Louisiana Schools
Louisiana Governor's Office - Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
BATON ROUGE—Proposing to dramatically close the gap between Louisiana teacher pay and those of other Southeastern states, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today unveiled her two-year pay plan to a standing-room only crowd of teachers, health care advocates and legislators from both parties. Governor Blanco proposes dedicating all the proceeds from a one-dollar cigarette tax increase to educator pay raises, giving certificated public schools teachers a $3,300 raise over two years. ... [Read More]
Louisiana Governor's Office - Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
Preparing children for the demands of a first grade classroom is not a task we can ignore. Waiting for kindergarten to begin formal school instruction is simply not enough. Mandatory Pre-K education should be instituted in all public schools. We need to expand the Louisiana Schools Accountability Program and continue to identify and correct the weaknesses our public schools suffer. ... Support the school accountability program. To students, this means that consistently sub-standard schools should be turned around through greater state education team involvement. To teachers, this means ensuring competency in subject areas, and links teacher pay to classroom performance and skills rather that just time on the job. To school districts, this means linking funding to actual results, and advocating state involvement in chronically low performing school districts. Finally, we must stop cheating our children by telling them and ourselves that mediocre is good enough, because it isn’t and we know it. Accountability tools allow us to target attention to the specific schools and classrooms that are failing us all. ... [Read More]
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Get information about distance learning courses. Find out how to apply for financial aid and grants for higher education in Louisiana. Includes information about colleges and universities, community colleges and technical schools. ... [Read More]
Children
Learn about our Safe Schools Initiative and others ways to keep one of our most valuable resources, our children, safe. ... Operation Safe Haven is a plan to educate state schools in crisis prevention. ... Safe Schools ... [Read More]
Archived: State Regulation of Private Schools - Louisiana
Private schools that receive local, state, or federal funds, directly or indirectly, or whose students or their parents are recipients or beneficiaries of any local, state, or federal education program or assistance must cooperate with visiting teachers or supervisors of child welfare and attendance. Principals must report in writing to the visiting teacher/supervisor of child welfare and attendance the name, birth date, race, parents, and residence of each pupil in attendance at their schools within 30 days after the beginning of the school term and make other reports as required. Attendance must be taken daily and at the beginning of each class period, verified by the teacher keeping the record, and open to inspection. All schools must immediately report unexplained, unexcused, or illegal absence, or habitual tardiness. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. 17:232.A, B, C. Private schools that do not receive local, state, or federal funds, directly or indirectly, and neither students or parents are re ... [Read More]
19B SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND COMMISSIONS - 19-666 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is the constitutionally created policy-making board responsible for the supervision and control of the public elementary and secondary schools, vocational-technical schools, and special schools under its jurisdiction. The board consists of eleven members, eight of whom are elected from single member districts and three appointed by the Governor from the state at large. The mission of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) is to make policy for, supervise, and control the public elementary and secondary schools, vocational-technical schools, and special schools under its jurisdiction. The board exercises budgetary responsibility for funds appropriated for the schools, including the 8(g) Quality Support Fund. ... [Read More]
ITP: IACs Participating Schools
There are currently 26 schools across the country participating in the IAC Program. For additional information or to apply for an assessment, click one of the center locations on the map or one of the school names below for contact information. ... [Read More]
Safe Schools
In response to school shootings across the country, the Attorney General's Office, with the assistance of the Louisiana Department of Education, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana (Caring Program for Children) and Cingular Wireless created "Operation Safe Haven" - a comprehensive safe school plan developed to ensure that our state's schools are educated on crisis prevention, and are prepared and trained to handle crisis situations. The program addresses identification of potential problems, preparation of crisis and disaster plans, and implementation of these plans for all schools and school employees. ... [Read More]
Search for Private Schools
- No Membership Association ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELIGIOUS - Accelerated Christian Education - American Association of Christian Schools - Association of Christian Schools International - Association of Christian Teachers and Schools - Christian Schools International - Council of Islamic Schools in North America - Evangelical Lutheran Education Association - Friends Council on Education - General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church - Jesuit Secondary Education Association - National Association of Episcopal Schools - National Catholic Educational Association - National Christian School Association - National Society of Hebrew Day Schools - Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship - Solomon Schechter ... [Read More]
Louisiana OPH - Sanitarian Services
Within Sanitarian Services responsibility is the overall public health of the entire State of Louisiana. Programs in Sanitarian Services range from regulation of individual sewage disposal to inspection of restaurants, markets, schools, day care centers, hospitals, nursing homes, to regulation of oyster growing waters. ... [Read More]
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