Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:1991 – Definitions
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:1991
- Board: means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges or its successor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:1991
- Department: means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges or its successor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:1991
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
A. As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges or its successor.
(2) “Department” means the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges or its successor.
B. Further, any reference in this Chapter to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the state Department of Education, or the state superintendent of education insofar as such reference is related to the exercise of jurisdiction over schools providing postsecondary vocational-technical education or the employees thereof shall mean and be interpreted to mean the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, except as is clearly inconsistent with the supervisory jurisdiction of institutions provided by the education governance and management structure established in La. Const. Art. VIII of Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 208, §3; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.