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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3631

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • PIPS: means units by which the effort and quality of improvement activities are measured. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3602
  • Program: means a completed five-year professional improvement program, or refers to the subject of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3602
  • Teacher: means any public school classroom teacher, librarian, school counselor, secondary vocational instructor, principal, assistant principal, or other personnel for whom a valid Louisiana teaching certificate is required for employment; any teacher in an institution which offers thirteenth and fourteenth grade instruction; any speech therapist who possesses a valid Louisiana ancillary certificate issued by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; and any instructor seeking to continue in the program who has been transferred from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to vocational-technical schools under the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3602

Each participating teacher who is required to successfully complete successive five-year professional improvement programs shall have the right to appeal an adverse decision of the local committee with regard to the fixing of PIPS earned or a decision that the teacher has failed to successfully complete a program.  A procedure for appeals to the local committee shall be developed by the state committee.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 207, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.