Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part LXI - Bulletin 1573-Complaint Management Procedures
Chapter 1 - Terms, Purpose and Mandates
Section LXI-101 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases have the meaning ascribed to them in this Subsection unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context.
BESE-the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Bulletin 1706: Regulations for Implementation of the Children with Exceptionalities Act- Louisiana 's Law for Children with Exceptionalities.
Child Advocate- an individual or group established to promote the interests and rights of children, especially children with exceptionalities.
Child with an Exceptionality-a child evaluated in accordance with state regulations who is determined to be gifted, talented, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, hard of hearing, deaf, deaf-blind, speech impaired, severe language disordered, autistic, visually impaired, multi-disabled, orthopedically disabled, traumatic brain injured, or other health impaired.
Complainant-the individual(s) or organization that files a complaint with the State Department of Education on behalf of a child with an exceptionality. This complainant may be a parent, guardian, student, surrogate parent, child advocate or other individual or an organization.
Complaint-an allegation that an educational agency has violated a requirement of federal or state laws and regulations, policies, rights, procedural safeguards or program standards adopted by the BESE.
DSP-Division of Special Populations.
Local Educational Agency (LEA)-a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a state for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a state, or for such combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a state as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools including an educational service agency or other public institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a public elementary or secondary school, including a public charter school that is established as an LEA under the state law.
State Department of Education (SDE)-the State Department of Education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for the state supervision of public elementary and secondary schools; or, if there is no such officer or agency, an officer or agency designated by the Governor or by state law [Referred to in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (ACT) as State Educational Agency (SEA)].
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:1941 et seq.
