Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 3 - Operation and Administration › Section CXV-337 - Written Policies and Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each LEA shall have written policies
				governing all school activities as they relate to students, the instructional
				program, staff, buildings, services, and the curriculum.
B. Each LEA shall have policies and
				procedures that address, but are not limited to, the following:
1. the establishment of the number of school
				days, length of the school day, and other necessary guidelines for the
				operation of the schools;
2.
				provision of special educational and related services to exceptional students
				in accordance with the IEP for the entirety of the school year;
3. the operation of special departments and
				special programs in each school;
4.
				the admittance of students to and the dismissal of students from special
				educational programs;
5. the
				exclusion of students with communicable diseases and their readmittance
				following their recovery (refer to
Bulletin 135-Health and
				Safety,
§309);
6. the
				control of communicable problems such as lice and scabies (refer to
Bulletin 135-Health and Safety,
§309);
7. the care of sick or injured students,
				including notification of parents, in cases of emergencies that occur while
				students are under the jurisdiction of the school;
8. the administration of medication in
				schools (refer to
Bulletin 135-Health and Safety,
§309);
9. the operation of summer
				schools and extended school year programs for eligible exceptional students
				(refer to Chapter 25);
10. the
				disciplining of students with disabilities (refer to §131);
11. the use of standard universal precaution
				by personnel when individuals have direct contact with blood or other body
				fluids and the provision of sanctions, including discipline if warranted, for
				failure to use standard universal precautions;
12. the use of school buildings outside of
				regular school hours;
13. student
				access to the Internet (refer to §1709);
14. the prohibition against use of tobacco in
				schools, on school grounds, and on school busses (refer to §1143);
15. the prohibition of teachers from
				recommending that a student be administered a psychotropic drug and from
				specifying or identifying any specific mental health diagnosis for a student,
				in accordance with
				R.S.
				17:436.2;
16. the prohibition of teachers from using a
				parents refusal to consent to administration of a psychotropic drug or
				psychiatric evaluation, screening or evaluation as grounds for prohibiting a
				student from attending class or participating in school related activities or
				as the sole basis of accusations of child abuse or neglect against the parent
				or guardian;
17. the notification
				of the parent or legal guardian of every student, in writing, of the proper
				process and procedures to follow in order to make a complaint or request
				information from the school or the school's governing authority:
a. such information shall include, at a
				minimum, the name, address, phone number, and email address of the appropriate
				person to contact at each step of the prescribed process or procedure, and
				shall be updated, at least, on an annual basis;
b. such information shall be incorporated
				into any existing policy or policies, code of conduct, or student handbook of
				the LEA or of each school under its jurisdiction;
18. the implementation of §2304, Science
				Education;
19. the school
				assignment of students in foster care (refer to §1109);
20. the electronic communications by an
				employee at a school to a student enrolled at that school (refer to
				§1141);
21. the inspection by
				qualified persons of all fire safety and prevention equipment, including fire
				alarm and smoke detection devices (refer to §1501);
22. the physical abuse of public school
				teachers and other school employees by students (refer to §521);
23. the collection of student biometric
				information (refer to §1149);
24.
				grade appropriate classroom management training for teachers, principals, and
				other appropriated school personnel regarding positive behavioral supports and
				reinforcement, conflict resolution, mediation, cultural competence, restorative
				practices, guidance and discipline, and adolescent development;
25. a schedule for the retention and
				disposition of records. The schedule shall be approved by State Archives as
				required by
				R.S.
				44:411;
26. appropriate responses to the behavior of
				students with exceptionalities that may require immediate intervention (see for
				reference guidelines for the use of seclusion rooms and restraint of students
				with exceptionalities);
27. an
				employee arrested for any of the crimes listed in
				R.S.
				15:587.1, any other sexual offense affecting
				minors, or any justified complaint of child abuse or neglect;
28. the reporting of school bus operator
				arrests for violations of
				R.S.
				14:98, 98.1, or any other law or ordinance
				that prohibits operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or any
				abused substance or controlled dangerous substance set forth in the schedules
				provided in
				R.S.
				40:964;
29. in the student code of conduct, the
				prohibition against bullying as defined in §1303;
30. instruction regarding cardiopulmonary
				resuscitation and automated external defibrillators in Health Education (refer
				to §2347); and
31. instruction
				regarding child abuse and assault awareness and prevention (refer to §2305.
				K).
32. at least one hour of annual
				in-service training on recognizing adverse childhood experiences and the
				utilization of adverse childhood experience educational practices, provided on
				a day that other types of in-service training will be provided and including
				research-based information regarding the following:
a. the impact of adverse childhood
				experiences on student educational experiences and on the school and classroom
				culture;
b. how to identify the
				signs and symptoms of adverse childhood experiences;
c. best practices for schools and classrooms
				regarding adverse childhood experience considerations in education;
				and
d. recognition of the impact of
				secondary trauma on school employees.
33. check-in and check-out procedures for
				student attendance which shall be reviewed at least every three
				years;
34. check-in and check-out
				procedures for student attendance which shall be reviewed at least every three
				years;
35. annual completion by any
				school nurse, coach, athletic trainer, and athletic director, whether employed
				or serving as a volunteer, of sudden cardiac arrest education
				program;
36. provision for each
				high school senior who is at least seventeen years old to register to vote via
				electronic voter registration or mail-in form;
37. attendance policy for pregnant and
				parenting students regarding excused absences of a minimum of 10 days after the
				birth of a child, reasonable amount of time for completing missed assignments,
				accommodations for breastfeeding, and access to child care providers;
38. submission of a seizure management and
				treatment plan, duly documented and signed, for use when a student is at school
				or while participating in a school activity;
39. release of a minor into protective
				custody requiring the official to whom the minor is being released provides
				information about the minor to include first and last name, address, and date
				of birth, unless custody is an arrest for which there is probable
				cause;
40. maintaining a supply of
				auto-injectable epinephrine in a secure location in each classroom assigned to
				a student deemed by a physician to be at high risk for anaphylactic reaction
				and incapable of self-administration of auto-injectable epinephrine, in
				accordance with
				R.S.
				17:436.1;
41. display of the national motto in each
				classroom in each school under its jurisdiction in accordance with
				R.S.
				17:262;
42. carpool and bus line procedures in
				accordance with LAC 28:CXIII.903
(Bulletin
				119).