§ 17:1987 — School district for certain correctional centers for youth

§1987. School district for certain correctional centers for youth
A.(1) A school district is hereby established to provide an appropriate education for
youths who, pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, are placed in the
custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and assigned by such department
for confinement in any correctional center for youth that is privately operated in accordance
with a cooperative endeavor or contract agreement with the state or any political subdivision.
(2) The school district shall be administered by the state Department of Education
which may provide educational services by interagency agreement, contract with private or
public providers, or by direct operation of a school. The educational services being provided
shall meet all standards required by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
for the operation of an alternative school as authorized by law.
B. This district shall be considered an intermediate educational unit, subject to the
limitations of such units which shall include no authority to levy tax.
C. The state shall annually appropriate sufficient monies to fund any school in the
district created in this Part in an amount equal to not less than the per pupil amount allocated
pursuant to the minimum foundation program formula to the city or parish school district in
which each such correctional center for youth is located. The appropriation shall be made
to the administering agency for the district which may be expended by the agency for the
provision of educational services in the same manner as such money may be expended by
intermediate educational units in providing educational services to students subject to the
limitations in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section.
D.(1) The provisions of Part I-A of Chapter 1 of this Title relative to benefits,
privileges, and rights of certain employees in state special schools, including but not limited
to provisions relative to compensation, probationary and permanent employment status, and
sabbatical, sick, personal, maternity, adoptive, and military leaves also shall be applicable
to such employees of the school district established by this Part.
(2) At the time of implementation of the provisions of this Part, any person employed
by a city or parish school board in a position to provide educational services to students
confined in a state correctional center for youth which is privately operated shall be given
priority, if otherwise qualified, for employment in the same or a comparable position to
provide educational services to students pursuant to the provisions of this Part.

Legislative History

Acts 1999, No. 810, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2018, No. 631, §1; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.