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            In addition to the authorities granted by La. Rev. Stat. 17:6 and any powers, duties, and responsibilities vested by any other applicable laws, the board shall:

            (1) Pay the per diem and expenses of the board and its members and the salaries and expenses, including but not necessarily restricted to facilities, equipment, and supplies, of its staff out of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the operating and administrative expenses of the board.

            (2)(a) Adopt a minimum foundation program and adopt a formula for the equitable allocation of minimum foundation funds to parish and city school systems. In adopting such program and formula, funding shall be at the pupil-teacher ratio of twenty students to one classroom teacher for kindergarten through grade three and twenty-five students to one classroom teacher for grades four through six, or as provided for in the general appropriation bill with the ultimate goal of twenty students to one classroom teacher for kindergarten through grade three and twenty-five students to one classroom teacher for grades four through six. However, if less than the total amount of funds necessary to implement the pupil-teacher ratios provided herein is appropriated in the general appropriation bill, the money appropriated on the basis of the regular education portion of the minimum foundation formula shall be applied first to meeting the ratios established for classroom teachers for kindergarten and then for classroom teachers to meet the ratios for each succeeding grade. Any additional classroom teaching positions generated in meeting the ratio requirements shall not be used in computing authorized administrative position allotments. 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 La. Rev. Stat. 17:22(2)(d).

            (b) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 374, §2.

            (c) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall be responsible for all planning functions for the Department of Education, including collection, analysis and interpretation of all data, information, test results, evaluations, and other indicators that are used to formulate policy, identify areas of concern and need, and serve as the basis for short-range and long-range planning. Such planning shall include assembling data, conducting appropriate studies and surveys, and sponsoring research and development activities designed to provide information about educational needs and the effect of alternative educational practices.

            (d) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish within the Department of Education, office of management and finance, a program of fiscal accountability for purposes of providing an audit, evaluation, and a computerization of the data submitted by local school systems and used in the determination of the cost of the minimum foundation program for public elementary and secondary education and in the equitable distribution of funds provided for the minimum foundation program for public elementary and secondary education. The board shall annually report, not later than March fifteenth, the findings of the audit and evaluation, with recommendations for improvement, to the committees on education of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The audit and evaluation shall consider the minimum performance standards established by the legislature, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the state Department of Education.

            (e) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop and implement an integrated information system for educational management. The system shall support, as feasible, the management decisions to be made in each office of the state Department of Education and at the individual school and district levels. Similar data elements among offices and levels shall be compatible. The system shall be based on an overall conceptual design; the information needed for such decisions, including fiscal, student, program, personnel, facility, community, evaluation, and other relevant data; and the relationship between cost and effectiveness. The system shall be managed and administered by the state superintendent of education and shall include a district subsystem component to be administered at the local school system level, with input to the state level. Each local school system with a unique management information system shall assure that compatibility exists between its unique system and the district component of the state system to the extent that all data required as input to the state system shall be made available in the appropriate input format.

            (f)(i) In addition to any other requirements of the minimum foundation program formula as most recently adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and approved by the legislature, the state board shall require each city, parish, or other local public school board to expend funds generated by applying the weighted factors contained in such formula for economically disadvantaged students, career and technical education course units, special education students other than gifted and talented students, and gifted and talented students on personnel, professional services, instructional materials, equipment, and supplies that serve the unique needs of students who generate such funds and to submit annually a written report to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education that details the types of activities on which these funds were expended to serve the needs of the weighted students at all schools that serve such students. The information contained in such annual report shall be published on the state Department of Education website in an easily understandable format.

            (ii) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall offer guidance and technical assistance to each city, parish, or other local public school board in making strategic fiscal decisions that promote improved student achievement. Such guidance and technical assistance shall include but not be limited to the identification of best practices in school finance that promote efficiency, economies of scale, and the use of comparative data to improve spending and educational outcomes.

            (iii) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall annually publish revenue and expenditure data, including but not limited to the allocation and expenditure of funds generated by the minimum foundation program, local revenues, and federal grants, for each city, parish, or other local public school board by district and by school level, to the extent possible, in an easily understandable format on the state Department of Education website. Such data shall include but not be limited to comparative per pupil expenses reported by the school system for personnel, transportation, and other major categories of common expenditures as determined by the state Department of Education. Student membership counts and any weighted student counts generated by student need characteristics as provided in the minimum foundation program formula, calculations of the amounts of minimum foundation program funding allocated to each city, parish, or other local public school board through the minimum foundation program, amounts provided to and removed from calculations for each city, parish, or other local public school board including the source of funding shifts between city, parish, or other local public school boards, and expenditures of funds by school systems relative to the amounts generated by the weighted student characteristics and factors through the formula applied to city, parish, or other local public school boards shall also be reported.

            (iv) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall establish a system for the uniform collection and reporting of all data required by this Subparagraph.

            (v) For the purposes of this Subparagraph, the term “city, parish, or other local public school board” shall mean the governing authority of any public elementary or secondary school.

            (3) 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 school and programs.

            (4) Prescribe a process for the review, adoption, procurement, and distribution of free textbooks and other materials of instruction for the children of this state at the elementary and secondary levels and at all other schools and programs under its jurisdiction for which the legislature provides funds, in accordance with law.

            (5)(a) Approve courses of study and prepare and adopt rules and regulations for the discipline of students and 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, and other local public school boards and the local school superintendents; however, the board shall have no control over the business affairs of a city, parish, or other local public school board or the selection or removal of its officers and employees.

            (b)(i) Prepare and adopt rules and guidelines for the appropriate use of seclusion, physical restraint, and mechanical restraint of students with exceptionalities as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 17:1942, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

            (ii) The rules and guidelines adopted pursuant to Item (i) of this Subparagraph shall not be applicable to a student who has been deemed to be gifted or talented unless the student has been identified as also having a disability.

            (6) Prescribe the qualifications and provide for the certification of teachers in accordance with applicable law, which qualifications and requirements shall ensure 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 subjects to which the teacher is assigned.

            (7) Adopt minimum standards for the approval of each public elementary and secondary school and special school in the state under its jurisdiction.

            (8) Except as otherwise provided by law, approve nonpublic schools in accordance with the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 17:11 and any other applicable law.

            (9) Meet with the Board of Regents, upon its call, to coordinate programs of public elementary, secondary, vocational-technical, career, and higher education.

            (10) Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 392, §3, eff. June 14, 2023.

            (11) Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 266, §2.

            (12)(a) Develop, adopt, and by not later than the second semester of the 1991-1992 school year, provide for the implementation of a firearm familiarity and safety pilot program for students in grades six, seven, and eight. The purpose of the program shall be to promote the protection and safety of children and the program shall be integrated within the current curriculum of such students. All instruction and related supplies and materials shall be on an age-appropriate basis.

            (b) The firearm familiarity and safety pilot program shall be developed by the board based on recommendations of the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or his designee and of the state superintendent of education. The pilot program shall be made available in not less than twenty schools throughout the state and the selection of schools to participate in the pilot program shall include to the extent possible those schools already using related programs and instruction provided by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

            (c) The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to provide the firearm familiarity and safety pilot program.

            (13)(a) In the development of course outlines or other suggested or required curricular or teaching material for use in middle or high schools for courses which include material related to family life, including but not limited to Family Life and Consumer Science Education, include the topic of adoption awareness as provided in this Paragraph.

            (b) “Adoption awareness” as used in this Paragraph means specific instruction on the benefits of adoption for families wishing to add a child, for potential adoptees, and for persons who are pregnant or who have a child for whom they are unable to care.

            (14)(a) Prepare and adopt by July 1, 1992, course requirements for high school graduation which are sufficiently flexible to prepare students for, and to permit them to choose to pursue preparation for, the workplace or entrance into an institution of higher education. Prior to adoption, the board shall report in writing to the House and Senate Committees on Education on any proposed program developed to implement the provisions of this Paragraph in order that the committees may have the opportunity to review and comment on any such program prior to its implementation. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of each student shall be provided information as required in La. Rev. Stat. 17:175(C)(1)(d). Such requirements for high school graduation shall include the study of science and mathematical skills, including algebraic concepts, in either a functional and applied format or in a theoretical format. Any such functional and applied format or theoretical format shall provide instruction in concepts sufficient to prepare a student to be successful on any test required in La. Rev. Stat. 17:24.4 administered to high school students.

            (b) Nothing in this Paragraph shall be construed to permit or require tracking of students or authorizing a system of dual diplomas.

            (15)(a) Provide guidance to city and parish school boards for delivering appropriate educational services for public school students with identified attention deficit disorders. Any such guidance shall be in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and subsequent amendments, and shall include procedures for the school building level committee to follow when a request is received from a parent, student, school nurse, classroom teacher, or other school personnel concerning a student who is suspected of or regarded as having an attention deficit disorder.

            (b) Students receiving services under the provisions of this Paragraph shall be those students who do not qualify for special educational services under categories such as learning disabled, behavior disordered, and other health impaired, as defined in Bulletin 1508, the Pupil Appraisal Handbook.

            (c) The state Department of Education shall provide for:

            (i) Statewide training of representatives from public city and parish school systems on meeting the needs of students with attention deficit disorders. Such training shall include identifying characteristics associated with attention deficit disorders, assessment techniques, and developing appropriate accommodations and modifications in home, school, and social environments.

            (ii) A request for proposals to be issued to public city and parish school systems no later than August 1, 1992, for four pilot programs for students with attention deficit disorders. The pilot programs shall be selected based on criteria to be established by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and shall include, but not be limited to geographic location, size of the school population, and the existence of established programs for students with attention deficit disorders in local school systems. The pilot program shall begin in the 1992-93 school year and shall be evaluated at the conclusion of such school year for effectiveness in meeting the needs of the students with attention deficit disorders.

            (d) The funding for the statewide training program and the four pilot programs shall not exceed a total of ninety-seven thousand dollars. Funds not to exceed six percent of the total program funding shall be allocated to the state Department of Education for evaluation and oversight of the pilot programs.

            (16) By December 1, 2022, develop and adopt rules and regulations requiring each public school governing authority to annually report to the state Department of Education information relative to the instruction of students on child assault and prevention as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 17:81(Y). At a minimum, the rules and regulations shall include a requirement that the annual report submitted by each public school governing authority include the following information for each school under its jurisdiction:

            (a) A grade-level listing of each course that includes instruction on child assault awareness and prevention.

            (b) The website location that prominently displays the number for the child protection toll-free hotline operated by the Department of Children and Family Services.

            (17) Repealed by Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.

            (18) Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 41, §2, eff. June 12, 2011.

            (19) Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 643, §2.

            (20)(a) Subject to the appropriation of funds for this purpose, develop, adopt, and by not later than the beginning of the 1995-1996 school year, provide for implementation by the State Department of Education of an annual math, science, and speech and debate competition financial assistance awards program for eligible teams and individuals from public and board-approved nonpublic secondary schools representing the state of Louisiana at regional or national competitions, or both.

            (b) The following guidelines, criteria, and procedures shall apply to the financial assistance awards program provided for by this Paragraph:

            (i) Financial assistance awarded pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph shall be used exclusively for the payment of documented and necessary expenses of eligible public and approved nonpublic secondary school team members or individuals representing the state of Louisiana at math, science, or speech and debate competitions at regional or national levels, or both, including persons designated by the school’s governing authority as chaperons or coaches of such team members or individuals.

            (ii) For the purposes of this Paragraph, necessary expenses shall mean competition entry fees as well as travel, lodging, subsistence, and incidental costs directly related to participation in math, science, or speech and debate competitions at regional or national levels, or both. Procedures governing expenditures for travel, subsistence, lodging, and incidental costs shall be consistent with travel regulations prescribed by the division of administration for state executive branch employees.

            (iii) A team may consist of persons representing one secondary school as the local or district level winner or persons who are individual winners from the state at large who have won in-state local or district level competitions and who will be competing in the same regional or national competition, or both. The board shall provide by rule for the method of determining the appropriate school governing authority to represent the interests of a team composed of persons who are individual winners from the state at large who have won in-state local or district level competitions and who will be competing in the same regional or national competition, or both.

            (iv) Each winning team or individual winner from the state at large seeking a financial assistance award shall identify a sponsor who shall be under the auspices of the governing authority of the public or approved nonpublic secondary school.

            (v) An application for a financial assistance award shall be submitted by the governing authority of the public or approved nonpublic secondary school acting on behalf of the sponsor of a team or individual participating at a math, science, or speech and debate competition at the regional or national level, or both.

            (vi) An application form shall include general information on the individual competitor or individual team members, a documented record of the competitions in which the individual competitor or team members have participated, including competition results, and a reasonable estimate of expenses for which financial assistance is being sought, all of which information shall be attested to by the sponsor for its accuracy and validity.

            (vii) Upon approval, a financial assistance award shall be made to the governing authority of the public or approved nonpublic secondary school submitting the application for the sponsor. The school’s governing authority shall serve as the fiscal agent for the team or individual and shall be responsible for keeping appropriate records and documentation for audit purposes of all award expenditures.

            (viii) Awarded but unexpended monies shall be returned to the State Department of Education.

            (ix) The criteria for approving a financial assistance award shall consist of thoroughness and detail of information submitted in the application process and the qualifications and competition record of the team members or individual competitors seeking assistance. Award criteria shall not discriminate against any student on the basis of race, sex, religious belief, or school attendance at an approved nonpublic school.

            (x) If the total dollar amount of approved financial awards for any one program year exceeds total funds available for this purpose, award monies shall be allocated among all approved applicants on the basis of each eligible team or individual competitor receiving the same percentage amount of the total amount approved for the team or individual.

            (c) The board shall adopt necessary rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Paragraph.

            (d) The cost of the program provided for by this Paragraph shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars in state general funds for the 1995-1996 Fiscal Year.

            (21)(a) Annually submit to the House Committee on Education and to the Senate Committee on Education, at the time of the board’s submission to the legislature of the proposed minimum foundation program formula, a report providing the following information regarding actual expenditures from state general funds as well as from all sources of funds for public elementary and secondary education purposes, on a school system by school system basis and for the state as a whole, for the most recent year such information is available:

            (i) Expenditures, by dollar amount and by percent of total spending, for all instructional purposes, including a subtotal for pupil support and a subtotal for instructional support.

            (ii) Expenditures, by dollar amount and by percent of total spending, for food services.

            (iii) Expenditures, by dollar amount and by percent of total spending, for other support services.

            (iv) Total expenditures.

            (b) Information for the same expenditure categories as required by Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph also shall be reported by the amounts and by the percentages of such spending that occur at the individual school building level compared to such expenditures that occur at other than the school building level.

            (c) Expenditure categories and subcategories provided for by Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall be defined by rule by the board and shall be consistent with expenditure functions adopted by the board for use in its uniform accounting handbook.

            (d) The report required by this Paragraph shall include for the same time period education personnel data for the following categories both by numbers of persons employed and by the percent such employment is of the total:

            (i) Classroom teachers.

            (ii) Teacher aides and paraprofessionals.

            (iii) Professional/technical.

            (iv) School administration.

            (v) Central office administration.

            (vi) Office/clerical.

            (vii) Maintenance/operations.

            (e) The board shall adopt necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Paragraph.

            (22) Annually submit to each member of the legislature at the time of publication an electronic copy of the state, district, school, and parent-level progress profiles as required by La. Rev. Stat. 17:3912. Upon request, the board shall provide such profiles to any legislator in the form of a paper report.

            (23)(a) Develop, adopt, and provide for the implementation of a pilot program in eight public elementary schools as follows:

            (i) Two public elementary schools from the northern region of the state.

            (ii) Two public elementary schools from the southern region of the state.

            (iii) Two public elementary schools from the eastern region of the state.

            (iv) Two public elementary schools from the western region of the state.

            (b) Participation in the pilot program shall be on a voluntary basis. If, by November 30, 1997, more than the specified number of schools volunteer to participate in the program, then the state Department of Education shall select the schools to participate based upon criteria as established by the department and approved by the board. Such selection of participating schools shall include, to the extent possible, those schools which have already departmentalized any grades at the elementary level and representation from rural, suburban, and urban school systems throughout the state.

            (c) Each school participating in the pilot program as provided in this Paragraph shall:

            (i) Provide for the departmentalization, or grouping according to subject matter, of grades one through six.

            (ii) Study the outcomes of teachers who teach in specialized areas as opposed to teachers who teach all subjects.

            (iii) Create a strategic plan for improving and analyzing student achievement and instructional methods.

            (iv) Provide for a daily planning period which allows all teachers to meet to discuss student progress in accordance with the strategic plan.

            (d) The pilot program as provided in this Paragraph shall be fully implemented by not later than August 31, 1998. After the third year of implementation, the program shall be evaluated by the department in accordance with criteria as established by the department and approved by the board which shall include the collection of data as to the results of the program and student progress and based upon such evaluation, the board shall determine if the program should be implemented on a statewide basis.

            (e) The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to provide for and implement the pilot program as provided in this Paragraph.

            (24)(a) Develop, adopt, and beginning in the summer after the 1999-2000 school year, provide for the implementation of a pilot education and nutrition summer program based upon the West Virginia Energy Express program. The state Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall select the sites to participate in the pilot program, which may include school buildings. The purpose of the program shall be to provide children from low-income families with learning activities, social programs, and free breakfast and lunch during the summer when they are not in school. Participation by children in the pilot program shall be on a voluntary basis.

            (b) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop and adopt necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this Paragraph and such development shall include consultation with and participation by the cooperative extension service at any state public college or university.

            (c) The legislature shall appropriate necessary funding for the development and implementation of the pilot program as provided in this Paragraph.

            (d) In addition to funds made available by the legislature, the board may seek and accept any gifts, grants, and donations, including federal funds, from whatever sources may be available to accomplish the purposes of this Paragraph.

            (25) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 832, §8B.

            (26)(a) Develop, adopt, and provide for the implementation of a visual arts curriculum and a performing arts curriculum in public schools as follows:

            (i) During the 2007-2008 school year, develop and adopt by not later than July 1, 2008, visual arts and performing arts curriculum guides that are consistent with the arts content standards as developed and adopted by the board. The board shall consult and collaborate with the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism in developing such curriculum guides and shall include in the development of such curriculum guides the participation of teachers who are certified in arts education and professional practicing artists in the visual and performing arts as defined by the board, after receiving recommendations from the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for the purposes of this Paragraph.

            (ii) During the 2008-2009 school year, provide professional development and training relative to the implementation in public schools of the curriculum guides, developed pursuant to Item (i) of this Subparagraph, to teachers, school administrators, and professional practicing artists as defined pursuant to the provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph.

            (iii) During the 2009-2010 school year, provide for the implementation, on a pilot basis, of a visual arts curriculum and a performing arts curriculum that are based upon the curriculum guides developed pursuant to the provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph in public schools as selected by the board for participation.

            (iv) Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, require full implementation of the visual arts curriculum and the performing arts curriculum for all public school students in kindergarten through grade eight, including a requirement that sixty minutes of instruction in the performing arts and sixty minutes of instruction in the visual arts shall be provided to such students each school week.

            (v) Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, require that all public high schools give instruction in the visual arts and the performing arts and that such instruction shall be given in accordance with the curriculum guides developed pursuant to the provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph.

            (b) The board shall adopt necessary rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Paragraph.

            (c) The implementation of the provisions of this Paragraph shall be subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature for this purpose.

            (27)(a)(i) Adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act prohibiting at any public elementary or secondary school interaction between a student and school employee in any classroom, office, meeting room, or other similarly enclosed area on school property unless during the full time of such interaction another school employee, the student’s parent, or other authorized adult is present, or the student and employee are clearly viewable by persons outside such area through an open door or entrance or through a window or other means that provide an unobstructed view of such interaction.

            (ii) The provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph shall not apply to the following:

            (aa) Interaction between a student and school counselor as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 17:3002.

            (bb) Interaction between a student and school employee during the administration of a test when the student’s Individualized Education Program as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 17:1945(C)(2) provides for accommodations relative to testing that preclude the presence of other individuals.

            (cc) Interaction between a student and school employee engaged in the performance of a noncomplex health procedure as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 17:436(A).

            (dd) Interaction between a student and school nurse.

            (ee) Any other interaction as determined by the state board.

            (b) Rules adopted by the state board pursuant to this Paragraph shall include but not be limited to guidelines requiring implementation, oversight, and enforcement of the prohibition and limitations provided by Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph by every governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school by not later than the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year.

            (28)(a) By the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year, develop and adopt rules and regulations requiring city, parish, and other local school boards to implement a system to conduct exit interviews for teachers who leave their employ to ascertain their reasons for leaving and to gather information that could prove useful in developing strategies to improve teacher retention rates.

            (b) The board shall appoint a task force to assist in developing forms and questions to be used in the exit interview.

            (c) Each city, parish, and other local public school board annually shall report on the information gathered during the teacher exit interviews conducted in its system to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in a manner that assures complete anonymity and confidentiality for the teacher.

            (d) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall compile and analyze the teacher exit interview information submitted by each city, parish, and other local public school system each year and make a comprehensive report to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on Education not later than January fifteenth of each year regarding the information collected during the prior year.

            (29) Develop, adopt, and promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act which provide for the following relative to the physical abuse of teachers and other school employees by students in city, parish, and other local public schools:

            (a) Requiring school governing authorities to keep an accurate record of each incident of physical abuse by a student that is reported by a teacher or other school employee.

            (b) Requiring school governing authorities to provide appropriate equipment to protect teachers and other school employees from physical abuse by students.

            (c) Providing support services to teachers and other school employees which afford them the opportunity to discuss the effects of stress caused by physical abuse by students and to identify ways to alleviate such stress.

            (d) Giving any teacher or other school employee who has been a victim of physical abuse by a student, or students, the opportunity to seek another position for which he is certified within the same parish and in which he will not have contact with the student or students, provided there is another position available.

            (30)(a) By the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year, develop and adopt a policy whereby students shall be allowed to accelerate their academic progress, complete all high school graduation requirements established by the board, and receive a high school diploma in less than four years.

            (b) Such policy shall encourage and support students who seek early graduation from high school and provide for mechanisms to facilitate implementation of this early high school graduation policy by local public schools and school systems which may include flexible course scheduling and use of distance learning, online courses, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and other accelerated learning programs and examinations.

            (c) Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall fully implement the provisions of the early high school graduation policy adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and shall include such in its pupil progression plan.

            (31)(a) Develop, adopt, and provide for the implementation of a uniform grading scale for use in public elementary and secondary schools and other public schools and programs under its jurisdiction, which shall be enforced by the governing authorities of public schools and by city, parish, and other local public school superintendents except as otherwise provided by this Paragraph.

            (b) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not apply to any school operated by the United States Department of Defense that is located on a federal military installation.

            (32) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 374, §2.

            (33)(a) On an annual basis, provide all of the following information to the legislature no later than fifteen days prior to the convening of each regular session:

            (i) A full organizational chart for the board which is current as of the date of submission to the legislature and which shows each staff position, whether filled or vacant, that comprises the board.

            (ii) The current salary of the person occupying each filled position shown on the organizational chart.

            (b) The board may submit the report required by this Paragraph in electronic format and may submit the report at the time of submission of the progress profiles required by Paragraph (22) of this Section.

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