§ 17:22 — Superintendent; functions and duties

Louisiana § 17:22

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 17: Credit Union Law

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§22. Superintendent; functions and duties
The superintendent shall:
(1) Serve as ex officio secretary of the board. As ex officio secretary, he shall have
powers and functions assigned by the board, among which shall be the authority with the
president of the board, to authenticate and verify official documents of the board and the
submission of agenda items for consideration by the board.
(2) Provide the staff services for the board. In that regard the superintendent shall:
(a) Cause all certificates and diplomas that are to be awarded to be prepared by the
State Department of Education.
(b) Make recommendations on contracts and agreements to be entered into by the
board.
(c) Prepare or obtain all reports required by the board.
(d) Prepare a minimum foundation program, a formula for the equitable allocation
of minimum foundation funds to parish and city school systems, and budgets for adoption
by the board. Upon adoption by the board of such program, formula, and budget for the
ensuing fiscal year, the superintendent shall submit the budget in accordance with R.S. 39:33
and shall submit the minimum foundation program and formula to each member of the Joint
Legislative Committee on the Budget and to each member of the House Committee on
Education and the Senate Committee on Education for review not later than the fifteenth day
of March in each year on the forms and in the manner prescribed and accompanied by such
other data as the committees may require.
(e) Administer the process prescribed by the board for the review, adoption,
procurement, and distribution of free textbooks and other instructional materials and prepare
lists of state reviewed textbooks and instructional materials.
(f) Provide all other staff and administrative services needed by the board to carry
out its constitutional and statutory mandates.
(3) Implement the policies and programs of the board and the laws affecting schools
under the jurisdiction of the board.
(4) Serve as the administrative head of the State Department of Education.
(5) Employ and fix the salaries and duties of employees of the department of
education, subject to applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and other
applicable laws.
(6) Pursuant to rules, regulations, and policies adopted by the board, offer assistance
to local public school officials and the elementary and secondary schools of the state in their
efforts to adopt procedures by which (a) courses of study prescribed by the board will be
followed, (b) teachers will meet the standards prescribed by the board, and (c) schools will
meet the standards for approval which are prescribed by law or by the board. He shall assist
the parish and city school boards and teachers in securing the best possible results from their
efforts, and in this connection, the public school officials in the various parishes and cities,
insofar as practicable in the professional administration of the schools, shall consider the
suggestions and directions of the superintendent.
(7)(a) Make an annual report to the board, the governor, and the legislature on the
condition of, the progress made, and the improvements needed in the public elementary and
secondary schools. The report shall contain the following:
(i) A complete financial report on the receipts and expenditures of the department
and of the various schools.
(ii) Data concerning faculty, enrollment, graduates, courses of study, and any other
information required to show the condition, progress, and needs of these schools.
(iii) An abstract of the reports of the city, parish, and other local public school
superintendents to the state superintendent, as well as all other facts and statistics that are of
interest to the public schools.
(iv) A report on the implementation of a total system of choice.
(v) Such other information as is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this
Paragraph.
(b) The superintendent shall cause a sufficient number of copies of this report to be
printed for distribution to the members of the board, the governor, the members of the
legislature, state officials, city, parish, and other local public school boards, libraries, and the
superintendents of schools of other states and territories.
(c) Such report shall be submitted to the board, the governor, and the legislature not
later than March fifteenth of each year.
(8) File, each year and separately, all papers, reports, and public documents
transmitted to him by the parish and city school boards and officials whose duty it is to report
to him, and hold them in readiness for examination by the board, the governor, any
legislative committee, or any interested citizen requesting any of them. He shall cause a
record of all matters pertaining to his office to be kept.
(9) Report to the board any irregularity on the part of a parish or city school board
or of any parish or city superintendent of schools of which he has knowledge.
(10) Conduct such conferences and meetings of school officials, superintendents, and
teachers as are necessary for the promotion and advancement of education.
(11) Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 224, §2, effective August 1, 2022.
(12) Perform such other functions as provided by law.
NOTE: For effective date, See Acts 1986, No. 72, §2.

Legislative History

Acts 1975, No. 274, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 455, §1; Acts 1982, No. 625, §1; Acts 1986, No. 72, §1; Acts 1989, No. 244, §1; Acts 2003, No. 763, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2011, No. 333, §1; Acts 2012, No. 2, §1; Acts 2015, No. 389, §1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2017, No. 224, §§1, 2, eff. August 1, 2022.