§ 42:1165 — Authority of school boards to administer tenure laws not affected

Louisiana § 42:1165

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 42: Public Officers and Employees

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A. Nothing in this Chapter is intended nor shall it be construed to have the effect of repealing, amending, or modifying in any way any state tenure statutes pertaining to the rights of probationary or permanent teachers or other public employees of any parish or city school board of this state nor the authority of any such school board to administer the state tenure statutes, relative to teachers and other public employees of the school board, when such teachers and other public employees are serving in their official capacities. All job actions based upon the causes for disciplining or dismissal of teachers or other school public employees, as may be now or hereafter set forth in the state tenure statutes, shall remain under the exclusive jurisdiction of the appropriate parish or city school board.
B. Subject to the provisions of Subsection A, the board or panel may order that any public employee of a parish or city school board of this state be disciplined or dismissed as provided in this Chapter whenever the board or panel has determined that the public employee has violated any provision of law within the jurisdiction of the board.

Legislative History

Acts 1979, No. 443, §1, eff. April 1, 1980; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.