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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:439. Limitation of liability; statements or actions; exceptions

RS 17:439 - Limitation of liability; statements or actions; exceptions
A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall have a cause of action against any school employee based on any statement made or action taken by the school employee provided that the action or statement was within the course and scope of the school employee's duties as defined by the school board in which the school employee is employed and was within the specific guidelines for school employee behavior as established by that school board.
B. As used in this Section, the terms "school employee" means any school employee who has direct contact with students in the course and scope of the school employee's duties as defined by the school board by which the school employee is employed, and includes but is not limited to school-based administrators, classroom teachers, coaches, librarians, counselors, teachers' aides, clerical employees, lunchroom workers, custodial workers, school bus operators, and school bus operators' aides.
C. The immunity from liability established by this Section shall not apply to any action or statement by a school employee that was maliciously, willfully, and deliberately intended to cause bodily harm to a student or to harass or intimidate a student.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the negligence of any school employee operating a motor vehicle, to the extent that liability for such negligence is covered by insurance or self-insurance.
E. The provisions of this Section are not intended to supersede or repeal any other provision of this Part and are intended to supplement the other provisions of this Part.
Acts 1999, No. 689, §1; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:439.1. Immunity from claims or causes of action related to the COVID-19 public health emergency

RS 17:439.1 - Immunity from claims or causes of action related to the COVID-19 public health emergency
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, public and nonpublic schools, public and nonpublic school systems, public and nonpublic school governing authorities, and charter school governing authorities, and the officers, employees, and agents thereof shall not be held liable for any civil damages for injury or death resulting from or related to actual or alleged exposure to COVID-19 or acts undertaken in the effort to respond or adapt to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
B. There shall be no cause of action related to a person contracting COVID-19 at a public or nonpublic school, other public or nonpublic school facility, on a public or nonpublic school bus, or at a public or nonpublic school sponsored event, which is based on the actions or failure to act by school officers, employees, or agents in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
C. This Section shall not affect the right of any person to receive benefits provided under the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law.
D. The provisions of this Section shall be limited to claims related to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
E.(1) Public and nonpublic schools, public and nonpublic school systems, public or nonpublic school governing authorities, charter school governing authorities, and the officers, employees, and agents thereof may not avail themselves of the immunity provided by this Section if the action or failure to act was in violation of a policy, rule, or regulation adopted by the public or nonpublic school, public or nonpublic school system, public or nonpublic school governing authority, or charter school governing authority or was in violation of any procedure mandated by law or by rule or regulation adopted by a federal or state agency in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and such action or inaction is determined to be grossly negligent or wanton or reckless misconduct.
(2) A public school governing authority shall not adopt a policy, rule, or regulation that imposes a lesser standard than what is prescribed in a rule or regulation adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1.
NOTE: Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 9, §4, provides that the Act has retroactive application to March 11, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:440. School employees; prohibition on use of social security numbers as personal identifiers

RS 17:440 - School employees; prohibition on use of social security numbers as personal identifiers
A. For the purposes of this Section:
(1) "School board" shall include any city, parish, or other local public school board and the governing authority of any nonpublic school.
(2) "Teacher or school employee" shall include teachers and school employees employed by a school board.
B. Except as required by any applicable state or federal law, rule, or regulation or policy of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, no school board shall use the social security number of a teacher or school employee as a means of identification for such teacher or school employee.
C. No teacher or school employee in the course of his employment shall be required to include or provide his social security number on any form or other written document unless:
(1) A social security number is required by any applicable state or federal law, rule, or regulation or policy of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; or
(2) The form or written document is required for employment, retirement, application for leave, or an Individualized Education Program.
D. No school board and no school official or employee shall provide access to any form or document on which the social security number of a teacher or school employee appears to any person other than the following:
(1) Any official or employee of the school at which the teacher or school employee works, of the employing school board, of the state Department of Education, or of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, when such access is necessary for the performance of the duties and responsibilities of the official or employee.
(2) Any person authorized to have such access by the teacher or school employee.
Acts 2001, No. 798, §1; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:440.1. School employees; first aid training; policies

RS 17:440.1 - School employees; first aid training; policies
A. This Section shall be known and may be cited as the "Torri Palms-Moore Act".
B. Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall adopt a policy to require that each school employee who participates in any required in-service training program shall receive first aid orientation and training.
Acts 2010, No. 752, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:440.2. Sudden cardiac arrest education; employees and volunteers

RS 17:440.2 - Sudden cardiac arrest education; employees and volunteers
A. Each public school nurse, coach, athletic trainer, and athletic director, whether employed or serving as a volunteer, shall complete annually a sudden cardiac arrest education program developed by the state Department of Education.
B.(1) In developing the program, the department may use materials and resources created and offered free of charge by nonprofit organizations with missions related to cardiac health.
(2) The department shall make the program available on its website for any school or person to access free of charge.
Acts 2022, No, 385, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:441. Definitions

RS 17:441 - Definitions
As used in this Subpart, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) "Teacher" means:
(a) Any employee of a local public school board, state special school, or a school or program administered by the special school district who holds a teacher's certificate and whose legal employment requires such teacher's certificate.
(b) Any school lunch supervisor employed by a local public school board who holds a special parish school lunch supervisor's certificate issued by the state Department of Education and whose employment requires such certificate. No employee as defined in this Subparagraph hired on or after July 1, 2012, shall be eligible to acquire tenure.
(2) "Discipline" and "disciplinary action" shall include only suspension without pay, reduction in pay, or involuntary demotion or dismissal.
(3) "Written notice" is considered given when the notice is hand delivered to the teacher or on the day it is delivered to the teacher by registered mail, certified mail, or a commercial courier as defined in R.S. 13:3204(D).
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 284, §1; Acts 2012, No. 1, §3, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 570, §1, eff. June 9, 2014; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:442. Tenure

RS 17:442 - Tenure
A.(1)(a) A teacher who has acquired tenure before September 1, 2012, retains tenure and is subject to the provisions of this Section.
(b) Effective beginning on July 1, 2012, a teacher rated "highly effective" for five years within a six-year period pursuant to the performance evaluation program as provided in R.S. 17:3881 through 3905 shall be granted tenure.
(2) A teacher paid with federal funds shall not be eligible to acquire tenure, nor shall time spent in employment paid with federal funds be counted toward the time required for acquisition of tenure.
B. The school superintendent shall notify a teacher, in writing, when tenure has been awarded and the teacher is deemed to have acquired tenure on the date specified therein. A teacher who is not awarded tenure remains an at-will employee of the public school board or the special school district but shall acquire tenure upon meeting the criteria established in Subsection A of this Section.
C.(1) A tenured teacher who receives a final performance rating of "ineffective" pursuant to the performance evaluation program as provided in R.S. 17:3881 through 3905 shall lose his tenure and all rights related thereto immediately upon exhaustion of the grievance procedure established pursuant to R.S. 17:3883(A)(5), unless the "ineffective" performance rating is reversed, and such rating shall constitute sufficient grounds for disciplinary action pursuant to R.S. 17:443(A). If a teacher is found "highly effective" based on the evidence of the growth portion of the evaluation but is found "ineffective" according to the observation portion, within thirty days after such finding, the teacher shall be entitled to a second observation by members of a team of three designees, chosen by the local superintendent, which shall not include the principal.
(2) Such teacher shall reacquire tenure if the teacher receives a performance rating of "highly effective" for five years within a six-year period subsequent to receiving an "ineffective" rating as provided in Subsection A of this Section.
Acts 2012, No. 1, §3, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 570, §1, eff. June 9, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:445. Rules and regulations impairing provisions prohibited

RS 17:445 - Rules and regulations impairing provisions prohibited
Nothing contained in the Revised Statutes of Louisiana shall be construed as conferring upon any parish or city school board the authority to make rules and regulations which may impair or nullify the provisions of this Subpart.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 494, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:471. Teacher defined; probationary term; tenure; discipline and removal from office

RS 17:471 - Teacher defined; probationary term; tenure; discipline and removal from office
A. The word "teacher", as used herein, shall mean any employee of the Department of Corrections who holds a teacher's certificate issued by the Department of Education of the state of Louisiana pursuant to the laws of the state of Louisiana and to the rules and regulations adopted by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and whose contract with the Department of Corrections requires instruction of persons confined in any institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections. All teachers employed by the Department of Corrections shall be subject to the employee rules and regulations of the Department of Corrections and the penalties provided therein for violations.
B. The probationary term of each teacher shall be for a period of three years, commencing on the date of the first contract of employment at an institution. A probationary teacher may be dismissed, or otherwise disciplined by the Department of Corrections, upon written recommendation, accompanied by valid reasons therefor, of the secretary of corrections. However, all teachers who have attained permanent status on or before the effective date of this Section shall maintain their permanent status and teachers on probation before the effective date of this Section will not have their probationary terms lengthened solely because of passage of this Section.
C. Any teacher found unsatisfactory by the Department of Corrections at the expiration of the probationary term shall be notified in writing that their employment contract will not be renewed. In absence of such notice a probationary teacher shall become a regular and permanent teacher employed by the Department of Corrections.
D. A permanent teacher employed by the Department of Corrections shall not be disciplined or removed from office except upon written and signed charges of wilful neglect of duty, incompetence, dishonesty, or violation of the rules and regulations governing employees of the department, and then only if found guilty of such charges after a hearing by the Department of Corrections. All hearings conducted pursuant to this Section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 relative to adjudication. Judicial review of a decision of the board shall also be in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Added by Acts 1954, No. 588, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 610, §1, eff. July 23, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:491. Definitions

RS 17:491 - Definitions
A. As used in this Subpart, the term "school bus operator" means any employee of any city, parish, or other local public school board whose duty it is to transport students in any board school bus or activity bus to and from any school of suitable grade approved by the state Department of Education or to and from any school-related activity. Such employee shall be certified to have participated in any school bus operators instructional program or in-service training provided by the state Department of Education as provided for in R.S. 17:497.4, shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, and shall be certified to have passed any physical examination required by the department. It shall be unlawful for anyone not certified as provided in this Subsection to transport school students to and from any such school.
B. Employees of city, parish, and other local public school boards who drive buses to colleges or universities may, at the discretion of the employing school board, be exempted from the age requirements provided by this Section but shall meet those age requirements provided in R.S. 17:160.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 83, §1; Acts 1980, No. 408, §1; Acts 1981, No. 731, §1; Acts 2012, No. 704, §1, eff. June 11, 2012; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:491.1. Preemployment driving record examination

RS 17:491.1 - Preemployment driving record examination
A. Prior to any person becoming employed as a regular or substitute school bus operator for the first time, each city and parish school board shall examine the prospective employee's driving record for the five year period immediately preceding the date of employment. Such record must be acceptable according to standards developed jointly by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and approved and promulgated as a rule by the board. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall provide for the examination of driving records as provided in this Section. Any person whose driving record is found to be unacceptable shall not be employed as a school bus operator.
B. The standards referenced in Subsection A hereof shall be developed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and approved and promulgated as a rule by each school board prior to January 1, 1989, and the provisions of this Section shall only be applicable with respect to persons hired as regular or substitute bus operators for the first time on and after January 1, 1989.
Acts 1988, No. 509, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:491.2. Limitations on driving privileges

RS 17:491.2 - Limitations on driving privileges
A. Effective for the 1997-1998 school year and thereafter, each governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school shall prohibit a school bus operator who tests positive for the presence of marijuana, opioids, amphetamines, phencyclidine, or other controlled dangerous substance as defined in R.S. 40:961(7), or for whom testing indicates a blood alcohol level of .08 percent by weight or higher from driving a school or activity bus or from otherwise transporting students until the governing authority determines, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Section, that the school bus operator may return to driving a school or activity bus. The provisions of this Subsection shall apply only to any test for blood alcohol level which is administered in the scope of or as a result of the operator's employment as a school bus operator.
B. Each governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
Acts 1997, No. 1310, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:491.3. Reporting of certain arrests; requirements; failure to report

RS 17:491.3 - Reporting of certain arrests; requirements; failure to report
A. Effective January 1, 2011, and thereafter, a school bus operator shall report his arrest for a violation of R.S. 14:98, 98.1, or any other law or ordinance that prohibits operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or any abused substance or controlled dangerous substance set forth in the schedules provided in R.S. 40:964.
B. The report required by Subsection A of this Section shall be made by the operator to a person or persons as specified by the governing authority of the school in rules and regulations required by this Section. Such report shall be made within twenty-four hours of the arrest or prior to the operator next reporting for his work assignment as a school bus operator, whichever time period is shorter. Such report shall be made by the school bus operator regardless of who owns or leases the vehicle being driven by the operator at the time of the offense for which he was arrested and regardless of whether the operator was performing an official duty or responsibility as a school bus operator at the time of the offense.
C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to an arrest occurring after December 31, 2010, for a violation as specified in Subsection A of this Section.
D.(1) A school bus operator who fails to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be terminated by the governing authority employing the operator if such operator is serving a probationary term of employment as provided by R.S. 17:492 or if the provisions of law relative to probation and tenure of bus operators are not applicable to the operator.
(2) A school bus operator employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board who is a regular and permanent employee of the board as provided by R.S. 17:492 shall be subject to removal as provided by R.S. 17:493 for failure to comply with the provisions of this Section. Written and signed charges alleging such failure shall be brought against the bus operator.
E. The governing authority of each public elementary or secondary school, by not later than October 1, 2010, shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this Section. Such rules, regulations, and procedures shall be consistent with the provisions of this Section.
F. For the purposes of this Section, "school bus operator" means any employee of a city, parish, or other local public school board or other governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school whose duty it is to transport students in any school bus or activity bus to and from a school approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education or to and from any school-related activity.
Acts 2010, No. 533, §1, eff. June 24, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:493.1. Filling route vacancies

RS 17:493.1 - Filling route vacancies
A.(1)(a) Whenever a school bus operator is needed to drive a new route or a route vacated by a previous operator, the school bus operator who is tenured and has acquired the greatest seniority shall be offered the opportunity to and may change from driving his route to the vacant route before another operator is selected. The city, parish, or other local public school board shall notify such school bus operator of the route vacancy by mail to his residence.
(b) If the tenured bus operator with the greatest seniority chooses not to change to the vacant route, the route shall then be offered in order of seniority to a school bus operator who has acquired tenure.
(c) If no tenured operator chooses to change to the vacant route, the route shall then be offered to a full-time probationary bus operator.
(d) If no regular bus operator, tenured or probationary, chooses to change to the vacant route, then a substitute bus operator shall be selected for the position from a list of approved substitute school bus operators.
(2) If a regular bus operator chooses to change routes as provided in this Section, then his vacant route shall be filled using the process described in this Subsection.
B. A substitute operator shall not be used to fill a route vacancy except as provided in R.S. 17:500(C)(2)(b) and (c).
C. Only if a city or parish school board is required, in filling a vacant route pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, to bear an increase in unreimbursed costs for nonpassenger miles over those attributable to the previous operator who vacated the route, may a school system select an operator to fill the vacant route on a different basis.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, whenever a school bus operator owning his own bus retires, a route shall be offered first to any person meeting the requirements of the school board who is willing to acquire the bus of the retiring operator by a method which guarantees that the operator receives full appraised value for his bus using regularly accepted appraisal methods to determine fair market value. The provisions of this Subsection shall be applicable only when the bus owned by the retiring operator has been manufactured within a period of five years immediately prior to the operator's retirement and the operator is retiring due to a documented physical disability.
Acts 1986, No. 117, §1; Acts 1992, No. 180, §1; Acts 1993, No. 826, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 948, §1; Acts 1997, No. 551, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1; Acts 2018, No. 699, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:495. Establishment of minimum salary schedules

RS 17:495 - Establishment of minimum salary schedules
The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is hereby authorized and directed to establish and maintain a minimum salary schedule to be paid school bus operators in the public schools of the state of Louisiana and to maintain a minimum rate of compensation to be paid for the operation of school busses in the public school system of the state of Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1954, No. 74, §1. Amended by Acts 1955, No. 57, §1; Acts 1955, No. 58, §1; Acts 1956, No. 112, §1; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:496. Minimum salaries

RS 17:496 - Minimum salaries
A. All school bus operators in the public schools of the state of Louisiana driving buses fourteen feet or longer in length shall receive minimum salaries on a nine-month basis of six thousand nine hundred sixty-five dollars and sixty cents.
B. Operators of school buses having a length of less than fourteen feet and drivers of station wagons or carryalls, which are used to transport sixteen or more special education students, shall receive minimum salaries on a nine-month basis of five thousand eight hundred fifty-three dollars and eighty-six cents.
C. The salaries of operators of vehicles used solely on feeder routes shall not be governed by the provisions of this Subpart but shall be fixed by the various school boards and the provisions of R.S. 17:497 shall not be applicable to such operations.
D. These minimum rates shall not apply to salaries paid student operators in those systems which in 1955-1956 or thereafter employed student operators. Any such systems shall receive actual expenses as reimbursement, provided the base pay does not exceed the rates stipulated herein. The term "student operator" means an operator of a school bus who is attending a public school in the state of Louisiana, other than colleges, trade schools, and universities.
E. For the purpose of receiving state reimbursement for actual expenses under the provisions of this Section, all buses which have a capacity to transport sixteen or more students under the provisions of R.S. 17:1941 et seq. and which meet federal and state requirements, shall be considered as buses fourteen feet or longer in length.
F. The minimum salaries established in this Section shall be paid separately from any reimbursement for the minimum rate of operation provided in R.S. 17:497.
Added by Acts 1954, No. 74, §2. Amended by Acts 1955, No. 57, §1; Acts 1955, No. 58, §1; Acts 1956, No. 112, §1; Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 27, §1; Acts 1968, No. 397, §3; Acts 1970, No. 625, §1; Acts 1975, No. 736, §1; Acts 1976, No. 291, §1; Acts 1979, No. 259, §1, eff. July 10, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 383, §1; Acts 1982, No. 254, §1, eff. July 1, 1982; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:496.1. Minimum salaries

RS 17:496.1 - Minimum salaries
Any person who operates a school bus for the fall and spring semesters of a state university, college, or junior college for the transportation of students attending such university, college, or junior college as provided in R.S. 17:3381, shall be entitled to and shall receive for such operation the entire minimum salary provided by R.S. 17:496; provided further, however, that any person who operates a school bus providing such transportation during any summer semester shall be entitled to and shall receive a proportionate amount of the minimum salary provided by R.S. 17:496 for each day of actual operation of a bus during any summer semester, to be calculated by dividing the total minimum salary for fall and spring semesters by one hundred eighty, multiplied by the number of days of actual operation.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 552, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:497.1. Operation compensation for certain school bus operators

RS 17:497.1 - Operation compensation for certain school bus operators
No school bus operator shall have his total compensation for the operation of a school bus received in accordance with R.S. 17:497 reduced for any school year within a five-year period because his route is altered or changed pursuant to or as a result of a court order or other order or plan necessarily implemented to comply with any provisions of law or court decisions relating to the bussing of school children in the public schools. For a five-year period extending from the effective date of such alteration or change in route, any such school bus operator so affected shall receive, in lieu of compensation as provided in R.S. 17:497, compensation for the operation of a school bus that is equal to the average compensation received during the three immediately preceding school years, or the reduced compensation computed under the provisions of R.S. 17:497, whichever is greater, provided however that the provisions of this section shall apply in St. Landry Parish only.
The provisions of this section shall apply only when the school bus operator is the owner of the school bus.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 333, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:497.2. Remuneration for participation in in-service training programs

RS 17:497.2 - Remuneration for participation in in-service training programs
Any school bus operator who participates in the school bus operator's instructional program provided through the state Department of Education shall receive as remuneration the sum of six dollars for each hour of instruction in such program, not to exceed forty-eight dollars per school year.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 37, §2. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 408, §1; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:497.3. In-service training; schedule

RS 17:497.3 - In-service training; schedule
A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt a policy providing for the scheduling of in-service training for school bus operators.
B. The schedule shall provide that all school bus operators, including any school board employee who drives a bus on an occasional basis to transport students to and from school activities, shall attend in-service training not more frequently than once every other school year.
C. A city or parish school board shall have authority to provide in-service training for school bus operators on a more frequent basis than established by the policy of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education when such training is at no expense to the state.
Acts 1986, No. 284, §1, eff. June 30, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 315, §1, eff. July 6, 1987; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:497.4. Training and certification; school bus operators; training sessions

RS 17:497.4 - Training and certification; school bus operators; training sessions
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the state Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall develop and implement a program for the training and certification of school bus operators for the purpose of increasing the number of certified school bus operators in the state. The program shall include training sessions of at least two days each to be held throughout the state which shall be conducted by certified instructors as selected by the department. The number, dates, frequency, and locations of such training sessions shall be determined by the department which shall be responsible for disseminating all information relative to such training sessions to each city and parish school system, in a timely fashion.
Acts 1999, No. 377, §1, eff. June 16, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:498. Ownership of bus; determination of salary

RS 17:498 - Ownership of bus; determination of salary
Where the operator of a school bus is the owner thereof, he shall be paid by voucher-check stating the amount of the minimum salary as set out in R.S. 17:496 and the full amount of reimbursement for operation as set out in R.S. 17:497. Where the school bus is jointly owned by the operator and the school board, they shall share in the ratio of their investment and expense to the amounts as set out in the schedule in R.S. 17:497.
Added by Acts 1954, No. 74, §4. Amended by Acts 1955, No. 57, §1; Acts 1955, No. 58, §1; Acts 1956, No. 112, §1; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:499. Insufficiency of appropriation; effect

RS 17:499 - Insufficiency of appropriation; effect
This schedule shall become effective only as sufficient funds are appropriated by the Legislature to put it into effect; if the funds appropriated by the Legislature are insufficient to fully comply with this Subpart, the minimum compensation herein provided shall be reduced proportionately; however, no school bus operator in the public school system of the state of Louisiana shall receive or be paid less during 1964-1965 nor during any subsequent year while this schedule is in effect than the amount paid to or received by him during the 1963-1964 school year for nine months' work, except as to student operators, and also except where the length of the route of any such operator in 1964-1965 or any subsequent year is less than the length of the route of such operator during 1963-1964, in which event the reduction in total compensation shall not exceed the reduction in the amount to be reimbursed the school board, out of state funds, for the operation of said route brought about by the reduction in the length of the route.
Added by Acts 1954, No. 74, §5. Amended by Acts 1955, No. 57, §1; Acts 1955, No. 58, §1; Acts 1956, No. 112, §1; Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 27, §1; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:499.1. Minimum salaries; exceptions

RS 17:499.1 - Minimum salaries; exceptions
No school bus operator in the public school system of the state of Louisiana shall receive or be paid less during 1964-65 nor during any subsequent year, until otherwise provided by law, than the amount paid to or received by him during the 1963-64 school year for nine months' work, except as to student operators, and also except where the length of the route of any such operators in 1964-65 or any subsequent year is less than the length of the route of such operator during 1963-64, in which event the reduction in total compensation shall not exceed the reduction in the amount to be reimbursed the school board, out of state funds, for the operation of said route brought about by the reduction in the length of the route.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 320, §1; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:500.1. School bus operators; sick leave

RS 17:500.1 - School bus operators; sick leave
A. A school bus operator as defined in R.S. 17:500 who is injured in his official capacity as a result of physical assault and battery by any student or person and is disabled as a result of such injury and cannot perform his functions as a school bus operator, shall receive sick leave without reduction in pay while disabled as a result of such injury. If a school bus operator is absent for six or more consecutive days as a result of such disability, he shall be required to present a certificate from a physician certifying the disability. The sick leave authorized by this Section shall be in addition to all other sick leave authorized by R.S. 17:500, provided that additional sick leave for disability as a result of physical assault and battery shall not be accumulated from year to year, nor shall such additional sick leave be compensated for at death or retirement, or compensated for in any other manner except as authorized in this Section.
B. At any time during the period of certified disability, if the school board questions the validity of the physician certification, the board may require the school bus operator to be examined by a physician selected by the board. In such a case, the board shall pay all costs of the examination and any tests determined to be necessary. If the physician selected by the board certifies the disability, the leave shall be granted or continued as appropriate. If the physician selected by the board disagrees with the certification of the physician selected by the school bus operator, the board may require the school bus operator to be examined by a third physician whose name appears next in the rotation of physicians on a list established by the local or state medical society for such purpose and maintained by the board. All costs of an examination and any tests required by a third physician shall be paid by the board. The opinion of the third physician shall be determinative of the issue.
C. (1) The school board shall not reduce the pay or accrued sick leave of a school bus operator who is absent from his duties to seek medical attention or treatment as a result of an injury as provided in this Section.
(2) If the school bus operator's physician determines that he is able to return to active service as a school bus operator with restrictions and the board does not allow the school bus operator to return to active service as a school bus operator subject to those restrictions, then the school bus operator's leave shall be granted or continued, as appropriate, as provided in this Section.
D. As used in this Section, "disabled" or "disability" means unable to or the inability to perform the essential functions of the job of a school bus operator.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 501, §1; Acts 2017, No. 227, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:522. Probationary term and tenure; employees other than teachers

RS 17:522 - Probationary term and tenure; employees other than teachers
A. Each employee of the Orleans Parish School Board shall serve a probationary term of three years, such probationary term to be reckoned from the date of his first appointment to the position in which he is serving his probation. During this probationary term, the Orleans Parish School Board may dismiss or discharge any probationary employee upon the written recommendation of the superintendent of the Orleans Parish School Board, accompanied by valid reasons therefor.
B.(1) Any employee found unsatisfactory by the Orleans Parish School Board shall be notified in writing before the expiration of his probationary term that he has been discharged or dismissed. In the absence of such written notification, the probationary employee shall automatically become a regular and permanent employee of the Orleans Parish School Board at the expiration of his probationary term.
(2) All employees of the Orleans Parish School Board on July 26, 1944, who have served satisfactorily for more than three years are declared to be regular and permanent employees of the Orleans Parish School Board.
C.(1) Whenever an employee who has not completed the probationary period required to acquire permanent status is employed by the Orleans Parish School Board for a project or program of limited and specified duration or is employed in a position in which the employee is paid with funds other than operational funds generated from regular state or local sources, the time of service in such employment shall not be considered service time for purposes of completion of the probationary term required to acquire permanent status.
(2) Whenever an employee has acquired permanent status in the Orleans Parish school system and then is employed by the parish school board for a project or program of limited and specified duration or is employed in a position in which the employee is paid with funds other than operational funds generated from regular state or local sources, such employee shall not have or acquire regular and permanent status in such position, but shall retain any regular and permanent status previously acquired.
D. No employee, as defined in R.S. 17:521, hired by the Orleans Parish School Board on or after July 1, 2007, shall be eligible to acquire permanent status.
Acts 1988, No. 80, §1; Acts 2007, No. 251, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:523. Permanent employees; causes for removal; procedure

RS 17:523 - Permanent employees; causes for removal; procedure
A. A regular or permanent employee shall not be dismissed or discharged, except upon written and signed charges of willful neglect of duty, or of incompetency, dishonesty, immorality, or of insubordination, or of being a member of or of contributing to any group, organization, movement or corporation that is prohibited by law or injunction from operating in the state of Louisiana, and then only if found guilty after a hearing by the Orleans Parish School Board, which hearing at the option of said employee may be private or public. The Orleans Parish School Board shall furnish the employee a copy of the written charges at least fifteen days in advance of the date set for the hearing. The employee shall have the right to appear before the Orleans Parish School Board at said hearing with witnesses in his behalf, and with counsel of his selection, all of whom shall be heard by the board at the hearing.
B. Nothing herein contained shall impair the right of appeal to the court of appropriate jurisdiction.
C. For the purposes of this Section, immorality shall mean any conviction of a felony offense affecting the public morals enumerated in Part V of Chapter 1 of Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Amended by Acts 1956, No. 250, §1; Acts 1975, No. 639, §1; Acts 2003, No. 273, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:524. Rules and regulations impairing provisions prohibited

RS 17:524 - Rules and regulations impairing provisions prohibited
A. Nothing contained in the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be construed as conferring upon the Orleans Parish School Board the authority to adopt rules and regulations which may impair or nullify the provisions of this Subpart. However, the school board may adopt and implement policies and procedures for reducing the work force of its employees other than teachers for reason of economy, without complying with the provisions of this Subpart. No employee having regular and permanent status shall be laid off until all probationary persons have been laid off within the same job classification.
B. For the purposes of this Section, "reasons of economy" means when a position is abolished because of lack of funds, after considering all other reductions in cost that can be made.
Amended by Acts 1988, No. 79, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:525. Promotion of employees other than teachers

RS 17:525 - Promotion of employees other than teachers
A.(1) An employee, as defined in R.S. 17:521, who has acquired regular and permanent status in the school system and is promoted to a position paying a higher salary, shall serve a probationary period of three years in the higher position before acquiring permanent status therein but shall retain the permanent status previously acquired in the lower position from which he was promoted.
(2) During the probationary period in the position to which an employee was promoted:
(a) The employee may be returned to his former position, or to one paying the same salary as his former position, only if the provisions of R.S. 17:522 are complied with.
(b) The employee may not be discharged, or demoted to any position paying a salary less than that paid by the highest permanent position previously held, unless the provisions of R.S. 17:523 are complied with.
B. An employee who has not completed the probationary period for employees other than teachers, as set forth in R.S. 17:522, or for a particular position as provided for herein, and is promoted to a position paying a higher salary, may add service in the higher paid position to the time served in the lower paid position in order to complete the required probationary period in the lower paid position.
C. A permanent employee who is promoted to a position paying a higher salary on or after July 1, 2007, shall not be eligible to acquire permanent status in the higher position but shall retain the permanent status previously acquired in the lower position from which he was promoted.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 517, §1; Acts 2001, No. 489, §1, eff. June 21, 2001; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 27, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2007, No. 251, §1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 220, §7, eff. June 14, 2008; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:531. Definitions

RS 17:531 - Definitions
As used in this subpart the term "employee" means any person in the employ of the Iberville Parish School Board who is a member of or is eligible for membership in the State Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana and who is not covered by the provisions of the State Teachers' Tenure Act.1
Added by Acts 1972, No. 194, §1.
1R.S. 17:441 et seq.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:532. Probationary term and tenure

RS 17:532 - Probationary term and tenure
A. Each employee of the Iberville Parish School Board shall serve a probationary term of three years, reckoned from the date of his first appointment to the position in which he is serving his probation. During this probationary term, the Iberville Parish School Board may dismiss or discharge any probationary employee upon the written recommendation of the parish superintendent of schools, accompanied by valid reasons therefor.
B. Any employee found unsatisfactory by the Iberville Parish School Board shall be notified in writing, before the expiration of his probationary term, that he has been discharged or dismissed. In the absence of such written notification, the probationary employee shall automatically become a regular and permanent employee of the Iberville Parish School Board at the expiration of his probationary term. All employees of the school board on July 28, 1972, who have served satisfactorily for more than three years, are declared to be regular and permanent employees of the Iberville Parish School Board.
C. No employee, as defined in R.S. 17:531, hired on or after July 1, 2012, shall be eligible to acquire permanent status.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 194, §1; Acts 2012, No. 1, §3, eff. July 1, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:533. Permanent employees; causes for removal; procedure

RS 17:533 - Permanent employees; causes for removal; procedure
A. A regular or permanent employee shall not be dismissed or discharged except upon written and signed charges of willful neglect of duty, incompetency, dishonesty, immorality, insubordination or of being a member of or of contributing to any group, organization, movement or corporation that is by law or injunction prohibited from operating in the state of Louisiana, and then only if found guilty after a hearing by the Iberville Parish School Board. The hearing, at the option of the employee, may be private or public. The employee shall be furnished by the Iberville Parish School Board, at least fifteen days in advance of the date set for the hearing, with a copy of the written charges. The employee shall have the right to appear before the Iberville Parish School Board at the hearing with witnesses in his behalf, and with counsel of his selection, all of whom shall be heard by the board at the hearing.
B. Nothing herein contained shall impair the right of appeal to the court of appropriate jurisdiction.
C. For the purposes of this Section, immorality shall mean any conviction of a felony offense affecting the public morals enumerated in Part V of Chapter 1 of Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 194, §1; Acts 2003, No. 273, §1.