The Tangipahoa Parish School Board met in regular
session on
MEMBERS PRESENT: Robert Caves, Al Link, Carl Bardwell, Sandra Bailey-Simmons, Leonard Genco, Robert Potts, Donnie Williams, and Maxine Dixon
MEMBERS ABSENT:
It was moved by
It was moved by
RESOLUTION
BE
IT RESOLVED, That the Tangipahoa Parish School Board does authorize the
Superintendent to sign the required Louisiana Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist
form reflecting a selection of Rejection of Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage.
This selection is applicable to the Commercial Automobile Coverage for the
period
CERTIFICATE
I,
the undersigned Secretary-Treasurer of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board, do
hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of a resolution
adopted at its Regular Board Meeting of
Dated at
this 7th day of October 2003.
____________________________________
TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
It was moved by
1. Teacher New Hire
2. Teacher - Transfer
Beryl
3. School Food Service -
Reclassification
Rose
4. Transportation New Hire
5. Transportation - Transfer
10. LEAVES* RESIGNATIONS* RETIREMENTS
LEAVES:
RETIREMENTS:
11. Substitute Teacher List
1. Teacher
New Hire
2. Support Personnel - New Hire
Yvonne Perry, Janitor 9 months 6 hours Amite High
School, effective September 2, 2003
Jamie Cryer, Janitor 12
months 7 hours Amite High School, effective September 2, 2003
3. Support Personnel - Reclassification
It
was moved by
1. The committee discussed revising Policy GBM Personnel Transfer. This matter was taken under advisement.
2.
Approved the policies listed below.
FILE: EBC
Cf: KG
Buildings of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board constitute one of the greatest investments of the school district. It is deemed in the best interest of the district to protect the investment adequately.
Security should mean not only maintenance of secure (locked) building but protection from fire hazards and faulty equipment and safe practices in the use of electrical, plumbing, and heating equipment. Access to school buildings and grounds outside of regular school hours shall be limited to personnel whose work requires it. An adequate key control system shall be established which will limit access to buildings to authorized personnel and will safeguard against the potential of entrance to buildings by keys in the hands of unauthorized persons.
Records and funds shall be kept in a safe place and under lock and key when required.
Protective devices designed to be used as
safeguards against illegal entry and vandalism shall be installed when
appropriate to the individual situation. Employment of watchmen may be approved
in situations where special risks are involved.
No
person, unless authorized by the school principal or designee, shall use,
possess, or operate any electronic telecommunication device including any
facsimile system, radio paging service, mobile telephone service, intercom, or
electro mechanical paging system in any elementary or secondary school
building, or on the grounds thereof or in any school bus. A violation of these
provisions shall be grounds for disciplinary action, including but not limited
to, suspension or referral of the pupil to the juvenile court of the parish.
Appropriate law enforcement agencies shall be notified of any person, other
than a pupil or school employee, who violates this policy while on school
property without authority and such person(s) shall be dealt with under the
criminal laws of the state.
SEARCH OF
PERSONS OTHER THAN STUDENTS
Any
school principal, administrator, teacher, or school security guards may search
the person, book bag, briefcase, purse or other object in the possession of any
person who is not a student enrolled in the school, or any school employee,
while in or on school grounds. This search may be done randomly with a metal
detector, or physically when there is reasonable suspicion that such person has
any weapons, illegal drugs, alcohol, stolen goods, or objects in violation of
School Board policy.
FIREARM-FREE
ZONES
The areas surrounding the school campus or
within 1,000 feet of any such school campus, or within a school bus, shall be
designated Firearm-Free Zones. It is unlawful for a student or
non-student to intentionally possess a firearm on school property or within
1,000 feet of school property or while on a school bus. The School Board, in
cooperation with local governmental agencies and the Louisiana Department of
Education, shall designate and mark Fire-arm Free Zones, which surround all
schools and school property.
DRUG-FREE ZONES
The area within l,000 feet of any property used for school purposes by any
school, or on a school bus, shall be designated as Drug-Free Zones. It
is unlawful for anyone to use, distribute, be under the influence of,
manufacture or possess any controlled substances ad defined by statute in a Drug-Free
Zone. The Tangipahoa Parish School Board, in cooperation with local
governmental agencies, and the Louisiana Department of Education, shall
designate and mark Drug-Free Zones, which surround all schools and school
property.
Revised: August, 2003
FILE: BBBE
Cf: DJD
The
Any action increasing the compensation for
Board members shall require a two-thirds vote of the total
membership. Before any action is taken, however, the Board shall
advertise the time and place where the meeting is to be held to consider the
expense allowance in the official journal of the Board on at least two (2)
separate days during the fifteen (15) days immediately preceding such meeting.
Board members shall be reimbursed up to $2,000 annually for travel expenses incurred in accordance with the Board's travel regulations. Any travel that would cause the limit to be exceeded shall require Board approval prior to the travel commencing.
Reimbursement for routine travel
to regular meetings of the Board shall not be allowed.
Revised: March, 1985
Revised: November, 1993
Revised:
Revised: August, 2003
FILE: JCDAE
Cf: JD
No student, unless authorized by the school principal or his/her designee, shall use or operate any electronic telecommunication device, including any facsimile system, radio paging service, mobile telephone service, intercom, or electro- mechanical paging system in any elementary or secondary school building, or on the grounds thereof or in any school bus used to transport public school students. A violation of these provisions may be grounds for disciplinary action, including but not limited to, suspension from school. Nothing shall prohibit the use and operation by any person, including students, of any electronic telecommunication device in the event of an emergency. Emergency shall mean an actual or imminent threat to public health or safety, which may result in loss of life, injury, or property damage.
For purposes of this policy, the terms use and operation shall mean whenever the electronic telecommunication device is turned on.
Revised: August, 2003
FILE: BH
Cf: ABC
Recognizing
that as a member of a public school board and that each Board member is filling
a position of public trust, responsibility, and authority endowed by the State
of
In addition, certain actions of elected officials may be considered improper, and in some circumstances, illegal. Actions which may present a conflict of interest, acceptance of gifts, or solicitations, or gratuities, abuse of authority of office or position, and decisions regarding the employment of a family member of an official are all subject to statutory restrictions. The ethical conduct of Board members, as well as other designated officials, shall be in accordance with state law.
No member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be employed in his/her agency. No member of the immediate family of a member of a governing authority or the chief executive of a governmental entity shall be employed by the governmental entity, except that the School Board may employ any member of the immediate family of any Board member or the Superintendent as a classroom teacher provided that such family member is certified to teach. Each member of the Board which employs a member of the immediate family of a School Board member or the Superintendent shall recuse himself/herself from any decision involving the promotion or assignment of teaching location of the employee.
The provisions above shall not prohibit the continued employment of any public employee nor shall it be construed to hinder, alter, or in any way affect normal promotional advancements for such public employee where a member of a public employee's immediate family becomes the agency head of such public employee's agency, provided that such public
employee has been employed in the agency for a period of at least one year prior to the member of the public employee's immediate family becoming the agency head.
Any School Board member, Superintendent, or employee is prohibited by state law, with limited exception as provided in La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §42:1120, from participating in a transaction in which he/she has a personal substantial economic interest
of which he/she may be reasonably expected to know involving the governmental entity. Also, any School Board member, Superintendent, or employee is prohibited by state law, except as provided in La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §42:1120, from participating in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his/her actual knowledge, any of the following persons has a substantial economic interest:
(1) Any member of his/her immediate family.
(2) Any person in which he/she has a substantial economic interest of which he/she may reasonably be expected to know.
(3) Any person of which he/she is an officer, director, trustee, partner or employee.
(4) Any person with whom he/she is negotiating or has an arrangement concerning prospective employment.
(5) Any person who is a party to an existing contract with such public servant, or with any legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, or who owes any thing of economic value to such public servant, or to any legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, and who by reason thereof is in a position to affect directly the economic interests of such public servant.
Every public employee shall disqualify himself/herself from participating in a transaction involving the governmental entity when a violation of state law would result.
No School Board member, Superintendent, or employee shall use the authority of his/her office or position, directly or indirectly, in a manner intended to compel or coerce any person or other public servant to provide himself/herself, any other public servant, or other person with any thing of economic value.
No School Board member, Superintendent, or employee shall use the authority of his/her office or position, directly or indirectly, in a manner intended to compel or coerce any person or other public servant to engage in political activity.
No School Board member shall act in an individual capacity without the authorization of the School Board to use the authority of his/her office or position as a member of the! School Board, directly or indirectly, in a manner intended to compel or coerce any personnel decision, including the promotion, discipline, discharge, or assignment of work to any school employee.
No School Board member shall use the authority of his/her office or position as a member of the School Board, directly or indirectly, in a manner intended to compel or coerce any school employee to make any decision concerning benefits, work assignment, or membership in any organization.
No former agency head or elected official shall, for a period of two (2) years following the termination of his/her public service as the head of such agency or as an elected public official serving in such agency, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that agency or render any service on a contractual basis to or for the Board.
No former member of the School Board shall, for a period of two (2) years following the termination of his/her public service on such Board, contract with, be employed in any capacity by, or be appointed to any position by the Board.
Agency means a
department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other
organizational unit of a governmental entity. For public servants of political
subdivisions, it shall mean the agency in which the public servant serves,
except that for members of any governing authority and for the elected or
appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, it shall mean the
governmental entity.
Agency head means the chief executive or administrative
officer of an agency or any member of a board or commission who exercises
supervision over the agency.
Immediate family
as the term
relates to a public servant means his/her children, the spouses of his/her
children, his/her brothers and their spouses, his/her sisters and their
spouses, his/her parents, his/her spouse, and the parents of his/her spouse.
Public servant means a public employee or an elected official.
Political activity means an effort to
support or oppose the election of a candidate for political office in an
election.
Substantial economic
interest means an economic interest, which is of
greater benefit to the public servant or other person than to a general class
or group of persons, except:
(a) The interest that the public servant has in his/her position, office, rank, salary, per diem, or other matter arising solely from his/her public employment or office.
(b) The interest that a
person has as a member of the general public.
Transaction involving the governmental entity means any
proceeding, application, submission, request for a ruling or other
determination, contract, claim, case, or other such particular matter, which
the public servant or former public servant of the governmental entity in
question knows or should know:
(a) Is, or will be, the subject of action by the governmental entity.
(b) Is one to which the governmental entity is or will be a party.
(c) Is one in which the governmental entity has a direct interest. A transaction involving the agency of a governmental entity shall have the same meaning with respect to the agency.
Revised: October,
1997
Revised: November,
1999
Revised: August,
2003
FILE: CEA
Cf: ABE, CE
The Tangipahoa
Parish School Board shall select a Superintendent for the school system who possesses
the following minimum qualifications: has met or has been certified
as meeting the requirements for superintendency certification as set by the
The minimum criteria required for superintendency certification are the following:
A.
Hold a valid type A Louisiana Level
2 Educational
Leader Certificate.
B. Have had
five (5) years of successful educational administration experience or
equivalent, three (3) years of which must have been within the last five years;
administrative or management experience in education at the level of
principal or above, or experience certified as equivalent to any of these by
BESE.
D. Have completed forty-eight (48) semester
hours of graduate credit, to include the following:
3. Six (6) semester
hours of electives from cognate fields outside professional education related
to educational administration and supervision in business, political
science, psychology, sociology, or speech.
E. Satisfactorily
passed the School Superintendent Assessment (SSA) as approved by BESE in keeping with state
requirements.
Applicants
for the position of Superintendent shall be required to provide assurance that
certification for the position is current and valid.
Revised: August, 2003
FILE: GBRHA
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board shall grant sabbatical leave for the purpose of professional or cultural improvement or for medical leave to all teaching personnel in accordance with statutory provisions- Teaching personnel shall include any person employed by the Board
who holds a valid teaching certificate issued by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and any social worker or school psychologist employed by the Board who holds a valid professional auxiliary certificate in school social work or school psychology issued by the State Department of Education.
MEDICAL SABBATICAL MEDICAL
LEAVE
A teacher may make application for medical sabbatical
leave, which shall be accompanied by a statement from a licensed physician
certifying that the leave is medically necessary.
A
teacher is eligible for sabbatical medical leave is the teachers regular sick
leave balance is twenty-five (25) days or less at the time leave is set to
begin. Applications for sabbatical leaves for medical purposes must be
accompanied by a medical statement by the attending physician of the applicant.
Medical statements accompanying requests for leaves for medical purposes will
be referred to the School Board physician to determine if leave is warranted. A
favorable report by the School Board physician must be obtained prior to any
action by the School Board to approve a leave for medical purposes.
Should the School Board physician return an opinion
which disagrees with the applicants attending physician, the matter will be
referred to a third physician who will be selected from a rotating list of
physicians provided by the local medical society.
If the Board, upon review of the application, questions the validity or accuracy of the certification, the Board may require the applicant, as a condition for continued consideration of the application, to be examined by a licensed physician selected by the Board. In such a case, the Board shall pay all costs of the examination and any tests determined to be necessary. If the physician selected by the Board finds a medical necessity, the leave application shall be granted.
If the physician selected by the Board disagrees with the certification of the physician selected by the applicant, then the Board may require the applicant, as a condition for continued consideration of the application, to be examined by a third licensed appropriate physician whose name appears next in the rotation of physicians on a list established by the local medical society for such purpose and maintained by the School Board. All costs of an examination and any required tests by a third physician shall be paid by the Board. The opinion of the third physician shall decide the issue.
The opinion of all physicians consulted shall be submitted to the Board in the form of a sworn statement. All information contained in any statement from a physician shall be confidential and shall not be subject to the public records law.
Every person on sabbatical leave for the purpose of professional or cultural improvement, shall during each semester of leave, pursue a program of study, earning at least nine (9) undergraduate credit hours, provided such hours directly improve the person's skills and knowledge as a teacher, or six (6) graduate credit hours, or be certified as a full-time student at an institution of higher learning accredited by the respective State Board of Education or territorial board in which such institution is located. If less than fifteen (15) weeks is spent as specified above, the number of weeks less than fifteen (15) shall be spent in either of the two (2) alternatives specified below:
(1) Pursue a program of independent study,
research, authorship or investigation which involves an approximately
equivalent amount of work and which is approved by the Board.
(2)
Engage in travel which is so planned as to be of
definite educational value and which has been approved by the Board.
Sabbatical leave may be granted on the ratio of two (2) semesters for twelve (12) or more consecutive semesters of active service within the employ of this Board or one (1) semester for six (6) or more consecutive semesters of such service.
At no time may more than five percent (5%) of the total number of teachers employed in a school system be on leave. Selection of employees among those who qualify for sabbatical leave must be based on years of continuous service and other criteria as specified by statute.
A. Application for sabbatical leave shall be made on a form provided by the Superintendent of Schools. Applications shall be sent to the Superintendent by registered mail at least sixty (60) days preceding the beginning of the semester of the scholastic year for which leave is requested, with the following exception; if a teacher or other professional employee has become sick during a semester and requests medical sabbatical leave, it shall be sufficient to mail said application to the Superintendent thirty (30) days prior to the date upon which the requested leave is to commence. The Superintendent shall inform the teacher of the approval or denial of sabbatical leave at least thirty (30) days preceding the beginning of the semester of the school year for which the leave is requested, except that, where a teacher has become sick during a semester and has requested medical sabbatical leave, the Superintendent shall inform the teacher of approval or denial of such leave as soon as possible after receipt of his/her request for leave.
B. Whenever in accordance with statutory provisions some of the applications cannot be granted, from among those, which would otherwise be granted, those to be granted shall be determined in the following manner:
(1) Preference in every case shall be given to the applicant who has rendered active service in the school system for the greatest number of consecutive semesters immediately preceding the period for which leave is requested.
(2) Where any two (2) ap