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§1970.26. Administration, faculty, staff; classification status; benefits
A.
(1)All center administrators, faculty members, and other professional employees
of the board shall be nonclassified employees of the state. All such nonclassified employees
shall be members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana.
(2)(a) All clerical, security, and other nonprofessional employees of the board shall
be classified employees of the state.
(b)Any classified employee who was an employee of the Orleans Parish School
Board at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts prior to July 1, 2000, who continues as
an employee of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts beginning July 1, 2000, may, by
not later than October 1, 2000, elect to continue as a member of the retirement system of
which he was a
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§1970.26. Administration, faculty, staff; classification status; benefits
A.(1) All center administrators, faculty members, and other professional employees
of the board shall be nonclassified employees of the state. All such nonclassified employees
shall be members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana.
(2)(a) All clerical, security, and other nonprofessional employees of the board shall
be classified employees of the state.
(b) Any classified employee who was an employee of the Orleans Parish School
Board at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts prior to July 1, 2000, who continues as
an employee of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts beginning July 1, 2000, may, by
not later than October 1, 2000, elect to continue as a member of the retirement system of
which he was a member prior to July 1, 2000. Such election shall be in writing and a copy
shall be provided to both the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and the system
in which he is electing to continue as a member. If no such election is made, the employee
shall be a member of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System.
B.(1) Every employee of the board shall be eligible for health insurance and other
benefits accorded to state employees as provided by law.
(2) Any employee of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts as established in
this Part who was employed by the Orleans Parish School Board at the New Orleans Center
for the Creative Arts prior to July 1, 2000, shall be permitted, at the recommendation of the
primary center administrator, to transfer to the employment of the Board of Directors of the
New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts.
C.(1) The following laws may be made applicable to any nonclassified employee and
shall be applicable to each nonclassified employee of the New Orleans Center for Creative
Arts who was employed by the Orleans Parish School Board at the New Orleans Center for
the Creative Arts prior to July 1, 2000, to the same degree as such provisions apply generally
and subject to revision by law:
(a) Tenure (R.S. 17:461 through 463).
(b) Sabbatical leave, both professional and medical (R.S. 17:1170 through 1187).
(c) Sick leave (R.S. 17:1201 through 1202).
(d) Personal leave (R.S. 17:1208).
(e) Leave for jury duty (R.S. 17:1210).
(f) Maternity and adoptive leave (R.S. 17:1211).
(g) Military leave (R.S. 17:1215).
(h) Provisions relative to service credit (R.S. 17:424, 424.1, 424.2, and 424.3).
(i) Provisions relative to compensation for extended school days (R.S. 17:154.2).
(j) Provisions relative to the minimum number of work days (R.S. 17:154.3).
(k) Provisions prohibiting the reduction of salary below that of the previous year
(R.S. 17:421.3(E)).
(l) Provisions prohibiting certain persons from influencing a student's grade (R.S.
17:414.2).
(m) Provisions relative to school employee personnel files (R.S. 17:1231 through
1238).
(n) Provisions relative to school personnel evaluation (R.S. 17:3901 through 3904).
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraphs (b) through (g) of Paragraph
(1) of this Subsection, policies and provisions regarding leave for center administrators shall
be determined by the board, including the annual calendar.