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La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.11 Discipline of pupils; limitation of liability
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§416.11. Discipline of pupils; limitation of liability A. A teacher, principal, or administrator in a public school system or in an approved nonpublic school shall be immune from civil liability for any act or failure to act in the directing of or disciplining of school students …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.12 Students; appropriate conduct; compliance
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§416.12. Students; appropriate conduct; compliance A. Beginning with the 1999-2000 school year and thereafter, each city and parish school board shall require each student in each public school in kindergarten through fifth grade under the jurisdiction of the board to exhibit app…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.13 Student code of conduct; requirement
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§416.13. Student code of conduct; requirement A. The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school shall adopt a student code of conduct for the students in the schools under its jurisdiction. The code of conduct shall be in compliance with all existing rules…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.14 Bullying; definition; prohibition; notice; reporting; accountability
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§416.14. Bullying; definition; prohibition; notice; reporting; accountability A. For the purposes of this Title, "bullying" shall mean: (1) A pattern of any one or more of the following: (a) Gestures, including but not limited to obscene gestures. (b) Written, electronic, or verb…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.15 Zero tolerance policies; authorization; conflict resolution classes; fees; compliance
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§416.15. Zero tolerance policies; authorization; conflict resolution classes; fees; compliance Any city, parish, or other local public school board may adopt and implement a zero tolerance policy for fighting in the schools under its jurisdiction. Such policy may include a requir…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.16 School crisis management and response plans
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§416.16. School crisis management and response plans A.(1) For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Crisis management and response plan" shall mean a plan to address school safety and the incidence of a shooting or other violen…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.16.1 1 eff
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§416.16.1 eff. upon an Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation of Act No. 425 of the 2025 Regular Session becomes effective. See Acts 2025, No. 425. §416.16.1. School mapping data A.(1) The State Board of Elementary an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.17 Youth development and assistance programs; legislative findings and purpose; school authority for programs for elementary students
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§416.17. Youth development and assistance programs; legislative findings and purpose; school authority for programs for elementary students A.(1) The legislature finds that early identification and intervention of aggressive, antisocial, or delinquent behaviors are critical compo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.18 Teacher Bill of Rights
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§416.18. Teacher Bill of Rights A. Respecting the authority of teachers is essential to creating an environment conducive to learning, effective instruction in the classroom, and proper administration of city, parish, and other local public schools. To maintain and protect that a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.18.1 School Employee Bill of Rights
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§416.18.1. School Employee Bill of Rights A. Respecting the authority of school employees is essential to creating a safe environment conducive to learning, effective instruction in the classroom, and proper administration of city, parish, and other local public schools. To maint…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.19 School resource officers
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§416.19. School resource officers A. Any city, parish, or other local public school system and any nonpublic school may make or enter into agreements with a local law enforcement agency to provide for school resource officers. Any city, parish, or other local public school system…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.2 Supervision of suspended or expelled students; alternative education programs
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§416.2. Supervision of suspended or expelled students; alternative education programs A.(1) Any student suspended or expelled from school pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 17:416, shall remain under the supervision of the governing authority of the city, parish, or other local p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.20 Student conduct standards; awareness and understanding by students; required
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§416.20. Student conduct standards; awareness and understanding by students; required orientation; guidelines A. In addition to any other requirements established by law, rule, or regulation relative to student discipline and conduct, the governing authority of a public elementar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.21 Behavior of students with exceptionalities; use of seclusion and physical restraint
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§416.21. Behavior of students with exceptionalities; use of seclusion and physical restraint A. As used in this Section: (1)(a) "Crisis intervention" means the implementation of an action plan for school personnel to implement when a student exhibits disruptive behaviors that pre…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.22 Discipline of students; nonpublic schools; disciplinary authority
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§416.22. Discipline of students; nonpublic schools; disciplinary authority The use of any form of corporal punishment is prohibited in any nonpublic school that receives state funds except as authorized in R.S. 17:416.1(B). Acts 2023, No. 268, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.23 Behavioral or emotional challenges; referral for assessment and treatment;
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§416.23. Behavioral or emotional challenges; referral for assessment and treatment; reporting A. Except as provided in R.S. 17:173, not later than thirty days prior to the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, each city, parish, or other local public school board shall adopt ru…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.24 Mental health screenings
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§416.24. Mental health screenings A. Each city, parish, or other local public school board may offer mental health screenings for all students in grades kindergarten through twelve during the first semester of the school year. If a board offers such screenings, each school under …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.3 Search of students' persons, desks, lockers, other areas; defense of suits against school personnel; indemnification; reporting of implements seized
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§416.3. Search of students' persons, desks, lockers, other areas; defense of suits against school personnel; indemnification; reporting of implements seized A.(1) The parish and city school systems of the state are the exclusive owners of all public school buildings and all desks…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.4 Civil liability; legal defense and indemnification of all public school employees
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§416.4. Civil liability; legal defense and indemnification of all public school employees A. In addition to the provisions of R.S. 17:416.1(C), 416.3(B) and (C)(2)(a), and 416.6(B), should any public school employee be sued for damages by any student or any person qualified to br…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.5 Same; attorney fees
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§416.5. Same; attorney fees If a judgment is rendered in favor of the teacher in an action provided for in R.S. 17:416.4, it may include an award for attorney fees if the court finds that the action was brought in bad faith or was otherwise brought without sufficient merit. Added…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.6 Search of persons entering public school buildings or grounds
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§416.6. Search of persons entering public school buildings or grounds A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any school principal, administrator, or school security guard may search the person, handbag, briefcase, purse, or other object in possession of an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.7 Dress codes; authorization; notification requirement
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§416.7. Dress codes; authorization; notification requirement A.(1) Each city, parish, or other local public school board may adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to implement a school dress code, which may include the use of uniforms. Each school may select a un…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.8 Discipline policy review committees; school option
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§416.8. Discipline policy review committees; school option A.(1)(a) Each city and parish school board shall establish a discipline policy review committee composed of seventeen members as follows: (i) Five classroom teachers to be elected by their peers with at least one teacher …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:416.9 Schools' duty as to safety; imminent danger to teachers; inspection; restraining order; other relief
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§416.9. Schools' duty as to safety; imminent danger to teachers; inspection; restraining order; other relief A. Each city or parish school board shall furnish to each teacher a place of employment free from recognized dangers or hazards that are causing or likely to cause serious…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:417 Courses of study and school regulations; enforcement by teachers
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§417. Courses of study and school regulations; enforcement by teachers Teachers shall faithfully enforce the school courses of study and the regulations prescribed in pursuance of law; and if any teacher wilfully refuses or neglects to comply with such requirements, the parish su…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:418 Salaries; teachers and other school employees; additional compensation
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§418. Salaries; teachers and other school employees; additional compensation A.(1) The governing authority of each local public elementary and secondary school, the state special schools, and the schools and programs administered through the special school district shall establis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:419.2 Extra compensation for school support personnel
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§419.2. Extra compensation for school support personnel A. All noncertificated support personnel employed by city, parish, or other local public school systems and noncertificated, unclassified support personnel employed by the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, the Loui…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:419.3 Compensation for school support employees serving as substitute teachers
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§419.3. Compensation for school support employees serving as substitute teachers A. A school support employee shall be compensated at a rate not less than that of a substitute teacher for all work performed as a substitute teacher. Compensation for such work shall not be consider…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:419.4 Required teacher training and student instruction; effectiveness
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§419.4. Required teacher training and student instruction; effectiveness A. No requirement that increases the uncompensated training burden on professional teachers shall become effective. A requirement for additional teacher training shall become effective only if provision is m…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:42 References in laws to board and superintendent
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§42. References in laws to board and superintendent Wherever in Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes or in any other law with respect to public elementary and secondary schools, vocational-technical and post secondary vocational-technical schools and programs, and special s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:420 Required teacher training database; required student instruction list; reports
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§420. Required teacher training database; required student instruction list; reports A. The state Department of Education shall create and maintain a database of training that professional teachers are required by law to complete. The department shall provide for teachers to have…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:420.1 Inclusion of employers' contributions for budget purposes
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§420.1. Inclusion of employers' contributions for budget purposes The State Board of Education shall include the employers' contribution due to Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana on all salaries payable as a result of a statewide minimum salary schedule adopted by the legis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:421.10 Supplements to salaries of school social workers having certain certificates issued by the National Association of Social Workers
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§421.10. Supplements to salaries of school social workers having certain certificates issued by the National Association of Social Workers A. Effective for the 2003-2004 school year and thereafter, a full-time school social worker who holds both a valid professional ancillary cer…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:421.11 Supplements to salaries of school speech-language pathologists and audiologists having certain certificates issued by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association
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§421.11. Supplements to salaries of school speech-language pathologists and audiologists having certain certificates issued by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association A. Effective for the 2003-2004 school year and thereafter, a full-time school speech-language pathologis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:421.12 Supplements to salaries of school educational diagnosticians having certain credentials issued by the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board
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§421.12. Supplements to salaries of school educational diagnosticians having certain credentials issued by the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board A. A full-time school educational diagnostician who holds a valid Louisiana teaching certificate or ancillary …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:421.4 Salary increases for noninstructional school personnel
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§421.4. Salary increases for noninstructional school personnel A. The salary increase funded by Act No. 12 of the 1991 Regular Session of the Legislature for noninstructional school employees, including teacher aides and paraprofessionals, school bus operators, food service worke…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:421.6 Adjustments in salaries of teachers having certificates issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
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§421.6. Adjustments in salaries of teachers having certificates issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards A.(1) Effective for the 1999-2000 school year and thereafter, a full-time teacher who holds both a valid Louisiana regular teaching certificate approve…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:421.7 Support Education in Louisiana First Fund
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§421.7. Support Education in Louisiana First Fund A. There is hereby established, as a special fund in the state treasury, the Support Education in Louisiana First Fund (the SELF Fund). After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Lou…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:421.8 Supplements to salaries of school counselors having certain certificates issued by the National Board for Certified Counselors
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§421.8. Supplements to salaries of school counselors having certain certificates issued by the National Board for Certified Counselors A.(1) Effective for the 2001-2002 school year and thereafter, a full-time school counselor who holds both a valid Louisiana counseling credential…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:421.9 Supplements to salaries of school psychologists having certain credentials issued by the National School Psychology Certification Board
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§421.9. Supplements to salaries of school psychologists having certain credentials issued by the National School Psychology Certification Board A. A full-time school psychologist who holds both a valid Louisiana ancillary certificate approved and issued by the state Department of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:422.6 Hourly wages and salaries for school employees; reduction limitations; definition
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§422.6. Hourly wages and salaries for school employees; reduction limitations; definition A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the amount of the hourly wage or annual salary paid to any school employee shall not be reduced for any school year below the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:423 Persons entering military service; right to prior service credit
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§423. Persons entering military service; right to prior service credit Anything in this Part to the contrary notwithstanding, any person who shall have served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States during World War II or the Korean or Viet Nam conflicts shall rec…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:423.1 Teacher employment interrupted by military service; salary schedule
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§423.1. Teacher employment interrupted by military service; salary schedule A. An individual whose employment as a teacher is interrupted by induction into military service subsequent to the events provided in R.S. 17:423 shall be placed, upon return to employment as a teacher, o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:424 Credit for years of service to teachers transferring
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§424. Credit for years of service to teachers transferring A. Any teacher in the public school system of Louisiana who transferred from one to another parish or city school system of this state after July 1, 1956, shall be given full credit for the years of satisfactory teaching …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:424.1 Credit for teaching service in the United States armed forces institute school system
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§424.1. Credit for teaching service in the United States armed forces institute school system Any Louisiana certified teacher in the United States armed forces institute school system, who has taught academic subjects consecutively in Louisiana, and who transferred from the Unite…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:424.2 Credit for teaching in state-approved private elementary and secondary school under state minimum salary schedule
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§424.2. Credit for teaching in state-approved private elementary and secondary school under state minimum salary schedule Any teacher holding a valid Louisiana teaching certificate at the time of rendering teaching services for which he was properly certificated in a private elem…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:424.3 Credit for teaching in out-of-state public elementary and secondary schools under state minimum salary schedule
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§424.3. Credit for teaching in out-of-state public elementary and secondary schools under state minimum salary schedule Any teacher holding a valid Louisiana teaching certificate in the public school system of Louisiana who has transferred to Louisiana from the public school syst…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:425 Payment of accrued sick leave upon retirement or death
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§425. Payment of accrued sick leave upon retirement or death Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, beginning July 1, 1973, any parish or city school board, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or other boards of control of publicly supp…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:425.1 Payment of severance pay; DROP participants
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§425.1. Payment of severance pay; DROP participants Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any employee of a parish or city school board, Special School District Number One, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or other boards of control of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:425.2 Payment for unused sick and annual leave; certain unclassified employees
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§425.2. Payment for unused sick and annual leave; certain unclassified employees A. For purposes of this Section the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Severance pay" shall mean payment for unused sick and annua…
