La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXLV-1501

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CXLV-1501 - Communication

A. For each school transferred to the RSD, the RSD shall ensure that each direct-operated school is included in the RSD community relations program. That program shall include a method of maintaining clear communication among interested parties, including the RSD; the chief executive officer of the governing authority of the relevant municipality or parish; the parents and guardians of children for whom the RSD is required to provide educational services; the respective school advisory council (see Subsection 1505. C, below); the city, parish, or other local public school board from which schools are transferred; and other relevant entities.

1. For each school under the direct operation of the RSD, the community relations program shall be such that the community is fully informed about the educational program, the strengths and needs of the school, and the services available to the school community.

2. The RSD shall regularly assess community needs and shall conduct public relations activities.

3. Each school shall maintain a continuous and specific program of community relations that involves the professional staff, the students, its school advisory council, and citizens.

4. Each school shall use its community resources in planning and conducting the total school program.

5. The RSD shall seek to enlist the cooperative assistance of all communications media within the community and to provide access to public information about the school, its policies, and activities.

6. Teachers shall make appropriate and effective use of community resources.

7. Each school shall seek parental involvement and support through communication between school and home.

8. Each school shall include in its school-community relations program a written plan for community/parent involvement.

B. The RSD shall require each school under its jurisdiction to notify the parent or legal guardian of every student, in writing, of the proper process and procedures to be followed in order to make a complaint or request information from the school or the RSD.

1. Such information shall include, at a minimum, the name, address, phone number, and email address of the appropriate person to contact at each step of the prescribed process or procedures. This information shall be updated, at least, annually. Such information shall be incorporated into any existing policy or policies, code of conduct, or student handbook of the RSD or of each school under its jurisdiction.

2. The RSD shall provide this information to parents or legal guardians at the start of each school year.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXLV-1501

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 37:1379 (May 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10), R.S. 17:10.5(A)(1), R.S. 17:10.7(A)(1), R.S. 17:1990(A)(2), and R.S. 17:10.B.