Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXXXIX - Bulletin 126-Charter Schools › Chapter 40 - Charter School Autonomy › Section CXXXIX-4003 - Applicability of State Laws

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Notwithstanding any state law, rule, or regulation to the contrary and except
				as may be otherwise specifically provided for in an approved charter, a charter
				school established and operated in accordance with the provisions of this
				Chapter and its approved charter and the school's officers and employees shall
				be exempt from all statutory mandates or other statutory requirements that are
				applicable to public schools and to public school officers and employees except
				for the following laws otherwise applicable to public schools with the same
				grades:
1. school entrance age,
				R.S.
				17:222;
2. corporal punishment,
				R.S.
				17:416.1(B), and suspension
				of students,
				R.S.
				17:223;
3. expulsion of students,
				R.S.
				17:224;
4. attendance reporting,
				R.S.
				17:232;
5. admission of home study students,
				R.S.
				17:236.2;
6. unauthorized use of electronic
				communication devices,
				R.S.
				17:239;
7. smoking,
				R.S.
				17:240;
8. open meetings,
				R.S. 42:11
				et seq.;
9. public recoR.S. rds,
				44:1 et seq.;
10. teaching
				regarding the United States Constitution,
				R.S.
				17:261;
11. teaching regarding the Federalist Papers
				and the Declaration of Independence,
				R.S.
				17:268;
12. in-service training regarding suicide
				prevention,
				R.S.
				17:437.1;
13. teaching regarding civics and free
				enterprise,
				R.S.
				17:274.1;
14. teaching regarding sex,
				R.S.
				17:281;
15. religious liberty of students,
				R.S.
				17:2115 et seq.;
16. pupil assessment,
				R.S.
				17:24.4;
17. any school and district accountability
				system required by law of a public school of similar grade or type;
18. public bids for the erection,
				construction, alteration, improvement, or repair of a public facility or
				immovable property, Part II of Chapter 10 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised
				Statutes of 1950;
19. Code of
				Governmental Ethics,
				R.S.
				42:1101 et seq., with the exception of
				R.S. 42:1119
				as it applies to any person employed by a charter school prior to August 15,
				2003;
20. electronic communication
				by an employee at a school to a student enrolled at that school,
				R.S.
				17:81(Q);
21. teaching regarding the state's Safe Haven
				Law,
				R.S.
				17:81(R);
22. inspection and operation of fire safety
				and prevention equipment,
				R.S.
				17:81(S);
23. teaching regarding dating violence,
				R.S.
				17:81(T);
24. reporting by a school bus operator
				employed by the governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school
				of his arrest for one or more of the specified offenses relative to operating a
				vehicle,
				R.S.
				17:491.3;
25. school master plans for supporting
				student behavior and discipline,
				R.S.
				17:252;
26. data collection system,
				R.S.
				17:3911;
27. reporting by a school employee employed
				by the governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school of his
				arrest for one or more of the specified offenses relative to sexual morality
				affecting minors,
				R.S.
				17:16, any of the crimes provided in
				R.S.
				15:587.1, or any justified complaint of child
				abuse or neglect on file in the central registry pursuant to Article 615 of the
				Children's Code;
28. seclusion and
				physical restraint of students with exceptionalities,
				R.S.
				17:416.21;
29. teaching regarding Internet and cell
				phone safety,
				R.S.
				17:280;
30. instruction on the founding principles of
				the United States of America in American history and civics courses,
				R.S.
				17:265;
31. procedures on bullying pursuant to
				R.S.
				17:416.13;
32. school crisis management and response
				plans,
				R.S.
				17:416.16;
33. instruction relative to cardiopulmonary
				resuscitation and the use of automatic external defibrillators,
				R.S.
				17:81(X);
34. instruction and hotline number posting
				requirements relative to child assault awareness and prevention,
				R.S.
				17:81(Y);
35. deferred compensation plans,
				R.S.
				17:81(Z);
36. school bus loading and unloading
				provisions,
				R.S.
				17:158(J);
37. student information,
				R.S.
				17:3913 and 3914;
38. notification of homework assistance
				services,
				R.S.
				17:182.1;
39. prohibits suspension or expulsion of
				students in grades prekindergarten through five,
				R.S.
				17:416(J);
40. deaf child's bill of rights,
				R.S.
				17:1960;
41. instruction in cursive writing,
				R.S.
				17:266;
42. Louisiana Expectant and Parenting
				Students Act,
				R.S.
				17:221.7;
43. instruction in litter prevention and
				awareness,
				R.S.
				17:267;
44. administration of medication and
				exceptions thereto,
				R.S.
				17:436.1;
45. participation in one hour of annual
				in-service training on recognizing adverse childhood experiences and the
				utilization of trauma-informed education,
				R.S.
				17:437.2.
46. organ donation instruction,
				R.S.
				17:280.2.
47. elective course on the history and
				literature of the Bible,
				R.S.
				17:282.
48. written policies regarding carpool and
				bus line procedures in accordance with LAC 28:CXIII.903. (
Bulletin 119
) and
				R.S.
				17:81.
49. display of the national motto in each
				classroom in each school under its jurisdiction,
				R.S.
				17:262;
50. completion of approved numeracy skills
				course in accordance with LAC 28:CXV.511,
				R.S.
				17:24.13;
51. dyslexia screening and reporting,
				R.S.
				17:392.11.