Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 1-3, 6-671
Section 17:2122 - Disclosure of funding and personnel; programs related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; public elementary and secondary schoolsA.(1) Each public elementary and secondary school shall submit a written report of each campus program related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging for the 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 fiscal years to its school board by October 31, 2024.(2) For purposes of this Section, "program related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging" means any program, activity, initiative, event, instruction, action, or policy that classifies or references individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, culture, gender identity, or sexual orientation or promotes differential or preferential treatment of individuals on the basis of such classification. B. Each report shall include, at minimum, the following:(1) The purpose and expected outcome of each program.(2) A brief description of each program.(3) The number of personnel dedicated to the program.(4) The total amount of funding expended to support or implement the program, including salaries, stipends, and benefits.(5) Of the total amount spent to support the program, the amount that is state-funded.C. Each school board shall develop a written report containing the information reported by each school, disaggregated by school and by the nature of the program and the funding thereof, and shall submit its report to the state Department of Education by December 31, 2024.D. The department shall develop a comprehensive written report containing the information reported by each board, disaggregated by school, by system, and by the nature of the program and the funding thereof, and submit its report to the House Committee on Education, Senate Committee on Education, House Committee on Appropriations, and Senate Committee on Finance by January 31, 2025.Added by Acts 2024, No. 641,s. 1, eff. 6/11/2024.