Art. 603.1. Required education; reporting child abuse

            A. Every person graduating from any teacher preparation program in Louisiana shall have had in his curriculum instruction on the requirements of and how to report suspected child abuse cases pursuant to Article 601 et seq., as well as instruction on how to identify the signs and symptoms of child neglect and abuse, including sexual abuse, in order to receive his teacher certification.

            B. Teaching or child care providers as defined by Article 603 shall complete an online training course provided by the Department of Children and Family Services between June first and August thirty-first annually. A record of completion of the course by the teaching or child care provider shall be provided to each entity at which the teaching or child care provider is employed. No later than September thirtieth of each year and in a manner prescribed by the state Department of Education each entity at which a teaching or child care provider is employed shall submit a list to the state Department of Education of all teaching and child care providers employed by the entity and identify the employees that have complied with the training requirements and those employees that have not complied. The state Department of Education shall publish the completion rates for each entity on its website.

            Acts 2003, No. 769, §1; Acts 2020, No. 272, §1, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2025, No. 409, §7.