La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3050.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3050.2
Tuition grants; eligibility; continuation; limits
Status: in_force

A.(1) As part of the Grant Opportunity for Youth ChalleNGe Program, hereinafter referred to as the "GO-Youth ChalleNGe Program", the state shall award a grant in an amount determined by the administering agency to equal the actual cost of tuition of any student who enrolls on a full-time basis in a Louisiana public postsecondary institution to pursue a certificate, diploma, or associate or baccalaureate degree required for a high-demand, high-skill, high-wage career.

(2) The state shall award a grant in an amount determined by the administering agency to be equal to the average grant amount paid under this Section for students attending a public postsecondary institution to any student who enrolls on a full-time basis at a regionally accredited independent college or university in the state that is a member of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to pursue a certificate, diploma, or associate or baccalaureate degree required for a high-demand, high-skill, high-wage career.

(3) To be eligible for a grant as provided for in this Section, a student must meet all of the following qualifications and all other applicable qualifications of this Chapter:

(a) Is a resident of Louisiana, as defined by the administering agency, during the twenty-four months preceding enrollment in an eligible postsecondary institution.

(b)(i) Has been certified to have graduated from the Youth ChalleNGe Program and earned a high school diploma issued by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education or its equivalent, and unless granted an exception for cause by the administering agency, has enrolled in an eligible postsecondary institution not later than the semester, excluding summer semesters or sessions, immediately following the first anniversary of the date that the student graduated from the Louisiana National Guard's Youth ChalleNGe Program, or if the student joins the armed forces of the United States upon graduation has enrolled in an eligible postsecondary institution not later than the semester, excluding summer semesters or sessions, immediately following the fifth anniversary of the date that the student graduated from the Louisiana National Guard's Youth ChalleNGe Program.

(ii) Effective for the 2020-2021 award year and thereafter, the administering agency may, by rule, provide for an earlier or later initial enrollment date.

(c) Has no criminal conviction, except for misdemeanor traffic violations and, if the student has been in the armed forces of the United States and has separated from such service, has received an honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions.

B.(1) To continue such grant, the student shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Maintain continuous enrollment as a full-time student unless granted an exception for cause by the administering agency.

(b) Make steady progress as defined by the administering agency toward completion of the requirements of the program in which enrolled earning not less than the minimum hours of credit required for full-time standing or the required number of hours needed to complete the program's requirements.

(c) Have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 calculated on a 4.00 scale.

(d) Have no criminal conviction, except for misdemeanor traffic violations and, if the student has been in the armed forces of the United States and has separated from such service, has received an honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions.

(2) If at any time a student fails to maintain the cumulative grade point average required for continuation of the grant or as of the end of any term during the school year fails to make steady progress as defined by the administering agency, the student shall become ineligible for further tuition grant payments. Payments may be reinstated upon attainment of the grade point average required for continuation of the tuition grant and the standards for steady progress, provided that the student has maintained other continuation requirements and the period of ineligibility did not persist for more than one year from the date of loss of eligibility.

C. No student shall be eligible for a tuition grant pursuant to this Section for more than two years unless an extension is granted by the administering agency in accordance with its rules.

Acts 2003, No. 826, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2019, No. 402, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:413 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 413
Prerequisites for employment
Status: in_force

No person shall be appointed to teach without a written contract for the scholastic year in which the teaching is to be done. Every teacher shall hold a certificate of a grade sufficiently high to meet the requirements of his position. Parish superintendents of schools shall ascertain definitely, before contracting with a teacher, that the teacher holds a certificate issued by the state board of education.

This Section shall not be construed as requiring a written contract to be made for any scholastic year with regular and permanent teachers enjoying tenure.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3351.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3351.13
Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College; tuition and attendance fee amounts; graduate students; masters degree in business administration; School of Veterinary Medicine
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the authority granted to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College by law authorizing such board to provide for and impose fees and in accordance with the provisions of Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the board may impose the following increases in tuition and attendance fee amounts effective for the Fall 2009 semester and thereafter:

(1) For a full-time graduate student who is enrolling in any four-year institution under its management and supervision, an increase in tuition by an amount which shall not exceed thirty dollars per credit hour per semester.

(2) For a full-time student who is seeking a Masters of Business Administration degree at any institution under its management and supervision, an increase in tuition by an amount of one thousand dollars per semester, which shall be inclusive of the increase in graduate student tuition authorized in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(3) For a full-time student who is enrolling in the School of Veterinary Medicine and seeking a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, an increase in tuition by an amount of seven hundred fifty dollars per semester.

(4) For a full-time student who is enrolling in the School of Medicine at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport and seeking a Doctor of Medicine degree, an increase in tuition by an amount of five hundred dollars per semester.

(5) For a full-time student who is enrolling in the School of Allied Health Professions at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport and seeking a master's degree in occupational therapy, communications disorders, or health sciences, an increase in tuition by an amount of five hundred dollars per semester.

B. The board shall establish criteria for waiving the tuition increases 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.

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

Acts 2009, No. 313, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:542 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 542
Permanent employees; causes for removal; procedure
Status: in_force

A. A permanent employee shall not be removed except on written and signed charges of willful neglect of duty, incompetency, dishonesty of being a member of or contributing to any group, organization, movement or corporation that is prohibited by law or injunction from operating in the state of Louisiana, and then only if found guilty after a hearing by a committee of the board hereby authorized to be established therefor, which hearing may be private or public, at the option of the employee. At least thirty days in advance of the date of the hearing, the chief school administrator shall furnish the board with the following:

(1) A copy of the written charges.

(2) A list of the names and last known addresses of all witnesses the board committee may or will use at the hearing.

(3) A copy of all documents the board committee will or may introduce during the course of the hearing.

The employee shall have the right to appear before the committee of the board with witnesses in his behalf and with counsel of his selection all of whom shall be heard by the committee at the said hearing. At least fifteen days in advance of the date of the hearing, the employee shall furnish to the chief school administrator the following:

(1) A list of the names and addresses of all witnesses the employee may or will use at the hearing.

(2) A copy of all documents the employee will or may introduce during the course of the hearing.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed as depriving the board or any employee thereof of any right of action it or they may be entitled to under the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana.

For the purpose of conducting hearings or investigations hereunder, the committee of the board shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations and the power to issue subpoenas in the name of the state of Louisiana to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence. All such subpoenas shall be served by the sheriff or any deputy of the parish to which the same is directed; and such sheriff or deputy shall be entitled to no fee for serving such subpoenas. In the event any person fails or refuses to obey a subpoena issued hereunder, any district court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the hearing is held or within the jurisdiction of which said person is found or resides, upon application by the board or its representatives, shall have the power to compel such person to appear before the committee and to give testimony or produce evidence as ordered; and any failure to obey such an order of the court may be punished by the court issuing the same as a contempt thereof.

B. If a permanent employee is found guilty by the committee, after due and legal hearing as provided herein, on charges of willful neglect of duty, or of incompetency, or of being a member of or of contributing to any group, organization, movement or corporation that is prohibited by law or injunction from operating in the state of Louisiana, and ordered removed from office or disciplined by the said board committee, the employee may, not more than one year from the date of said finding, petition a court of competent jurisdiction for a full hearing to review the action of the board committee and the court shall have jurisdiction to affirm or reverse the action of the committee in the matter. If the finding of the board committee is reversed by the court and the employee is ordered reinstated and restored to duty, the employee shall be entitled to full pay for any loss of time or salary he may have sustained by reason of the action of the said board committee.

C. When a specified course is discontinued at any one vocational-technical school, a tenured instructor shall have seniority employment rights in that program or its equivalent in that school. In cases where the above does not apply such instructor is no longer protected by this section but shall have the first option to be employed if the discontinued course or its equivalent is reinstated at his former school.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 661, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 346, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.6
Criteria for determining need
Status: in_force

The department shall establish criteria for identifying and targeting areas of the state with the greatest need for early childhood programs and for identifying types of programs likely to provide greatest benefit to children who are economically disadvantaged. Among the criteria to be considered in developing guidelines for funding programs pursuant to the provisions of this Part are the extent to which a program serves children who:

(1) Are from low-income families.

(2) Are from families with low parental educational levels.

(3) Were of low weight or premature at birth.

(4) Live with a teenage parent.

(5) Are or have been a victim of abuse or neglect.

(6) Are from families with experience with substance abuse or addiction.

(7) Are in foster care.

(8) Live in a single-parent family.

Acts 1992, No. 970, §1, eff. July 9, 1992; Acts 2018, No. 307, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3093 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3093
Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority; creation; powers
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority, which, under the authority of the Board of Regents, shall have the powers enumerated in this Chapter.

B.(1) The Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority shall be governed by the Board of Regents, except as modified by Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, and hereafter in this Chapter shall be referred to as the authority. The authority shall operate under the same laws, rules, and guidelines and with the same officer selection and employment policies as the Board of Regents, except when inconsistent with this Chapter. The commissioner of higher education or his designee shall serve as chairman of the authority.

(2) The membership of the authority shall consist of the following persons:

(a) The members of the Board of Regents.

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

(c) An officer of a bank in Louisiana who is a member of the Louisiana Bankers' Association and who is nominated by the association and appointed by the governor.

(d) One member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker and one member of the Senate appointed by the president.

(e) The state treasurer who shall be an ex officio voting member of the authority.

(3) The authority shall meet at least annually at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the chairman or the authority determines necessary. The chairman may establish and delegate to an executive committee such duties and responsibilities as the authority determines appropriate, except that the authority may not delegate to the executive committee the final determination of the rate of interest to be paid on education savings accounts of record at the close of the calendar year. Upon such delegation, the executive committee shall have the authority to act pursuant to such delegation without further approval or action by the authority.

(4) A majority of the authority shall constitute a quorum of the authority, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for any action taken by the authority. A majority of the executive committee shall constitute a quorum of the executive committee, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the executive committee members present shall be necessary for any action taken by the executive committee. No vacancy in the membership of the authority or the executive committee shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all rights and perform all duties of the authority or the executive committee respectively.

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

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

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

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

(4) Promote, advertise, and publicize the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program.

(5) Enter into agreements with any agency of the state or its political subdivisions or with private employers under which an employee may agree to have a designated amount deducted in each payroll period from the wages or salary due him for the purpose of depositing said funds in the education savings account established by the employee.

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

D.(1) The authority shall, by adoption of rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, provide for the following:

(a) The establishment and imposition of reasonable residency requirements for beneficiaries of those applying to establish an education savings account.

(b) The establishment and imposition of reasonable limits on the number of education savings account participants.

(c) The establishment and imposition of limits on the amount which may accrue in an account on behalf of any beneficiary.

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

(e) The establishment and imposition of restrictions on the transfer of ownership of education savings accounts.

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

(g) The disposition of abandoned accounts in compliance with state law.

(h) The establishment and imposition of restrictions on investment of deposits in an education savings account and the interest earned thereon.

(i) A procedure for the authority to identify qualified students for designation as beneficiary when authorized to make such a designation by an account owner meeting the classification requirements of R.S. 17:3096(A)(1)(e).

(2) The authority may, but only by adoption of rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, provide for any of the following:

(a) The establishment, imposition, and collection of necessary and proper fees in connection with service provided or cost incurred in the implementation or administration of this Chapter.

(b) Such other rules as are necessary and proper for the implementation and administration of this Chapter.

Acts 1995, No. 547, §1, eff. June 18, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1416, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 332, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 221, §2, eff. June 5, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 201, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2016, No. 314, §3(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:397 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 397
Student eligibility
Status: in_force

A student eligible for remedial education shall be defined as a student in the elementary and secondary schools of this state who does not meet the performance standards as established by the department and approved by the state board. Each city and parish school board shall maintain a systematic process for identifying children who are eligible for remedial education.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 433, §1, eff. July 21, 1980; Acts 1986, No. 698, §1, eff. June 1, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2081 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2081
South Central College
Status: in_force

South Central College in Lake Charles, an interdenominational institution for the education of young men and women, situated in the parish of Calcasieu, Louisiana, shall have the power and is hereby granted authority to graduate students and confer such literary honors and degrees, and to grant such diplomas, as are conferred and granted by any colleges, universities or seminaries of learning in the United States and Europe, to such graduates of such institution, or other persons, as may be provided for under such rules and regulations and over the signature of such persons as such corporation may adopt.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 165, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:68.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 68.1
St. George Community School Board and school system; creation; membership; qualifications; apportionment; election; powers, duties, functions; and system operation
Status: in_force

A.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon the appointment of members of the interim school board as provided in R.S. 17:68.2, there shall be established a separate school system and school board for the city of St. George within the boundaries of East Baton Rouge Parish. The school board shall be designated as the St. George Community School Board. The board shall be composed of seven members, one from each of the single-member districts as provided for in Subsection B of this Section, who shall be electors and shall meet the qualifications for office provided in R.S. 17:52.

(2) The geographic boundaries of the school system shall, at all times relevant, be coterminous with the city of St. George.

B.(1) The interim school board shall, within one hundred eighty days of appointment of the interim members, develop and adopt a plan of governance and shall divide the geographic area encompassed by the St. George Community School System into seven single-member districts and each district shall elect one member to serve on the St. George Community School Board. The districts shall be drawn in such a manner so that each member of the St. George Community School Board represents the same number of persons as nearly as possible, using population figures from the latest federal decennial census.

(2) Prior to the final adoption of the apportionment plan required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the interim school board shall order a public hearing on the proposed plan and shall cause the notice of the public hearing to be published in its official journal, at least twenty days prior to the date of such hearing, and the notice shall include all of the following:

(a) The time and place of the hearing.

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

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

C.(1) The initial members of the St. George Community School Board shall be elected at the time and place as provided by law and the election shall occur prior to the date that the St. George Community School Board begins the actual operation of educating students within its jurisdiction as a separate school system.

(2) The initial elected members shall take office and their duties shall be generally provided by law for elected parish school board members.

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

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

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

F.(1) The St. George Community School Board shall begin actual operation of providing for the education of students within its jurisdiction on July 1, 2027.

(2) Pursuant to the duty and responsibility placed with the legislature by Article VIII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana to establish and maintain a public educational system and pursuant to the authority granted to the legislature by Article VIII, Section 10(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana to enact laws affecting parish school board systems in existence on the effective date of the constitution, all lands, buildings, improvements, facilities, and other property having title vested in the public and subject to management, administration, and control by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board for public education purposes that is located within the geographic boundaries of the St. George Community School System or used to provide student transportation services to such facilities, or both, shall be transferred to the St. George Community School Board not later than June 30, 2027. Once transferred, all property shall thereafter be managed, administered, and controlled by the St. George Community School Board. The provisions of this Subsection shall supersede any other provision of law to the contrary.

G. The St. George Community School System and the East Baton Rouge Parish School System shall develop a transportation plan or develop a plan for transferring school buses from the fleet owned and operated by the East Baton Rouge Parish School System to the St. George Community School System.

H. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System shall provide extended school year services through August 31, 2027, to public and nonpublic school students residing within the geographic boundaries of the St. George Community School System who qualified to receive such services prior to June 30, 2027.

I. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System and any taxing district created by the East Baton Rouge Parish School System shall be the recipient of all sales and use taxes levied for school purposes collected within the geographic boundaries of the St. George Community School System and remitted by the tax collector through June 30, 2027. Beginning on July 1, 2027, the sales and use tax collector shall remit all sales and use taxes levied for school purposes collected within the geographic boundaries of the St. George Community School System, including delinquent payments, to the St. George Community School System.

J. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System shall receive all ad valorem and property taxes levied for school purposes that are collected within the geographic boundaries of the St. George Community School System and that are remitted by the tax collector through June 30, 2027. Beginning on July 1, 2027, the tax collector shall remit all ad valorem and property taxes levied for school purposes collected within the geographic boundaries of the St. George Community School System, including delinquent payments, to the St. George Community School System.

K. With respect to students attending charter schools that are located within the boundaries of the St. George Community School System and the East Baton Rouge Parish School System, all of the following shall apply:

(1)(a) On July 1, 2027, the St. George Community School Board shall assume the jurisdiction over the existing charter schools located within the boundaries of the St. George Community School System that were authorized by the East Baton Rouge Parish School System prior to the effective date of the Act.

(b) An existing charter operator, at their option, may renegotiate the terms of the contract with St. George Community School System or petition to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to become a Type II charter after the effective date of the Act. If the existing charter chooses not to renegotiate the terms of the existing charter, then the terms of the charter which were authorized by the East Baton Rouge School System prior to the effective date of the Act shall remain in effect until the expiration of the charter.

(2) After the effective date of the Act, all applications for a new charter school to be located within the boundaries of the St. George Community School System shall be made to the St. George Community School Board or as otherwise provided by law.

L. As required of all municipal and other school systems pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13(D)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana, no state funds shall be used to discriminate or to have the effect of discriminating in providing equal educational opportunity for all students.

M. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System and the St. George Community School System shall enter into an agreement with respect to the transfer of students between the school system that does all of the following:

(1) Allows any student who is domiciled in the city of St. George to enroll and attend a school in the adjoining school system of East Baton Rouge Parish, pursuant to R.S. 17:105.1.

(2) Provides that any student who resides within the boundaries of the St. George Community School System or the East Baton Rouge Parish School System may enroll in any charter school located within the geographical boundaries of East Baton Rouge Parish.

(3) Provides that any student who is living within the geographic boundaries of the St. George Community School System shall be allowed to attend any magnet program at a school with selective enrollment that is located within the boundaries of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System, without regard to attendance zones, so long as the student meets the selective admission's requirements and maintains the academic standards of the magnet program.

(4) Provides that any student who is living within the geographic boundaries of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System shall be allowed to attend any magnet program at a school with selective enrollment that is located within the boundaries of the St. George Community School System, without regard to attendance zones, so long as the student meets the selective admission's requirements and maintains the academic standards of the magnet program.

(5) Provides that any new applicant to a magnet program or a charter school shall not displace any student who is already on the waiting list to attend that magnet program or charter school, regardless of where the student resides in East Baton Rouge Parish.

(6) Provides that the school which accepts a student that is transferred in compliance with the agreement shall receive the local per pupil and state Minimum Foundation Program funds, pursuant to R.S. 17:105, so that the money follows that student to the chosen school.

N.(1) Except as provided in Subsection M of this Section, nothing in this Section shall be construed to interfere or circumvent the rights of either school system that are established by law as it relates to attendance zones.

(2) Nothing in Subsection M of this Section shall prohibit the East Baton Rouge Parish School System or the St. George Community School System from creating enrollment preferences that may prioritize qualified students who reside within the district boundaries of its school system.

Acts 2025, No. 455, §1, eff. See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2092 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2092
Prohibition against fraternities; enforcement
Status: in_force

Parish school boards may, by a majority vote, prohibit any organization defined in R.S. 17:2091 in the high schools of the parish.

The principals of the schools in which such organizations have been prohibited shall suspend, or expel from the school under their control any person who:

(1) is or remains a member of, or joins or promises to join, or pledges himself to become a member of any organization which has been prohibited, or

(2) solicits or encourages any other person to join or promise to join, or to pledge himself to become a member of any such organization.

All action taken pursuant to this Section by any parish school board or any high school principal shall be subject to the supervision and control of the state board of education.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 10.7
School and district accountability; schools in districts in academic crisis; transfer to Recovery School District
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each elementary or secondary school that participates in a Spring cycle of student testing and has a baseline school performance score below the state average and each alternative school, established pursuant to R.S. 17:100.5, that provides educational services to students a majority of whose test scores are reported back to such an elementary or secondary school under a uniform statewide program of school accountability established pursuant to rules adopted under authority of law by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, referred to in this Section as "the state board", that is a school in or granted a charter by a city, parish, or other local public school system that has been declared to be academically in crisis pursuant to R.S. 17:10.6, and that has at least one school eligible to transfer to the Recovery School District pursuant to R.S. 17:10.5, shall be designated a failing school and shall be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Recovery School District established in R.S. 17:1990. The Recovery School District, referred to in this Section as "the recovery district", shall provide all educational services required of any city, parish, or other local public school system in order to meet the educational needs of all students residing in the jurisdiction of the transferring local school system who were attending a transferred school or who would have been eligible to attend such transferred school because of the residential location of the student or as the result of any other option or program available to the student.

(2) On and after November 15, 2009, no additional schools shall be transferred to the jurisdiction of the recovery district pursuant to this Section.

B.(1) Any school transferred to the recovery district pursuant to this Section shall be reorganized as necessary and operated by the recovery district, pursuant to its authority, in whatever manner is determined by the administering agency of the recovery district to be most likely to improve the academic performance of each student in the school.

(2)(a)(i) The recovery district, as directed by its administering agency, shall manage the schools so transferred in a fashion that provides the best educational opportunity to all students who attended or were eligible to attend such schools without regard to the attendance zones related to such schools prior to the transfer. The authority provided in this Paragraph includes the authority to determine and act on which schools should be operated, which schools should be closed, which schools should be relocated or rebuilt, and what range of grades should be operated in each school.

(ii) However, the recovery district shall provide for and ensure that schools of appropriate grade that have open enrollment policies are operating and available for the enrollment of students in reasonable proximity to the neighborhoods where concentrations of students reside. The recovery district shall use the best information available to make the determinations of the location of such neighborhoods. The requirements of this Item shall be reflected in all planning, presenting, reviewing, and approving required by Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(b)(i) Within six months after the transfer of a school to the recovery district pursuant to this Section, the recovery district shall develop and present to the state board, for its approval, a plan for the operation of all schools transferred. The plan shall be annually updated and reviewed by the state board.

(ii) The plan required in this Subparagraph shall address each of the following:

(aa) The educational needs of all students.

(bb) The number and location of schools to be operated to provide appropriate educational services to all students. This plan element shall include provision for changes in the student population being served.

(cc) A method for maintaining clear communication among interested parties, including the recovery district, the Louisiana Recovery Authority, the chief executive officer of the governing authority of the relevant municipality or parish, the parents and guardians of children for whom the recovery district is required to provide educational services, and the city, parish, or other local public school board from which schools were transferred.

(iii) The requirements of this Subparagraph shall not preclude the operation of a limited number of schools prior to completion and approval of the required plan provided that such schools are operated in direct response to the present needs of students and provided that the operation of such schools is approved by the state board after a review by the board of the data presented by the recovery district supporting the operation of the schools and review and consideration by the board of the efforts made by the recovery district to seek and consider input from the community and its leaders and the input gained from those efforts.

(3) The recovery district shall make an annual report to the House and Senate committees on education concerning the status, management, and operation of any school transferred to the recovery district pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

C.(1) The recovery district shall retain jurisdiction over any school transferred to it for a period of not less than five school years not including the school year in which the transfer occurred if the transfer occurred during a school year. At the end of the initial transfer period, the school may be returned to the system from which it was transferred unless the school is continued in the recovery district in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph (3) of this Subsection.

(2)(a) No later than nine months prior to the expiration of the initial or subsequent transfer period, the recovery district shall make a report to the state board.

(b) The report shall include at a minimum each of the following elements:

(i) The status of each school transferred, the nature of its faculty and administration, the demographics and size of its student body, its organizational and management structure, whether there has been improvement in student academic performance and, if so, how much and, if not, why not.

(ii) A recommendation as to whether the school should be:

(aa) Continued in the recovery district pursuant to its reported operational status.

(bb) Continued in the recovery district with a change in its operational status and the nature of the recommended change.

(cc) Closed and the reasons therefor.

(dd) Returned to the administration and management of the transferring system with proposed stipulations and conditions for the return.

(3) No later than six months prior to the expiration of the initial or subsequent transfer period, the state board shall take action on the recommendations of the recovery district. Additionally, no later than six months prior to the expiration of the initial or subsequent transfer period, the state board shall conduct a public hearing within the jurisdiction of the city, parish, or other local public school board from which the school was transferred relative to whether the school should be continued in the recovery district or returned to the system. The state board by a majority vote of its membership may continue any school in the recovery district for additional periods of five years.

D. At the time of the transfer of a school to the recovery district, the parent or guardian with responsibility for decisions regarding the education of any student attending a transferred school or any student who would be assigned to attend a transferred school shall be able to continue to have their child enrolled in and attend a school under the jurisdiction of the recovery district or may exercise an option, if one is made available by the city, parish, or other local public school board from which the school is being transferred to have the child enroll in or attend another school operated by the school board.

Acts 2005, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §1, eff. Nov. 30, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 737, §1, eff. July 6, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4037.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4037.10
Testing
Status: in_force

A. The department shall develop a process for the annual administration of either of the following to participating students:

(1) Any examination in English language arts and mathematics required pursuant to the school and district accountability system at the prescribed grade level.

(2) A nationally norm-referenced test or assessment approved by the state board.

B. Notwithstanding Subsection A of this Section:

(1) Upon approval by the state board, a participating nonpublic school may select an assessment that is substantially aligned with its program of study and that is to be administered to participating students.

(2) A student with an exceptionality shall not be required to take any assessment from which the student would have been exempt if enrolled in a public school.

C. The department shall develop a process for the collection and aggregate reporting of assessment results and shall ensure that the results of such assessments are provided to parents of participating students and the public.

Acts 2024, No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:286.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 286.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This Subpart shall be known as the "Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act."

Added by Acts 1981, No. 685, §1.

NOTE: The Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act, R.S. 17:286.1 to 286.7, was held unconstitutional in Edwards v. Aguillard , La. 1987, 107 S.Ct. 2573, 96 L.Ed.2d 510.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1681.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1681.1
Scholarships for children of police officers, deputy sheriffs, or certain probation and parole officers killed or permanently disabled in performance of duty; certain other investigative employees
Status: in_force

A. Any child of a police officer, deputy sheriff, or adult probation and parole officer within the division of probation and parole of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections who was or is killed or permanently disabled after January 1, 1973, in the course and scope of the performance of his duties as such, which child is otherwise eligible and meets all of the entrance requirements of a college or university, shall be admitted to such college or university without the payment of any fees or other charges for tuition, books, reference manuals, and other aids to instruction required for any required course and, for full-time students only, room and board as long as such child meets the academic standards and complies with the rules and regulations of such college or university required for attendance therein.

B.(1) A scholarship awarded to a student pursuant to this Section shall be provided for the time period required for the student to earn one undergraduate degree or one vocational or technical certificate or diploma.

(2) Such scholarship shall cover not more than:

(a) One hundred twenty hours of course work required to earn a bachelor's degree.

(b) Seventy-five hours of course work required to earn an associate's degree.

(c) Sixty hours of course work required to earn a vocational or technical certificate or diploma.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, for a student who first earns a transferable associate's degree from a public two-year institution and then transfers to a public four-year college or university, the scholarship provided in this Section shall cover an additional sixty hours of course work required to earn a bachelor's degree.

C. The requirements of and benefits for any child of a law enforcement officer as provided in this Section shall also apply to any child of any state employee who was or is killed after January 1, 2011, in the performance of his duties conducting investigations, serving subpoenas, warrants, pleadings, or other orders of the court, or collecting evidence as provided in R.S. 40:1665.2(B)(20).

Added by Acts 1974, No. 353, §1; Acts 1997, No. 868, §1; Acts 1999, No. 822, §1; Acts 2012, No. 668, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7; Acts 2017, No. 240, §1, eff. June 14, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 16
Reporting of certain arrests; school employees; requirements; failure to report
Status: in_force

A. Effective January 1, 2012, and thereafter, a school employee shall report his arrest for a violation of R.S. 14:42 through 43.5, 80 through 81.5, any other sexual offense affecting minors, any of the crimes provided in R.S. 15:587.1, or any substantiated complaint of child abuse or neglect on file in the central registry pursuant to Children's Code Article 615.

B.(1) The report required by Subsection A of this Section shall be made by the school employee to a person or persons as specified by the governing authority of the school in rules and regulations required by this Section. Such report shall be made within twenty-four hours of the arrest. However, if the school employee is arrested on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legally declared school holiday such report shall be made prior to the school employee next reporting for his work assignment at a school. Such report shall be made by the school employee or an agent of the employee regardless of whether he was performing an official duty or responsibility as a school employee at the time of the offense.

(2) In addition, the school employee shall report the disposition of any legal proceedings related to any such arrest, which shall also be made a part of any related files or records.

C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to an arrest occurring after December 31, 2011, for a violation as specified in Subsection A of this Section.

D.(1) A school employee who fails to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be suspended with or without pay by the governing authority employing the employee if such employee is serving a probationary term of employment or if the provisions of law relative to probation and tenure are not applicable to the employee.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a school employee employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board who is a tenured employee of the board shall be subject to removal under R.S. 17:45, 443, 462, 493, 523, or 533, as applicable, for failure to comply with the provisions of this Section. Written and signed charges alleging such failure shall be brought against the employee.

E. Not later than October 1, 2011, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures to be followed by the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school to implement the provisions of this Section. Such rules, regulations, and procedures shall be uniform and consistent with the provisions of this Section.

F. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, unless criminal charges are instituted pursuant to an arrest which is required to be reported by this Section, all information, records, hearing materials, and final recommendations of the school pertaining to such reported arrest shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to a public records request.

G. For the purposes of this Section, "school employee" means any employee of a city, parish, or other local public school board or other governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school, including a teacher, substitute teacher, bus operator, substitute bus operator, or janitor, and shall include all temporary, part-time, and permanent school employees.

Acts 2011, No. 267, §1, eff. June 28, 2011; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1; Acts 2025, No. 409, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2353 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2353
Persons who may receive anatomical gifts; purpose of anatomical gifts
Status: in_force

A. An anatomical gift may be made to any of the following:

(1) Any hospital, accredited medical school, dental school, college, university, organ procurement organization, or other appropriate person, for research or education.

(2) Subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, a person designated by a donor.

(3) An eye or tissue bank.

B. If an anatomical gift to a person in accordance with this Section cannot be transplanted into the recipient, the part passes in accordance with the provisions of Subsection G of this Section in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor.

C. If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts or of all parts is made in a document of gift that does not name a person in accordance with Subsection A of this Section but identifies the purpose for which an anatomical gift may be used, the following shall apply:

(1) If the part is an eye and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift passes to the appropriate eye bank.

(2) If the part is tissue and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift passes to the appropriate tissue bank.

(3) If the part is an organ and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift passes to the appropriate organ procurement organization as custodian of the organ.

(4) If the part is an organ, eye, or tissue and the gift is for the purpose of research or education, the gift passes to the appropriate procurement organization.

D. For the purposes of Subsection C of this Section, if there is more than one purpose of an anatomical gift set forth in the document of gift but the purposes are not set forth in any priority, the gift shall be used for transplantation or therapy. If the gift cannot be used for transplantation or therapy, the gift may be used for research or education.

E. If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts is made but does not name a person in accordance with Subsection A of this Section and does not identify the purpose of the gift, the gift may be used only for transplantation or therapy, and the gift passes in accordance with the provisions of Subsection G of this Section.

F. If a document of gift specifies a general intent to make an anatomical gift by words such as "donor", "organ donor", or "body donor", or by a symbol or statement of similar import, the gift may be used only for transplantation or therapy, and the gift passes in accordance with the provisions of Subsection G of this Section.

G. For purposes of Subsections B, E, and F of this Section the following shall apply:

(1) If the part is an eye, the gift passes to the appropriate eye bank.

(2) If the part is tissue, the gift passes to the appropriate tissue bank.

(3) If the part is an organ, the gift passes to the appropriate organ procurement organization as custodian of the organ.

H. An anatomical gift of an organ for transplantation or therapy, other than an anatomical gift made in accordance with Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, passes to the organ procurement organization as custodian of the organ.

I. If an anatomical gift does not pass pursuant to the provisions of Subsections A through H of this Section, or the body or part of the decedent is not used for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, custody of the body or part passes to the person obligated to properly dispose of the body or part.

J. A person may not accept an anatomical gift if he knows the gift was not effectively made pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 17:2354 or 2356 or if the person knows that the decedent made a refusal in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 17:2354.1 that has not been revoked. For purposes of this Subsection, if a person knows that an anatomical gift was made on a document of gift, the person is presumed to know of any amendment, revocation, or refusal made to the same document of gift.

K. The Louisiana-designated organ procurement organization may transfer a vascular organ to an out-of-state organ procurement organization or suitable out-of-state recipient for transplantation only if a suitable recipient in the state of Louisiana cannot be found in a reasonable amount of time.

L. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, nothing in this Part affects the allocation of organs for transplantation or therapy.

M. Potential anatomical gift recipients shall be entitled to the protections against discrimination based on disability provided in R.S. 40:1170.1 et seq.

Acts 1968, No. 651, §1; Acts 1997, No. 99, §1, eff. June 11, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 937, §2, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2019, No. 57, §1, eff. May 30, 2019.

NOTE: See Acts 2019, No. 57, §4, that provides this Act shall be known and may be cited as "Evie's Law".
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:491 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 491
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Subpart, the term "school bus operator" means any employee of any city, parish, or other local public school board whose duty it is to transport students in any board school bus or activity bus to and from any school of suitable grade approved by the state Department of Education or to and from any school-related activity. Such employee shall be certified to have participated in any school bus operators instructional program or in-service training provided by the state Department of Education as provided for in R.S. 17:497.4, shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, and shall be certified to have passed any physical examination required by the department. It shall be unlawful for anyone not certified as provided in this Subsection to transport school students to and from any such school.

B. Employees of city, parish, and other local public school boards who drive buses to colleges or universities may, at the discretion of the employing school board, be exempted from the age requirements provided by this Section but shall meet those age requirements provided in R.S. 17:160.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 83, §1; Acts 1980, No. 408, §1; Acts 1981, No. 731, §1; Acts 2012, No. 704, §1, eff. June 11, 2012; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3305
Employment and compensation of faculty; administrative and professional staff; and classified employees
Status: in_force

A. The head of each college and university shall appoint and fix the salaries and the duties of the members of the faculty and administrative and professional staff for the college or university he heads, subject to the recommendation of the president or chief administrative officer of the system and approval of the appropriate management board.

B. The head of each college and university, subject to applicable civil service laws, rules and regulations and approval by the president or chief administrative officer of the system and the appropriate board, shall appoint and fix the salaries and duties of the classified employees needed for the operation of the college or university he heads.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2501 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2501
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

A. In order to promote the use of educational and public television and radio in the state of Louisiana to further the education and cultural enrichment of its citizens, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest that the Louisiana Educational Television Authority be created within the executive department of the state government.

B. The Authority is created for the purpose of making the benefits of educational and public television and radio available to and promoting their use by inhabitants of Louisiana, and to this end it is hereby empowered and directed to survey, study and appraise the need for an overall plan for the use of television and radio facilities available for noncommercial educational and public use in the state. The Authority is empowered to act as the official agency of the state to be the licensee of the stations or channels needed to implement the purposes of this Chapter, except that it shall not be the licensee of any presently existing noncommercial educational public television and radio stations within the State of Louisiana. The Authority is specifically charged to cooperate with all presently existing noncommercial educational public television and radio stations within the State of Louisiana and with the duty of controlling and supervising the use of all other channels and frequencies reserved by the Federal Communications Commission to Louisiana for noncommercial, educational public use.

C. The authority shall have as a special mission the preservation and utilization of the French language and the promotion and development of Louisiana's French culture and heritage. To that end, the authority shall air programs in the French language and shall offer programs in the French language to the same extent as other minority programming is broadcast.

D. The other purposes of the Authority are:

(1) To lease, purchase, construct, own, operate, manage, and be the licensee of educational and public television and radio stations, production centers, and all other related equipment and facilities for the production and/or transmission of open circuit, closed circuit, and any other transmission means necessary to provide complete network coverage of educational and public television and radio in the state of Louisiana.

(2) To cooperate with all licensed educational and public television and radio stations and networks, and to cooperate with any other nonprofit corporations which are organized for the purpose of operating public television and radio stations.

(3) To acquire or assist in the acquisition of land and the planning, construction, and development of the facilities for educational and public television and radio in the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1971, No. 13, §2; Acts 1989, No. 540, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.38 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.38
Transitional provisions; applicable regulations
Status: in_force

A. Until such time as rules are promulgated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to implement the types of licenses required by R.S. 17:407.36, early learning centers shall continue to follow the administrative rules contained in the Louisiana Administrative Code for the licensure of Class A and Class B child care facilities.

B. The administrative rules contained in the Louisiana Administrative Code promulgated by the Department of Children and Family Services that govern or are applicable to the programs and operations transferred from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of Education shall continue to be effective until the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education promulgates rules to implement the types of licenses required by R.S. 17:407.36.

C. Upon promulgation by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education of rules to implement the three types of licenses:

(1) All existing early learning centers possessing a Class B license shall be issued a Type I license as provided by rule, unless the center meets the definition of a Type II license, in which case it shall be issued a Type II license as provided by rule.

(2) All existing early learning centers possessing a Class A license that meet the definition of a Type II license shall be issued a Type II license as provided by rule.

(3) All existing early learning centers possessing a Class A license that meets the definition of a Type III license shall be issued a Type III license as provided by rule.

D. Any early learning center that intends to change its license type at any time during the following calendar year shall apply for a new license no later than December first of the preceding year. This Subsection shall not apply to early learning centers changing location or ownership that are required to apply for a new license.

E. The department shall maintain on its website all the information that is required by state and federal funding sources, which shall be easily accessible to the public, including but not limited to program statistics for the Child Care Assistance Program that includes monthly and year-end fiscal year totals of the number of children and amount of benefits of the current year and previous years back to 2004, monthly statistics of the number of children and the amount of benefits by parish, applications processed by parish, unduplicated count of paid providers by month, redeterminations, and cases by parish and fiscal year. The department shall also include information on each licensed facility for the last fifteen visits, including licensed capacity, license type, and current rating.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct., 1, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 82
Lunch departments, authority to operate
Status: in_force

The parish school boards throughout the state may maintain and operate lunch departments on a non-profit basis to provide meals for school children attending the public schools within their respective jurisdictions.

The employees in these departments shall not be entitled to tenure rights under any of the tenure laws of the public school system.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 226, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1983 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1983
Individualized assessments, planning, and supports
Status: in_force

A. Each blind student has the right to individualized assessments, planning, and supports to assist the student in accessing his educational environment to his fullest ability. Such assessments, plans, and supports shall be provided through highly trained and qualified professionals and teachers who have the appropriate education, certifications, and competencies for working with the blind.

B. Each blind student shall be assessed using each of the following:

(1)(a) A braille skills inventory commensurate with grade level literacy and math standards pursuant to R.S. 17:24.4(A)(4). The inventory shall:

(i) Include a functional vision assessment for a student with vision in order to determine if braille instruction is needed for the student to achieve satisfactory educational progress.

(ii) Provide a statement of the student's strengths and deficits.

(iii) Assess the student's future need for braille based on the student's eye conditions, grade level competencies, and placement expectations.

(b) Braille instruction and use are not required by this Part if, in the course of developing the student's individualized education program, the team concurs that the student's visual impairment does not affect independent or future independent reading and writing performance commensurate with ability.

(c) Nothing in this Part shall require the exclusive use of braille if other special education services are appropriate to the student's educational needs.

(d) The provision of other appropriate services shall not preclude braille use or instruction.

(2) A research-based learning media assessment to determine the most appropriate reading medium for the student's current and future needs.

(3) If deemed necessary through the assessments provided in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection, a low vision assessment centered on how the student uses his vision on a daily basis to determine if the student will benefit from optical devices such as monocular telescopes or magnifiers. As appropriate, visual acuity, visual fields, and color vision shall be assessed.

C. Based on the assessment findings, an individualized education plan shall be developed and shall include specialized supports for education and daily living activities appropriate to the needs of the student.

D. Appropriate specialized supports may include:

(1) Assistive technology skills that enable the student to use computers and other electronic equipment to function independently and effectively at school, home, work, and in the community.

(2) Career education skills that enable the student to explore career options and learn about the world of work.

(3) Compensatory skills that enable the student to access educational curriculum such as concept development, organizational skills, and communication skills including speaking and listening, using sign language and tactile symbols, reading and writing braille and print, and accessing recorded materials.

(4) Independent living skills that enable the student to provide self-care, including independent personal hygiene, food preparation, household cleaning, clothes cleaning, and money management.

(5) Orientation and mobility skills that enable the student to know where he is in space and move safely, independently, and efficiently at school, home, work, and in the community.

(6) Recreation and leisure skills that enable the student to explore and enjoy leisure activities.

(7) Self-determination skills that enable the student to become an effective self-advocate based on his own needs and goals.

(8) Sensory efficiency skills that enable the student to use all of his senses, including functional vision, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.

(9) Social interaction skills that enable the student to participate actively and appropriately in social situations.

Acts 1992, No. 923, §1; Acts 2022, No. 302, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3100.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3100.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Authority" means the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority.

(2) "Beneficiary" means a person designated in an education savings account owner's agreement, or by the authority when authorized by an account owner meeting the classification requirements of R.S. 17:3100.6(A)(1)(e), as the individual entitled to apply the savings accrued in an education savings account to the payment of his qualified education expenses.

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

(4) "Elementary or secondary school" means a public or approved nonpublic elementary or secondary school in Louisiana that contains any of the grades kindergarten through twelve.

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

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

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

(i) Brother, sister, stepbrother, or stepsister.

(ii) Father or mother, or an ancestor of either.

(iii) Stepfather or stepmother.

(iv) Son or daughter of a brother or sister.

(v) Brother or sister of the father or mother.

(vi) Brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

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

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

(8) "Qualified education expenses" are expenses for tuition in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school in grades kindergarten through twelve.

(9) "Redemption value" means the cash value of the education savings account attributable to the sum of the principal invested and the interest earned on principal and authorized to be credited to the account by the authority less any fees due and imposed by rule of the authority.

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

(11) "Tuition" means the expenses for tuition in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school, as delineated by the authority.

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

(13) "Variable Earnings Transaction Fund" means the subaccount established by the state treasurer within the Tuition and Savings Fund to receive earnings funds as described in R.S. 17:3100.5(F).

Acts 2018, No. 687, §2, eff. May 30, 2018; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:81.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 81.7
Employee reports of criminal activity; law enforcement response
Status: in_force

A. No parish or city school board shall adopt any rule, regulation, or other policy, formal or informal, which forbids or discourages any teacher or other school board employee from reporting directly to any appropriate law enforcement authority any apparent criminal activity by any person involving, or appearing to involve, controlled dangerous substances, or any other apparent illegal activity.

B. No parish or city school board shall adopt any rule, regulation, or other policy, formal or informal, which would have the effect of preventing or hindering the response of law enforcement officials on school board property, to reports of illegal activity.

Acts 1989, No. 433, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:285 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 285
African language; public elementary and secondary schools
Status: in_force

Beginning with the 1992-1993 school year, any public elementary or secondary school may offer a program of instruction in an African language or languages. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt necessary rules and regulations to insure the proper implementation of this Section and any city or parish school board offering such instruction shall do so in accordance with such rules and regulations.

Acts 1992, No. 470, §1, eff. June 20, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3041.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3041.23
Tulane University School of Medicine; contracts
Status: in_force

The commission shall enter into such contracts for students who have been admitted to the medical school, and the money obligations of any such contract as made by the commission with the medical school shall be paid for out of funds to be provided in accordance with law for such purposes.

Acts 2004, No. 894, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.36
Types of Licenses
Status: in_force

A. A "Type I license" is the type of license issued to an early learning center that is owned or operated by a church or religious organization that is qualified as a tax exempt organization under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and that receives no state or federal funds from any source, whether directly or indirectly. A "Type I license" is also the type of license issued to an early learning center holding a "Class B" license prior to the effective date of this Part.

(1) No early learning center holding a Type I license shall receive any state or federal funds, from any source, whether directly or indirectly.

(2) If an early learning center holding a Type I license receives any state or federal funds, its license shall be automatically revoked.

B. A "Type II license" is the type of license issued to an early learning center that either receives no state or federal funds from any source, whether directly or indirectly, or whose only source of state or federal funds is from the United States Department of Agriculture's food and nutrition programs, hereinafter referred to in this Part as "federal food and nutrition programs".

(1) No early learning center holding a Type II license shall receive any state or federal funds, from any source, whether directly or indirectly, other than those funds received solely for federal food and nutrition programs.

(2) If an early learning center holding a Type II license receives any state or federal funds, whether directly or indirectly, other than those received solely for federal food and nutrition programs, its license shall be automatically revoked.

C. A "Type III license" is the type of license issued to any early learning center which receives state or federal funds, directly or indirectly, from any source other than the federal food and nutrition programs. Type III early learning centers shall meet the performance and academic standards of the Early Childhood Care and Education Network regarding kindergarten readiness as determined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

D. Nothing in this Section shall prevent an early learning center otherwise qualified for a Type I license to voluntarily seek a Type II or Type III license, or an early learning center otherwise qualified for a Type II license to voluntarily seek a Type III license, provided that such early learning center meets the standards set forth for such license.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1234 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1234
Requisite signature of school employee on all documents placed in personnel file
Status: in_force

A. Each document concerning a school employee shall be placed in the employee's personnel file within a reasonable time and no document, except those resulting from routine recordkeeping, shall be placed in a school employee's personnel file by any school system employee, unless and until that school employee is presented with the original document and a copy thereof prior to its filing.

B. Upon receipt of the original document and copy of the same, the school employee shall sign the original document as an acknowledgement of the receipt of the copy of the document. Such signature shall not be construed as an agreement to the contents of the document.

Acts 1987, No. 174, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:61 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 61
Caddo Parish School Board; number of members; election; determination of membership; districts; terms; remuneration; qualifications; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. The Caddo Parish School Board shall consist of eighteen members elected in the congressional election. For purposes of determining membership on the Caddo Parish School Board, Caddo Parish shall be divided into six districts. These districts shall be designated as School Board District A, School Board District B, School Board District C, School Board District D, School Board District E, and School Board District F.

B.(1) School Board District A shall comprise all that area lying within the corporate limits of the city of Shreveport as they now exist or may hereafter be extended.

(2) School Board District B shall comprise all that area within the Police Jury Wards One and Nine, and all of that part of Police Jury Ward Four lying north of the city of Shreveport and east of Soda Lake Canal as wards are now officially delineated.

(3) School Board District C shall consist of all that area of Police Jury Ward Two as the Ward is now officially delineated.

(4) School Board District D shall consist of all that area enclosed by the following described traverse: Starting at a point on the Louisiana-Texas state line, said point of beginning being on the township line between Townships Sixteen North and Seventeen North; thence running easterly along the south line of Township Seventeen North to the southeast corner of Section Thirty-two, Township Seventeen North Range Fifteen West; thence northerly along the east side of Sections Thirty-two, Twenty-nine, Twenty, Seventeen, Eight, and Five of Township Seventeen North Range Fifteen West, and continuing northerly along the east side of Sections Thirty-two and Twenty-nine of Township Eighteen North Range Fifteen West to a point on the south boundary of Police Jury Ward Three; thence in an easterly direction and continuing along the boundary of Police Jury Ward Three to a point on the Louisiana-Texas state line; thence south along the Louisiana-Texas state line to the place of beginning.

(5) School Board District E shall consist of all that area within the following described traverse: Beginning at a point on the Louisiana-Texas state line, said point of beginning being also on the Caddo-DeSoto Parish line, extending easterly along the Caddo-DeSoto Parish line to a point on the east side of Section Thirteen, Township Fifteen North Range Fifteen West; thence northerly along the east side of Sections Thirteen, Twelve, and One, Township Fifteen North Range Fifteen West, and continuing northerly along the east side of Sections Thirty-six, Twenty-five, Twenty-four, Thirteen, Twelve, and One of Township Sixteen North Range Fifteen West, and continuing northerly along the east side of Sections Thirty-six, Twenty-five, and Twenty-four of Township Seventeen North, Range Fifteen West to the northeast corner of Section Twenty-four; thence easterly along the south side of Sections Eighteen and Seventeen, Township Seventeen North Range Fourteen West to the southeast corner of Section Seventeen; thence northerly along the east line of said Section Seventeen to the Shreveport city limits; thence continuing around the above described Districts A and D to a point on the Louisiana-Texas state line; thence south along the Louisiana-Texas state line to the place of beginning.

(6) School Board District F shall comprise all of Police Jury Wards Four, Seven and Eight, as wards are now officially delineated, less that area within the above described Districts A, B, and E.

(7) In the event any part of School Board Districts B, D, E, or F are taken into the city of Shreveport and included in its city limits, that area so included in the city limits of Shreveport shall automatically become a part of School Board District A and be taken from its former district.

C. The membership of the board and the election of the members shall be as follows:

(1) School Board District A shall have thirteen members on the board. School Board Districts B, C, D, E, and F shall each have one member on the board.

(2) All present members of the board shall serve out the full term for which they were elected or until their successors have qualified and assumed office. The members of the board who are elected at the election for school board members held at the congressional election in 1980 shall serve for terms of six years. The members of the board who are elected at the election for school board members held at the congressional election in 1982 shall serve for terms of four years. The members of the board who are elected at the election for school board members held at the congressional election in 1984 shall serve for terms of two years. All members of the Caddo Parish School Board shall be elected at the election for school board members to be held at the congressional election in 1986. The members elected in 1986, and their successors in office, shall serve four-year concurrent terms.

D. All members elected to the parish school board shall assume the duties of office at the January meeting of the board following their election.

E. Members of the Caddo Parish School Board shall receive the same remuneration, possess the same qualifications, and qualify for election in the same manner as now or hereafter provided by law for members of other parish school boards. A vacancy occurring on the board shall be filled in the manner provided by law for filling of vacancies in the other parish school boards.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 2, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 285, §4, eff. July 14, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:533 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 533
Permanent employees; causes for removal; procedure
Status: in_force

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

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

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

Added by Acts 1972, No. 194, §1; Acts 2003, No. 273, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 17.4
Health and physical education coordinator; duties; qualifications
Status: in_force

A.(1) The state Department of Education shall employ a health and physical education coordinator who shall be responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of health and physical education curricula for all grade levels in the public elementary and secondary schools in the state.

(2) At a minimum, the health and physical education coordinator shall possess at least one of the following qualifications:

(a) A doctorate in health and physical education, kinesiology, or a highly related field, and at least three years of classroom experience teaching health or physical education.

(b) A master's degree in health and physical education, kinesiology, or a highly related field, and at least five years of classroom experience teaching health or physical education.

B. The health and physical education coordinator shall:

(1) Coordinate the development and implementation of health and physical education curricula in all public elementary and secondary schools in the state.

(2) Monitor each city, parish, or other public school system for compliance with health and physical education curricular requirements established by law or by rules, regulations, and policies adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Such monitoring shall include on-site monitoring.

(3) Provide technical assistance to public schools and school systems as needed.

C. The health and physical education coordinator shall seek input and guidance from the following agencies and entities regarding the development and implementation of health and physical education curricula in public schools:

(1) Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 184, §7(B).

(3) American Heart Association.

(4) Louisiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

(5) Louisiana State University Agriculture Center, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.

(6) Louisiana Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics.

D. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

E. The state Department of Education shall submit a written report to the Senate and House committees on education and the Senate and House committees on health and welfare no later than March fifteenth of each year regarding the status of health and physical education in the public elementary and secondary schools in the state, including findings and recommendations.

F. The state Department of Education shall hire the health and physical education coordinator provided for in this Section as soon as practicable, but not later than the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year.

G. Implementation of the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature for this purpose.

Acts 2007, No. 180, §1, eff. June 27, 2007; Acts 2013, No. 184, §7(B).
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 17.6
Targeted coordinated school health program
Status: in_force

A.(1) The state Department of Education, subject to rules and regulations developed, adopted, and promulgated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and in consultation with the state Department of Health, shall establish and administer a targeted coordinated school health program, referred to in this Section as the "program".

(2) The program shall be established for the purpose of reducing childhood obesity and shall bring together school administrators, teachers, other school employees, students, families, and community members to assess health needs, set priorities, and plan, implement, and evaluate school health activities directed toward this purpose.

(3) The program may be implemented by the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school.

(4) Program components shall include but need not be limited to the following:

(a) Health education.

(b) Physical education.

(c) Health services.

(d) Nutrition services.

(e) Counseling, psychological, and social services.

(f) A healthy and safe school environment.

(g) Health promotion for school employees.

(h) Family and community involvement.

(5) The state Department of Education shall have the following duties with respect to establishing and administering the program:

(a) Consider existing initiatives, programs, and collaborations that promote and support student health and wellness.

(b) Establish program standards in consultation with organizations involved with issues related to student health, health care, nutrition, and fitness.

(c) Establish guidelines for program implementation and provide technical assistance to public school governing authorities with respect to program implementation.

(d) Develop and maintain a system to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving the purpose of the program as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(e) Report annually to the governor and the legislature relative to the implementation of the program by public school governing authorities and progress toward achieving the purpose of the program as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

B.(1) The state Department of Education, subject to rules and regulations developed, adopted, and promulgated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, shall establish and administer a grant program to assist the governing authorities of public elementary and secondary schools with the implementation of the targeted coordinated school health program as established pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.

(2) In order to qualify for a grant, the governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school shall submit to the state Department of Education a detailed implementation plan which shall include but need not be limited to the following components:

(a) A plan for providing for a dedicated school health coordinator and technical and administrative support staff to assist with the implementation of the program.

(b) A description of how the public school governing authority addresses physical activity, nutrition, and other obesity prevention measures and how it would use the grant to augment these measures.

(c) Priorities based on students' health needs and meeting education performance indicators.

(d) An action plan for addressing those needs based on realistic goals and measurable objectives.

(e) A time line for implementation.

(3) Each public school governing authority that receives a grant shall report annually to the state Department of Education relative to progress toward achieving the purpose of the program as provided in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section.

(4) Any grant made pursuant to this Subsection shall be used to supplement and not supplant any funds already expended for school health programs.

(5) The use of grant funds shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor.

C. Implementation of the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature for such purpose.

Acts 2012, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.7
Notification
Status: in_force

The department shall annually provide notification to school systems, community leaders, and other appropriate providers, of the availability of funds under the Louisiana Early Childhood Opportunity Program and shall include in such notification the programmatic standards and criteria for determining eligibility for funding under the program and the availability of technical assistance to potentially qualified applicants.

Acts 1992, No. 970, §1, eff. July 9, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:97 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 97
Disbursement of parish and city school funds; use of facsimile signatures on checks; bond required
Status: in_force

A. Except as hereinafter provided, depositories of parish school boards and city school boards shall pay out the school funds entrusted to their charge only on checks signed by the president and the treasurer of the boards or by any two officers or persons designated by the board. A parish school board or a city school board may, however, authorize its president and treasurer to sign a master payroll check to be deposited in a special payroll account, in which case the signature of the treasurer or such other officer or person as is designated by the board shall be sufficient for the payment of the individual payroll checks drawn against the special payroll account.

B. Any parish school board and any city school board may, by resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting, authorize its president and treasurer, or either of them, or such other officers or persons as it designates, to use a check signing machine or other similar mechanical device for facsimile signatures in signing any or all checks issued by the school board and requiring the signature of either or both of these officers or persons. The resolution shall state the conditions under which such facsimile signature or signatures shall be used and shall state the precautions to be exercised by the officer or officers to prevent fraud in the use of such signatures.

C. All persons authorized to sign checks or warrants drawn against the school funds shall furnish a surety bond in an amount to be determined by the school board but which shall be not less than fifteen thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of their duties.

D. The cancelled checks paid by the depository, as herein provided, shall be returned to the treasurer, be retained by him and filed in his office as vouchers.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 31, §1; Acts 1958, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3921.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3921.2
Statewide Educational Technology Plan
Status: in_force

A. The state Department of Education shall develop and implement a statewide educational technology plan that ensures that every public elementary and secondary school and classroom has the infrastructure and capacity necessary to provide a high-quality, digital instructional environment that maximizes the integration of technology into the classroom and enhances and improves student engagement and learning.

B. The plan shall do all of the following:

(1) Establish recommended standards for devices, Internet bandwidth, software applications, and local network capacity.

(2) Establish clear short-term and long-term goals and standards for school technology readiness and develop a realistic strategy, timeline, and cost estimates to meet both minimum and optimal standards.

(3) Ensure that every classroom has reliable, high-speed, wireless, broadband Internet access and connectivity for computers, white boards, smart boards, and other interactive devices.

(4) Consider the technology needs of high poverty and rural areas.

(5) Identify and utilize all available Internet bandwidth assets provided through a request for proposal process through which both public and private entities shall be considered.

(6) Provide for the development and implementation of a strategy to provide training and ongoing professional development to ensure that teachers and other school level staff have the skills necessary to effectively and efficiently use the technology infrastructure, software, data management, and online resources.

(7) Require every school and school system to develop and implement an Internet safety policy that protects students from harmful materials and prevents unauthorized access to content and resources. The policy shall comply with all state and federal student laws, including the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act of 1974 and the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000.

C. In developing the plan, the department shall do both of the following:

(1) Conduct a technology needs assessment of all schools and school systems, including an inventory of existing hardware and software, internal and external networks, servers, workstations, and operating systems.

(2) Evaluate the current technology readiness status of every public elementary and secondary school, including hardware, software, and broadband capacity.

D. The state superintendent of education shall do all of the following:

(1) Identify the costs for upgrading existing software and equipment, acquiring new software and equipment, ongoing maintenance, and technical support and develop a funding strategy, including state contracts to provide for cost savings wherever possible.

(2) Identify and develop funding mechanisms to support implementation of the plan.

(3) Inform schools and school systems of available technology funding sources and applicable timelines and deadlines and encourage local schools and school systems to maximize the use of existing local, state, and federal funding sources for technology purposes.

(4) Conduct and publish a technology readiness assessment of each public school twice a year including a review of devices, Internet bandwidth, school and school system expenditures on technology, and use of state technology contracts.

(5) Provide ongoing guidance and technical assistance to schools and school systems.

(6) Evaluate the statewide school technology plan and update as often as necessary, but not less than once per year, to keep current with technological advances.

E. The Board of Regents shall collaborate and cooperate with the state Department of Education to develop policies and procedures to allow public elementary and secondary schools access to all available Internet assets provided through a request for proposal process through which both public and private entities shall be considered.

F. The state Department of Education shall submit a written report to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on Education, not later than January fifteenth of each year, regarding implementation of the statewide education technology plan and the status of technology readiness of each public school and school system.

Acts 2014, No. 772, §1; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3453.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3453.1
Science and Education Advisory Council; creation; membership; duties
Status: in_force

A. The Science and Education Advisory Council is hereby created to provide advice and information as requested by the board.

B. The Science and Education Advisory Council shall be composed of the following members:

(1) One representative from each four-year public college and university, each of whom shall be a faculty member appointed by the president or chancellor of each institution.

(2) One representative from each of the member institutions of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, each of whom shall be a faculty member appointed by the president or chancellor of each institution.

(3) One representative from the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, appointed by the president of such system.

C. The advisory council shall meet as necessary to respond to requests from the board as well as to provide the board with the benefit of perspectives represented on the council.

Acts 2012, No. 768, §1; Acts 2016, No. 314, §1(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3042.43 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3042.43
Amount; requirements
Status: in_force

A. A loan may be made by the board pursuant to this Chapter for an amount not in excess of two thousand dollars per undergraduate year or a total of eight thousand dollars for any approved applicant, provided such loan is used to defray the tuition and other expenses of any such applicant at a public college or university in Louisiana.

B. A student for whom a loan is made by the board pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be required to repay the full amount of the loan and interest thereon to the board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the board shall forgive such a loan to the applicant in return for services rendered by the applicant by practicing his or her profession as a classroom teacher in any public elementary or secondary school in Bienville Parish in an area of critical shortage as designated in writing by the board. One year's funding of the loan together with the interest thereon shall be forgiven by the board for the applicant for each two years of practicing his profession in any elementary or secondary school in Bienville Parish as provided in this Subsection.

Acts 1997, No. 425, §1, eff. June 22, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.72 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.72
Orientation
Status: in_force

A. Each family child care provider and in-home provider who receives payments from the department shall be required to participate in a four-hour orientation. The orientation curriculum shall include but not be limited to the following subjects: recordkeeping; immunization schedules and requirements; recognizing signs of child abuse; child abuse prevention; communicating with parents; age appropriate activities for young children; child development; child safety; and nutritional needs of children. The orientation shall count toward the required hours of professional development training mandated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

B. New family child care home providers and in-home providers are required to provide proof of orientation participation within six months of initial registration. Newly registered providers, at the time of initial application, are required to sign an agreement committing to attend the required orientation within six months.

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. § 17:281 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 281
Instruction in sex education
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) Any public elementary or secondary school in Louisiana may, but is not required to, offer instruction in subject matter designated as "sex education", provided such instruction and subject matter is integrated into an existing course of study such as biology, science, physical hygiene, or physical education. When offered, such instruction shall be available also to nongraded special education students at age-appropriate levels. Except as otherwise required to comply with the provisions of Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, whether or not instruction in such matter is offered and at what grade level it is to be offered shall be at the option of each public local or parish school board, provided that no such instruction shall be offered in kindergarten or in grades one through six. Such instruction may be offered at times other than during the regular school day, at such times to be determined by each school board. All instruction in "sex education" shall be identified and designated "sex education".

(b) Effective beginning with the spring semester of the 1992-1993 school year and thereafter, whenever instruction in sex education is offered by any school, such instruction shall be available also to any student in such school, regardless of the student's grade level, who is pregnant or who is a mother or father.

(2) It is the intent of the legislature that, for the purposes of this Section, "sex education" shall mean the dissemination of factual biological or pathological information that is related to the human reproduction system and may include the study of sexually transmitted disease, pregnancy, childbirth, puberty, menstruation, and menopause, as well as the dissemination of factual information about parental responsibilities under the child support laws of the state. It is the intent of the legislature that "sex education" shall not include religious beliefs, practices in human sexuality, nor the subjective moral and ethical judgments of the instructor or other persons. Students shall not be tested, quizzed, or surveyed about their personal or family beliefs or practices in sex, morality, or religion.

(3) No contraceptive or abortifacient drug, device, or other similar product shall be distributed at any public school. No sex education course offered in the public schools of the state shall utilize any sexually explicit materials depicting male or female homosexual activity.

(4) The major emphasis of any sex education instruction offered in the public schools of this state shall be to encourage sexual abstinence between unmarried persons and any such instruction shall:

(a) Emphasize abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage as the expected standard for all school-age children.

(b) Emphasize that abstinence from sexual activity is a way to avoid unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, including acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and other associated health problems.

(c) Emphasize that each student has the power to control personal behavior and to encourage students to base action on reasoning, self-esteem, and respect for others.

B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the qualifications for all teachers or instructors in "sex education" shall be established and the selection of all such teachers or instructors shall be made solely and exclusively by the public local or parish school board.

C. All books, films, and other materials to be used in instruction in "sex education" shall be submitted to and approved by the local or parish school board and by a parental review committee, whose membership shall be determined by such board.

D. Any child may be excused from receiving instruction in "sex education" at the option and discretion of his parent or guardian. The local or parish school board shall provide procedures for the administration of this Subsection.

E. In the event of any violation of the provisions of this Section, the public local or parish school board in charge of administering and supervising the school where said violation has occurred, after proper investigation and hearing, shall correct the violation and take appropriate action to punish the offending party or parties responsible for said violation.

F. No program offering sex education instruction shall in any way counsel or advocate abortion.

G. A city or parish school system may accept federal funds for programs offering sex education only when the use of such funds does not violate the provisions of this Section and only upon approval by the local school board. The acceptance and use of federal funds for sex education shall in no way be construed to permit the use of any federally supplied materials that violate Louisiana law regulating sex education.

H. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Orleans Parish School Board may offer instruction in sex education at the third grade level or higher.

Acts 1979, No. 480, §1; Acts 1982, No. 581, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1982; Acts 1987, No. 904, §1; Acts 1988, No. 917, §1, eff. July 26, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 1061, §1, eff. July 27, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 842, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1079, §1, eff. July 14, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 921, §1, eff. June 25, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1232 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1232
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

In furtherance of its constitutional mandate to provide for the education of the citizens of this state and to establish and maintain a public education system, the legislature enacts this Part in order to provide for the development and implementation of a uniform system for the use and maintenance of a school employee personnel file to be followed by all local school systems. To accomplish this purpose, it is the intent of the legislature:

(1) To provide for the establishment of procedures for immediate notification to school employees of the filing of any document into their personnel file.

(2) To assure that each school employee has an opportunity to rebut and respond to any document placed into that school employee's personnel file.

(3) To provide the time frame within which to file such a response and/or rebuttal.

(4) To assure that any document from a school employee's personnel file forwarded to another location shall be accompanied by the school employee's response and rebuttal to the document.

Acts 1987, No. 174, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3042.65 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3042.65
Schools of veterinary medicine; contracts; cancellation
Status: in_force

A. The commission may make inquiry of the schools of veterinary medicine of Louisiana and may make such arrangements and enter into such contracts or agreements with schools of veterinary medicine in the state as shall be appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. Such contracts and agreements shall include such provisions as shall be agreed upon by the commission and the school to provide for the administration by the school of loans made pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, including applications therefor and repayment thereof.

B. The commission shall have authority to cancel such contracts and agreements, which it may lawfully cancel, made with any of the schools of veterinary medicine as herein provided.

Acts 2004, No. 809, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:68.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 68.4
Unfunded accrued liability; payment
Status: in_force

In the event that the establishment or the operation of the St. George Community School District results in the elimination of one or more positions of current members of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System by means of privatizing, outsourcing, or contracting the service with a private employer, vendor, or by any other means, the St. George Community School District shall remit that portion of the unfunded accrued liability attributable to that position or positions pursuant to R.S. 11:1195.2.

Acts 2025, No. 455, §1, eff. See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:392.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 392.1
Screening and intervention; purpose; applicability; city and parish school system; duties
Status: in_force

A.(1) The legislature acknowledges that identification of and adjustment to the individual characteristics that affect a child's learning style will improve a child's opportunity to succeed in school. Some of the characteristics that some children bring to school with them are products of learning disorders and/or social or environmental risk factors that, if identified, acknowledged, and addressed can be mitigated or alleviated.

(2) It is the purpose of this Part to intervene with regard to any impediments to a successful school experience that exist for children as early as possible in their schooling and to bring to bear all resources that can be made available in a school setting to address any difficulty a child may have and make it possible for him to begin school ready and able to learn.

B.(1) Every child in public school in grades kindergarten through third shall be screened, at least once, for the existence of impediments to a successful school experience. No child shall be screened if his parent or tutor objects to such screening.

(2) Such impediments shall include:

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

(b) Attention deficit disorder.

(c) Social and environmental factors that put a child at risk of dropping out of school.

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

C. Screenings as required by this Section shall have one or more of the following results:

(1) No indication of need for services.

(2) Indication of need for services to ameliorate the effect of a possible learning disorder.

(3) Indication of need for assistance to ameliorate the effect of a possible risk factor.

(4) Referral for further evaluation for the existence of eligibility for the receipt of special education services.

D. Children in need of services or assistance shall have it provided to them. Children who are referred for further evaluation shall be provided further evaluation in accordance with Chapter 8 of this Title.

E. The screenings required by this Section shall be done directly by elementary school counselors, pupil appraisal personnel, teachers, or any other professional employees of the school system who have been appropriately trained, all of whom shall operate as advocates for the children identified as needing services or assistance pursuant to this Part. No screenings shall be done by persons who have not been trained to do such screenings, consistent with the requirements established for such training by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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

Acts 1992, No. 1120, §1, eff. July 14, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 581, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2018, No. 307, §1; Acts 2021, No. 275, §4; Acts 2021, No. 419, §1; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1; Acts 2022, No. 622, §1; Acts 2023, No. 266, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:395 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 395
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of this Part is to provide supplemental funds for the delivery of supplemental remedial instruction adapted for those eligible students in the elementary and secondary schools of this state as set forth in the city and parish school board pupil progression plans approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. A program of remedial education shall be put into place by local parish and city parish school systems following regulations adopted by the state Department of Education and approved by the state board pursuant to R.S. 17:24.4. All eligible students shall be provided with appropriate remedial instruction.

B. Student mastery of grade appropriate skills remediated in English language arts and mathematics shall be evaluated in terms of mastery criteria established through the city and parish pupil progression plans as approved by the department and state board. Beyond the goal of achievement in grade appropriate skills, additional goals of this Part are to give students a sense of success, prevent their alienation from school, and prevent their early departure from school.

C. Instruction in the state-funded remedial program shall be based on student deficits as identified through the state testing program in English language arts and mathematics. Included in the instruction shall be the mastery of the prerequisite skills in the areas of deficiency.

D. The parish and city school boards shall develop, as part of their pupil progression plans, mastery criteria based on the state board-approved Louisiana state standards. These mastery criteria shall be used in determining the extent of student achievement in those grade appropriate skills of English language arts and mathematics in which he was found deficient. The parish and city school boards shall describe the methods used to measure student achievement of these criteria.

E. Each student achieving mastery criteria shall continue receiving instruction for maintenance of grade appropriate skills. The amount of instruction shall be based upon student need.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 433, §1, eff. July 21, 1980. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 138, §1, eff. July 12, 1982; Acts 1986, No. 698, §1, eff. June 1, 1987; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:407.43 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 407.43
Inspections
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the department, through its duly authorized agents, to inspect at regular intervals not to exceed one year, and as deemed necessary by the department, and without previous notice, all early learning centers subject to the provisions of this Part. The department shall also develop and facilitate coordination with and among other authorized agencies making inspections at regular intervals. The early learning centers shall be open to inspection by authorized inspection personnel and by parents or legal custodians of children in care only during working hours.

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2016 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2016
Worksite-based training
Status: in_force

A. The state Department of Education may plan, develop, and provide a coordinated, comprehensive program of worksite-based training to encourage and promote the acquisition of skills for earning a living coordinated with basic academic skills consistent with student potential that will enable students to become self-sufficient, to function effectively in society, and to live meaningful, enjoyable lives.

B. The department may, in cooperation with other educational institutions, the community, and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, implement a worksite-based training program by planning, executing, and administering such program and by developing any guidelines as the department shall deem necessary for implementation of the program.

C. The provisions of this Section shall apply only when and to the degree that funding is available.

Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 71, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 17.3
Physical fitness; pilot program
Status: in_force

A.(1) Subject to the approval of its city, parish, or other local public school board, referred to in this Section as "local school board", and pursuant to rules and guidelines adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, referred to in this Section as "state board", any public school that contains grades seven, eight, nine, or ten may apply to the state board for participation in a pilot program established by this Section.

(2) The state board shall select no more than eight schools from each of the eight regional service districts, as established in R.S. 17:3781 et seq., to participate in the program.

(3) The state board shall make every effort to achieve an equal geographic distribution of pilot school system sites throughout the state in its selection process.

B. The program shall consist of the following elements in a three-year study pursuant to the development and implementation of recommendations provided pursuant to Subsection C of this Section:

(1) An assessment that measures aspects of health-related fitness, rather than skill or agility, of the students in participating schools. The assessment shall be administered during the month of September beginning in the 2005-2006 school year and each subsequent year of the pilot and may include a post-assessment during the school year as may be determined by the state board pursuant to the development of the program as provided in Subsection C of this Section.

(2)(a) An assessment of the changes in weight status of the students who are enrolled in participating schools and who are receiving combined nutritional and physical activity intervention versus a nutritional intervention or physical activity intervention alone.

(b) The pilot study shall be done as a randomized, controlled, four-group, repeated measures study.

(c) Participating schools shall be randomly assigned to one of the following four groups:

(i) A group in which the students shall receive nutritional intervention only.

(ii) A group in which the students shall receive physical activity intervention only.

(iii) A group in which the students shall receive combined nutritional intervention and physical activity intervention.

(iv) A group in which the students shall receive no intervention.

(d)(i) Nutritional intervention shall require that not less than fifty percent of beverages offered for sale to students for consumption at school, other than those sold as part of the lunch program, shall be one of the following options:

(aa) Fruit juice or drinks that are composed of one hundred percent fruit juice and that do not contain added natural or artificial sweetener.

(bb) Drinking water.

(cc) Milk, including low-fat, nonfat, chocolate, and nondairy milk.

(dd) Electrolyte replacement beverages which contain forty-two grams or less of sweetener per twenty-one ounce serving.

(ii) Nutritional intervention shall require that not less than fifty percent of foods offered for sale to students for consumption at school, other than foods sold as part of the lunch program, shall be food items that meet all of the following requirements:

(aa) Have not more than thirty-five percent of the total calories from fat unless the item is seeds or nuts.

(bb) Have not more than ten percent of the total calories from saturated fat.

(cc) Have not more than thirty grams per serving of sugar unless the item is a fruit or vegetable.

(iii) Beverages and foods that are offered for sale to students for consumption at school, other than those sold as part of the lunch program, that comply with the requirements of this Subparagraph may be offered for sale at participating schools beginning with the last ten minutes of each lunch period and continuing for the balance of the school day. Other beverages and foods may be offered in compliance with the current rules regulating such concessions adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(3) The collection of individual baseline and longitudinal data to measure the improvement of each individual student. No assessment shall compare any student to another.

C. The following agencies, representatives, and entities shall work in collaboration with the state board to develop the elements of the pilot program and the recommendations for its implementation, including the methods and tools which may be used for such assessment:

(1) Department of Education.

(2) Louisiana Department of Health.

(3) Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

(4) Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 184, §7(B).

(6) Louisiana Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

(7) American Heart Association.

(8) A representative designated by the governing authority of the Louisiana Soft Drink Association.

(9) A representative designated by the governing authority of the Vending Machine Operators of Louisiana.

D.(1) Each participating school may accept and incorporate appropriate educational and marketing material that supports the goals of increased physical fitness and activity provided by participating food and beverage suppliers.

(2) Participating food and beverage suppliers shall be encouraged to measure the effect of nutritional interventions on the revenue to the supplier and to the school earned at any school in which nutritional intervention occurs and to report the result of such measure to the collaborative group specified in Subsection C of this Section.

E.(1) Each school selected to participate in the program shall provide a comprehensive report to the state board at the end of each school year on the effectiveness of the pilot program in accomplishing the objectives specified in R.S. 17:17(B).

(2) The state board shall report to the governor and to the Senate and House committees on education no later than July first of each school year on the progress of the pilot program and shall provide a written report of findings and recommendations upon termination.

F. Implementation of the pilot program shall be for three years, beginning in the 2005-2006 school year.

G. The pilot program established pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall in no way interfere with or replace any effort, purpose, assessment or program implemented by the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

H. The provisions of this Section shall be effective upon the appropriation of funds for this purpose.

Acts 2004, No. 734, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2013, No. 184, §7(B).
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:171 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 171
Health insurance eligibility status of students attending certain schools
Status: in_force

A. The principal of each public elementary and secondary school in the state shall be responsible for implementing procedures for providing for the release of certain information relative to the health insurance eligibility status of certain students. Each such administrator shall make available on the free and reduced-priced meals application a section stating that children receiving free or reduced-priced meals who do not have health insurance can receive free health coverage from the Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program and that the school system is allowed to share information from such application with the Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program. Such section shall also provide a place for the signature of the child's parent or guardian and the date and the option to check next to a statement that the person signing does not want school officials to share information from the free and reduced-priced meals application with the Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program.

B. School and school system administrators having control of such completed applications shall make the information on such applications available to public health insurance programs providing health insurance coverage for children, including Medicaid and the Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program, except for information on any application on which the option not to share information has been checked. However, no public school, public school system, or public school board and no teacher, principal, or school administrator in any public elementary or secondary school shall be liable for any act or failure to act in sharing the health insurance eligibility status of a student with the Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program, unless such act was malicious, willful, or deliberately intended to cause harm.

Acts 2005, No. 442, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:83 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 83
Presidents of boards; duties; contracts with teachers, superintendents' duty to sign
Status: in_force

The president of each school board, or in his absence the vice-president, shall preside at all meetings of the board, call meetings when necessary, advise with and assist the parish superintendent of schools in promoting the success of the schools, and, generally, do and perform all other acts and duties pertaining to his office. All deeds and contracts for the schools shall be signed by him, but the contracts with teachers shall be signed by the parish superintendent and the contracting teachers.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 27
Superintendent's records; use of certified copies as evidence
Status: in_force

Certified copies of records and papers in the office of the superintendent shall in all cases be received and admitted in evidence in lieu of the originals.

Acts 1975, No. 274, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4035.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4035.1
Public school choice
Status: in_force

A. The parent or other legal guardian of any student may enroll his child in the public school of his choice, without regard to residence, school system geographic boundaries, or attendance zones, provided both of the following apply:

(1) The public school in which the student was most recently enrolled, or would otherwise attend, received a school performance letter grade of "D" or "F" for the most recent school year, pursuant to the state's school and district accountability system.

(2) The school in which the student seeks to enroll received a school performance letter grade of "A", "B", or "C" for the most recent school year, pursuant to the state's school and district accountability system, and has sufficient capacity at the appropriate grade level.

B. The authority to enroll a student in the public school of choice shall not be permitted and shall not be exercised if doing so violates the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

C.(1) If a school or governing authority denies the enrollment request of a prospective student for an intradistrict transfer, the parent or legal guardian of the student may request a review of the denial of the transfer requested by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Within ninety days of receipt of a request for review, the state board shall determine if the capacity policy established for the school was followed. If the state board determines that the school's policy was not followed, the school's governing authority shall reconsider the transfer request. However, the state board shall not approve any transfer request that would exceed the enrollment capacity of a school or classroom, as established by the school's governing authority.

(2) The state board shall adopt rules required for implementation of this Subsection.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 17:158 to the contrary, a school system shall not be required to provide transportation to any student enrolled in a public school pursuant to this Section that is located outside of the geographic boundaries of the school system in which the student resides, if providing such transportation will result in additional cost to the school system.

E. Any student enrolled in a public school pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be counted by the local public school system in which he is enrolled for purposes of the minimum foundation program and formula, and any other available state or federal funding for which the student is eligible.

F.(1) The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall work collaboratively and cooperatively to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Section and shall adopt a policy to govern student transfers authorized by this Section. The policies shall include:

(a) A definition of "capacity" for each school.

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

(2) Prior to the transfer request period, the public school governing authority shall notify parents and legal guardians of students enrolled in a school that received a "D" or "F" school performance letter grade pursuant to the state's school and district accountability system for the most recent school year of the following:

(a) The provisions of this Section.

(b) The schools under the jurisdiction of the governing authority that received an "A", "B", or "C" school performance letter grade, if any.

(c) The process for submitting student transfer requests.

(d) The page on the state Department of Education's website that contains school performance data.

(3) Such policies shall be posted to the school governing authority's website no later than January 1, 2022, and reported to the state Department of Education no later than January 30, 2022.

(4) Any student transfer pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall comply with the policy adopted by the governing authority of the school in which the student seeks to enroll.

G. The state board shall report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education no later than October thirty-first annually regarding student transfers including but not limited to the following information, disaggregated by economically disadvantaged status and race and ethnicity:

(1) The number of interdistrict student transfer requests received, accepted, appealed, and denied during the most recent school year.

(2) The number of intradistrict student transfer requests received, accepted, appealed, and denied during the most recent school year.

H. The provisions of this Chapter shall not be construed as requiring a school with selective admission requirements to enroll a student who does not meet those requirements, regardless of whether the school has excess capacity.

Acts 2014, No. 853, §1, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1; Acts 2018, No. 459, §1; Acts 2021, No. 420, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3042.66 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3042.66
Funding
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2004, No. 809, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2813 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2813
Amendment of articles; change of location
Status: in_force

A. A cooperative may amend its articles of incorporation by complying with the following requirements:

(1) The proposed amendment shall be approved first by the board of directors and shall be submitted then to a vote of the members at any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set forth the proposed amendment. The proposed amendment, with such changes as the members shall choose to make therein, shall be deemed to be approved on the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds of those members voting thereon at such meeting; and

(2) Upon such approval by the members, articles of amendment shall be executed by authentic act on behalf of the cooperative by its president or vice-president and its corporate seal shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. The articles of amendment shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to this Chapter and shall state:

(a) The name of the cooperative;

(b) The address of its principal office;

(c) The date of the filing of its articles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state; and

(d) The amendment to its articles of incorporation.

(3) The president or vice-president executing such articles of amendment shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit stating that the provisions of this Section were duly complied with. Such articles of amendment and affidavit shall be submitted to the secretary of state for filing as approved in this Chapter.

B. A cooperative may, without amending its articles of incorporation, upon authorization of its board of directors, change the location of its principal office by filing a certificate of change of principal office, executed and acknowledged by its president or vice-president under its seal attested by its secretary, in the office of the secretary of state, and also in the office of the recorder of mortgages or the clerk of court in each parish in which its articles of incorporation or any prior certificate of change of principal office of such cooperative has been filed. Such cooperative shall also, within thirty days after the filing of such certificate of change of principal office in the office of recorder of mortgages or clerk of court of any parish, file therein certified copies of its articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto, if the same are not already on file therein.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §13.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4
Transfer of obligations, etc. of state board of education
Status: in_force

A. The obligations heretofore incurred by the State Board of Education created by Article XII, Section 4 of the Constitution of 1921 in connection with any contract or agreement with respect to elementary and secondary schools, vocational-technical and post secondary vocational-technical schools and programs except in colleges and universities, and special schools shall be preserved and discharged by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on and after its first meeting. All of such obligations and all books, papers, records, money, and other property heretofore owned, possessed, controlled, or used by the State Board of Education in the exercise of its functions relating to public education, schools, and programs under its jurisdiction with respect to elementary and secondary education, vocational-technical and post secondary vocational-technical education except in colleges and universities, and with respect to special schools are hereby transferred to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, effective with the first meeting of said board. All employees heretofore engaged in the performance of the functions of the former State Board of Education shall, insofar as practicable, continue as employees of the board created in this Part and shall retain all rights, privileges, and benefits enjoyed by each under the former board.

B.(1) The obligations incurred by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education prior to July 1, 1999 in connection with any contract or agreement with respect to postsecondary vocational-technical schools shall be preserved and discharged by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall act as successor to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in all respects insofar as obligations of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education exist regarding postsecondary vocational-technical schools. All of such obligations and all books, papers, records, money, and other property owned, possessed, controlled, or used by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in the exercise of its functions relating to postsecondary vocational-technical schools are hereby transferred to the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges. All employees heretofore engaged in the performance of the postsecondary vocational-technical school functions of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education shall, insofar as practicable, continue as employees of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and shall retain all rights, privileges, and benefits enjoyed by each under the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education or the state Department of Education.

(2) 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 postsecondary vocational-technical schools 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.

Acts 1975, No. 274, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1381 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1381
Washington Parish and Bogalusa City school systems; consolidation study commission; creation; membership; duties and responsibilities
Status: in_force

A. The Bogalusa/Washington School System Consolidation Commission is hereby created for the purpose of studying the feasibility of consolidating the Bogalusa City School System and the Washington Parish School System.

B. The commission shall consist of the following members:

(1) The president of the Bogalusa City School Board.

(2) The superintendent of the Bogalusa City School System.

(3) The president of the Washington Parish School Board.

(4) The superintendent of the Washington Parish School System.

(5) The mayor of the city of Bogalusa.

(6) The mayor of the city of Franklinton.

(7) The president of Washington Parish, or his designee.

(8) The president of the Bogalusa Chamber of Commerce or his designee, who shall be a member of the chamber.

(9) The president of the Franklinton Chamber of Commerce or his designee, who shall be a member of the chamber.

(10) One parent of a child enrolled in a school in the Bogalusa City School System, appointed by the president of the Bogalusa City School Board.

(11) One parent of a child enrolled in a school in the Washington Parish School System, appointed by the president of the Washington Parish School Board.

(12) Three parents who have a child enrolled in a public school in either the Bogalusa City School System or the Washington Parish School System, one appointed by the state representative who represents House District No. 75, one appointed by the state representative who represents House District No. 74, and one appointed by the state senator who represents Senate District No. 12.

(13) One teacher who teaches at a school in the Bogalusa City School System or the Washington Parish School System, appointed by the Louisiana Federation of Teachers.

(14) One teacher who teaches at a school in the Bogalusa City School System or the Washington Parish School System, appointed by the Louisiana Association of Educators.

(15) One principal of a school in the Bogalusa City School System or the Washington Parish School System, appointed by the Louisiana Association of Principals.

(16) One member of the clergy who resides within the geographic boundaries of the Bogalusa City School System, appointed by the Help Center of Churches.

(17) One member of the clergy who resides within the geographic boundaries of the Washington Parish School System, appointed by the Help Center of Churches.

(18) The state representative who represents House District No. 75.

(19) The state representative who represents House District No. 74.

(20) The state senator who represents Senate District No. 12.

(21) The director of finance for the Bogalusa City School Board.

(22) The director of finance for the Washington Parish School Board.

C. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation or a per diem for their services or attendance at commission meetings.

D. The members of the commission shall elect such officers and create such subcommittees as they deem necessary to fulfill the commission's duties and responsibilities.

E.(1) The president of the Bogalusa City School Board and the president of the Washington Parish School Board shall jointly call the first meeting, which shall be held no later than September 1, 2018. The commission shall meet at least monthly, but additional meetings may be called by the chairman or upon request of a majority of the members of the commission.

(2)(a) All meetings of the commission shall be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Law, and official minutes and records of all meetings shall be kept.

(b) All documents and proceedings of the commission shall be posted on the website of the Bogalusa City School System and the Washington Parish School System.

(3) A majority of the membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

F. The commission shall be domiciled in Franklinton, Louisiana, but the meeting site shall alternate between the city of Bogalusa and the city of Franklinton.

G. The Bogalusa City School System and the Washington Parish School System shall provide staff support and resources to the commission.

H. The commission shall:

(1) Determine the feasibility of consolidating the Bogalusa City School System and the Washington Parish School System, thereby creating a unified school district, the geographic boundaries of which shall be coterminous with the geographic boundaries of Washington Parish.

(2) If the commission determines that consolidating the two school systems is in the best interest of the students in each respective school system and the parish as a whole, the commission shall formulate a plan and timeline to effect the consolidation. Such plan, at a minimum, shall provide for:

(a) Passage of a resolution by each school board calling for an election to gain voter approval of the consolidation in accordance with Article VIII, Section 10(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana and R.S. 17:1379.

(b) The establishment and composition of a school board for the consolidated school system, including the election and qualification of members and apportionment of the districts of board members, all in accordance with applicable state law.

(c) The establishment and membership of an interim school board to ensure a coordinated, collaborative, and seamless transition of governance and provision of educational services to all students until a new school board is created and elected.

(d) Contracts, agreements, or memoranda of understanding that might be needed to effect the consolidation.

(e) Any federal court order, judgment, or consent decree in effect.

(f) Policies and processes to address:

(i) Governance and administration of the school system and schools.

(ii) Financial matters, including existing tax structure, taxing districts, bond issues, and debt, and the creation of a budget for the consolidated school system.

(iii) Transfer of buildings, facilities, and movable and immovable property owned by each respective school system.

(iv) Number of schools and grade distribution within the schools.

(v) Curriculum and instruction.

(vi) Student enrollment.

(vii) Student transportation.

(viii) Teachers and other school personnel.

(ix) Data management.

(x) Any other issues or considerations identified by the commission.

I.(1) The commission shall submit a written report of its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Bogalusa City School Board and the Washington Parish School Board not later than August 31, 2019.

(2) Prior to adoption of the final report, the commission shall hold a public hearing on its findings, recommendations, and plans developed for consolidating the two school systems. The commission shall publish public notice of the meeting in a newspaper with parishwide circulation at least twenty days prior to the hearing and a copy of the report shall be made available for public inspection prior to the hearing.

(3) The final report shall be posted on the website of both school systems in a manner that provides easy access to the report by parents and the public.

J. The commission shall terminate on September 1, 2019.

Acts 2018, No. 332, §1, eff. May 15, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 413, §1, eff. May 23, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:164 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 164
Regulations relating to construction, design, equipment, and operation of school buses
Status: in_force

The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, hereafter referred to in this Section as the "state board", shall establish and adopt regulations for the construction, design, equipment, and operation of school buses used in transportation of students to and from school. Such regulations shall be provided to encourage competition and in no event shall be devised, worded, or construed so as to restrict competition among manufacturers of school bus bodies, chassis, or other equipment or to benefit or favor in any way a particular manufacturer or group of manufacturers of such bus bodies, chassis, or other equipment, including by reference to detail of design specific to a particular manufacturer or group of manufacturers. A school bus body, chassis, or equipment shall meet the latest revised minimum standards for school buses adopted and recommended by the National Congress on School Transportation, sponsored by the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, the National Association for Pupil Transportation, the National School Transportation Association, the School Transportation section of the National Safety Council, and the School Bus Manufacturers Technical Council, the regulations adopted pursuant to this Section, and all statutory requirements for the construction, design, equipment, and operation of school buses. This Section shall not apply to feeder buses in operation in this state.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 399, §1. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 168, §1; Acts 2019, No. 377, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3905 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3905
Reports to the department
Status: in_force

The department may request a local board to submit to the department the local evaluation plan and the accountability relationships registry, including such revisions as are made for the succeeding evaluation period and upon such request, the local board shall provide the requested information in a timely manner.

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1, eff. April 14, 2000; Acts 2010, No. 54, §1, eff. May 27, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3353 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3353
Cooperation with public agencies
Status: in_force

A. Each board may enter into contracts and agreements with any public agency for the establishment of state or other public offices on the property and in the buildings of the university. It also can enter into contracts and agreements for joint construction, equipment, maintenance and financing of such buildings, and enter into contracts and agreements for the joint financing, supervision and conduct of cooperative enterprises and undertakings.

B. Any public agency is authorized to enter into contracts and agreements with any board for the purposes mentioned in this Section.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:408.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 408.1
Caddo Educational Excellence Fund; creation; investment; withdrawal
Status: in_force

A.(1) There is hereby established the Caddo Educational Excellence Fund, hereafter in this Section called the "fund", which shall be a permanent trust fund in the official repository of the Caddo Parish School Board, held and invested on behalf of the Caddo Parish School Board. After the end of each fiscal year, the school board may withdraw money from the fund as provided in this Section on its own warrant. All money thus withdrawn shall be expended only as authorized in Subsection C of this Section.

(2) Withdrawals from the fund shall be limited as follows:

(a) In the fiscal year following a year that the earnings of the fund were greater than five percent, withdrawals from the fund shall not exceed five percent of the fund.

(b) In the fiscal year following a year that the earnings of the fund were between three and five percent, withdrawals from the fund shall not exceed the rate of earnings from the previous year.

(c) In the fiscal year following a year that the earnings of the fund were less than three percent, withdrawals from the fund shall not exceed three percent of the fund.

B. Funds collected pursuant to R.S. 27:93(A) and allocated pursuant to R.S. 27:93(A)(2)(d) shall be periodically transferred to the official repository of the Caddo Parish School Board. The funds shall be invested in the same manner as post-employment benefits trusts are permitted to be invested pursuant to R.S. 33:5162. Earnings on principal may also be invested. However, the amount of earnings shall be kept account of separately from fund principal and shall be available for the school board to withdraw as provided in this Section.

C. All money withdrawn from the fund shall be expended by the Caddo Parish School Board solely for the purposes of instructional enhancement. Such enhancement may include: provision of materials and supplies, including computers and other technological upgrades; training for students, faculty, and administrators on the use of materials; professional development of teachers; establishment of exemplary programs of instruction. Such enhancement may not include costs of additional administrators, increases in salaries or benefits for employees, or maintenance or custodial costs. Audits of the Caddo Parish School Board by the legislative auditor shall specifically address compliance with the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1995, No. 743, §2; Acts 2021, No. 295, §1, eff. June 14, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1977.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1977.3
Funding; inclusion in the minimum foundation program formula; other appropriated state funds
Status: in_force

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

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

Acts 2022, No. 454, §1, eff. July 1, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3724 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3724
Loan repayment program
Status: in_force

A. The department shall administer a loan repayment program.

B. To be eligible for the loan repayment program, an applicant shall be an athletic trainer, be willing to work for a high school in a rural area, and meet any other requirements which may be established by the department.

C. Educational loans obtained by an eligible applicant for attending an accredited athletic trainer program shall be repaid retroactively after each term of service employed at a high school in a rural area for up to five years depending upon the applicant's length of service. Loans shall be repaid pursuant to the provisions of this Section at the following rates:

(1) Six thousand dollars per year of service if the applicant obtained his degree from a school or program in Louisiana.

(2) Four thousand dollars per year of service if the applicant obtained his degree from a school or program outside of Louisiana.

D. Within three months of the effective date of this Section, the department shall establish an implementation schedule for loan repayments.

Acts 2022, No. 495, §1, see Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:197.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 197.1
Foods and beverages other than school breakfast or lunch in public elementary and secondary schools; legislative findings; restrictions
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that:

(1) The rate of obesity in school children has significantly increased in recent years.

(2) The United States Department of Agriculture relates childhood obesity in part to poor nutritional resources with little or no nutritional value available to children.

(3) Providing healthier alternatives at school promotes healthier eating habits and reduces obesity and future health problems.

B. Each public elementary or secondary school shall adhere to federal guidelines with respect to foods and beverages sold to students at schools or on the grounds other than food and beverages sold as part of a school food program operated pursuant to this Subpart. The provisions of this Subsection shall be applicable only during a period beginning one-half hour before the start of the school day and ending one-half hour after the end of the school day.

C. Each public elementary or secondary school shall comply with all of the following:

(1) Encourage and motivate children of all physical abilities to participate in physical activity for the purpose of allowing all children to reach their full potential as individuals.

(2) Improve physical activity and fitness in schools by encouraging innovative physical education programs that consist of physical exertion of a moderate to vigorous intensity level.

(3) Improve nutrition in children by making available during the day snacks with higher nutritional values.

(4) Increase the awareness of children about the importance of physical activity and improved nutrition and the effects of both on improving health.

(5) Encourage increased parental awareness of the positive impact on health and fitness of increasing the activity level of children and of improving nutrition.

(6) Encourage daily physical activity and the development of lifelong patterns of physical activity.

(7) Encourage the enjoyment of physical activity and the improvement of nutritional and eating habits.

D. The Pennington Biomedical Research Center may develop and provide to interested persons, schools, or school systems publications relating to foods which can be sold on public elementary or secondary school grounds in compliance with the provisions of this Section. The Pennington Biomedical Research Center may provide assessments of the nutritional value of individual food items contemplated for sale on public school grounds.

Acts 2005, No. 331, §1; Acts 2009, No. 306, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2018, No. 330, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:3363 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 3363
Amendment of rules and regulations
Status: in_force

From time to time each board may amend its rules, regulations, and requirements adopted in accordance with this Subpart, but no such amendments shall affect leases previously granted. However, each board shall have the authority to change its rules, regulations and requirements as to past or present leases to fraternities or sororities.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2354
Manner of executing anatomical gift prior to death of donor
Status: in_force

A. A donor may make an anatomical gift by any of the following:

(1) Authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on his driver's license, identification card, fishing license, or hunting license.

(2) Executing a will.

(3) Any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, during a terminal illness or injury.

B. A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift pursuant to R.S. 17:2352 may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that a gift has been made be included on a donor registry . If the donor or other person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another person at the direction of the person making the gift and the record shall:

(1) Be witnessed by two adults, one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the person making the gift; and

(2) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

C. Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver's license, identification card, fishing license, or hunting license upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.

D. An anatomical gift executed in a will takes effect upon the death of the donor whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the death of the donor does not invalidate the gift.

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F, G. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 937, §3, eff. July 1, 2010.

Acts 1968, No. 651, §1; Acts 1974, No. 266, §2; Acts 1976, No. 357, §§1, 2; Acts 2004, No. 872, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2010, No. 937, §§2, 3, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2024, No. 348, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:4002.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 4002.4
State board; powers and duties relative to course providers
Status: in_force

A.(1) The state board shall create a process for authorizing course providers that shall determine whether each proposed course provider complies with the law and rules, whether the proposal is valid, complete, financially well-structured, and educationally sound, whether it provides a plan for collecting data in accordance with R.S. 17:3911, and whether it offers potential for fulfilling the purposes of this Part. The state board shall provide for an independent evaluation of the proposal by a third party with educational, organizational, legal, and financial expertise.

(2) The process shall provide for an agreement between the state and board and the course provider that shall include, at a minimum, a plan for implementing or providing the following:

(a) Administration of state assessments to eligible funded students, as required by the school and district accountability system.

(b) The parishes or local school systems in which the course provider will operate.

(c) Proposed courses offered, alignment of the courses by the course provider with the requirements of R.S. 17:24.4, and the designated length of each course offered.

(d) Alignment of the courses offered by the course provider with any type of approved Louisiana diploma, including those provided in R.S. 17:183.2, 183.3, and 236.1.

(e) Assurances that the course provider shall, to the best of its ability, collaborate and coordinate with a local school system in which a eligible funded student or eligible participating student is enrolled full time.

B.(1) The initial authorization of the course provider shall be for a period of three years. After the second year of the initial authorization period, the state board shall conduct a thorough review of the course provider's activities and the academic performance of the students enrolled in courses offered by the course provider in accordance with the school and district accountability system. If the performance of the students enrolled in courses offered by the course provider pursuant to the school and district accountability system does not meet performance standards set by the state board, the state board shall place the course provider on probation.

(2) After the initial three-year authorization period, the state board may reauthorize the course provider for additional periods of not less than three years nor more than five years after thorough review of the course provider's activities and the achievement of students enrolled in courses offered by the course provider.

(3) The state board shall monitor and evaluate the course provider in accordance with performance expectations set forth by the state board in which student achievement is the predominant criterion.

(4) The state board shall create a process for common course numbering of all courses listed in the course catalogue and for determining whether courses are in compliance with R.S. 17:24.4. For courses offered by postsecondary education institutions that are authorized course providers, the state board shall consult with the Board of Regents.

C. The state board shall create and maintain a reciprocal teacher certification process for teachers who reside in other states but who are employed by authorized course providers and teach virtual education courses to satisfy the state certification requirements pursuant to R.S. 17:8.1.

D.(1) The state board shall create a course catalogue for all courses offered, by parish, and shall timely update the catalogue prior to the beginning of each school year.

(2) The state board shall include any course offered for dual enrollment by a Louisiana public institution of postsecondary education in the course catalogue, with no requirement for course approval by the board or the state Department of Education, provided the course meets the Carnegie unit requirements for high school graduation.

Acts 2012, No. 2, §1; Acts 2014, No. 482, §1, eff. June 5, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2114
Furnishing protective glasses or goggles
Status: in_force

Any student using in the course of his studies any device dangerous or hazardous to the eyes such as welding equipment, acid or abrasives, or any other dangerous devices shall be furnished with and shall wear safety or protective glasses or goggles made of a material suitable to protect the eyes from such hazards.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1977.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1977.1
École Pointe-au-Chien; creation; location; governance
Status: in_force

There is hereby created École Pointe-au-Chien, a public French immersion school for students in grades prekindergarten through four. The school shall be located in Terrebonne Parish. The school shall be independent of the control of the state superintendent of education and of all local and state education boards except its board of directors.

Acts 2022, No. 454, §1, eff. July 1, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:406.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 406.8
Parental involvement; parenting classes; recognition for participation
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school is authorized and encouraged to partner with individuals, community and faith-based groups and organizations, and nonprofit and for-profit entities to design and implement programs to increase parental involvement in children's education and schools.

B. The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school may:

(1) Identify and encourage participation in parenting classes that are designed to increase parental involvement, are provided at low or no cost to parents, and that provide parents with information and skills related to improving student performance, including but not limited to the following:

(a) How to be a positive role model for children and motivate them to do well in school.

(b) How to maximize the benefits of parent-teacher conferences.

(c) The importance of sleep and good nutrition in school performance.

(d) How to help with homework assignments and to establish an environment conducive to their completion.

(e) Techniques for students to improve study habits and classroom performance.

(f) How to access and use any technology provided by the school or school governing authority that furnishes information about school assignments, activities, and events and about student attendance and performance.

(g) The importance of school attendance and the consequences of truancy.

(h) How to help students prepare for entrance into postsecondary education or the workforce.

(i) Ways of becoming involved in a child's school, including volunteer opportunities.

(2) Provide recognition in the following ways to schools and classes in which a high percentage of parents participate in at least two parenting classes:

(a) Solicit donations from individuals, community and faith-based groups and organizations, and nonprofit and for-profit entities to fund rewards such as equipment, supplies, field trips, and other educational activities.

(b) Devise other ways of providing recognition to schools and classes as well as to participating parents.

C.(1) The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall encourage and provide opportunities for parents who participate in parenting classes to encourage participation by other parents, including those whose children are entering a school for the first time.

(2) The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school and the state Department of Education may identify available funding sources that may be used to provide for such parenting classes.

Acts 2013, No. 306, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:392.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 392.14
Dyslexia Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established in the state treasury, as a special fund, the Dyslexia Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund".

B. The fund shall consist of any monies transferred or appropriated by the legislature and any grants, gifts, or donations received by the state for the purposes of this Section. Monies appropriated or transferred into the fund shall be deposited by the state treasurer after compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

C. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

D. Subject to an appropriation by the legislature, monies in the fund shall be used solely to fund costs associated with the administration of a core assessment used to test students for dyslexia as provided by law.

Acts 2024, No. 525, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1373 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1373
Parish school board as governing body of school districts; authority to hold special school tax elections
Status: in_force

The parish school board is the governing body of all school districts created by it and has the power to order, conduct and hold all elections in these districts for purposes of voting special school taxes.

The governing body of a school district composed of parts of two or more adjoining parishes shall be and remain, as long as the school district continues in existence, the parish school board of the parish in which is situated the greatest amount of taxable property as shown by the assessment rolls of the adjoining parishes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:282 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 282
History and literature of the Bible; high schools
Status: in_force

A. Each public school governing authority may offer an elective high school course in the history and literature of the Bible for the purposes of:

(1) Providing students with knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy.

(2) Familiarizing students with the content, history, and structure of the Bible and the influence of the Bible on law, history, government, literature, art, music, customs, morals, values, and culture.

B. If such a course is offered:

(1) No student shall be required to use a particular translation of the Bible as the textbook for the course.

(2) The course shall maintain religious neutrality and accommodate diverse religious views, traditions, and perspectives.

(3) The course shall not endorse, promote, favor, disfavor, or show hostility toward any particular religion or any nonreligious perspective.

C. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act for the implementation of this Section.

D. In carrying out the provisions of this Section, neither the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education nor any public school governing authority shall violate any provision of the United States Constitution or any federal law, the Constitution of Louisiana or any state law, or any regulation of the United States Department of Education.

Acts 2023, No. 215, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2047 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2047
Nurse training programs; student demand; documentation; report; authorization to obtain criminal history record information
Status: in_force

A. Every vocational institute, college, and university offering nurses training shall, beginning October 1, 1991, keep a record of every request received for admittance into a nurse training program. Such records shall be maintained for each different program requested and shall document the response to the request, whether the response was admittance, denial, wait listing, or diversion into another program. The record shall contain the reason for the denial of any student requesting admittance into a nurse training program who is denied admission.

B. Such records shall be submitted to the Board of Regents and the postsecondary education management boards on a quarterly basis and also shall be submitted to the Nursing Supply and Demand Council on whatever schedule it requests.

C.(1) The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges may:

(a) Request and obtain state and national criminal history record information on any person making application to enroll as a student in a nurse training program at any vocational institute or community college.

(b) Charge and collect from an applicant, in addition to all other applicable fees and costs, such amount as may be incurred by the board in requesting and obtaining criminal history record information on the applicant.

(c) In cooperation with the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners and the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information of the office of state police within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, promulgate the rules and regulations, and establish procedures in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act that are necessary to implement the provisions of this Subsection.

(2) Any and all state or national criminal history record information obtained by the board which is not already a matter of public record shall be deemed nonpublic and confidential information restricted to the exclusive use of the board, its members, officers, investigators, agents, and attorneys in evaluating the applicant's eligibility or disqualification for enrollment. No such information or records related thereto shall, except with the written consent of the applicant or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, be released or otherwise disclosed by the board to any other person or agency.

(3) The board shall provide each institution under its jurisdiction with written standards specifying the requirements that must be met by an applicant to a nurse training program and the grounds on which an applicant may be denied acceptance to a program or denied a license upon completion of a program. The institution shall provide a copy of such standards to any person making application.

Acts 1991, No. 818, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1343, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2008, No. 534, §1, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:197 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 197
Studies regarding improvement and expansion of nutrition program; state Department of Education's duty to conduct
Status: in_force

A. To the extent that funds are available for that purpose and in cooperation with other appropriate agencies and organizations, the state Department of Education may conduct studies regarding methods of improving and expanding nutrition programs and promoting nutritional education in the schools.

B. The state Department of Education may also conduct appraisals of the nutritive benefits of nutrition programs, and report its findings and recommendations from time to time to the governor.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 275, §1; Acts 2009, No. 279, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 100.3
Exception to multiparish compacts
Status: in_force

This section shall not be authority for the creation of multiparish compacts for the establishment and/or operation of the thirteenth and fourteenth grades by parish school boards.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 334, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:399 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 399
Program for remedial education; distribution of funds to local city and parish school boards; regulations
Status: in_force

A. To be eligible to receive funds under this Part, a city or parish school board shall describe in writing its proposed remedial education program as set forth in its pupil progression plan according to regulations adopted by the state board. The description shall include all remedial instruction and proposals for program improvement. Proposals shall include a narrative which shall incorporate the following:

(1) A statement of the educational objectives and how they are determined.

(2) The student population to be served and the selection criteria to be used.

(3) The methodologies to be utilized in meeting the educational problems.

(4) A description of the course content to be taught.

(5) A detailed budget including excess costs above regular programs.

(6) An evaluation plan encompassing both the educational process and the extent of growth and achievement evidenced by pupils.

B. The programs provided by funds received under this Part shall meet the following criteria:

(1) The program is based on performance objectives related to educational achievement in grade appropriate skills addressed through the statewide curriculum standards for required subjects, and provides supplementary services designed to meet the educational needs of each participating student.

(2) The program is evaluated according to regulations approved by the state board.

(3) The state and local funds expended in the program shall be accounted for separately from all other funds expended by the city or parish school board. Expenditures shall be reported as a categorical program in the manner prescribed by the state board.

(4) The program shall be coordinated with locally funded or federally funded, or both, remedial education programs, but shall remain as a separate remedial program to be funded by the state.

(5) Each pupil progression plan shall contain an assurance that the use of grant funds will not result in a decrease in the use for educationally deprived children of state, local, or federal funds which, in the absence of funds under the remedial education program, have been made available for the education of such children. No project under the remedial education program shall be approved unless the state funds for the remedial education program will not be used to supplant other state, local, or federal funds being used for the education of such students.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 433, §1, eff. July 21, 1980. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 138, §1, eff. July 12, 1982; Acts 1986, No. 698, §1, eff. June 1, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1171 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1171
Eligibility for sabbatical leaves
Status: in_force

A. Members of the teaching staff of public schools in all parishes and municipalities of the state of Louisiana shall be eligible for sabbatical leaves, for the purpose of professional or cultural improvement or medical leave for the two semesters immediately following any twelve or more consecutive semesters of active service in the parish where the teacher is employed, or for the one semester immediately following any six or more consecutive semesters of service.

B. Active service accumulated toward sabbatical leave as provided in Subsection A of this Section shall not be deemed to be interrupted by any of the following:

(1) Absence on sick leave under Subpart B of this Part.

(2) Absence on maternity leave as provided under Subpart C of this Part, provided that such leave shall be for the period of disability occasioned by pregnancy or childbirth as determined by a certificate from the employee's attending physician.

(3) Absence on involuntary military service in the armed forces of the United States.

(4) Absence on military leave under the provisions of R.S. 17:1215.

(5) Absence on adoptive leave pursuant to R.S. 17:1211(B).

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, any city or parish school board, at the time it grants a leave of absence without pay under the provisions of R.S. 17:1186, may declare that all or certain of such leaves shall not be deemed to interrupt the accumulation of active service toward sabbatical leave.

Amended by Acts 1965, No. 106, §1; Acts 1978, No. 385, §1; Acts 1981, No. 295, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1342, §1; Acts 2003, No. 682, §1; Acts 2018, No. 631, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:5024 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 5024
Academic requirements
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided by this Subsection, students shall meet the following minimum grade point average requirements, calculated on a 4.00 scale using only the grades obtained by the student in completing the core curriculum requirements established by this Chapter, for the respective awards:

(i) For an Opportunity Award, a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50.

(ii) For a Performance Award, a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.25.

(iii) For an Honors Award, a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.50.

(iv) For a TOPS-Tech Award, a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50.

(v) For an Excellence Award, a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.50.

(b) Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year and for subsequent school years thereafter, each school shall use the ten-point grading scale provided for in R.S. 17:184 for the purpose of assigning grades used in the calculation of the minimum grade point average required by Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph regardless of whether the school uses a different grading scale for other purposes. The provisions of this Subparagraph shall apply to public schools and nonpublic schools approved in accordance with R.S. 17:11.

(2)(a) For a student who graduated prior to the 2002-2003 school year, the minimum cumulative grade point average shall be calculated by using the grades obtained by the student in completing all classes taken.

(b) For a student who graduated prior to the 2007-2008 school year, the minimum cumulative high school grade point average necessary for such student to be eligible for a Performance Award or Honors Award shall be 3.50 on a 4.00 scale.

(c)(i) For a student who graduated during or after the 2007-2008 school year but prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the minimum cumulative high school grade point average necessary for such student to be eligible for an Opportunity Award shall be 2.50 on a 4.00 scale.

(ii) For a student who graduated during or after the 2007-2008 school year but prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the minimum cumulative high school grade point average necessary for such student to be eligible for a Performance Award shall be 3.00 on a 4.00 scale.

(iii) For a student who graduated during or after the 2007-2008 school year but prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the minimum cumulative high school grade point average necessary for such student to be eligible for an Honors Award shall be 3.00 on a 4.00 scale.

(3)(a) The calculation of the minimum cumulative grade point average specified in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall use a five-point scale for grades earned in certain Advanced Placement courses, International Baccalaureate courses, gifted and talented courses, honors courses, articulated courses for college credit, and dual enrollment courses as approved by the Board of Regents and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, which may result in a student earning a cumulative grade point average that exceeds 4.00. For such courses, five quality points shall be assigned to a letter grade of "A", four quality points shall be assigned to a letter grade of "B", three quality points shall be assigned to a letter grade of "C", two quality points shall be assigned to a letter grade of "D", and zero quality points shall be assigned to a letter grade of "F".

(b) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph do not apply to students who graduated prior to the 2017-2018 school year.

B.(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Subsection, a student shall earn the following minimum test scores for the respective awards:

(a) For an Opportunity Award, a composite score on the 1990 version of the ACT which is at least equal to or higher than the state's average composite score, truncated to a whole number, reported for the prior year but never less than twenty or an equivalent concordant value on an enhanced or revised version of such test, the SAT, or the Classic Learning Test.

(b) For a Performance Award, a composite score on the 1990 version of the ACT of twenty-three or higher or an equivalent concordant value on any enhanced or revised version of such test, the SAT, or the Classic Learning Test.

(c) For an Honors Award, a score of twenty-seven or higher on the 1990 version of the ACT or an equivalent concordant value on any enhanced or revised version of such test, the SAT, or the Classic Learning Test.

(d) For a TOPS-Tech Award, a composite score on the specified ACT of seventeen or higher or an equivalent concordant value on any enhanced or revised version of such test, the SAT, or the Classic Learning Test. The student may, as an alternative requirement, have attained a silver level score on the assessments of the ACT WorkKeys system.

(e) For an Excellence Award, a score of thirty-one or higher on the 1990 version of the ACT or an equivalent concordant value on any enhanced or revised version of such test, the SAT, or the Classic Learning Test.

(2)(a) For a student who graduated prior to the 2010-2011 school year, the ACT WorkKeys system is not an alternative assessment for establishing eligibility for a TOPS-Tech Award.

(b) For a student who graduated prior to the 2000-2001 school year, the minimum ACT score for a TOPS-Tech Award is nineteen.

C. A student who graduated after the 2002-2003 school year but prior to the 2006-2007 school year is eligible to receive a Performance Award pursuant to this Chapter if he meets the other requirements of this Chapter and each of the following conditions is met:

(1) The student has a composite score on the 1990 version of the ACT of twenty-four or higher or an equivalent concordant value on any enhanced or revised version of such test or on the SAT.

(2) The student achieved a minimum cumulative high school grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale when calculated in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the administering agency and such calculation is based on ten or more of the grades being grades for completion of honors curriculum courses, gifted curriculum courses, or advanced placement courses, or any combination of such courses, and the high school awards grades for such courses on a 4.0 scale or higher.

Acts 2015, No. 227, §1; Acts 2016, No. 18, §1, eff. May 9, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 388, §1, eff. June 5, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1; Acts 2020, No. 346, §1; Acts 2025, No. 347, §1; Acts 2025, No. 356, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 100.14
Public school buildings; water bottle filling stations
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any new school building and any existing school building that undergoes a major plumbing renovation shall include the following:

(a) At least one water bottle filling station per two hundred people projected to occupy the school building.

(b) At least one water bottle filling station on each floor of the school building.

(c) At least one water bottle filling station located near all cafeterias, gymnasiums, outdoor recreation spaces, and other high-traffic areas.

(2) A city, parish, or other local public school board may install more filling stations than provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, as deemed appropriate.

(3) Plans for an existing school building may include retrofitting existing drinking fountains into water bottle filling stations.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) A "major plumbing renovation" to an existing school building means the replacement, repair, alteration, or upgrade of water systems or fixtures within an existing facility, which involves more than fifty percent of the fixtures in the facility, even if such renovation does not include any structural change to the facility. Such renovation shall not include repairs done as a result of damages from a natural disaster.

(2) "Water bottle filling station" means a water dispenser, accessible to all people in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, that dispenses clean drinking water directly into a bottle or other drinking container. A water bottle filling station shall be considered a drinking fountain for purposes of the International Plumbing Code, as incorporated within the State Uniform Construction Code.

Acts 2021, No. 363, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 2021, No. 363, §3, relative to applicability to construction or renovation commencing on or after Aug. 31, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:2115.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 2115.11
Prayer; student-initiated; conditions
Status: in_force

A. Upon the request of any public school student or students, the proper school authorities may permit students to gather for prayer in a classroom, auditorium, or other space that is not in use, at any time before the school day begins when the school is open and students are allowed on campus, at any time after the school day ends provided that at least one student club or organization is meeting at that time, or at any noninstructional time during the school day. A school employee may be assigned to supervise the gathering if such supervision is also requested by the student or students and the school employee volunteers to supervise the gathering. If a school employee present to supervise the gathering chooses, he may quietly bow his head during a student-led, student-initiated prayer so that the employee may treat the students' religious beliefs and practices with deference and respect.

B. Any school employee may attend and participate in the gathering if it occurs before the employee's work day begins or after the employee's work day ends.

C. Any parent may attend the gathering if the parent adheres to school procedures for approval of visitors on the school campus.

D. The students may invite persons from the community to attend and participate in the gathering if other school organizations and clubs are allowed to make similar invitations. Such persons shall adhere to school procedures for approval of visitors on the school campus.

Acts 2013, No. 286, §1; Acts 2018, No. 673, §1, eff. June 1, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 10.2
School and district accountability system; trend data profiles; employee incentive awards
Status: in_force

A. The state Department of Education shall provide to the governing authority of each public school a profile of its trend data as gathered by the state pursuant to R.S. 17:3911. The department shall ensure that all future reports as required pursuant to R.S. 17:3912 contain trend data for at least three years.

B.(1) A city or parish school board may adopt written policies and procedures to establish and implement for such employees of the board as it deems appropriate an incentive compensation program providing for monetary awards based on performance which meets or exceeds standards established for a school or the school district, or both, pursuant to R.S. 17:10.1 and applicable policy of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education relative to the school and district accountability system.

(2)(a) The amount of any monetary award provided to a school board employee pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall be exempt from any limitation in law prohibiting the amount paid to the employee in any school year from being reduced below the amount paid during the previous school year or prohibiting the amount paid to the employee from being reduced at any time during the year, including but not limited to any such limitations in R.S. 17:421.3, 422.6, and 431.

(b) The amount of any monetary award provided to a school board employee pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall not be used in the calculation of any other employee benefit provided for by law.

(3) For the purposes of this Subsection, "city or parish school board" shall mean the governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school.

Acts 1997, No. 478, §1, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 1128, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2012, No. 643, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:436.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 436.6
Sickle cell disease
Status: in_force

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

(1) The healthcare accommodations that the student may require at school or while participating in a school activity, including but not limited to unrestricted access to the restroom and to adequate hydration and limitations on required physical activity.

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

Acts 2024, No. 616, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1206.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1206.1
School employees; sick leave
Status: in_force

A.(1) An employee of a city, parish, or other local public school board, as the word "employee" is defined in R.S. 17:1205, who is disabled while acting in his official capacity as a result of assault or battery by any student or person, shall receive sick leave without reduction in pay and without reduction in accrued sick leave days while disabled as a result of such assault or battery; however, if the employee is absent for six or more consecutive days as a result of such disability, he shall be required to present a certificate from a physician certifying the disability. If the employee who is receiving sick leave without reduction as described in this Section begins to draw his benefit from the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana or the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System, the leave shall cease.

(2) The sick leave authorized by this Section shall be in addition to all other sick leave authorized by R.S. 17:1206, provided that additional sick leave for disability as a result of assault or battery shall not be accumulated from year to year, nor shall such additional sick leave be compensated for at death or retirement, or compensated for in any other manner except as authorized in this Section.

B. An employee of the parish or city school boards of this state, as the word "employee" is defined in R.S. 17:1205, who is disabled, as defined in R.S. 17:1200(C), while acting in his official capacity as a result of physical contact with a student while providing physical assistance to a student to prevent danger or risk of injury to the student shall receive sick leave for a period up to one year without reduction in pay and without reduction in accrued sick leave days while disabled as a result of rendering such assistance. Such employee shall be required to present a certificate from a physician certifying the disability. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a city or parish school board from extending this period beyond one year.

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

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

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

Acts 1991, No. 360, §1, eff. July 6, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 741, §1; Acts 2017, No. 227, §1; Acts 2024, No. 315, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1682.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 1682.1
Scholarships for children of firefighters killed or disabled in performance of duty
Status: in_force

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

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

Added by Acts 1974, No. 262, §2; Acts 1985, No. 873, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 1997, No. 455, §1; Acts 1997, No. 514, §1, eff. July 3, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 11
Approval of nonpublic schools by board
Status: in_force

A.(1) The board shall adopt standards and guidelines which shall be applied in determining whether a nonpublic school applying for approval meets the requirements of a sustained curriculum or specialized course of study of quality at least equal to that prescribed for similar public schools.

(2) The board shall not adopt a standard or guideline that prohibits a nonpublic, parochial school or school board from hiring a teacher solely because the accreditation of the postsecondary education institution at which he completed his teacher education program is not a regional accreditation. Such a school or school board may hire a teacher who completed his teacher education program at a nationally accredited institution and who meets all other criteria provided in the standards and guidelines.

(3) The board shall appoint an advisory committee of nonpublic school representatives, who shall advise and counsel with the board relative to standards and guidelines affecting these schools. After initial approval the board shall periodically determine whether the nonpublic school is maintaining such quality and if not, shall discontinue approval of the school.

B. The board shall approve any nonpublic elementary or secondary school which makes application therefor on a form furnished by the board, if such school meets and maintains a sustained curriculum or specialized course of study of quality at least equal to that prescribed for similar public schools.

C. All certificates and diplomas issued by an approved nonpublic school shall carry the same privileges as one issued by a state public school.

Acts 1975, No. 274, §1; Acts 2019, No. 437, §1; Acts 2022, No. 566, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:286.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 17 / Section 286.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Subpart, unless otherwise clearly indicated, these terms have the following meanings:

(1) "Balanced treatment" means providing whatever information and instruction in both creation and evolution models the classroom teacher determines is necessary and appropriate to provide insight into both theories in view of the textbooks and other instructional materials available for use in his classroom.

(2) "Creation-science" means the scientific evidences for creation and inferences from those scientific evidences.

(3) "Evolution-science" means the scientific evidences for evolution and inferences from those scientific evidences.

(4) "Public schools" mean public secondary and elementary schools.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 685, §1.

NOTE: The Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act, R.S. 17:286.1 to 286.7, was held unconstitutional in Edwards v. Aguillard , La. 1987, 107 S.Ct. 2573, 96 L.Ed.2d 510.