RS 17:2757 Louisiana systemic initiatives program council; creation; domicile; membership; expenses; terms; vacancies

PART III.  PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

§2757.  Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program Council; creation; domicile; membership; expenses; terms; vacancies

A.  The Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program Council is hereby created as a body corporate domiciled in Baton Rouge.

B.  The council shall consist of the following persons or a person designated by them in writing to the council president to represent them whenever they are unable to attend:

(1)  The governor.

(2)  The chairman of the Board of Regents.

(3)  The president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(4)  The state superintendent of education.

(5)  The commissioner of higher education.

(6)  The executive director of BESE.

(7)  The president of the Louisiana State University system.

(8)  The president of the Southern University system.

(9)  The president of the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities system.

(10)  The president of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

(11)  The chairman of the Senate Education Committee.

(12)  The chairman of the House Education Committee.

(13)  The president of the Louisiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

(14)  The president of the Louisiana Nonpublic School Commission.

(15)  The president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

(16)  The executive director of Louisiana Public Broadcasting.

(17)  Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 275, §2, eff. June 14, 1995.

(18)  The president of the Louisiana Engineering Society.

(19)  The president of the Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics.

(20)  The president of the Louisiana Science Teachers Association.

(21)  The president of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents.

(22)  The president of the Louisiana Association of Principals.

(23)  The legislative liaison of the Louisiana Parent Teacher Association.

(24)  The president of the Louisiana School Board Association.

(25)  The president of the Louisiana Chapter of the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations.

(26)  The current elementary and secondary presidential award winning teachers of mathematics.

(27)  The current elementary and secondary presidential award winning teachers of science.

C.  The chair of the Board of Regents and the president of BESE shall alternate annually as president and vice president of the council, beginning with the president of the Board of Regents serving for the 1991-1992 year.  The council may annually elect such other officers as it determines necessary for the efficient conduct of its business.  The terms of all officers shall be for one year commencing on July first of each year.

D.  Council members shall serve without compensation, except for reimbursement of expenses as provided by law for state travel.

E.  Should any individual who holds one of the positions enumerated in Subsection B of this Section decline to serve, the remaining members of the council, in consultation with the organization or agency represented by that person, shall appoint a replacement member.

Acts 1992, No. 328, §1, eff. June 17, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 275, §2, eff. June 14, 1995.