§391.2. Definitions
As used in this Part, the following terms have the following meanings unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Communication skills" means the arts of reading, writing, and speaking the
English language.
(2) "Basic computational skills" means skill in basic arithmetic and mathematics.
(3) "School board" means a parish or city school board.
(4) "Public education" means the elementary and secondary level educational
programs funded by the state and local government in the public schools and other
institutions providing educational programs.
(5) "Public schools" means the public elementary and secondary schools governed
by the parish and city school boards.
(6) "School district" means the area of each parish or municipality under the
jurisdiction of a school board.
(7) "School personnel" means the teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, and
other professional personnel of the public schools of the state including members of the
professional staff of the state Department of Education.
(8) "Educational accountability" means the respective responsibilities and duties,
under the provisions of this Part, of local school boards, administrators, principals, teachers,
and other personnel; the state Department of Education and its personnel; parents, students,
and any other governing authority.
Acts 1977, No. 621, §1; Acts 2022, No. 374, §1.