Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 3 - Operation and Administration › Section CXV-303 - General Powers of Local Educational Governing Authorities

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each local school board shall determine
				the number and location of schools to be opened, and the number of teachers and
				other school personnel to be employed from recommendations made by the local
				superintendent.
B. Each local
				school board is authorized to adopt rules and regulations for its own
				governance that are consistent with law and with the regulations of BESE.
1. Each member of a city and parish school
				board shall receive a minimum of six hours of training and instruction annually
				in the school laws of this state, in the laws governing the school boards, and
				in educational trends, research, and policy. Such training shall also include
				education policy issues, including but not limited to the Minimum Foundation
				Program (MFP) and formula, literacy and numeracy, leadership development,
				dropout prevention, career and technical education, redesigning high schools,
				early childhood education, school discipline, and harassment, intimidation, and
				bullying. Training shall also include instruction in Louisiana Open Meeting Law
				and the Louisiana Public Bid Law. In an LEA that has one or more schools
				identified as an academically unacceptable school or a school in need of
				academic assistance as defined by BESE, at least two of the required hours
				shall focus on the improvement of schools identified as failing schools as
				defined by BESE.
2. The training
				may be received from a postsecondary education institution, the LDE, the local
				school board central office staff, or the Louisiana School Board Association
				(LSBA) provided that the instruction and the method for demonstrating
				attendance are pre-approved by the LSBA or at any conference presented by the
				National School Boards Association or by the Council of the Great City Schools,
				provided that verification of attendance by the school board member at the
				training is obtained.
3. Each
				school board member's attendance shall be reported by the instructor to the
				LSBA. Each school board member who completes required instruction shall receive
				a certificate of completion and a copy of such certificate shall be entered
				into the minutes of the school board on which the member serves.
4. The superintendent of the school system on
				which the school board member serves shall be responsible for verifying that
				any training or instruction received by the school board member as set forth in
				this Section meets the necessary requirements.
5. Distinguished School Board Member
a. A school board member who has received a
				certificate of completion for the initial 16 hours of training and instruction
				and has also received an annual certificate of completion of the required
				training for three subsequent consecutive years shall receive the designation
				of "distinguished school board member."
b. LDE shall issue each such member an
				appropriate certificate attesting to such designation.
c. A member in office on January 1, 2011, who
				has prior service on the board may receive the designation if he completes 16
				hours of training during 2011 and completes the required training for the
				subsequent three consecutive years.
d. At least annually, the school system
				superintendent shall transmit to the newspaper which is the official journal of
				the school board a press release detailing the information for his school board
				that is posted on the LSBA website relative to training hours and subject
				matter completed by each school board member and to include in such press
				release information concerning each member who has been designated a
				distinguished school board member.