§81.8.  Employee demotion; investigation

A.  By not later than January 1, 1993, each city and parish school board shall adopt and implement a policy establishing procedures for the investigation of any employee in any case in which there is a public announcement by the board that the employee may be disciplined whether or not there is an accompanying reduction in employee pay.  The policy shall include a process by which any such employee, if the employee so determines, not later than thirty days after the conclusion of such investigation and prior to any school board action, may appear before the school board in open session and be given a reasonable time, as determined by the board, to comment on the investigation and any actions taken or proposed to be taken involving the employee.  

B.  The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any reduction in force instituted by a city or parish school board nor shall the provisions of this Section apply to any investigation of an employee conducted by a city or parish school board in accordance with applicable provisions of Part II of Chapter 2 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 17:411 through 544, relative to tenure.

Acts 1991, No. 939, §1, eff. July 24, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 164, §1, eff. June 8, 1992.