Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Conditions of Employment. For purposes of
determining salary, Louisiana public schools shall grant credit for work
experience in compliance with the following criteria.
1. Louisiana Public Schools
a. Full-time/half-time satisfactory teaching
experience at an LEA. Experience in a position that requires a valid Louisiana
teaching/ancillary certificate. Proper certification for the position held;
this is to include a temporary certificate, temporary teaching assignment,
temporary employment permit, emergency permit, provisional certificate, and/or
Circular 665 experience after regular certificate/licensure is
secured.
b. Full-time
college/university satisfactory teaching experience, not to include graduate
assistantship.
c. Technical college
teaching/instructional, full-time satisfactory experience when certified as a
teacher for public elementary or secondary schools or technical colleges;
proper temporary certification will count.
d. Full-time satisfactory work experience
acquired by ancillary personnel while employed by an organization or
institution if such personnel held the credentials required for ancillary
certification at the time work was performed. This is not to include private
practice.
2. Louisiana
Nonpublic Approved Schools
a. The crediting
of elementary and secondary teaching/instructional experience for Louisiana
nonpublic teachers/ instructional employees, shall be in accordance with
R.S.
17:424.2. Full-time college/university,
career/technical, and ancillary experience shall be credited according to the
standards stated in Subparagraphs A.1.b-d above. Experience must have been in a
position requiring teaching/ancillary certificate or licensure. Proper
temporary certification will count after regular certificate/licensure is
secured.
3. Out-of-State
Public Schools
a. The crediting of public
elementary and secondary teaching/instructional experience for out-of-state
teachers/instructional employees shall be in accordance with
R.S.
17:424.3. Full-time college/university,
career/technical and ancillary experience shall be credited according to the
standards stated in Subparagraphs A.1.b-d above. Experience must have been in a
position requiring teaching/ancillary certificate or licensure; this does not
include experience under temporary certification/licensure.
4. Out-of-State Nonpublic Approved
Schools
a. The crediting of elementary and
secondary teaching/instructional experience for out-of-state nonpublic
teachers/instructional employees is optional and shall be determined by each
local school board.
5.
Military
a. Credit for military service shall
be in accordance with
R.S.
17:423, and salary schedule placement shall
be in accordance with
R.S.
17:423.1.
B. Length of Employment. An LEA may credit a
full year of teaching/instructional service if the employee has provided
teaching/instructional service for a minimum of 90 school days or one semester
in one school year, in compliance with the above requirements. This credit will
be given in the following year of employment except for individuals hired at
mid-term who may be given credit for the fall semester of experience. The
maximum credit for a school year is one year of experience.
C. This policy will not affect years of
credit granted to individuals prior to its adoption by the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:423;
R.S.
17:424;
R.S.
17:424.1;
R.S.
17:424.2;
R.S.
17:424.3,
R.S.
17:423.1.
