TITLE 17. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL SCHOOL LAW

PART II. PARISH SCHOOL BOARDS

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

17:91      City, parish, and other local public school superintendents;  supervisory duties

A.  A city, parish, or other local public school superintendent shall visit as often as possible during the year each school in the school system and shall exert his best endeavors in promoting the cause of public education.  To this end the superintendent shall faithfully carry out the requirements of the state school laws and the rules and regulations made for the schools by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

B.  A city, parish, or other local public school superintendent shall make quarterly reports to his school board upon the condition of the schools under the board's supervision, and all such reports, as well as all minutes of the proceedings of board meetings, shall be regularly published in the official journal of the school board.  A city, parish, or other local public school superintendent shall keep full minutes of all proceedings of the board in a book provided for that purpose and shall do and perform all other acts and duties pertaining to the office of the secretary of the board.

Amended by Acts 2008, No. 78, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008.