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ENROLLEDSCAHB283 428 2522 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendmentsproposedbySenateCommitteeonEducationtoEngrossedHouseBillNo.283 BILLby Representative Newell AMENDMENT NO.
2831 BYOn REPRESENTATIVESpage NEWELL,1, BOYD,at BRYANT,the FREEMAN,end GREEN,of DANAline HENRY,3, LAFLEUR,delete TERRY"and" LANDRY,AMENDMENT LARVADAIN,NO. MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, MILLER, MURRAY, OWEN, PHELPS, AND TAYLOR AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
17:416(A)(1)(b)(i),2 andOn (c)(vii)(aa)page and1, (cc)line 4, after "1206.1(A)(3)," and tobefore enact"relative" R.S.insert "and 3996(B)(92) through (94)," AMENDMENT NO.
17:15(A)(1)(b)(iii),47(C)(1)(a)(iv),416(A)(1)(c)(vii)(ee),500.1(C)(3),1201(C)(3),3 andOn 1206.1(A)(3),page relative1, toline the7, assaultafter "definitions;" and batterybefore of"and studentsto" andinsert school"to employees;provide for applicability;" AMENDMENT NO.
to4 provideOn forpage the1, sickat leavethe end of suchline employees;12, delete "and" AMENDMENT NO.
to5 provideOn forpage the1, applicabilityline of13, studentafter disciplinary"1206.1(A)(3)," provisions;and before "are" insert "and 3996(B)(92) through (94)" AMENDMENT NO.
to6 provideOnpage2, forattheend studentofline18, disciplinaryinsert"Theprovisions procedures;ofthisItemshall applytoanincident that occurs off of school propertyonlyif the incident is a continuation of an altercation that began on school property." AMENDMENT NO.
to7 provideOn relativepage to4, studentafter records;line 3, insert the following:
to§3996. provide for definitions;
toCharter provideschools; for applicability;
andexemptions; to provide for related matters.
Berequirements it* enacted* by* theB. Legislature of Louisiana:
SectionNotwithstanding 1.anystate 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 andemployeesshallbeexemptfromallstatutorymandatesorotherstatutory 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:
This* Act* shall* be(92)Sickleaveforaschoolbus knownoperatorfollowingassaultorbattery, andR.S. maybe cited as the "Teacher's Shield Act".
Section17:500.1. 2.
(93) Sick leave for a member of the teaching staff following assault or battery, R.S.
17:15(A)(1)(b)(iii)17:1201(C). is hereby enacted to read as follows:
§15.(94) Sick leave for a school employee following assault or battery, R.S.
Criminal17:1206.1(A), history(C), reviewand A.(1)(D)." * * * Page 1 of 51 CODING:
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283 ENROLLED (b) * * * (iii) Negligent hiring statutes or rules shall not apply to a dispute, litigation, or any allegations when a city, parish, or other local public school board or a nonpublic school or school system has hired a person as an administrator, teacher, substitute teacher, athletic director, coach, or assistant coach, if the person has a valid teaching certificate or authorization provided by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
* * * Section3.
R.S.
17:416(A)(1)(b)(i)and(c)(vii)(aa)and(cc)areherebyamendedand reenacted and R.S.
17:47(C)(1)(a)(iv), 416(A)(1)(c)(vii)(ee),500.1(C)(3), 1201(C)(3), and 1206.1(A)(3) are herebyenacted to read as follows:
§47.
Sick and personal leave * * * C.(1)(a) * * * (iv) Suchsickleavemaybeusedforpurposesthatincludebutarenotlimited to medical treatment, psychological treatment, and physical rehabilitation.
* * * §416.
Discipline of students;
suspension;
expulsion A.(1) * * * (b)(i) Each teacher and school employee may take disciplinary action to correct a student who violates school rules or who interferes with an orderly education process.
No principal or administrator shall prohibit or discourage a teacher or school employee from taking disciplinary action, recommending disciplinary action, or completing a form to initiate disciplinary action against a student who violates school policy or who interferes with an orderly education process.
No principal or administrator shall retaliate or take adverse employment action against a teacher or school employee for taking disciplinary action against a student.
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283 ENROLLED school year to each teacher and school employee, including bus operators, of their rights to take or request disciplinaryaction against a student in accordancewith this Section.
Notice shall also include eligibility for sick and personal leave in the event that a school employee is injured by a student who committed an assault or battery against a teacherin accordancewith R.S.
14:34.3 orR.S.
14:38.2.
The provisions of this Item shall apply only if the disciplinary action that the teacher or school employee takes is in accordancewith policyadoptedbythepublic school governing authority.
* * * (c) * * * (vii)(aa) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever a student is formally accused of violating the provisions of R.S.
14:34.3 or school disciplinary rules, or both, by committing a battery on any school employee either onoroffofschoolpropertyorisformallyaccusedofviolatingtheprovisionsofR.S.
14:38.2orschooldisciplinaryrules,orboth,bycommittinganassaultonanyschool employee either on or off of school property, the principal shall suspend the student from school immediately and the student shall be removed immediately from the school premises or prohibited from returning to the school premises, as applicable, without the benefit of the out-of-school suspension procedures provided by this Section;
however, the necessary notifications and other procedures shall be implementedassoonasispracticable.
ForpurposesofthisItem,"schoolemployee" means anyperson employed bythe school and anysubstitute teacher,substitute bus operator, or school volunteer.
The provisions of this Item shall apply to an incident that occurs off of school property only if the incident is a continuation of a documented altercation that began on school property.
* * * (cc) Except when the school system has no other school of suitable grade level for the student to attend, no student found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of violating the provisions of R.S.
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283 ENROLLED guilty at a school system suspension hearing of committing a battery or assault, or both, on anyschool employee, or both, shall be assigned to attend or shallattendthe schooltowhichtheschoolemployeebatteredorassaultedbythestudentisassigned.
Theprincipalorhis designeeshall immediatelyrecommendthestudent's expulsion, which shall be subject to the provisions of Subsection C of this Section except as provided in this Subitem.
Any such expulsion shall be no less than two complete school semesters in duration, during which time the superintendent shall place the student in an alternative school or in an alternative educational placement as provided in Subparagraph (2)(c) of this Subsection and the student shall participate in an anger management program.
A student expelled as provided in this Subitem shall not, under anycircumstances,be assigned to or allowed to attend the school to which the student or school employee battered or assaulted by the student is assigned.
However, except as otherwise provided in this Subitem, discipline of a student with exceptionalities shall not conflict with Paragraphs (5) and (6) of this Subsection, R.S.
17:1941 et seq., and 20 U.S.C.
1415(k).
* * * (ee) All documentation relative to the provisions of this Item shall be included and maintained in the student's records.
* * * §500.1.
School bus operators;
sick leave * * * C.
* * * (3) Such sickleavemaybeusedforpurposesthatincludebut arenot limited to medical treatment, psychological treatment, and physical rehabilitation.
* * * §1201.
Amount of sick leave;
reimbursement;
injury on the job * * * C.
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283 ENROLLED (3) Such sickleavemaybeusedforpurposesthatincludebutarenotlimited to medical treatment, psychological treatment, and physical rehabilitation.
* * * §1206.1.
School employees;
sick leave A.
* * * (3) Such sickleavemaybeusedforpurposesthatincludebutarenotlimited to medical treatment, psychological treatment, and physical rehabilitation.
* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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