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ENROLLEDHCAHB476 3391 2992 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by House Committee on Education to Original House Bill No.
476 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative DICKERSON,Dickerson ADAMS,AMENDMENT BILLINGS,NO. BOYD, BRASS, BRYANT, CHENEVERT, CREWS, EGAN, FIRMENT, FISHER, GREEN, HORTON, LAFLEUR, LYONS, MELERINE, MOORE, NEWELL, OWEN, SAWYER, SCHAMERHORN, SPELL, TAYLOR, AND WILDER AND SENATORS EDMONDS, HODGES, JACKSON-ANDREWS, AND MIGUEZ AN ACT To enact R.S.
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Be"(2) itNotwithstanding enactedthe provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if a bathroom is used in the normal course of a school day by students in sixth grade or below, the Legislatureschool shall not be required to display the flyer in the bathroom but may determine other approaches to inform students in grades seventh grade and above of Louisiana:the content provided for in Subsection B of this Section." Page 1 of 1 CODING:
Section 1.
R.S.
17:17.9 and 3996(B)(92) are herebyenacted to read as follows:
§17.9.
Safe Haven Law information;
posting in schools A.
Eachpublicschoolwithstudentsin anygradeseventhroughtwelveshall display flyers designed by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, hereafter referred to as the "department", in the prescribed locations and in the manner provided for in this Section.
B.
The content of each flyer, at a minimum, shall be as follows:
(1) A brief, age-appropriate heading that quickly communicates the nature of the flyer.
(2) A summary of the Safe Haven Law (Children's Code Article 1149 et seq.), including but not limited to a summary of the ways a child can be legally surrendered.
(3) TheURLtothesectiononthedepartment'swebsiteabouttheSafeHaven Law and a QR code that links to that section.
(4) ContactinformationtoreceiveassistancerelativetotheSafeHavenLaw.
(5) The Safe Haven Law logo.
C.(1) School employees shall display the flyer on the inside of the door to each bathroom stall in each bathroom in the school building.
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HB NO.
476 ENROLLED (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if a bathroom is used in the normal course of a school dayby students in sixth grade or below, the school shall not be required to display the flyer in the bathroom but may determineotherapproachesto informstudents in grades seventhgradeandaboveof the content provided for in Subsection B of this Section.
D.
The department shall make the flyer available for download on its website.
E.
The state Department of Education shall inform public school governing authorities of how to obtain the flyer.
* * * §3996.
Charter schools;
exemptions;
requirements * * * B.
Notwithstanding any state law, rule, or regulation to the contrary and except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in an approved charter, a charter school established and operated in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and its approved charter and the school's officers and employees shall be exempt from all statutory mandates or other statutory requirements that are applicable to public schools and to public school officers and employees except for the following laws otherwise applicable to public schools with the same grades:
* * * (92) Safe Haven Law flyers, R.S.
17:17.9.
* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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