§ 17:416.8 — Discipline policy review committees; school option

Louisiana § 17:416.8

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 17: Credit Union Law

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§416.8. Discipline policy review committees; school option
A.(1)(a) Each city and parish school board shall establish a discipline policy review
committee composed of seventeen members as follows:
(i) Five classroom teachers to be elected by their peers with at least one teacher each
representing an elementary, middle or junior high, and high school.
(ii) One special education teacher to be elected by his peers.
(iii) Two school counselors to be elected by their peers.
(iv) Two principals to be elected by their peers, one representing an elementary
school and one representing a high school.
(v) One school bus operator to be elected by his peers.
(vi) One child welfare and attendance supervisor to be elected by his peers.
(vii) One school board member to be elected by his peers.
(viii) The local superintendent or his designee.
(ix) Two parents to be appointed by a method as provided by rules and regulations
adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(x) One paraprofessional to be elected by his peers.
(b) The discipline policy review committee shall review all school board discipline
policies and make recommendations to the school board for appropriate revisions to such
policies.
(c) Each committee shall be established no later than November 1, 1994, and shall
make its recommendations to its respective school board no later than February 1, 1995.
(2) Each school board shall review its discipline policies prior to the end of the 1994-1995 school year and shall review such policies at least annually thereafter. Following a
public hearing on the recommendations of the discipline policy review committee, each
school board's discipline policies shall delineate the specific consistent actions to be taken
by teachers and other designated school employees to maintain order in the schools and on
the school grounds. In addition, such policies shall contain specific consistent penalties
which shall be imposed when pupils violate school discipline policies or state laws on school
discipline. Copies of school board discipline policies shall be distributed to each school
within its jurisdiction prior to the beginning of the 1995-1996 school session. In addition,
copies of current school board discipline policies shall be distributed to each school within
its jurisdiction prior to the beginning of the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
thereafter. Each board shall provide each pupil and his parent, tutor, or legal guardian with
a copy of the board's current discipline policy. In addition, each school shall plan and
conduct meetings necessary to fully inform all employees and pupils of all such policies
within the first week of each school year. Meetings also shall be held throughout the school
year as may be necessary to inform new employees and new pupils of such policies.
B. Except as may be provided otherwise for the development or review of a school's
discipline policy under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement applicable to the
public school, the administrators, teachers, and parents at each public school shall meet
during the 1995-1996 school year and develop or review the discipline policy for their school
and such policy shall be reviewed at least annually thereafter. In all cases, a school's
discipline policy shall be in compliance with current state law and school board policies.
C. However, if, on August 27, 1994, there is in existence a discipline policy review
committee which serves the same function for any city or parish school board or for any
public school in the state, such existing committee shall remain in existence and shall retain
the composition and authority under which it was created.

Legislative History

Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 45, §2; Acts 1999, No. 1086, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2021, No. 275, §4; Acts 2025, No. 439, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.