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§3399.18. Louisiana Power-Based Violence Review Panel
A. The Louisiana Power-Based Violence Review Panel is hereby created under the
jurisdiction of the Board of Regents.
B. The panel shall be composed of the following members:
(1)The president of the Louisiana Senate or his designee.
(2)The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives or his designee.
(3)The chair of the Louisiana Senate Select Committee on Women and Children or
his designee.
(4)The chair of the Louisiana House Select Committee on Women and Children or
his designee.
(5)The attorney general or his designee.
(6)The commissioner of higher education or his designee.
(7)The president of each public postsecondary education management system or his
designee.
(8)A student representative from each of the postsecondary
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§3399.18. Louisiana Power-Based Violence Review Panel
A. The Louisiana Power-Based Violence Review Panel is hereby created under the
jurisdiction of the Board of Regents.
B. The panel shall be composed of the following members:
(1) The president of the Louisiana Senate or his designee.
(2) The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives or his designee.
(3) The chair of the Louisiana Senate Select Committee on Women and Children or
his designee.
(4) The chair of the Louisiana House Select Committee on Women and Children or
his designee.
(5) The attorney general or his designee.
(6) The commissioner of higher education or his designee.
(7) The president of each public postsecondary education management system or his
designee.
(8) A student representative from each of the postsecondary management boards
appointed by the respective board's president.
(9) The superintendent of the Louisiana State Police or his designee.
(10) The president of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police or his designee.
(11) A member of the Domestic Violence Prevention Commission appointed by the
secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services.
(12) A licensed social worker with experience related to power-based violence
appointed by the president of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Chapter, National
Association of Social Workers.
(13) A licensed psychologist with experience related to power-based violence,
appointed by the chair of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
(14) The executive director of the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault or
his designee.
(15) The president of Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response or his designee.
(16) The governor or his designee.
(17) A Title IX coordinator representing each public postsecondary education system,
appointed by the president of the system.
C. Members shall serve without compensation, except for per diem or reimbursement
of expenses to which they may be entitled as members of the constituent organizations.
D. A majority of the total membership shall constitute a quorum of the panel, and
any official action taken by the panel shall require an affirmative vote of the majority of the
quorum present and voting.
E. The panel shall elect a chairman, and any other officers deemed necessary, from
among the membership.
F. The panel shall meet at least two times per year upon the call of the chair or as
provided by panel rules.
G. The panel may adopt rules of procedures for its operation.
H. The Board of Regents shall provide staff support to the panel.
I. The panel shall:
(1) Evaluate policies and practices of institutions of public postsecondary education,
public postsecondary education management boards, and the Board of Regents regarding
reporting, investigating, and adjudicating power-based violence by and against students and
recommend revisions to improve such policies and practices.
(2) Advise and assist institutions of public postsecondary education, public
postsecondary education management boards, and the Board of Regents in coordinating
procedures to provide power-based violence prevention programs.
(3) Serve as an advisory agency to the legislature, the governor, the Board of
Regents, and the public postsecondary education management boards regarding power-based
violence.
J. To the extent permitted by and in accordance with the Public Records Law, the
Board of Regents, each public postsecondary education management board, each public
postsecondary education institution, and each law enforcement or criminal justice agency
located within a parish with a public postsecondary education institution campus shall make
available all facts, records, information, and data required by the panel and in all ways
cooperate with the panel in carrying out the functions and duties imposed by this Part.