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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:420. Required teacher training database; report

RS 17:420 - Required teacher training database; report
A. The state Department of Education shall create and maintain a database of training that professional teachers are required by law to complete. The department shall provide for teachers to have access to the database through its website or by other means. The database shall include the following information with respect to each required topic or course of such training:
(1) The legal provision establishing the requirement.
(2) The topic or subject matter of the course and a brief description of its contents.
(3) Available resources for completion of the training, including links to such resources or materials if applicable.
(4) The frequency that a teacher must repeat or update their training on the topic.
(5) The approximate time, in hours, that completion of the training requires.
B. Every five years the department shall prepare and submit a report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education on the training that professional teachers are required by law to complete. The report shall include the following:
(1) A complete list of all required training including a description of each course and legal citations for the requirement.
(2) The approximate time, in hours, that completion of each training course requires and an estimate of the total amount of time that a teacher will invest in all such training in a typical year.
(3) With respect to the total time reported pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, an estimate of the percentage of that time for which the teacher is not compensated.
(4) A list of specific recommendations for changes to the legal requirements regarding such training, including specific recommendations regarding training requirements that should be repealed, modified, or added.
Acts 2022, No. 338, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:420.1. Inclusion of employers' contributions for budget purposes

RS 17:420.1 - Inclusion of employers' contributions for budget purposes
The State Board of Education shall include the employers' contribution due to Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana on all salaries payable as a result of a statewide minimum salary schedule adopted by the legislature or by a schedule established in the cost program of the minimum foundation program in the formula for computing the state equalization fund distribution, together with distributions from the teachers salary fund into which the legislature is authorized to make appropriations from the general fund of the state, as follows:
(1) The amount allowed in the cost portion of the equalization distribution formula for teachers salaries, visiting teachers salaries, and supervisors salaries shall be multiplied by the current employer contribution rate and the sum thereof included as a line item in the cost program.
(2) The total amount of salaries payable to other school employees who are members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana shall be multiplied by the current employer contribution rate and the sum thereof included as a line item in the cost program.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 112, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:421.4. Salary increases for noninstructional school personnel

RS 17:421.4 - Salary increases for noninstructional school personnel
A. The salary increase funded by Act No. 12 of the 1991 Regular Session of the Legislature for noninstructional school employees, including teacher aides and paraprofessionals, school bus operators, food service workers, including school lunch employees provided a pay increase pursuant to Act No. 713 of the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature, school nurses, clerical, custodial, and maintenance personnel, and any other employees of a city or parish school board or unclassified noninstructional employees of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, and the Special School District who are not required to hold a teacher's certificate as a condition of employment, shall continue to be paid to such employees from year to year. The legislature annually shall appropriate sufficient funds for this purpose and shall make such funds available to the employing school boards.
B. Any increase in the expenditures of a city or parish school board or of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education resulting from a state-mandated increase in the salaries of noninstructional school personnel shall be fully funded by the state. Such funds shall be made available to the respective school boards. For purposes of this Subsection, noninstructional school personnel shall mean teacher aides and paraprofessionals, school bus operators, food service workers, school nurses, clerical, custodial, and maintenance personnel, and any other employee of a parish or city school board or unclassified noninstructional employee of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, and the Special School District who is not required to hold a teacher's certificate as a condition of employment.
Acts 1992, No. 199, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 260, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 2014, No. 811, §8, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1; Acts 2019, No. 411, §1, eff. June 20, 2019.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:421.6. Adjustments in salaries of teachers having certificates issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

RS 17:421.6 - Adjustments in salaries of teachers having certificates issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
A.(1) Effective for the 1999-2000 school year and thereafter, a full-time teacher who holds both a valid Louisiana regular teaching certificate approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and a valid certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and who is employed by a school board to provide instruction to students shall receive from the school board, in addition to his annual salary as provided by law and school board policy, an annual amount of not less than five thousand dollars with such additional amount to be distributed in the same manner as the annual salary. For any teacher awarded the certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards during the 1999-2000 school year or thereafter, such additional amount shall be paid to the teacher beginning in the school year immediately following the school year in which the teacher is awarded the certificate.
(2) Effective for the 2001-2002 school year and thereafter, a school administrator who holds both a valid Louisiana regular teaching certificate approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and a valid certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards which was earned while teaching and who is employed by a school board shall receive the same salary adjustment as provided for teachers in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
B. Subject to the appropriation of funds for this purpose, the amount of the salary adjustment provided by a school board to a teacher or school administrator pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be reimbursed to the school board annually by the state Department of Education. However, no such reimbursement shall exceed five thousand dollars per year per teacher or school administrator, including retirement benefits.
C. In addition to any other requirements of this Section, to receive the salary adjustment provided by this Section, an otherwise eligible person shall have been awarded the initial certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards prior to July 1, 2013. However, the employing school board may, but shall not be required to, pay the additional amount to an otherwise eligible person who was awarded the initial credential issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards on or after July 1, 2013.
D. For the purposes of this Section, school board shall mean the governing authority of any public elementary or secondary school.
Acts 1999, No. 975, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 42, §1; Acts 2001, No. 312, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2006, No. 253, §1; Acts 2013, No. 319, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:421.12. Supplements to salaries of school educational diagnosticians having certain credentials issued by the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board

RS 17:421.12 - Supplements to salaries of school educational diagnosticians having certain credentials issued by the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board
A. A full-time school educational diagnostician who holds a valid Louisiana teaching certificate or ancillary certificate, an educational diagnostician certification approved and issued by the state Department of Education, and a Nationally Certified Educational Diagnostician credential issued by the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board and who is employed by a school board to provide educational diagnostic services to students or to provide supervision of any kind to educational diagnosticians shall receive from the school board, in addition to an annual salary, an annual amount of five thousand dollars when federal funds applied for this purpose by the local school system are available for distribution in the same manner as the annual salary.
B.(1) Any educational diagnostician who meets the requirements of Subsection A of this Section and who has been verified to have been awarded the Nationally Certified Educational Diagnostician credential issued by the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board shall be paid the initial supplement beginning in the school year immediately following the school year in which he is awarded the credential if he submits appropriate documentation to the employing school board.
(2) The school board shall maintain documentation indicating the number of nationally certified educational diagnosticians employed by the school board who are receiving the supplement.
C. A school board shall budget, receive, and expend federal funds that are or may be allocated to implement the provisions of this Section.
D. In addition to any other requirements of this Section, to receive the salary supplement provided by this Section for the fall school term of the 2014-2015 school year, an otherwise eligible person shall have been awarded the initial credential issued by the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board before July 1, 2013, and shall provide documentation of validity to the school board prior to September 1, 2013.
E. The salary supplement of any educational diagnostician authorized by this Section shall continue for a period not to exceed the term of the national credential as determined by the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board; however, such supplement shall continue in effect without interruption as long as the educational diagnostician provides to the school board documentation of credential renewal by the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board.
F. For the purposes of this Section, "school board" shall mean the governing authority of any city, parish, or other local public elementary or secondary school.
Acts 2013, No. 393, §1, eff. June 18, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:422.6. Hourly wages and salaries for school employees; reduction limitations; definition

RS 17:422.6 - Hourly wages and salaries for school employees; reduction limitations; definition
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the amount of the hourly wage or annual salary paid to any school employee shall not be reduced for any school year below the amount paid to the school employee in hourly wage or annual salary during the previous school year, nor shall the amount of the hourly wage or annual salary paid to any school employee be reduced at any time during an academic year.
B. For purposes of this Section, the term "school employee" shall mean, without limitation, a teacher aide, paraprofessional, school bus operator, food service worker, clerical, custodial, and maintenance personnel, and any other employee of a city or parish school board, of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, or of the Special School District who is not required to hold a teacher's certificate as a condition of employment.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the reduction of any local salary funded, in whole or in part, from a revenue source requiring voter approval when such voter approval has not been obtained or when the reduction is necessary as a result of a decrease in revenues received from the production of or exploration for minerals, including severance taxes, royalty payments, bonus payments, or rentals.
D. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent local school boards from reducing personnel or staff as may be necessary.
E. For purposes of this Section, local bonuses or one-time special salary increases shall not be considered as salary.
Acts 1992, No. 1023, §1, eff. July 13, 1992; Acts 2014, No. 811, §8, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 335, §1; Acts 2019, No. 411, §1, eff. June 20, 2019.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:423. Persons entering military service; right to prior service credit

RS 17:423 - Persons entering military service; right to prior service credit
Anything in this Part to the contrary notwithstanding, any person who shall have served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States during World War II or the Korean or Viet Nam conflicts shall receive credit under the minimum salary schedule provided for in R.S. 17:419 through 422 for the period that he served in the armed forces of the United States.
The term "person", as used in this Section, shall mean and include only a person who was a regularly employed teacher, as that term is defined in R.S. 17:441, by a school system of this state prior to the time of induction for service in World War II or the Korean or Viet Nam conflicts; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Section any credit which has heretofore been granted by any parish or city school board under the minimum salary schedule established by R.S. 17:419 through 421 for military service rendered prior to the effective date of Act No. 585 of 1972 shall not be denied, and if such credit has heretofore been discontinued it shall be restored and henceforth continued in effect just as if such credit had never been interrupted, stopped, or denied.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 286, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 585, §1; Acts 1974, No. 602, §1; Acts 1976, No. 148, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:423.1. Teacher employment interrupted by military service; salary schedule

RS 17:423.1 - Teacher employment interrupted by military service; salary schedule
A. An individual whose employment as a teacher is interrupted by induction into military service subsequent to the events provided in R.S. 17:423 shall be placed, upon return to employment as a teacher, on the step of the salary schedule provided for in R.S. 17:418 that he would have been on if his employment had not been interrupted.
B. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Military service" means service as a member of the United States Armed Forces during a war declared by the United States Congress or in a peacetime campaign or expedition for which campaign badges are authorized.
(2) "Teacher" has the meaning provided in R.S. 17:441.
Acts 2022, No. 373, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:424. Credit for years of service to teachers transferring

RS 17:424 - Credit for years of service to teachers transferring
A. Any teacher in the public school system of Louisiana who transferred from one to another parish or city school system of this state after July 1, 1956, shall be given full credit for the years of satisfactory teaching service previously rendered in the public school system of the state.
B. The parish or city school board by which any such teacher is presently employed shall determine the years of service rendered by any such teacher prior to the date of transfer and such prior service shall be taken into consideration in computing the salary to be paid such teacher under the provisions of this Section; provided that this Section shall apply to any transferred teacher who taught the two school years immediately preceding the date of transfer, or who has taught at least two years immediately following the date of such transfer.
C. Salaries of transferred teachers shall be determined in compliance with the provisions of this Section, commencing with the school year 1958-59.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 287, §1. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 70, §§1 to 3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:424.1. Credit for teaching service in the United States armed forces institute school system

RS 17:424.1 - Credit for teaching service in the United States armed forces institute school system
Any Louisiana certified teacher in the United States armed forces institute school system, who has taught academic subjects consecutively in Louisiana, and who transferred from the United States armed forces institute to a parish or city school system of this state, shall be given full credit on the teachers salary schedule of the parish or city school system concerned, for the years and months of satisfactory teaching service previously rendered in the United States armed forces institute school system of the state.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 81, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:424.2. Credit for teaching in state-approved private elementary and secondary school under state minimum salary schedule

RS 17:424.2 - Credit for teaching in state-approved private elementary and secondary school under state minimum salary schedule
Any teacher holding a valid Louisiana teaching certificate at the time of rendering teaching services for which he was properly certificated in a private elementary or secondary school approved by the State Department of Education shall receive experience credit for such services under the state minimum salary schedule provided for in R.S. 17:419-422 when employed by any parish or city school board or by any special school in Louisiana; provided, however, that he shall not receive credit for such teaching services for any year in which he was not properly certificated for the services which he performed, nor shall he receive credit whether certificated or not for teaching services rendered in any year in which the private school employing him was not approved by the State Department of Education.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 107, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:424.3. Credit for teaching in out-of-state public elementary and secondary schools under state minimum salary schedule

RS 17:424.3 - Credit for teaching in out-of-state public elementary and secondary schools under state minimum salary schedule
Any teacher holding a valid Louisiana teaching certificate in the public school system of Louisiana who has transferred to Louisiana from the public school system of another state and who, at the time of such transfer, held a valid teacher's certificate from that state shall be given full credit under the state minimum salary schedule provided for in R.S. 17:419-422 for the years of satisfactory teaching service previously rendered in the public school system of that state.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 231, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:425. Payment of accrued sick leave upon retirement or death

RS 17:425 - Payment of accrued sick leave upon retirement or death
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, beginning July 1, 1973, any parish or city school board, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or other boards of control of publicly supported educational institutions upon the retirement of any employee of such boards or upon his death prior to retirement, shall pay to such employee or to his heirs or assigns all sick leave which has accrued to such employee but which remains unused at the time of his retirement or at the time of his death if prior to retirement, not to exceed twenty-five days of unused sick leave. Such pay shall be at the rate of pay received by the employee or teacher at the time of retirement or death prior to retirement. However, a city or parish school board may pay such unused sick leave beyond twenty-five days on a uniform basis not to exceed forty-five days at its discretion. Any payment of such unused sick leave beyond twenty-five days shall be based on affordability and the availability of funds. No unused sick leave beyond twenty-five days paid for under the provisions of this Section shall be used in the calculation of retirement benefits and no state funds shall be used for the payment of such sick leave.
Acts 1991, No. 560, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:425.1. Payment of severance pay; DROP participants

RS 17:425.1 - Payment of severance pay; DROP participants
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any employee of a parish or city school board, Special School District Number One, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or other boards of control of publicly supported elementary or secondary schools or public institutions of higher education who participates in the Deferred Retirement Option Program provided by R.S. 11:786 or 1152 shall be eligible for and may elect to receive on a one-time only basis severance pay upon entering the program on the same basis as any other employee who retires or otherwise leaves employment.
Acts 1993, No. 302, §1, eff. June 2, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:426. Free and unhampered passage on the Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge; teachers, school bus operators, and other school employees

RS 17:426 - Free and unhampered passage on the Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge; teachers, school bus operators, and other school employees
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, every teacher, school bus operator, and other school employee employed by Grand Isle School System under the jurisdiction of the Jefferson Parish School Board shall have free and unhampered passage crossing the Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge, also known as the Tomey J. Doucet Bridge, when traveling to and from their workplace on a scheduled work day, as prescribed by the school board, not to exceed two toll-free crossings in one day.
B. The Department of Transportation and Development shall adopt rules and regulations to implement and enforce the provisions of this Section in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 2021, No. 392, §2, see Act; Acts 2022, No. 383, §1, see Act.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:427. Teachers of exceptional children; compensation

RS 17:427 - Teachers of exceptional children; compensation
Teachers of exceptional children who are employed in the public schools of this state and who are certified under the latest requirements as set forth by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as teachers of exceptional children may be paid an amount equal to their base pay plus ten per cent of this base pay provided, however, that no teacher presently receiving base pay plus ten per cent will receive a reduction in pay.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 275, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 607, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:427.1. Legislative findings; intent

RS 17:427.1 - Legislative findings; intent
A. The legislature finds that:
(1) There is a critical shortage of certified teachers in the state especially in the areas of mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, and special education.
(2) Postsecondary institutions of higher education are not graduating a sufficient number of teacher applicants in these critical teacher shortage areas to address existing needs.
(3) Incentives are needed in order to attract more individuals into the teaching profession and to encourage them to become certified and teach in these critical shortage areas.
B. Therefore, it is the intention of the legislature, in enacting R.S. 17:427.1 and 427.2, to encourage more individuals to enter the teaching profession and to increase the percentage of certified teachers in the state, especially in the areas of mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, and special education.
Acts 2001, No. 125, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:427.5. Qualified teachers' incentive program; authorization

RS 17:427.5 - Qualified teachers' incentive program; authorization
A. The purpose of this Section is to provide additional incentives for qualified classroom teachers to locate and teach in disadvantaged and under-served geographical areas of the state by encouraging and increasing the availability of such teachers for the benefit of children in public elementary and secondary schools.
B.(1) The Louisiana Qualified Teachers' Incentive Program is hereby established as a special program for any eligible classroom teacher who agrees to teach in a low-performing public school located in a disadvantaged and underserved geographical area of the state, all as identified by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(2) For the purpose of eligibility for the program established in this Section, "eligible classroom teacher" means an individual who meets all of the following conditions and complies with all other applicable provisions of this Section:
(a) Holds a valid Louisiana teaching certificate issued by the state Department of Education and teaches in the field of certification.
(b) Has not had a certification or licensure requirement waived by the state on an emergency, temporary, or provisional basis.
(c) Has the equivalent of an academic major, or has passed the Louisiana licensing content-specific Praxis exam, or has earned a master's degree in the content area taught.
(d) Meets the definition of a highly qualified teacher under the federal No Child Left Behind Act which calls for a highly qualified teacher who demonstrates subject knowledge and skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and other basic subject areas to be placed in every classroom by the end of the 2005-2006 school year.
C.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall formulate, develop, and approve components of the Louisiana Qualified Teachers' Incentive Program established by this Section and shall provide for the program to be administered by the state superintendent of education.
(2) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the implementation and administration of the Louisiana Qualified Teachers' Incentive Program.
Acts 2005, No. 340, §1, eff. June 30, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:428. Supervisors, principals, teachers and other employees prohibited from serving on employing school board; service on neighboring or other school board

RS 17:428 - Supervisors, principals, teachers and other employees prohibited from serving on employing school board; service on neighboring or other school board
A. After July 27, 1960 no supervisor, principal or teacher or any other school employee of any school board in this state shall be eligible to serve as a member of the board employing such person; however, such person shall be eligible to serve on any other parish or city school board if duly elected or appointed thereto. Whenever any supervisor, principal, teacher or other school employee is elected as a member of any parish or city school board or accepts any appointment to fill an unexpired term thereon and such board is his employer, he shall immediately submit his resignation to his employing board of which he is now a member. Should any such person fail to submit his resignation, the position he holds under such employing board shall be declared vacated by the taking of the oath of office as a member of the employing board. No resignation shall be required of any supervisor, principal, teacher, or other school employee because of his election or appointment to a parish or city school board of which he is not an employee.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any person holding office on July 27, 1960 until the end of the terms of such persons nor to any person who takes office on or before February 1, 1961.
C. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 763, §1.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 437, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 439, §1; Acts 1970, No. 387, §1; Acts 1997, No. 763, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:429. Educational leadership certification; qualifications

RS 17:429 - Educational leadership certification; qualifications
The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall grant an individual who meets all of the following criteria an educational leadership certificate indicating eligibility for employment as a supervisor, director, or coordinator of special education for a public school system:
(1) Has completed a graduate degree program from a regionally accredited institution of postsecondary education.
(2) Has completed at least two hundred forty hours of leadership experiences at the school or district level as defined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to rules and regulations.
(3) Has achieved a passing score on the School Leaders Licensure Assessment or other equivalent assessment as determined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to rules and regulations.
(4) Holds a valid Louisiana ancillary certificate and meets any of the criteria for an evaluation coordinator in any of the following areas pursuant to State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education rules and regulations:
(a) Assessment teacher, educational consultant, or educational diagnostician.
(b) Certified school psychologist.
(c) Speech-language pathologist, speech and hearing therapist, or speech-hearing-language specialist.
(d) Qualified school social worker.
(e) Audiologist.
(5) Has at least three years of experience working with students in his area of certification.
Acts 2016, No. 130, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:430. Applicants for public school employment; disclosure requirements; penalties; definitions

RS 17:430 - Applicants for public school employment; disclosure requirements; penalties; definitions
A.(1) Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, each applicant for public school employment shall be required to disclose the following in accordance with procedures adopted by the governing authority of the public elementary or secondary school in which the applicant seeks employment:
(a) All actual cases of sexual misconduct with a minor or student by the applicant.
(b) All investigations of sexual misconduct by the applicant with a minor or student that occurred within thirty-six months prior to the applicant's resignation, dismissal, or retirement from school employment.
(c) All actual or investigated cases of abuse or neglect as specified in R.S. 17:81.9(A)(1)(b) of a minor or student by the applicant.
(2) Any applicant who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor offense and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
B. For purposes of this Section, "sexual misconduct" shall be as defined pursuant to R.S. 17:81.9(J) and "abuse" and "neglect" shall be as defined in Children's Code Article 603.
C. If an investigation determined that a formal allegation of an applicant was inconclusive, unjustified, or otherwise without cause for further formal pursuit, the applicant shall not be required to disclose such information as required in Subsection A of this Section.
Acts 2009, No. 223, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:433. Outstanding state teacher award

RS 17:433 - Outstanding state teacher award
A. Beginning with the 1986-1987 school year and annually thereafter, one outstanding state elementary teacher, one outstanding state middle or junior high school teacher, one outstanding state high school teacher, and one outstanding state teacher shall be selected from each year's winners of the outstanding local teacher of the year awards.
B.(1) The state Department of Education with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish a selection process for naming the four outstanding state teachers annually, which shall include regional selection committees and a state selection committee appointed by the state superintendent of education and objective procedures to consider the following factors:
(a) Teaching skill and dedication.
(b) Plans to continue active teaching status.
(c) Respect of and rapport with students.
(d) Respect of and rapport with parents.
(e) Respect of and rapport with coworkers.
(f) Community leadership.
(g) Contributions to school groups and activities.
(h) Affiliations with educational organizations.
(i) Student achievement.
(2) The final selection process shall also include a formal mechanism to obtain teacher, parental, and community recommendations and opinion. Award recipients shall be suitably recognized at the state level by an appropriate ceremony for that purpose.
C. The state teacher of the year shall participate in any national teacher of the year contest, when appropriate.
D. Monetary awards shall be provided to the state teachers of the year at the state level when funds are available, and may be provided from private sources subject to the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Such monetary award shall not be a violation of R.S. 42:1111 or any other provision of the Code of Governmental Ethics.
Acts 1986, No. 134, §1, eff. June 26, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 308, §1, eff. June 30, 1986; Acts 1995, No. 289, §1; Acts 2003, No. 743, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:433.1. Outstanding state principal awards

RS 17:433.1 - Outstanding state principal awards
A. One outstanding state elementary principal, one outstanding state middle or junior high school principal, and one outstanding state high school principal shall be selected from each year's winners of the outstanding local principal of the year awards.
B.(1) The State Department of Education with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish a selection process for naming the three outstanding state principals annually, which shall include regional selection committees and a state selection committee appointed by the state superintendent of education.
(2) Award recipients shall be suitably recognized at the state level by an appropriate ceremony for that purpose.
C. The state principals of the year shall participate in any national principal of the year contest, when appropriate.
D. Monetary awards shall be provided to the state principals of the year at the state level when funds are available, and may be provided from private sources subject to the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Such monetary awards shall not be a violation of R.S. 42:1111 or any other provision of the Code of Governmental Ethics.
Acts 2003, No. 743, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:434. Planning time for teachers; required

RS 17:434 - Planning time for teachers; required
A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt necessary rules and regulations requiring each city and parish school board to provide a minimum of forty-five minutes daily uninterrupted planning time, or its weekly equivalent, for every teacher actively engaged in the instruction and supervision of students in public schools. Implementation of planning time as required in this Section for teachers shall not result in a lengthened school day or a reduction in student daily instructional time.
B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to affect the provisions of R.S. 17:154.1 relative to required instructional time in the school day.
C. This Section shall not apply to a city or parish school board operating under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement applicable to teachers employed by the board.
Acts 1988, No. 832, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1143, §1; Acts 2021, No. 392, §1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:435. Administering catheters; conditions; restrictions

RS 17:435 - Administering catheters; conditions; restrictions
A. No city or parish school board shall require any employee other than a registered nurse or licensed medical physician to catheterize any student until all of the following conditions have been met:
(1) A registered nurse or licensed medical physician, employed by a city or parish school board, has assessed the health status of the specific child in his specific educational setting. The registered nurse has determined that according to the Louisiana Legal Standards of Nursing Practice the procedure could be safely performed, the results are predictable and could be delegated to someone other than a registered nurse following documented training.
(2) The registered nurse or licensed medical physician shall train at least two employees to catheterize the specific child in his educational setting. The employees shall be given not less than eight hours of training in the area of catheterization of students.
(3) Following the training provided for in Paragraph (2), no catheterization may be performed unless prescribed in writing by a licensed medical physician. The employee, other than the registered nurse or licensed medical physician, shall be required to complete, under the direct supervision of a registered nurse, a minimum of five catheterizations. Upon one hundred percent successful completion of these catheterizations, the registered nurse or licensed medical physician and the trainee shall sign a standard form indicating that the trainee has attained the prescribed level of competency. A copy of this form shall be kept on file by the school system.
(4) Individuals who are required to perform catheterizations and have been trained according to the provisions of this Section, may not decline to perform such service except as exempted by a licensed medical physician or a registered nurse. The reasons for such exemption shall be documented and certified by the licensed medical physician or a registered nurse within seventy-two hours.
(5) Any employee shall have the right to request that another school board employee be present while catheterizing the student, to serve as a witness to the procedure. After making such a request, the employee shall not be required to catheterize a student without such a witness.
B. The provisions of this Section shall be restricted to those students who have had intermittent catheterization prescribed as a treatment for urinary or neurologic disfunction and not for continuous bladder drainage or to obtain urine specimens for diagnostic purposes. No employee shall be requested to catheterize any student for continuous bladder drainage or to obtain urine specimens for diagnostic purposes.
Acts 1990, No. 1048, §1, eff. July 27, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:436.2. Psychotropic drugs; school board and charter school policies; prohibition; teacher recommendations; definitions

RS 17:436.2 - Psychotropic drugs; school board and charter school policies; prohibition; teacher recommendations; definitions
A. By not later than November 1, 2006, each city, parish, and other local public school board and charter school shall adopt policies prohibiting any teacher employed by the board or charter school from taking any of the following actions:
(1) Recommending that a student be administered a pyschotropic drug.
(2) Specifying or identifying any specific mental health diagnosis for a student.
(3) Using a parent's or guardian's refusal to consent to the administration of a psychotropic drug to a student or to a psychiatric evaluation, screening, or examination of a student as grounds for prohibiting the student from attending any class or participating in any school-related activity or as the sole basis of accusations of child abuse or neglect against the parent or guardian.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed so as to prohibit any of the following:
(1) An employee of a city, parish, or other local public school board or charter school who is a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, physician, or an appropriately credentialed mental health professional or teacher from recommending that a student be evaluated by an appropriate medical practitioner.
(2) A teacher or other certified employee of a city, parish, or other local public school board or charter school from suggesting a student be assessed or evaluated by qualified employees of the school board or charter school who perform such function.
(3) A teacher assessing or evaluating any element of a student's academic readiness, performance, or achievement.
(4) Any employee of a city, parish, or other local public school board or charter school from discussing any aspect of a student's behavior or academic progress with the student's parent or guardian or any other employee of the school board or charter school.
C. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Psychotropic drug" shall mean a substance that is used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a component of a medication and is intended to have an altering effect on perception, emotion, or behavior.
(2) "Teacher" shall mean any person employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board or charter school, who, as a condition of employment, is required to hold a valid teaching certificate issued by the state Department of Education and any person employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board or charter school as a substitute teacher.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not interfere with the development and implementation of an individualized education program for any child with an exceptionality as provided pursuant to any state or federal law, rule, or regulation.
Acts 2006, No. 825, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:436.4. Seizure treatment and training

RS 17:436.4 - Seizure treatment and training
A. The parent or guardian of a student with a seizure disorder may submit to the administration of the student's school a seizure management and treatment plan developed by the student's parent and treating physician for review and use by school employees with whom the student has regular interaction. The plan shall include the following:
(1) The health care services the student may receive at school or while participating in a school activity.
(2) Evaluation of the student's ability to manage and understand his seizure disorder.
(3) Signatures from the student's parent or guardian and from the treating physician.
B. The state Department of Education shall develop or approve and make available two courses of instruction regarding treating students with seizure disorders that include information about seizure recognition and related first aid. One course shall be designed for school nurses and the other course for other school employees and school bus operators who have regular interactions with students for whom there is a seizure management and treatment plan. Each local public school governing authority shall require school nurses and such school employees and school bus operators to successfully complete the applicable course biennially.
Acts 2022, No. 562, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:437. Communicable disease prevention and control; in-service educational training; materials and supplies

RS 17:437 - Communicable disease prevention and control; in-service educational training; materials and supplies
A.(1) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall formulate, develop, adopt, and begin providing, by not later than the 1992-1993 school year and thereafter, an in-service training program to educate all school employees on generally accepted practices and precautions to prevent the occurrence and/or spread of communicable diseases in the school setting.
(2) The board shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures necessary to implement the provisions of this Section. Such rules, regulations, and procedures shall include but not be limited to provisions for all employees of the school system to be able to participate in the in-service training program mandated by this Section.
B. The board shall provide the necessary materials and supplies to each school employee who is deemed by the board to need them and those who request them for the use of the employee in preventing the occurrence and/or spread of communicable diseases in the school setting.
Acts 1992, No. 529, §1, eff. June 29, 1992.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:438. Permitted withholdings; exceptions

RS 17:438 - Permitted withholdings; exceptions
A. Any teacher or other employee of a parish or city school board may authorize his employing school board to deduct and withhold from his earnings a specific amount for such pay periods as may be designated, for the payment of regular dues owed by such teacher or other employee to any organization of teachers or other school employees.
B. No deduction shall be made from the earnings of any teacher or other employee for the purpose permitted by this Section unless fifty or more teachers or other employees or ten percent of the total number of employees, including teachers, whichever is less have requested such deduction be made and the deduction is specifically and voluntarily authorized in writing by the teacher or other employee. If such authority is provided and a request for such deduction made, the school board shall honor the request and provide for the deduction; however, if any system documents to the satisfaction of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education that it has already acquired payroll checks that will not accommodate the request, the school board shall provide for such deduction as soon as possible but, in no case later than the beginning of the school year following the request.
C. Any amount withheld in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be remitted to the organization designated on a regularly scheduled basis as determined by the employing board.
D. This Section shall not apply to a city or parish school board operating under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement applicable to teachers employed by the board.
Acts 1992, No. 1076, §1, eff. July 14, 1992.