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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1972. Definitions

RS 17:1972 - Definitions
As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "At-risk student" means a student who meets at least one of the following criteria:
(a) Is eligible for health benefits under Medicaid.
(b) Is in the eighth grade or below and is reading two or more grade levels below grade level as determined by any of the tests required pursuant to R.S. 17:24.4.
(c) Has a documented history of truancy.
(d) Is in foster care pursuant to placement through the Department of Children and Family Services.
(e) Meets the criteria for a homeless student as defined in the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
(f) Is referred by a teacher, counselor, or principal.
(2) "Department" means the state Department of Education.
(3) "School" means the Thrive Academy.
(4) "State board" means the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(5) "State superintendent" means the state superintendent of education.
Acts 2016, No. 672, §1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1973. Thrive Academy; creation; location; governance

RS 17:1973 - Thrive Academy; creation; location; governance
A. There is hereby created the Thrive Academy which shall be a residential, public school for certain at-risk students in grades six through twelve. The school shall be located in Baton Rouge. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the school shall be independent of the control of the state superintendent and of all local and state education boards except its board of directors.
B. The school shall be subject to the same laws, rules, regulations, and other requirements applicable to public schools as specifically provided for in R.S. 17:3996.
Acts 2016, No. 672, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1975. Extracurricular activities

RS 17:1975 - Extracurricular activities
A. Whenever possible, the school shall offer such extracurricular activities as may be found in other public schools in the state. The East Baton Rouge Parish public school system shall, to the extent practicable, allow the students of the school to participate in any extracurricular activities the system offers at other schools which the school does not offer, particularly music and varsity athletics.
B. Any student attending the school shall be eligible to participate in any extracurricular activity at any nonpublic school that is located within the attendance zone of the school if such nonpublic school is approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to R.S. 17:11 and is in compliance with the criteria set forth in Brumfield, et al. v. Dodd, et al., 425 F. Supp. 528 (E.D. La. 1977).
Acts 2016, No. 672, §1, eff. July 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1976. Funding; inclusion in the minimum foundation program formula; other appropriated state funds

RS 17:1976 - Funding; inclusion in the minimum foundation program formula; other appropriated state funds
A. The board of directors of the school annually shall prepare and adopt a recommended budget to adequately fund the educational programs at the school. The budget shall have as its goal to provide state funding for the school which shall not be less than the average funding on a per-student basis at peer institutions in other states having similar programs and enrollments and may provide for achieving its goal over a multi-year period. The recommended budget shall be submitted to the division of administration as the total budget request for the school.
B. The Thrive Academy shall be considered a public school for purposes of receiving funding through the minimum foundation program of education, in the same manner as for other public schools as contained in the minimum foundation program budget letter approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The school shall also be eligible to receive such other funding as may be specifically appropriated by the legislature.
Acts 2016, No. 672, §1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2019, No. 21, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1977. Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 417, §3, eff. June 21, 2013.

RS 17:1977 - Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 417, §3, eff. June 21, 2013.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 417, §4, relative to the effectiveness of administrative rules promulgated for ChildNet and Early Steps programs.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1977.1. École Pointe-au-Chien; creation; location; governance

RS 17:1977.1 - École Pointe-au-Chien; creation; location; governance
There is hereby created École Pointe-au-Chien, a public French immersion school for students in grades prekindergarten through four. The school shall be located in Terrebonne Parish. The school shall be independent of the control of the state superintendent of education and of all local and state education boards except its board of directors.
Acts 2022, No. 454, §1, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1977.3. Funding; inclusion in the minimum foundation program formula; other appropriated state funds

RS 17:1977.3 - Funding; inclusion in the minimum foundation program formula; other appropriated state funds
A. The board of directors of the school annually shall prepare and adopt a recommended budget to adequately fund the educational programs at the school. The budget shall have as its goal to provide state funding for the school which shall not be less than the average funding on a per-student basis at peer institutions in other states having similar programs and enrollments and may provide for achieving its goal over a multi-year period. The recommended budget shall be submitted to the division of administration as the total budget request for the school.
B. École Pointe-au-Chien shall be considered a public school and, as such, shall be included by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in the formula required by Article VIII, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana used to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary and secondary schools. Funding shall be provided through appropriations made directly to the school from the state general fund and through funds appropriated for the minimum foundation program and allocated to the school by the state Department of Education.
Acts 2022, No. 454, §1, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1978. Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 417, §3, eff. June 21, 2013.

RS 17:1978 - Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 417, §3, eff. June 21, 2013.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 417, §4, relative to the effectiveness of administrative rules promulgated for ChildNet and Early Steps programs.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1979. Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 417, §3, eff. June 21, 2013.

RS 17:1979 - Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 417, §3, eff. June 21, 2013.
NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 417, §4, relative to the effectiveness of administrative rules promulgated for ChildNet and Early Steps programs.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1982. Definitions

RS 17:1982 - Definitions
As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) "Blind student" means an individual who is identified by a functional vision assessment as having vision loss which interferes with the ability to perform academically and which requires the use of specialized textbooks, techniques, materials, or equipment to access the same academic content as the student's sighted peers or who has one of the following:
(a) A visual acuity of 20/70 or less, near acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses, or both, or has a limited field of vision such that the widest diameter subtends an angular distance of no greater than twenty degrees.
(b) A progressive loss of vision which may in the future affect the student's ability to learn.
(c) Other blindness resulting from a medically documented condition that could include bilateral dysfunction of the optic radiations, the visual cortex, or both. This may coexist with ocular and ocular motor disorders and may be the result of perinatal brain dysfunction or trauma.
(2) "Braille" means the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as standard English Braille.
(3) "Functional vision assessment" is an organized plan for observing how a student uses vision to perform routine tasks within the educational environment and assesses whether a visual impairment is interfering with the student's ability to access educational content.
(4) "Individualized Education Program" means a written statement developed for a student eligible for special education services pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1401.
Acts 1992, No. 923, §1; Acts 2017, No. 97, §1; Acts 2022, No. 302, §1, eff. June 10, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1984. Standards of competency and instruction

RS 17:1984 - Standards of competency and instruction
Instruction in braille reading and writing shall be sufficient to enable each blind student to communicate effectively and efficiently with the same level of proficiency expected of the student's peers of comparable ability and grade level. The student's individualized education program shall specify:
(1) The results obtained from the inventory required by R.S. 17:1983.
(2) How braille will be implemented as the primary mode for learning through integration with other classroom activities.
(3) The date on which braille instruction will commence.
(4) The length of the period of instruction and the frequency and duration of each instructional session.
(5) The level of competency in braille reading and writing to be achieved by the end of the period and the objective assessment measures to be used.
(6) If a decision has been made under the provisions of R.S. 17:1983 that braille instruction or use is not required for the student.
Acts 1992, No. 923, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1985. Instructional materials

RS 17:1985 - Instructional materials
Beginning with the 1993-1994 textbook adoption cycle, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall require a publisher to furnish to the state Department of Education, its designated depository, or the American Printing House for the Blind, not later than ninety days after final adoption of a textbook, computer diskettes for literary subjects in a standard format approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from which braille versions of the textbook can be produced. The publisher shall furnish the department with computer diskettes in a standard format for nonliterary subjects, including natural sciences, computer science, mathematics, and music, when braille specialty code translation software is available.
Acts 1992, No. 923, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1986. Teacher certification

RS 17:1986 - Teacher certification
As part of the certification process pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 17:7(6), on or after July 1, 1993, teachers seeking certification in the education of blind and visually impaired students shall be required to demonstrate competence in reading and writing braille as verified by a college of education. Such competencies shall be consistent with standards adopted by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Acts 1992, No. 923, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1987. School district for certain correctional centers for youth

RS 17:1987 - School district for certain correctional centers for youth
A.(1) A school district is hereby established to provide an appropriate education for youths who, pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, are placed in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and assigned by such department for confinement in any correctional center for youth that is privately operated in accordance with a cooperative endeavor or contract agreement with the state or any political subdivision.
(2) The school district shall be administered by the state Department of Education which may provide educational services by interagency agreement, contract with private or public providers, or by direct operation of a school. The educational services being provided shall meet all standards required by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for the operation of an alternative school as authorized by law.
B. This district shall be considered an intermediate educational unit, subject to the limitations of such units which shall include no authority to levy tax.
C. The state shall annually appropriate sufficient monies to fund any school in the district created in this Part in an amount equal to not less than the per pupil amount allocated pursuant to the minimum foundation program formula to the city or parish school district in which each such correctional center for youth is located. The appropriation shall be made to the administering agency for the district which may be expended by the agency for the provision of educational services in the same manner as such money may be expended by intermediate educational units in providing educational services to students subject to the limitations in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section.
D.(1) The provisions of Part I-A of Chapter 1 of this Title relative to benefits, privileges, and rights of certain employees in state special schools, including but not limited to provisions relative to compensation, probationary and permanent employment status, and sabbatical, sick, personal, maternity, adoptive, and military leaves also shall be applicable to such employees of the school district established by this Part.
(2) At the time of implementation of the provisions of this Part, any person employed by a city or parish school board in a position to provide educational services to students confined in a state correctional center for youth which is privately operated shall be given priority, if otherwise qualified, for employment in the same or a comparable position to provide educational services to students pursuant to the provisions of this Part.
Acts 1999, No. 810, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2018, No. 631, §1; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1989.1. Legislative intent

RS 17:1989.1 - Legislative intent
The legislature hereby recognizes that the Governor's Program for Gifted Children has operated without explicit statutory mandate as an independent, residential summer program for certain elementary, middle, and high school students with the express purpose of providing a more challenging and enriching educational, artistic, and civic experience for the gifted children of this state and of developing such children to their full potential, while instilling in them an appreciation for higher virtues such as civic duty, justice, truth, beauty, and the good. It is the intent of the legislature to continue such program and to establish it by law as more specifically provided in this Part.
Acts 1999, No. 595, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1989.2. Definitions

RS 17:1989.2 - Definitions
As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Director" means the director of the program.
(2) "Program" means the Governor's Program for Gifted Children.
(3) "University" means the college or university at which the program's activities are held, if any.
Acts 1999, No. 595, §1, eff. June 30, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1989.3. Governor's Program for Gifted Children; legislative establishment; location; governance; relationship with educational boards and state superintendent

RS 17:1989.3 - Governor's Program for Gifted Children; legislative establishment; location; governance; relationship with educational boards and state superintendent
A. There is hereby established the Governor's Program for Gifted Children, hereinafter referred to as "the program", as a residential summer enrichment program for gifted children in grades six through ten, with the exception of certain musically gifted students in grades eleven and twelve. The program shall be located on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, or at such other facility as shall be determined by the program's director.
B. The program shall be a continuation of the existing program which has operated heretofore without benefit of an explicit statutory mandate.
C. The program is hereby placed within the Department of Education as provided in R.S. 36:801.1, and shall be independent of the control of the state superintendent of education and of all local and state education boards.
Acts 1999, No. 595, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1989.5. Appropriations; other sources of revenue

RS 17:1989.5 - Appropriations; other sources of revenue
A. The legislature shall appropriate to the program each year sufficient funds for the program's support. Such appropriation shall be made directly to the program and shall not be deposited to the account of or commingled with the funds of any other program or entity.
B. The director may charge reasonable fees and tuition, which shall be paid in the manner as determined by the director.
C. The director, on behalf of the program, shall be authorized to apply for and receive grants, gifts, bequests, and other funds from any public and private sources not prohibited by law, including the federal government. Any grants, bequests, gifts, or other similar funds placed in the possession of the program shall be the sole property of the program and subject to its exclusive control.
D. Funds received from sources other than the legislative appropriation described herein shall not supplant such legislative appropriation, but shall be in addition and supplemental thereto.
Acts 1999, No. 595, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1989.6. Location of the program; relocation; authority to own and construct facilities

RS 17:1989.6 - Location of the program; relocation; authority to own and construct facilities
A. The program shall be housed at McNeese State University in Lake Charles or at such other facilities located within the state of Louisiana as the director may select as provided herein.
B. McNeese State University or any other state college or university which houses the program shall:
(1) Make available to the program such available facilities and services as it may reasonably need to conduct its activities, charging to the program only those fees which the college or university charges to youth programs and similar entities conducted under its own auspices, such as band and sports camps, or, if such a fee is not charged, then only those fees necessary to reasonably compensate the university for the actual expense incurred in providing the facility or service.
(2) Make available to the program free of charge or at a reasonable charge not to exceed two percent of the program's appropriation from the legislature for the preceding year suitable office space for the program's director and administrative operations.
C. The director may relocate the program from McNeese State University, as provided below:
(1) The director may designate another state college or university to house the program, with the written consent of the governor and of the president or equivalent official of the college or university to which the program is to be relocated.
(2) The director may relocate the program to other suitable facilities, with the consent of the governor. Such facilities may include facilities owned by the program, which shall have the authority to purchase or construct facilities for its own use. The program may also lease facilities from another entity under such reasonable terms as the director may find suitable.
Acts 1999, No. 595, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1989.7. Registry of prospective students

RS 17:1989.7 - Registry of prospective students
A. The Department of Education shall assist the director in identifying candidates for admission to the program, as follows:
(1) By the thirtieth of October of each year, the director shall notify the state superintendent of education in writing of the grade levels or ages, or both, of the participants in the program for the session or sessions in the subsequent year.
(2) By the fifteenth of December of each year, the state superintendent of education shall furnish to the director information regarding each student currently in the grades or of the ages specified whom the state Department of Education's records show to have achieved a score in the ninetieth percentile or higher on any generally administered achievement test or other instrument designed to measure academic or intellectual performance. A test or instrument shall be deemed to be generally administered if it is administered to at least forty percent of the students in any given grade or age group in the state in any particular year. Such information shall include the student's name and that of his parents, his last known address, and the name of the school in which he is enrolled.
B. The director shall treat this information as confidential and shall not disclose it to any person outside the program, nor distribute it to persons employed by the program except as reasonably necessary.
C. If the state superintendent of education is not in possession of the information he is required to provide to the director in this Section, he shall gather that information at no charge to the program and shall maintain that information in his office as a central registry of gifted students, which registry shall be used by the state in its efforts to provide educational opportunities to gifted students. Inclusion in this registry shall not be determinative of whether a child is gifted, which fact shall be determined by means specified elsewhere by law or by regulation.
Acts 1999, No. 595, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1989.8. Miscellaneous powers of program

RS 17:1989.8 - Miscellaneous powers of program
A. Without limitation to the foregoing, the program, acting through its director or other authorized representatives, has the authority to:
(1) Award diplomas for completion of the program's course of studies.
(2) Conduct seminars and workshops both during the program's session and at other times for gifted children, parents, or teachers of the gifted.
(3) Train teachers to teach gifted children and to award certificates for completion of such training.
(4) Conduct research into methods and techniques for teaching the gifted and publish the results of that research.
(5) Engage in cooperative and joint ventures with other institutions of learning, programs for the gifted, and similar entities related to gifted education.
(6) Conduct activities designed to identify students who are potential students of the program.
(7) Establish and operate programs for the musically gifted.
B. The program may also engage in any other activities reasonably related to its purposes and goals as set forth in this Part and which shall not be contrary to law.
Acts 1999, No. 595, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1991. Definitions

RS 17:1991 - Definitions
A. As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges or its successor.
(2) "Department" means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges or its successor.
B. Further, any reference in this Chapter to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the state Department of Education, or the state superintendent of education insofar as such reference is related to the exercise of jurisdiction over schools providing postsecondary vocational-technical education or the employees thereof shall mean and be interpreted to mean the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, except as is clearly inconsistent with the supervisory jurisdiction of institutions provided by the education governance and management structure established in Article VIII of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1992. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.

RS 17:1992 - Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1994.1. Jumonville-Memorial Technical Institute

RS 17:1994.1 - Jumonville-Memorial Technical Institute
The vocational-technical institutions referred to as the Memorial Area Vocational School, located in New Roads, and the J. E. Jumonville, Sr. Technical Institute, a branch of the Memorial Area Vocational School, located in Port Allen, shall be combined into a single budgetary unit and shall be renamed the "Jumonville-Memorial Technical Institute". Subject to change by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, the Jumonville-Memorial Technical Institute shall continue to offer and provide the prison vocational programs at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Hunt Correctional Center, and the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women at St. Gabriel.
Acts 1991, No. 970, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 103, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1994.2. Margaret Surles Branch of Louisiana Technical College - Tallulah Campus

RS 17:1994.2 - Margaret Surles Branch of Louisiana Technical College - Tallulah Campus
The Lake Providence branch of Louisiana Technical College - Tallulah Campus shall be renamed and shall be hereafter known as the "Margaret Surles Branch of Louisiana Technical College - Tallulah Campus".
Acts 1992, No. 132, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 103, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1995. Regional administration

RS 17:1995 - Regional administration
All postsecondary vocational-technical schools shall be under the control of the board, which shall adopt policies governing the schools. The board may provide for regional coordination of vocational-technical schools to be administered in the following areas:
(1) Regional fiscal matters.
(2) Personnel matters.
(3) Building standards and maintenance.
(4) Reporting and data collection.
(5) Coordination of instruction.
(6) Such other duties as may be prescribed by the board or department.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3; Acts 1986, No. 945, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1996. Racial segregation prohibited; personnel

RS 17:1996 - Racial segregation prohibited; personnel
A. Vocational-technical facilities shall be operated on a racially nonsegregated policy.
B. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall establish nonracial objective criteria for the employment, promotion, dismissals, and demotions of all personnel.
C. Whenever the ratio of members of the minority to majority race employed at all levels in the schools is substantially out of keeping with the minority to majority race ratio of persons in the region, affirmative action shall be taken to overcome this disparity with respect to filling new positions, vacancies and making promotions.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1997. Open door policy; statewide service

RS 17:1997 - Open door policy; statewide service
The vocational-technical schools shall be operated under an open door policy and shall serve persons on an equal priority basis, including but not limited to, adults, veterans, high school students, persons who have dropped out of high school and minority ethnic groups. Persons meeting board requirements with respect to age shall be free to enroll in any school in the state and there shall not be any geographic barriers to enrollment.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1997.3. Vocational-technical opportunity program; dropouts

RS 17:1997.3 - Vocational-technical opportunity program; dropouts
A. Beginning not later than January 1, 1993, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop and implement a comprehensive plan for establishing a vocational-technical opportunity program for public secondary school dropouts.
B. At a minimum, the program shall include provisions for students who have dropped out of a public secondary school to enroll in any public vocational-technical institution in the state, provided that the student shall enroll in any such vocational-technical institution within three years of dropping out of school.
Acts 1992, No. 913, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1998. Advisory councils

RS 17:1998 - Advisory councils
The board, upon the recommendation of the directors of postsecondary vocational-technical schools, shall appoint an advisory council on career education for each school. The members of all such advisory councils in this state shall serve without pay. Each such council shall be limited to fifteen members and be representative of the state's population by race and gender to ensure diversity and shall be representative equally of employee, employer, and educational and public interests.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 818, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1999. Regional institutes; area schools; branch schools

RS 17:1999 - Regional institutes; area schools; branch schools
A. In order to provide postsecondary vocational-technical facilities in accordance with needs for the facilities and with efficient administration, operations and budgeting, the postsecondary vocational-technical education facilities shall be classified into the categories defined below, which categories may be further defined by additional criteria, statewide in application and uniform within each classification which may be adopted by the board.
(1) Regional institutes: A regional institute is a facility located in the largest urban area of a region at which a wide variety of programs, ranging approximately from thirty to seventy-five in number, can be offered, and at which vocational-technical education can be offered for the area at which the institute is located, as well as the more technical and sophisticated programs which it is not feasible to efficiently offer at the smaller vocational-technical educational facilities.
(2) Area schools: An area school is a facility serving an attendance area of not less than fifty thousand population except in multiparish areas where distance is a barrier, serving a maximum radius of fifty miles with the majority of the population within twenty-five miles; and providing a minimum of ten diversified programs. No more than one area school shall be located in any approved area unless the area population exceeds three hundred thousand population in which event an additional campus may be established. Area schools shall be located centrally to provide maximum accessibility to population to be served.
(3) Branch schools: A branch school is a facility with fewer than ten diversified programs with a minimum of fifteen students enrolled to initiate a program. Such a facility may be established where extreme natural barriers isolate a sizeable concentration of population from a regional or area school.
(4) Extension courses: Programs administered through regional institutes to provide training in leased or donated facilities in areas that would be isolated or impacted.
B. The board shall have the authority to establish the classification of a school, based on criteria in Part A of this section, and shall have the authority to reclassify a school when it fails to meet such criteria.
The board shall also have the authority to establish extension programs as set forth in R.S. 17:2002.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2001. Continuation of existing schools

RS 17:2001 - Continuation of existing schools
Those schools in existence at the time of the effective date of this act shall continue in operation unless the State Board of Education, based on criteria, determines that the need for such school no longer exists. Should the board decide to close any school, it shall have authority to dispose of the land and improvements in accordance with state law, and the proceeds derived from such disposition shall be paid to the board and shall be made available by the board for retirement of outstanding bonds issued under Act 209 of the 1973 Regular Session or for capital improvements authorized by Act 209 of the 1973 Regular Session at postsecondary vocational-technical schools, for purchase of equipment for extension programs of postsecondary vocational-technical schools, and/or for purchase of vehicles to transport students to postsecondary vocational-technical schools.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2002. Extension programs

RS 17:2002 - Extension programs
A. The board is authorized to establish extension courses or programs, in instances in which a study by the department shows them to be feasible, at:
(1) Plain Dealing
(2) Vivian
(3) The Bienville Trades School at Ringgold, Louisiana
(4) A location in Catahoula Parish, Union Parish, Red River Parish, Grant Parish, Livingston Parish, St. Martin Parish, Vernon Parish, Sabine Parish, Beauregard Parish and Richland Parish
(5) Red River Parish
(6) The Jena area
(7) The south Beauregard Parish area
(8) Springhill
(9) St. Tammany Parish
(10) Washington Parish
(11) Claiborne Parish
(12) Eunice
B. The board is authorized to establish other extension courses, in instances in which a study by the department shows them to be feasible, in impacted or isolated areas of the state.
C. The costs of conducting extension courses and programs shall be a budget item in the budget of the region from which they are conducted.
D. The number of extension courses and programs that will be offered shall be determined by the board.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2003. Bus transportation

RS 17:2003 - Bus transportation
Bus transportation to and from post-secondary vocational-technical facilities may be provided for students along major transportation routes of the normal enrollment area when routes can be economically justified. Students in adjoining areas may use the transportation system of either area. Students receiving transportation may be charged a bus transportation fee in an amount sufficient to completely offset the actual cost of providing the transportation service. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish such fees and shall provide for their collection.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3; Acts 1986, No. 863, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2004. Vocational Curriculum Development and Research Center; separation from Natchitoches Trades School

RS 17:2004 - Vocational Curriculum Development and Research Center; separation from Natchitoches Trades School
A.(1) The Vocational Curriculum Development and Research Center of the Natchitoches Trades School is hereby removed from under the administration, control, and budget of the Natchitoches Trades School and the regional center. The Vocational Curriculum Development and Research Center is hereby established as a separate legal entity and budget unit headed by a director appointed by the board. The center shall be under the control of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges.
(2) The duties of the center shall include but not be limited to developing, printing, and disseminating vocational curriculum material to all the state-operated vocational schools. Further, the center's duties shall include housing a film library and reproducing printed items for the state's vocational schools and other state agencies in the field of career education and any additional duties that the board may assign to the center.
B.(1) All functions, programs, operations, and responsibilities of the Vocational Curriculum Development and Research Center of the Natchitoches Trades School hereafter shall be exercised solely by the Vocational Curriculum Development and Research Center.
(2) All funds, facilities, materials, personnel, books, records, contractual obligations, and any pending or unfinished business of the Vocational Curriculum Development and Research Center of the Natchitoches Trades School are hereby transferred to the new and separate Vocational Curriculum Development and Research Center under the control of the board.
(3) The center shall be domiciled in Natchitoches.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 355, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2005.2. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.

RS 17:2005.2 - Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2006. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.

RS 17:2006 - Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2007. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.

RS 17:2007 - Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2009. Vocational-technical portable building program

RS 17:2009 - Vocational-technical portable building program
A. Each vocational-technical school may enter into a sales contract each year for the construction of a portable building.
B. The building contracts shall be subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, which shall formulate and adopt appropriate regulations for the governance of such contracts.
C. Each vocational-technical school which enters into such a building contract shall:
(1) Furnish building plans and build to plan specifications.
(2) Comply with all local and state building codes and federal standards to enable buyers to secure federal or other financing.
(3) Advertise in accordance with state bidding procedures for all materials and for all other applicable items.
(4) Sell the building to the highest bidder prior to beginning construction or upon completion.
D.(1) The proceeds of the sale of any building constructed pursuant to this Section shall be available for expenditure by the school at which the sold building was constructed in accordance with R.S. 39:42(C).
(2) The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall establish a program for the purpose of advancing monies to any vocational-technical school under the board's jurisdiction having an approved carpentry program to initiate and develop a vocational-technical portable building program as authorized by this Section. The board shall adopt necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Subsection, and such rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to a procedure whereby monies advanced to any vocational-technical school to initiate and develop a portable building program shall be repaid by it to the department upon the portable building program becoming self-sufficient. Beginning with the 1999-2000 Fiscal Year and annually thereafter, the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall request sufficient funds from the legislature to effectuate the purposes of this Paragraph.
Acts 1988, No. 737, §1; Acts 1989, No. 242, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2010. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.

RS 17:2010 - Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2011. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.

RS 17:2011 - Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2012. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.

RS 17:2012 - Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2013. Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3 eff. July 1, 1999.

RS 17:2013 - Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3 eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2016. Worksite-based training

RS 17:2016 - Worksite-based training
A. The state Department of Education may plan, develop, and provide a coordinated, comprehensive program of worksite-based training to encourage and promote the acquisition of skills for earning a living coordinated with basic academic skills consistent with student potential that will enable students to become self-sufficient, to function effectively in society, and to live meaningful, enjoyable lives.
B. The department may, in cooperation with other educational institutions, the community, and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, implement a worksite-based training program by planning, executing, and administering such program and by developing any guidelines as the department shall deem necessary for implementation of the program.
C. The provisions of this Section shall apply only when and to the degree that funding is available.
Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 71, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2031. Acceptance of federal act to promote vocational education

RS 17:2031 - Acceptance of federal act to promote vocational education
The State of Louisiana accepts all of the provisions and the benefits of an act passed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, entitled, "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure,"1 approved February 23, 1917, and will observe and comply with all requirements of said act.
120 U.S.C.A. §11 et seq.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2032. State treasurer as custodian of federal funds

RS 17:2032 - State treasurer as custodian of federal funds
The State treasurer is hereby constituted and appointed the custodian of the moneys paid to the State of Louisiana for vocational education, under the provisions of the act of Congress referred to in R.S. 17:1991, and such moneys shall be paid out in the manner provided by such act for the purposes therein specified.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2033. Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges as administrative agency

RS 17:2033 - Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges as administrative agency
The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges is designated as the state agency for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of acts of Congress and is authorized and directed to cooperate with the Federal Board for Vocational Education or the agency designated by the federal government in the administration and enforcement of its provisions and perform such official acts and exercise such powers as may be necessary to entitle the state of Louisiana to receive pertinent benefits.
Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
120 U.S.C.A. §11 et seq.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2034. Disbursements of federal funds

RS 17:2034 - Disbursements of federal funds
The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges has the necessary power to represent the state of Louisiana in any and all matters in reference to the expenditure, distribution, and disbursement of funds received from the United States government, and to appropriate and use the monies in whatever way will, in its discretion, best serve the interests of the state and carry out the spirit and intent of the said act of Congress1 in conformity with its provisions.
Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
120 U.S.C.A. §11 et seq.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2035. Necessary expenditures; board's authority to make

RS 17:2035 - Necessary expenditures; board's authority to make
The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges may make such expenditures for the actual expenses of the board and for the salaries of assistants and for office and other expenses as in its judgment are necessary for the proper administration of this Subpart.
Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2041. §§2041 to 2045 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 679, §3, eff. July 25, 1977.

RS 17:2041 - §§2041 to 2045 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 679, §3, eff. July 25, 1977.