determined by the administering agency equal to the tuition charged by the independent college or university or eight thousand five hundred dollars, whichever is less.

(3) For purposes of this Subsection, "tuition" means the annual resident tuition and fees charged by the institution as reported in the Board of Regents annual mandatory tuition and fees survey.

Acts 2015, No. 227, §1; Acts 2015, No. 230, §2, eff. June 23, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 18, §1, eff. May 9, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 44, §1, eff. June 3, 2017; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1; Acts 2021, No. 95, §1, eff. June 4, 2021; Acts 2023, No. 224, §1; Acts 2025, No. 152, §1, eff. June 8, 2025; Acts 2025, No. 347, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3803 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3803
Investment authority; treasurer
Status: in_force

A. Findings and determinations. The state of Louisiana is entitled to receive certain revenues, hereinafter referred to as the "offshore revenues", from the federal government pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1337(g) which offshore revenues are attributable to mineral production activity or leasing activity on the Outer Continental Shelf, and said offshore revenues will be deposited into certain dedicated funds established pursuant to the constitution and laws of the state. It is found and determined that existing laws of the state governing the investment of public funds do not provide sufficient flexibility to the state or the opportunity to maximize its return on investment of the offshore revenues to be received from the federal government. It is the desire of the legislature to grant additional authority to the state treasurer with respect to the investment of offshore revenues so as to permit the investment of such moneys in certificates of deposit and certain obligations of the United States government and its agencies as will generate a favorable return to the state and will allow moneys to be available for use at the time needed.

B. Grant of authority. (1) The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to invest offshore revenues which are deposited into any fund created pursuant to the constitution or statutes of the state which are determined by the state treasurer to be available for investment in the following permitted investments:

(a) Time certificates of deposit of state banks organized under the laws of Louisiana, national banks having their principal offices in the state of Louisiana, savings accounts or shares of savings and loan associations and savings banks, as defined by R.S. 6:703, or share accounts and share certificate accounts of federally or state-chartered credit unions. The funds so invested shall not exceed at any time the amount insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation in any one savings and loan association and shall not exceed at any time the amount insured by the National Credit Union Administration, or other deposit insurance corporation, in any one credit union, unless the uninsured portion is collateralized by the pledge of securities in the manner provided by R.S. 49:321.

(b) Direct obligations of the United States government, a United States government agency, a United States government instrumentality, or a United States government-sponsored enterprise, the timely payment of the principal and interest of which is fully and explicitly guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the government of the United States of America, and contained in a list promulgated by the state treasurer.

(c) Direct obligations of a United States government agency, United States government instrumentality, or United States government-sponsored enterprise, the timely payment of principal and interest of which is fully guaranteed by the issuing entity, but are not explicitly guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the government of the United States, and contained in a list promulgated by the state treasurer.

(d) Stocks of any corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System, or other such stock exchange domiciled in the United States and registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that the total investment in such stocks at any one time shall not exceed thirty-five percent of the market value of all funds held by the treasurer in the Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund.

(e)(i) Investment grade commercial paper issued in the United States, traded in the United States markets, denominated in United States dollars, with a short-term rating of at least A-1 by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC or P-1 by Moody's Investor Service, Inc. or the equivalent rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

(ii) Investment grade corporate notes and bonds issued in the United States, traded in United States markets, denominated in United States dollars, rated Baa or better by Moody's Investor Service, Inc. or BBB or better by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, and the trades of which are settled through The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, a national clearinghouse in the United States for the settlement of securities trades.

(f) Money market funds consisting solely of securities otherwise eligible for investment by the treasurer pursuant to this Section.

(g) Open end mutual funds, closed end mutual funds, and unit investment trusts consisting solely of securities otherwise eligible for investment by the state treasurer.

(h) Tax exempt bonds and other taxable governmental bonds. In addition to all other investment authority related to the Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund, the state treasurer may invest in tax exempt bonds as defined in R.S. 49:342(C), and in taxable bonds issued by any state or a political subdivision or public corporation of any state, provided that such taxable bonds are rated at the time the investment is made by a nationally recognized rating agency in one of the three highest rating categories of that rating agency.

(i) Bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar obligations issued in the United States market, denominated in United States dollars and are the direct legal obligations of a foreign nation which the International Monetary Fund lists as an industrial country, for which investments in and/or business transactions with are not prohibited or restricted by any law, regulation, or rule of the United States or the state of Louisiana, and for which the full faith and credit of such nation has been pledged for the payment of principal and interest; provided that any such security shall be rated at least A- or better by Standard & Poor's Corporation or A3 or better by Moody's, Inc., or an equivalent investment grade by a securities ratings organization accepted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; and, provided further that the total investment in such foreign securities at any one time shall not exceed five percent of the market value of all investments held by the treasurer in the Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund, or any other fund or investment of funds subject to this investment authority.

(j) Any investment managers hired on a contract basis to advise the treasurer regarding such investments shall be selected by the treasurer, subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission, in accordance with a request for proposal process using strict selection criteria based on sound industry principles. The contract, as approved by the State Bond Commission, shall be on a fee, together with minimum exchange fee, basis or on a commission basis only. The state treasurer shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for such investments and for the selection of outside investment managers.

(k) Open-end mutual funds, closed-end mutual funds, exchange traded funds, and unit investment trusts consisting solely of international securities constructed to match or track the components of a market index provided by globally recognized index providers, including but not limited to MSCI, FTSE, Dow Jones, Standard & Poor's, Barclays, Citigroup, or any of their affiliates or successors and assigns; however, the total investment in any and all such index funds at any one time shall not exceed ten percent of the market value of all funds held by the treasurer in the Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund. Nothing in this Subparagraph shall be construed to allow the state treasurer to invest directly in the common stock of foreign companies known to do business with nations that support terrorism.

(2) Investments made under authority of this Section shall mature on such date or dates determined by the state treasurer in the exercise of prudent judgment as will generate a favorable return to the state and will allow the monies to be available for use at the time needed. The state treasurer shall prepare and submit for approval a plan for such investments to the Board of Regents and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the State Bond Commission. The state treasurer shall report annually to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education on the activity of such investments.

(3) Banks issuing time certificates of deposit under authority of this Section shall pay interest at a rate not less than the rate determined by the United States Treasury to have been the average interest rate plus one percent per annum on the last previous sale of treasury bills with the same length of maturity; provided that if at any time the interest rate so determined is in excess of the maximum rate banks are permitted to pay on time certificates of deposit for the same period of time by regulations of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the interest rate shall be the maximum established by those regulations.

C. Annual report. On or before November first of each year, the state treasurer shall prepare and submit to the Board of Regents and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for their review a report on the performance of the fund. The state treasurer shall also submit a copy of the report to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education.

D. Powers. Nothing contained in this Section is or shall be construed as a restriction or a limitation upon any other powers had and possessed by the state and this Section is cumulative and in addition to any such powers.

E. Repurchase agreements. (1) In addition to all other investment authority related to the Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund, the state treasurer may enter into direct security repurchase agreements, reverse security repurchase agreements, and securities lending contracts in order to generate passive income.

(2) For the purposes of this Subsection:

(a) "Direct security repurchase agreement" means an agreement and transaction in which:

(i) Securities are purchased by the state from a registered securities broker or dealer for a rate and a guarantee to buy them back from the state.

(ii) The state holds the securities for a specified time.

(iii) The state sells those securities back to the broker or dealer at an agreed upon price.

(b) "Reverse security repurchase agreements" means an agreement and transaction in which securities are sold by the state to a registered securities broker or dealer for a rate and a guarantee to sell them back to the state, the broker or dealer holds the securities for a specified time, and then the state buys back the securities from the broker or dealer at an agreed upon price.

(c) "Securities lending contracts" means an agreement and transaction in which securities are supplied to a registered securities broker or dealer for a rate and secured by a pledge of collateral with a value equal to or greater than the securities supplied.

Acts 1989, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 136, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 698, §1; Acts 2004, No. 654, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 289, §1; Acts 2013, No. 56, §1, eff. May 29, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 92, §1; Acts 2015, No. 463, §1; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1; Acts 2021, No. 170, §1, See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2277 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2277
Bond to be furnished by schools
Status: in_force

All educational institutions receiving bodies under the provisions of this Part shall give a bond, approved as to form by the Attorney General, in favor of the anatomical board in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned that the bodies received by them under the provisions of this Part shall be used only for the promotion or application of anatomical knowledge or science. The anatomical board shall also furnish a like bond in favor of the Secretary of State subject to the same conditions and stipulations.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4002.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4002.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Course provider" means an entity that offers individual courses in person or online, including but not limited to online or virtual education providers, postsecondary education institutions, including any postsecondary institution under the management of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, and corporations that offer vocational or technical course work in their field, and have been authorized to provide such courses by the state board.

(2) "Eligible funded student" means any student who resides in Louisiana and meets the following criteria:

(a) Is attending a public elementary or secondary school.

(b) Has consulted with the person designated by the governing authority of the school that the student attends to enroll in a course pursuant to this Part and has written permission from a parent or legal guardian. Pursuant to R.S. 17:4002.5, the student shall not be permitted to enroll in a course that conflicts with any of the following:

(i) A determination made by the student's school counselor that the course is not to be academically appropriate considering the student's chosen major or graduation pathway.

(ii) The department's published student high school planning resources.

(3) "Eligible participating student" means any student who resides in Louisiana and meets one of the following criteria:

(a) Is a scholarship recipient as defined in R.S. 17:4013 attending a participating school in accordance with R.S. 17:4011 through 4025.

(b) Is attending a nonpublic school that is approved, provisionally approved, or probationally approved by the state board pursuant to R.S. 17:11.

(c) Is enrolled in a home study program approved by the state board.

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

Acts 2012, No. 2, §1; Acts 2014, No. 482, §1, eff. June 5, 2014; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1; Acts 2024, No. 91, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:81.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 81.4
Reductions in force; dismissal of teachers and other school employees
Status: in_force

A. Not later than September 1, 2012, each local public school board shall develop and adopt rules and policies that delegate reduction in force decisions to the superintendent which he shall use in dismissing teachers and other employees at any time a reduction in force is instituted. Such rules and policies shall be made available for inspection by teachers, other school employees, and the general public within ten days after final adoption.

B. All reduction in force policies adopted for use in dismissing teachers and administrators shall be based solely upon demand, performance, and effectiveness, as determined by the performance evaluation program as provided in R.S. 17:3881 through 3905. Any reduction in force by a superintendent shall be instituted by dismissing the least effective teacher within each targeted subject area or area of certification first, and then proceeding by effectiveness rating until the reduction in force has been accomplished.

C. All reduction in force policies adopted by a local school board for use by the superintendent in dismissing school employees who are not evaluated pursuant to R.S. 17:3881 through 3905, shall be based upon the following criteria:

(1) Performance and effectiveness as determined by school board policy.

(2) Certification or academic preparation, if applicable.

D. All reduction in force policies of local public school boards and special schools as provided in this Section shall include:

(1) The right of an employee notified of an action which results from implementation of a reduction in force policy to request in writing a review of such action and to receive notice of the results of such review.

(2) The right of an employee to pursue the matter through the school board's adopted grievance procedure.

E. No reduction in force policy adopted by a local public school board shall include seniority or tenure as the primary criterion to be considered when instituting a reduction in force.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 94, §1; Acts 1985, No. 602, §1; Acts 1986, No. 478, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1272, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2012, No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:230 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 230
Powers and duties of visiting teachers, or supervisors of child welfare and attendance
Status: in_force

A. Visiting teachers, supervisors of child welfare and attendance, and home-school coordinators, shall have all the powers, duties, and responsibilities vested or which may be vested in attendance officers by the compulsory attendance laws of this state.

B. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of visiting teachers, or supervisors of child welfare and attendance, shall be limited to the following, provided that any school system with fewer than seven thousand five hundred students may assign such duties in proportion to the fraction of seven thousand five hundred students in that school system:

(1) Maintaining and keeping pupil attendance accounting records on forms approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(2) Investigating cases of nonenrollment and unexcused absences from school of all children within the compulsory school attendance age.

(3) Giving written notice, either in person or by registered mail, to the parent, tutor or other person having control or charge of a child within the compulsory school attendance age, when no valid reason is found for a child's nonenrollment or unexcused absence from school, requiring enrollment or attendance within three days from the date of notice.

(4) Visiting the home or place of residence of a child and any other place in which he is likely to find any child who is required to attend school when such child is absent from school during school hours, and when such child shall have been found, to return him to his parent or to the principal or teacher in charge of the school, or to the private tutor from whom absent.

(5) Keeping an accurate record of attendance of all children returned to schools or homes, of all cases prosecuted, and of all other services performed. A written report of all such activities shall be made monthly and annually to the parish or city superintendent of education and to the state director of child welfare and attendance.

(6) Conducting counseling sessions and other meetings related to school attendance and discipline.

(7) Undertaking other duties required by law or school board policy to reduce or respond to truancy.

C. In the discharge of the duties of their office, visiting teachers, supervisors of child welfare and attendance, or home-school coordinators shall cooperate fully with the state departments of public welfare, labor, health, and other state agencies, and may serve such writs and process in law relating to compulsory attendance as may be necessary for the enforcement of this Subpart.

Acts 1964, No. 109, §2. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 777, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 45, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:198 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 198
Additional funds
Status: in_force

A. Should the governing authority of any nutrition program provider in operating the program find that it is unable to operate satisfactorily on the rate of reimbursement according to this appropriation, then it becomes the responsibility of such governing authority to secure the additional funds needed.

B. The state Department of Education is authorized to withdraw all amounts appropriated for the use and benefit of the nutrition programs from the state treasury in accordance with existing law and for expenditure for the purposes stated in this Subpart.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 275, §2; Acts 2009, No. 279, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3351.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3351.19
Building use fee; amount; waivers; public postsecondary education management boards
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the authority granted by any other provision of law, including but not limited to R.S. 17:3139.5, 3351.7, and 3351.8, and in accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, and the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges may impose at each institution under its respective management and supervision, for the Fall 2013 semester and thereafter, a building use fee. The amount of the fee shall not exceed forty-eight dollars per semester or any higher fee amount otherwise specifically authorized by law.

B. The proceeds of the fee shall be used to construct, acquire, repair, maintain, operate, or improve the facilities and physical infrastructure of the institution collecting the fee.

C. The authority granted in Subsection A of this Section shall include the authority to impose proportional amounts for part-time students and for summer sessions.

D. Each board shall establish criteria for waiving the fee authorized in Subsection A of this Section 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.

Acts 2013, No. 426, §1, eff. June 21, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1970.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1970.1
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature to establish a college-based residential school for certain high school students with the express purpose of providing a more challenging educational experience and a more enriched creative environment for the children of this state who have a demonstrated talent for and interest in pursuing the creative and performing arts and of developing such children to their full potential. This school will serve only as a magnet school for the arts, and not as a magnet school for mathematics nor the sciences. There shall be no duplication of programs already offered by the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts in Natchitoches. Beyond a demonstration of minimum competencies expected of all equivalent high school students in Louisiana, admission criteria at the Louis Armstrong High School for the Arts shall not be based upon competitive academic testing, but exclusively upon auditions, or submission of creative writing and art.

Acts 1997, No. 1350, §1; Acts 2017, No. 374, §2, eff. June 23, 2017.

NOTE: See Acts 2017, No. 374, §5, relative to school name changes on items and products for the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2801
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be referred to by the short title: "Educational Cooperative Law."

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:60.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 60.2
Jefferson Parish School Board; reapportionment
Status: in_force

A. The purpose and intent of this section is to reapportion the Jefferson Parish School Board so that each member thereof represents as nearly as possible the same number of constituents as is required by recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court.

B. The districts of the Jefferson Parish School Board shall be composed as hereinafter set forth and one member shall be elected from and shall represent each such district:

(1) District 1 shall be composed of Ward 1, Ward 2, and Precincts 1, 2, 3, and 6 of Ward 3.

(2) District 2 shall be composed of Precincts 4, 4A, 5, and 7 of Ward 3, Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7A, and 8 of Ward 4, and Ward 6.

(3) District 3 shall be composed of Precincts 9, 9A, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 of Ward 4, Ward 5, and Ward 11.

(4) District 4 shall be composed of Ward 7, Precincts 1, 14, 15, 22, and 24 of Ward 8, and Precincts 1, 2, 3E, 3F, 3G, 3H, 11, 12, and 13 of Ward 9.

(5) District 5 shall be composed of Precincts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28, and 47 of Ward 8 and Precincts 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of Ward 10.

(6) District 6 shall be composed of Precincts 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46 of Ward 8, and Precincts 10B, 10C, and 10D of Ward 9.

(7) District 7 shall be composed of Precincts 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9E, 9F, 9G, 9H, 9I, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M, 9N, and 9P of Ward 9.

(8) District 8 shall be composed of Precinct 10A of Ward 9 and Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 of Ward 10.

C. The special school board election districts provided for herein shall be only for the purpose of electing school board members and shall not be for the purpose of levying taxes or issuing bonds. The creation of such special election districts shall not affect any existing tax or bonding districts and same shall remain in full force and effect as otherwise provided by law.

D. The board shall again reapportion itself, based upon the decennial federal census taken in 1980, such reapportionment to be effective in time for the elections in 1982, and the board shall again reapportion itself after every decennial federal census thereafter, such reapportionment to be effective in time for the election in the second year thereafter. Each such reapportionment shall be such that each member of said board represents as nearly as possible the same number of persons.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 485, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 18, §1, emerg. eff. June 14, 1974, at 9:00 A.M.