Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part I - BESE/8(g) Operations › Subpart 1 - Board of Elementary and Secondary Education › Chapter 3 - Composition and General Authority › Section I-307 - General Powers and Duties

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				  board exercises its supervision and control over the public elementary and
				  secondary schools under its jurisdiction, and exercises its budgetary
				  responsibility for all funds appropriated or allocated by the state for public
				  elementary, and secondary schools placed under its jurisdiction, through
				  general powers and duties that shall include, but not be limited to, the
				  following:
1. adopt a minimum foundation
				  program and adopt a formula for the equitable allocation of minimum foundation
				  funds to city, parish, or other local public school systems. The board shall
				  adopt such program and formula for each ensuing fiscal year in a timely manner
				  so that the program and formula may be submitted to the Joint Legislative
				  Committee on the Budget in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:22(2)(d);
2. exercise budgetary responsibility and
				  allocate for expenditure by the schools and programs under its jurisdiction all
				  monies appropriated or otherwise made available for purposes of the board and
				  of such schools and programs;
3.
				  supervise, manage, and operate or provide for the supervision, management, and
				  operation of a public elementary or secondary school which has been determined
				  to be failing, including the power to receive, control, and expend state funds
				  appropriated and allocated pursuant to La. Const. Art. VIII, Sec. 13(B), any
				  local contribution required by La. Const. Art. VIII, Sec. 13, and any other
				  local revenue available to a school board with responsibility for a school
				  determined to be failing in amounts that are calculated based on the number of
				  students in attendance in such a school, all in the manner provided by and in
				  accordance with law;
4. approve
				  budgets of the LDE, including the recovery school district, and all entities
				  under the jurisdiction of the board as provided herein;
5. prescribe and adopt free school books and
				  other materials of instruction for the children of this state at the elementary
				  and secondary levels and all other schools and programs under its jurisdiction
				  for which the legislature provides funds, in accordance with law;
6. adopt or approve courses of study and
				  rules, bylaws, and regulations for the discipline of students and for the
				  governance of the public elementary and secondary schools and other public
				  schools and programs under its jurisdiction, which shall not be inconsistent
				  with law and which shall be enforced by the city, parish, or other local public
				  school boards and the city, parish, or other local public school
				  superintendents;
7. prescribe the
				  qualifications and provide for the certification of teachers in accordance with
				  applicable law, which qualifications and requirements shall be such as to
				  insure that certification shall be a reliable indicator of the minimum current
				  ability and proficiency of the teacher to educate at the grade level and in the
				  subject(s) to which the teacher is assigned;
8. adopt minimum standards for the approval
				  of each public elementary and secondary school in the state under its
				  jurisdiction;
9. except as
				  otherwise provided by law, approve private schools in accordance with the
				  provisions of
				  R.S.
				  17:11 and other applicable laws;
10. issue diplomas for successful completion
				  of programs of study;
11. exercise
				  approval authority over the administration of the recovery school district by
				  the LDE pursuant to law;
12.
				  authorize the operation of type 2, type 4, and type 5 charter schools and
				  provide oversight through the LDE of type 2, type 4, and type 5 charter
				  schools;
a. review each proposed charter in a
				  timely manner and determine whether each proposed charter complies with the law
				  and rules and whether the proposal is valid, complete, financially
				  well-structured, educationally sound, and whether it offers potential for
				  fulfilling the purposes of the charter school law;
b. enter into any proposed charter that
				  complies with the charter school law and policy upon a determination that the
				  charter is a valid, complete, financially well-structured, and educationally
				  sound proposal that offers potential for fulfilling the purposes of the charter
				  school law;
c. determine the policy
				  and provide direction to the LDE for providing the oversight of the operation
				  of charter schools chartered with the board;
13. adopt, amend, or repeal rules,
				  regulations, and policies necessary or proper for the conduct of the business
				  of the board.