Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. For each school
transferred to the RSD, the RSD shall ensure that each direct-operated school
is included in the RSD community relations program. That program shall include
a method of maintaining clear communication among interested parties, including
the RSD; the chief executive officer of the governing authority of the relevant
municipality or parish; the parents and guardians of children for whom the RSD
is required to provide educational services; the respective school advisory
council (see Subsection 1505. C, below); the city, parish, or other local
public school board from which schools are transferred; and other relevant
entities.
1. For each school under the direct
operation of the RSD, the community relations program shall be such that the
community is fully informed about the educational program, the strengths and
needs of the school, and the services available to the school
community.
2. The RSD shall
regularly assess community needs and shall conduct public relations
activities.
3. Each school shall
maintain a continuous and specific program of community relations that involves
the professional staff, the students, its school advisory council, and
citizens.
4. Each school shall use
its community resources in planning and conducting the total school
program.
5. The RSD shall seek to
enlist the cooperative assistance of all communications media within the
community and to provide access to public information about the school, its
policies, and activities.
6.
Teachers shall make appropriate and effective use of community
resources.
7. Each school shall
seek parental involvement and support through communication between school and
home.
8. Each school shall include
in its school-community relations program a written plan for community/parent
involvement.
B. The RSD
shall require each school under its jurisdiction to notify the parent or legal
guardian of every student, in writing, of the proper process and procedures to
be followed in order to make a complaint or request information from the school
or the RSD.
1. Such information shall
include, at a minimum, the name, address, phone number, and email address of
the appropriate person to contact at each step of the prescribed process or
procedures. This information shall be updated, at least, annually. Such
information shall be incorporated into any existing policy or policies, code of
conduct, or student handbook of the RSD or of each school under its
jurisdiction.
2. The RSD shall
provide this information to parents or legal guardians at the start of each
school year.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:6(A)(10),
R.S.
17:10.5(A)(1),
R.S.
17:10.7(A)(1),
R.S.
17:1990(A)(2), and
R.S.
17:10.B.
