Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 13 - Discipline › Section CXV-1319 - Advisory Council on Student Behavior and Discipline

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Functions. The function of an advisory
				council is to advise the board, directly or through its committees, in the
				discharge of policymaking, supervisory control, and budgetary duties and
				responsibilities. Specific functions of an advisory council are determined by
				the establishing statute or policy. Advisory councils deal exclusively with
				matters referred by the board or the LDE. Matters referred to advisory councils
				include external input regarding funding decisions, policy matters reviewed for
				local impact, bulletin revisions containing policies or supervisory controls,
				and matters particular to a council for which it was created. The LDE staff
				provides the board with a statewide and nationwide perspective on certain
				issues, while advisory councils respond from a local or community
				perspective.
B. Composition. Unless
				otherwise provided by state or federal law, each advisory council of the board
				is created by board policy. The policy determines the size of the council
				membership; the appointing authority; the persons, organizations, affiliations,
				or interest groups to be represented on a council; and the length of
				term.
C. Advisory Council on
				Student Behavior and Discipline (ACSBD) Established
1. Authority per
				R.S.
				17:253 and BESE policy.
2. Function and responsibilities:
a. Provide guidance and recommendations to
				BESE and LDE regarding best practices in providing support to public school
				local governing agencies (LEA) in the adoption and implementation of the school
				master plan for student behavior and discipline in accordance with
				R.S.
				17:252.
b. Members of the council shall annually
				elect a new chair and vice-chair from among the membership by the first
				convening meeting of the fiscal year.
c. Staff to support the ACSBD shall be
				provided by the LDE.
d. The council
				shall meet at least three times annually, and meetings shall be called and
				agendas set by the chair.
3. The membership of the ACSBD shall consist
				of 29 members.
a. Ex-officio representatives
				or a designee:
i. state superintendent of
				education;
ii. Secretary of
				Louisiana Department of Health;
iii. Families and Friends of Louisiana's
				Incarcerated Children, executive director;
iv. Urban League of Louisiana,
				president;
v. MetroMorphosis,
				president;
vi. Louisiana
				Psychological Association, president;
vii. Louisiana School Counselors Association,
				president.
b. Appointed
				representatives:
i. Louisiana Association of
				Principals, principal or assistant principal, one each from:
(a). elementary level;
(b). middle school level;
(c). high school level.
ii. Louisiana Association of School
				Superintendents, one each from:
(a). LEA
				superintendent;
(b). child welfare
				and attendance officer;
(c). safe
				and drug-free schools coordinator;
(d). pupil appraisal coordinator.
iii. Louisiana Developmental
				Disabilities Council,
(a). Three members,
				parent of a child who presents challenging behavior, two of whom shall be a
				parent of a child with exceptionalities, other than gifted and talented;
				and
(b). One additional
				member.
iv. Louisiana
				Advocacy Center;
v. Louisiana
				School Boards Association;
vi.
				Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges;
vii. Louisiana Federation of Teachers,
				classroom teacher;
viii. Louisiana
				Association of Educators, classroom teacher;
ix. Associated Professional Educators of
				Louisiana, classroom teacher;
x.
				Southern Poverty Law Center;
xi.
				Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools;
xii. Louisiana Center for Children's
				Rights;
xiii. Louisiana Parent
				Teacher Association;
xiv. Louisiana
				Association of Special Education Administrators, director of special
				education.
4.
				The advisory council shall annually submit a report to the Senate Committee on
				Education, the House Committee on Education, and BESE regarding the results and
				recommendations with respect to the implementation of school master plans for
				improving student behavior and discipline as provided in
				R.S.
				17:252.