Title 17. Education

Chapter 2. Teachers and Employees

Part X. Leaves of Absence

Subpart A. Sabbatical Leaves

17:1170      Definitions

As used in this Subpart, the words “teacher” or “teaching staff” shall include any person employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board in the state of Louisiana who holds a valid teaching certificate issued by the state Department of Education and any social worker, school counselor, school nurse, audiologist, educational diagnostician, speech-language pathologist, or school psychologist employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board in the state who holds the appropriate valid professional ancillary certificate issued by the state Department of Education. For a school nurse, a professional ancillary certificate means a Type A, Type B, or Type C certificate. 

Added by Acts 1985, No. 590, § 1. Amended by Acts 1990, No. 643, § 1; Acts 2004, No. 509, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2010, No. 470, § 1; Acts 2021, No. 275, § 4.