§ 17:269 — Selective service obligation orientation program

§269. Selective service obligation orientation program
A. The state board of education may establish and administer, and each parish and
city school board in the state may maintain in each public school to which applicable a
selective service obligation orientation program of instruction which may be part of the
required curriculum for all male students in grades higher than the eighth grade in the public
schools of this state.
B. The program so established may require that every male student in the ninth,
tenth, and eleventh grades be given one hour of non credit instruction during each semester
of each of such grades, by representatives of the Louisiana Selective Service System, in
subject matter pertaining to armed forces obligations.
C. During the second semester of the twelfth grade every male student may be given
six hours of instruction, without credit, in matters pertaining to his armed forces obligations,
including but not necessarily restricted to matters relating to service in the regular armed
forces, the reserves, and officer procurement. Such instruction may include one hour of
lecture by representatives of each of the following:
(1) The Louisiana Selective Service System.
(2) The United States Air Force.
(3) The United States Space Force.
(4) The United States Army.
(5) The United States Navy.
(6) The United States Marine Corps.
(7) The United States Coast Guard.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1964, No. 44, §1; Acts 2025, No. 137, §4.