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LA Rev Stat § 17:235.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§235.2. Statements of compliance; students and parents; required

RS 235.2 - Statements of compliance; students and parents; required A. Beginning with the 1999-2000 school year, each city and parish school board shall require each student in grades four through twelve in each school under the control of the board annually to sign a statement of compliance committing to do at least all of the following: (1) Attend school daily, except when absent for reasons due to illness or other excused absence. (2) Arrive at school on time each day. (3) Demonstrate significant effort toward completing all required homework assignments. (4) Follow school and classroom rules. B. Beginning with the 1999-2000 school year, each parent or guardian of each student in grades four through twelve in any public school in the state annually shall sign a statement of compliance committing to do at least all of the following: (1) Ensure that his child attends school daily except for reasons as specified in Paragraph A(1) of this Section. (2) Ensure that his child arrives at school on time each day. (3) Ensure that his child completes all required homework assignments. (4) Attend all required parent and teacher or principal conferences. C. Prior to the signing by any student of the statement of compliance as required in this Section, each homeroom teacher of students in grades four through twelve shall, on the first day of school each school year, provide information to and answer any questions from such students relative to the statement of compliance. D. Each city and parish school board shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this Section. Such rules and regulations shall include the following: (1) Appropriate action to be taken against any student or parent or guardian who fails to comply with the signed statement as required in this Section. (2) Guidelines for accomplishing the requirements of Subsection C of this Section, including a specified amount of time necessary for teachers to accomplish such requirements. Acts 1999, No. 1004, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 17:236 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§236. Definition of a school

RS 236 - Definition of a school A. For the purposes of this Chapter, a school is defined as an institution for the teaching of children, consisting of an adequate physical plant, whether owned or leased, instructional staff members, and students. For such an institution to be classified as a school, within the meaning of this Chapter, instructional staff members shall meet the following requirements: if a public day school or a nonpublic school which receives local, state, or federal funds or support, directly or indirectly, they shall be certified in accordance with rules established by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; if a nonpublic school which receives no local, state, or federal funds or support, directly or indirectly, they shall meet such requirements as may be prescribed by the school or the church. In addition, except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this Section, any such institution, to be classified as a school, shall operate a minimum session of not less than one hundred eighty days. Solely for purposes of compulsory attendance in a nonpublic school, a child who participates in a home study program approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall be considered in attendance at a day school; a home study program shall be approved if it offers a sustained curriculum of a quality at least equal to that offered by public schools at the same grade level. B. Effective for the 2005-2006 school year, the provisions of Subsection A of this Section relative to the required operation of a minimum school session of not less than one hundred eighty days shall not be applicable. However, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may adopt rules effective for the 2005-2006 school year relative to the minimum session required of any institution in order to be classified as a school. C. For the purpose of reporting data: (1) The term "elementary school" means a school composed of any span of grades prekindergarten through grade eight that excludes grades nine through twelve. (2) The term "middle school" or "junior high school" means a school composed of any span of grades five through nine that includes grades seven and eight and that excludes grades prekindergarten through four and ten through twelve. (3) The term "high school" means a school composed of any span of grades nine through twelve. (4) Middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools shall be considered secondary schools. D. Nothing in Subsection C of this Section shall be construed to prohibit a city, parish, or other local public school board from configuring, classifying, or defining schools under its jurisdiction in a manner other than that provided in Subsection C of this Section. E. Nothing in Subsection C of this Section shall affect the certification of education personnel or the grade levels for which they are eligible to teach. Acts 1964, No. 109, §3. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 828, §1; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 21, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2012, No. 378, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 17:236.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§236.2. Home study program participants; admission to public schools

RS 236.2 - Home study program participants; admission to public schools  A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, hereinafter referred to as the state board, shall adopt policies, rules, and regulations establishing procedures to be followed by city and parish school boards in admitting or readmitting to the public schools any child who, during the preceding school year or any portion thereof immediately preceding his admission or readmission to the public schools, participated in an approved home study program pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 17:236.  B. In adopting such policies, rules, and regulations, the state board shall provide for the screening and evaluation of such students, including, but not limited to, the administration of examinations to determine the grade level at which such child should be admitted or readmitted to the public schools.  C. The State Department of Education shall select, develop, validate, and/or provide for the administration of all examinations required by the state board pursuant to the provisions of this Section. Such examinations shall measure the skills of such students using the criteria developed pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 17:24.4 and R.S. 17:391.1 et seq.  D. Each child seeking admission or readmission to the public schools of this state pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall, as a prerequisite for such admission or readmission, fulfill all screening and evaluation requirements established by the state board.  E. Each city and parish school board shall adopt all policies, rules, and regulations necessary to provide for the implementation of the provisions of this Section, including, but not limited to, provisions for the screening and evaluation of students in accordance with the policies, rules, and regulations adopted by the state board and for administering such examinations as may be required by the state board. Such school boards shall use the results of such screening, evaluations, and examinations in determining the grade level at which such children shall be admitted or readmitted to the public schools under the respective jurisdictions of such boards.  Acts 1984, No. 448, §1, eff. July 6, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 17:236.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§236.3. Virtual school; definition; attendance policies

RS 236.3 - Virtual school; definition; attendance policies  A. "Virtual school" means a public school, including a charter school, which has a unique site code assigned by the state Department of Education and which delivers all or a majority of the instruction provided through the internet or other electronic medium such that a student is not necessarily required to be at a specific location in order to receive instruction from a teacher. This does not preclude the ability of the school to include traditional classroom-based instruction or to host face-to-face meetings, including field trips, extracurricular activities, conferences between a student, parents, and teachers, or other related activities or events. However, a school that delivers all or a majority of the instruction provided through the internet or other electronic medium and requires students to be in daily attendance at a specified location to receive such instruction shall not be considered a virtual school.  B.(1) Each city, parish, or other local public school board may adopt a policy that defines attendance at a virtual school for purposes of compliance with R.S. 17:233.  (2) Each chartering authority may adopt in policy or include in charter agreements a definition of attendance at a virtual charter school which may include provisions for addressing excessive absences, such as parental notification, student engagement and withdrawal from the school for failure to engage, and referrals to child welfare and attendance officers and family and juvenile courts.  Acts 2018, No. 478, §1, eff. May 23, 2018; Acts 2019, No. 398, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:237 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§237. Authority to suspend

RS 237 - Authority to suspend  Pursuant to the authority contained in Article XIX, Section 5, of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Governor is hereby authorized to suspend the provisions of Sections 221, 230 and 233 of this Title, or any of them, for no longer than one calendar year, in any parish or parishes designated by him, in the event of disaster, flood, disorder, riot, violence, or any other emergency deemed sufficient by him.  Acts 1964, No. 109, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 17:238 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§238. Education of children having no permanent address, certain abandoned children, and children in foster care

RS 238 - Education of children having no permanent address, certain abandoned children, and children in foster care A. Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary, the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall establish a policy to provide for the placement in school and for the education of any child temporarily residing within the jurisdiction of the board who has no permanent address, who has been abandoned by his parents, or who is in foster care pursuant to placement through the Department of Children and Family Services. B. No governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school shall deny enrollment in school to any child solely because the child has no permanent address, because the child has been abandoned by his parents, or because the child is in foster care pursuant to placement through the Department of Children and Family Services; however, nothing in this Section shall require the enrollment of any child not permitted by another school system to attend school, either permanently or temporarily, as a result of disciplinary actions. C. The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall establish a policy to ensure that a child who is in foster care pursuant to placement through the Department of Children and Family Services shall be allowed to remain enrolled in the public school in which the child was enrolled at the time he entered foster care for the duration of the child's stay in the custody of the state or until he completes the highest grade offered at the school if the Department of Children and Family Services determines that remaining in that school is in the best interest of the child. If the foster care placement is outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the public school in which the child is enrolled, the governing authority of such school shall be responsible for providing free transportation for the child to and from a designated location which is within that school district and is located nearest to the child's residence and is determined to be appropriate by such governing authority and the Department of Children and Family Services. The Department of Children and Family Services shall be responsible for providing the child's transportation between that location and the child's residence. Acts 1989, No. 251, §1; Acts 1995, No. 139, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 39, §1; Acts 2009, No. 297, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 249, §1, eff. May 25, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 17:239 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§239. Prohibition against unauthorized use of electronic telecommunication devices; exceptions; penalties

RS 239 - Prohibition against unauthorized use of electronic telecommunication devices; exceptions; penalties A. Effective beginning with the 2003-2004 school year and thereafter, no student, unless authorized by the school principal or his designee shall use or operate any electronic telecommunication device including any facsimile system, radio paging service, mobile telephone service, intercom, or electro-mechanical paging system in any public elementary or secondary school building or on the grounds thereof or in any school bus used to transport public school students. B. A violation of the provisions of Subsection A of this Section may be grounds for disciplinary action by the school system, including but not limited to suspension from school. C. Nothing in this Section shall affect the conduct of law enforcement activities including the use of electronic detection devices, dogs, or other means of conducting searches for weapons, drugs, or other contraband in whatever manner is otherwise permitted by law and consistent with local school board policy. D. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use and operation by any person, including students, of any electronic telecommunication device described in Subsection A of this Section in the event of an emergency. Emergency means an actual or imminent threat to public health or safety which may result in loss of life, injury, or property damage. Acts 1989, No. 526, §1; Acts 2003, No. 927, §1, eff. August 1, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 17:251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§251. Short title; legislative intent

RS 251 - Short title; legislative intent A. This Subpart may be cited as the "Education/Juvenile Justice Partnership Act". B. The legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) The good behavior and discipline of students are essential prerequisites to academic learning, the development of student character, and the general, as well as educational, socialization of children and youth. (2) Bad behavior and lack of discipline in many schools of the state are impairing the quality of teaching, learning, character development, and socialization, and, in some schools, are creating real and potential threats to school and public safety. (3) Greater communication, coordination, and collaboration need to exist between and among state, city, parish, and other local public school systems and juvenile justice agencies to address effectively issues affecting the behavior and discipline of students, especially with respect to safe school planning, mental health service delivery, family strengthening, alternative schools, special education, school zero tolerance policies, school suspensions, and positive behavioral supports. Acts 2003, No. 1225, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 17:254 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§254. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 413, §1.

RS 254 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 413, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:255 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§255. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.

RS 255 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:256 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§256. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.

RS 256 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:257 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§257. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.

RS 257 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:258 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§258. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.

RS 258 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:259 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§259. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.

RS 259 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:260 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§260. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.

RS 260 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:261 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§261. Constitution of the United States

RS 261 - Constitution of the United States  Regular courses of study on the Constitution of the United States shall be given, beginning with the eighth grade and continuing thereafter, in all the public schools, high schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions supported wholly or in part with the public funds of the state or of any political subdivision thereof.  The state board of education or the governing authority of the educational institution shall enforce the provisions of this Section.
LA Rev Stat § 17:262 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§262. Flag and patriotic customs of the United States; required instruction

RS 262 - Flag and patriotic customs of the United States; required instruction  A.(1) A program of instruction on the flag of the United States of America shall be provided to students by the fifth grade as part of the social studies curriculum in the public elementary schools of this state. Such instruction, at a minimum, shall include the history of the American flag, etiquette, customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag, and such other patriotic customs as provided by and in accordance with the provisions of 36 U.S.C. 170 et seq. on patriotic customs.  (2) Not later than the 2019-2020 school year, the program of instruction on patriotic customs required by this Section shall include instruction on the national motto, "In God We Trust", and each public school governing authority shall display the national motto in each building it uses and in each school under its jurisdiction. The nature of the display shall be determined by each governing authority with a minimum requirement of a paper sign.  B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to insure the proper implementation of this Section.  Acts 1999, No. 672, §1; Acts 2018, No. 410, §1, eff. May 23, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 17:263 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§263. Adoption awareness; required instruction

RS 263 - Adoption awareness; required instruction A. Adoption awareness shall be required instruction for high school students in public and nonpublic secondary schools in a manner deemed appropriate by the school principal. B. "Adoption awareness" as used in this Section means specific instruction on the benefits of adoption for families wishing to add a child, for potential adoptees, and for persons who are pregnant or who have a child for whom they are unable to care. Acts 2006, No. 571, §1; Acts 2013, No. 329, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:264 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§264. Community service; high school diploma endorsement program

RS 264 - Community service; high school diploma endorsement program A.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may establish a "Distinction for Community Service" diploma endorsement program to recognize high school students who perform a certain number of hours of documented community service. The number of service hours required to earn a diploma endorsement shall be determined by the state board and shall accrue from the ninth grade through the twelfth grade. (2) Not later than March first of each year, provided that a diploma endorsement program as authorized in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection is implemented, the state board shall provide a written report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education, which shall contain, at a minimum, the following: (a) The goals and objectives of the diploma endorsement program. (b) The number of community service endorsements awarded to students for the preceding school year. (c) The types of community service performed by students for the preceding school year. (d) The results and effectiveness of the program. B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt necessary rules and guidelines for the proper implementation of any diploma endorsement program for community service developed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section, and each city, parish, and other local public school board shall provide for such community service in accordance with such rules and guidelines. Acts 2012, No. 295, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:265 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§265. The Founding Principles of the United States of America; required instruction

RS 265 - The Founding Principles of the United States of America; required instruction A. The governing authority of each public school that offers courses in American history and civics as prerequisites to graduation shall integrate into such courses instruction regarding the Founding Principles of the United States of America. B. Such instruction shall include but need not be limited to providing students with information on the following: (1) The Creator-endowed unalienable rights of the people. (2) Structure of government and separation of powers with checks and balances. (3) Frequent and free elections in a representative government. (4) Rule of law. (5) Equal justice under the law. (6) Private property rights. (7) Federalism. (8) Due process. (9) Individual rights as set forth in the Bill of Rights. (10) Individual responsibility. Acts 2012, No. 393, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:266 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§266. Cursive writing; required instruction

RS 266 - Cursive writing; required instruction  Cursive writing shall be taught in all public schools. Each public school shall ensure that such instruction is introduced by the third grade and incorporated into the curriculum in grades four through twelve.  Acts 2016, No. 482, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 17:267 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§267. Litter prevention and awareness; required instruction

RS 267 - Litter prevention and awareness; required instruction  A. Instruction in litter prevention and awareness shall be provided to each public school student in kindergarten through grade five. Such instruction shall be integrated into the existing curriculum and may include instructional materials created and developed for students in Louisiana to assist such students in making environmentally sound decisions and understanding the vital role they play in preserving the beauty of the state.  B. Each public school governing authority shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this Section.  Acts 2017, No. 72, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:268 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§268. Declaration of Independence and Federalist Papers

RS 268 - Declaration of Independence and Federalist Papers  A. The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America shall be made required study in all elementary schools throughout the state.  B. The Federalist Papers shall be made required study in all the high schools throughout the state.  Acts 1987, No. 486, §1, eff. July 9, 1987.