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LA Rev Stat § 17:108 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§108. Findings and actions of board as final; appeals

RS 108 - Findings and actions of board as final; appeals  The findings of fact and action of the board shall be final except that in the event that the pupil or the parent or guardian, if any, of any minor or, if none, the custodian of any such minor shall, as next friend, file exception before such board to the final action of the board as constituting a denial of any right of such minor guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States, or any right under the laws of Louisiana, and if the board shall not, within fifteen days, reconsider its final action, an appeal may be taken from the final action of the board, on such ground alone, to the district court of the judicial district in which the school board is located, by filing with the clerk of said court within thirty days from the date of the board's final decision a petition stating the facts relevant to such pupil as bearing on the alleged denial of his rights under the Federal Constitution, or state law, accompanied by bond with sureties approved by the clerk of said court conditioned to pay all costs of appeal if the same shall not be sustained. A copy of such petition and bond shall be filed with the president of the board. The filing of such a petition for appeal shall not suspend or supersede an order of the board; nor shall the court have any power or jurisdiction to suspend or supersede an order of the board issued under this Sub-part before the entry of a final decree in the proceeding, except that the court may suspend such an order upon application by the petitioner made at the time of the filing of the petition for appeal, after a preliminary hearing, and upon a prima facie showing by the petitioner that the board has acted unlawfully to the manifest detriment of the child who is the subject of the proceeding.  On such appeal the district court may, as in other cases, summon a jury for the determination of any issue or issues of fact presented. Appeal may be taken from the decision of the district court in the same manner as appeals may be taken in other suits, either by the appellant or by such board.  Acts 1960, No. 492, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:109 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§109. Appearance of attorney general; costs

RS 109 - Appearance of attorney general; costs  The board before whom any objection or proceeding with respect to the placement of pupils is pending may, upon authorization in writing of a majority of the board, request the attorney general of Louisiana to appear in such proceedings as amicus curiae to assist the board in the performance of its judicial functions and to represent the public interest. Expenses of court reporters, subpoenas, witness fees and other costs of such proceedings approved by the board shall be the obligation of the city or parish involved, and shall be paid from the public school funds of such city or parish.  Acts 1960, No. 492, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:110 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§110. Immunity of school boards and agents

RS 110 - Immunity of school boards and agents  No school board or member thereof, nor its agents or examiners, shall be answerable to any charge of libel, slander, or other action, whether civil or criminal, by reason of any finding or statement contained in the written findings of fact or decisions or by reason of any written or oral statements made in the course of proceedings or deliberations provided for under this Sub-part.  Acts 1960, No. 492, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:111 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§111. Discrimination in public schools prohibited; pupil assignment; religious educational institutions

RS 111 - Discrimination in public schools prohibited; pupil assignment; religious educational institutions   A. No person shall be refused admission into or be excluded from any public school in the state of Louisiana on account of race, creed, color, disability, as defined in R.S. 51:2232, or national origin.   B. Except with the express approval of a board of education or school board having jurisdiction, a majority of the members of such board having been elected, no student shall be assigned or compelled to attend any school on account of race, creed, color or national origin, or for the purpose of achieving equality in attendance or increased attendance or reduced attendance, at any school, of persons of one or more particular races, creeds, colors or national origins, and no school district, school zone or attendance unit, by whatever name known, shall be established, reorganized or maintained for any such purpose, provided that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the assignment of a pupil in the manner requested or authorized by his parents or guardian, and provided further that nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect, in any way, the right of a religious or denominational educational institution to select its pupils exclusively or primarily from members of such religion or denomination or from giving preference to such selection to such members or to make such selection to its pupils as is calculated to promote the religious principle for which it is established.   Added by Acts 1970, Ex.Sess., No. 1, §§1, 2; Acts 1993, No. 820, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 17:112 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§112. Student academic records; transfer; parental rights

RS 112 - Student academic records; transfer; parental rights A.(1)(a) The principal of a public elementary or secondary school shall provide for the transfer of the education records of any current or former student at his school upon the written request of any authorized person on behalf of a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, whether within or outside of the state of Louisiana, where such student has become enrolled or is seeking enrollment. (b) The principal of a public elementary or secondary school shall provide for the transfer of the education records of any current or former student at his school upon the written request of any authorized person on behalf of an educational facility operated within any correctional or health facility, whether within or outside of the state of Louisiana, where such student has become enrolled or is seeking enrollment. (2) The transfer of such records, whether by mail or otherwise, shall occur not later than ten business days from the date of receipt of the written request as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection. B. If a student has been suspended or expelled, or both, the transferred records shall include the dates of any suspension or expulsion and the reasons for which the student was suspended or expelled. C. No education record of any student may be withheld as the result of lack of payment of any fine, debt, or other outstanding obligation. D. An education record of a student may be inspected by the student or his or her parents in accordance with the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Acts 2001, No. 315, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2009, No. 142, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:121 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§121. Orleans Parish; election and terms of members; apportionment; qualifications; compensation; vacancies; prohibited acts

RS 121 - Orleans Parish; election and terms of members; apportionment; qualifications; compensation; vacancies; prohibited acts  A.(1) The school board of Orleans Parish shall consist of five members elected at large at congressional elections. Candidates shall qualify and the elections shall be held as provided by the election laws of this state. The members in office on July 1st, 1984, shall serve until their terms expire. Any member elected in the regularly scheduled elections in 1984 shall be elected for a term of four years. Any member elected in the regularly scheduled elections in 1986 shall be elected for a term of two years. Members elected at the congressional elections in 1988 and their successors in office shall be elected for four-year concurrent terms. (2) Effective with the commencement of the term of office of school board members elected in the congressional elections in 1988 and thereafter, the Orleans Parish School Board shall be composed of at least five and no more than nine members elected either by district or at large or by any combination of district and at large as shall be determined by the Orleans Parish School Board. Candidates shall qualify and the elections shall be held as provided by the election laws of this state. B. All members elected to the board shall assume the duties of office at the January meeting of the board following their election. C.(1) Members of the board shall receive the same remuneration and possess the same qualifications as 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. (2) Members of the board, whether compensated on a per diem basis or on an expense allowance basis, additionally are authorized to receive for attendance at board committee meetings the same mileage allowance provided by R.S. 17:56(A) for school board members for going to and from the meetings for every meeting of the school board and for travel outside the parish on school board business. D. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 284, §1. Acts 1960, 3rd Ex.Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961; Amended by Acts 1970, No. 334, §1; Acts 1979, No. 448, §1; Acts 1984, No. 552, §1, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 854, §1; Acts 1993, No. 649, §1, eff. June 16, 1993; Acts 2005, No. 284, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:122 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§122. Application of general laws and regulations of state board of education

RS 122 - Application of general laws and regulations of state board of education  All laws, and all rules and regulations of the state board of education governing other parish school boards throughout the state, shall govern the Orleans Parish School Board, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Title.  Acts 1960, 3rd Ex.Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961.
LA Rev Stat § 17:123 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§123. Superintendent of schools as treasurer of board; bond

RS 123 - Superintendent of schools as treasurer of board; bond  The superintendent of public schools of the Parish of Orleans shall be ex-officio the treasurer of the Orleans Parish School Board and shall receive all funds apportioned by the state to the city of New Orleans or received or collected for the support of the free public schools from any and all sources. He shall give bond, with security in the sum of fifty thousand dollars in favor of the board and its successors in office, to be accepted and approved by the board and recorded in the mortgage office of the parish, which bond shall then be filed and kept on record in the office of the board. The filing of the bond and the taking and filing the usual oath of office before any officer authorized to administer the same, shall qualify the treasurer to act. The board shall designate the officers or persons who shall sign checks or warrants drawn against the school funds. All persons so authorized shall furnish a surety bond of not less than fifty thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of their duties.  Acts 1960, 3rd Ex.Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 212, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:124 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§124. Appropriations, authority to make

RS 124 - Appropriations, authority to make The Orleans Parish School Board may make annual appropriations out of any of its funds to the teachers' retirement fund of the public schools of the parish; these appropriations shall not be less than Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) each year. The board may make additional appropriations to be used as a special fund for such teachers who are aged or infirm as are, under the laws in effect on July 26, 1922, receiving less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) a month. Acts 1960, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961; Acts 2014, No. 811, §8, eff. June 23, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 17:125 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§125. Normal schools; authority to maintain; salary schedules

RS 125 - Normal schools; authority to maintain; salary schedules  The Orleans Parish School Board may maintain one or more normal schools for the professional training of teachers. The course of study pursued in such schools must be approved by the state board of education. All graduates of these normal schools shall be awarded diplomas. The normal schools in existence on July 29, 1942, under the authority of this Section, may award the degree of bachelor of arts and bachelor of science to graduates who complete four-year courses approved by the state board of education. Wherever the Orleans Parish School Board fixes salary schedules to distinguish between teachers employed on July 29, 1942, who have certificates based on degrees from recognized colleges or universities and certificates issued by the state board on the basis of a two years normal course, or on other qualifications accepted by the state board of education, and in which cases the teachers are on the same level of experience, the Orleans Parish School Board shall in no instance pay to the teacher holding the certificate based on the two years normal course, or on other qualifications accepted by the state board of education, a salary which shall be less than that paid to the holder of the certificate based on a college degree by an amount exceeding Fifteen Dollars per month, or One Hundred Fifty Dollars per annum.  Acts 1960, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961.
LA Rev Stat § 17:126 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§126. Courses of study and text books; authority to adopt

RS 126 - Courses of study and text books; authority to adopt  The Orleans Parish School Board has authority to prepare courses of study for use in public schools of Orleans Parish, subject to the approval of the state board of education, and to adopt text books for use in the public schools of Orleans Parish, subject to the approval of the state board of education.  Acts 1960, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961.
LA Rev Stat § 17:127 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§127. Revenues of parish school board; duty to secure

RS 127 - Revenues of parish school board; duty to secure  The Orleans Parish School Board or its successor in law, shall secure its revenues as provided in the Constitution of the state.  Acts 1960, 3rd Ex.Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961.
LA Rev Stat § 17:128 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§128. Contracts; bids

RS 128 - Contracts; bids  When required so to do by existing state law, all contracts for public works or for materials and supplies ordered by the Orleans Parish School Board shall be advertised by the board in accordance therewith. The board shall have the right to appoint, by proper resolution, a committee consisting of three or more of its employees to publicly open all bids at the time and place specified in the advertisement, outside of the presence of the board. The committee shall then tabulate all bids so received, and furnish the board with said written tabulation. The board shall then let the contract, or reject all bids, within the time specified in the advertisement.  Acts 1960, 3rd Ex.Sess., No. 4, §1, emerg. eff. Jan. 12, 1961.
LA Rev Stat § 17:151 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§151. Public schools; establishment by parish boards; pupil-classroom-teacher ratios

RS 151 - Public schools; establishment by parish boards; pupil-classroom-teacher ratios  A. Parish and city school boards may establish such public schools as they may deem necessary to provide adequate school facilities for the children of the parish, and also trade schools, evening schools, schools for adults, schools and classes for exceptional children, and such other schools or classes as may be necessary to meet all special or exceptional requirements. Central or high schools may be established when necessary, but no high school shall be established without the sanction of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Practical, industrial, and agricultural courses shall be fostered by the public school officials, and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may extend special financial aid to schools meeting required standards in such courses, with such funds as may be available for such purposes. B.(1) Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, no parish or city school board shall have a systemwide pupil-classroom-teacher ratio in kindergarten through grade three in excess of twenty pupils to one classroom teacher. (2) Effective with the 2012-2013 school year and thereafter, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Subsection to ensure compliance by city, parish, and other local public school boards. Such rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to provisions that allow a local public school board to request a limited waiver from the state superintendent of education from complying with the provisions of this Subsection relative to student-teacher ratios, provided that the teacher has demonstrated effectiveness as defined by the state board, pursuant to R.S. 17:3881 through 3905. (3) Not later than September first of each year, the Department of Education shall submit a written report to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on Education detailing all waiver requests submitted by city, parish, and other local public school boards for the prior school year and the disposition of each request. Acts 1989, No. 465, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 2012, No. 659, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 17:151.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§151.1. Additional grades in secondary schools; establishment by local boards; approval of degrees, diplomas, and certificates

RS 151.1 - Additional grades in secondary schools; establishment by local boards; approval of degrees, diplomas, and certificates  Any city or parish school board may, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and with the approval of the Board of Regents or its successor, extend the curriculum of any high school established within its jurisdiction to include a thirteenth or fourteenth grade, or both, when, by a decision of the local school board, such extension is necessary or desirable for the benefit of school children within its jurisdiction. In such instances, these city and parish school boards shall designate appropriate courses of study to be offered in the additional school grades so established and shall provide the facilities necessary for the effective operation of such an extended school program. The awarding of any degree, diploma, or certificate for successful completion of a course of study offered in the additional school grades shall be subject to approval, disapproval, or modification by the Board of Regents or its successor.  Acts 1990, No. 619, §1, eff. July 19, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 17:151.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§151.2. Consolidated multiparish vocational-technical school districts; St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and St. James Parish

RS 151.2 - Consolidated multiparish vocational-technical school districts; St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and St. James Parish  A. The parish school boards of St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and St. James Parishes may establish a consolidated multiparish vocational-technical school district, to be administered jointly by the school boards of those parishes forming such consolidated district, and may establish and maintain such vocational-technical schools in said district as they may determine.  B. The school boards of St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and St. James Parishes may provide funds for the establishment, operation and maintenance of said vocational-technical school and may further receive contributions from industries or other sources for the establishment, operation and maintenance of said vocational-technical school.  Added by Acts 1972, No. 586, §§1, 3.
LA Rev Stat § 17:152 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§152. Minimum average attendance required for maintenance of schools

RS 152 - Minimum average attendance required for maintenance of schools  No school with an average attendance below ten pupils shall be opened or maintained in any locality, except upon recommendation of the parish school board, giving its reason for such recommendation, and upon approval by the Louisiana State Board of Education.
LA Rev Stat § 17:153 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§153. Agreements for combination of public and parochial schools prohibited

RS 153 - Agreements for combination of public and parochial schools prohibited  The school boards of the several parishes of this state are prohibited from entering into any contract, agreement, understanding or combination, tacitly or expressly, directly or indirectly, with any church, monastic or other order or association of any religious sect or denomination whatsoever, with the representatives thereof or with any person or corporation conducting a school which solicits patronage from those of any particular religious faith, affiliation or persuasion, for the purpose of running any public school or schools of this state together, in connection, or in combination with any private or parochial school, or other institution of learning which may be under the control or management of any church, monastic or other religious order or association of any religious sect or denomination whatsoever, or under the control of any person or corporation conducting a school which solicits patronage especially from those of any particular religious faith, affiliation or persuasion.
LA Rev Stat § 17:154 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Education|§154. Curriculum; length of school periods

RS 154 - Curriculum; length of school periods  A.(1) The branches of spelling, reading, writing, drawing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, United States history, and health, including alcohol, tobacco, drug, and substance abuse prevention and education, shall be taught in every elementary school. In addition to these, such other branches shall be taught as the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or the provisions of the state constitution, may require.  (2) Every secondary school shall provide instruction in alcohol, tobacco, drug, and substance abuse prevention and education.  (3) Any instruction relative to alcohol, tobacco, drug, and substance abuse prevention and education provided pursuant to Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection shall include the information that mixing opioids and alcohol can cause accidental death and information on the health risks associated with vapor products as defined in R.S. 26:901.  B. Except as provided in R.S. 17:154.1(A), the minimum daily session, exclusive of all recesses, of every public school shall be three hundred sixty minutes; however, this shall not be construed so as to prevent half-day sessions where the school accommodations are insufficient for all the pupils of the district in a whole-day session. Nor shall it interfere with any arrangement made for the conduct of kindergarten schools; however, in the parish of Orleans the school board may fix the hours of the daily session of the public schools, provided that the minimum number of instructional minutes as required by R.S. 17:154.1(A) is met.  Acts 1991, No. 380, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 160, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2018, No. 694, §1; Acts 2021, No. 230, §1.