Chapter

Reapportionment and Reorganization

La. R.S. 17:71.1— REAPPORTIONMENT AND REORGANIZATION
La. R.S. 17:71.2— Maximum and minimum size of boards; four-year concurrent terms
La. R.S. 17:71.3— Procedure for accomplishing reapportionment, special election districts; effective date of same
La. R.S. 17:71.4— Effective date of such reapportionment
La. R.S. 17:71.5— Reapportionment; reorganization
La. R.S. 17:71.6— Purpose and intent of Subpart
La. R.S. 17:71.7— School boards affected by federal court ordered reapportionment plans
La. R.S. 17:72— Baker School Board; election districts; compensation of members; exercise of powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities; operation of city of Baker municipal school system
La. R.S. 17:72.1— City of Baker interim school board
La. R.S. 17:73— Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 812, 1, eff. Nov. 25, 1999.
La. R.S. 17:81— General powers of local public school boards
La. R.S. 17:81.1— Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 500, §1.
La. R.S. 17:81.2— Acceptance of nonlocal funds without prior approval prohibited
La. R.S. 17:81.3— School bands; expenses
La. R.S. 17:81.4— Reductions in force; dismissal of teachers and other school employees
La. R.S. 17:81.5— School employees; procedure for dismissal
La. R.S. 17:81.6— Investigation of employees; reporting of certain irregularities or improprieties; prohibited actions; penalties; remedies
La. R.S. 17:81.7— Employee reports of criminal activity; law enforcement response
La. R.S. 17:81.8— Employee demotion; investigation
La. R.S. 17:81.9— School board policies; hiring procedures; statements; requirements
La. R.S. 17:82— Lunch departments, authority to operate
La. R.S. 17:83— Presidents of boards; duties; contracts with teachers, superintendents' duty to sign
La. R.S. 17:84— Deputy parish superintendents, assistant superintendents, supervisors, and other employees; boards' authority to appoint
La. R.S. 17:84.1— School janitors, school custodians, school maintenance employees; board's authority to employ; age limitation
La. R.S. 17:84.01— Assistant superintendents in certain districts; term of appointment; discharge for cause; other permanent status
La. R.S. 17:84.2— School boards; requirement to employ a business manager or chief financial officer; minimum standards
La. R.S. 17:85— Naming of athletic facility by school boards
La. R.S. 17:85.1— Naming of gymnasium at Monterey High School
La. R.S. 17:85.2— Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
La. R.S. 17:85.3— Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
La. R.S. 17:85.4— Naming of curriculum center; St. Tammany Parish School Board
La. R.S. 17:85.5— Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
La. R.S. 17:85.6— Naming of a headstart and community center; Jefferson Davis Parish School Board
La. R.S. 17:85.7— Naming of Reserve Officers' Training Corps building at West Monroe High School
La. R.S. 17:85.8— Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
La. R.S. 17:85.9— Terminated on Dec. 31, 2004, by Acts 2004, No. 563, §3, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. R.S. 17:85.10— Terminated on Dec. 31, 2004, by Acts 2004, No. 718, §3, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. R.S. 17:85.11— Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
La. R.S. 17:85.12— Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 841, §2, eff. July 9, 2008.
La. R.S. 17:85.13— Naming of stadium by certain school boards
La. R.S. 17:85.14— Naming of a performing arts center by certain school boards
La. R.S. 17:86— Expenses of special sessions for teachers, boards' authority to pay
La. R.S. 17:87— Lease or sale of school lands or of timber thereon; disposition of revenues
La. R.S. 17:87.1— Rights-of-way across and through sixteenth section lands
La. R.S. 17:87.2— Application for right-of-way over school lands; notice; advertisement; objections; terms and conditions of grant
La. R.S. 17:87.3— Disposition of revenues received from grants
La. R.S. 17:87.4— Rights-of-way across sixteenth section lands
La. R.S. 17:87.5— Surveys by state; approval by parish school board; agreements with landowners
La. R.S. 17:87.6— School property; alienation by school boards
La. R.S. 17:87.7— School property; school board may require liability insurance for use
La. R.S. 17:87.8— Leasing of sixteenth section lands for hunting and trapping; procedure
La. R.S. 17:88— Budget of expected revenues and expenditures; boards' duty to adopt; submission to state superintendent of education with a copy to the legislative auditor
La. R.S. 17:88.1— Posting of public school governing authority fiscal information
La. R.S. 17:89— Financial operation of boards on fiscal year basis; restrictions on expenditures; penalty for excessive borrowing
La. R.S. 17:89.1— Pledge and deposit of Minimum Foundation Equalization Distribution Funds
La. R.S. 17:90— Office of parish superintendents, location
La. R.S. 17:91— City, parish, and other local public school superintendents; supervisory duties
La. R.S. 17:92— Financial reports of parish superintendents to the state Department of Education
La. R.S. 17:93— Superintendents to keep records and furnish requested information
La. R.S. 17:94— Oaths of office; superintendents' duty to administer
La. R.S. 17:95— Superintendents as treasurers of school funds
La. R.S. 17:96— Treasurer's duty to demand funds from predecessor
La. R.S. 17:97— Disbursement of parish and city school funds; use of facsimile signatures on checks; bond required
La. R.S. 17:97.1— Formula for minimum foundation program; certain local funds not to be used
La. R.S. 17:97.2— Formula for minimum foundation program; additional funds not to be used in formula
La. R.S. 17:98— Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021
La. R.S. 17:99— Investment of funds
La. R.S. 17:100— Parishes authorized to aid in construction of schools
La. R.S. 17:100.1— 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
La. R.S. 17:100.2— Multiparish compacts
La. R.S. 17:100.3— Exception to multiparish compacts
La. R.S. 17:100.4— Grievance procedures for teachers and other school employees
La. R.S. 17:100.5— Alternative schools; establishment by local boards
La. R.S. 17:100.6— School property; jurisdiction
La. R.S. 17:100.7— Policies; governing authorities of public elementary and secondary schools; Internet and online sites; access by students and employees; resources for parents; exceptions
La. R.S. 17:100.8— Student biometric information; collection and use
La. R.S. 17:100.10— Public School Facilities Financing Act
La. R.S. 17:100.11— School facilities preservation; certain districts
La. R.S. 17:100.12— Systemwide needs program
La. R.S. 17:100.13— Expanded academic support
La. R.S. 17:100.14— Public school buildings; water bottle filling stations
La. R.S. 17:101— Children of military families; registration prior to residency; preliminary enrollment
La. R.S. 17:102— Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 502, §1.
La. R.S. 17:103— Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 502, §1.
La. R.S. 17:104— Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 502, §1.
La. R.S. 17:104.1— Local boards; authority; effect of provisional custody by mandate
La. R.S. 17:105— Admission to schools in adjoining parishes
La. R.S. 17:105.1— Transfer to schools in an adjoining school system; conditions; exceptions; funding
La. R.S. 17:105.2— Local public school boards; agreements for the management and operation of low-performing schools
La. R.S. 17:106— Objections and requests; hearings and investigations
La. R.S. 17:107— Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 638, 3
La. R.S. 17:108— Findings and actions of board as final; appeals
La. R.S. 17:109— Appearance of attorney general; costs
La. R.S. 17:110— Immunity of school boards and agents
La. R.S. 17:111— Discrimination in public schools prohibited; pupil assignment; religious educational institutions
La. R.S. 17:112— Student academic and disciplinary records; transfer; parental rights
La. R.S. 17:121— Orleans Parish; election and terms of members; apportionment; qualifications; compensation; vacancies; prohibited acts
La. R.S. 17:122— Application of general laws and regulations of state board of education
La. R.S. 17:123— Superintendent of schools as treasurer of board; bond
La. R.S. 17:124— Appropriations, authority to make
La. R.S. 17:125— Normal schools; authority to maintain; salary schedules
La. R.S. 17:126— Courses of study and text books; authority to adopt
La. R.S. 17:127— Revenues of parish school board; duty to secure
La. R.S. 17:128— Contracts; bids
La. R.S. 17:151— Public schools; establishment by parish boards; pupil-classroom-teacher ratios
La. R.S. 17:151.1— Additional grades in secondary schools; establishment by local boards; approval of degrees, diplomas, and certificates
La. R.S. 17:151.2— Consolidated multiparish vocational-technical school districts; St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and St. James Parish
La. R.S. 17:151.3— Kindergarten; establishment; entrance age; prerequisites
La. R.S. 17:152— Minimum average attendance required for maintenance of schools
La. R.S. 17:153— Agreements for combination of public and parochial schools prohibited
La. R.S. 17:154— Curriculum; length of school periods
La. R.S. 17:154.1— Length of school day and year; requirements
La. R.S. 17:154.2— Enrollment of students with special needs
La. R.S. 17:154.3— School schedules; minimum work days; instructional days
La. R.S. 17:154.4— School schedules; additional instructional days; employee work stoppages
La. R.S. 17:155— Attendance of pupils in schools of adjoining parishes or cities; per capita cost of instruction
La. R.S. 17:156— Physical examination for students
La. R.S. 17:157— Ferries, roads, and toll bridges; free passage to students
La. R.S. 17:158— School buses for transportation of students; employment of bus operators; alternative means of transportation; improvement of school bus turnarounds; loading and unloading students
La. R.S. 17:158.1— Purchase of school buses; athletic departments of high schools
La. R.S. 17:158.2— Purchase of school buses; resale to bus operators
La. R.S. 17:158.3— Purchase of school buses; pooling of purchases by school boards
La. R.S. 17:158.4— Purchase of school buses; ninety passenger capacity
La. R.S. 17:158.5— Purchase of school buses; specifications required
La. R.S. 17:158.6— School Bus Purchase Program; creation; purpose; administration
La. R.S. 17:158.7— Lease of school buses from school bus operators
La. R.S. 17:159— Insurance against injury to pupils transported to school
La. R.S. 17:159.1— Insurance on privately owned school busses; withholding amounts to pay premiums; governmental immunity no defense
La. R.S. 17:159.2— Insurance premiums as obligation of boards; privately owned buses
La. R.S. 17:160— School bus drivers under eighteen years of age prohibited; penalty
La. R.S. 17:161— Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 640, §3.
La. R.S. 17:161.1— School buses in Orleans Parish; lettering requirements
La. R.S. 17:162— School busses purchased for private use
La. R.S. 17:163— Penalties
La. R.S. 17:164— Regulations relating to construction, design, equipment, and operation of school buses
La. R.S. 17:164.1— Additional regulations; crossing control device required; compliance
La. R.S. 17:164.2— Additional regulations; occupant restraint systems required; compliance
La. R.S. 17:165— Penalty for violation of regulations
La. R.S. 17:166— Promulgation of rules and regulations
La. R.S. 17:166.1— School transportation of students; alternative means of transportation
La. R.S. 17:167— Certification of child's age upon entering a parish or city school system or private school for the first time; proof of age to qualify for athletic event participation
La. R.S. 17:168— Cities or parishes with 300,000 or more population; extra duties of school bus operators
La. R.S. 17:169— Insurance covering students participating in athletics and sports
La. R.S. 17:170— Immunization of persons entering schools, kindergartens, colleges, proprietary or vocational schools, and day care centers for the first time; immunization of person entering sixth grade; electronic transmission of immunization compliance reports
La. R.S. 17:170.1— Immunizations of persons registering for courses at postsecondary education institutions requirements; exceptions; electronic transmission of immunization compliance reports
La. R.S. 17:170.2— Immunization information; meningococcal disease
La. R.S. 17:170.3— Immunization information; human papillomavirus
La. R.S. 17:170.4— Immunizations of certain persons against meningococcal disease; exceptions
La. R.S. 17:170.5— Immunization information; influenza
La. R.S. 17:171— Health insurance eligibility status of students attending certain schools
La. R.S. 17:172— Procedures for making complaints or requesting information from schools; parental notification; rules and regulations
La. R.S. 17:173— Behavioral health services for students
La. R.S. 17:173.1— Mental health assessments
La. R.S. 17:174— Class size; maximum
La. R.S. 17:175— Course registration in any public secondary school; course registration information; school boards; parents
La. R.S. 17:176— Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards; prohibitions; filming or videotaping; definitions
La. R.S. 17:176.1— Field trips and extracurricular activities; rules and procedures
La. R.S. 17:176.2— Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation by home study students
La. R.S. 17:177— Student fees; policies
La. R.S. 17:178— School supplies
La. R.S. 17:179— Student identification badges; authorization and display; Rapides Parish School Board; rules and regulations
La. R.S. 17:180— Pilot program; decisionmaking skills; participating school systems; implementation; funding
La. R.S. 17:181— Vocational agricultural, agribusiness, and agriscience programs; funding
La. R.S. 17:182— Protective custody
La. R.S. 17:182.1— Homework assistance
La. R.S. 17:183— Hazing; public elementary and secondary students; intent and findings; definitions; policies
La. R.S. 17:183.1— Purpose
La. R.S. 17:183.2— Career option description
La. R.S. 17:183.3— Career major; description; curriculum and graduation requirements
La. R.S. 17:183.4— Vocational and technical education; partnering with other schools to provide courses
La. R.S. 17:183.5— Methods of program development; options to aid in curriculum design; career major teachers
La. R.S. 17:183.6— Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 246, §2, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 257, §3, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 298, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. R.S. 17:183.7— Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 246, §2, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 257, §3, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 298, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. R.S. 17:183.8— Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 246, §2, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 257, §3, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 298, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. R.S. 17:183.9— Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 246, §2, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 257, §3, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 298, §2, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. R.S. 17:184— Uniform grading scale