Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 11 - Student Services › Section CXV-1141 - Electronic Telecommunication Devices

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No student, unless authorized by the
				school principal or his/her designee, shall use or operate any electronic
				telecommunication device, including any facsimile system, radio paging service,
				mobile telephone service, intercom, or electro-mechanical paging system, in any
				public school building or school grounds or in any school bus.
B. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the
				use and operation by any person, including students, of any electronic
				telecommunication device in the event of an emergency in which there is actual
				or imminent threat to public safety.
C. Each LEA shall develop, adopt, and
				implement policies, procedures and practices applicable to school employees
				relative to electronic communications by an employee at a school to a student
				enrolled at that school.
1. The policies,
				procedures, and practices shall:
a. define
				electronic communication and recognize the multiple means available for making
				such a communication, including specified forms of both direct communication
				and indirect communication;
b.
				require that all electronic communication by an employee to a student relative
				to the educational services provided use a means of communication provided by
				the LEA;
c. prohibit the use of the
				means of provided by the LEA to electronically communicate with a student that
				is not related to the education services provided, except communication with an
				immediate family member if such communication is specifically authorized by the
				LEA;
d. specify that the occurrence
				of any electronic communication made by an employee to a student, or vice
				versa, using a means other than one provided by the LEA shall be reported by
				the employee:
i. provides that records of any
				such reported communication be maintained by the LEA for one year;
e. specify that it is a duty of
				LEA employees to comply with the policies and provide that a failure to comply
				may result in disciplinary action and may constitute willful neglect of
				duty;
f. establish and provide for
				the imposition of consequences for a violation of the policies, including but
				not limited to termination of employment;
g. provide a means for the timely reporting
				and investigation of an alleged failure to comply with policies and for
				concluding such an investigation and resolving the allegation;
h. provide a means whereby any alleged
				failure to comply with the policies that also may be a violation of state or
				federal law is reported to the proper authorities;
i. provide a means to assure that all LEA
				employees are informed fully of the policies, procedures, and practices, and
				the possible consequences for a failure to comply;
j. provide a means to assure that a parent or
				guardian is fully informed of the policies, procedures, and
				practices;
k. provide a means for a
				parent or guardian to request that the child not be contacted through
				electronic communication by any school employee unless the purpose of such
				communication is directly related to the child's educational services and is
				sent and received by more than one student at the school; and
l. authorize a school principal or designee
				to permit an employee to contact one or more specifically identified students
				and be contacted by such students using a means other than one provided by the
				school provided the employee has requested and received permission from the
				principal or designee to do so and has provided documentation in writing to the
				principal or designee the purpose for such contact.
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				. Such purposes may include, but need not be limited to:
(a). necessary communications relative to
				extracurricular activities;
(b).
				student athletic activities;
(c).
				community-based youth activities; and
(d). faith-based activities.