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17:416.13
17:416.13 Student code of conduct; requirement; bullying; prohibition; notice; reporting; accountability
B. Bullying Policy. (1) The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall adopt, and incorporate into the student code of conduct, a policy prohibiting the bullying of a student by another student, which includes the definition of bullying as provided in Subsection C of this Section. This policy must be implemented in a manner that is ongoing throughout the school year and integrated with a school’s curriculum, a school’s discipline policies, and other violence prevention efforts.
(ii) How to identify students at each grade level in the employee’s school who are most likely to become victims of bullying, while not excluding any student from protection from bullying.
(1) Notice to Students and Parents. The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall inform each student, orally and in writing at the orientation required under R.S. 17:416.20, of the prohibition against bullying of a student by another student, the nature and consequences of such actions, including the potential criminal consequences and loss of driver’s license as provided in R.S. 17:416.1, and the proper process and procedure for reporting any incidents involving such prohibited actions. A copy of the written notice shall also be delivered to each student’s parent or legal guardian.
(2) Reporting. (a) The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall develop a procedure for the reporting of incidents of bullying. This shall include a form for the purposes of bullying reports. The form shall include an affirmation of truth of statement. Any bullying report submitted regardless of recipient shall use this form, but additional information may be provided. The form shall be available on the Department of Education’s website.
(ii) If the school board does not take timely and effective action, the student, parent, or other school employee may report the bullying incident to the state Department of Education. The department shall track the number of reports, shall notify in writing the superintendent and the president of the school’s governing authority, and shall publish the number of reports by school district or governing authority on its website. The department shall provide both the number of actual reports received and the number of reports received by affected student.
(i) Upon receiving a report of bullying, the school official shall notify the student’s parent or legal guardian according to the definition of notice created by the state Department of Education.
(cc) In any case where a teacher, principal, or other school employee is authorized in this Section to require the parent or legal guardian of a student who is under the age of eighteen and not judicially emancipated or emancipated by marriage to attend a conference or meeting regarding the student’s behavior and, after notice, the parent, tutor, or legal guardian willfully refuses to attend, that the principal or his designee shall file a complaint with a court exercising juvenile jurisdiction, pursuant to Children’s Code Article 730(8) and 731. The principal may file a complaint pursuant to Children’s Code Article 730(1) or any other applicable ground when, in his judgment, doing so is in the best interests of the student.
(ii) The parent shall file a request with the superintendent for the transfer of the student to another school under the governing authority’s jurisdiction.
(iii) The governing authority of the public elementary or secondary school in which the student is enrolled shall make a seat available at another public elementary or secondary school under its jurisdiction within ten school days of the parent or legal guardian’s request for a transfer. If the governing authority has no other school under its jurisdiction serving the grade level of the victim, within fifteen school days of receiving the request, the superintendent or director of the governing authority shall:
(aa) Inform the student and his parent or legal guardian and facilitate the student’s enrollment in a statewide virtual school.
(bb) Offer the student a placement in a full-time virtual program or virtual school under the jurisdiction of the school’s governing authority.
(iv) If no seat or other placement pursuant to Item (iii) of this Subparagraph is made available within thirty calendar days of the receipt by the superintendent of the request, the parent or legal guardian may request a hearing with the school’s governing authority, which shall be public or private at the option of the parent or legal guardian. The school’s governing authority shall grant the hearing at the next scheduled meeting or within sixty calendar days, whichever is sooner.
(aa) Compose a written document containing the findings of the investigation, including input from the students’ parents or legal guardian, and the decision by the school or school system official. The document shall be placed in the school records of both students.
(ff) As applicable, provide a copy of any reports and investigative documents to the state Department of Education. Upon receipt, the department shall remove any reports related to the investigative documents from notation on the department’s website, but shall maintain a record of those reports for three years.
F. This Section shall not be interpreted to conflict with or supercede the provisions requiring mandatory reporting pursuant to Louisiana Children’s Code Article 609 and as enforced through R.S. 14:403.
Added by Acts 1999, No. 969, § 1, eff. July 9, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, No. 230, § 1, eff. June 1, 2001; Acts 2010, No. 755, § 1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 861, § 1, eff. June 14, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 329, § 1; Acts 2017, No. 335, § 1.