§ 4:443 — Definitions

§443. Definitions
In this Chapter, unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Biological sex" means a statement of a student's biological sex on the student's
official birth certificate which is entered at or near the time of the student's birth.
(2) "Postsecondary education board member" means a person who serves as a board
member or officer of a postsecondary education management board.
(3) "Postsecondary education management board" means a board which governs
postsecondary educational institutions pursuant to R.S. 17:3351.
(4) "School board" means a school board or school governing authority subject to
the provisions of R.S. 17:81 or any nonpublic school governing authority.
(5) "School board member" means a person who serves as a board member or officer
for a school board or school governing authority subject to the provisions of R.S. 17:81 or
for any nonpublic school governing authority.
(6) "School coach" means a person who is a coach or assistant coach, whether paid
or on a volunteer basis, of a school intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic team or sporting
event.
(7) "School employee" means a person who is employed by a school, a school board,
a postsecondary education management board, or any postsecondary institution under the
authority of a postsecondary education management board.
(8) "Schools" means all of the following:
(a) A public elementary or secondary school.
(b) A nonpublic elementary or secondary school that receives state funds.
(c) A public postsecondary educational institution.
(d) A nonpublic postsecondary educational institution that receives state funds.

Legislative History

Acts 2022, No. 283, §1.