§154.3.  School schedules; minimum work days; instructional days

A.  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this Section, all teachers shall work not less than one hundred eighty-two days per school year and except as provided in R.S. 17:154.1(A), no fewer than one hundred seventy-seven of such days shall be used to provide instruction to students.

B.  Effective for the 2005-2006 school year, the provisions of Subsection A of this Section relative to the requirement that teachers work not less then one hundred eighty-two days per school year shall not be applicable.  However, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may adopt rules effective for the 2005-2006 school year relative to the minimum number of teacher work days.

Acts 1997, No. 306, §1, eff. June 17, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 160, §2, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 815, §1; Acts 2001, No. 905, §1, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 25, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005.