La. Rev. Stat. § 17:372 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 372
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Council" means the Quality Science and Mathematics Council.

(2) "Program" means the Quality Science and Mathematics Program.

(3) "Teacher" means any employee of a parish or city school board who holds a teacher's certificate and whose legal employment requires such teacher's certificate.

Acts 1992, No. 1093, §1; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:361 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 361
Required reports and records; cost reimbursement to approved nonpublic schools
Status: in_force

The superintendent of education, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall annually reimburse each approved nonpublic school, for each school year beginning on and after July, 1979, an amount equal to the actual cost incurred by each such school during the preceding school year for providing school services, maintaining records and completing and filing reports required by law, regulation or requirement of a state department, state agency, or local school board to be rendered to the state, including but not limited to any forms, reports or records relative to school approval or evaluation, public attendance, pupil health and pupil health testing, transportation of pupils, federally-funded educational programs including school lunch and breakfast programs, school textbooks and supplies, library books, pupil appraisal, pupil progress, transfer of pupils, teacher certification, teacher continuing education programs, unemployment, annual school data, and any other education-related data which are now or hereafter shall be required of such nonpublic school by law, regulation or requirement of a state department, state agency, or local school board.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 205, §1, eff. July 11, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2812 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2812
Officers, agents and employees
Status: in_force

The officers of a cooperative shall consist of a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected annually by and from the board of directors. No person shall continue to hold any of the above offices after he has ceased to be a director. The offices of secretary and of treasurer may be held by the same person. The board of directors may also elect or appoint such other officers, agents, or employees as it shall deem necessary or advisable and shall prescribe the powers and duties thereof. Any officer may be removed from office and his successor elected in the manner prescribed in the by-laws.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §12.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 105
Admission to schools in adjoining parishes
Status: in_force

A. Local school boards may, by mutual agreement, provide for the admission to any school of pupils residing in adjoining parishes and for transfer of school funds or other payments by one board to another for, or on account of, such attendance.

B. Each transfer of school funds provided for in R.S. 17:105(A) shall be equal to the following for each student so admitted:

(1) The total of:

(a) The actual cost per student in the school system admitting such student for the school year in which such student is admitted, such cost to be determined by the state Department of Education, and

(b) An amount equal to the cost of debt service for the school such student attends for the school year in which such student is admitted divided by the number of students attending such school;

(2) Less all monies received by the admitting school system through the minimum foundation program formula because of the attendance of such students.

C. If the remainder of the computation required in R.S. 17:105(B) is less than zero, then neither school system shall be financially liable to the other for, or on account of, such attendance.

Acts 1960, No. 492, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 68, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1982.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1996 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1996
Racial segregation prohibited; personnel
Status: in_force

A. Vocational-technical facilities shall be operated on a racially nonsegregated policy.

B. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall establish nonracial objective criteria for the employment, promotion, dismissals, and demotions of all personnel.

C. Whenever the ratio of members of the minority to majority race employed at all levels in the schools is substantially out of keeping with the minority to majority race ratio of persons in the region, affirmative action shall be taken to overcome this disparity with respect to filling new positions, vacancies and making promotions.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:24.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 24.1
State Department of Education; in-service training programs
Status: in_force

A.(1) In addition to its other functions provided by law through the superintendent and through the board, and consistent with the powers and duties of the superintendent as provided by R.S. 17:22, the department shall establish a program to provide for in-service educational training for teachers in the parish and city public school systems in the state.

(2)(a)(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other law to the contrary and subject to the appropriation of funds for this purpose, the department, in establishing the program required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, shall create, no later than January 1, 1994, a training unit to be used with large or small groups of teachers which shall include written materials that document and explain all relevant laws and rules, state and federal, pertinent to the needs of students for whom modifications in the regular classroom environment, including revised modes of instruction or other revisions in elements of school life, which are required under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or any other pertinent law.

(ii) The program required to be created by this Subparagraph shall include at a minimum the following information, material, and instruction:

(aa) Appropriate materials of instruction.

(bb) Instructional techniques.

(cc) Identification of areas of student difficulty.

(dd) Employee rights.

(ee) Scope of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and all other pertinent laws and regulations, whether state or federal.

(ff) Methods for maximizing the involvement of all students in the classroom.

(gg) Issues relevant to the issuance of medication.

(b) The department shall provide training to not less than one regularly certified employee per three thousand students from each city and parish school system. For each system with fewer than three thousand students not less than one person shall be trained. Such training shall begin not later than February 1, 1994, and shall occur at least annually or more often as necessary to assure statewide availability of trained coordinators. After training, such coordinators shall be able to train classroom teachers, individually or in groups, and to provide them with information, techniques, and skills to properly respond to required modifications of the classroom environment. Such coordinators shall also be able to respond to inquiries and requests for assistance from classroom teachers.

(c) Each city and parish school system shall designate at least one certified employee for every three thousand students in the system to receive the training required by Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph and become a coordinator. At least one such employee shall be designated in any system with fewer than three thousand students. Such a coordinator may be a supervisor, an administrator, or a classroom teacher. The school system shall provide whatever leave from the coordinator's regular work responsibilities as is necessary to receive training and to provide training or assistance as provided in Subsection C of this Section. The coordinator may receive such additional compensation as the school system provides for undertaking the additional responsibility of providing such training and assistance during hours that exceed his regular work schedule.

B. The purpose of such program shall be to establish guidelines for in-service teacher educational programs for all teachers in the public schools and to provide technical assistance to local school systems in developing such programs. The plans for these in-service programs shall be such as to provide effective and sequential training in professional or subject matter areas appropriate to each level of teaching. The state Department of Education shall prepare, with the advice of a representative group of classroom teachers, suggested guidelines for the administration and content of the in-service training programs of professional improvement. These guidelines shall be revised from time to time as the state superintendent of education considers necessary or desirable and shall be made available to each parish or city school board. The department shall also have authority to approve or disapprove programs as provided in this Section. The purpose of the in-service educational programs developed and approved under the provisions of this Section shall be to improve the instructional skills of all teachers in the public schools, their ability to communicate with and foster learning among students of differing backgrounds, their knowledge of the subject matter they teach, and innovative techniques in teaching such subject matter.

C.(1) Each city and parish school system in the state may annually develop and submit to the department for approval, on or before such date as the department shall establish, a plan for in-service teacher educational programs which will be implemented for the system for the year submitted. All such programs shall be in conformity with guidelines established by the department. Each school board shall utilize the advice of the members of its teaching staff in developing the proposed plans.

(2) Each city and parish school system shall, however, develop a plan no later than January 1, 1994, to provide in-service training, through the coordinators trained as provided in Subsection A of this Section, to all classroom teachers in the system who desire to receive such training as well as to make such coordinators available, on a more or less continuous basis, for consultation with classroom teachers who request assistance or information.

D. The department shall establish guidelines for such in-service programs. Such guidelines shall include but not be limited to provisions for:

(1) Requirement for frequent conduct of programs and time of programs, including guidelines for programs within and outside of the minimum school session and regular school days. When such programs are conducted outside the minimum school session or on a day other than regular school days, the teachers participating shall be compensated at a rate of no less than the average daily salary of a first-year teacher with a bachelor's degree in that parish or city school system.

(2) Requirements for scope and contents of programs.

(3) Requirements for adapting programs to the needs of the particular system, community, or school.

(4) Requirements for format of programs and techniques and methods which may be used, such requirements to include a variety thereof suitable for instruction in varied areas, including instructional and disciplinary techniques as well as particular subject areas.

(5) Minimum requirements for teacher participation in programs.

(6) Special requirements for participation by teachers requiring special training or special assistance, and

(7) Requirements to include innovations and developments in instructional techniques.

E. The department is authorized to and shall establish by rules and regulations all guidelines and procedures for carrying out this Section in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

F. The department shall review each plan submitted and approve or disapprove such plan, on the basis of whether or not the plan carries out the purposes of this Section and conforms to the guidelines established by the department.

G. Each plan approved may forthwith be implemented by the local school system submitting the plan. The department shall provide special assistance to any school system whose plan does not adequately carry out the purposes of this Section and conform to the departmental guidelines and shall work with the local school system to develop such plan until a plan is submitted which is approved. The department may set deadlines for revision to develop an approved plan under this Subsection.

H. All teachers in the public schools shall participate in the approved in-service program developed for their own school system as provided in the approved plan. Failure to participate, unless a medical certificate attesting to illness is presented, or an emergency leave is granted, and the approval of the system superintendent or the principal is given may constitute an instance of neglect of duty.

I. The department shall develop a program of technical assistance to assist all parish and city school systems in developing and improving in-service programs developed under the provisions of this Section.

J. Pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the department shall require that in-service training programs include training for all teachers and administrators in all schools in order to provide such teachers and administrators with the appropriate training in matters related to all aspects of education. Such programs shall focus on the ability of teachers and administrators to deal effectively with school problems such as low academic achievement, over-populated classrooms, outdated textbooks, and discipline problems.

K. The state superintendent, through the Regional Service Centers, shall make available to teachers and school counselors, in-service training in current techniques of classroom management and discipline and in the current techniques of counseling and advisement practices.

Added by Acts 1977, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 10, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 36, §1; Acts 1993, No. 568, §1; Acts 1993, No. 789, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 45, §2; Acts 2021, No. 275, §4; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:24.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 24.7
Extended kindergarten; pilot project
Status: in_force

A.(1) During the 2005-2006 school year, the Department of Education shall provide for the establishment of at least one class of extended kindergarten, known as "Kindergarten Plus" in each of the eight regional service districts established pursuant to Chapter 34 of this Title. Such classes shall be established cooperatively with a city, parish, or other local school board, hereafter referred to as a "local board" or "local system".

(2) The department shall invite each local school board to submit a proposal for the establishment of such a class in one of its schools. The proposal shall provide for the participation of students who are eligible to attend kindergarten in the local school system and who are documented as eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced cost lunch program. Further, the proposal shall detail the plans for the participation of teachers, the plan for facility, and the plan for establishing and providing the evaluation of effectiveness provided in Subsection C of this Section.

(3) The department shall consider and evaluate each proposal and recommend for approval by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education one class in each regional service district. Should a large number of qualified proposals be submitted from one regional service district, the participating class shall be selected by random drawing from among all qualified proposals in the same district.

B. Kindergarten Plus shall provide for participating students to receive full day kindergarten beginning two months prior to the other kindergarten classes in the local system. Kindergarten Plus classes shall be continued through the 2007-2008 school year and may be continued thereafter as provided in Subsection D of this Section.

C. The state Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish rubrics of evaluation for use in every participating school which shall be designed to provide clear and usable information regarding the effect the additional two months of kindergarten has on the students' academic achievement and overall school success when compared to similar students who enroll in the regularly provided kindergarten classes extended through their primary grades.

D.(1) Based on an analysis of the evaluations of the effect of Kindergarten Plus classes, beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, the state department may expand the number of schools participating in the pilot, continue the pilot limited to eight schools, or discontinue the Kindergarten Plus classes.

(2) A report on the progress, evaluations, the analysis of the evaluations, and the determination of the department regarding the expansion, continuation, or discontinuation of Kindergarten Plus shall be provided to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on Education annually.

E. Implementation of the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the appropriation of funds for this purpose.

Acts 2004, No. 632, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:409.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 409.4
Investigation of threats of violence or threats of terrorism
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each public school governing authority shall develop and adopt a policy for the investigation of threats of violence or threats of terrorism that have been reported to a school administrator, which shall include conducting an interview with the person reporting a threat, the person allegedly making a threat, and all witnesses, and securing any evidence, including but not limited to statements, writings, recordings, electronic messages, and photographs.

(2) If the investigation results in evidence or information that supports that a threat is credible, the school and school district shall implement measures to provide for ongoing protection of the safety and lives of all students and staff at the school.

B. Any law enforcement agency receiving notification of an alleged threat of violence or threat of terrorism under this Subpart shall:

(1) Immediately begin an investigation and endeavor to complete the investigation not later than three school days after the report is received.

(2) Notify the principal of the school that is the target of a threat of violence or threat of terrorism. If the principal is not available or cannot be contacted, the law enforcement agency shall notify any school official authorized to act in an emergency situation.

C. In addition to the investigation and procedures outlined in this Section, nothing shall prohibit a law enforcement officer with probable cause from detaining or arresting any person for any alleged criminal act.

Acts 2018, No. 716, §1; Acts 2019, No. 209, §1; Acts 2023, No. 164, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3011 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3011
School chaplains; employment; volunteer
Status: in_force

Each city, parish, or other local public school board may employ or accept as a volunteer a certified chaplain to provide support, services, and programs for students, staff, and parents as assigned by a school board pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 2024, No. 293, §1, eff. May 28, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 688, §1, eff. June 19, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:264 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 264
Community service; high school diploma endorsement program
Status: in_force

A.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may establish a "Distinction for Community Service" diploma endorsement program to recognize high school students who perform a certain number of hours of documented community service. Community service hours shall not count toward academic course work or graded work in any public school. The number of service hours required to earn a diploma endorsement shall be determined by the state board and shall accrue from the ninth grade through the twelfth grade.

(2) Not later than March first of each year, provided that a diploma endorsement program as authorized in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection is implemented, the state board shall provide a written report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education, which shall contain, at a minimum, the following:

(a) The goals and objectives of the diploma endorsement program.

(b) The number of community service endorsements awarded to students for the preceding school year.

(c) The types of community service performed by students for the preceding school year.

(d) The results and effectiveness of the program.

B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt necessary rules and guidelines for the proper implementation of any diploma endorsement program for community service developed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section, and each city, parish, and other local public school board shall provide for such community service in accordance with such rules and guidelines.

C. The community service performed pursuant to this Section shall not be related to political activities of any kind.

Acts 2012, No. 295, §1; Acts 2023, No. 346, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:438 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 438
Permitted withholdings; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Any teacher or other employee of a parish or city school board may authorize his employing school board to deduct and withhold from his earnings a specific amount for such pay periods as may be designated, for the payment of regular dues owed by such teacher or other employee to any organization of teachers or other school employees.

B. No deduction shall be made from the earnings of any teacher or other employee for the purpose permitted by this Section unless fifty or more teachers or other employees or ten percent of the total number of employees, including teachers, whichever is less have requested such deduction be made and the deduction is specifically and voluntarily authorized in writing by the teacher or other employee. If such authority is provided and a request for such deduction made, the school board shall honor the request and provide for the deduction; however, if any system documents to the satisfaction of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education that it has already acquired payroll checks that will not accommodate the request, the school board shall provide for such deduction as soon as possible but, in no case later than the beginning of the school year following the request.

C. Any amount withheld in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be remitted to the organization designated on a regularly scheduled basis as determined by the employing board.

D. This Section shall not apply to a city or parish school board operating under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement applicable to teachers employed by the board.

Acts 1992, No. 1076, §1, eff. July 14, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 100.1
Alternative educational programs; certain adjudicated students; students in the custody of the office of juvenile justice; funding; authority of the local school board to contract; inclusion in minimum foundation program; funding formula
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any child who has been adjudicated delinquent or as a member of a family in need of services by a court or who is in the custody of the office of juvenile justice as a result of any such adjudication and is assigned by the office of juvenile justice to a community-based program or facility shall be counted by the city, parish, or other local public school board for the city or parish where such program or facility exists for purposes of the minimum foundation program and any other available state or federal funding for which the child is eligible. No other city, parish, or other local public school board shall include such a child in any count for purposes of the minimum foundation program or any other available state or federal funding for which the child may be eligible. Funds inuring to the city, parish, or other local public school board as a result of the presence of such children in its jurisdiction shall be used to provide educational services for such children.

(2) Subject to the requirements of Subsection B of this Section, any city, parish, or other local public school board may contract for the provision of educational services for children described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

B. Private providers of alternative educational services shall be approved by the city, parish, or other local public school board and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as alternative schools pursuant to standards established by the state board before a contract as authorized by this Section may be entered into by the city, parish, or other local public school board.

C.(1) An alternative school located in a secure care facility under the jurisdiction of the office of juvenile justice shall be considered a public elementary or secondary school and, as such, shall be included by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in the formula required by Article VIII, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana used to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary and secondary schools.

(2) Each student in such an alternative school shall be provided for and funded at one hundred percent of the state share per pupil amount as provided in the approved minimum foundation program formula for the city, parish, or other local public school system in which such student would otherwise have been enrolled, as contained in the budget letter approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the board shall allocate such funds to the office of juvenile justice.

(3) In addition to the allocation of the state share per pupil amount provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the city, parish, or other local public school system in which the student would have otherwise been enrolled shall allocate and transfer to the office of juvenile justice an amount of money equal to the local share per pupil amount allocated by such system times the number of students enrolled in alternative schools located in secure care facilities under the jurisdiction of the office of juvenile justice who would have otherwise been enrolled in such local school system. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall provide for the transfer of the local share per pupil amount from the appropriate city, parish, or other local public school system to the office of juvenile justice.

(4) The office of juvenile justice shall expend all minimum foundation program funds allocated to it pursuant to this Subsection to operate the alternative schools located in secure care facilities under its jurisdiction.

(5) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in collaboration with the office of juvenile justice, shall develop an equitable means by which to identify and determine the number of students eligible for funding each year pursuant to this Subsection.

(6) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt necessary rules and regulations to assure that no funds provided through the minimum foundation program or any other state or federal program as provided in this Section shall supplant any other funding provided to the office of juvenile justice for the educational services for such children.

D. It is the intent of the legislature that the expenditure of minimum foundation program funds and other state and federal funds for office of juvenile justice schools be subject to the same oversight and accountability as the expenditure of such funds for city, parish, and other local public school boards.

Acts 1991, No. 725, §1, eff. July 18, 1991; Acts 2005, No. 274, §1, eff. June 29, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 565, §2; Acts 2010, No. 131, §1; Acts 2016, No. 500, §3; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3.1
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. 42:1 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.

F. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 336, §1.

Acts 2010, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2018, No. 336, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4036.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4036.1
Learning pods
Status: in_force

A. Each public school governing authority may establish learning pods as an extension of any school under its jurisdiction. For purposes of this Chapter, "learning pod" means a group of at least ten students enrolled in the school who receive instruction in a small group setting.

B. A student shall be assigned to a learning pod only if the assignment is requested by his parent or authorized by his parent upon the recommendation of school officials.

C. All instruction provided to students assigned to learning pods shall be provided by teachers on the staff of the school who meet all qualifications and are subject to all requirements applicable to teachers at the school who are not assigned to a learning pod.

D. Students assigned to a learning pod shall be:

(1) Counted among the enrollment of the public school governing authority for purposes of full funding through the minimum foundation program formula.

(2) Subject to all requirements applicable to students enrolled in the school who are not assigned to a learning pod.

(3) Eligible for participation in all services and activities for which they would be eligible if not assigned to a learning pod.

E. The establishment of learning pods shall be subject to policies and procedures adopted by a public school governing authority, which, at a minimum, shall provide for the following:

(1) The student population of the learning pod, which may be a blended population of students of different grade levels.

(2) The method of instruction for the learning pod, which may occur in-person at a physical location on the school campus, remotely through virtual instruction, or through a hybrid approach that combines both methods.

(3) Any specialized curriculum or program provided in the learning pod.

(4) The process for a parent to request student assignment to a learning pod, grant authorization for a student's assignment to a learning pod if recommended by school officials, and withdraw a student from a learning pod.

F. This Chapter does not apply to or have any effect on any learning pod or other group of students that is formed and operated by parents, regardless of whether they are enrolled in a public school or a nonpublic school or participating in a home study program.

Acts 2021, No. 400, §1, eff. June 16, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3362 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3362
Rules and regulations governing construction and maintenance of structures
Status: in_force

A. Unless waived by written consent of the board, each board, before granting any lease or leases under the provisions of this Subpart, shall, either directly or through the head of the college or university, formulate and adopt such rules, regulations and requirements as it deems necessary or desirable, relative to the erection, construction and maintenance of fraternity or sorority houses, student centers, armories, storehouses or other structures. Any such rules, regulations and requirements shall be incorporated into the contract of lease as a condition precedent to the validity thereof.

B. Unless waived by written consent of the board, there shall be reserved to the board, whether or not stipulated in the lease, the right to require the removal of any fraternity or sorority house, student center, armory, storehouse or other structure erected under the provisions of this Subpart, in the event that the lessee fails, neglects or refuses to comply with the rules, regulations or requirements.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975; Acts 1985, No. 416, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3602 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3602
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Department" means the Department of Education.

(2) "Lifetime certificate" means a teaching certificate issued by the department which is permanent and need not be renewed.

(3) "Plan" means an uncompleted professional improvement program.

(4) "Professional Improvement Points" sometimes herein referred to as "PIPS," means units by which the effort and quality of improvement activities are measured.

(5) "Program" means a completed five-year professional improvement program, or refers to the subject of this Chapter.

(6) "Public school" means any public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school in this state.

(7) "Teacher" means any public school classroom teacher, librarian, school counselor, secondary vocational instructor, principal, assistant principal, or other personnel for whom a valid Louisiana teaching certificate is required for employment; any teacher in an institution which offers thirteenth and fourteenth grade instruction; any speech therapist who possesses a valid Louisiana ancillary certificate issued by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; and any instructor seeking to continue in the program who has been transferred from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to vocational-technical schools under the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(8) "Teaching certificate" means a certificate issued by the department to school personnel pursuant to the requirements fixed by the department or by law.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 207, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 617, §1; Acts 1982, No. 433, §1, eff. July 21, 1982; Acts 1984, No. 257, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 713, §1; Acts 2021, No. 275, §4; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1872 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1872
Meetings of board; quorum and vote for official action
Status: in_force

A. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting in each quarter of each calendar year. Other regular meetings and special meetings may be called and held as provided in the bylaws, or by any rule, regulation, or resolution adopted by the board. The board shall fix the time and determine the place of all meetings.

B. Nine members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business. Official action of the board shall require the favorable vote of a majority of the members present and voting and, in any event, the favorable vote of at least seven members must be cast in favor of any such action. Voting by proxy is prohibited.

Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:43 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 43
Special Schools defined; benefits for certificated teachers; legislative policy
Status: in_force

A. It is declared to be legislative policy that the Louisiana Special Schools, which include the Louisiana Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired and the Special Schools comprising Special School Programs, operated and maintained as a part of the public educational system by the Special School District, shall provide all benefits, privileges, rights, and powers as provided for certificated teachers in the public elementary and secondary schools in the interest of statewide uniformity of administration of teacher welfare benefits, including but not limited to the benefits enumerated in this Part.

B.(1) As used in this Part, "Special Schools" includes all Louisiana special schools and all schools or educational programs in Special School Programs operated by the Special School District.

(2) Teachers at the Louisiana Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired may attain tenure in the educational program, either the educational program for the deaf and hard of hearing or the educational program for the visually impaired, for which they are certified. Teachers in Special School Programs may attain tenure in Special School Programs.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 260, §1; Acts 2012, No. 441, §1; Acts 2017, No. 146, §3; Acts 2019, No. 411, §1, eff. June 20, 2019; Acts 2021, No. 468, §1, eff. July 1, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:436 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 436
Performing noncomplex health procedures; definitions; conditions; restrictions; safety equipment, materials, and supplies
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section, the term "noncomplex health procedure" shall mean a task which is safely performed according to exact directions, with no need to alter the standard procedure, and which yields predictable results. It shall include the following:

(1) Modified activities of daily living which require special instruction such as toileting/diapering, bowel/bladder training, toilet training, oral/dental hygiene, lifting/positioning, and oral feeding.

(2) Health maintenance procedures such as postural drainage, percussion, tracheostomy suctioning, and gastrostomy feeding and monitoring of these procedures.

(3) Screenings such as growth, vital signs, hearing, vision, and scoliosis.

B. No city or parish school board shall require any employee other than a registered nurse, licensed medical physician, or an appropriate licensed health professional to perform noncomplex health procedures until all of the following conditions have been met:

(1) A registered nurse or a licensed medical physician and, when appropriate, another licensed health professional employed by a city or parish school board, has assessed the health status of the specific child in his specific educational setting and has determined that, according to the legal standards of the respective licensed health professional performing such procedure, the procedure can be safely performed, the results are predictable, and the procedure can be delegated to someone other than a licensed health professional following documented training.

(2) The registered nurse or the licensed medical physician and, when appropriate, another licensed health professional shall train, in his or her area of expertise, at least two such employees to perform noncomplex health procedures on the specific child in his educational setting. The employees shall be given not less than four hours of training in the area of noncomplex health procedures.

(3)(a) Following the training provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, no noncomplex health procedure, except screenings and activities of daily living such as toileting/diapering, toilet training, oral/dental hygiene, oral feeding, lifting, and positioning, may be performed unless prescribed in writing by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana or any other state of the United States.

(b) The employee, other than the registered nurse, licensed medical physician, or appropriate licensed health professional shall be required to complete, under the direct supervision or coordination of a registered nurse, a minimum of three satisfactory demonstrations. Upon satisfactory completion of these noncomplex health procedures, the registered nurse, licensed medical physician, or appropriate licensed health professional and the trainee shall sign a standard form indicating that the trainee has attained the prescribed level of competency. A copy of this form shall be kept on file by the school system.

(4) Individuals who are required to perform noncomplex health procedures and have been trained according to the provisions of this Section, may not decline to perform such service at the time indicated except as exempted for reasons as noted by the licensed medical physician or registered nurse. The reasons for such exemption shall be documented and certified by the licensed medical physician or a registered nurse within seventy-two hours.

(5) Any employee shall have the right to request that another school board employee be present while he or she is performing noncomplex health procedures for a student, to serve as a witness to the procedure. After making such a request, the employee shall not be required to perform noncomplex health procedures without such a witness.

C. For the purposes of this Section, "employee" means any appropriate member of the education staff.

D. Each city and parish school board shall provide the necessary safety equipment, materials, and supplies to each employee who performs noncomplex health procedures as provided in this Section. Such safety equipment, materials, and supplies shall include but shall not be limited to gloves, anti-bacterial soaps and wipes, paper towels, and masks.

E. Notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule, regulation, or policy to the contrary, no employee other than a registered nurse, licensed medical physician, an appropriate licensed health professional, or hired and trained unlicensed nursing personnel or unlicensed assistive personnel as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing shall be required to perform a tracheostomy suctioning procedure on any child in an educational setting. However, nothing in this Section shall prohibit an employee who volunteers to perform such procedure and who complies with the training and demonstration requirements as provided in Paragraphs (B)(2) and (3) of this Section from being allowed to perform such procedure on a child in an educational setting.

F. For purposes of this Section, "appropriate licensed health professional" shall include a licensed practical nurse.

Acts 1991, No. 760, §1, eff. July 19, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 469, §1; Acts 1995, No. 752, §1; Acts 1997, No. 804, §1; Acts 2008, No. 802, §1; Acts 2009, No. 414, §1; Acts 2024, No. 161, §1, eff. May 23, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.22
Legislative findings and intent
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds and declares that:

(1) In order to significantly improve outcomes at all levels of the state's educational system, it is imperative that standards for, and expectations of, our early childhood programs be raised to levels that will promote kindergarten readiness and sustain lifelong learning and achievement.

(2) Publicly funded early childhood programs should prioritize kindergarten readiness and public monies should fund programs that excel at achieving high levels of kindergarten readiness, or progression towards kindergarten readiness, as applicable for the ages of children served.

(3) Parents who choose to send their children to publicly funded early childhood programs should have clear and actionable information on the quality of the programs available.

(4) Providers of publicly funded early childhood programs should be held accountable for the public monies they receive but given the autonomy to implement an educational program that promotes and achieves kindergarten readiness without undue regulation.

(5) State entities involved in the oversight or provision of early childhood programs should collaborate, set standards of educational achievement for young children that align with standards established for children enrolled in grades kindergarten through twelve, and hold providers of publicly funded early childhood programs accountable without imposing undue regulation on such programs.

(6) There are high quality early childhood programs in this state that can serve as a model for increasing standards of achievement and financial efficiency in publicly funded early childhood programs.

(7) Publicly funded early childhood programs receive a significant amount of public monies that can and should be maximized in pursuit of high quality early childhood programs that achieve high levels of kindergarten readiness or progression towards kindergarten readiness, as applicable for the ages of children served.

(8) Tax incentives created for the purpose of promoting high quality early childhood programs should be awarded based on kindergarten readiness, or progression towards kindergarten readiness, as applicable for the ages of children served.

(9) A fragmented system of standards, funding, and oversight of the state's publicly funded early childhood programs serves as a barrier to providing every child with the high quality services and programs which he deserves and to providing parents with the information needed to make an informed choice when selecting the programs that best fit the needs of their children.

B. It is the intent of the legislature that a comprehensive and integrated delivery system for early childhood care and education be created to ensure that every child enters kindergarten healthy and ready to learn.

Acts 2012, No. 3, §1, eff. April 18, 2012; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:394 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 394
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Remedial Education Act."

Added by Acts 1980, No. 433, §1, eff. July 21, 1980; Acts 1986, No. 698, §1, eff. June 1, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:85.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 85.7
Naming of Reserve Officers' Training Corps building at West Monroe High School
Status: in_force

The Ouachita Parish School Board may name the Reserve Officers' Training Corps building at West Monroe High School in honor of James Donald Halsell, Jr.

Acts 2005, No. 215, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2821 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2821
Use of revenues
Status: in_force

A. Revenues of a cooperative for any fiscal year shall first be used to:

(1) Defray expenses of the cooperative and of the operation and maintenance of its facilities during such fiscal year;

(2) Pay interest and principal of obligations of the cooperative coming due in such fiscal year;

(3) Finance, or to provide a reserve for the financing of, the construction or acquisition by the cooperative of additional facilities to the extent determined by the board of directors;

(4) Provide a reasonable reserve for working capital;

(5) Provide a reserve for the payment of indebtedness of the cooperative maturing more than one year after the date of the incurrence of such indebtedness in an amount not less than the total of the interest and payments in respect thereof required to be made during the next following fiscal year; and

(6) Provide a fund for education in cooperation and for the dissemination of information concerning the services made available by the cooperative.

B. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the payment by a cooperative of all or any part of its indebtedness prior to the date when the same shall become due.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §21.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:436.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 436.5
Sickle cell disease; training for school nurses
Status: in_force

A. Each local public school board shall adopt a policy to require that each school nurse participates in an in-service training program of at least one hour relative to sickle cell disease. The school boards shall use the instructional materials provided in accordance with Subsection C of this Section. The training may be incorporated into an existing in-service training program.

B. The program shall include information on symptoms of and treatments for sickle cell disease in children and shall include, at minimum, the following:

(1) The medical needs students may have in a school setting related to the physiological complications of the disease, including but not limited to anemia, sensitivity to heat and cold, increased urinary frequency, pain episodes, fevers, and stroke.

(2) Possible accommodations in the classroom, at recess, and during school meal times for students who experience health problems associated with sickle cell disease during the school day.

(3) Methods for communicating with parents and other school personnel in order to support positive academic outcomes for students with sickle cell disease.

C. The Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission shall develop the instructional materials, which shall be made available on the Louisiana State Board of Nursing's website. The Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission shall provide the instructional materials to the state Department of Education, and the department shall provide the materials and information to school boards for the purposes of this Section.

Acts 2024, No. 375, §1; Acts 2024, No. 748, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3047 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3047
M.J. Foster Promise Award; purpose; award amount; limitations
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the M.J. Foster Promise Program to provide a financial assistance award to an eligible student who enrolls in a qualified program at a two-year public postsecondary education institution or an accredited proprietary school licensed by the Board of Regents to pursue an associate degree or a shorter-term postsecondary education credential that is a requisite for certain high-demand, high-wage occupations aligned to Louisiana's workforce priorities.

B.(1) As funds allow, an award shall be provided to apply toward the tuition, required fees, and mandatory books and instructional materials of each eligible student who enrolls in a qualified program as defined pursuant to R.S. 17:3047.1. The award shall be known as the "M.J. Foster Promise Award", referred to in this Chapter as the "award".

(2)(a) The award shall be paid by the state on behalf of an award recipient to the two-year public postsecondary education institution or proprietary school where the award recipient is enrolled in a qualified program.

(b) As a condition for a two-year public postsecondary education institution or proprietary school to remain eligible to receive payment from the state on behalf of an award recipient for qualified programs offering shorter-term credentials, the institution shall identify and provide a path for the shorter-term credentials earned to be stackable and transferable as academic credit.

C.(1)(a) Award amounts shall not exceed three thousand two hundred dollars per year for each award recipient enrolled full-time in a qualified program. The administering agency shall determine the reduced award amount for any award recipient who is enrolled less than full-time.

(b) For qualified programs of less than a year duration, the award may be greater than the amount provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph but shall not exceed the amount provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) Total award payments for an award recipient shall not exceed six thousand four hundred dollars.

D. The award shall be applicable only to the cost of tuition, required fees, and mandatory books and instructional materials.

E.(1)(a) A student who is eligible for the award pursuant to this Chapter and who also qualifies for any other federal, state, or institutional financial aid or award may use the initial award payment before all other financial aid and awards are applied but only for the balance due for tuition, required fees, and mandatory books and instructional materials.

(b) After the initial payment, the student may use the award only after any other federal, state, or institutional financial aid and awards are applied and only for the balance due for tuition, required fees, and mandatory books and instruction materials. For purposes of this Paragraph, federal financial aid shall not include funding from student loans, work-study, or the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection to the contrary, an eligible student who initially qualifies for an award pursuant to this Chapter and a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award as provided pursuant to Chapter 50 of this Title, shall receive the highest award available and shall comply with the requirements of the award received.

Acts 2021, No. 457, §1, eff. June 23, 2021; Acts 2023, No. 287, §1, eff. June 12, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3139.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3139.2
Performance agreements; objectives
Status: in_force

Any public postsecondary education institution, including professional schools, may enter into an initial performance agreement with the Board of Regents in order to be granted limited tuition autonomy and flexibility as provided in R.S. 17:3139.5(A) in exchange for committing to meet established targets for the following performance objectives as applicable to the institution as determined by the Board of Regents:

(1) Student success.

(a) Implement policies established by the institution's management board to achieve cohort graduation rate and graduation productivity goals that are consistent with institutional peers. For purposes of this Part, peer institutions shall mean those institutions as defined by the Board of Regents in accordance with R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(e)(i).

(b) Increase the percentage of program completers at all levels each year.

(c) Develop partnerships with high schools to prepare students for postsecondary education.

(d) Increase passage rates on licensure and certification exams and workforce foundational skills.

(e) For the purposes of this Part, successful attainment of the student success objectives shall be required for determination by the Board of Regents that an institution has met the short-term targets of the performance agreement as provided in this Section. An institution which has failed to meet its same-institution graduation rate, program completer, and retention rate targets, as appropriate for the mission of the institution, shall not be deemed by the Board of Regents to have met the requirements of its performance agreement for the year.

(2) Articulation and transfer. (a) Phase in increased admission standards and other necessary policies by the end of the 2012 Fiscal Year in order to increase student retention and graduation rates. This Subparagraph does not require and the Board of Regents shall not require as an element of a performance agreement the adoption of admission standards at Grambling State University, Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or Southern University at New Orleans that would prevent those institutions from admitting students who require a single remedial course.

(b) Provide feedback to community colleges and technical college campuses on the performance of associate degree recipients enrolled at the institution.

(c) Develop referral agreements with community colleges and technical college campuses to redirect students who fail to qualify for admission into the institution.

(d) Demonstrate collaboration in implementing the articulation and transfer requirements as provided in R.S. 17:3161 through 3169.

(3) Workforce and economic development.

(a) Eliminate academic program offerings that have low student completer rates as identified by the Board of Regents or are not aligned with current or strategic workforce needs of the state, region, or both as identified by Louisiana Works and Louisiana Economic Development.

(b) Increase the use of technology for distance learning to expand educational offerings.

(c) Increase research productivity especially in key economic development industries and technology transfer at institutions to levels consistent with the institution's peers.

(d) To the extent that information can be obtained, demonstrate progress in increasing the number of students placed in jobs and in increasing the performance of associate degree recipients who transfer to institutions that offer academic undergraduate degrees at the baccalaureate level or higher.

(4) Institutional efficiency and accountability. (a) Eliminate, except as otherwise provided in this Subparagraph, remedial education course offerings and developmental study programs unless such courses or programs cannot be offered at a community college in the same geographic area. Grambling State University, Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and Southern University at New Orleans shall be deemed to have met this target if no student takes more than one remedial course. However, the Board of Regents postsecondary education funding formula shall fund all remedial courses offered at these institutions at the rate established for such courses offered by community and technical colleges.

(b) Eliminate associate degree program offerings unless such programs cannot be offered at a community college in the same geographic area or when the Board of Regents has certified educational or workforce needs.

(c)(i) Upon entering the initial performance agreement, adhere to a schedule established by the institution's management board to increase nonresident tuition amounts that are not less than the average tuition amount charged to Louisiana residents attending peer institutions in other Southern Regional Education Board states and monitor the impact of such increases on the institution. However, for each public historically black college or university, the nonresident tuition amounts shall not be less than the average tuition amount charged to Louisiana residents attending public historically black colleges and universities in other Southern Regional Education Board states.

(ii) The provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph are not applicable to a performance agreement entered into by a historically black college or university after August 1, 2015; the amount of nonresident tuition and fees for undergraduate programs at each such institution shall not be less than the average tuition and fee amounts charged to undergraduate resident students at the same institution.

(d) Designate centers of excellence as defined by the Board of Regents which have received a favorable academic assessment from the Board of Regents and have demonstrated substantial progress toward meeting the following goals:

(i) Offering a specialized program that involves partnerships between the institution and business and industry, national laboratories, research centers, and other institutions.

(ii) Aligning with current and strategic statewide and regional workforce needs as identified by Louisiana Works and Louisiana Economic Development.

(iii) Having a high percentage of graduates or completers each year as compared to the state average percentage of graduates and that of the institution's peers.

(iv) Having a high number of graduates or completers who enter productive careers or continue their education in advanced degree programs, whether at the same or another institution.

(v) Having a high level of research productivity and technology transfer.

(5) Each institution annually shall submit a report to the Board of Regents, which shall publish the report on its website, the legislative auditor, the legislature, and the division of administration containing certain organizational data, including but not limited to the following:

(a) Number of students by classification.

(b) Number of instructional staff members.

(c) Average class student-to-instructor ratio.

(d) Average number of students per instructor.

(e) Number of non-instructional staff members in academic colleges and departments.

(f) Number of staff in administrative areas.

(g) The institution's organization chart containing all departments and personnel in the institution down to the second level of the organization below the president, chancellor, or equivalent position.

(h) Salaries of all personnel identified in Subparagraph (g) of this Paragraph and the date, amount, and type of all increases in salary received since June 30, 2008.

(i) A cost performance analysis to include by institution:

(i) Total operating budget by function, amount, and percent of total, reported in a manner consistent with the National Association of College and University Business Officers guidelines.

(ii) Average yearly cost of attendance as reported to the United States Department of Education.

(iii) Average time to degree for completion of academic programs at all levels.

(iv) Average cost per degree awarded by degree level.

(v) Average cost per non-completer by degree program entered.

(j) All expenditures of the institution for that year.

(k) Any additional data requested by the speaker of the House of Representatives or the president of the Senate.

(6) Any additional performance objectives as determined by the Board of Regents.

(7) Any performance objectives defined in the formula funding performance model adopted by the Board of Regents for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 shall be aligned with performance objectives defined in this Section.

Acts 2010, No. 741, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 418, §1, eff. July 12, 2011; Acts 2015, No. 98, §1; Acts 2015, No. 100, §1, eff. June 19, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 359, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1224 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1224
Alternative means of providing for benefits
Status: in_force

A. In addition to and as an alternative to the authority granted by this Part or by any other provisions of law to provide for employee benefits, including but not limited to group insurance, benefits, or services for medical, dental, hospital, and nursing care and other compensation on account of sickness, disability, or death, or any other related benefits, parish or city school boards in parishes or cities having a population of over one hundred thirty-five thousand may establish a trust for these purposes and for the additional purpose of providing professional development programs and benefits for its employees, and may pay, out of monies appropriated and budgeted therefor, part or all of the costs, charges, or contributions necessary for the establishment and administration thereof, as may be determined by the provisions of the trust.

B. With the establishment of the trust, the parish or city school board in parishes or cities having a population over one hundred thirty-five thousand shall be considered a person and/or employer in creating the trust for the benefit of employees.

C. The trust shall provide for the actuarial soundness thereof and may provide for the method of determining the eligibility of participants, the schedule of benefits, procedures for making and paying claims, the use of group insurance policies, the source or sources of funding, the administration of the trust, and related matters.

D. For the purpose of this Section the terms "person" and "employer" shall be defined as provided in R.S. 9:1921 and 1922.

E. Any trust established pursuant to this Section shall be subject to legislative oversight and the legislative auditor's review as provided in R.S. 24:513.

Acts 1991, No. 79, §1, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 468, §1; Acts 2001, No. 685, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1902 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1902
Reciprocal contracts for educational facilities with other states or institutions; authority to make
Status: in_force

Institutions of higher learning which receive all or part of their support from the state may, subject to the approval and under such rules and regulations as the state board of education and the board of supervisors of Louisiana state university shall determine, provide educational facilities in such institution to residents of another state, under contracts entered into with such other state, its agencies or educational institutions.

They may likewise contract with other states or their institutions of higher learning, or with any private institutions of higher learning within or outside the state, to provide educational facilities to residents of Louisiana at an expense to the student not exceeding the probable cost he would pay if the facilities were provided by the Louisiana institution.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1206.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1206.2
Employees; extended sick leave
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) Every city, parish, and other local public school board shall permit each employee, as defined in R.S. 17:1205, to take up to ninety days of extended sick leave in each six-year period of employment, which may be used for a medical necessity in the manner provided in this Section at any time that the employee has no remaining regular sick leave balance.

(b) If an employee exhausts the sick leave available pursuant to the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, such employee may be granted, if school board policy provides for such leave, up to thirty additional days of extended sick leave in each six-year period of employment for personal illness related to pregnancy, illness of an infant, or required medical visits certified by a physician as relating to infant or maternal health.

(2) As used in this Section the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Child" means a biological son or daughter, an adopted son or daughter, a foster son or daughter, a stepson or stepdaughter, or a legal ward of an employee standing in loco parentis to that ward who is either under the age of eighteen, or who is eighteen years of age but under twenty-four years of age and is a full-time student, or who is nineteen years of age or older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability.

(b) "Immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, or child of an employee.

(c) "Infant" means a child under one year of age.

(d) "Medical necessity" means the result of catastrophic illness or injury, a life threatening condition, a chronic condition, or an incapacitating condition, as certified by a physician, of an employee or an immediate family member.

(e) "Parent" means the biological parent of an employee or an individual who stood in loco parentis to the employee.

B.(1) Unused days during any six-year period of employment shall not cumulate or carry forward into the next six-year period of employment.

(2) The balance of days of extended leave available to an employee shall transfer with such employee from one public school employer to another without loss of days and without restoration of days.

(3) Interruptions of service between periods of employment with a public school employer shall not be included in any calculation of a six-year period, such that any employment with any public school employer, regardless of when it occurs, shall be included in any determination of the balance of days of extended sick leave available to an employee.

C.(1) All time while on extended sick leave is regular service time for all purposes for which service time is calculated or used.

(2) Any employee on extended sick leave shall be paid sixty-five percent of the salary paid to him at the time the extended sick leave begins.

D.(1) No employee may undertake additional gainful employment while on extended sick leave, unless all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The employee can demonstrate that he will be working not more than twenty hours a week in a part-time job that he has been working for not less than one hundred twenty days prior to the beginning of any period of extended sick leave.

(b) The clinician who certifies the medical necessity of the leave indicates that such part-time work does not impair the purpose for which the extended leave is required.

(2) Any violation of this prohibition may require the employee to return to the employer all compensation paid during any week of extended leave in which the employee worked more than twenty hours and to reimburse the employer all related employment costs attributable to such period as calculated by the employer, without any restoration of such days.

E.(1)(a) On every occasion when an employee uses extended sick leave, a statement from a clinician certifying that it is for personal illness relating to pregnancy, illness of an infant, or required medical visits related to infant or maternal health or that it is a medical necessity shall be presented prior to the extension of such leave.

(b) The clinician statement required by this Paragraph may be presented and the extended sick leave may be requested subsequent to the employee's return to service. In such a case, the extended leave shall be granted for all days for which such leave is requested and the required documentation is presented, provided the leave is requested and the required documentation is presented within three days after the employee returns to service.

(2)(a) If the board or superintendent, upon review of the application, questions the validity or accuracy of the certification, the board or superintendent, as the case may be, referred to in this Paragraph as the "challenging party", may require the employee or the immediate family member, as a condition for continued extended leave, to be examined by a licensed clinician selected by the challenging party. In such a case, the employer shall pay all costs of the examination and any tests determined to be necessary. If the clinician selected by the challenging party finds medical necessity, the leave shall be granted.

(b) If the clinician selected by the challenging party disagrees with the certification of the clinician selected by the employee or the immediate family member, then the challenging party may require the employee or the immediate family member, as a condition for continued extension of sick leave, to be examined by a third appropriate clinician whose name appears next in the rotation of clinicians on a list established by the local medical society for such purpose and maintained by the challenging party. All costs of an examination and any required tests by a third clinician shall be paid by the employer. The opinion of the third clinician shall be determinative of the issue.

(c) The opinion of all clinicians consulted as provided in this Paragraph shall be submitted to the challenging party in the form of a sworn statement which shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 14:125.

(d)(i) In addition to the authority provided in R.S. 17:1206(A)(1), the board shall adopt a policy regarding providing for employees suffering from catastrophic and long-term illness.

(ii) The board may, as part of a collective bargaining agreement, or by its own policy provide additional compensation or extended leave days in excess of what is required in this Section.

(3) All information contained in any statement from a clinician shall be confidential and shall not be subject to the public records law.

F.(1) Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall develop and implement a sick leave bank policy to allow for the donation of sick leave among employees.

(2) An employee may donate sick leave directly to another employee in an amount not to exceed one-half of the donating employee's accumulated leave as calculated at the beginning of the school year.

(3) At least ninety percent of the leave balance in the bank shall be retained in the bank from one school year to the next.

G. Each city, parish, and other local public school board annually shall submit a report to the state Department of Education on the number of leave requests granted each year pursuant to this Section, the number of leave requests denied, and the reason or reasons for such denials.

H. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all decisions relative to the granting of leave pursuant to this Section shall be made by the superintendent of the local public school system.

Acts 2008, No. 457, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8; Acts 2011, No. 405, §2, eff. July 1, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 788, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 659, §§1, 2; Acts 2014, No. 849, §1, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2023, No. 133, §1; Acts 2023, No. 296, §1; Acts 2024, No. 115, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3046.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3046.5
Revised Statutes 3046.5
Status: in_force

3046.5 Terminated July 9, 1998. See Acts 1992, No. 938, §1, and Acts 1995, No. 1296, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:414.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 414.1
Public elementary and secondary school principals; duties
Status: in_force

The principal for each public elementary and secondary school shall be appointed by and serve under the direction of the local superintendent of schools as the administrative officer of the school to which he is assigned. Consistent with the requirements of law and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the local public school board by which he is employed, he shall have administrative responsibility for the direction and supervision of the personnel and activities and the administration of the affairs of that school.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 456, §1; Acts 2012, No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:158.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 158.3
Purchase of school buses; pooling of purchases by school boards
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Education shall assist city and parish school boards and any nonpublic school approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to R.S. 17:11 in the economical acquisition of school buses and related equipment and supplies by providing a plan under which school boards and any nonpublic school approved by the State Board of Elementary Education may voluntarily pool their bids for such purchases. The department shall prepare bid forms and specifications, obtain quotations of prices, and make such forms and information available to school boards and any participating nonpublic school in order to facilitate this service.

B. School boards and any participating nonpublic school, at times prescribed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall furnish the department with information concerning the prices paid for such items and the department shall periodically furnish information to school boards and any participating nonpublic school concerning the lowest prices at which school buses and related equipment and supplies are available based upon comparable specifications.

Acts 1984, No. 207, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:224 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 224
Unadjustable or incorrigible children; reports to juvenile courts; expulsion, assignments, and transfers
Status: in_force

A. Unadjustable or incorrigible children, who, through no fault of their parents or tutors or other persons having charge of them, regularly disrupt the orderly processes of the school to which they have been assigned, shall be considered as delinquents and may be reported by the visiting teacher, or supervisor of child welfare and attendance, to the juvenile court of the parish, there to be dealt with in the manner prescribed by law.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 17:416 to the contrary, any student who exhibits disruptive behavior, an incorrigible attitude, or any other discipline problems in general, may be recommended by the principal for expulsion, assignment to an appropriate alternative education program, or transfer to adult education if such student is:

(1) Seventeen years of age or older with less than five units of credit toward graduation.

(2) Eighteen years of age or older with less than ten units of credit toward graduation.

(3) Nineteen years of age or older with less than fifteen units of credit toward graduation.

Acts 1990, No. 158, §2, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1034, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1182 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1182
Return to same position
Status: in_force

Every person on sabbatical leave shall be returned at the beginning of the semester immediately following such leave to the same position at the same school from which such leave was taken, unless otherwise agreed to by him.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2115.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2115.4
Student meetings
Status: in_force

No law, rule, or policy shall prevent any student who attends a public elementary or secondary school and who is responsible for or presiding over a meeting of a school organization or assembly from calling upon a student volunteer to offer an inspirational quotation or statement, offer a voluntary prayer, or lead in silent meditation, at the sole option of the student volunteer.

Acts 1995, No. 264, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:5025.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 5025.5
High school core curriculum requirements; Opportunity, Performance, and Honors Awards; students graduating 2021-2022 through 2025-2026 school year
Status: in_force

To be eligible for an Opportunity, Performance, or Honors Award pursuant to this Chapter, a student who graduates during the 2021-2022 through the 2025-2026 school year shall have successfully completed a core curriculum which consists of nineteen units of high school course work as follows:

(1) English - Four Units

(a) English I.

(b) English II.

(c) One unit chosen from the following: English III, AP English Language Arts and Composition, or English III IB (Language A or Literature and Performance).

(d) One unit chosen from the following: English IV, AP English Literature and Composition, or English IV IB (Language A or Literature and Performance).

(2) Mathematics - Four Units

(a) Algebra I (one unit), Geometry (one unit), and Algebra II (one unit). Integrated Mathematics I, Integrated Mathematics II, and Integrated Mathematics III may be substituted for the Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II sequence.

(b) One unit chosen from the following: Algebra III; Advanced Math Functions and Statistics, Advanced Math-Pre-Calculus, Pre-Calculus, or Math Methods I IB (Mathematical Studies SL); Calculus, AP Calculus AB, or Math Methods II IB (Mathematics SL); AP Calculus BC; Probability and Statistics or AP Statistics; IB Further Mathematics HL; IB Mathematics HL.

(3) Science - Four Units

(a) Biology I.

(b) Chemistry I.

(c) Two units chosen from the following: Earth Science; Environmental Science; Physical Science; Agriscience I and Agriscience II (one unit combined); Chemistry II, AP Chemistry, or IB Chemistry II; AP Environmental Science, or IB Environmental Systems; Physics I, AP Physics I, AP Physics B, or IB Physics I; AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP Physics C: Mechanics, IB Physics II, or AP Physics II; Biology II, AP Biology, or IB Biology II.

(4) Social Studies - Four Units

(a) One unit chosen from the following: U.S. History, AP US History, or IB US History.

(b) One unit chosen from the following: Civics, Government, AP US Government and Politics: Comparative, AP US Government and Politics: United States.

(c) Two units chosen from the following: Western Civilization, European History, or AP European History; World Geography, AP Human Geography, or IB Geography; World History, AP World History, or World History IB; History of Religion; IB Economics, Economics, AP Macroeconomics, or AP Microeconomics; African American History.

(5) Foreign Language - two units in the same language, which may include the following: AP Chinese Language and Culture, AP French Language and Culture, AP German Language and Culture, AP Italian Language and Culture, AP Japanese Language and Culture, AP Latin, AP Spanish Language and Culture, French IV IB, French V IB, Spanish IV IB, and Spanish V IB.

(6) Art - one unit chosen from the following: Performance course in Music, Dance, or Theatre; Fine Arts Survey; Art I, II, III, and IV; Talented Art I, II, III, and IV; Talented Music I, II, III, and IV; Talented Theater Arts I, II, III, and IV; Speech III and Speech IV (one unit combined); AP Art History; AP Studio Art: 2-D Design; AP Studio Art: 3-D Design; AP Studio Art: Drawing; AP Music Theory; Film Study I IB; Film Study II IB; Music I IB; Music II IB; Art Design III IB; Art Design IV IB; Theatre I IB; or Drafting.

(7) For the purposes of this Section, any core curriculum course that is taken by a student who has been identified as gifted pursuant to State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education policy and that is taken in fulfillment of the student's Individualized Education Program shall be considered a gifted course and shall fulfill the core curriculum requirement in its given subject area.

Acts 2022, No. 502, §1, eff. June 16, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3229 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3229
Northeast Delta Learning Center
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Regents shall be responsible for the management and supervision of the Northeast Delta Learning Center.

B. In managing and supervising the Northeast Delta Learning Center, the Board of Regents shall have the following duties, responsibilities, and powers:

(1) The board may request and accept monies both private and public to further the purposes of the learning center, including but not limited to planning, acquisition, and development. The board shall employ a director and establish compensation and terms of employment. The board shall authorize the director to employ and supervise such other employees as are necessary to carry out the functions of the learning center. The board shall provide for the effective and efficient management of the learning center whose purpose is to provide the region with comprehensive educational services and assist in building a seamless education system in the Northeast Louisiana delta region.

(2) The board in coordination with the executive director and staff members shall implement educational enhancement services, including but not limited to:

(a) Educational services for students including GED courses, remedial education, and training and preparation for advanced degrees.

(b) Educational support and enhancement for local school districts, including teacher certification courses, on-going instruction method workshops and classes, and curriculum development training and assistance.

(c) Specialized programs for students with mental and/or learning disabilities.

(d) Workforce development that operates in coordination with local and statewide economic development needs and opportunities, including training and courses in health care, cosmetology, technology and communications.

(e) Serving as an incubator for small businesses.

(f) Serving as the location for the consolidation of Tallulah High School and Reuben McCall Senior High School of the Madison Parish school system.

(3) The board shall ensure that all courses and curriculum are in accordance with state and federal educational standards. The board shall be guided in its efforts by the advice, input, and information provided by the Northeast Louisiana Delta Learning Center Advisory Board.

(4) The Board of Regents shall provide for educational courses through an individual institution, or a combination of institutions through the execution of a memorandum of understanding, agreement, or contract between the appropriate entities.

Acts 2004, No. 721, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 721, §§3 and 4, which provide that the provisions of the Act do not become effective until appropriation of funds and until the state assumes full ownership of the property formerly known as Swanson Correctional Center for Youth-Madison Parish Unit facility at Tallulah.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 1225, §7, as amended by Acts 2004, No. 721, §§2 and 5, relative to the Northeast La. Delta Learning Center.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 721, §4, as amended by Acts 2005, No. 461, §1, relative to effectiveness of provisions of R.S. 17:3229 and relative to transfer of property.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:383 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 383
Mode of administration; donor's right to prescribe
Status: in_force

The donor may prescribe the manner in which the property shall be administered and the object to which it or any part thereof, or the revenues from the same, shall be applied.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2116 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2116
Employment availability information; duty to provide
Status: in_force

A. Each state owned and operated college or university, including all state owned and operated junior colleges and branches of such colleges and universities, shall continuously provide to its student body current information on the general availability of employment in each area in which the college or university offers a degree program.

B. The information may be developed by the college or university or may be obtained from other reliable sources of such information including the United States Department of Commerce.

C. The information may be provided by posting it in a common area such as a student union building or job placement office or by any mechanism that insures convenient availability to all students. The information shall be updated as often as necessary to keep it current.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 785, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1542 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1542
Public officers to turn over documents to department of archives; copies, certification and fees charged
Status: in_force

State, parish and other officials may turn over to the department of archives of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College for permanent preservation therein, any books, records, documents, newspaper files, original papers, or manuscripts not in current use in their offices. When so surrendered, copies therefrom shall be made and certified upon application of any party interested. This certification shall have the same force and effect as if made by the officer originally in custody of them. For each such certification the same fee shall be charged as would have been charged by the official originally having custody of such documents and records, and this fee when collected by the department of archives, shall be remitted promptly to the said official.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1970.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1970.7
Eligibility of students; auditions
Status: in_force

A. The school shall admit high school juniors and seniors as resident students and high school sophomores as day students.

B. Prior to admission, each student shall establish his eligibility for admission by audition pursuant to the rules and policies of the school board.

Acts 1997, No. 1350, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2235 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2235
Prohibition on receipt or expenditure of funds where school system exceeded minimum salary schedule
Status: in_force

No parish or city school board shall be eligible to receive or to expend any funds of the state of Louisiana for the purpose of meeting any deficit which has arisen in the operation of its public school system if such parish or city school board, at the time the deficit was sustained, was paying salaries to teachers in its employ which exceeded the amounts contained in the minimum salary schedule as fixed by R.S. 17:421.

Added by Acts 1961, No. 88, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 24
State Department of Education; creation; divisions; reorganization
Status: in_force

A. The State Department of Education is hereby created. The superintendent, as administrative head of the department, shall establish such divisions within the department as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the functions vested by or under authority of the constitution and laws in the superintendent or in the department. Such divisions, including offices and any lesser organizational subdivisions, shall be established with due regard for the requirements of Chapter 15 of Title 36. For the purpose of carrying out the duties and functions vested in the superintendent, the employees of the State Department of Education shall be under his immediate direction and control.

B. The superintendent shall have budgetary responsibility for all funds appropriated or allocated by the state for the day to day operations and for the functions of the State Department of Education which are not inconsistent with the functions of the board.

C. The board is hereby designated as the State Educational Agency with respect to federal funds for those programs under the jurisdiction of the board. The State Department of Education shall administer and distribute all federal funds received for the benefit of those phases of education under the jurisdiction of the board. The provisions of this Subsection shall be subject to and in accordance with the policies adopted therefor by the board and shall be under the direction and supervision of the board for those programs under the jurisdiction of the board.

D.(1) The superintendent may review the responsibilities of the department and prepare a plan to restructure and reorganize the department subject to the approval of the board of any restructuring or reorganization plan. Any plan approved by the board may be implemented upon such schedule as recommended by the superintendent and approved by the board notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and any other contrary provisions of law.

(2) Any restructuring or reorganization of the department implemented pursuant to this Subsection may remain in effect until after adjournment of the regular session of the legislature occurring after the plan has been approved by the board unless legislation which amends the law has been enacted to provide for the same structure or organization as contained in the approved plan. If no such enactment occurs, the department shall revert to the organizational structure mandated by Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, including any relevant amendments.

Acts 1975, No. 274, §1; Acts 1990, No. 993, §1, eff. July 26, 1990; Acts 1993, No. 368, §1, eff. June 3, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3831 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3831
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Local system" means the appropriate city or parish school board or system.

(2) "Local superintendent" means the appropriate city or parish school superintendent.

(3) "Program" means a program limited to providing incentive pay to teachers for not using sick leave days.

Acts 1999, No. 1231, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2352.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2352.1
Coordination of procurement and use
Status: in_force

Each hospital in this state shall enter into an agreement or affiliation with procurement organizations for the coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.

Acts 1991, No. 699, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2010, No. 937, §2, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3653 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3653
Failure by participants to successfully complete program
Status: in_force

If a participating teacher fails to complete his or her approved program during the five-year period or within an additional year if there were acceptable extenuating circumstances, his or her certificate shall be renewed without the endorsement and the additional compensation shall cease.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 207, §1. Acts 1984, No. 257, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1991 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1991
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Board" means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges or its successor.

(2) "Department" means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges or its successor.

B. Further, any reference in this Chapter to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the state Department of Education, or the state superintendent of education insofar as such reference is related to the exercise of jurisdiction over schools providing postsecondary vocational-technical education or the employees thereof shall mean and be interpreted to mean the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, except as is clearly inconsistent with the supervisory jurisdiction of institutions provided by the education governance and management structure established in Article VIII of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2162
Corporate existence of board of education not to be discontinued
Status: in_force

The corporate existence of the Louisiana State Board of Education shall not be discontinued as long as any of the obligations, or the interest thereon, issued under the authority of this Sub-part remain unpaid.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2034 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2034
Disbursements of federal funds
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges has the necessary power to represent the state of Louisiana in any and all matters in reference to the expenditure, distribution, and disbursement of funds received from the United States government, and to appropriate and use the monies in whatever way will, in its discretion, best serve the interests of the state and carry out the spirit and intent of the said act of Congress 1 in conformity with its provisions.

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

1 20 U.S.C.A. §11 et seq.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1237 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1237
Access to files
Status: in_force

A. No school employee shall be denied access to his personnel file. The contents of a school employee's personnel file shall not be divulged to third parties absent the express written consent of the school employee, except when ordered by a court or by subpoena, and no school system employee other than the personnel file custodian or the superintendent of schools for the system, or the designee of either who shall be a school system employee shall be allowed access to a school employee's personnel file without the school employee's express written consent, unless that employee is charged with the duty of supervising that particular school employee's performance. In the case that a personnel file should be accessed by the superintendent or someone designated by him, the employee whose file was so accessed shall receive written notice of the fact and the name and title of the person who was permitted access. All persons permitted access under this Section shall maintain the confidentiality of those documents in the file which are not matters of public record.

B. Any school employee requesting to see his personnel file shall be given access to his entire personnel file, including but not limited to all documents placed in the employee's file on or before September 1, 1987, except for any portion of the file maintained at his specific work site, at a single location, and within a reasonable time after making the request. Such an employee shall be given access to any portion of his personnel file maintained at his work site, including but not limited to all documents placed in the employee's file on or before September 1, 1987, at such site and at any reasonable time.

Acts 1987, No. 174, §1; Acts 2006, No. 300, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:5065 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 5065
Funding
Status: in_force

A.(1) The legislature annually shall appropriate to the administering agency funds which, together with any other funds available, are sufficient to cover the costs required to be paid, both initial and continuing, for the coming academic year. All such payments shall be made by the administering agency directly to the institution to which such payment is due after notice to the institution that the state shall pay, on behalf of the qualifying student, the applicable amount stipulated in this Chapter and after notice from the institution that the student has actually enrolled.

(2) For a student enrolled in Tulane University who is the recipient of both a Tulane Legislative Scholarship and an award pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, the university shall apply the full amount of the Tulane Legislative Scholarship toward the student's financial obligations to the university before applying any award amounts provided pursuant to this Chapter.

B. The administering agency may seek, accept, and expend funds from any source, including private business, industry, foundations, and other groups as well as any federal or other governmental funding available for this purpose.

C. Implementation of the tuition payment program provided by this Chapter shall be subject to the appropriation of funds for this purpose.

D.(1) In the event the legislature appropriates insufficient money to fully fund all awards made to students qualifying under the provisions of this Chapter, the administering agency shall equitably reduce the amount of the program award for each qualifying student by an equal percentage on a pro rata basis, so that every student receives the award for which he qualifies and the total amount of all awards in any award year does not exceed the funds available to the agency for this purpose, either from legislative appropriation or other sources of funding. Such reduction shall also apply, in like manner, to any additional amount awarded to a student as provided in R.S. 17:5002(C).

(2) If a student's award amount is less than the tuition established for the public postsecondary institution in which he is enrolled, the institution may bill the student for the difference between the student's award amount and the tuition established for the institution, unless the institution grants a tuition waiver to the student.

(3) A student whose award is reduced pursuant to this Section shall not be required to accept payment of his award or to enroll or maintain continuous enrollment in an eligible college or university during the time period for which there is a funding shortfall and may defer acceptance of his award benefits. If a student opts to defer acceptance of his award payment pursuant to this Paragraph, all of the following shall apply:

(a) The student, upon enrollment or re-enrollment in an eligible college or university, shall be eligible to receive all applicable award benefits for any remaining semester or semesters, or the equivalent thereof, of his unused eligibility.

(b) The student shall meet all academic and other eligibility requirements provided by this Chapter and by rule of the administering agency, except as otherwise provided in this Subsection.

(c) The student shall exhaust all unused award eligibility within five years of the initial reduction of his award pursuant to this Section, provided that if the student requests and is granted an exception for cause to the requirement to enroll or to maintain continuous enrollment in an eligible college or university, the time period within which the student must exhaust his eligibility for his award shall be extended by the amount of time for which he was granted an exception.

Acts 2015, No. 227, §1; Acts 2016, No. 503, §1, eff. June 14, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 291, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2016, No. 503, §2, that provides that the reduced award amounts do not apply to students receiving TOPS-Tech Early Start awards.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:192 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 192
Lunches and breakfasts; duty to furnish
Status: in_force

A. Lunches shall be furnished to the school children of the state under the supervision and regulation of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, taking into consideration the nutritional needs of the children, the distance traveled from home to school, and student enrollment.

B.(1) The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall participate in the national school breakfast program provided by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, Section 4 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773), by furnishing free or reduced-price breakfasts in accordance with such program to all eligible students in the schools under its jurisdiction if at least twenty-five percent of the students enrolled in one or more of the schools under its jurisdiction are eligible for such program. The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall prescribe a method for determining the percent of students in each school under its jurisdiction eligible for the program for each school year and shall report the results of such determination to the state superintendent of education on an annual basis by no later than the beginning of each school year.

(2) In any school eligible to participate in the program provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if at least fifty percent of the eligible students refuse to participate in such program during any year as demonstrated by sufficient proof to the state Department of Education, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may grant a waiver from the requirements of this Subsection to such school.

(3)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an eligible student shall be provided breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.

(b) For purposes of this Paragraph, an eligible student is a student in grades kindergarten through twelve who meets the federal eligibility guidelines for reduced price meals by household size and income levels pursuant to the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program.

(c) For each breakfast or lunch served free of charge in accordance with this Paragraph, the state Department of Education shall reimburse the governing authority of a school nutrition program for each meal served an amount equal to the difference between the reimbursement rates for a free meal and a reduced-priced meal as annually determined by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Acts 1991, No. 491, §1, eff. July 15, 1991; Acts 2009, No. 279, §1; Acts 2023, No. 305, §1, see Act for effectiveness.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2189 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2189
Privilege on funds and revenues dedicated for payment of obligation
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, corporation or association of persons holding any of said bonds, notes or certificates shall have a first lien and privilege on such funds and revenues as shall be dedicated by the board of supervisors for the payment of the interest and principal thereof, and the interest and principal shall be paid out of the revenues and funds by preference over all other claims against or obligations of the board of supervisors.

Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:270 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 270
Financial literacy; required instruction
Status: in_force

A. The legislature recognizes that young people must obtain the skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to manage their personal finances and obtain general financial literacy. Education in financial literacy helps prepare students for the workforce and for financial independence by developing a sense of individual responsibility and improving life skills, as well as a thorough understanding of consumer economics. Financial literacy education integrates instruction in valuable life skills with instruction in economics, including income and taxes, money management, investment and spending, and the importance of personal savings.

B.(1) Each student shall successfully complete a one-unit Financial Literacy course as a requirement for high school graduation.

(2) The topics covered by the course shall include but need not be limited to the following:

(a) Types of bank accounts offered, opening and managing a bank account, and assessing the quality of a depository institution's services.

(b) Balancing a checkbook.

(c) Basic principles of money management, such as spending, credit, credit scores, and managing debt, including retail and credit card debt.

(d) Completing a loan application.

(e) Receiving an inheritance and related implications.

(f) Basic principles of personal insurance policies.

(g) Computing federal income taxes.

(h) Local tax assessments.

(i) Computing interest rates by various mechanisms.

(j) Simple contracts.

(k) Contesting an incorrect billing statement.

(l) Types of savings and investments.

(m) State and federal laws concerning finance.

(n) Scholarships, grants, and other financial opportunities to pay for postsecondary education.

C. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish and maintain a clearinghouse for instructional materials and information regarding model financial education programs and best practices.

Acts 2018, No. 154, §1; Acts 2019, No. 116, §1; Acts 2023, No. 267, §1; Acts 2025, No. 48, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3004
Selection and responsibility
Status: in_force

The school counselors and counseling directors shall be selected by and be responsible to the local school officials in each city, parish, or other local public school system.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 319, §4; Acts 2021, No. 275, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1982 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1982
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Blind student" means an individual who is identified by a functional vision assessment as having vision loss which interferes with the ability to perform academically and which requires the use of specialized textbooks, techniques, materials, or equipment to access the same academic content as the student's sighted peers or who has one of the following:

(a) A visual acuity of 20/70 or less, near acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses, or both, or has a limited field of vision such that the widest diameter subtends an angular distance of no greater than twenty degrees.

(b) A progressive loss of vision which may in the future affect the student's ability to learn.

(c) Other blindness resulting from a medically documented condition that could include bilateral dysfunction of the optic radiations, the visual cortex, or both. This may coexist with ocular and ocular motor disorders and may be the result of perinatal brain dysfunction or trauma.

(2) "Braille" means the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as standard English Braille.

(3) "Functional vision assessment" is an organized plan for observing how a student uses vision to perform routine tasks within the educational environment and assesses whether a visual impairment is interfering with the student's ability to access educational content.

(4) "Individualized Education Program" means a written statement developed for a student eligible for special education services pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1401.

Acts 1992, No. 923, §1; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1; Acts 2022, No. 302, §1, eff. June 10, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2808 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2808
By-laws
Status: in_force

The original by-laws of a cooperative shall be adopted by its board of directors. The first by-laws of a new cooperative resulting from a consolidation, or the surviving cooperative resulting from a merger or the converted corporation resulting from a conversion, as provided in this Chapter, shall be adopted by the board of directors named in articles of conversion, merger or consolidation, as the case may be. Thereafter by-laws shall be adopted, amended or repealed by its members. The by-laws shall set forth the rights and duties of members and directors and may contain other provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the cooperative not inconsistent with this Chapter or with its articles of incorporation.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.70 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.70
Notification of health and safety violations
Status: in_force

The department shall notify the appropriate agencies if it determines that one or more violations that place the health and well-being of a child or children in imminent danger exist at the residence where care is being provided by a family child care provider or in-home provider.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §3, eff. Feb. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1; Acts 2015, No. 354, §2, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.5
Early childhood programs; qualifications; funding
Status: in_force

A. Any nonsectarian early childhood program may apply for funding, regardless of the sponsorship of the program. Local school systems may apply for funding to operate early childhood programs, excluding public school kindergarten, however, a qualified early childhood program need not be affiliated with a school system in order to receive funding.

B. A local to state funding match shall be required in the ratio of twenty to eighty percent, except that the department, with the approval of its governing authority, may waive the local match for programs of special merit or may designate other grants or funding sources as satisfying the local match. The local match may consist of cash or appropriate in-kind services, or both.

C. To be considered, an application shall contain all information required by the department's regulatory guidelines, including information concerning program content, educational curriculum models, and plans for compliance with all appropriate regulations. The department shall provide or make available technical assistance to qualified local programs that require assistance in program development in accordance with the grant application.

D. The department, with the approval of its governing authority shall select for funding those applications which comply with the programmatic standards and other relevant criteria as developed.

E. All early childhood programs funded pursuant to the provisions of this Part shall be developmentally appropriate and individualized to meet the needs of each student enrolled.

F. The department shall work to develop model curricula and curriculum guidelines to encourage establishment of appropriate early childhood programs serving children who are economically disadvantaged.

G. All center-based programs funded pursuant to the provisions of this Part shall comply with applicable existing rules and regulations, including but not limited to child care licensing requirements and federal guidelines for Head Start Centers.

Acts 1992, No. 970, §1, eff. July 9, 1992; Acts 2018, No. 307, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1601.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1601.7
Dr. Dolores Richard Spikes Honors College Building
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Honors College building located on B.A. Little Drive on the Baton Rouge campus of Southern University, operated by and under the authority of the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, is designated and shall be known hereafter as the "Dr. Dolores Richard Spikes Honors College Building".

Acts 2007, No. 350, §1, eff. July 9, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3162
Statewide Articulation and Transfer Council; creation; purpose; membership; duties and responsibilities
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner of higher education, in consultation with the postsecondary education management boards and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall establish a Statewide Articulation and Transfer Council, hereinafter referred to as the "council," that shall report to the commissioner of higher education. All council recommendations and decisions shall be submitted to the commissioner of higher education for presentation to the Board of Regents for approval.

B. The council shall consist of members representing each four-year college and university system, the community and technical college system, public elementary and secondary education, and nonpublic education, provided any eligible nonpublic postsecondary educational institution elects to participate. Council membership shall provide for equitable representation of all educational institutions and levels. The commissioner of higher education shall appoint a chair from among the membership.

C. The council shall, with appropriate faculty consultation:

(1) Coordinate, oversee, and monitor the seamless articulation and transfer of credit between and among secondary schools, technical colleges, community colleges, and four-year colleges and universities.

(2) Monitor the development of interinstitutional agreements between and among public schools, technical colleges, community colleges, and four-year colleges and universities to facilitate interaction, articulation, acceleration, and the efficient use of faculty, equipment, and facilities.

(3) Develop a statewide articulation and transfer agreement to govern the transfer of credits between and among educational institutions at all levels.

(4) Oversee the development of a statewide core curriculum for lower-division course work that will be fully accepted in its entirety and creditable to the baccalaureate degree by all four-year colleges and universities. Such curriculum shall be comprised of specified general education courses and common degree program prerequisites.

(5) Oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of a statewide course numbering system.

(6) Establish committees or advisory groups composed of secondary and postsecondary faculty members to determine course comparability, to facilitate articulation in subject areas, and as otherwise deemed necessary to carry out the council's duties and responsibilities.

(7) Approve common degree program prerequisites across program areas and course and credit-by-exam equivalencies, and establish passing scores and course and credit equivalencies for exams administered pursuant to accelerated programs including, but not limited to, the Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and College-Level Examination Program.

(8) Develop policies to align articulation and transfer policies established by education institutions including but not limited to admissions criteria, student counseling, and grade forgiveness.

(9) Provide for end-of-course testing, if necessary and appropriate, for any course the council has approved as eligible for transfer to a postsecondary educational institution.

(10) Establish monitoring, compliance, and reporting systems based upon uniform data collection and reporting methods to facilitate and ensure statewide and institutional compliance with statewide articulation and transfer policies. Data collected shall include:

(a) The number of students enrolled in associate degree transfer programs.

(b) Each student's rate of progress through transfer programs.

(c) The number and percentage of students who complete associate degree transfer programs.

(d) The number of students earning associate degrees that transfer to four-year colleges and universities.

(e) The number of credits earned, degrees awarded, and time to completion of degree for students who have previously transferred associate degrees.

(11) Oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of statewide transfer pathways.

(12) Develop statewide transfer agreements to govern the granting and transfer of credit awarded through competency-based and prior learning assessments.

(13) Establish an appeals process to resolve disagreements between transferring students and receiving educational institutions regarding the transfer and acceptance of credits earned at another institution.

(14) Ensure that all articulation and transfer policies and practices approved by the council are compliant with the rules and regulations established by all appropriate institutional accrediting agencies as recognized by the United States Department of Education.

(15) Periodically, but at least annually, review articulation and transfer policies and make recommendations to the commissioner of higher education who shall then make recommendations to the legislature for needed revisions.

(16) Perform such other duties as may be provided by law or the commissioner of higher education.

D. The council, with appropriate consultation and collaboration with the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, shall oversee the development and implementation of a process to award and transfer college credit for the academic content embedded in career and technical education and industry-based certification courses as provided in R.S. 17:3165.1.

Acts 2009, No. 356, §1, eff. July 6, 2009; Acts 2013, No. 174, §1, eff. June 7, 2013; Acts 2021, No. 275, §4; Acts 2022, No. 308, §1, eff. June 10, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1236 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1236
Procedure for filing of rebuttal and response
Status: in_force

A. Any rebuttal and response to a document placed in a school employee's personnel file shall be filed by the school employee within fifteen school days from the date on which the school employee signs the document acknowledging its receipt.

B. The school employee may be granted an additional ten school days for the filing of the rebuttal and response, provided the school employee requests such an extension in writing addressed to the personnel file custodian within the original fifteen-day period. The personnel file custodian's consent to the ten-day extension of time shall not be unreasonably withheld.

C. The rebuttal and response shall be deemed filed by the delivery of the original and one copy of the rebuttal and response to the personnel file custodian. The personnel file custodian shall then sign and date the original rebuttal and response and file the same into the school employee's personnel file. The personnel file custodian shall also sign and date a copy of the rebuttal and response and return the same to the school employee.

Acts 1987, No. 174, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2354.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2354.2
Preclusive effect of anatomical gift; amendment; revocation
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection G of this Section and subject to Subsection F of this Section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of the body or part of the donor if the gift complies with R.S. 17:2354 or 2356.

B. A revocation of a gift in accordance with R.S. 17:2356 is not a refusal and does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part of the donor in accordance with this Part.

C. If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the body or part or the donor in accordance with R.S. 17:2354 or amends a gift of the body or part of the donor in accordance with R.S. 17:2356, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift in accordance with R.S. 17:2356.

D. A revocation of an anatomical gift of the body or part of a donor in accordance with R.S. 17:2356 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part in accordance with R.S. 17:2354 or 2356.

E. In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of a gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.

F. In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes in R.S. 17:2352 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any other purpose in accordance with R.S. 17:2354 or 2356.

G. If an unemancipated minor donor dies, his reasonably available parent may revoke or amend the anatomical gift.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 529, §1; Acts 1992, No. 642, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2010, No. 937, §2, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.39 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.39
Licenses; application; temporary or provisional; fees
Status: in_force

A. Application for licensure of a new early learning center shall be made by the center to the department using forms furnished by the department. Upon receipt of an application for a license and verification that minimum requirements for such license as established by rule are satisfied, and upon verifying that the center is in compliance with all applicable state and local laws and regulations, the department shall issue a Type I, Type II, or Type III license for such period as may be provided for by rule.

B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may provide by rule for the issuance of temporary, provisional, or extended licenses for each license type if a disapproval has not been received from any state or local agency authorized by any laws or rules to inspect or approve such centers.

C. A license of any type shall apply only to the location stated on the application, and such license, once issued, shall not be transferable from one person to another or from one location to another. If the location or ownership of the center is changed, then the license shall be automatically revoked.

D. Each licensed center shall display its license in a prominent place at the center.

E. There shall be an annual license fee for each type of early learning center in an amount equal to the annual license fee in effect for all Class A and Class B child care facilities possessing such license upon the effective date of this Section, without an increase in the amount of such fees.

F. There shall be an annual license fee of twenty-five dollars for any license issued to an early learning center providing care for fifteen or fewer children; one hundred dollars for any license issued to an early learning center providing care for at least sixteen but no more than fifty children; one hundred seventy-five dollars for any license issued to an early learning center providing care for at least fifty-one but no more than one hundred children; and two hundred fifty dollars for any license issued to an early learning center providing care for more than one hundred children.

G. The annual licensure fees provided in this Section shall not apply to Type I early learning centers.

H. Annual fees for any type or category of license shall not be increased unless expressly authorized by statute as provided in Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct., 1, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3129.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3129.4
Louisiana Education Tuition and Savings Plan and Fund
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Regents, or its successor, is authorized to formulate, develop, adopt, implement, then manage and otherwise administer the Louisiana Education Tuition and Savings Plan, which shall be comprised of an education savings program based on issuance of interest-bearing education notes. Prior to adoption by the Board of Regents, the board shall submit the proposed plan in writing to the House and Senate Committees on Education for review and comment.

B. The Board of Regents is authorized to adopt appropriate and necessary rules, regulations, and program guidelines to implement an education savings program based on issuance by the state of interest bearing education notes. Such rules, regulations, and program guidelines shall be consistent with the provisions of this Section relating to the education savings plan and shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) The program shall be designed to allow parents and other eligible participants to purchase, at a discounted rate, interest bearing education notes issued by the state in the name of a qualified beneficiary and redeemable for permitted educational expenses incurred by the beneficiary upon acceptance by and matriculation at any public or private institution of higher education in the state.

(2) Eligible participants shall include parents, family members, and other persons, within or without the state; however, the qualified beneficiary shall be a Louisiana resident at the time of purchase of the note. The program shall include provisions setting forth the circumstances and terms under which a purchaser of an education note may substitute one qualified person for another as a beneficiary.

(3) The education notes shall be marketed in various denominations, including one thousand dollar denominations, shall have from five to twenty-two year maturities, and shall pay accrued interest upon maturity as provided for by the program.

(4) Interest earned by the purchaser on an education note shall be exempt from Louisiana income tax.

(5) The program shall provide that if a qualified beneficiary is not admitted to a state public or private institution of higher education or chooses to attend an out-of-state higher education institution, the purchaser of the education note may redeem the note, minus administrative fees, with a substantial penalty applied to the return of accrued interest which shall be provided for by the rules.

(6) The program shall permit a purchaser of an education note to redeem the note upon the death or permanent and total disability of the qualified beneficiary without penalty. The program also shall provide for other circumstances when the education note is not or cannot be used for permitted purposes.

C.(1) There shall be established in the state treasury as a special permanent fund the Louisiana Education Tuition and Savings Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "Tuition and Savings Fund". The fund shall be comprised of one account for both the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program established in Chapter 22-A of this Title and the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve Program established in Chapter 22-B of this Title and a separate account for the educational savings program authorized by this Section. A "Savings Enhancement Fund" shall be established as a special permanent sub-account within the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program and Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve Program Account. As budgeted by the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority, the legislature shall annually appropriate state general funds to be deposited by the state treasurer in the Savings Enhancement Fund. Monies in the Savings Enhancement Fund shall be used, as appropriated, to make earnings enhancements to the beneficiaries of eligible education savings accounts established under the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program by Chapter 22-A of this Title. All revenues and interest earnings generated pursuant to programs of the Louisiana Education Tuition and Savings Plan, the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program, and the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve Program shall be credited to their respective fund accounts or sub-accounts. The monies in this fund shall be used solely to finance the permitted educational benefits provided by the respective programs. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in fund accounts and their respective sub-accounts at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in such fund accounts or sub-accounts and be available for appropriation in the next fiscal year. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in accordance with state law and as provided for by program rules, regulations, and guidelines, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to the respective fund accounts or sub-accounts, following compliance with the requirement of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. However, principal deposited by account owners and interest earned thereon is not public money and therefore is not subject to the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) The legislature shall make yearly appropriations from the respective account and sub-account, if applicable, to the Board of Regents for the purposes established in this Section and to the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority for the purposes established in Chapter 22-A and Chapter 22-B of this Title.

D. Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 732, §2, eff. June 21, 1993.

Acts 1989, No. 252, §1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 969, §1, eff. July 23, 1990; Acts 1993, No. 732, §§1 and 2, eff. June 21, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 547, §1, eff. June 18, 1995; Acts 2003, No. 221, §2, eff. June 5, 2003; Acts 2018, No. 687, §2, eff. May 30, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:170.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 170.1
Immunizations of persons registering for courses at postsecondary education institutions requirements; exceptions; electronic transmission of immunization compliance reports
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, for the Fall 2006 semester, quarter, or comparable academic period, a person shall provide satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease as a condition of registration for courses at a public or nonpublic postsecondary education institution.

(2) Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, effective for the Spring 2007 semester, quarter, or comparable academic period and thereafter, a person entering a public or nonpublic postsecondary education institution for the first time shall provide satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease as a condition of his initial registration for courses at such institution.

(3) Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, effective for the Spring 2007 semester, quarter, or comparable academic period and thereafter, a person returning to a public or nonpublic postsecondary education institution who was not registered for courses at such institution during the Fall 2006 semester, quarter, or comparable academic period and therefore was not subject to the requirement of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall provide satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease as a condition of his initial registration for courses upon returning to such institution.

B. Every public and nonpublic postsecondary education institution shall provide detailed information on the risks associated with meningococcal disease and the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of any required or recommended vaccine against meningococcal disease to each person who has been admitted to such institution or to the person's parent, tutor, or legal guardian if the person is a minor.

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

(1) Any person who is eighteen years of age or older and who signs a waiver provided by the postsecondary education institution stating that the person has received and reviewed the information provided pursuant to Subsection B of this Section and has chosen not to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease for religious or other personal reasons.

(2) Any person who is a minor and whose parent, tutor, or legal guardian signs a waiver stating that the person has received and reviewed the information provided pursuant to Subsection B of this Section and has chosen for the student not to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease for religious or other personal reasons.

(3) Any person who has submitted a written statement from a physician stating that the procedure is contraindicated for medical reasons or, if a minor, any person whose parent, tutor, or legal guardian has submitted such a statement.

(4) Any person whose course registration is limited to correspondence courses, on-line courses, or any other courses that do not require meeting physically on campus at the postsecondary education institution for any reason or at any time. If such person subsequently registers for courses that meet physically on campus, such person shall be required to provide satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease as a condition of registration for such courses at such institution pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.

(5) 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.

D. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any public or nonpublic postsecondary education institution to provide or pay for vaccinations against meningococcal disease.

E. No person shall have a cause of action for damages for injury, loss, or death against the state or any agency, official, or employee thereof or against any postsecondary education institution, its governing authority, or any official or employee thereof for failure to provide the information required by Subsection B of this Section or for any act or omission in complying with the provisions of this Section.

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

(2) The secretary shall establish a priority of cohorts of students who shall be required to be vaccinated in order to minimize the possibility of an outbreak of meningococcal disease. Such priority shall be established in consultation with the Board of Regents.

(3) The first priority cohorts shall be first-time freshmen and students living in on-campus residential facilities. Such students shall be required to present satisfactory evidence of current vaccination beginning with registration for the Fall 2006 semester, quarter, or comparable academic period as provided in this Section unless the secretary determines that an insufficient supply of vaccine is available. The time by which immunization shall be required for these students in the event of such an insufficient supply and for other cohorts of students to present such evidence to register for classes shall be provided in such schedule.

(4) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall provide such rules, including the implementation schedule, to the Board of Regents by not later than August 1, 2006. The Board of Regents shall notify each postsecondary management board and, through such management boards, the chief executive officer of each postsecondary education institution of the requirements of this Section and the rules and schedule for their implementation as provided by this Section.

G.(1) Chief administrators of all postsecondary education institutions whether public or nonpublic shall:

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

(b) Electronically transmit immunization compliance reports to the Louisiana Department of Health, office of public health, when the institution operates an existing student-specific electronic data system, that, as of June 1, 2008, collects detailed information regarding vaccines and immunization dates electronically.

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

Acts 2006, No. 251, §1, eff. June 8, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 711, §1, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 573, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 251, §2, and Acts 2006, No. 711, §2, relative to persons who register before effective date of the Acts.

NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 711, §3, relative to the La. Law Institute incorporating Acts 2006, No. 711 with Acts 2006, No. 251.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3224 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3224
River Parishes Community College; creation; administration and operation
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established a comprehensive two-year institution of higher education which shall be known as "River Parishes Community College". Classes shall begin in the fall of 1999.

B. The site for the campus for this institution shall be at the Ascension Campus of the Louisiana Technical College in the area of Sorrento, Louisiana.

C. The River Parishes Community College shall be under the direction of a president and under the supervision of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges.

D. The institution and its programs shall be developed in a manner that maximizes the use of existing state and local resources and facilities in each parish comprising the college's primary service delivery area. This may include entering into cooperative service agreements, or contracts, or both, with other public education institutions and facilities in each parish comprising the institution's primary service delivery area, including public secondary schools, technical colleges, and higher education institutions, to provide for credentialed faculty and instructional services from qualified persons, the use of classroom and laboratory facilities, and library resources. The institution shall be established with adequate facilities, resources, services, and programs to meet accreditation requirements.

E. The River Parishes Community College may establish a local advisory board.

F. The creation of the River Parishes Community College shall have no effect on the operation or administration of the Ascension Campus of the Louisiana Technical College.

G. The River Parishes Community College may use any available public facility in the service region for conducting its programming, including particularly the facilities of the public technical college.

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

NOTE: See Acts 1997, No. 1369, §§3, 4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1176 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1176
Grounds for rejection of application
Status: in_force

A. Any applicant who, at the expiration of the semester in which he applies, is ineligible for the sabbatical leave requested or who has not complied with the provisions of R.S. 17:1172 through 1174, shall have his or her application rejected, but all other applicants may have their applications granted, provided that all leaves requested in such applications could be taken without violating the following provision: At no time during the school year shall the number of persons on sabbatical leave exceed five percent of the total number of teachers employed in a given school system.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all decisions relative to the granting of leave pursuant to this Section shall be made by the superintendent of the local public school system.

Acts 1999, No. 1342, §1; Acts 2011, No. 405, §2, eff. July 1, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 788, §3, eff. June 13, 2012.

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

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

NOTE: See also Acts 2004, No. 778, §2, relative to increases in teacher compensation and §3 relative to a required report by BESE (amends Acts 1999, No. 1342, §3, as amended by Acts 2001, No. 338, §2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:5025.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 5025.4
High school core curriculum requirements; Opportunity, Performance, Honors; students graduating 2017-2018 through 2020-2021 school years
Status: in_force

To be eligible for an Opportunity, Performance, or Honors Award pursuant to this Chapter, a student who graduated from high school during or after the 2017-2018 school year but not later than the 2020-2021 school year shall have successfully completed a core curriculum which consists of nineteen units of high school course work as follows:

(1) English - Four Units

(a) English I.

(b) English II.

(c) One unit chosen from the following: English III, AP English Language Arts and Composition, or English III IB (Language A or Literature and Performance).

(d) One unit chosen from the following: English IV, AP English Literature and Composition, or English IV IB (Language A or Literature and Performance).

(2) Mathematics - Four Units

(a) Algebra I (one unit), Geometry (one unit), and Algebra II (one unit). Integrated Mathematics I, Integrated Mathematics II, and Integrated Mathematics III may be substituted for the Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II sequence.

(b) One unit chosen from the following: Algebra III; Advanced Math Functions and Statistics, Advanced Math-Pre-Calculus, Pre-Calculus, or Math Methods I IB (Mathematical Studies SL); Calculus, AP Calculus AB, or Math Methods II IB (Mathematics SL); AP Calculus BC; Probability and Statistics or AP Statistics; IB Further Mathematics HL; IB Mathematics HL.

(3) Science - Four Units

(a) Biology I.

(b) Chemistry I.

(c) Two units chosen from the following: Earth Science; Environmental Science; Physical Science; Agriscience I and Agriscience II (one unit combined); Chemistry II, AP Chemistry, or IB Chemistry II; AP Environmental Science, or IB Environmental Systems; Physics I, AP Physics I, AP Physics B, or IB Physics I; AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP Physics C: Mechanics, IB Physics II, or AP Physics II; Biology II, AP Biology, or IB Biology II.

(4) Social Studies - Four Units

(a) One unit chosen from the following: U.S. History, AP US History, or IB US History.

(b) One unit chosen from the following: Civics, Government, AP US Government and Politics: Comparative, AP US Government and Politics: United States.

(c) Two units chosen from the following: Western Civilization, European History, or AP European History; World Geography, AP Human Geography, or IB Geography; World History, AP World History, or World History IB; History of Religion; IB Economics, Economics, AP Macroeconomics, or AP Microeconomics.

(5) Foreign Language - two units in the same language, which may include the following: AP Chinese Language and Culture, AP French Language and Culture, AP German Language and Culture, AP Italian Language and Culture, AP Japanese Language and Culture, AP Latin, AP Spanish Language and Culture, French IV IB, French V IB, Spanish IV IB, and Spanish V IB.

(6) Art - one unit chosen from the following: Performance course in Music, Dance, or Theatre; Fine Arts Survey; Art I, II, III, and IV; Talented Art I, II, III, and IV; Talented Music I, II, III, and IV; Talented Theatre Arts I, II, III, and IV; Speech III and Speech IV (one unit combined); AP Art History; AP Studio Art: 2-D Design; AP Studio Art: 3-D Design; AP Studio Art: Drawing; AP Music Theory; Film Study I IB; Film Study II IB; Music I IB; Music II IB; Art Design III IB; Art Design IV IB; Theatre I IB; or Drafting.

(7) For the purposes of this Section, any core curriculum course that is taken by a student who has been identified as gifted pursuant to State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education policy and that is taken in fulfillment of the student's Individualized Education Program shall be considered a gifted course and shall fulfill the core curriculum requirement in its given subject area.

Acts 2021, No. 334, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3396 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3396
Purpose
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Legislature recognizes that economic development can be fostered by the encouragement of advanced technologies and better employment opportunities and that Louisiana must promote research and economic development opportunities through the encouragement of high technology. The legislature therefor authorizes the establishment of the Research Park Corporation as a public, nonprofit corporation authorized to create, develop, construct, operate, manage, and finance a research and development park in cooperation with 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, and the governing authority of the appropriate municipality or parish.

Acts 1992, No. 882, §1; Acts 1995, No. 912, §2, eff. June 28, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:440 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 440
School employees; prohibition on use of social security numbers as personal identifiers
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of this Section:

(1) "School board" shall include any city, parish, or other local public school board and the governing authority of any nonpublic school.

(2) "Teacher or school employee" shall include teachers and school employees employed by a school board.

B. Except as required by any applicable state or federal law, rule, or regulation or policy of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, no school board shall use the social security number of a teacher or school employee as a means of identification for such teacher or school employee.

C. No teacher or school employee in the course of his employment shall be required to include or provide his social security number on any form or other written document unless:

(1) A social security number is required by any applicable state or federal law, rule, or regulation or policy of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; or

(2) The form or written document is required for employment, retirement, application for leave, or an Individualized Education Program.

D. No school board and no school official or employee shall provide access to any form or document on which the social security number of a teacher or school employee appears to any person other than the following:

(1) Any official or employee of the school at which the teacher or school employee works, of the employing school board, of the state Department of Education, or of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, when such access is necessary for the performance of the duties and responsibilities of the official or employee.

(2) Any person authorized to have such access by the teacher or school employee.

Acts 2001, No. 798, §1; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1673 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1673
Scholarship program to be administered by state Department of Education
Status: in_force

The scholarship program established and authorized by this Subpart shall be administered by the state Department of Education.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 695, §1, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:421.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 421.7
Support Education in Louisiana First Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established, as a special fund in the state treasury, the Support Education in Louisiana First Fund (the SELF Fund). After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all of the obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which becomes due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall pay to the SELF Fund an amount equal to the monies received by the state treasury from the avails of the franchise fees charged pursuant to R.S. 27:91(C)(2) through (4) and the revenues required to be deposited in the SELF Fund pursuant to R.S. 27:92(B)(2)(b) and R.S. 27:270(A)(3). The monies in this fund shall be used only as provided in Subsection B of this Section and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of each fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall retain their allocation for use and expenditure in accordance with the provisions of Subsection B of this Section. The monies in this fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund. Interest earned on the investment of monies in this fund shall be credited to the fund, following compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

B. Monies in the SELF Fund shall be used and expended solely as follows:

(1) Seventy percent of the monies in the fund shall be used to provide an increase in the salary of certain public pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade certificated personnel as defined in the annual Profile of Education Personnel report and for other public pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade classroom teachers in Fiscal Year 2001-2002 and annually to support such increase.

(2) Thirty percent of the monies in the fund shall be used to provide public postsecondary education faculty salary increases, including related benefits, to be distributed in accordance with a plan developed jointly by the Board of Regents and the Division of Administration in Fiscal Year 2001-2002 and annually to support such increase.

C.(1) In Fiscal Year 2001-2002, if any monies in the fund are not available for appropriation for the uses set forth in Subsection B for whatever reason, including but not limited to being designated nonrecurring revenue as defined in R.S. 39:2(27), the governor shall provide for the allocation of monies from other sources or funds or direct the commissioner of administration to reduce appropriations for the executive branch of government, except for appropriations to elementary and secondary education with the consent of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and for appropriations to postsecondary education, such that the monies provided through the governor's actions in total shall equal the amount appropriated from the SELF Fund for such uses which is not available. The reallocation of monies by the governor or the reduction of appropriations provided in this Subsection shall be used for the purposes set forth in Subsection B, subject to the approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

(2) In no event shall an appropriation made pursuant to this Section be subject to any budget reduction by the governor.

Acts 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. March 21, 2001; Acts 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 3, §1, eff. March 27, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 32, §1, eff. July 1, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3105
Rules and regulations; tenure laws
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the various institutions of higher learning may adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of hearings to be held under the provisions of this Chapter. Nothing in this Sub-Part shall be construed as authorizing the dismissal of a teacher except for the commission of any of the acts herein prohibited. In all other cases of dismissal of a teacher, the tenure laws of this state shall apply. All rules and regulations so adopted shall conform to the applicable provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.

Added by Acts 1969, No. 59, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2115.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2115.6
Student organizations
Status: in_force

No student organization at any public elementary or secondary school shall be denied recognition or any privilege or benefit solely because it is religious in nature, has a religious affiliation, or has no religious affiliation.

Acts 1995, No. 264, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3232 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3232
Central Louisiana Technical Community College; creation, management, and operation
Status: in_force

A.(1) Pursuant to the authority granted the legislature by Article VIII, Section 5(D)(3) of the Constitution of Louisiana to create a new institution by law enacted by two-thirds of the elected members of each house and effective July 1, 2012, or at the appropriate time thereafter as determined by formal action taken by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, the Central Louisiana Technical Community College is hereby created and established as a multi-campus, public institution of postsecondary education. The institution and its programs shall be under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, subject to the appropriate approval of and oversight by the Board of Regents.

(2) The Central Louisiana Technical Community College shall provide a comprehensive educational program that meets the needs of the students and communities within its primary service delivery area. Such program may include career and technical education and training, workforce development training, adult basic education, continuing education, general education, associate degree programs, college transfer degree programs, and other educational programs and opportunities.

B. The Central Louisiana Technical Community College may grant certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, and associate transfer degrees as authorized by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and the appropriate regional accrediting body as recognized by the United States Department of Education.

C. The Central Louisiana Technical Community College shall provide educational programs and services through the location and facilities that served as the Alexandria campus, the Avoyelles campus, the Huey P. Long campus, the Lamar Salter campus, the Oakdale campus, and the Shelby M. Jackson campus of the Louisiana Technical College prior to June 12, 2012, and through any other postsecondary campus or institution which may become a part of the Central Louisiana Technical Community College or its primary service delivery area.

D. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and the Board of Regents shall work closely with the Central Louisiana Technical Community College and the appropriate accrediting body to ensure that the institution and all program offerings are fully accredited. Appropriations for the Central Louisiana Technical Community College for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 and for each subsequent fiscal year until the college earns regional accreditation shall not be less than the appropriation for the Alexandria, Avoyelles, Huey P. Long, Lamar Salter, Oakdale, and Shelby M. Jackson campuses of the Louisiana Technical College available on July 1, 2011.

E. All performance agreements between the Alexandria, Avoyelles, Huey P. Long, Lamar Salter, Oakdale, and the Shelby M. Jackson campuses of the Louisiana Technical College and the Board of Regents executed pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 17:3139 et seq., prior to June 12, 2012, shall remain in effect until such time as the Central Louisiana Technical Community College and the Board of Regents enter into a performance agreement and such agreement is certified by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges.

F. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall submit a written report to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on Education relative to the status of the Central Louisiana Technical Community College, not later than January 1, 2013.

Acts 2012, No. 760, §1, eff. June 12, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.48 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.48
Disclosure of center information
Status: in_force

A. The department shall make available, upon written request of a parent or legal custodian of any child who has applied for placement in an early learning center licensed by the department, the following information relative to such early learning center:

(1) Any violations of standards, rules, or regulations in the prior twelve months.

(2) Any waivers of minimum standards authorized for such early learning center.

B. Requests may be sent by email, facsimile, or mail and shall include the name of each early learning center for which information is requested.

C. Early learning centers shall make available to parents or legal custodians information on how to view or obtain copies of early learning center licensing inspections from the department's website.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2161 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2161
Loan or grant from federal agencies
Status: in_force

The board of education may negotiate a loan or grant from any agency of the United States for the purposes authorized in R.S. 17:2151, under the provisions of any federal statute. In order to secure such a loan or grant, the board may enter into any agreements or obligations as are required by the lender, except that no agreement shall be made creating a debt or liability of the State of Louisiana.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3351.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3351.9
Academic excellence fee; amount; waivers; University of Louisiana System
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the authority granted to the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System by R.S. 17:3351(A)(5) and in accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the board may provide for the assessment of an academic excellence fee at each institution under its management and supervision effective for the Fall, 2003, academic session and thereafter. The fee shall be in addition to any other tuition or attendance fees and charges established by the board.

B.(1) The fee amount per student shall not exceed ten dollars per credit hour per academic session and shall not exceed one hundred twenty dollars per academic session.

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

(3) The fee shall be paid by all students. However, the board shall establish criteria for waiving the fee 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 at any institution under the management and supervision of the board.

C. Fee proceeds shall be used to promote academic excellence at each institution by enhancing instructional programs. However, no proceeds shall be used to pay the salary of any university or university system administrator.

Acts 2003, No. 1132, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2008, No. 652, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2809 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2809
Membership; annual meeting; special meetings; place of meeting; notice; quorum; voting
Status: in_force

A. No person who is not an incorporator shall become or remain a member of a cooperative unless such person is the parent, tutor or guardian of, or the person standing in loco parentis to, a child or children using the educational services or facilities furnished by the cooperative or a child or children who have used such facilities within the preceding two years. The by-laws may provide that any person, including an incorporator, shall cease to be a member thereof, unless a child or children of whom he is the parent, tutor or guardian, or the person standing in loco parentis, makes use of the educational services or facilities of the cooperative within a specified time after such person has become a member thereof.

B. An annual meeting of the members shall be held at such time as provided in the by-laws.

C. Special meetings of the members shall be called by the board of directors, by any three directors, by not less than ten per centum of the members, or by the president.

D. Meetings of members shall be held at such place as may be provided in the by-laws. In the absence of any such provision, all meetings shall be held in the city or town in which the principal office of the cooperative is located.

E. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, written or printed notice stating the time and place of each meeting of members and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each member, either personally or by mail, not less than ten or more than twenty-five days before the date of the meeting.

F. Five per centum of all members, present in person, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the members, unless the by-laws prescribe the presence of a greater percentage of the members for a quorum. If less than a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of those present in person may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

G. Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting. Voting shall be in person, but, if the by-laws so provide, may also be by proxy or by mail, or both. If the by-laws provide for voting by proxy or by mail, they shall also prescribe the conditions under which proxy or mail voting shall be exercised. In any event, only members may act as proxies and no member may act as proxy for more than three members at any meeting of the members.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §9.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3351.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3351.17
Distance education; tuition and attendance fees; 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, 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 tuition and attendance fees for students enrolled in an academic degree program offered entirely through distance education as defined by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools when such program is comparable to a program offered through traditional in-person classroom instruction.

B. 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.

C. Each board shall establish criteria for waiving the tuition and fees 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. § 17:496 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 496
Minimum salaries
Status: in_force

A. All school bus operators in the public schools of the state of Louisiana driving buses fourteen feet or longer in length shall receive minimum salaries on a nine-month basis of six thousand nine hundred sixty-five dollars and sixty cents.

B. Operators of school buses having a length of less than fourteen feet and drivers of station wagons or carryalls, which are used to transport sixteen or more special education students, shall receive minimum salaries on a nine-month basis of five thousand eight hundred fifty-three dollars and eighty-six cents.

C. The salaries of operators of vehicles used solely on feeder routes shall not be governed by the provisions of this Subpart but shall be fixed by the various school boards and the provisions of R.S. 17:497 shall not be applicable to such operations.

D. These minimum rates shall not apply to salaries paid student operators in those systems which in 1955-1956 or thereafter employed student operators. Any such systems shall receive actual expenses as reimbursement, provided the base pay does not exceed the rates stipulated herein. The term "student operator" means an operator of a school bus who is attending a public school in the state of Louisiana, other than colleges, trade schools, and universities.

E. For the purpose of receiving state reimbursement for actual expenses under the provisions of this Section, all buses which have a capacity to transport sixteen or more students under the provisions of R.S. 17:1941 et seq. and which meet federal and state requirements, shall be considered as buses fourteen feet or longer in length.

F. The minimum salaries established in this Section shall be paid separately from any reimbursement for the minimum rate of operation provided in R.S. 17:497.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 74, §2. Amended by Acts 1955, No. 57, §1; Acts 1955, No. 58, §1; Acts 1956, No. 112, §1; Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 27, §1; Acts 1968, No. 397, §3; Acts 1970, No. 625, §1; Acts 1975, No. 736, §1; Acts 1976, No. 291, §1; Acts 1979, No. 259, §1, eff. July 10, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 383, §1; Acts 1982, No. 254, §1, eff. July 1, 1982; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3202
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Board" or "boards" means 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, or any of these boards.

(2) "Community college" means any postsecondary institution which offers an associate academic degree as well as vocational-technical and other educational programs, but which is not approved to offer a baccalaureate degree.

(3) "Postsecondary education system" or "system" means and refers to the programs and institutions under the jurisdiction of the respective management boards for postsecondary education created by or under authority of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2012, No. 811, §5, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:8.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 8.2
Teacher certification examinations
Status: in_force

A. A person applying for initial certification as a teacher in a public school shall have passed satisfactorily an examination, which shall include pedagogical knowledge and knowledge in the applicant's area of specialization, as a prerequisite to the granting of the certificate by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

B. However, the following persons may be issued a provisional teaching permit or an authorization to teach without meeting the requirement of Subsection A of this Section:

(1) Any person who is employed as a foreign language teacher in a Certified Foreign Language Immersion Program pursuant to R.S. 17:273.2, who is not otherwise eligible to receive state authorization to teach through participation in the Foreign Associate Teacher Program, who has at least a baccalaureate degree, and who has satisfied all provisions of state law relative to background checks and criminal history review applicable to the employment of public school personnel.

(2) Any teacher certified in another state who meets all other requirements for a Louisiana standard professional level teacher certificate granted to out-of-state graduates except for the satisfactory passage of the examination and who does not meet the requirements of Subsection C of this Section.

(3) Any person who meets all other certification requirements except failure to successfully pass the original examination but who scored within ten percent of the score required for passage.

C. In addition, any teacher who holds a valid out-of-state teaching certificate and has at least three years of successful teaching experience in another state as determined by the board shall not be required to take the examination or to submit any examination scores from any examination previously taken in another state as a prerequisite to the granting of certification in Louisiana. Upon application and verification of successful teaching experience in another state by the board, the teacher shall be granted a valid standard professional level teaching certificate, provided the teacher meets all other requirements for background checks and criminal history reviews as may be required by law and board policy.

D. The examination shall be administered to each student in a teacher education program at a public college or university in Louisiana prior to graduation and shall be administered to other applicants at any time the examination is offered. The board shall prescribe other qualifications and requirements and shall consider other factors.

E. The state superintendent of education shall administer the policy of the board regarding examinations. In administering the policy, the superintendent shall choose the appropriate testing instrument, shall conduct all necessary research to validate the applicability of the instrument to teacher education programs within the state of Louisiana, and shall conduct all necessary research to determine the level at which the examination is satisfactorily completed. During the conduct of the research and in the preparation of the testing instrument, the superintendent shall meet with and consider the suggestions of individual classroom teachers, representatives of teacher organizations, deans of education of the public colleges and universities of the state, and representatives of each of the governing boards for higher education.

F. Any applicant seeking certification may apply for and take any required test or tests without limitation as to the frequency of applications or testing.

G. The state superintendent of education shall annually submit a report to the state board and publish the report on its website relative to the examination administered pursuant to this Section. The report shall include but not be limited to the number of persons to whom the examination was administered; the educational background and teaching experience of the persons; the number of persons successfully completing the examination; the effectiveness of the examination; and any suggestions for improving the examination.

H. Any examination selected by the state superintendent of education to be used pursuant to this Section and any criteria established to determine the level at which either the examination used or any examination selected to supercede it is satisfactorily completed shall be approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Acts 2023, No. 392, §1, eff. June 14, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:81.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 81.5
School employees; procedure for dismissal
Status: in_force

Not later than January 1, 1988, each city and parish school board shall develop and adopt rules and policies which it shall use in dismissing school employees who have not attained tenure in accordance with applicable provisions of law and whose dismissal is not a result of a reduction in force, as provided for in R.S. 17:81.4. The school board shall provide a procedure by which any employee, whose dismissal is governed by this Section, may participate in the development of the rules and policies. Such rules and policies shall be made available for public inspection within ten days after they are finally adopted.

Acts 1987, No. 631, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:87.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 87.2
Application for right-of-way over school lands; notice; advertisement; objections; terms and conditions of grant
Status: in_force

No application for a right-of-way shall be considered unless certificate of publication of due notice is on file in the office of the school board, showing advertisement of the pending application by publication two times within ten days in the official journal of the parish wherein the sixteenth section or part thereof is situated, said notice being required for the purpose of permitting any citizen or citizens residing within the sixteenth section or part thereof to file opposition to the granting of such right-of-way. Provided any objection or objections are submitted as aforesaid, the school board shall give due consideration thereto in determining whether or not such application shall be granted. No right-of-way authorized by R.S. 17:87.1 shall be granted unless adequate consideration for the grant is paid to the school board. A provision shall also be incorporated in the grant that the general public may have full ingress and egress over, across and through said right-of-way. The school board may impose other conditions which, in its discretion, are deemed advisable or necessary, and fix the term for the grant.

Added by Acts 1950, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1761 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1761
Dissolution of parish school loan funds and committees
Status: in_force

Upon the written declaration by the secretary-treasurer of a parish school loan fund committee that the fund is inactive and no longer serving a public purpose, a parish school loan fund committee, by a majority vote of its members, may provide for the dissolution of the fund and of the committee. Upon dissolution of a parish school loan fund, any assets of such fund shall be distributed by the secretary-treasurer of the loan fund committee to the original contributors in proportion to their original contribution of funds. If the secretary-treasurer certifies in writing to the committee that for good and proper reason all or any part of fund assets cannot be distributed in this manner, those assets that cannot be returned to the original contributors shall be transferred by the committee's secretary-treasurer to the general operating account of the parish school board.

Acts 1989, No. 425, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4041 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4041
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(3) "District" means any city, parish, or other local public school district, the Recovery School District, and the Special School District.

(4) "Governing authority" means the governing authority of any public elementary or secondary school.

(5) "Low-performing school" means an academically unacceptable school as determined by the board.

(6) "Superintendent" means the superintendent of any city, parish, or other local public school district, the director of the Special School District, and the superintendent of the Recovery School District.

(7) "Waiver" means a waiver granted pursuant to and in accordance with this Chapter which exempts the recipient district from any provision of this Title or from any rule, regulation, or policy of the board that is applicable to public schools and to public school officers and employees. A waiver may be granted for any combination of such laws, rules, regulations, or policies, including but not limited to those related to instructional time, curriculum, funding, personnel, student-to-personnel ratios, and student support; however, Subpart B of Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, R.S. 17:158, 416.2, 3902 and laws, rules, and regulations identified in R.S. 17:3996(B) and those related to matters identified in R.S. 17:3996(A) shall not be waived. Also, any limitation or restriction on outsourcing of food, clerical, custodial, or paraprofessional services shall not be waived.

Acts 2010, No. 749, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2187 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2187
Funds to be used exclusively for principal and interest
Status: in_force

Any moneys set aside into funds created pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 17:2186 to provide for the payment of the principal and interest on bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder, shall be used solely for the purpose of paying principal of and interest on bonds, notes, certificates, or other obligations issued hereunder.

Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1223 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1223
Authority to contract for group hospital insurance; payment of premiums; coverage; voluntary nature of participation
Status: in_force

A.(1) The parish or city school board, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and other boards of control of publicly supported educational institutions may make contracts for group medical, surgical, and hospital benefits and services with any insurance company, hospital service, and physician service legally authorized to do business in this state providing for medical, surgical, and hospital service and benefits for its employees or any class or classes thereof, including superintendents of schools and members of the school board, under a policy or policies of group insurance or contracts covering hospital, medical, and surgical benefits and services to such persons and for such purposes, may agree to pay part or all of the premiums or charges for any such contracts out of any funds appropriated for the purpose and included in the budgets of the parish or city school boards and institutions.

(2) The parish or city school boards may also contract for medical, surgical, and hospital service and benefits for such persons' family members and dependents and may agree to pay part or all of the premiums or charges therefor out of funds appropriated for the purpose and included in its budget. All other boards and institutions authorized hereunder to enter into such contracts may also provide for medical, surgical, and hospital service and benefits for such persons' family members and dependents provided the cost of such service and benefits is paid for solely by the persons.

(3) The parish or city school boards may also contract for medical, surgical, and hospital service and benefits for the surviving spouses and dependents of deceased school system employees or retired employees who were, during their lifetimes, eligible for and entitled to such benefits and services and participants in and parties to such a contract provided the cost of such service and benefits is paid for solely by the surviving spouses and dependents. Such surviving spouses and dependents shall have the same rights and responsibilities under the contract as other members of the group and shall in all respects, except payment of premiums or charges by the employer, be treated as other members of the group.

(4) The term "employee", as used in this Section, shall include any former employee now retired.

B. The said parish school boards and publicly supported educational institutions are legally authorized, enabled, and permitted to deduct from the employee's pay, salary or compensation, such parts of the premiums as are payable by the employee and as may be authorized in writing by the employee.

C. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to make it compulsory upon any employees herein designated to accept or join in any plan of group insurance or to assign or authorize deductions from their wages or salaries in payment of premiums therefor.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 338, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 365, §1; Acts 1976, No. 597, §1; Acts 1981, No. 340, §1, eff. July 16, 1981; Acts 1984, No. 771, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:5122 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 5122
Notice to students and parents
Status: in_force

The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall require that the governing authority of every public secondary school include as a component of a student's five-year educational plan as required by R.S. 17:183.2 comprehensive information relative to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students and program eligibility requirements for each of the awards. Additionally, the parent or other person responsible for the student's school attendance at the ninth grade level shall be required to return to the school at the start of the student's ninth grade year a signed notice that the program information and eligibility requirements have been reviewed by the parent or other responsible person and by the student and that, for informational and data collection purposes only, expresses the intent of the parent or other responsible person as to whether or not the student will be pursuing the necessary program of studies to be eligible for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award.

Acts 2015, No. 227, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1552 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1552
Acquisition of land and buildings
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of said Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is vested with full authority to determine the location of and acquire the land and buildings deemed necessary for the establishment of such branch.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 60, §2. Amended Acts 1966, No. 159, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 416.17
Youth development and assistance programs; legislative findings and purpose; school authority for programs for elementary students
Status: in_force

A.(1) The legislature finds that early identification and intervention of aggressive, antisocial, or delinquent behaviors are critical components in recognizing and preventing chronic juvenile delinquency in later years.

(2) The legislature further finds that school-based preventive interventions for violent or aggressive behavior in youth are recognized as beneficial to the overall developmental success of students.

(3) The legislature recognizes that the introduction of violence prevention strategies in the early elementary grades may reduce the incidence of delinquent behaviors in the later grades, especially when such programs include parental involvement in the prevention and intervention strategies.

(4) The purpose of this Section is to authorize elementary schools to develop prevention and intervention strategies to address disruptions and violence in schools to create safe school environments in which teachers can teach and students can learn and which increase student and family connectedness to the school.

B. A school may, upon approval of its governing authority, develop and offer youth development and assistance programs that employ violence prevention and intervention initiatives for students in kindergarten and the elementary grades. Such programs shall provide for early identification of and support for students who are at risk before their behavior escalates into aggression or disruption, disciplinary problems, or juvenile delinquency.

C.(1) A youth development and assistance program may consist of age- or grade-appropriate alternative classrooms during school or special intervention or prevention programs before, after, or during the school day.

(2) Such programs may include but shall not be limited to the following components:

(a) Provision of services for students including behavioral training and intervention techniques that promote cooperation and enhance interpersonal and conflict resolution skills, peer mediation, anger management, bullying prevention, life skills training, mentoring, counseling, and tutoring programs that improve academic achievement.

(b)(i) Provision of services which support the parents of students identified with behavioral needs that may need intervention or support. Such parent services may include literacy services or parental training.

(ii) Required participation of any parent of a student so identified in such intervention at the school or other designated facility.

(c) Collaboration with community-based organizations, including but not limited to youth services, civic, social services, mental health, volunteer services, and juvenile justice agencies.

D. The provisions of this Section shall be implemented upon the approval of each city, parish, or other local public school board of any program submitted by a school and the availability of funds to a school for such purpose.

Acts 2001, No. 786, §1, eff. June 26, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2196.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2196.5
Bonds
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-Part C shall be solely the obligations of the issuing board and not the State of Louisiana, and shall contain a recital to that effect. The principal and interest of said bonds, irrespective of the dates of issuance thereof, shall be payable, on a parity with outstanding bonds previously authorized and issued under the provisions of this Sub-Part. The payment of the principal and interest of said bonds shall be a first charge upon corporation franchise tax avails subordinate only to prior bonds and pledges, and the Treasurer of the State of Louisiana shall, in each fiscal year, set aside and pay over to the issuing board from corporation franchise tax avails for the payment of the principal of and the interest on all bonds issued under the authority of this Sub-Part, which may then be outstanding, the aggregate amount of the principal and interest due thereon in such fiscal year. The amounts received from the state treasurer out of corporation franchise tax in each fiscal year, subject to prior bonds and pledges, shall be irrevocably and irrepealably pledged and dedicated to the payment of the principal of and the interest on all outstanding bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-Part C. Said bonds shall mature at such time or times as the issuing board shall determine within thirty (30) years from their date of issue, and shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding five per centum (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually, and shall be in such denominations and form, with such provisions for registration as to principal, or as to principal and interest, and reconversion as the issuing board shall determine, and shall be redeemable at such time or times and with or without such redemption premiums as shall be determined by the issuing board and set forth in said bonds. Issuing board may in the resolution authorizing bonds hereunder, provide for the initial issuance of a single bond representing the entire amount of an issue or bonds of various denominations representing designated blocks or portions of an issue. The issuing board may in any such resolution make such provision for installment payments of the principal amount of such single bond or bonds as it may consider desirable, and may provide for the making of such bond or bonds registrable as to principal or as to both principal and interest, and where interest accruing thereon is not represented by interest coupons for the endorsing of payments of interest on the bond or bonds. The issuing board may further make provision in any such resolution for the manner and circumstances in and under which such single bond or bonds may in the future at the request of the holder or holders be converted into bonds of small denominations, which bonds of small denominations may in turn be either coupon bonds or bonds registrable as to principal or principal and interest. Such resolution may also provide for the creation of reserve funds to be used for preventing or remedying a default in the payment of principal and interest on bonds authorized hereunder. The principal and interest of said bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the Treasurer of the State of Louisiana, in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, or a bank designated by the original purchaser at the option of the holder. Said bonds shall be sold to the highest bidder upon sealed proposals at public sale for not less than par and accrued interest after advertisement published at least ten (10) days in advance of the date of sale in newspapers or financial journals published in the cities of New Orleans, Louisiana, and New York, New York, reserving to said issuing board the right to reject any and all bids, and the right to readvertise for new bids in the manner herein provided. Issuing board by resolution may provide for the issuance of temporary bonds under the terms and conditions it shall determine.

No proceedings or approvals with respect to such bonds or the issuance and sale thereof shall be necessary except such as are contemplated by this Sub-Part C, and interest on said bonds issued under this Sub-Part is exempt from all taxation in Louisiana.

The bonds authorized to be issued hereunder shall be signed by the issuing board's presiding officer and by its secretary, or with the facsimile signature of its presiding officer, attested by its secretary. Any coupons attached to said bonds shall bear the facsimile signature of the secretary of the issuing board. Said bonds are hereby declared to have the qualities of negotiable instruments under the law of Louisiana, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for the issuance and sale thereof, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders thereof.

The corporate existence of LSU board and state board, herein declared to be bodies politic, shall continue until all the bonds or other obligations issued under the provisions of this Sub-Part and the interest thereon shall have been fully paid and retired. So long as any of the bonds issued hereunder are outstanding and unpaid, the proceeds of the corporation franchise tax shall continue to be levied and collected and no laws shall be adopted by the Legislature of Louisiana affecting adversely the collection thereof, and subject to prior bonds and pledges the proceeds of said tax shall be irrevocably and irrepealably pledged and dedicated to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-Part.

The proceeds of the bonds herein authorized to be issued and sold shall be deposited in a special construction fund with issuing board, and shall be disbursed as herein authorized by the issuing board.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 376, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3367 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3367
Authority to execute mineral leases on college and university lands; term; use of revenues
Status: in_force

A. Each board is authorized to execute and fix the terms and conditions of oil, gas and mineral leases upon any lands owned in whole or in part by the board or held by it for the use and benefit of any college or university under its supervision and management for the purpose of exploration, development, drilling and mining for oil, gas and other minerals in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, Sections 4 and 5 of the 1974 Constitution of the state of Louisiana.

B. Each lease sought to be executed under authority of this Section shall require the prior approval of the State Mineral and Energy Board.

C.(1) Revenues from oil, gas, and mineral leases executed by each board as authorized in Subsection A of this Section shall be allocated to the board which executed the lease, or its successor, and shall be used by the recipient board solely for the benefit of the college or university located on the leased properties. As to each such college or university, these revenues shall be in addition to any other revenues or funds appropriated or otherwise provided for or available to the college or university, and in no case shall any of these revenues be computed or considered by the division of administration or otherwise in determining the amounts to be appropriated to or for the college or university in the general appropriation act or any other act, and in no case shall these revenues, or any part of them, be computed or considered in determination of the allocation of funds under the Board of Regents appropriation formula for higher education.

(2) The revenues received under this Subsection for a college or university shall be used for the following purposes:

(a) To alleviate safety hazards and other bona fide emergency conditions.

(b) To make needed major repairs to buildings, grounds, streets, and parking lots, purchase land, and upgrade utility systems of that institution.

(c) For new capital construction or capital acquisitions.

(d) For establishment of permanent endowment funds from which investment earnings are used for scholarships or as salaries or a supplement for salaries or for other expenses directly related to scholarly work for faculty members at the college or university.

(e) For other operating expenses upon approval of the appropriate public postsecondary education management board.

(3) In order to ensure that the highest priority shall be given to the projects aimed at preserving and improving existing facilities, the Board of Regents shall recommend priorities for emergencies and major repairs required on the college and university campuses.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 474, §1; Acts 1991, No. 897, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 395, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3163 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3163
Statewide Articulation and Transfer Agreement
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Regents and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall enter into a statewide articulation agreement that shall govern the articulation and transfer of credit between and among the state's public secondary and postsecondary educational institutions.

B. The statewide articulation agreement shall, at a minimum:

(1) Guarantee the transfer of general education courses and common degree program prerequisites.

(2) Guarantee the transfer of all courses contained in a transfer pathway, established pursuant to R.S. 17:3164.1, as credit in courses that satisfy general education or program requirements.

(3) Guarantee that every graduate of a community college awarded an associate of arts or an associate of science degree approved by the council for transfer to a four-year postsecondary institution shall be deemed to have met all general education and other core curriculum requirements and shall be granted admission to the upper division of any four-year public postsecondary institution, in accordance with each institution's general transfer admission requirements, except to a limited access program or a program that has audition or other specialized admission requirements, as approved by the Board of Regents.

(4) Provide that graduates awarded an associate of arts or an associate of science degree approved by the council for transfer and who transfer to a four-year postsecondary institution shall not be required to take any additional general education courses to fulfill baccalaureate degree requirements.

(5) Provide that graduates awarded an associate of arts or an associate of science degree approved by the council for transfer shall receive priority for admission to a four-year public postsecondary institution over out-of-state students.

(6) Guarantee the statewide articulation of appropriate career and technical education programs and workforce development programs and transfer of course credits between secondary schools and technical and community colleges.

(7) Provide for acceptance by postsecondary educational institutions of credits earned in accelerated programs such as dual enrollment and the Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and College-Level Examination programs.

(8) Provide for acceptance by public postsecondary educational institutions of credits earned through competency-based education and prior learning assessments.

(9) Guarantee the transfer of equivalent courses under the statewide course numbering system.

(10) Establish a common college transcript.

Acts 2009, No. 356, §1, eff. July 6, 2009; Acts 2022, No. 308, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.