La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § I-315

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

Section I-315 - Board Staff

A. The board shall employ staff to discharge the constitutional and statutory functions of the board as policymaker for elementary and secondary education.

B. The executive director shall be selected and appointed by the board and shall serve as the agency head responsible for all administrative and fiscal operations of the board.

C. The executive director shall appoint unclassified administrative staff.

D. Classified staff are hired by the executive director in accordance with procedures approved by the Louisiana Department of Civil Service.

E. In general, duties of the staff include the following:

1. provide professional staffing functions for all committees of the board, including the appellate functions related to the quasi-judicial actions of the board acting as the administrative agency of last resort prior to regular judicial proceedings;

2. assist in the policymaking functions, including the formulation and maintenance of regulating bulletins and rules;

3. answer inquiries (verbal and written) from and for board members;

4. provide staffing services to advisory councils established by the board and educational commissions established by the legislature. The board staff shall serve as secretariat to the advisory councils of the board. Secretarial services shall include the preparation of agenda and minutes, both of which shall be prepared according to regular office procedures of the board. The executive director shall supply each advisory council with a staff person who shall serve as an aide to the chair of the council and serve as a representative of the executive director for the purpose of coordinating activities of the advisory councils and the committees of the board;

5. provide necessary support services for BESE in its joint functions with the Board of Regents;

6. staff all board meetings and maintain official records and notifications of board action;

7. provide oversight for the distribution and monitoring of 8(g) funded programs;

8. monitor the LDE's development and implementation of charter school policy and its oversight of charter schools authorized by BESE;

9. testify at legislative hearings, as appropriate; and

10. provide any additional support services deemed necessary for the board to perform its constitutional and statutory duties.

F. Staff assistance from employees of the LDE may be secured for advisory councils only at the direction of the state superintendent of education.

G. All persons who are subject to the jurisdiction of the board and sign checks shall be bonded.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § I-315

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 34:415 (March 2008), amended LR 38:3152 (December 2012), LR 39:3263 (December 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(15), R.S. 17:6(A)(10), R.S. 17:3(D), Article VII & §10. 1, R.S. 17:3801, and R.S. 17:3981.