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In 2007, the board appointed Paul Pastorek, a former BESE member, as the Louisiana state education superintendent upon the death of Cecil J. Picard. Pastorek resigned as superintendent in 2011. [2] In 2012, eight of the eleven members were required to confirm Governor Bobby Jindal's appointment of John C. White as superintendent.
Massachusetts and some other regions retain the term school committee, but school board and board of education are the more common terms nationwide, and a variety of other labels have been used. [3] In 1986, about 95 percent of school board members were elected, with the rest appointed by town boards, mayors, or others. [4]
(The Center Square) – Salary increases for public school employees starting in the 2025-26 school year is in legislation passed by the Louisiana House of Representatives. It will now head to the ...
Under the bill, school board members in their first year on the job must complete 10 hours of training covering topics including budgeting and public school finance, laws and other protocols ...
Louisiana Department of Education (LADOE) is a state agency of Louisiana, United States. It manages the state's school districts. It is headquartered in the Claiborne Building at 1201 North 3rd Street in Baton Rouge. [1] [2] On a previous occasion the department was headquartered at 626 North 4th Street in Baton Rouge. [3]
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Most Louisiana school districts are parish school districts while some are city school districts. The U.S. Census Bureau counts both types as independent governments. Special School District 1, which has gifted education facilities, is directly under the authority of the state government, not counted by the Census Bureau as its own government.
In June, the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund filed a separate motion for the school board to shut down the elementary school, arguing the board had clear evidence of the health risks Denka posed to students. The St. John the Baptist school board is one of dozens in the South which remains under decades-long desegregation orders.