The parish school boards in Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and Orleans parishes may name a performing arts center in the parish in honor of a former principal who meets all of the following criteria:
(1) She served as a teacher, assistant principal of instruction and curriculum, and chairwoman of a parishwide committee to determine the feasibility of developing a junior high school magnet program in the parish where the performing arts center is located.
(2) She was the founding principal of a middle magnet school, serving in that capacity for at least ten years.
(3) The middle magnet school, for which she served as principal, was honored as a National School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.