Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part I - BESE/8(g) Operations
Subpart 1 - Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Chapter 3 - Composition and General Authority
Section I-307 - General Powers and Duties

1. adopt a minimum foundation program and adopt a formula for the equitable allocation of minimum foundation funds to city, parish, or other local public school systems. The board shall adopt such program and formula for each ensuing fiscal year in a timely manner so that the program and formula may be submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget in accordance with R.S. 17:22(2)(d);

2. exercise budgetary responsibility and allocate for expenditure by the schools and programs under its jurisdiction all monies appropriated or otherwise made available for purposes of the board and of such schools and programs;

3. supervise, manage, and operate or provide for the supervision, management, and operation of a public elementary or secondary school which has been determined to be failing, including the power to receive, control, and expend state funds appropriated and allocated pursuant to La. Const. Art. VIII, Sec. 13(B), any local contribution required by La. Const. Art. VIII, Sec. 13, and any other local revenue available to a school board with responsibility for a school determined to be failing in amounts that are calculated based on the number of students in attendance in such a school, all in the manner provided by and in accordance with law;

4. approve budgets of the LDE, including the recovery school district, and all entities under the jurisdiction of the board as provided herein;

5. prescribe and adopt free school books and other materials of instruction for the children of this state at the elementary and secondary levels and all other schools and programs under its jurisdiction for which the legislature provides funds, in accordance with law;

6. adopt or approve courses of study and rules, bylaws, and regulations for the discipline of students and for the governance of the public elementary and secondary schools and other public schools and programs under its jurisdiction, which shall not be inconsistent with law and which shall be enforced by the city, parish, or other local public school boards and the city, parish, or other local public school superintendents;

7. prescribe the qualifications and provide for the certification of teachers in accordance with applicable law, which qualifications and requirements shall be such as to insure that certification shall be a reliable indicator of the minimum current ability and proficiency of the teacher to educate at the grade level and in the subject(s) to which the teacher is assigned;

8. adopt minimum standards for the approval of each public elementary and secondary school in the state under its jurisdiction;

9. except as otherwise provided by law, approve private schools in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 17:11 and other applicable laws;

10. issue diplomas for successful completion of programs of study;

11. exercise approval authority over the administration of the recovery school district by the LDE pursuant to law;

12. authorize the operation of type 2, type 4, and type 5 charter schools and provide oversight through the LDE of type 2, type 4, and type 5 charter schools;

13. adopt, amend, or repeal rules, regulations, and policies necessary or proper for the conduct of the business of the board.