RS 17:151 Public schools; establishment by parish boards; pupil-classroom-teacher ratios
PART III. PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN
SUBPART A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§151. Public schools; establishment by parish boards; pupil-classroom-teacher ratios
A. Parish and city school boards may establish such public schools as they may deem necessary to provide adequate school facilities for the children of the parish, and also trade schools, evening schools, schools for adults, schools and classes for exceptional children, and such other schools or classes as may be necessary to meet all special or exceptional requirements. Central or high schools may be established when necessary, but no high school shall be established without the sanction of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Practical, industrial, and agricultural courses shall be fostered by the public school officials, and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may extend special financial aid to schools meeting required standards in such courses, with such funds as may be available for such purposes.
B.(1) Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and effective with the 1989-1990 school year and thereafter, no parish or city school board shall have a systemwide pupil-classroom-teacher ratio in kindergarten through grade three in excess of twenty pupils to one classroom teacher.
(2) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Subsection and to assure compliance by parish and city school boards. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to provisions whereby a parish or city school board may request a limited waiver from the board from complying with the provisions of this Subsection relative to pupil-classroom-teacher ratios. The board shall consider granting such a request only upon a showing, in writing, by the particular parish or city school board that it has made, is making, and will continue to make a good faith effort to employ the necessary and appropriate personnel to meet the requirements of this Subsection. Additionally, no such waiver shall be granted unless the parish or city school system has submitted to and received the approval of the board of a plan designed to bring the school system into full compliance with the provisions of R.S. 17:151(B) by not later than the start of the 1992-1993 school year.
Acts 1989, No. 465, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.