LOUISIANA CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Public Aid For Nonpublic Schools Education (art. VIII). SEC. 13. Funding, apportionment.-(A) Free School Books. The legislature shall appropriate funds to supply free school books and other materials of instruction prescribed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to the children of this state at the elementary and secondary levels.*** Tax Exemptions For Nonpublic Schools Revenue and Finance (art. VII). SEC. 21. Other property exemptions. In addition to the homestead exemption provided for in Section 20 of this Article, the following property and no other shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation: *** (B) (1) Property owned by a nonprofit corporation or association organized and operated exclusively for religious, dedicated places of burial, charitable, health, welfare, fraternal, or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or member thereof and which is declared to be exempt from federal or state income tax; *** STATUTORY PROVISIONS Education (title 17) Approval/Supervision/Support Ch. 2. Teachers and Employees (part I. General Provisions) SEC. 411. Examination and certification of teachers. - The State Board of Education shall prescribe the qualifications and provide for the certification of the teachers of elementary, secondary, trade, normal and collegiate schools. It has the authority to approve private schools and colleges whose sustained curriculum is of a grade equal to that prescribed for similar public schools and educational insitutions of the state. The certificates or degrees issued by such private schools or institutions so approved shall carry the same privileges as those issued by the state schools and institutions. However, no otherwise qualified person shall be denied the right to receive credentials from the State Board of Education or the LSU Board of Supervisors, to receive training for the purpose of becoming a teacher, or be prohibited from practice teaching in any school, on the grounds that he is totally or partially blind, nor shall any school board refuse to engage a teacher on such grounds, if such blind teacher is able to carry out the duties of the position for which he applies to the school board. [Amended by Acts 1968, No. 57, sec. 1.] Compiler's Note: See also CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, MISCELLANEOUS, EDUCATION, art. VIII, sec. 4. State Education Study Commission (ch. 25) SEC. 3151. Purpose.-There is hereby created and authorized the State Education Study Commission in the Department of Education to prepare a master education plan for the state to include all phases of education, including preschool both public and private with the exception of college education. [Acts 1972, No. 536, sec. 1.] SEC. 3152. Membership.-The commission membership shall be composed of and appointed as follows: Four members to be appointed by the State Board of Education and one member appointed by the coordinating council for higher education and ten members to be appointed by the state superintendent of education, provided, however, that not less than one nor more than three members from any single congressional district shall be appointed. [Acts 1972, No. 536, sec. 1.] SEC. 3153. Duties and functions.-The duties and functions of the commission shall include, but are not limited to the following: (1) To organize and select a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership. (2) To adopt rules of order for its meetings. (3) To prepare a master plan for education in this state. (4) To submit a preliminary report to the legislature in 1973 at the regular session or prior thereto. [Acts 1972, No. 536, sec. 1.] SEC. 3154. Source and use of funds.-The State Education Study Commission is hereby authorized to use such funds and personnel as are made available by the State Department of Education to conduct the study and prepare the report. [Acts 1972, No. 536, sec. 1.] Compulsory Education Ch. 1. General School Law (part III. Public Schools and School Children) SEC. 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.-A. All children, upon entering a parish or city school system or private school in the state of Louisiana for the first time shall be required to present a copy of their official birth record to the school principal. Only records from the local or state registrar of vital statistics will be accepted for children born in Louisiana. Birth verification forms issued by the local registrar of the parish of birth shall be valid and acceptable for entry into parish or city school systems or private schools and for qualifying for all types of athletic participation where proof of age is required, provided that parish and city shcool boards may require the submission of additional evidence as to age or race, where such is not conclusively established by the birth certificate. B. Children born out of the state of Louisiana will be required to secure a copy of their official birth record from the authorized person or agencies registering vital statistics in their state of birth. C. Children born in foreign countries will be allowed to submit birth facts as shown on their passport or citizenship papers in lieu of a birth record if none is available from the country of birth. D. Children born in Louisiana will be given a fifteen day grace period to secure a copy of their birth record. E. Children born out of this state will be given thirty days grace in which to produce a copy of their birth record. F. It shall be left to the discretion of the parish school board superintendent as to whether or not a child shall continue in school upon failure to comply. [Acts 1954, No. 573, sec. 1, as amended Acts 1956, No. 170, sec. 1; Acts 1960, No. 541, sec. 1.] SEC. 221. Age of compulsory attendance; duty of parents; penalty.— Every parent, tutor, or other person residing within the State of Louisiana, having control or charge of any child between the ages of seven and fifteen, both inclusive (i.e., from the seventh to the sixteenth birthday), shall send such child to a public or private day school provided that any child below the age of seven who legally enrolls in school shall also be subject to the provisions of this Sub-part. Every parent, tutor, or other person responsible for sending a child to a public or private day school under provisions of this Sub-part shall also assure the attendance of such child in regularly assigned classes during regular school hours established by the school board. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section or any other provisions of this Sub-part shall be fined not more than ten dollars or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both. Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Visiting teachers, or supervisors of child welfare and attendance, with the approval of the parish or city superintendent of schools, shall file proceedings in court to enforce the provisions of this Sub-part. [Added Acts 1964, No. 109, sec. 1; Acts 1966, No. 521, sec. 1.] SEC. 221.1. Prohibition against causing absence from school; penalty.-No parent, tutor, or any other person shall entice, coerce, intimidate, persuade, compel and/or solicit children to be absent from school on regular school days during regular school hours for the purpose of participating in unauthorized demonstrations. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten days, or both. [Added Acts 1966, No. 521, sec. 2.] SEC. 222. Age of school entrance; proof of age, race, and parentage required; exceptions.- Children attaining the age of six within four months after the beginning of any public school term or session may enter such schools at the beginning of the school term or session. In any parish or municipality, the school board may establish the policy that only children attaining the age of six on or before December 31 may enter regular school at the beginning of the term or session. All children, upon entering a parish or city school system or private school in the State of Louisiana for the first time shall be required to present a copy of their official birth record to the school principal. Only records from the local or state registrar of vital statistics will be accepted for children born in Louisiana except as otherwise provided herein. Birth verification forms issued by the local registrar of the parish of birth shall be valid and acceptable for entry into parish or city schools or private schools. Children born in Louisiana will be given a fifteen (15) day grace period to secure a copy of their birth record. Children born out of this State will be given thirty (30) days grace in which to produce a copy of their birth record. In cases where birth certificates and/or birth verification forms cannot be obtained, the school principal may accept whatever positive proof of age, race, and parentage is available. It shall be left to the discretion of the parish or city superintendent of schools subject to the authority of the school board as to whether or not a child shall continue in school upon failure to comply herewith. [As amended Acts 1964, No. 109, sec. 2.] SEC. 225. Minimum attendance required. – The minimum session of attendance required under this Sub-part shall be one hundred eighty (180) days, or the full session of the public school which the child would normally attend. [As amended Acts 1964, No. 109, sec. 2.] Special Education Ch. 8. Special Education and Training (part I. Educational and Training Facilities and Opportunities for the Handicapped) SEC. 1941. Declaration of public policy.-It is and shall be the duty of the various branches and divisions of the public school system of Louisiana, both state and local, to offer the best available educational, learning, and training facilities, services, classes, and opportunities to all children of school age within their respective boundaries. This includes all children of school age whether normal, exceptional, crippled, or otherwise either mentally or physically handicapped, and whatever may be the degree of that handicap. [Amended by Acts 1964, No. 487, sec. 1; Acts 1972, No. 368, sec. 1.] SEC. 1942. Purpose.-A. The purpose of this part is to require that suit· able special education and training facilities, services, classes, and opportunities be provided for all physically and/or mentally handicapped and other exceptional children of public school age, or within the broader age limits hereinafter provided. B. Physically handicapped, mentally handicapped, and other exceptional children, for the purposes of this and subsequent section, include slow learners, educable, and trainable mentally retarded; deaf and hard of hearing; speech impaired; blind and/or partially sighted; emotionally disturbed; cerebral palsied; gifted; children with learning disabilities, crippled, and other health impaired children who by reason thereof require or need special educational and/or training services, facilities and opportunities. Trainable mentally retarded shall include children down to twenty-five I.Q. C. Children who have been identified and are eligible for services in the categories described in the preceding paragraph shall be not less than three years of age nor more than twenty-one years of age, subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education concerning the age groups of children who may be reasonably taught or trained together. [Amended by Acts 1964, No. 487, sec. 1; Acts 1972, No. 368, sec. 1.] SEC. 1943. Identification for special educational or training services required for exclusion from normal classes.-A. No child shall be excluded from normal classes because of mental or physical disability or handicap until his condition has been diagnosed and he has been recommended for available special education classes by one of the special education centers located in the state colleges and universities or by other competent authorities designated by the State Department of Education, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education. A personal consultation with the parent or guardian shall be provided. Upon request a written summary statement of the diagnosis and recommendation will be provided to the parent or guardian. The parent or guardian shall have the right to have the child retested by other competent public of private authorities, and, if the retesting justifies, to deter mine the correct evaluation in the district court or juvenile court of the parish of the child's domicile. B. The provisions of this section shall not forbid the exclusion of a child from normal classes or from special education classes for disciplinary reasons, but no child who is not handicapped, including emotionally disturbed, shall be assigned to a class for the handicapped because of disciplinary reasons. He shall upon proper diagnosis and evaluation, be assigned to a class for his specific handicap. C. Parish and city school boards shall, upon written demand by the parents or guardians of children having difficulties in normal school classes, have the child diagnosed and evaluated as above provided, unless such a diagnosis or evaluation has been made within the past one year. Diagnosis and reevaluation shall be required for each child every three years. D. The parents and supervisor of special education services of the parish or city school board may request a reevaluation after six months of enrollment in a special education class. [Amended by Acts 1964, No. 487, sec. 1; Acts 1970, No. 180, sec. 1; Acts 1972, No. 368, sec. 1.] SEC. 1944. Special education teacher, classes, materials, opportunities, day schools, hospital classes, home instruction.—Parish and city school boards shall, subject to the limitations hereinafter specified, provide special education teachers, aides, materials, and opportunities for all children within their boundaries diagnosed as needing special education, to the end that such children shall be kept in normal school classes unless the number thereof be sufficient to justify the establishment and maintenance of special classes. For the same purpose parish and city school boards shall provide transportation as necessary and as rapidly as possible remove all architectural and other barriers making it impossible or impractical for such children to attend normal classes. Whenever best educational or training results can be obtained by assembling special classes of any of the several types of children specified in R.S. 17:1942, the parish and city school boards shall establish and maintain such special educational and/or training facilities and classes for such children. Adjacent and nearby parish and city school boards may pool their resources for this purpose. [Amended by Acts 1964, No. 487, sec. 1; Acts 1970, No. 180, sec. 1; Acts 1972, No. 368, sec. 1.] SEC. 1946. Qualifications of supervisors, teachers, therapists, and aides.— No person shall be employed as director, supervisor, therapist, teacher, or aide, who does not hold a valid degree or certificate as provided by law or unless he has had such special training as the state superintendent of education may require. Provided, however, that the requirements shall not prevent the implementation of this part. [Amended by Acts 1964, No. 487, sec. 1; Acts 1972, No. 368, sec. 1.] SEC. 1947. Purchase of services.-Parish and city school boards may, with the consent and approval of the State Department of Education, contract with nearby public school districts, the State Department of Hospitals, or approved private schools, facilities, or contractors for the rendition of special educational and training services, on the job training, or distributive education to particular handicapped or exceptional children when for valid reasons it is not feasible or desirable for the parish or city school board to itself serve the particular child or children to the same extent. This shall not relieve the parish or city school board or State Department of Education of its obligation of supervision. In such event the parish or city school board is authorized to pay tuition or training costs not to exceed the average gross cost per educable in the school district plus the pro rata part of the state allotment provided above for serving pupils requiring special education, training, or opportunities. The time of payment may be determined by contract. No pupil shall be eligible for funds for contract services under this Act unless he has been diagnosed and evaluated as eligible to enroll in an appropriate special education class or facility if such were available in his parish or city of residence. Contracts for the services of the Department of Hospitals shall not be made with regard to any child with an I.Q. above twenty-five unless other handicaps make him totally unsuitable for special education or training from the public school system of Louisiana; provided, however that the State Board of Educa tion may contract with designated certified state mental health centers and clinics for the evaluation and diagnosis of handicapped children for assignment to special education classes. [Amended by Acts 1964, No. 487, sec. 1; Acts 1966, No. 530, sec. 1; Acts 1970, No. 180, sec. 1; Acts 1972, No. 368, sec. 1.] Curriculum Ch. 1. General School Law (Part I. State SEC. 6.1. Division of drug education; program; director.-A. The state board of education and the state superintendent of public education shall establish and maintain within the state department of education a separate division which shall be designated as the division of drug education. The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to establish, operate and maintain a statewide drug education program for the benefit of students attending the schools of this state. Said program may be extended for the benefit of adult citizens of the state through adult education programs. The program shall be administered through the schools of the state. B. There shall be a director of the division of drug education, who shall be appointed by the superintendent of public education. The director, under the direction of the superintendent of education, shall administer and be responsible for the affairs of the division of drug education and the state-wide drug education program. [Added by Acts 1972, No. 178, sec. 1.] Part III. Public Schools and School Children (Ch. 1). SEC. 154. Curriculum; length of school periods.-The branches of spelling, reading, writing, drawing, arithmetic, geography, grammer, United States history, and health, including the evil effects of alcohol and narcotics, shall be taught in every elementary school. In addition to these, such other branches shall be taught as the State Board of Education, or the provisions of the state constitution, may require. The minimum daily session, exclusive of all recesses, of every public school shall be five hours, provided that this shall not be construed so as to prevent half-day sessions where the school accommodations are insufficient for all the pupils of the district in a whole-day session. Nor shall it interfere with any arrangement made for the conduct of kindergarten schools; provided, that in the parish of Orleans the school board may fix the hours of the daily session of the public schools. A school week shall consist of five days and a school month of twenty days. SEC. 268. Declaration of Independence and Federalist Papers.-The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America shall be made a required course in all elementary schools throughout the state. The Federalist Papers shall be made a required course in all the high schools throughout the state. SEC. 270. Driver education and training program for children.-A. The State Board of Education and the State Department of Education shall establish and operate a driver education and training program in each parish of this state for children of secondary school age. The program shall consist of a course of not less than six hours of actual driving experience and thirty hours of classroom instruction. The aims and purposes of the driver education and training program shall be to educate drivers to be competent, to develop a knowledge of those provisions of the law of this state relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper acceptance of personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation of the causes, seriousness and consequences of traffic accidents, and to develop the knowledge, attitudes, habits and skills necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles. B. The State Board of Education shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary and proper to provide for the conduct and operation of the driver education and training program. The State Board of Education shall approve operating procedures defining the conduct and scope of the use of driving simulators to be used in the program. In addition to and supplementary to all other powers authorized by law, the State Superintendent of Public Education is authorized to purchase for cash or by lease-purchase agree ment all the necessary equipment, visual and training aids and devices, and all related materials required to conduct and operate the program. C. The State Superintendent of Education shall account for all funds provided for and expended under authority of this section in a detailed statement submitted to the next regular session of the legislature, and annually thereafter. D. The driver training program conducted by the State Department of Public Safety under the authority of R.S. 40:1461-40:1465 is hereby abolished and all driving simulators, necessary equipment, visual and training aids and devices and related materials used in such program shall be transferred to the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education. All funds appropriated to the State Department of Public Safety for the conduct of the driver training program shall be transferred to the State Department of Education. [Added by Acts 1968, No. 283, sec. 1.] SEC. 281. Sex education; prohibited; penalty for violation.-A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no elementary or secondary school in Louisiana shall offer, and no school teacher shall teach or instruct, any courses specifically designated "sex education," or a course by any other name in which instruction is given to the pupil at any grade level, primarily dealing with the human reproductive system as it pertains specifically to the act of sexual intercourse, until such time as the final report and recommendations of the committee created by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 122 of the 1969 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature have been submitted to the members of the legislature and the legislature has had an opportunity to act thereon. No instructor shall test, quiz or survey students about their personal or family beliefs or practices in sex, morality or religion. This shall not be construed as preventing instructors from supporting principles of good moral behavior with their students. B. In the event of any violation of the provisions of this section the public school board in charge of administering and supervising the school where said violation has occurred shall, after proper investigation and hearing, correct the offense and punish the offending party or parties responsible for said violation, by suspension of said offending parties without pay for a period of not more than sixty nor less than fifteen school days from the time said offense has been corrected. C. In the event the governing authority of the public school system within which a violation has occurred, has not acted within a thirty-day period of time to punish an offending person or persons in accordance with the provisions of this section, the State Board and/or Department of Education shall withhold any and all funds payable to said system until compliance is effected. In the case of nonpublic schools the governing authority of said school shall have the same obligation to comply with the provisions set out herein for the various public school systems, if such nonpublic schools receive state funds, either directly to the schools or in the form of teacher pay supplements. D. Any and all rights granted herein to public and nonpublic school boards shall also be vested in the State Board of Education. E. Nothing herein shall be construed so as to affect the teaching of religion in the schools. F. The study committee will continue its studies and seek advice from nonlegislative members versed in the field of family counseling and family life education as well as religious leaders who are versed in this area, and consider positive recommendations designed to strengthen educational support of the family structure and related good behavior. [Acts 1970, No. 53, sec. 1.] Textbooks Ch. 1. General School Law (Part I. State Board and State Departments of Education) SEC. 7. Regulations for government of public schools; adoption and distribution of textbooks; contracts with publishers.-A. The State Board of Education shall prepare courses of study, rules, bylaws, and regulations for the government of the public schools of the state, which shall be enforced by the parish superintendents and the several parish school boards. B. The State Board of Education shall exercise administrative control and supervision over the adoption, distribution, and use of free textbooks as provided by R.S. 17:351 through 17:353, and shall adopt such rules and regulations governing their use by schools, parish school boards, and superintendents of education as may be necessary. The State Board of Education shall adopt lists of basal textbooks. In its administration of textbook regulations, the State Board of Education shall strictly enforce a uniformity of textbooks in all of the public schools of the state and shall adopt one or more lists thereof, which shall remain unchanged for five years after such adoption except that as provided herein, the State Board of Education may authorize and approve revised editions of an adopted textbook during the five year period, and provided further that any textbooks in the state may be changed by a twothirds vote of the full membership of the State Board of Education. All contracts with publishers shall be awarded on a competitive basis. Each such contract shall be made without determinate date of expiration and shall be so made as to run without change until properly terminated. Each contract shall be so made as to authorize either party to terminate it upon ninety days notice. To carry out the intent of this section, the State Board of Education is authorized to rewrite its existing contracts with publishers in such terms as to remove the definite date of termination and otherwise bring them into harmony with this section. The mode of procedure for the announcement of bids, examining books, and awarding contracts shall be under the control of the State Board of Education. All publishers will automatically reduce prices of textbooks in the state when prices are reduced anywhere in the United States, so that no edition of that textbook shall at any time be sold in the State of Louisiana at a higher price than that received for that book elsewhere in the United States. All books sold in this state shall be identical with the official samples filed with the State Board of Education with respect to size, paper, binding, print, illustrations, subject matter and in all other particulars which may affect the value of said books. The State Board of Education may, however, during the period of the contract, approve revised editions of an adopted textbook or service at the bid price, which will authorize a publisher to provide such revisions. C. The division of administration is hereby declared to be the depository in the state for books for the schools, and accordingly the division of administration, through the commissioner, division of administration shall have full and complete authority to do all things necessary and proper to act as such depository, including, but not limited to the power to enter into contracts or agreements and acquire property through lease or purchase in which such depository is to be located, and to determine the location or locations of such depository. D. The commissioner of the division of administration, however, is authorized and empowered to designate any other state agency as the depository or may require publishers to maintain a depository in the state or may contract with any other agency, public or private, for such agency to act as the depository. E. The books shall be distributed to the several parish school boards from the depository on requisition of the state superintendent of education. [Amended by Acts 1972, No. 446, sec. 1.] 7. Text-books in general. It is the duty of the State Superintendent of Schools to direct parish superintendents to make distribution of text-books to public, private and parochial schools in accordance with rules 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10 as set out in Department of Education Bulletin No. 256, 1933. Op Atty. Gen., Oct. 10, 1969. Part IV. Textbooks and Supplies SEC. 351. Severance tax fund; dedication for school books and supplies.The severance tax fund of the state shall be devoted after allowing funds and appropriations as provided by the constitution, first, to supplying school books, and second, to supplying school supplies, such as library books, pencils, pencil paper, ink paper, pens, ink, and the like to the school children of the State of Louisiana. Thereafter any further sums as remain in the said severance tax fund shall be disposed of in accordance with the constitution and laws of the state. SEC. 352. Distribution of books and supplies free of cost.-The state board of education shall distribute these school books and school supplies for school children free of cost to such children. SEC. 355. Books, films, other school materials; screening required.— A. The State Board and/or Department of Education, and the State Department of Health are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all action necessary to assure that all school library and other books, films and booklets related thereto, other similar audio-visual devices, and any other similar materials, are thoroughly screened, reviewed and approved as to their detailed content by the State Board of Education and the local parish or city school board concerned therewith, so as to assure that such unwholesome, offensive and unacceptable books, films and other such agencies for distribution to and/or purchase by the various public school systems of the state, or in any other way made available to the children enrolled in said school systems. B. Any person who intentionally violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction thereof. C. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations, deemed necessary by it, to carry out the provisions of this section. [Acts 1970, No. 500, sec. 1.] Compiler's Note: See also CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, PUBLIC AID FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS, EDUCATION (art. VIII), sec. 13. Pupil Transportation Ch. 1. General School Law (Part III. Public SEC. 158. School buses for transportation of children; employment of bus operators; improvement of school bus turnarounds. - Parish school boards may provide transportation for children attending any school of suitable grade approved by the State Board of Education and living more than one mile from such school; and for that purpose parish school boards may employ school bus operators as hereinafter defined in R.S. 17:491. Parish school boards may provide gravel or contribute funds to the local governing authority for the graveling of school bus turnarounds. [ Amended by Acts 1969, No. 143, sec. 1.] Records and Reports Ch. 1. General School Law (Part III. Public SEC. 232. Attendance records, principals' and teachers' duty to furnish; penalty for violation. – Visiting teachers, or supervisors of child welfare and attendance, shall receive the cooperation of all teachers and principals, public and private, in the parish or city in which they are appointed to serve. The principals, or heads, and the teachers of all schools-public, private, denominational, and parochial-shall report in writing to the visiting teachers, or supervisors of child welfare and attendance, the names, birthdates, race, parents, and residence of all pupils in attendance at their schools or classes within thirty days after the beginning of the school term or session, and at such other times as may be required, and make such other reports not inconsistent with law on attendance, census, and child-school adjustment as may be required by the State Board of Education or the State Department of Education. All schools shall keep daily records of attendance, verified by the teacher keeping such record, which shall be open to inspection by the visiting teacher, or supervisor of child welfare and attendance, or duly authorized representative, at all reasonable times. All schools shall report promptly and regularly to the visiting teacher, or supervisor of child welfare and attendance, any unexplained, unexcused, or illegal absence, or habitual tardiness. Whoever violates this Section or the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education or the State Department of Education pertaining hereto shall be punished in accordance with R.S. 17:221. [As amended Acts 1964, No. 109, sec. 2.] Teacher Certification Compiler's Note: See APPROVAL/SUPERVISION/SUPPORT, Ch. 2, Part I, sec. 411. Ch. 2. Teachers and Employees (Part I. SEC. 412. Approval of first grade or life certificates of other states; issuance of life certificates.-The state board of education may approve first grade or life certificates issued to teachers by the Department of Education of any state in the United States and issue life certificates to teachers who have taught satisfactorily for as many as fifteen years in the public schools of Louisiana. Certificates issued under authority of this Section shall be of the same grade as those last earned by the teachers to whom life certificates are issued. Health and Safety Ch. 10. Institutions of Learning in General (Part II. SEC. 2112. Testing pupils' sight and hearing; notice to parent or tutor; report to state superintendent.—The superintendents, principals, or teachers in every school, during the month of September or during the first month of school, or within thirty days after the admission of any pupils entering the school late in the session, shall in each year, test the sight and hearing of each and all pupils under their charge. They shall keep a record of such examination according to the instructions furnished, and shall notify in writing the parent or tutor of every pupil found to have any defect of sight or hearing or any disease of eyes or ears. A written report of all such examinations shall be made to the state superintendent of education. Federal Aid Ch. 1. General School Law (Part III. Public Schools SEC. 191. Terms defined. As used in this Sub-part: (1) "School board” means any parish or city school board. (2) "School" means any school wherein children between the ages of 5 and 17, both inclusive, are in attendance. (3) "School lunch program" means a program under which lunches are served by any school in this state on a non-profit basis to children in attendance, including any such program under which a school receives assistance out of the funds appropriated by the Congress of the United States. [As amended Acts 1950, No. 275, sec. 1.] SEC. 192. Free lunches, duty to furnish.- Lunches shall be furnished to the school children of the state under the supervision and regulation of the State Board of Education, taking into consideration the nutritional needs of the children, the distance traveled from home to school, and the attendance of the several schools. [As amended Acts 1950, No. 275, sec. 1.] SEC. 194. Administration of lunch program; general powers of boards; funds for privately supplied program for profit prohibited.-A. The State Board of Education may enter into agreements with any agency of the federal government, with any school board, or with any other agency or person. B. The board may prescribe regulations, employ personnel, and take other action it may deem necessary to provide for the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of any school lunch program and to direct the disbursement of federal and state funds in accordance with any applicable provisions of federal or state law. However, no state funds shall be disbursed for the support of any school lunch program which shall be used by any private person, enterprise, concern or other entity for profit, regardless of any authority in federal or state law for contracting with such a private supplier or provider of school lunch programs. |