Title 17, Education
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La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1 State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; creation; membership; terms of
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§1. State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; creation; membership; terms of office; vacancies A. The Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, sometimes referred to hereinafter in this Part as the board, is created as a body corporate. B. The board sh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1.1 REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, NO
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§1.1. REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, NO. 6, §3, EFF. MAY 13, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10 Approval of public schools; standards; enforcement of standards; effect of failure of a public school to meet and maintain standards
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§10. Approval of public schools; standards; enforcement of standards; effect of failure of a public school to meet and maintain standards A. The State Department of Education shall approve each public elementary and secondary, vocational-technical, and special school in the state…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.1 School and district accountability system; purpose; responsibilities of state board
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§10.1. School and district accountability system; purpose; responsibilities of state board A. It is the purpose of this Section to: (1) Provide for the development and implementation of a school and district accountability system which requires and supports student achievement in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.2 School and district accountability system; trend data profiles; employee incentive awards
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§10.2. School and district accountability system; trend data profiles; employee incentive awards A. The state Department of Education shall provide to the governing authority of each public school a profile of its trend data as gathered by the state pursuant to R.S. 17:3911. The …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.3 School and district accountability; prohibited testing; exceptions
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§10.3. School and district accountability; prohibited testing; exceptions A. A student with an exceptionality as defined in R.S. 17:1942(B), who is not deemed gifted and talented and who is not pursuing a regular diploma shall not be administered any test pursuant to R.S. 17:24.4…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.4 Distinguished Educators Program
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§10.4. Distinguished Educators Program A.(1) As part of the school and district accountability program established pursuant to R.S. 17:10.1 et seq., the state Department of Education, hereafter in this Section referred to as "the department", shall develop and establish, subject …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.5 School and district accountability; failing schools; transfer to Recovery School District; parent petitions
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§10.5. School and district accountability; failing schools; transfer to Recovery School District; parent petitions A.(1) An elementary or secondary school operating under the jurisdiction and direction of any city, parish, or other local public school board or any other public en…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.6 School and district accountability; school systems academically in crisis; definitions; audit and accounting requirements
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§10.6. School and district accountability; school systems academically in crisis; definitions; audit and accounting requirements A.(1) Any local system which is academically in crisis shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. (2) When a local system is academically in c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.7 School and district accountability; schools in districts in academic crisis; transfer to Recovery School District
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§10.7. School and district accountability; schools in districts in academic crisis; transfer to Recovery School District A.(1) Each elementary or secondary school that participates in a Spring cycle of student testing and has a baseline school performance score below the state av…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.7.1 Return of certain schools from the Recovery School District to the transferring
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§10.7.1. Return of certain schools from the Recovery School District to the transferring school system; timeline; conditions; funding A. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable only to a school system from which one or more schools have been transferred to the Recovery…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.8 School and district accountability system; early intervention program; purpose; responsibilities of state board
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§10.8. School and district accountability system; early intervention program; purpose; responsibilities of state board A. As part of the school and district accountability system established pursuant to R.S. 17:10.1, et seq., the state Department of Education, hereafter referred …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:10.9 Accountability; office of juvenile justice schools
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§10.9. Accountability; office of juvenile justice schools A. The state school and district accountability program shall include all office of juvenile justice schools. For the purposes of this Section, "office of juvenile justice schools" shall mean all schools and programs provi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100 Parishes authorized to aid in construction of schools
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§100. Parishes authorized to aid in construction of schools The governing authorities of the several parishes may appropriate available parish funds to aid the school boards of their respective parishes, with the consent of the said boards, in the construction and operation of pa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.1 Alternative educational programs; certain adjudicated students; students in the
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§100.1. Alternative educational programs; certain adjudicated students; students in the custody of the office of juvenile justice; funding; authority of the local school board to contract; inclusion in minimum foundation program; funding formula A.(1) Any child who has been adjud…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.10 Public School Facilities Financing Act
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§100.10. Public School Facilities Financing Act A. This Section shall hereafter be known as the "Public School Facilities Financing Act". B. Each city, parish, and other local public school board may create one or more public benefit corporations pursuant to this Section with all…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.11 School facilities preservation; certain districts
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§100.11. School facilities preservation; certain districts A.(1) There is hereby established for each school district as defined in Subsection I of this Section a school facilities preservation program. The program shall be funded, structured, and operated as provided in this Sec…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.12 Systemwide needs program
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§100.12. Systemwide needs program A.(1) There is hereby established for each school district as defined in R.S. 17:100.11(I) a systemwide needs program. The program shall be funded, structured, and operated as provided in this Section and by policies adopted by the school board. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.13 Expanded academic support
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§100.13. Expanded academic support A. Each school year, each student in grades kindergarten through five who failed to achieve mastery on any statewide assessment administered pursuant to the state's school and district accountability system in reading or math in the previous aca…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.14 Public school buildings; water bottle filling stations
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§100.14. Public school buildings; water bottle filling stations A.(1) Any new school building and any existing school building that undergoes a major plumbing renovation shall include the following: (a) At least one water bottle filling station per two hundred people projected to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.2 Multiparish compacts
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§100.2. Multiparish compacts A. Parish school boards are hereby authorized to enter into voluntary compacts with other parish school boards for the purpose of providing multiparish educational programs of all kinds to the public school children of the participating parishes. B. P…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.3 Exception to multiparish compacts
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§100.3. Exception to multiparish compacts This section shall not be authority for the creation of multiparish compacts for the establishment and/or operation of the thirteenth and fourteenth grades by parish school boards. Added by Acts 1972, No. 334, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.4 Grievance procedures for teachers and other school employees
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§100.4. Grievance procedures for teachers and other school employees A.(1) Each city and parish school board shall adopt rules, regulations, and policies necessary to establish a grievance procedure that shall guarantee a fair hearing on grievances by any teacher or group of teac…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.5 Alternative schools; establishment by local boards
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§100.5. Alternative schools; establishment by local boards A. Parish and city school boards, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, may establish and maintain one or more alternative schools for children whose behavior is disruptive. Any alter…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.6 School property; jurisdiction
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§100.6. School property; jurisdiction Notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule or regulation to the contrary, except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in a local or special law, including but not limited to R.S. 17:58.2(E) and (F), 72, and 72.1 and pursuant to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.7 Policies; governing authorities of public elementary and secondary schools; internet
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§100.7. Policies; governing authorities of public elementary and secondary schools; internet and online sites; access by students and employees; resources for parents; exceptions A.(1) Each governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school shall adopt policies, in ac…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:100.8 Student biometric information; collection and use
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§100.8. Student biometric information; collection and use A. For the purposes of this Section, "biometric information" means the noninvasive electronic measurement and evaluation of any physical characteristics that are attributable to a single person, including fingerprint chara…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:101 Children of military families; registration prior to residency; preliminary enrollment
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§101. Children of military families; registration prior to residency; preliminary enrollment A. A public school governing authority shall allow a dependent child of an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, of the military reserve forces, or of the National Guard o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1011 Redesignated as R.S
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§1011-1128. Redesignated as R.S. 11:951.1-951.88 pursuant to R.S. 24:253.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:102 Repealed by Acts 2010, No
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§102. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 502, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:103 Repealed by Acts 2010, No
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§103. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 502, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:104 Repealed by Acts 2010, No
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§104. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 502, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:104.1 Local boards; authority; effect of provisional custody by mandate
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§104.1. Local boards; authority; effect of provisional custody by mandate A mandate of provisional custody for the care, custody, and control of a minor child pursuant to R.S. 9:951 through 954 shall in no way limit the authority and responsibility of a city or parish school boar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:105 Admission to schools in adjoining parishes
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§105. Admission to schools in adjoining parishes A. Local school boards may, by mutual agreement, provide for the admission to any school of pupils residing in adjoining parishes and for transfer of school funds or other payments by one board to another for, or on account of, suc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:105.1 Transfer to schools in an adjoining school system; conditions; exceptions; funding
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§105.1. Transfer to schools in an adjoining school system; conditions; exceptions; funding A. A pupil assigned to attend a public school which is located at a distance from the pupil's home such that the time required to transport the pupil to the assigned school from the pupil's…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:105.2 Local public school boards; agreements for the management and operation of low-performing schools
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§105.2. Local public school boards; agreements for the management and operation of low-performing schools A. The school board of a city, parish, or other local public system with one or more low-performing schools may enter into an agreement with the school board of a higher-perf…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:106 Objections and requests; hearings and investigations
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§106. Objections and requests; hearings and investigations A parent or guardian of a pupil may file in writing with the local school board objections to the assignment of the pupil to a particular school, or may request by petition in writing, assignment or transfer to a designat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:107 Repealed by Acts 1975, No
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§107. Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 638, §3
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:108 Findings and actions of board as final; appeals
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§108. Findings and actions of board as final; appeals The findings of fact and action of the board shall be final except that in the event that the pupil or the parent or guardian, if any, of any minor or, if none, the custodian of any such minor shall, as next friend, file excep…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:109 Appearance of attorney general; costs
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§109. Appearance of attorney general; costs The board before whom any objection or proceeding with respect to the placement of pupils is pending may, upon authorization in writing of a majority of the board, request the attorney general of Louisiana to appear in such proceedings …
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:11 Approval of nonpublic schools by board
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§11. Approval of nonpublic schools by board A.(1) The board shall adopt standards and guidelines which shall be applied in determining whether a nonpublic school applying for approval meets the requirements of a sustained curriculum or specialized course of study of quality at le…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:110 Immunity of school boards and agents
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§110. Immunity of school boards and agents No school board or member thereof, nor its agents or examiners, shall be answerable to any charge of libel, slander, or other action, whether civil or criminal, by reason of any finding or statement contained in the written findings of f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:111 Discrimination in public schools prohibited; pupil assignment; religious educational
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§111. Discrimination in public schools prohibited; pupil assignment; religious educational institutions A.(1) No person shall be refused admission into or be excluded from any public school in the state of Louisiana on account of race, creed, color, disability, as defined in R.S.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:112 Student academic and disciplinary records; transfer; parental rights
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§112. Student academic and disciplinary records; transfer; parental rights A.(1)(a) The principal of a public elementary or secondary school shall provide for the transfer of the education records of any current or former student at his school upon the written request of any auth…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1170 Definitions
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§1170. Definitions As used in this Subpart, the words "teacher" or "teaching staff" shall include any person employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board in the state of Louisiana who holds a valid teaching certificate issued by the state Department of Education…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1171 Eligibility for sabbatical leaves
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§1171. Eligibility for sabbatical leaves A. Members of the teaching staff of public schools in all parishes and municipalities of the state of Louisiana shall be eligible for sabbatical leaves, for the purpose of professional or cultural improvement or medical leave for the two s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1172 Applications for leave; time for filing; notification of approval or denial
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§1172. Applications for leave; time for filing; notification of approval or denial A. Applications for sabbatical leave shall be made on a form to be provided by the superintendent of schools in the parish or city where the teacher is employed. Applications shall be sent to the s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1173 Method of selecting and order of preference among applicants
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§1173. Method of selecting and order of preference among applicants A. Whenever, in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart, some of the applications cannot be granted, from among those which would otherwise be granted, those to be granted, except as specified in this Sect…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1174 Notification of grant or rejection of application
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§1174. Notification of grant or rejection of application Every applicant shall be notified by the superintendent in writing within sixty days after the final day for the filing of the application whether the application has been granted or rejected; when the application is for me…
La. Rev. Stat. § 17:1175 Information required in application
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§1175. Information required in application A. No person whose application for sabbatical leave has been granted shall be denied such leave. B. Every application shall specify all of the following: (1) The period for which leave is requested. (2) Whether leave is requested for the…