TITLE 17. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL SCHOOL LAW

PART II. PARISH SCHOOL BOARDS

SUBPART B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF SCHOOL BOARDS AND PARISH SUPERINTENDENTS

17:85  Naming of street or athletic facility by school boards

A.  A city, parish, or other local public school board may name the following at a school within its jurisdiction in honor of a living person:

(1) A street that is maintained by the school board and that is not a state or federal highway.

(2) An existing athletic facility.

B. A school board may establish criteria that it will apply in naming a street or an athletic facility in honor of a living person, but such criteria are not a prerequisite for the exercise of the authority granted by this Section.

Added by Acts 2001, No. 936, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001.  Amended by Acts 2008, No. 841, § 1, eff. July 9, 2008;  Acts 2012, No. 695, § 1.