Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The board
shall employ staff to discharge the constitutional and statutory functions of
the board as policymaker for elementary and secondary education.
B. The executive director shall be selected
and appointed by the board and shall serve as the agency head responsible for
all administrative and fiscal operations of the board.
C. The executive director shall appoint
unclassified administrative staff.
D. Classified staff are hired by the
executive director in accordance with procedures approved by the Louisiana
Department of Civil Service.
E. In
general, duties of the staff include the following:
1. provide professional staffing functions
for all committees of the board, including the appellate functions related to
the quasi-judicial actions of the board acting as the administrative agency of
last resort prior to regular judicial proceedings;
2. assist in the policymaking functions,
including the formulation and maintenance of regulating bulletins and
rules;
3. answer inquiries (verbal
and written) from and for board members;
4. provide staffing services to advisory
councils established by the board and educational commissions established by
the legislature. The board staff shall serve as secretariat to the advisory
councils of the board. Secretarial services shall include the preparation of
agenda and minutes, both of which shall be prepared according to regular office
procedures of the board. The executive director shall supply each advisory
council with a staff person who shall serve as an aide to the chair of the
council and serve as a representative of the executive director for the purpose
of coordinating activities of the advisory councils and the committees of the
board;
5. provide necessary support
services for BESE in its joint functions with the Board of Regents;
6. staff all board meetings and maintain
official records and notifications of board action;
7. provide oversight for the distribution and
monitoring of 8(g) funded programs;
8. monitor the LDE's development and
implementation of charter school policy and its oversight of charter schools
authorized by BESE;
9. testify at
legislative hearings, as appropriate; and
10. provide any additional support services
deemed necessary for the board to perform its constitutional and statutory
duties.
F. Staff
assistance from employees of the LDE may be secured for advisory councils only
at the direction of the state superintendent of education.
G. All persons who are subject to the
jurisdiction of the board and sign checks shall be bonded.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:6(A)(15),
R.S.
17:6(A)(10),
R.S.
17:3(D), Article VII &
§10. 1,
R.S.
17:3801, and
R.S.
17:3981.
