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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:279. Parenthood education; required course

RS 17:279 - Parenthood education; required course
A. All public high schools offering home economics programs shall provide instruction in parenthood education. All other public high schools may provide instruction in parenthood education.
B. "Parenthood education" shall include but not be limited to instruction in family living and community relationships, the consequences of the lack of adequate prenatal care, home management, and the responsibilities of parenthood.
C. Except as set forth herein, all parenthood education instruction shall be taught by a certified teacher of secondary vocational home economics. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall prescribe a minimum twelve-hour requirement of university or college credit in family life education for any teacher who is not a certified secondary vocational home economics teacher to qualify to teach parenthood education.
Acts 1992, No. 812, §1, eff. July 7, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 967, §1, eff. June 25, 1993; Acts 2013, No. 329, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:280. Internet and cell phone safety education; required instruction

RS 17:280 - Internet and cell phone safety education; required instruction
A. The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall provide age and grade appropriate classroom instruction regarding Internet and cell phone safety. Such instruction shall be integrated into an existing course of study and shall include but need not be limited to providing students with information on the following with respect to both cell phones and the Internet:
(1) The safe and responsible use of social networking websites, chat rooms, electronic mail, bulletin boards, instant messaging, and other means of electronic communication.
(2) Risks of transmitting personal information.
(3) Recognizing, avoiding, and reporting solicitations by sexual predators.
(4) Recognizing and reporting illegal activities and communications.
(5) Recognizing and reporting harassment and cyberbullying.
(6) Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive communications.
(7) Copyright laws on written materials, photographs, music, and video.
B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall prescribe suitable teaching materials for instruction.
C. Each public school governing authority shall provide teaching materials regarding Internet and cell phone safety to parents and legal guardians.
D. No person shall have a cause of action against any school district, school, or school employee based on any statement made or action taken, or by the omission of any statement or action, regarding instruction required by this Section. The immunity from liability established in this Subsection shall not apply to any statement or action by a school employee that is maliciously, willfully, and deliberately intended to cause bodily harm to a student or to harass or intimidate a student.
Acts 2008, No. 672, §3; Acts 2012, No. 384, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:280.1. Eating disorder awareness and prevention; required instruction

RS 17:280.1 - Eating disorder awareness and prevention; required instruction
A. Each public school governing authority shall provide age- and grade-appropriate instruction relative to eating disorder awareness and prevention. Such instruction shall be integrated into the curriculum of an existing required course, such as health education, physical education, or another required course deemed appropriate by the governing authority.
B. Each public school governing authority shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for implementation of this Section.
Acts 2022, No. 626, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:280.2. Organ donation; required instruction

RS 17:280.2 - Organ donation; required instruction
A. Each public high school shall provide instruction relative to organ donation to its students. Such instruction shall be integrated into the curriculum of an existing required course such as health education or another required course deemed appropriate by the public school governing authority.
B. In order to satisfy the requirements of this Section, each public school governing authority shall use free resources from a Louisiana organ procurement organization or other free resources that are available from similar authoritative sources.
Acts 2023, No. 180, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:282. History and literature of the Bible; high schools

RS 17:282 - History and literature of the Bible; high schools
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:282.1. Watercraft safety course; establishment; implementation; purpose; student participation; rules and regulations; assistance from Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; definitions

RS 17:282.1 - Watercraft safety course; establishment; implementation; purpose; student participation; rules and regulations; assistance from Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; definitions
A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, shall establish and provide for the implementation of a watercraft safety course for students in public secondary schools in the state by not later than the second semester of the 1997-1998 school year. The purpose of the program shall be to promote the protection and safety of children when participating in water sports or recreation.
B. Any public secondary school may offer the watercraft safety course to any student wishing to participate in the course.
C. The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to provide for the watercraft safety course including a requirement that if the course is offered in any public secondary school, it shall be integrated within the current physical education curriculum as a three-week course. Such rules and regulations shall also specify that all instruction and related supplies and materials be on an age-appropriate basis.
D. The consultation as required in Subsection A of this Section shall include assistance and participation by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in establishing and implementing the watercraft safety course and in the development of course content, supplies, and materials. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shall also assist and participate with the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education in providing the necessary training to all individuals involved in the instruction of such course.
E. For purposes of this Section, the term "watercraft" shall be defined as provided in R.S. 34:851.2.
Acts 1997, No. 410, §1, eff. June 22, 1997.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:282.2. Character education programs; legislative findings; clearinghouse for information; permissive curriculum; dissemination of information; progress reports; rules and regulations

RS 17:282.2 - Character education programs; legislative findings; clearinghouse for information; permissive curriculum; dissemination of information; progress reports; rules and regulations
A. The legislature finds and acknowledges that while character development is a parental responsibility, the responsibility also extends to others. The legislature further finds that character education must be augmented and reinforced by public schools in order to prepare students to be productive, self-sufficient citizens who can ably assume societal responsibilities.
B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall provide a clearinghouse for information on nonsectarian practices in character education programs within Louisiana and across the nation in order to assist public elementary and secondary schools in improving character education. Clearinghouse information shall include information about comprehensive character education programs or curricula, which focus on the development of character traits such as honesty, fairness, and respect for self and others.
C. Any city or parish school system may offer a nonsectarian character education curriculum pursuant to the provisions of this Section in kindergarten through grade twelve, which focuses on the development of character traits such as honesty, fairness, respect for self and others, or other character traits as determined by individual school communities.
D. The state superintendent of education shall insure that information on nonsectarian practices, models, and potential funding sources relative to character education programs is disseminated to all city and parish school systems in the state by not later than August 1, 1999, and by not later than August first annually thereafter.
E. Beginning January 1, 1999, the state superintendent shall annually provide a progress report on the implementation of the provisions of this Section and the effectiveness thereof to the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education, and the governor.
F. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act necessary for the implementation of this Section and any city or parish school system offering a character education curriculum shall do so in accordance with such rules and regulations.
Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 149, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:282.5. Firearm accident prevention and safety education; authorized instruction

RS 17:282.5 - Firearm accident prevention and safety education; authorized instruction
Each city, parish, and other local public school board may provide age- and grade-appropriate classroom instruction regarding firearm accident prevention and safety to elementary school students. Such instruction shall be integrated into an existing course of study, and the purpose of such instruction shall be to promote the protection and safety of children. Furthermore, such instruction shall adopt or be based on the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program, an accident prevention program developed by the National Rifle Association, or a substantially similar program, such as the Louisiana Law Enforcement for Gun Safety program, designed to promote firearm accident prevention and safety. Such instruction shall not include the expression of value judgments about the use of firearms by teachers, school personnel, or any other instructors. The school board shall determine the timing and duration of such instruction.
Acts 2015, No. 400, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:283. Interdisciplinary courses; dropout prevention

RS 17:283 - Interdisciplinary courses; dropout prevention
Each city and parish school board in this state may develop and implement, after submission to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for approval, on or before such date as the board shall establish, a plan for modification of approved course content and structure to produce interdisciplinary courses for purposes of enhancing dropout prevention programs.
Acts 1989, No. 468, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:284. American Sign Language; secondary schools

RS 17:284 - American Sign Language; secondary schools
A. Any public high school shall offer instruction in a course in American Sign Language as an elective course provided a sufficient number of students desire to enroll in such a course. Any public high school offering a course in American Sign Language shall provide instruction to any pupil wishing to participate in that course. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish by rule criteria for each parish or city school board to determine whether a sufficient number of students desire a course in American Sign Language and shall develop appropriate procedures for submittal of such determinations by any parish or city school board wishing to offer such instruction. The board shall provide by rule for the implementation of this requirement. The board shall prescribe suitable teaching materials for the instruction and provide for teacher qualifications.
B. As used in this Section "American Sign Language" shall mean a visual language which has emerged from the deaf culture and is comprised of handshapes, movement, and body and facial expression, and possesses an identifiable syntax and grammar specific to visual languages which incorporates spatial relationships as a linguistic factor.
C. Any parish or city school board offering American Sign Language in any school under its jurisdiction shall schedule such instruction in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Acts 1991, No. 512, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:285. African language; public elementary and secondary schools

RS 17:285 - African language; public elementary and secondary schools
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:285.1. Science education; development of critical thinking skills

RS 17:285.1 - Science education; development of critical thinking skills
A. This Section shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Science Education Act".
B.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, upon request of a city, parish, or other local public school board, shall allow and assist teachers, principals, and other school administrators to create and foster an environment within public elementary and secondary schools that promotes critical thinking skills, logical analysis, and open and objective discussion of scientific theories being studied including, but not limited to, evolution, the origins of life, global warming, and human cloning.
(2) Such assistance shall include support and guidance for teachers regarding effective ways to help students understand, analyze, critique, and objectively review scientific theories being studied, including those enumerated in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
C. A teacher shall teach the material presented in the standard textbook supplied by the school system and thereafter may use supplemental textbooks and other instructional materials to help students understand, analyze, critique, and review scientific theories in an objective manner, as permitted by the city, parish, or other local public school board unless otherwise prohibited by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
D. This Section shall not be construed to promote any religious doctrine, promote discrimination for or against a particular set of religious beliefs, or promote discrimination for or against religion or nonreligion.
E. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and each city, parish, or other local public school board shall adopt and promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Section prior to the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year.
Acts 2008, No. 473, §1, eff. June 25, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:286. Violence prevention, self-esteem, and peer mediation

RS 17:286 - Violence prevention, self-esteem, and peer mediation
A. Any public elementary school may offer instruction in violence prevention, self-esteem, and peer mediation. Any public secondary school may offer instruction in self-esteem and peer mediation. The curriculum for such instruction shall be developed and approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
B. 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 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 47, §1; Acts 2022, No. 643, §2, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:286.1. Short title

RS 17:286.1 - Short title
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:286.2. Purpose

RS 17:286.2 - Purpose
This Subpart is enacted for the purposes of protecting academic freedom.
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:286.3. Definitions

RS 17:286.3 - Definitions
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:286.4. Authorization for balanced treatment; requirement for nondiscrimination

RS 17:286.4 - Authorization for balanced treatment; requirement for nondiscrimination
A. Commencing with the 1982-1983 school year, public schools within this state shall give balanced treatment to creation-science and to evolution-science. Balanced treatment of these two models shall be given in classroom lectures taken as a whole for each course, in textbook materials taken as a whole for each course, in library materials taken as a whole for the sciences and taken as a whole for the humanities, and in other educational programs in public schools, to the extent that such lectures, textbooks, library materials, or educational programs deal in any way with the subject of the origin of man, life, the earth, or the universe. When creation or evolution is taught, each shall be taught as a theory, rather than as proven scientific fact.
B. Public schools within this state and their personnel shall not discriminate by reducing a grade of a student or by singling out and publicly criticizing any student who demonstrates a satisfactory understanding of both evolution-science or creation-science and who accepts or rejects either model in whole or part.
C. No teacher in public elementary or secondary school or instructor in any state-supported university in Louisiana, who chooses to be a creation-scientist or to teach scientific data which points to creationism shall, for that reason, be discriminated against in any way by any school board, college board, or administrator.
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:286.5. Clarifications

RS 17:286.5 - Clarifications
This Subpart does not require any instruction in the subject of origins but simply permits instruction in both scientific models (of evolution-science and creation-science) if public schools choose to teach either. This Subpart does not require each individual textbook or library book to give balanced treatment to the models of evolution-science and creation-science; it does not require any school books to be discarded. This Subpart does not require each individual classroom lecture in a course to give such balanced treatment but simply permits the lectures as a whole to give balanced treatment; it permits some lectures to present evolution-science and other lectures to present creation-science.
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:286.6. Funding of inservice training and materials acquisition

RS 17:286.6 - Funding of inservice training and materials acquisition
Any public school that elects to present any model of origins shall use existing teacher inservice training funds to prepare teachers of public school courses presenting any model of origins to give balanced treatment to the creation-science model and the evolution-science model. Existing library acquisition funds shall be used to purchase nonreligious library books as are necessary to give balanced treatment to the creation-science model and the evolution-science model.
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:286.7. Curriculum development

RS 17:286.7 - Curriculum development
A. Each city and parish school board shall develop and provide to each public school classroom teacher in the system a curriculum guide on presentation of creation-science.
B. The governor shall designate seven creation-scientists who shall provide resource services in the development of curriculum guides to any city or parish school board upon request. Each such creation-scientist shall be designated from among the full-time faculty members teaching in any college and university in Louisiana. These creation-scientists shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and without compensation.
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:336. Repealed by Acts 1960, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1, eff. Nov. 8, 1960

RS 17:336 - Repealed by Acts 1960, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1, eff. Nov. 8, 1960
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:348.1. §§348.1 to 348.7 Repealed by Acts 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 6, §1, eff. Nov. 8, 1960.

RS 17:348.1 - §§348.1 to 348.7 Repealed by Acts 1960, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 6, §1, eff. Nov. 8, 1960.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:350.21. University laboratory schools operated by certain public universities; funding formula

RS 17:350.21 - University laboratory schools operated by certain public universities; funding formula
A.(1) Any elementary or secondary school operated by Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, or the University of Louisiana at Monroe shall be considered a public elementary or secondary school and, as such, shall be annually appropriated funds as determined by applying the formula as specified in Subsection B of this Section.
(2) Any school provided for in this Section shall be authorized by the board of supervisors with jurisdiction over the public postsecondary institution operating the school.
B. Each student, as identified by the preceding year's October first membership, enrolled in a school provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall be provided for and funded as provided for in Article VIII, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall allocate annually from the minimum foundation program formula an amount per student to each school equal to the amount allocated per student to the school board in the parish where the school is located.
C.(1) The funds appropriated for the schools provided for in this Section shall be allocated to the institution of postsecondary education operating the school, and each institution shall expend such funds to operate the school.
(2) No funds allocated pursuant to this Subsection shall be expended to operate the school unless the public postsecondary education institution operating the school has secured the necessary educational facilities, including classroom capacity, either through the use of current resources or private donations, or if expressly provided for by an Act of the legislature.
D. The funds provided pursuant to this Section during any one fiscal year shall not supplant funding provided by a postsecondary education institution for the previous fiscal year to any elementary or secondary school operated by the institution.
E. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the funding provided pursuant to this Section shall not exceed the average per pupil funding provided by the minimum foundation program formula for other elementary or secondary schools operated by public postsecondary education institutions.
Acts 1995, No. 919, §1, eff. June 28, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 880, §1; Acts 2018, No. 297, §1; Acts 2022, No. 678, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:353. Costs of administration; textbooks and instructional material distribution to nonpublic school students

RS 17:353 - Costs of administration; textbooks and instructional material distribution to nonpublic school students
A. Beginning with the 1993-1994 school year, each city and parish school board which disburses school library books, textbooks, and other materials of instruction to nonpublic school students shall submit to the superintendent of education such documentation as he may require to verify the administrative costs incurred by the school board in the disbursement of such books and instructional materials.
B. The verified costs of administration incurred by each city and parish school board shall be paid by the state.
Acts 1993, No. 650, §1, eff. June 16, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:354. Parental access to instructional materials and the Parents' Bill of Rights for Public Schools; posting and distribution of laws and information

RS 17:354 - Parental access to instructional materials and the Parents' Bill of Rights for Public Schools; posting and distribution of laws and information
A. Each public school governing authority and each public school shall post on its website information explaining the rights that parents have relative to accessing the instructional materials used in the education of their child and other rights pertaining to their child's education. The information shall be posted prominently in a location that is readily accessible from the main landing page of the website and shall include an easily understandable summary and the full text and legal citation of both of the following provisions:
(1) R.S. 17:355, which provides relative to parental access to instructional materials.
(2) R.S. 17:406.9, which provides for the Parents' Bill of Rights for Public Schools.
B. The information also shall be distributed to parents during the first week of school annually via paperwork sent home or any electronic means through which communication is routinely delivered to parents.
Acts 2022, No. 466, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:355. Parental access to instructional materials

RS 17:355 - Parental access to instructional materials
A. A parent of a child attending a public elementary or secondary school shall be entitled to access to instructional materials as provided in this Section.
B. A parent is entitled to:
(1) Review instructional materials used by or administered to the parent's child.
(2) Review any survey before the survey is administered or distributed by a school to a student.
C. Each local school board shall adopt rules and policies for each school to make instructional materials readily available for review as provided in this Section. The rules may specify reasonable hours for review. The rules shall provide that the school shall provide access to instructional materials to a parent upon request. If a parent requests a paper copy of material that can be readily copied using school equipment, such copy shall be provided. The rules shall establish reasonable and customary fees to be collected by the school to cover the cost of providing such copies. No provision of law or school board policy shall prohibit or interfere with a parent's ability to make his own copies on school premises via mobile or other device. The principal of each school shall ensure that the school complies with such rules.
D. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Instructional materials" means content that conveys the knowledge or skills of a subject in the school curriculum through a medium or a combination of media for conveying information to a student. It also includes any nonsecure test, nonsecure assessment, or survey administered to a student. The term also includes books, supplementary materials, teaching aids, computer software, magnetic media, DVD, CD-ROM, computer courseware, online material, information, or services, or an electronic medium or other means of conveying information to the student or otherwise contributing to the learning process.
(2) "Parent" means the parent or legal guardian of a child.
(3) "Survey" means any evaluative instrument or questionnaire that is not an assessment of academic knowledge, skills, or abilities, administered as part of a state, national, or international assessment or by itself.
Acts 2014, No. 436, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:361. Required reports and records; cost reimbursement to approved nonpublic schools

RS 17:361 - Required reports and records; cost reimbursement to approved nonpublic schools
The superintendent of education, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall annually reimburse each approved nonpublic school, for each school year beginning on and after July, 1979, an amount equal to the actual cost incurred by each such school during the preceding school year for providing school services, maintaining records and completing and filing reports required by law, regulation or requirement of a state department, state agency, or local school board to be rendered to the state, including but not limited to any forms, reports or records relative to school approval or evaluation, public attendance, pupil health and pupil health testing, transportation of pupils, federally-funded educational programs including school lunch and breakfast programs, school textbooks and supplies, library books, pupil appraisal, pupil progress, transfer of pupils, teacher certification, teacher continuing education programs, unemployment, annual school data, and any other education-related data which are now or hereafter shall be required of such nonpublic school by law, regulation or requirement of a state department, state agency, or local school board.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 205, §1, eff. July 11, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:362. Applications for reimbursement

RS 17:362 - Applications for reimbursement
Each school which seeks reimbursement pursuant to this Part shall submit to the superintendent an application therefor, together with such additional reports and documents as the superintendent may require, at such times, in such form, and containing such information as the superintendent may prescribe in order to carry out the purposes of this Part.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 205, §1, eff. July 11, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:363. Maintenance of records

RS 17:363 - Maintenance of records
Each school which seeks reimbursement pursuant to this Part shall maintain a separate account or system of accounts for the expenses incurred in rendering the required services for which reimbursement is authorized by R.S. 17:361. Such records and accounts shall contain such information and be maintained in accordance with regulations adopted by the board, but for expenditures made in the school year 1979-1980, the application for reimbursement made in 1980, pursuant to R.S. 17:361 shall be supported by such reports and documents as the superintendent shall require. In promulgating such regulations concerning records and accounts and in requiring supportive documents with respect to expenditures incurred in the school year 1979-1980, the superintendent shall implement the audit procedures provided in R.S. 17:365. The records and accounts supporting reimbursement for each school year shall be preserved at the school until the completion of such audit procedures.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 205, §1, eff. July 11, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:365. Audit

RS 17:365 - Audit
No application for reimbursement under this Part shall be approved except upon such audit of vouchers or other documents by the superintendent as is necessary to insure that such payment is lawful and proper.
The legislative auditor may from time to time examine, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 24:513, any and all accounts and records of a school which have been maintained pursuant to this Part in support of an application for reimbursement, for the purpose of determining the cost to such school of rendering the services referred to in R.S. 17:361. If after such audit it is determined that any school has received funds in excess of the actual cost of providing such services, such school shall immediately reimburse the state in such excess amount.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 205, §1, eff. July 11, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:371. Purpose

RS 17:371 - Purpose
A. The future of Louisiana, its economy, and the quality of life it provides for its citizens depends on the quality of education provided to its children. A critical element of a proper education is appropriate and challenging instruction in science and mathematics. For such instruction to be available, teachers must be properly trained and motivated and must have available the quality and quantity of equipment and materials such instruction requires.
B. It is the purpose of this Part to establish a mechanism by which a continuous supply of appropriate supplies and materials can be obtained, maintained, and made available to those teachers who are ready and able to use it in providing appropriate and challenging instruction in science and mathematics to their students.
Acts 1992, No. 1093, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:372. Definitions

RS 17:372 - Definitions
As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Council" means the Quality Science and Mathematics Council.
(2) "Program" means the Quality Science and Mathematics Program.
(3) "Teacher" means any employee of a parish or city school board who holds a teacher's certificate and whose legal employment requires such teacher's certificate.
Acts 1992, No. 1093, §1; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:374. Quality Science and Mathematics Council; creation; membership; terms; vacancies; domicile; meetings; compensation

RS 17:374 - Quality Science and Mathematics Council; creation; membership; terms; vacancies; domicile; meetings; compensation
A.(1) There is hereby established the Quality Science and Mathematics Council, referred to in this Part as the "council", to administer and provide for the Quality Science and Mathematics Program.
(2) The council shall be comprised of one member of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education selected by the board, two members from the state Department of Education appointed by the superintendent of education, and two members of each of the following organizations chosen by the organization:
(a) Louisiana Science Teachers Association.
(b) Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics.
(c) Louisiana Science Supervisors Organization.
(d) Louisiana Council of Supervisors of Mathematics.
(e) Louisiana Principals Association.
(f) Louisiana School Boards Association.
(g) The board of directors for the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts.
B. The members of the council shall serve one-year terms and may be reappointed. A member may be removed by the council only for cause found after a hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the organization represented by the member who created the vacancy.
C. The council shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge. It shall meet at least quarterly, but may meet more often upon the call of the chair, who shall call a meeting upon the request of a majority of the members. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. No official action may be taken without the affirmative approval of at least a majority of a quorum at a meeting called for the consideration of such business. The council shall annually elect a chair and may elect such other officers as the council determines are necessary for the efficient conduct of its business.
D. The members of the council shall serve without compensation, except for reimbursement of actual expenses incurred for the official business of the council in conformity with state law for the travel of state employees.
E. The council may employ an executive director who shall be an unclassified employee in the state civil service and such classified employees as are necessary to efficiently conduct the business of the council and pursue the purposes of this program.
Acts 1992, No. 1093, §1; Acts 2014, No. 832, §8(A); Acts 2017, No. 374, §2, eff. June 23, 2017.
NOTE: See Acts 2017, No. 374, §5, relative to school name changes on items and products for the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:375. Duties and responsibilities of the council

RS 17:375 - Duties and responsibilities of the council
A. The council shall:
(1) Annually allocate all monies appropriated to the council in a manner that is consistent with the program, the goals of this Part, and the established policies and rules of the council.
(2) Adopt and promulgate such policies, rules, and regulations as are necessary for the conduct of the council's meetings, staff management, and other internal business, and as are necessary for the conduct of the program. The policies and rules concerned with the conduct of the program shall be adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.
(4) Establish the criteria and eligibility standards for the receipt of materials and supplies provided by this program.
(5) Establish an inventory process for equipment and supplies distributed as provided by this program and a monitoring process for its use.
(6) Seek opportunities to participate in programs involving the training of teachers of science and mathematics.
(7) Act as an informational source for teachers and school personnel seeking ways to improve science and mathematics education.
(8) Work with other state agencies, including institutions of higher education, to improve science and mathematics education.
B. The council may:
(1) Establish priorities in any expenditure or training programs.
(2) Enter into contracts or agreements with government agencies, governmental subdivisions, or private vendors, as is necessary to further the purpose of the program and any priorities established by the council.
(3) Seek and expend private grants or donations.
(4) Provide, by contract, interagency agreement, or otherwise, for any offices required for the council, the executive director, and other members of the staff and for any necessary administrative support with any state agency, including an institution of higher education or on any other basis provided by law.
Acts 1992, No. 1093, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1185, §§1 and 8, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:376. Quality Science and Mathematics Program; establishment; participation; phase-in

RS 17:376 - Quality Science and Mathematics Program; establishment; participation; phase-in
A.(1) There is hereby established the "Quality Science and Mathematics Program", referred to in this Part as "the program". The program shall provide for the distribution of science and mathematics supplies and equipment to teachers in this state.
(2) The supplies and equipment shall be allotted according to a priority established by the council and on a basis established by the council. Such priority may include consideration of the willingness of city and parish school systems to provide a portion of the supplies or equipment. No supplies and equipment may be placed in any school without the express written authorization of the school principal or his authorized agent. All supplies and equipment placed with a teacher shall become property of the school.
B. No monies allocated by the council to teachers or school systems shall be spent on consumables, field trips, or teacher training.
Acts 1992, No. 1093, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:377. Quality Science and Mathematics Program; oversight

RS 17:377 - Quality Science and Mathematics Program; oversight
A. The activities of the council and the implementation of the program may be reviewed by the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and the rules and regulations shall be subject to review as provided by the Administrative Procedure Act.
B. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.
Acts 1992, No. 1093, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1185, §8, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:381. Acceptance of donations by state and parish school boards

RS 17:381 - Acceptance of donations by state and parish school boards
The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and any school board, in accordance with the provisions of this Part, may accept and administer any donation that may be made to them for educational or literary purposes, and each board shall enumerate details of the contents of such donations in a document made publicly available on its website.
Acts 2023, No. 346, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:384. Restrictions on alienability of property donated

RS 17:384 - Restrictions on alienability of property donated
The donor cannot make the property inalienable, but he may prescribe the manner and the circumstances under which the donees may sell, mortgage, or otherwise encumber the whole or any portion of the property donated, or the manner in which investments once made, may be changed.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:385. Laws relative to fidei commissa, etc., inapplicable

RS 17:385 - Laws relative to fidei commissa, etc., inapplicable
The laws of Louisiana relative to substitutions, fidei commissa, and trusts, shall not apply or affect in any manner the donations authorized by and made in conformity with the provisions of this Part.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:391.1. Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §3, eff. June 22, 1994.

RS 17:391.1 - Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §3, eff. June 22, 1994.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:391.2. Definitions

RS 17:391.2 - Definitions
As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Communication skills" means the arts of reading, writing, and speaking the English language.
(2) "Basic computational skills" means skill in basic arithmetic and mathematics.
(3) "School board" means a parish or city school board.
(4) "Public education" means the elementary and secondary level educational programs funded by the state and local government in the public schools and other institutions providing educational programs.
(5) "Public schools" means the public elementary and secondary schools governed by the parish and city school boards.
(6) "School district" means the area of each parish or municipality under the jurisdiction of a school board.
(7) "School personnel" means the teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, and other professional personnel of the public schools of the state including members of the professional staff of the state Department of Education.
(8) "Educational accountability" means the respective responsibilities and duties, under the provisions of this Part, of local school boards, administrators, principals, teachers, and other personnel; the state Department of Education and its personnel; parents, students, and any other governing authority.
Acts 1977, No. 621, §1; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:391.5. Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §3, eff. June 22, 1994.

RS 17:391.5 - Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §3, eff. June 22, 1994.