La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XLIII-156

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024

Section XLIII-156 - Personnel Qualifications

A. General. The LDE shall establish and maintain qualifications through Bulletin 746-Louisiana Standards for State Certification of School Personnel, to ensure that personnel necessary to carry out the purposes of these regulations are appropriately and adequately prepared and trained, including that those personnel have the content knowledge and skills to serve students with disabilities.

B. Related Services Personnel and Paraprofessionals. The qualifications under Subsection A of this Section, found in Bulletin 746-Louisiana Standards for State Certification of School Personnel, include qualifications for related services personnel and paraprofessionals.

C. Qualifications for Special Education Teachers. The qualifications described in Subsection A of this Section shall ensure that each person employed as a public school special education teacher in the state who teaches in an elementary school, middle school, or secondary school is highly qualified as a special education teacher by the deadline established in Section 1119(a)(2) of the ESEA.

D. Policy. The LDE's required policy for ensuring that LEAs in the state take measurable steps to recruit, hire, train, and retain highly qualified personnel to provide special education and related services under these regulations to students with disabilities is established in Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators.

E. Rule of Construction. Notwithstanding any other individual right of action that a parent or student may maintain under these regulations, nothing in these regulations shall be construed to create a right of action on behalf of an individual student or a class of students for the failure of a particular LDE employee or LEA employee to be highly qualified, or to prevent a parent from filing a complaint about staff qualifications with the LDE as provided for under these regulations.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XLIII-156

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 34:2049 (October 2008).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:1941 et seq.