§ 17:1991 — Definitions

§1991. Definitions
A. As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges
or its successor.
(2) "Department" means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical
Colleges or its successor.
B. Further, any reference in this Chapter to the State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education, the state Department of Education, or the state superintendent of
education insofar as such reference is related to the exercise of jurisdiction over schools
providing postsecondary vocational-technical education or the employees thereof shall mean
and be interpreted to mean the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges,
except as is clearly inconsistent with the supervisory jurisdiction of institutions provided by
the education governance and management structure established in Article VIII of the
Constitution of Louisiana.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.