§ 17:67.1 — Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 455, §2, eff. See Act

Louisiana § 17:67.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 17: Credit Union Law

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NOTE: §67.1 eff. until a const. amend. which authorizes the St. George Community School
System is effective. See Acts 2025, No. 455.
§67.1. Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System; interim school board
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon the appointment of
the members thereof as provided in Subsection C of this Section, there shall be and there is
hereby created an interim school board for the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School
System which shall continue in existence until the taking of office of the initial elected
members of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board as provided by R.S.
17:67.
B.(1) The interim school board shall be composed of seven members appointed at
large as provided in Subsection C of this Section. An interim school board member shall
have attained the age of eighteen, be an elector, have resided in the state for the two years
preceding appointment, have been domiciled within the geographic boundaries of the school
system for at least one year preceding appointment, meet the qualifications provided in R.S.
17:52(D), and reside within the geographic boundaries of the school system.
(2) Membership on the interim school board shall not disqualify an otherwise eligible
person from qualifying as a candidate for election as a member of the Southeast Baton Rouge
Community School Board.
C.(1) All members of the interim school board shall be appointed by the governor
within thirty days after the effective date of this Section and shall serve until the taking of
office of the initial members of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board elected
as provided in R.S. 17:67.
(2) Members appointed by the governor shall be from a list of nominees provided
as follows:
(a) The members of the Louisiana Senate elected from district numbers six and
sixteen shall each nominate three persons meeting the qualifications for office for each
position to be appointed by the governor.
(b) The members of the Louisiana House of Representatives elected from district
numbers sixty-five, sixty-six, sixty-eight, and sixty-nine shall each nominate two persons
meeting the qualifications for office for each position to be appointed by the governor.
(3) A vacancy on the interim school board shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment.
D.(1) The interim school board shall constitute a body corporate in law.
(2) The organization of the interim school board as well as the board's powers,
duties, functions, and responsibilities shall be as provided by law generally for city, parish,
and other local public school boards.
(3) Members of the interim school board shall serve without compensation.
E. The interim school board shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures consistent
with law to effectuate this Section and to administer the duties, functions, and responsibilities
of the interim board.
F. The provisions of R.S. 42:11 through 28, relative to open meetings, and the
provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, relative to
public records, shall be applicable to the interim school board and its members.
G. All authority granted to the interim school board by this Section shall expire upon
the taking of office of the initial members of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School
Board elected as provided by R.S. 17:67(C). However, the elected school board may take
formal action to continue the interim school board as an advisory body on matters previously
under the jurisdiction of the interim board.
H. The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall:
(1) Work cooperatively and collaboratively with the interim school board and the
Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Board to effect the transfer of the students,
buildings and other facilities, property, instructional materials, buses, and all other assets
related to the schools located within the geographic boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge
Community School System in an efficient and expeditious manner.
(2) Provide the interim school board for the Southeast Baton Rouge Community
School System with immediate and complete access to:
(a) All school buildings and facilities associated with the schools located within the
geographic boundaries of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System. Such
access shall include making the school buildings and facilities to be transferred available,
free of charge, to the interim and elected school boards for the Southeast Baton Rouge
Community School System for purposes of conducting board and community meetings and
other functions and activities related to the operation of the Southeast Baton Rouge
Community School System.
(b) All student records and any other student-related files associated with students
enrolled in the schools to be transferred to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School
System.
(c) All financial records associated with the schools to be transferred to the Southeast
Baton Rouge Community School System, including those related to building maintenance,
taxes, insurance, and indebtedness.
I. The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall not:
(1) Interfere, or impede in any way, with the processes to transfer the students,
buildings and other facilities, property, instructional materials and equipment, buses, and all
other assets related to the schools located within the geographical boundaries of the
Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System to the Southeast Baton Rouge
Community School Board.
(2) Sell, transfer, or otherwise remove any asset or thing of value, movable or
immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, attributable to the schools to be transferred to the
Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System prior to such transfer.
(3) Incur, transfer, or assign any debt or other responsibility or obligation to schools
to be transferred to the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System that is not
properly attributable to such schools.
NOTE: §67.1 eff. upon adoption of a const. amend. which authorizes the St. George
Community School System. See Acts 2025, No. 455.
§67.1 Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 455, §2, eff. See Act.

Legislative History

Acts 2013, No. 295, §1, eff. when constitutional amendment is adopted; Acts 2025, No. 455, §2, eff. See Act.