RS 17:2911 Repealed by acts 2010, no. 743, §5, eff. july 1, 2010.
PART III. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
§2911. Louisiana Geography Education Initiative Program Council; creation; domicile; membership; compensation; terms; vacancies
A. The Louisiana Geography Education Initiative Program Council is hereby created as a body corporate domiciled in Baton Rouge.
B. The council shall consist of the following persons or their designees as provided by such persons in writing to the council presidents to represent them whenever they are unable to attend:
(1) The chairman of the Board of Regents.
(2) The president of the state board.
(3) The state superintendent of education.
(4) The president of the LaGEA.
(5) Three persons designated by the state superintendent of education, one each from the following grade groupings:
(a) Prekindergarten through grade five-elementary.
(b) Grades six through eight-middle school.
(c) Grades nine through twelve-high school geography teacher.
(6) One person nominated by the LaGEA who is a LaGEA teacher consultant and who specializes in cultural studies.
(7) The coordinator of the LaGEA.
(8) One person nominated by the Louisiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
C. The chair of the Board of Regents and the president of the state board annually shall alternate as president and vice president of the council, beginning with the chair of the Board of Regents serving as president of the council for the 2006-2007 school year. The council annually may 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.
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 2006, No. 462, §1, eff. June 15, 2006.