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LA Rev Stat § 17:81.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§81.4. Reductions in force; dismissal of teachers and other school employees

RS 81.4 - Reductions in force; dismissal of teachers and other school employees A. Not later than September 1, 2012, each local public school board shall develop and adopt rules and policies that delegate reduction in force decisions to the superintendent which he shall use in dismissing teachers and other employees at any time a reduction in force is instituted. Such rules and policies shall be made available for inspection by teachers, other school employees, and the general public within ten days after final adoption. B. All reduction in force policies adopted for use in dismissing teachers and administrators shall be based solely upon demand, performance, and effectiveness, as determined by the performance evaluation program as provided in R.S. 17:3881 through 3905. Any reduction in force by a superintendent shall be instituted by dismissing the least effective teacher within each targeted subject area or area of certification first, and then proceeding by effectiveness rating until the reduction in force has been accomplished. C. All reduction in force policies adopted by a local school board for use by the superintendent in dismissing school employees who are not evaluated pursuant to R.S. 17:3881 through 3905, shall be based upon the following criteria: (1) Performance and effectiveness as determined by school board policy. (2) Certification or academic preparation, if applicable. D. All reduction in force policies of local public school boards and special schools as provided in this Section shall include: (1) The right of an employee notified of an action which results from implementation of a reduction in force policy to request in writing a review of such action and to receive notice of the results of such review. (2) The right of an employee to pursue the matter through the school board's adopted grievance procedure. E. No reduction in force policy adopted by a local public school board shall include seniority or tenure as the primary criterion to be considered when instituting a reduction in force. Added by Acts 1983, No. 94, §1; Acts 1985, No. 602, §1; Acts 1986, No. 478, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1272, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2012, No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 17:81.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§81.5. School employees; procedure for dismissal

RS 81.5 - School employees; procedure for dismissal  Not later than January 1, 1988, each city and parish school board shall develop and adopt rules and policies which it shall use in dismissing school employees who have not attained tenure in accordance with applicable provisions of law and whose dismissal is not a result of a reduction in force, as provided for in R.S. 17:81.4. The school board shall provide a procedure by which any employee, whose dismissal is governed by this Section, may participate in the development of the rules and policies. Such rules and policies shall be made available for public inspection within ten days after they are finally adopted.  Acts 1987, No. 631, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:81.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§81.7. Employee reports of criminal activity; law enforcement response

RS 81.7 - Employee reports of criminal activity; law enforcement response  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 § 17:81.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§81.8. Employee demotion; investigation

RS 81.8 - Employee demotion; investigation  A. By not later than January 1, 1993, each city and parish school board shall adopt and implement a policy establishing procedures for the investigation of any employee in any case in which there is a public announcement by the board that the employee may be disciplined whether or not there is an accompanying reduction in employee pay. The policy shall include a process by which any such employee, if the employee so determines, not later than thirty days after the conclusion of such investigation and prior to any school board action, may appear before the school board in open session and be given a reasonable time, as determined by the board, to comment on the investigation and any actions taken or proposed to be taken involving the employee.  B. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any reduction in force instituted by a city or parish school board nor shall the provisions of this Section apply to any investigation of an employee conducted by a city or parish school board in accordance with applicable provisions of Part II of Chapter 2 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 17:411 through 544, relative to tenure. Acts 1991, No. 939, §1, eff. July 24, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 164, §1, eff. June 8, 1992.
LA Rev Stat § 17:82 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§82. Lunch departments, authority to operate

RS 82 - Lunch departments, authority to operate  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 § 17:83 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§83. Presidents of boards; duties; contracts with teachers, superintendents' duty to sign

RS 83 - Presidents of boards; duties; contracts with teachers, superintendents' duty to sign  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 § 17:84 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§84. Deputy parish superintendents, assistant superintendents, supervisors, and other employees; boards' authority to appoint

RS 84 - Deputy parish superintendents, assistant superintendents, supervisors, and other employees; boards' authority to appoint  The parish school boards may appoint such assistant superintendents, supervisors, stenographers, bookkeepers as may be needed, and such attendance officers, medical directors, and other appointees as may be necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the schools; they may also fix their salaries and prescribe their duties.  Any parish or school board with a population of two hundred thousand or more may appoint a deputy parish superintendent of schools for such a period, and having such qualifications as may be fixed by the school board. The school board may also fix the salary and prescribe the duties to be performed by the deputy parish superintendent. The deputy parish superintendent of schools shall not be required to be a qualified elector or a resident of the parish which he is to serve as deputy.  The deputy parish superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the school board, and shall be removable by a majority vote of the membership of the parish school board at any regular meeting or at any special meeting after due notice.  Amended by Acts 1968, No. 624, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:84.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§84.1. School janitors, school custodians, school maintenance employees; board's authority to employ; age limitation

RS 84.1 - School janitors, school custodians, school maintenance employees; board's authority to employ; age limitation  Parish and city school boards may also employ janitors, custodians, and maintenance employees as said boards may deem desirable for the proper and efficient conduct of their respective school systems at such salaries, unless otherwise prescribed by law, and with such qualifications and duties as the board may deem advisable.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 258, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 628, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:84.01 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§84.01. Assistant superintendents in certain districts; term of appointment; discharge for cause; other permanent status

RS 84.01 - Assistant superintendents in certain districts; term of appointment; discharge for cause; other permanent status A. All assistant superintendents, who have not already acquired regular and permanent status as such, and who are appointed on or after September 1, 1972, by a parish or city school board of a school district in any municipality having a population above three hundred thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census shall be appointed for a term of not more than four years, and the term shall be specified in a written contract which shall be renewable for an additional term or terms at the pleasure of the employing board. B. If any person so appointed shall be found incompetent, inefficient, or unworthy, during the term of his appointment, he shall be removable for such cause by a majority vote of the membership of the parish or city school board at any regular meeting or at any special meeting after due notice. Any person so appointed, who had previously acquired regular and permanent status, either as a teacher, as set forth in R.S. 17:461, or as an employee other than a teacher, as set forth in R.S. 17:522, shall retain the permanent status previously acquired in the lower position from which he was promoted; and should he be removed by the school board from his position in the manner hereinabove set forth, he must be returned to his former position, or to one paying the same salary as his former position, unless the provisions of R.S. 17:523 or R.S. 17:462 are complied with. C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to deprive any person of any rights he may acquire under the provisions of R.S. 17:461 through 464, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to change, alter, or affect whatever tenure rights persons presently employed may have. Added by Acts 1972, No. 67, §1; Amended by Acts 1991, No. 78, §1, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 17:84.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§84.2. School boards; requirement to employ a business manager or chief financial officer; minimum standards

RS 84.2 - School boards; requirement to employ a business manager or chief financial officer; minimum standards A. Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall employ a business manager or chief financial officer who shall have the qualifications established by rules promulgated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The state board shall establish such qualifications not later than January 1, 2007. B. Any business manager or chief financial officer employed prior to the final adoption of rules providing for such qualification by a city, parish, or, other local public school board who does not meet the qualifications provided by such rules shall have seven years from the date the final rules are published in the Louisiana Register to meet the required qualifications. C. City, parish, and other local public school boards may enter into an agreement to share business services, including the employment of a single business manager or chief financial officer. However, the business manager or chief financial officer employed to serve as the school business manager or chief financial officer for more than one school system pursuant to such agreement shall meet the qualifications established by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Acts 2006, No. 606, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85. Naming of street or athletic facility by school boards

RS 85 - Naming of street or athletic facility by school boards A. A city, parish, or other local public school board may name the following at a school within its jurisdiction in honor of a living person: (1) A street that is maintained by the school board and that is not a state or federal highway. (2) An existing athletic facility. B. A school board may establish criteria that it will apply in naming a street or an athletic facility in honor of a living person, but such criteria are not a prerequisite for the exercise of the authority granted by this Section. Acts 2001, No. 936, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 841, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 695, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.1. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.

RS 85.1 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.2. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.

RS 85.2 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.3. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.

RS 85.3 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.4. Naming of curriculum center; St. Tammany Parish School Board

RS 85.4 - Naming of curriculum center; St. Tammany Parish School Board  The parish school board in St. Tammany Parish may name a curriculum center in the parish in honor of a former educator and coach who meets all of the following criteria: (1) He served as an educator in Louisiana schools for more than forty years. (2) He was a teacher and school principal in the parish where the curriculum center is located. (3) He served as a football coach in the parish school system and the team he coached won its first state football championship. (4) He retired from the parish school system before 1980. Acts 2003, No. 909, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.5. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.

RS 85.5 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.6. Naming of a headstart and community center; Jefferson Davis Parish School Board

RS 85.6 - Naming of a headstart and community center; Jefferson Davis Parish School Board  The parish school board in Jefferson Davis Parish may name a headstart and community center in the parish in honor of a former educator and community leader who meets all of the following criteria: (1) She was valedictorian of her high school class in 1940 and graduated magna cum laude at Grambling. (2) She played basketball for four years at Jefferson Davis High School and for four years at Grambling. (3) She served at Jefferson Davis High School for twenty-five years as an American History teacher, counselor and girls' basketball coach and at Jennings High School as a counselor, for a total of forty years. Acts 2004, No. 606, §1, eff. July 5, 2004; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.7. Naming of Reserve Officers' Training Corps building at West Monroe High School

RS 85.7 - Naming of Reserve Officers' Training Corps building at West Monroe High School The Ouachita Parish School Board may name the Reserve Officers' Training Corps building at West Monroe High School in honor of James Donald Halsell, Jr. Acts 2005, No. 215, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.8. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.

RS 85.8 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.9. Terminated on Dec. 31, 2004, by Acts 2004, No. 563, §3, eff. July 6, 2004.

RS 85.9 - Terminated on Dec. 31, 2004, by Acts 2004, No. 563, §3, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.10. Terminated on Dec. 31, 2004, by Acts 2004, No. 718, §3, eff. July 6, 2004.

RS 85.10 - Terminated on Dec. 31, 2004, by Acts 2004, No. 718, §3, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.11. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.

RS 85.11 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.12. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.

RS 85.12 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.13. Naming of stadium by certain school boards

RS 85.13 - Naming of stadium by certain school boards The parish school boards in East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and Orleans parishes may name a stadium in the parish in honor of a former principal who meets all of the following criteria: (1) He served as an instructor, assistant coach, head coach, athletic director, administrator, and principal in the parish where the stadium is located for more than forty years. (2) He served as an instructor, assistant coach, head coach, athletic director, administrator, and principal at the school where the stadium is located for more than thirty years. (3) He was named principal of the year in the parish where the stadium is located prior to 2002. Acts 2008, No. 905, §1, eff. July 11, 2008; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 17:85.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§85.14. Naming of a performing arts center by certain school boards

RS 85.14 - Naming of a performing arts center by certain school boards The parish school boards in Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and Orleans parishes may name a performing arts center in the parish in honor of a former principal who meets all of the following criteria: (1) She served as a teacher, assistant principal of instruction and curriculum, and chairwoman of a parishwide committee to determine the feasibility of developing a junior high school magnet program in the parish where the performing arts center is located. (2) She was the founding principal of a middle magnet school, serving in that capacity for at least ten years. (3) The middle magnet school, for which she served as principal, was honored as a National School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. Acts 2008, No. 905, §1, eff. July 11, 2008; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 17:86 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§86. Expenses of special sessions for teachers, boards' authority to pay

RS 86 - Expenses of special sessions for teachers, boards' authority to pay A parish school board may pay all or a part of the expenses of special sessions of schools organized and maintained for the benefit of teachers, and it may pay all or a part of the salaries and expenses of persons employed in the extension service to promote agricultural and other industrial instruction for the benefit of children. No parish school board shall use any of the parish school funds in purchasing any textbooks, material or supplies as herein authorized, but such purchase shall be made entirely from proceeds derived from the sale of such books, material, and supplies, respectively, as the case may be.
LA Rev Stat § 17:87 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§87. Lease or sale of school lands or of timber thereon; disposition of revenues

RS 87 - Lease or sale of school lands or of timber thereon; disposition of revenues Parish school boards may rent sixteenth section lands, except as otherwise provided by law, by resolution of the board and without the authority of a vote of the electors of the township in which such lands are located. All funds realized by the parish school boards from the rent of sixteenth sections shall be credited to the general school funds of the parish. All elections to authorize the sale of sixteenth section lands, or of timber on sixteenth section lands, shall be conducted by the parish school boards, and the funds realized from such sale, after deducting for necessary expenses connected with such elections, shall be promptly forwarded to the state auditor for credit to the proper township.
LA Rev Stat § 17:87.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§87.1. Rights-of-way across and through sixteenth section lands

RS 87.1 - Rights-of-way across and through sixteenth section lands The school boards of the several parishes of the state of Louisiana are authorized to grant rights-of-way across and through sixteenth sections or parts thereof for all legitimate and necessary purposes, including but not limiting the generality thereof, power and communication lines and pipe lines for water, oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances. Added by Acts 1950, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:87.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§87.2. Application for right-of-way over school lands; notice; advertisement; objections; terms and conditions of grant

RS 87.2 - Application for right-of-way over school lands; notice; advertisement; objections; terms and conditions of grant No application for a right-of-way shall be considered unless certificate of publication of due notice is on file in the office of the school board, showing advertisement of the pending application by publication two times within ten days in the official journal of the parish wherein the sixteenth section or part thereof is situated, said notice being required for the purpose of permitting any citizen or citizens residing within the sixteenth section or part thereof to file opposition to the granting of such right-of-way. Provided any objection or objections are submitted as aforesaid, the school board shall give due consideration thereto in determining whether or not such application shall be granted. No right-of-way authorized by R.S. 17:87.1 shall be granted unless adequate consideration for the grant is paid to the school board. A provision shall also be incorporated in the grant that the general public may have full ingress and egress over, across and through said right-of-way. The school board may impose other conditions which, in its discretion, are deemed advisable or necessary, and fix the term for the grant. Added by Acts 1950, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:87.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§87.3. Disposition of revenues received from grants

RS 87.3 - Disposition of revenues received from grants All moneys received as consideration for grants authorized by R.S. 17:87.1 shall be deposited by the school board and credited to the general school fund of the parish wherein the sixteenth section or part thereof is located. Added by Acts 1950, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1.