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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:87.7. School property; school board may require liability insurance for use

RS 17:87.7 - School property; school board may require liability insurance for use
Each parish or city school board within municipalities of more than two hundred thousand shall have the authority to require any state governmental agency or local governing authority to enter into an agreement to hold the parish or city school board harmless from liability for damages prior to and as a condition of the use of school property or facilities for purposes of any primary, general or special election conducted directly by such agency or governing authority, or for which said agency or governing authority designates the school property as the site of such election.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 162, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:87.8. Leasing of sixteenth section lands for hunting and trapping; procedure

RS 17:87.8 - Leasing of sixteenth section lands for hunting and trapping; procedure
A. Except in the parishes of East Carroll, West Carroll, and Morehouse, whenever a city, parish, or other local public school board desires to rent or lease sixteenth section lands for hunting or trapping purposes, the procedure set forth below shall be followed by each board in connection with the award of the rights or privileges to bidders after advertisement in accordance with the following:
(1) If the lands have not been previously leased or when the immediately previous lessee is not bidding for renewal or continuation of his prior lease, as described in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the award shall be made to the highest bidder.
(2) If improvements made by the immediately previous lessee have become component parts of the lands to be leased and have a value equal to or greater than ten thousand dollars and the prior lessee is bidding for continuation or renewal of his prior lease then the award by the school board shall be made to the highest bidder who stipulates in his bid he will pay to the prior lessee a sum equal to the appraised value of such improvements as determined by a recognized appraiser of real estate selected by the school board. If the highest bidder does not comply with the provisions of this Section, the prior lessee will have the opportunity to renew or continue his lease at the price bid by the highest bidder. Upon failure of a prior lessee to bid for continuation of his prior lease, all improvements made by said prior lessee shall be forfeited to the school board. The provisions of this Paragraph shall apply only to those prior lessees who have not defaulted in or violated the provisions of their prior lease with such school board.
B. Each bid submitted shall be accompanied by a payment in a sum equal to one year's rental or lease amount. Such payment shall be in cash or by any of the following:
(1) A certified check.
(2) A cashier's check.
(3) A teller's check.
(4) An official check issued by a bank.
Added by Acts 1984, No. 638, §1, eff. July 12, 1984; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 76, §1; Acts 2004, No. 215, §1, eff. June 14, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:88.1. Posting of public school governing authority fiscal information

RS 17:88.1 - Posting of public school governing authority fiscal information
A. No later than September thirtieth each year, each public school governing authority shall post on its website its most recent budget and general summary required pursuant to R.S. 17:88.
B. Within thirty days of notice of the approval and acceptance by the legislative auditor each year, each public school governing authority shall post on its website its most recent annual independent audit.
C. For the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2024, and for each fiscal year thereafter, each public school governing authority shall post on its website semiannual reports detailing actual revenue, receipts, expenditures, and disbursements as further provided in this Subsection. Each report shall also include information concerning the governing authority's contracts for each quarter, including without limitation the identity of each vendor, the purpose of each contract, and payments associated with each contract. The report for the period from July first through December thirty-first shall be posted no later than March thirty-first; the report for the period from January first through June thirtieth shall be posted no later than September thirtieth.
D. Each public school governing authority shall furnish to the Department of the Treasury, subject to the deadlines and in a manner jointly prescribed by the treasurer and state superintendent of education based on consultation with school business managers, the information posted by the governing authority pursuant to the provisions of this Section. The agencies shall jointly develop a template for the submission of any required information not already in the possession of the state Department of Education that minimizes administrative burden on school governing authorities. The treasurer shall post the information on the website of the Department of the Treasury. Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of the Treasury shall provide an online tool for comparison of public school governing authority budgets and expenditures, in total and on a per-pupil basis.
E. For purposes of this Section, "contract" means all types of agreements, regardless of what an agreement may be called, of a public school governing authority, including orders, grants, and documents purporting to represent grants which are for the purchase or disposal of supplies, services, major repairs, or any other item. "Contract" includes, to the extent applicable, awards and notices of award, contracts of a fixed-price, cost, cost-plus-a-fixed-fee, or incentive type; contracts providing for the issuance of job or task orders; leases; letter contracts; purchase orders; memoranda of understanding; cooperative endeavor agreements; and personal, professional, consulting, and social services contracts.
F. The provisions of this Section shall be effective only in years in which the legislature provides funding by a specific appropriation.
Acts 2023, No. 370, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:90. Office of parish superintendents, location

RS 17:90 - Office of parish superintendents, location
Each parish superintendent of schools shall maintain his office at a point in the parish designated by the parish school board, and shall keep his office open during the usual office hours to receive the reports of teachers and others and to transact the business required of him, except during the time he is visiting schools or attending to his duties elsewhere.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:91. City, parish, and other local public school superintendents; supervisory duties

RS 17:91 - City, parish, and other local public school superintendents; supervisory duties
A. A city, parish, or other local public school superintendent shall visit as often as possible during the year each school in the school system and shall exert his best endeavors in promoting the cause of public education. To this end the superintendent shall faithfully carry out the requirements of the state school laws and the rules and regulations made for the schools by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
B. A city, parish, or other local public school superintendent shall make quarterly reports to his school board upon the condition of the schools under the board's supervision, and all such reports, as well as all minutes of the proceedings of board meetings, shall be regularly published in the official journal of the school board. A city, parish, or other local public school superintendent shall keep full minutes of all proceedings of the board in a book provided for that purpose and shall do and perform all other acts and duties pertaining to the office of the secretary of the board.
Acts 2008, No. 78, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:92. Financial reports of parish superintendents to the state Department of Education

RS 17:92 - Financial reports of parish superintendents to the state Department of Education
The parish superintendents of schools shall make such annual financial reports to the state Department of Education by September thirtieth of each year as the state superintendent of education may require. Whenever a parish superintendent of schools fails to place his annual financial report in the hands of the state superintendent of education by September thirtieth, and without an excuse acceptable to the state superintendent of education, the state Department of Education may appoint an auditor to prepare the financial report. In such a case the parish superintendent of schools shall make readily available to the auditor all books, reports, and other information needed in the preparation of the financial report. The auditor's salary and all other necessary expenses shall be paid out of the salary of the parish superintendent failing to make the required report, and the state auditor shall see that the auditor's salary and other necessary expenses are paid as provided in this Section.
Acts 1993, No. 235, §1, eff. June 1, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:93. Superintendents to keep records and furnish requested information

RS 17:93 - Superintendents to keep records and furnish requested information
Each parish superintendent shall keep a record of all business transacted by him as parish superintendent, the names, numbers and description of school districts, the tabulation of reports of school principals made monthly to him by the principals of the schools of his parish, and all other papers, books, and documents of value connected with his office, which shall be at all times subject to inspection and examination by the state superintendent of education, or by any officer, or citizen. In addition to his annual report to the state superintendent of education, which shall be made in accordance with instructions of the state superintendent of education, he shall furnish to the state department of education such narrative and such information as the state superintendent or the state board of education may from time to time require of him.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:94. Oaths of office; superintendents' duty to administer

RS 17:94 - Oaths of office; superintendents' duty to administer
The parish superintendents of schools or their designees may administer the oath required of any of the officials of the public schools or of any person required to take oath in any manner thereto except to qualify school board members.
Amended by Acts 1976, No. 39, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:95. Superintendents as treasurers of school funds

RS 17:95 - Superintendents as treasurers of school funds
The superintendent of a city, parish, or other local public school board shall be the treasurer of all school funds appropriated by the state for the school board, or raised, collected, or donated for the support of the public schools under the jurisdiction of the board; he shall provide receipts for all such funds to the treasurer of the state, the collector of parish taxes, and others as may be appropriate or required. The school treasurer shall give an indemnity bond in such sum as may be determined by the school board, made in favor of the governor or his successors in office, and the school board shall pay the premium of said bond. The superintendent shall receive no compensation whatever for his services as school treasurer. The treasurer shall deposit the school funds in such bank or banks as may be designated by the school board under the provisions of the law.
Acts 2008, No. 77, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:97. Disbursement of parish and city school funds; use of facsimile signatures on checks; bond required

RS 17:97 - Disbursement of parish and city school funds; use of facsimile signatures on checks; bond required
A. Except as hereinafter provided, depositories of parish school boards and city school boards shall pay out the school funds entrusted to their charge only on checks signed by the president and the treasurer of the boards or by any two officers or persons designated by the board. A parish school board or a city school board may, however, authorize its president and treasurer to sign a master payroll check to be deposited in a special payroll account, in which case the signature of the treasurer or such other officer or person as is designated by the board shall be sufficient for the payment of the individual payroll checks drawn against the special payroll account.
B. Any parish school board and any city school board may, by resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting, authorize its president and treasurer, or either of them, or such other officers or persons as it designates, to use a check signing machine or other similar mechanical device for facsimile signatures in signing any or all checks issued by the school board and requiring the signature of either or both of these officers or persons. The resolution shall state the conditions under which such facsimile signature or signatures shall be used and shall state the precautions to be exercised by the officer or officers to prevent fraud in the use of such signatures.
C. All persons authorized to sign checks or warrants drawn against the school funds shall furnish a surety bond in an amount to be determined by the school board but which shall be not less than fifteen thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of their duties.
D. The cancelled checks paid by the depository, as herein provided, shall be returned to the treasurer, be retained by him and filed in his office as vouchers.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 31, §1; Acts 1958, No. 333, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:97.1. Formula for minimum foundation program; certain local funds not to be used

RS 17:97.1 - Formula for minimum foundation program; certain local funds not to be used
No proceeds derived from the sale, lease, or other disposition or use of any sixteenth section lands by a parish or city school board, no allocation of severance taxes, if any, to a parish or city school board, or school system and no portion of the proceeds derived from any sales tax levied and collected by a parish or city school board shall be used or taken into consideration in any formula adopted by the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and submitted to the legislature for approval as required by Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Constitution for the allocation of funds to insure a minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary and secondary schools.
Funds derived from the sale, lease, or use of sixteenth section lands heretofore charged against school systems in the minimum foundation program formula shall be replaced by equal amounts from revenues generated by lease or royalties of sixteenth section water bottoms claimed by the State; provided, however, that in the event such replacement revenues are insufficient for such purpose then, and in that event only, revenues generated by lease or royalties from other water bottoms claimed by the state shall be used as needed for the purposes of this Section.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 619, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:97.2. Formula for minimum foundation program; additional funds not to be used in formula

RS 17:97.2 - Formula for minimum foundation program; additional funds not to be used in formula
A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, beginning with the 1983-84 fiscal year, in the calculation of local support in any formula adopted by the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and approved by the legislature as required by Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Louisiana Constitution for the allocation of funds to insure a minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary and secondary schools, the gross yield derived by applying the millage rate required by the formula to the current assessed value of any mineral resource properties which are under protest pending litigation on the interstate commerce status of such property at the time of assessment, shall be deducted from the entire gross yield derived by applying said millage rate to the current assessed value of all taxable property used in such calculation.
B. The Louisiana Tax Commission shall provide the Department of Education all necessary information relative to the assessed value of such mineral resource properties as may be required for the calculations provided for in this Section.
C. However, if as a result of the court decision rendered in any such litigation, the mineral resource properties in question are determined to be taxable, then the total cumulative yield derived by applying the millage rate required by the formula to the assessed value of said properties in each of the fiscal years that said deductions were made shall be taken into account in the calculation of that parish or city school board's amount of local support in any formula or appropriation of state funds for purposes of providing a minimum foundation program of education in the subsequent fiscal year.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 339, §1; eff. June 30, 1983.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:99. Investment of funds

RS 17:99 - Investment of funds
Parish and city school boards may invest any funds which they may have on hand, from whatever source derived, in direct obligations of the United States government and in time certificates of deposit of state banks organized under the laws of Louisiana and national banks having their principal office in the state of Louisiana.
Amended by Acts 1966, No. 162, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1126, §2, eff. June 29, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:100.2. Multiparish compacts

RS 17:100.2 - Multiparish compacts
A. Parish school boards are hereby authorized to enter into voluntary compacts with other parish school boards for the purpose of providing multiparish educational programs of all kinds to the public school children of the participating parishes.
B. Pursuant thereto, parish school boards entering into such compacts are authorized to pool their resources, administrative, instructional or otherwise, and to allocate funds for the purposes thereof, provided the contribution of any board shall be proportioned according to the number of its students benefiting therefrom.
C. In carrying out the purposes of the compact, participating boards may:
1. Collect, correlate, analyze and interpret information and data concerning educational needs and resources of the multiparish unit.
2. Encourage and foster research in all aspects of education, but with special reference to the desirable scope of instruction, organization, administration, and instructional methods and standards employed or suitable for employment in the multiparish unit.
3. Develop proposals for adequate financing of education as a whole and at each of its many levels in the multiparish unit.
4. Conduct or participate in research in any instance where the participating boards find that such research is necessary for the advancement of the purposes and policies of the compact, utilizing fully the resources of national associations, and other agencies and institutions, both public and private.
5. Formulate suggested policies and plans for the improvement of public education as a whole, or for any segment thereof, and make recommendations with respect thereto available to the appropriate governmental units, agencies and public officials.
6. Do such other things as are necessary or incidental to the administration of the functions of the compact.
D. The compact of participating boards is hereby authorized to cooperate with the United States government in any of its programs, to accept federal funds, to enter into necessary agreements with the United States government or with any of its departments or agencies and to contract for any other necessary services; provided, however, that in no event shall a participating board obligate itself to an extent greater than its proportionate share as determined by the ratio of its students participating in the compact to the whole thereof.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 334, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:100.3. Exception to multiparish compacts

RS 17:100.3 - Exception to multiparish compacts
This section shall not be authority for the creation of multiparish compacts for the establishment and/or operation of the thirteenth and fourteenth grades by parish school boards.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 334, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:100.5. Alternative schools; establishment by local boards

RS 17:100.5 - Alternative schools; establishment by local boards
A. Parish and city school boards, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, may establish and maintain one or more alternative schools for children whose behavior is disruptive. Any alternative school shall be maintained and funded at the same level of support as other schools for children in the school district.
B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop, adopt, and implement guidelines for alternative schools which, at a minimum, shall provide for the following:
(1) Identifying the needs of students.
(2) Using group and individualized courses of study.
(3) Providing assistance with social skills and work habits.
(4) Using alternative teaching methods.
C.(1) Teachers employed in alternative schools established pursuant to this Section shall be selected from regularly employed school teachers who volunteer.
(2) Eligibility for enrollment in alternative schools shall be determined from a list compiled by each city and parish school board of students with discipline problems whose behavior is disruptive. Students selected for enrollment in the alternative schools from the eligibility list shall be selected from volunteers, provided that there shall be no racial, sexual, or ethnic discrimination in either the compilation of the eligibility list or in the operation of the school.
D. Each city or parish school board operating an alternative school annually shall evaluate such school. The evaluation shall include testing of basic skills for student participants. The process of evaluation shall also include teacher, parent, and student input from the alternative school.
Acts 1993, No. 390, §1, eff. June 7, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:100.6. School property; jurisdiction

RS 17:100.6 - School property; jurisdiction
Notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule or regulation to the contrary, except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in a local or special law, including but not limited to R.S. 17:58.2(E) and (F), 72, and 72.1 and pursuant to the duty and responsibility placed with the legislature by Article VIII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana to establish and maintain a public educational system and the authority granted the legislature by Article VIII, Section 10(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana to enact laws affecting parish school board systems in existence on the effective date of the constitution, all lands, buildings and improvements, facilities, and other property having title vested in the public and subject to management, administration, and control by a parish school board for public education purposes but located within the geographic boundaries of a public school board created by the legislature after January 1, 1995, shall be managed, administered, and controlled by the public school board in whose geographic boundaries the lands, buildings and improvements, facilities, or other property is located, effective on the date such school board begins its initial year of actual operation providing for the education of students within its jurisdiction.
Acts 1999, No. 910, §1, eff. July 2, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:100.7. Policies; governing authorities of public elementary and secondary schools; Internet and online sites; access by students and employees; resources for parents; exceptions

RS 17:100.7 - Policies; governing authorities of public elementary and secondary schools; Internet and online sites; access by students and employees; resources for parents; exceptions
A.(1) Each governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school shall adopt policies, in accordance with policies adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, regarding access by students and employees to Internet and online sites that contain or make reference to harmful material the character of which is such that it is reasonably believed to be obscene, child pornography, conducive to the creation of a hostile or dangerous school environment, pervasively vulgar, excessively violent, or sexually harassing in the school environment all as defined by any applicable state or federal laws and the policies adopted pursuant to this Subsection. Such policies shall include but not be limited to prohibitions against accessing sites containing information on the manufacturing or production of bombs or other incendiary devices.
(2) Any policies adopted by a governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall include the use of computer-related technology or the use of Internet service provider technology designed to block access or exposure to any harmful material as specified in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, or both.
(3) The provisions of this Subsection shall not prohibit any authorized employee or student of a public elementary or secondary school from having unfiltered or unrestricted access to the Internet or an online service for legitimate scientific or educational purposes as determined and approved by the employing governing authority.
(4) The provisions of this Subsection shall not prohibit any authorized student in a public elementary or secondary school from having unfiltered or unrestricted access to the Internet or online services of a newspaper with a daily circulation of at least one thousand.
B.(1) The state Department of Education shall prepare information to be distributed to each public school governing authority for dissemination to the parent of each student enrolled in a school under its jurisdiction regarding the public health risks and harms associated with pornography.
(2) The information shall include the following:
(a) The dangers of sexually charged cyberbullying.
(b) The addictive and destructive nature of pornographic and illicit materials.
(c) The dangers of internet interaction with strangers.
(d) Resources available to parents who are seeking information regarding child safeguards and free internet filters for home computers. A list of free internet filters that filter out pornography shall also be provided.
Acts 1999, No. 1014, §1; Acts 2018, No. 369, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:100.14. Public school buildings; water bottle filling stations

RS 17:100.14 - Public school buildings; water bottle filling stations
A.(1) Any new school building and any existing school building that undergoes a major plumbing renovation shall include the following:
(a) At least one water bottle filling station per two hundred people projected to occupy the school building.
(b) At least one water bottle filling station on each floor of the school building.
(c) At least one water bottle filling station located near all cafeterias, gymnasiums, outdoor recreation spaces, and other high-traffic areas.
(2) A city, parish, or other local public school board may install more filling stations than provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, as deemed appropriate.
(3) Plans for an existing school building may include retrofitting existing drinking fountains into water bottle filling stations.
B. For purposes of this Section:
(1) A "major plumbing renovation" to an existing school building means the replacement, repair, alteration, or upgrade of water systems or fixtures within an existing facility, which involves more than fifty percent of the fixtures in the facility, even if such renovation does not include any structural change to the facility. Such renovation shall not include repairs done as a result of damages from a natural disaster.
(2) "Water bottle filling station" means a water dispenser, accessible to all people in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, that dispenses clean drinking water directly into a bottle or other drinking container. A water bottle filling station shall be considered a drinking fountain for purposes of the International Plumbing Code, as incorporated within the State Uniform Construction Code.
Acts 2021, No. 363, §2.
NOTE: See Acts 2021, No. 363, §3, relative to applicability to construction or renovation commencing on or after Aug. 31, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:101. Children of military families; registration prior to residency; preliminary enrollment

RS 17:101 - Children of military families; registration prior to residency; preliminary enrollment
A. A public school governing authority shall allow a dependent child of an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, of the military reserve forces, or of the National Guard or a Department of Defense civilian to register and preliminarily enroll in a public school under its jurisdiction by remote means, including electronic means, prior to becoming a resident of the state, provided all of the following apply:
(1) The student's parent or legal guardian is transferred or pending transfer to a military installation or comparable duty location in Louisiana pursuant to an official military order.
(2) The student's parent or legal guardian provides a copy of the official military order transferring the parent or legal guardian to a military installation or comparable duty location in Louisiana to the public school governing authority.
(3) The student's parent or legal guardian completes and submits all required registration and enrollment forms and documentation to the public school governing authority, except that proof of residency shall not be required until ten days after the arrival date specified on the parent or legal guardian's transfer orders.
B. A public school governing authority shall provide a student who remotely registers pursuant to this Section the same enrollment opportunities available to resident students, including requesting and applying for school assignment, registering for courses, participating in extracurricular activities, and applying to any school or program that requires an additional request, including a lottery for admission to a specific school or program.
C. A student registered and enrolled pursuant to this Section shall not attend school until proof of residency is provided in accordance with the policies of the school's governing authority.
Acts 2021, No. 208, §1, eff. June 11, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:104.1. Local boards; authority; effect of provisional custody by mandate

RS 17:104.1 - Local boards; authority; effect of provisional custody by mandate
A mandate of provisional custody for the care, custody, and control of a minor child pursuant to R.S. 9:951 through 954 shall in no way limit the authority and responsibility of a city or parish school board to provide for the assignment, transfer, and continuance of pupils among and within the public schools within its jurisdiction or on the authority of a board to prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to these functions, including but not limited to the determination of student residency for school attendance and school transportation purposes.
Acts 1993, No. 94, §1, eff. May 26, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:105. Admission to schools in adjoining parishes

RS 17:105 - Admission to schools in adjoining parishes
A. Local school boards may, by mutual agreement, provide for the admission to any school of pupils residing in adjoining parishes and for transfer of school funds or other payments by one board to another for, or on account of, such attendance.
B. Each transfer of school funds provided for in R.S. 17:105(A) shall be equal to the following for each student so admitted:
(1) The total of:
(a) The actual cost per student in the school system admitting such student for the school year in which such student is admitted, such cost to be determined by the state Department of Education, and
(b) An amount equal to the cost of debt service for the school such student attends for the school year in which such student is admitted divided by the number of students attending such school;
(2) Less all monies received by the admitting school system through the minimum foundation program formula because of the attendance of such students.
C. If the remainder of the computation required in R.S. 17:105(B) is less than zero, then neither school system shall be financially liable to the other for, or on account of, such attendance.
Acts 1960, No. 492, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 68, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1982.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:105.1. Transfer to schools in an adjoining school system; conditions; exceptions; funding

RS 17:105.1 - Transfer to schools in an adjoining school system; conditions; exceptions; funding
A. A pupil assigned to attend a public school which is located at a distance from the pupil's home such that the time required to transport the pupil to the assigned school from the pupil's home using the transportation provided by the school system is not less than one hour may transfer to, enroll in, and attend a public school in a school system which adjoins his own upon written application therefor to the superintendent of the adjoining system provided the superintendent of the adjoining school system agrees to accept such pupil for enrollment in a school in the adjoining school system.
B.(1) For such a transfer to occur, the time required for the transport of a pupil from his home to the assigned school shall be documented to the satisfaction of the superintendent of the adjoining school system.
(2) The documentation of the time required for the transport of the pupil shall be presented to the superintendent of the school system providing the transportation. The superintendent may dispute the accuracy of the documentation by requesting in writing, within ten days of receipt of the documentation, a hearing on the question of the amount of time required for the transport of the student before the school board of the adjoining school system. In such a case, a hearing shall be held within thirty days of receipt of the written request. The finding of the school board of the adjoining school system shall be final as to the question.
C. In addition to all other requirements in this Section, for such a student transfer to occur, the adjoining school system shall provide transportation for the pupil. The time required to transport the pupil from his home to the school in the adjoining system to which he is assigned shall be less than one hour.
D. In the case of the transfer of any student pursuant to this Section, the adjoining school system shall notify the state Department of Education. The state Department of Education shall adjust the allocation of money through the minimum foundation program formula or any other monies appropriated and allocated among school systems based in any way on the number of students enrolled so as to account for the transfer of the student.
E. The authority to enroll in an adjoining school system as provided in this Section shall not be permitted and may not be exercised if doing so violates the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, whether the court is a state court or a federal court.
Acts 2001, No. 757, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:105.2. Local public school boards; agreements for the management and operation of low-performing schools

RS 17:105.2 - Local public school boards; agreements for the management and operation of low-performing schools
A. The school board of a city, parish, or other local public system with one or more low-performing schools may enter into an agreement with the school board of a higher-performing public school system for the management and day-to-day operation of any or all of such schools, provided the higher-performing school system received a letter grade of "C" or higher for the previous two years.
B. The school board of each respective school system shall mutually develop the terms and scope of the management agreement, which shall be subject to the approval of a majority of the members of each school board.
Acts 2015, No. 159, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:106. Objections and requests; hearings and investigations

RS 17:106 - Objections and requests; hearings and investigations
A parent or guardian of a pupil may file in writing with the local school board objections to the assignment of the pupil to a particular school, or may request by petition in writing, assignment or transfer to a designated school or to another school to be designated by the board. Unless a hearing is requested, the board shall act upon the same within 30 days, stating its conclusion. If a hearing is requested, the same shall be held beginning within 30 days from receipt by the board of the objection or petition at a time and place designated by the board.
The board may itself conduct such hearing or may designate not less than three of its members to conduct the same and may provide that the decision of the members designated or a majority thereof shall be final on behalf of the board. The school board is authorized to designate one or more of its members or one or more competent examiners to conduct any such hearings, and to take testimony, and to make a report of the hearings to the entire board for its determination. No final order shall be entered in such case until each member of the school board has personally considered the entire record.
In addition to hearing such evidence relevant to the individual pupil as may be presented on behalf of the petitioner, the board shall be authorized to conduct investigations as to any objection or request, including examination of the pupil or pupils involved, and may employ such agents and others, professional and otherwise, as it may deem necessary for the purpose of such investigations and examinations.
For the purpose of conducting hearings or investigations hereunder, the board shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations and the power to issue subpoenas in the name of the state of Louisiana to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence. All such subpoenas shall be served by the sheriff or any deputy of the parish to which the same is directed; and such sheriff or deputy shall be entitled to the same fees for serving such subpoenas as are allowed for the service of subpoenas from a district court. In the event any person fails or refuses to obey a subpoena issued hereunder, any district court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the hearing is held or within the jurisdiction of which said person is found or resides, upon application by the board or its representatives, shall have the power to compel such person to appear before the board and to give testimony or produce evidence as ordered; and any failure to obey such an order of the court may be punished by the court issuing the same as a contempt thereof. Witnesses at hearings conducted under this Sub-part shall be entitled to the same fees as provided by law for witnesses in the district courts, which fees shall be paid as a part of the costs of the proceeding.
Acts 1960, No. 492, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:108. Findings and actions of board as final; appeals

RS 17:108 - Findings and actions of board as final; appeals
The findings of fact and action of the board shall be final except that in the event that the pupil or the parent or guardian, if any, of any minor or, if none, the custodian of any such minor shall, as next friend, file exception before such board to the final action of the board as constituting a denial of any right of such minor guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States, or any right under the laws of Louisiana, and if the board shall not, within fifteen days, reconsider its final action, an appeal may be taken from the final action of the board, on such ground alone, to the district court of the judicial district in which the school board is located, by filing with the clerk of said court within thirty days from the date of the board's final decision a petition stating the facts relevant to such pupil as bearing on the alleged denial of his rights under the Federal Constitution, or state law, accompanied by bond with sureties approved by the clerk of said court conditioned to pay all costs of appeal if the same shall not be sustained. A copy of such petition and bond shall be filed with the president of the board. The filing of such a petition for appeal shall not suspend or supersede an order of the board; nor shall the court have any power or jurisdiction to suspend or supersede an order of the board issued under this Sub-part before the entry of a final decree in the proceeding, except that the court may suspend such an order upon application by the petitioner made at the time of the filing of the petition for appeal, after a preliminary hearing, and upon a prima facie showing by the petitioner that the board has acted unlawfully to the manifest detriment of the child who is the subject of the proceeding.
On such appeal the district court may, as in other cases, summon a jury for the determination of any issue or issues of fact presented. Appeal may be taken from the decision of the district court in the same manner as appeals may be taken in other suits, either by the appellant or by such board.
Acts 1960, No. 492, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:109. Appearance of attorney general; costs

RS 17:109 - Appearance of attorney general; costs
The board before whom any objection or proceeding with respect to the placement of pupils is pending may, upon authorization in writing of a majority of the board, request the attorney general of Louisiana to appear in such proceedings as amicus curiae to assist the board in the performance of its judicial functions and to represent the public interest. Expenses of court reporters, subpoenas, witness fees and other costs of such proceedings approved by the board shall be the obligation of the city or parish involved, and shall be paid from the public school funds of such city or parish.
Acts 1960, No. 492, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:110. Immunity of school boards and agents

RS 17:110 - Immunity of school boards and agents
No school board or member thereof, nor its agents or examiners, shall be answerable to any charge of libel, slander, or other action, whether civil or criminal, by reason of any finding or statement contained in the written findings of fact or decisions or by reason of any written or oral statements made in the course of proceedings or deliberations provided for under this Sub-part.
Acts 1960, No. 492, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:111. Discrimination in public schools prohibited; pupil assignment; religious educational institutions

RS 17:111 - Discrimination in public schools prohibited; pupil assignment; religious educational institutions
A.(1) No person shall be refused admission into or be excluded from any public school in the state of Louisiana on account of race, creed, color, disability, as defined in R.S. 51:2232, national origin, or natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle.
(2) "Natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle" shall include but is not limited to afros, dreadlocks, twists, locs, braids, cornrow braids, Bantu knots, curls, and hair styled to protect hair texture or for cultural significance.
B. Except with the express approval of a board of education or school board having jurisdiction, a majority of the members of such board having been elected, no student shall be assigned or compelled to attend any school on account of race, creed, color or national origin, or for the purpose of achieving equality in attendance or increased attendance or reduced attendance, at any school, of persons of one or more particular races, creeds, colors or national origins, and no school district, school zone or attendance unit, by whatever name known, shall be established, reorganized or maintained for any such purpose, provided that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the assignment of a pupil in the manner requested or authorized by his parents or guardian, and provided further that nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect, in any way, the right of a religious or denominational educational institution to select its pupils exclusively or primarily from members of such religion or denomination or from giving preference to such selection to such members or to make such selection to its pupils as is calculated to promote the religious principle for which it is established.
Added by Acts 1970, Ex. Sess., No. 1, §§1, 2; Acts 1993, No. 820, §3; Acts 2022, No. 529, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:112. Student academic records; transfer; parental rights

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