reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:60.2. Jefferson Parish School Board; reapportionment

RS 17:60.2 - Jefferson Parish School Board; reapportionment
A. The purpose and intent of this section is to reapportion the Jefferson Parish School Board so that each member thereof represents as nearly as possible the same number of constituents as is required by recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
B. The districts of the Jefferson Parish School Board shall be composed as hereinafter set forth and one member shall be elected from and shall represent each such district:
(1) District 1 shall be composed of Ward 1, Ward 2, and Precincts 1, 2, 3, and 6 of Ward 3.
(2) District 2 shall be composed of Precincts 4, 4A, 5, and 7 of Ward 3, Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7A, and 8 of Ward 4, and Ward 6.
(3) District 3 shall be composed of Precincts 9, 9A, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 of Ward 4, Ward 5, and Ward 11.
(4) District 4 shall be composed of Ward 7, Precincts 1, 14, 15, 22, and 24 of Ward 8, and Precincts 1, 2, 3E, 3F, 3G, 3H, 11, 12, and 13 of Ward 9.
(5) District 5 shall be composed of Precincts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28, and 47 of Ward 8 and Precincts 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of Ward 10.
(6) District 6 shall be composed of Precincts 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46 of Ward 8, and Precincts 10B, 10C, and 10D of Ward 9.
(7) District 7 shall be composed of Precincts 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9E, 9F, 9G, 9H, 9I, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M, 9N, and 9P of Ward 9.
(8) District 8 shall be composed of Precinct 10A of Ward 9 and Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 of Ward 10.
C. The special school board election districts provided for herein shall be only for the purpose of electing school board members and shall not be for the purpose of levying taxes or issuing bonds. The creation of such special election districts shall not affect any existing tax or bonding districts and same shall remain in full force and effect as otherwise provided by law.
D. The board shall again reapportion itself, based upon the decennial federal census taken in 1980, such reapportionment to be effective in time for the elections in 1982, and the board shall again reapportion itself after every decennial federal census thereafter, such reapportionment to be effective in time for the election in the second year thereafter. Each such reapportionment shall be such that each member of said board represents as nearly as possible the same number of persons.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 485, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 18, §1, emerg. eff. June 14, 1974, at 9:00 A.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:60.3. Jefferson Parish School Board; term limits

RS 17:60.3 - Jefferson Parish School Board; term limits
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a member of the Jefferson Parish School Board, who at the end of his term of office on the board will have served as a member of the board for more than two and one-half terms in three consecutive terms, such service being during terms that began on or after January 1, 2010, shall not be elected to the board for the succeeding term.
Acts 2009, No. 291, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:60.4. School board members; term limits; local election

RS 17:60.4 - School board members; term limits; local election
A.(1) At the statewide election to be held on November 6, 2012, a proposition shall appear on the ballot in each school district, except as provided in Subsection D of this Section, to determine whether the members of the school board in that district shall have term limits.
(2) As used in this Section, "school board" shall mean the governing authority of a public school district.
B. The ballot for the election shall state as follows:
"LOCAL OPTION ELECTION
Within _________ (name of school district):
Shall the number of terms of office that any member of the school board may serve be limited to three consecutive four-year terms?"
C. If the question of such term limitation is approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition in the district, then each member of the school board of that district who at the end of a term of office on the board will have served as a member of the board for more than two and one-half terms in three consecutive terms, such service being during terms that began on or after January 1, 2014, shall not be elected to the board for the succeeding term. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition in the district vote against such proposition, then no such term limitation shall apply in that district.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to the Recovery School District, the governing authority of any charter school, or in any school district in which school board members are limited to three consecutive terms or less by law enacted or pursuant to a proposition approved by the voters prior to January 1, 2010.
E. The secretary of state shall prepare the ballot for the election.
F. Except as otherwise provided, the election required pursuant to this Section shall be conducted in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
G. Notwithstanding Chapter 8-A of the Louisiana Election Code, the costs of the election required pursuant to this Section shall be borne by the state.
Acts 2012, No. 386, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:62. Lafayette Parish School Board; term limits; voter approval

RS 17:62 - Lafayette Parish School Board; term limits; voter approval
The Lafayette Parish School Board, by adoption of a resolution, may limit the number of terms of office which any member of the board may serve to three consecutive four-year terms. Such resolution may be adopted by the board only after the question of such term limitation has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the qualified electors of Lafayette Parish who vote on the proposition at a regularly scheduled election held in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
Acts 2005, No. 230, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:63. Iberville Parish School Board; number of members; districts

RS 17:63 - Iberville Parish School Board; number of members; districts
A. The Iberville Parish School Board shall consist of nine members. Eight members shall be elected from single-member districts and one member shall be elected at-large. The single-member districts shall be designated as School Board District A, School Board District B, School Board District C, School Board District D, School Board District E, School Board District F, School Board District G, and School Board District H. The district for the member elected at-large shall be designated as School Board District I.
B.(1) No later than the deadline contained in R.S. 17:71.5, the Iberville Parish School Board shall develop a plan to provide for the eight single-member districts. Each single-member district shall contain as equal population as possible utilizing population figures from the latest federal decennial census. The at-large district shall contain the entirety of the Iberville Parish school district.
(2) Prior to the final adoption of the plan required by this Subsection, the Iberville Parish School Board shall have a public hearing on the proposed plan. The Iberville Parish School Board shall cause the following to be published in the official journal for the parish at least twenty days prior to the hearing:
(a) The date, time, and place of the hearing.
(b) A general summary and map of the proposed plan.
(c) The times and places where copies of the proposed plan are available for public inspection.
C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to redistricting of the Iberville Parish School Board following the 2010 federal decennial census for the regular elections for the school board in 2014 and thereafter.
Acts 2010, No. 650, §1, eff. June 29, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:65. Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §2, eff. June 12, 2011.

RS 17:65 - Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §2, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:67.2. Redistribution of minimum foundation program to other school systems

RS 17:67.2 - Redistribution of minimum foundation program to other school systems
To ensure that the creation of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District does not have a negative impact on the minimum foundation program allocation to school systems, beginning in the fiscal year immediately following the effective date of this Act and continuing for the next four fiscal years, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall identify the districts in parishes other than East Baton Rouge on which the creation of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System causes a negative impact and determine the amount of the negative impact on the minimum foundation per pupil allocation. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall withhold the total of the amounts of the negative impact on all districts in parishes other than East Baton Rouge from the total minimum foundation program allocation to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District and transfer those funds on a per pupil basis to such districts.
Acts 2013, No. 295, §1, eff. when constitutional amendment is adopted. See note below.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 295, §2, relative to enrollment options for high school students in East Baton Rouge Parish and the inclusion of such students in school system membership counts.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 295, §3, relative to the creation of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System or other school districts.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:67.2.1. Unfunded accrued liability; payment

RS 17:67.2.1 - Unfunded accrued liability; payment
In the event that the establishment of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District results in the elimination of one or more positions of current members of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System through privatizing, outsourcing, contracting the service with a private employer, or any other means, the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District shall remit that portion of the unfunded accrued liability attributable to that position or positions pursuant to R.S. 11:1195.2.
Acts 2013, No. 295, §1, eff. when constitutional amendment is adopted. See note below.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 295, §2, relative to enrollment options for high school students in East Baton Rouge Parish and the inclusion of such students in school system membership counts.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 295, §3, relative to the creation of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System or other school districts.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:67.4. Payments to East Baton Rouge Parish Educational Facilities Improvement District

RS 17:67.4 - Payments to East Baton Rouge Parish Educational Facilities Improvement District
A. Within thirty days of the effective date of this Act, the East Baton Rouge Parish Educational Facilities Improvement District shall provide to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board a schedule of values for any construction completed within the boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System with the proceeds of Qualified School Construction Bonds issued prior to the effective date of this Act, an accounting of payments made and to be made through the effective date of this Act, on said bonds, and a payment schedule showing the unpaid principal and interest due for said projects.
B. Beginning on July first of the year following actual operation of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System, the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System shall reimburse East Baton Rouge Parish Educational Facilities Improvement District an amount equal to the percentage of the debt service paid in the preceding fiscal year attributable to the construction completed within the boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District. The reimbursement shall be made to East Baton Rouge Parish Educational Facilities Improvement District within thirty days of receipt by the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District of confirmation of payment of the debt service attributable to construction completed within the boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System.
Acts 2013, No. 295, §1, eff. when constitutional amendment is adopted. See note below.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 295, §2, relative to enrollment options for high school students in East Baton Rouge Parish and the inclusion of such students in school system membership counts.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 295, §3, relative to the creation of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System or other school districts.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:71.1. Authority for reapportionment; basis

RS 17:71.1 - Authority for reapportionment; basis
Each of the parish and city school boards, as heretofore created and organized, is hereby authorized to reapportion itself so that each member of said board represents as nearly as possible the same number of persons. However, a school board may provide that one or more of its members may be elected at large as provided in R.S. 17:71.3(B). Any reapportionment shall be based upon the latest federal decennial census, or a special census as authorized by R.S. 17:71.3(A), and shall be accomplished and become effective when a school board has complied with the provisions of R.S. 17:71.4.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 561, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 319, §1, emerg. eff. July 13, 1970 at 2:00 P.M; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 52, §1, eff. May 7, 1996.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:71.2. Maximum and minimum size of boards; four-year concurrent terms

RS 17:71.2 - Maximum and minimum size of boards; four-year concurrent terms
A. In accomplishing the reapportionment authorized by this Subpart, each of said school boards may, by majority vote of said board as presently constituted, reestablish itself with not less than five nor more than fifteen members or the number presently authorized for that school board, whichever is the greater. Whenever the size of a school board is to be changed by reapportionment, the school board may submit the proposition of size to the people.
B. School boards which reapportion under the provisions of this Subpart shall provide for the election of the members of the board for concurrent terms of four years, commencing at the earliest election date which does not require a reduction in the term of an incumbent member, and which will result in terms which coincide with the terms established by R.S. 17:52. To implement such four-year terms, the board may provide for shorter initial terms as necessary to result in the election of all members to four-year concurrent terms.
C. Those school boards which have reapportioned under the provisions of this Subpart prior to the effective date of this Subsection shall provide for the election of the members of the board for concurrent terms of four years, commencing at the earliest election date which does not require a reduction in the term of an incumbent member, and which will result in terms which coincide with the terms established by R.S. 17:52. To implement such four-year terms, the board may provide for shorter initial terms as necessary to result in the election of all members to four-year terms.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section or any law to the contrary, in accomplishing the reapportionment authorized by this Subpart, a school board in a parish with a population of between ninety thousand and one hundred five thousand persons according to the most recent decennial census shall, by majority vote of the board as presently constituted, reestablish itself with not less than five nor more than nine members. Whenever the size of a school board is to be changed by reapportionment, the school board may submit the proposition of size to the people.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 561, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 319, §1, emerg. eff. July 13, 1970 at 2:00 P.M.; Acts 1975, No. 432, §1; Acts 1980, No. 285, §5, eff. July 14, 1980; Acts 2019, No. 420, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:71.4. Effective date of such reapportionment

RS 17:71.4 - Effective date of such reapportionment
After each of said school boards has decided on its make-up, as reapportioned, it shall adopt a resolution, establishing the size of the board, terms of office of its members, date of election of its members and boundary lines of its special election districts, and stating the effective date of such reapportionment. This resolution shall be published in the official journal of the board and shall become effective and have the status of law as of the date specified in said resolution.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 561, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 319, §1, emerg. eff. July 13, 1970 at 2:00 P.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:71.6. Purpose and intent of Subpart

RS 17:71.6 - Purpose and intent of Subpart
The purpose and intent of this Subpart is to authorize all school boards to reapportion themselves so that each member thereof, except for any school board member which may be elected at large as authorized by R.S. 17:71.3(B), represents as nearly the same number of constituents as is possible. It is also the purpose and intent of this Subpart to permit such school boards as much latitude and discretion as possible in accomplishing such reapportionment within the limits set forth in this Subpart.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 561, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 319, §1, emerg. eff. July 13, 1970 at 2:00 P.M.; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 52, §1, eff. May 7, 1996.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:71.7. School boards affected by federal court ordered reapportionment plans

RS 17:71.7 - School boards affected by federal court ordered reapportionment plans
A. Each city or parish school board which is operating under a reapportionment plan which was ordered or approved by a federal court shall provide for the election of the members of the board for four-year concurrent terms, commencing at the earliest election date which does not require a reduction in the term of an incumbent member, and which will result in terms which coincide with the terms established by R.S. 17:52.
B. Each city or parish school board which on the effective date of this Section is under an order of a federal court to submit a plan for the reapportionment of the areas from which the members of the board are elected shall include in such plan provisions for the election of members of such boards for four-year concurrent terms, commencing at the earliest election date which does not require a reduction in the term of an incumbent member and which will result in terms which coincide with the terms established by R.S. 17:52.
C. To implement the four-year terms required by this Section, the school board may provide for shorter initial terms as necessary to result in election of all members to concurrent four-year terms.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 285, §6, eff. July 14, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:81.2. Acceptance of nonlocal funds without prior approval prohibited

RS 17:81.2 - Acceptance of nonlocal funds without prior approval prohibited
On and after July 29, 1970, no parish and/or city school board shall accept any funds or grants for any new curricular or pilot programs or for any instructional material for these programs, including library or other books, visual aids and similar materials, unless the parish and/or city school board seeking to obtain said funds or grants has received the prior approval of the State Board of Education, including the approval of the state board as to the purpose for which said funds or grants are intended to be used.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 497, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:81.3. School bands; expenses

RS 17:81.3 - School bands; expenses
The parish and city school boards of the state may pay the expenses incurred by high school bands when such bands have earned the privilege of participating in special events or festivals and do in fact participate therein.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 779, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:81.4. Reductions in force; dismissal of teachers and other school employees

RS 17:81.4 - Reductions in force; dismissal of teachers and other school employees
A. Not later than September 1, 2012, each local public school board shall develop and adopt rules and policies that delegate reduction in force decisions to the superintendent which he shall use in dismissing teachers and other employees at any time a reduction in force is instituted. Such rules and policies shall be made available for inspection by teachers, other school employees, and the general public within ten days after final adoption.
B. All reduction in force policies adopted for use in dismissing teachers and administrators shall be based solely upon demand, performance, and effectiveness, as determined by the performance evaluation program as provided in R.S. 17:3881 through 3905. Any reduction in force by a superintendent shall be instituted by dismissing the least effective teacher within each targeted subject area or area of certification first, and then proceeding by effectiveness rating until the reduction in force has been accomplished.
C. All reduction in force policies adopted by a local school board for use by the superintendent in dismissing school employees who are not evaluated pursuant to R.S. 17:3881 through 3905, shall be based upon the following criteria:
(1) Performance and effectiveness as determined by school board policy.
(2) Certification or academic preparation, if applicable.
D. All reduction in force policies of local public school boards and special schools as provided in this Section shall include:
(1) The right of an employee notified of an action which results from implementation of a reduction in force policy to request in writing a review of such action and to receive notice of the results of such review.
(2) The right of an employee to pursue the matter through the school board's adopted grievance procedure.
E. No reduction in force policy adopted by a local public school board shall include seniority or tenure as the primary criterion to be considered when instituting a reduction in force.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 94, §1; Acts 1985, No. 602, §1; Acts 1986, No. 478, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1272, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2012, No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:81.5. School employees; procedure for dismissal

RS 17:81.5 - School employees; procedure for dismissal
Not later than January 1, 1988, each city and parish school board shall develop and adopt rules and policies which it shall use in dismissing school employees who have not attained tenure in accordance with applicable provisions of law and whose dismissal is not a result of a reduction in force, as provided for in R.S. 17:81.4. The school board shall provide a procedure by which any employee, whose dismissal is governed by this Section, may participate in the development of the rules and policies. Such rules and policies shall be made available for public inspection within ten days after they are finally adopted.
Acts 1987, No. 631, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:81.7. Employee reports of criminal activity; law enforcement response

RS 17:81.7 - Employee reports of criminal activity; law enforcement response
A. No parish or city school board shall adopt any rule, regulation, or other policy, formal or informal, which forbids or discourages any teacher or other school board employee from reporting directly to any appropriate law enforcement authority any apparent criminal activity by any person involving, or appearing to involve, controlled dangerous substances, or any other apparent illegal activity.
B. No parish or city school board shall adopt any rule, regulation, or other policy, formal or informal, which would have the effect of preventing or hindering the response of law enforcement officials on school board property, to reports of illegal activity.
Acts 1989, No. 433, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:81.8. Employee demotion; investigation

RS 17:81.8 - Employee demotion; investigation
A. By not later than January 1, 1993, each city and parish school board shall adopt and implement a policy establishing procedures for the investigation of any employee in any case in which there is a public announcement by the board that the employee may be disciplined whether or not there is an accompanying reduction in employee pay. The policy shall include a process by which any such employee, if the employee so determines, not later than thirty days after the conclusion of such investigation and prior to any school board action, may appear before the school board in open session and be given a reasonable time, as determined by the board, to comment on the investigation and any actions taken or proposed to be taken involving the employee.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any reduction in force instituted by a city or parish school board nor shall the provisions of this Section apply to any investigation of an employee conducted by a city or parish school board in accordance with applicable provisions of Part II of Chapter 2 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 17:411 through 544, relative to tenure.
Acts 1991, No. 939, §1, eff. July 24, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 164, §1, eff. June 8, 1992.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:82. Lunch departments, authority to operate

RS 17:82 - Lunch departments, authority to operate
The parish school boards throughout the state may maintain and operate lunch departments on a non-profit basis to provide meals for school children attending the public schools within their respective jurisdictions.
The employees in these departments shall not be entitled to tenure rights under any of the tenure laws of the public school system.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 226, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:83. Presidents of boards; duties; contracts with teachers, superintendents' duty to sign

RS 17:83 - Presidents of boards; duties; contracts with teachers, superintendents' duty to sign
The president of each school board, or in his absence the vice-president, shall preside at all meetings of the board, call meetings when necessary, advise with and assist the parish superintendent of schools in promoting the success of the schools, and, generally, do and perform all other acts and duties pertaining to his office. All deeds and contracts for the schools shall be signed by him, but the contracts with teachers shall be signed by the parish superintendent and the contracting teachers.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:84. Deputy parish superintendents, assistant superintendents, supervisors, and other employees; boards' authority to appoint

RS 17:84 - Deputy parish superintendents, assistant superintendents, supervisors, and other employees; boards' authority to appoint
The parish school boards may appoint such assistant superintendents, supervisors, stenographers, bookkeepers as may be needed, and such attendance officers, medical directors, and other appointees as may be necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the schools; they may also fix their salaries and prescribe their duties.
Any parish or school board with a population of two hundred thousand or more may appoint a deputy parish superintendent of schools for such a period, and having such qualifications as may be fixed by the school board. The school board may also fix the salary and prescribe the duties to be performed by the deputy parish superintendent. The deputy parish superintendent of schools shall not be required to be a qualified elector or a resident of the parish which he is to serve as deputy.
The deputy parish superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the school board, and shall be removable by a majority vote of the membership of the parish school board at any regular meeting or at any special meeting after due notice.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 624, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:84.01. Assistant superintendents in certain districts; term of appointment; discharge for cause; other permanent status

RS 17:84.01 - Assistant superintendents in certain districts; term of appointment; discharge for cause; other permanent status
A. All assistant superintendents, who have not already acquired regular and permanent status as such, and who are appointed on or after September 1, 1972, by a parish or city school board of a school district in any municipality having a population above three hundred thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census shall be appointed for a term of not more than four years, and the term shall be specified in a written contract which shall be renewable for an additional term or terms at the pleasure of the employing board.
B. If any person so appointed shall be found incompetent, inefficient, or unworthy, during the term of his appointment, he shall be removable for such cause by a majority vote of the membership of the parish or city school board at any regular meeting or at any special meeting after due notice. Any person so appointed, who had previously acquired regular and permanent status, either as a teacher, as set forth in R.S. 17:461, or as an employee other than a teacher, as set forth in R.S. 17:522, shall retain the permanent status previously acquired in the lower position from which he was promoted; and should he be removed by the school board from his position in the manner hereinabove set forth, he must be returned to his former position, or to one paying the same salary as his former position, unless the provisions of R.S. 17:523 or R.S. 17:462 are complied with.
C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to deprive any person of any rights he may acquire under the provisions of R.S. 17:461 through 464, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to change, alter, or affect whatever tenure rights persons presently employed may have.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 67, §1; Amended by Acts 1991, No. 78, §1, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:84.1. School janitors, school custodians, school maintenance employees; board's authority to employ; age limitation

RS 17:84.1 - School janitors, school custodians, school maintenance employees; board's authority to employ; age limitation
Parish and city school boards may also employ janitors, custodians, and maintenance employees as said boards may deem desirable for the proper and efficient conduct of their respective school systems at such salaries, unless otherwise prescribed by law, and with such qualifications and duties as the board may deem advisable.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 258, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 628, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:84.2. School boards; requirement to employ a business manager or chief financial officer; minimum standards

RS 17:84.2 - School boards; requirement to employ a business manager or chief financial officer; minimum standards
A. Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall employ a business manager or chief financial officer who shall have the qualifications established by rules promulgated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The state board shall establish such qualifications not later than January 1, 2007.
B. Any business manager or chief financial officer employed prior to the final adoption of rules providing for such qualification by a city, parish, or, other local public school board who does not meet the qualifications provided by such rules shall have seven years from the date the final rules are published in the Louisiana Register to meet the required qualifications.
C. City, parish, and other local public school boards may enter into an agreement to share business services, including the employment of a single business manager or chief financial officer. However, the business manager or chief financial officer employed to serve as the school business manager or chief financial officer for more than one school system pursuant to such agreement shall meet the qualifications established by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Acts 2006, No. 606, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:85. Naming of street or athletic facility by school boards

RS 17:85 - Naming of street or athletic facility by school boards
A. A city, parish, or other local public school board may name the following at a school within its jurisdiction in honor of a living person:
(1) A street that is maintained by the school board and that is not a state or federal highway.
(2) An existing athletic facility.
B. A school board may establish criteria that it will apply in naming a street or an athletic facility in honor of a living person, but such criteria are not a prerequisite for the exercise of the authority granted by this Section.
Acts 2001, No. 936, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 841, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 695, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:85.1. Naming of gymnasium at Monterey High School

RS 17:85.1 - Naming of gymnasium at Monterey High School
The Concordia Parish School Board may name the new gymnasium at Monterey High School in honor of Jack Bairnsfather.
Acts 2022, No. 594, §1, eff. June 17, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:85.4. Naming of curriculum center; St. Tammany Parish School Board

RS 17:85.4 - Naming of curriculum center; St. Tammany Parish School Board
The parish school board in St. Tammany Parish may name a curriculum center in the parish in honor of a former educator and coach who meets all of the following criteria:
(1) He served as an educator in Louisiana schools for more than forty years.
(2) He was a teacher and school principal in the parish where the curriculum center is located.
(3) He served as a football coach in the parish school system and the team he coached won its first state football championship.
(4) He retired from the parish school system before 1980.
Acts 2003, No. 909, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:85.6. Naming of a headstart and community center; Jefferson Davis Parish School Board

RS 17:85.6 - Naming of a headstart and community center; Jefferson Davis Parish School Board
The parish school board in Jefferson Davis Parish may name a headstart and community center in the parish in honor of a former educator and community leader who meets all of the following criteria:
(1) She was valedictorian of her high school class in 1940 and graduated magna cum laude at Grambling.
(2) She played basketball for four years at Jefferson Davis High School and for four years at Grambling.
(3) She served at Jefferson Davis High School for twenty-five years as an American History teacher, counselor and girls' basketball coach and at Jennings High School as a counselor, for a total of forty years.
Acts 2004, No. 606, §1, eff. July 5, 2004; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:85.7. Naming of Reserve Officers' Training Corps building at West Monroe High School

RS 17:85.7 - Naming of Reserve Officers' Training Corps building at West Monroe High School
The Ouachita Parish School Board may name the Reserve Officers' Training Corps building at West Monroe High School in honor of James Donald Halsell, Jr.
Acts 2005, No. 215, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:85.9. Terminated on Dec. 31, 2004, by Acts 2004, No. 563, §3, eff. July 6, 2004.

RS 17:85.9 - Terminated on Dec. 31, 2004, by Acts 2004, No. 563, §3, eff. July 6, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:85.10. Terminated on Dec. 31, 2004, by Acts 2004, No. 718, §3, eff. July 6, 2004.

RS 17:85.10 - Terminated on Dec. 31, 2004, by Acts 2004, No. 718, §3, eff. July 6, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:85.13. Naming of stadium by certain school boards

RS 17:85.13 - Naming of stadium by certain school boards
The parish school boards in East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and Orleans parishes may name a stadium in the parish in honor of a former principal who meets all of the following criteria:
(1) He served as an instructor, assistant coach, head coach, athletic director, administrator, and principal in the parish where the stadium is located for more than forty years.
(2) He served as an instructor, assistant coach, head coach, athletic director, administrator, and principal at the school where the stadium is located for more than thirty years.
(3) He was named principal of the year in the parish where the stadium is located prior to 2002.
Acts 2008, No. 905, §1, eff. July 11, 2008; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:85.14. Naming of a performing arts center by certain school boards

RS 17:85.14 - Naming of a performing arts center by certain school boards
The parish school boards in Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and Orleans parishes may name a performing arts center in the parish in honor of a former principal who meets all of the following criteria:
(1) She served as a teacher, assistant principal of instruction and curriculum, and chairwoman of a parishwide committee to determine the feasibility of developing a junior high school magnet program in the parish where the performing arts center is located.
(2) She was the founding principal of a middle magnet school, serving in that capacity for at least ten years.
(3) The middle magnet school, for which she served as principal, was honored as a National School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.
Acts 2008, No. 905, §1, eff. July 11, 2008; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:86. Expenses of special sessions for teachers, boards' authority to pay

RS 17:86 - Expenses of special sessions for teachers, boards' authority to pay
A parish school board may pay all or a part of the expenses of special sessions of schools organized and maintained for the benefit of teachers, and it may pay all or a part of the salaries and expenses of persons employed in the extension service to promote agricultural and other industrial instruction for the benefit of children.
No parish school board shall use any of the parish school funds in purchasing any textbooks, material or supplies as herein authorized, but such purchase shall be made entirely from proceeds derived from the sale of such books, material, and supplies, respectively, as the case may be.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:87. Lease or sale of school lands or of timber thereon; disposition of revenues

RS 17:87 - Lease or sale of school lands or of timber thereon; disposition of revenues
Parish school boards may rent sixteenth section lands, except as otherwise provided by law, by resolution of the board and without the authority of a vote of the electors of the township in which such lands are located. All funds realized by the parish school boards from the rent of sixteenth sections shall be credited to the general school funds of the parish.
All elections to authorize the sale of sixteenth section lands, or of timber on sixteenth section lands, shall be conducted by the parish school boards, and the funds realized from such sale, after deducting for necessary expenses connected with such elections, shall be promptly forwarded to the state auditor for credit to the proper township.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:87.1. Rights-of-way across and through sixteenth section lands

RS 17:87.1 - Rights-of-way across and through sixteenth section lands
The school boards of the several parishes of the state of Louisiana are authorized to grant rights-of-way across and through sixteenth sections or parts thereof for all legitimate and necessary purposes, including but not limiting the generality thereof, power and communication lines and pipe lines for water, oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances.
Added by Acts 1950, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:87.2. Application for right-of-way over school lands; notice; advertisement; objections; terms and conditions of grant

RS 17:87.2 - Application for right-of-way over school lands; notice; advertisement; objections; terms and conditions of grant
No application for a right-of-way shall be considered unless certificate of publication of due notice is on file in the office of the school board, showing advertisement of the pending application by publication two times within ten days in the official journal of the parish wherein the sixteenth section or part thereof is situated, said notice being required for the purpose of permitting any citizen or citizens residing within the sixteenth section or part thereof to file opposition to the granting of such right-of-way. Provided any objection or objections are submitted as aforesaid, the school board shall give due consideration thereto in determining whether or not such application shall be granted. No right-of-way authorized by R.S. 17:87.1 shall be granted unless adequate consideration for the grant is paid to the school board. A provision shall also be incorporated in the grant that the general public may have full ingress and egress over, across and through said right-of-way. The school board may impose other conditions which, in its discretion, are deemed advisable or necessary, and fix the term for the grant.
Added by Acts 1950, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:87.3. Disposition of revenues received from grants

RS 17:87.3 - Disposition of revenues received from grants
All moneys received as consideration for grants authorized by R.S. 17:87.1 shall be deposited by the school board and credited to the general school fund of the parish wherein the sixteenth section or part thereof is located.
Added by Acts 1950, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:87.4. Rights-of-way across sixteenth section lands

RS 17:87.4 - Rights-of-way across sixteenth section lands
That all grants of right-of-ways executed prior to the passage of R.S. 17:87.1 through 17:87.3 by the school boards of the several parishes of the state of Louisiana granting right-of-ways across and through sixteenth sections or parts thereof for all legitimate and necessary purposes including, but not limiting the generality thereof, power and communication lines and pipelines for water, oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances, shall be and the same are hereby recognized and ratified in accordance with their terms, and the validity thereof is hereby confirmed without further requirement under those Sections.
Added by Acts 1950, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:87.5. Surveys by state; approval by parish school board; agreements with landowners

RS 17:87.5 - Surveys by state; approval by parish school board; agreements with landowners
In all cases where a survey has been, or may hereafter be made and approved in accordance with Act 232 of 1934, or Title 50, Chapter 3, Part I, of the Revised Statutes, or both, and such survey embraces all or a portion of a sixteenth section or fractional sixteenth section school lands, the parish school board of the parish in which such sixteenth section or fractional section, or portion thereof, is situated, shall approve such survey and the location and boundaries of said school lands, and enter into conventional written agreements to that effect with any landowner whose lands adjoin said school lands. Such approval and conventional agreement shall be binding in all respects upon the parish school board and the state of Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1952, No. 225, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:87.6. School property; alienation by school boards

RS 17:87.6 - School property; alienation by school boards
A. Any city, parish, or other local public school board may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, at public or private sale, for cash or on terms of credit, any school site, building, facility, or personal property which is not used and, in the judgment of the school board, is not needed in the operation of any school or schools within its jurisdiction. Any such sale, lease, or disposal of such school property shall be on such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the school board shall prescribe. Any sale shall be in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 41:891 and 892.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any city, parish, or other local public school board in control of any unused school property as provided in Subsection A of this Section shall be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and care of such property and shall comply with all applicable state laws and regulations and all ordinances and regulations as may be enacted and adopted by the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision in which the property is located, including building and fire safety code regulations, until such property is sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of by the school board.
C.(1) Any local public school board may sell as provided in this Subsection, individual computing devices that have been used by students for classwork, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.
(2) When the school board determines that an individual computing device used by a student or students has reached the end of its typical life cycle, is no longer needed for school purposes, and will be removed from classroom use, and that the best interest of the public school system would be served by the private sale of such device due to the cost of auctioning the device or recycling it or due to other factors, the school board may sell the device to a student enrolled in a school in the school system or to the parent, tutor, or legal guardian of such a student.
(3) The sale price for the device shall be reasonably equivalent to the value of the device, taking into consideration its typical life cycle, current condition, and costs of other methods of alienation or disposal.
(4) All such sales shall be in accordance with school board policies, and sale prices shall be approved by appropriate school system administrative personnel prior to sale. Proceeds from such sales shall be deposited by the school board and shall be used for general fund expenditures of the school board.
(5) This Subsection shall apply only to individual computing devices used for classwork by students and shall not apply to other computer equipment or related equipment such as routers, switches, or servers.
Added by Acts 1960, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1961, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 11, §2; Acts 2001, No. 121, §1; Acts 2012, No. 436, §1, eff. May 31, 2012; Acts 2017, No. 249, §1.