Title 17, Education
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La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1681 Children and spouses of police officers and deputy sheriffs; definitions
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§1681. Children and spouses of police officers and deputy sheriffs; definitions A. The term police officers shall include only persons employed or engaged as commissioned police officers on a full-time basis by the state of Louisiana or any of its political subdivisions. The term…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1681.1 Scholarships for children of police officers, deputy sheriffs, or certain probation
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§1681.1. Scholarships for children of police officers, deputy sheriffs, or certain probation and parole officers killed or permanently disabled in performance of duty; certain other investigative employees A. Any child of a police officer, deputy sheriff, or adult probation and p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1681.2 Scholarships for spouses of police officers killed or disabled in performance of
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§1681.2. Scholarships for spouses of police officers killed or disabled in performance of duty and for police officers injured in the performance of duty A. The spouse of a police officer who is injured in the course and scope of the performance of his duties and the injury cause…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1682 Children and spouses of firefighters; definitions
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§1682. Children and spouses of firefighters; definitions A. The term "firefighters" shall include (1) all persons employed or engaged on a full-time basis by a governmental subdivision of the State of Louisiana, including any parish or fire protection district, which maintains a …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1682.1 Scholarships for children of firefighters killed or disabled in performance of duty
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§1682.1. Scholarships for children of firefighters killed or disabled in performance of duty A. Any child of a firefighter injured in the course and scope of the performance of his duties as such, which injury causes death or serious injury resulting in an inability to be employe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1682.2 Scholarships for spouses of firefighters killed or disabled in performance of duty; scholarships for disabled firefighters
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§1682.2. Scholarships for spouses of firefighters killed or disabled in performance of duty; scholarships for disabled firefighters A. The spouse of a firefighter who is injured in the course and scope of the performance of his duties and the injury causes death or serious injury…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1683 Children of sanitation workers; definitions
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§1683. Children of sanitation workers; definitions A. The term "sanitation workers" shall include all persons employed or engaged on a full-time basis by a governmental subdivision of the state of Louisiana, including any parish, municipality, or garbage district which maintains …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1683.1 Scholarships for children of sanitation workers injured or killed in performance of duty
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§1683.1. Scholarships for children of sanitation workers injured or killed in performance of duty A. Any child of a sanitation worker injured in the course and scope of the performance of his duties as such, which injury causes death, serious injury resulting in an inability to b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1684 Children of school teachers and other school employees; definitions; scholarships for children of teachers and school employees killed or permanently and totally disabled as a consequence of physical
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§1684. Children of school teachers and other school employees; definitions; scholarships for children of teachers and school employees killed or permanently and totally disabled as a consequence of physical assault and battery in performance of duty A. Definitions As used in this…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1685 Children of correctional officers; definitions
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§1685. Children of correctional officers; definitions A. The term "correctional officers" shall include all persons employed on a full-time basis by the Louisiana Department of Corrections as security correctional officers and all administrative, clerical, maintenance or other em…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1685.1 Scholarships for children of correctional officers injured or killed in performance of duty
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§1685.1. Scholarships for children of correctional officers injured or killed in performance of duty Any child of a correctional officer, as defined in R.S. 17:1685, which correctional officer is killed or permanently disabled in the course and scope of the performance of his dut…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1686 Scholarship for a child of a military person killed in performance of duty
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§1686. Scholarship for a child of a military person killed in performance of duty A. As used in this Section: (1) "Books" means textbooks, reference books, manuals, or other aids to instruction which are required to be purchased by a student in a given course of study. (2) "Child…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1687 Tuition and fee exemption; persons in foster care; eligibility; duration; foster care status; verification; funding; definitions
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§1687. Tuition and fee exemption; persons in foster care; eligibility; duration; foster care status; verification; funding; definitions A. Beginning with the Fall 2006 academic semester or session, as applicable, any person as defined in Subsection B of this Section who is eligib…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1688 Disabled veterans; tuition and fee exemption
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§1688. Disabled veterans; tuition and fee exemption A.(1) A disabled veteran who has enrolled in a program of education approved for educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. 3313 at a public postsecondary education institution and who does not qualify for the one hundred percent el…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:169 Insurance covering students participating in athletics and sports
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§169. Insurance covering students participating in athletics and sports A. Each parish and city school board may, for each school under its jurisdiction, purchase and maintain a policy or policies of insurance issued to the board as policy holder, the cost of each such policy to …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1691 §§1691 to 1694 Repealed by Acts 1975, No
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§1691. §§1691 to 1694 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17 Physical fitness; students; findings; purpose
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§17. Physical fitness; students; findings; purpose A.(1) The legislature finds that childhood obesity is a growing problem in this state and that the promotion of physical activity and the promotion of the consumption of snacks of higher nutritional value during the school day fo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.1 Required physical activity in schools
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§17.1. Required physical activity in schools A.(1) Each public school that includes any of the grades kindergarten through eight shall provide at least thirty minutes each school day of quality moderate to vigorous physical activity for students. (2) Suitably adapted physical act…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.2 Physical activity; awards for model programs
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§17.2. Physical activity; awards for model programs A. Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and annually thereafter, one outstanding public elementary or secondary school shall be selected from each regional education service center region in the state to be recognized and re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.3 Physical fitness; pilot program
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§17.3. Physical fitness; pilot program A.(1) Subject to the approval of its city, parish, or other local public school board, referred to in this Section as "local school board", and pursuant to rules and guidelines adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.4 Health and physical education coordinator; duties; qualifications
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§17.4. Health and physical education coordinator; duties; qualifications A.(1) The state Department of Education shall employ a health and physical education coordinator who shall be responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of health and physical education …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.5 Physical fitness assessment; statewide expansion program
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§17.5. Physical fitness assessment; statewide expansion program A.(1)(a) It is the intention of the legislature to authorize a framework to collect data to assess the status of an expansion program, based upon a pilot program conducted pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.6 Targeted coordinated school health program
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§17.6. Targeted coordinated school health program A.(1) The state Department of Education, subject to rules and regulations developed, adopted, and promulgated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and in cons…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.7 Required recess
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§17.7. Required recess Each public school that includes any of the grades kindergarten through five shall provide at least fifteen minutes of recess, consisting of supervised, unstructured free play, each school day. Acts 2023, No. 219, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:17.8 Health Education requirement; virtual course
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§17.8. Health Education requirement; virtual course A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a one-half credit course in Health Education that is required for a high school diploma shall be offered virtually to any student that is required to enroll in a phy…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:170 Immunization of persons entering schools, kindergartens, colleges, proprietary or
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§170. Immunization of persons entering schools, kindergartens, colleges, proprietary or vocational schools, and day care centers for the first time; immunization of persons entering sixth grade; electronic transmission of immunization compliance reports; exemption A.(1)(a) Each p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:170.1 Immunizations of persons registering for courses at postsecondary education
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§170.1. Immunizations of persons registering for courses at postsecondary education institutions requirements; exceptions; electronic transmission of immunization compliance reports A.(1) Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, for the Fall 2006 semester, quarter, or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:170.2 Immunization information; meningococcal disease
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§170.2. Immunization information; meningococcal disease A. Each city, parish, and other local public school board that provides information relative to immunizations shall provide each student's parent or legal guardian with information relative to the risks associated with menin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:170.3 Immunization information; human papillomavirus
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§170.3. Immunization information; human papillomavirus A. Each city, parish, and other local public school board that provides information relative to immunizations shall provide to the parent or legal guardian of each student in grades six through twelve information relative to …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:170.4 Immunizations of certain persons against meningococcal disease; exceptions
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§170.4. Immunizations of certain persons against meningococcal disease; exceptions A.(1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, a student shall provide satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease in accordance with a directive provi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:170.5 Immunization information; influenza
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§170.5. Immunization information; influenza A.(1) Each public and nonpublic school governing authority shall provide each student's parent or legal guardian with information relative to the risks associated with influenza and the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:171 Health insurance eligibility status of students attending certain schools
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§171. Health insurance eligibility status of students attending certain schools A. The principal of each public elementary and secondary school in the state shall be responsible for implementing procedures for providing for the release of certain information relative to the healt…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1711 Repealed by Acts 1975, No
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§1711. Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:172 Procedures for making complaints or requesting information from schools; parental notification; rules and regulations
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§172. Procedures for making complaints or requesting information from schools; parental notification; rules and regulations A. The governing authority of each city, parish, or other local public school shall adopt rules and regulations to require each school under its jurisdictio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:173 Behavioral health services for students
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§173. Behavioral health services for students A.(1) A public school governing authority shall not prohibit a behavioral health provider from providing medically necessary behavioral health services authorized by an independent third-party payor, including but not limited to Medic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:173.1 Mental health assessments
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§173.1. Mental health assessments A. Each public school shall make available to each student in grades three through twelve a mental health assessment by a licensed behavioral health provider, so long as it is annually authorized by his parent or legal guardian. Such screening sh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1731 §§1731 to 1733 Repealed by Acts 1975, No
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§1731. §§1731 to 1733 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:174 Class size; maximum
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§174. Class size; maximum A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, on and after September 15, 1986, the number of students in any class in kindergarten through third grade in any public city or parish school system shall not exceed twenty, except physical education class…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:175 Course registration in any public secondary school; course registration information; school boards; parents
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§175. Course registration in any public secondary school; course registration information; school boards; parents A. Prior to the course registration each year of each student in any public middle school, junior high school, or high school, the parent, guardian, or legal custodia…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1751 Creation of parish school loan funds; purpose
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§1751. Creation of parish school loan funds; purpose There is created in every parish of this state a parish school loan fund under the name and style "(Name of Parish) Parish School Loan Fund." This fund has for its object and purpose to advance money or loans to worthy high sch…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1752 Parish school loan fund committee
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§1752. Parish school loan fund committee The parish school loan fund of each parish shall be under the authority and control of a committee under the name and style "(Name of Parish) Parish School Loan Fund Committee." This committee shall be composed of the president of the gove…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1753 Loan fund committees to be bodies corporate
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§1753. Loan fund committees to be bodies corporate The parish school loan fund committees created under this Sub-part are constituted bodies corporate with the power to sue and be sued.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1754 Treasurer of committee to give bond
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§1754. Treasurer of committee to give bond The treasurer of the parish school loan fund committee shall give an indemnity bond in such sum as may be determined by the committee, made in favor of the governor of the state, or his successor in office. The committee shall pay the pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1755 Auditing accounts of loan fund
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§1755. Auditing accounts of loan fund The legislative auditor of the state of Louisiana, or any official who succeeds to the duties of said officer, shall, at least once each calendar year, audit the accounts of each parish school loan fund. Acts 2001, No. 1102, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1756 Local governing authority; contribution to loan fund; scholarships
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§1756. Local governing authority; contribution to loan fund; scholarships A. The governing body of each parish may appropriate out of its current revenues each calendar year, as a donation to the parish school loan fund of its parish, a sum or sums which in the aggregate will not…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1757 Donations to loan fund from private sources
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§1757. Donations to loan fund from private sources Each parish school loan fund may be augmented by donations by private individuals, companies, corporations, or from any other source, and, such donations, when made, shall be used and accounted for in the same manner as will be t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1758 Co-operation of school boards with parish school loan fund committees
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§1758. Co-operation of school boards with parish school loan fund committees The parish school boards may cooperate with the parish government, and the parish school loan fund committees in the respective parishes, in assisting worthy high school graduates to continue their educa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1759 Applications for loans; interest; maximum loan
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§1759. Applications for loans; interest; maximum loan Each parish school loan fund committee shall receive applications for loans, grant or refuse the same to high-school graduates residing within the parish where the committee is domiciled, regulate the rate of interest which sh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:176 Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards;
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§176. Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards; prohibitions; filming or videotaping; definitions A. At such times as he may deem appropriate, the superintendent of each city, parish, and other local public school system, together with the p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:176.1 Field trips and extracurricular activities; rules and procedures
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§176.1. Field trips and extracurricular activities; rules and procedures A. Each city, parish or other public local school board in the state shall develop rules and procedures which will establish criteria and set limits for those individuals, organizations or entities which pla…