Louisiana School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Dating and Relationship Violence

Louisiana School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Dating and Relationship Violence

Category: Discipline Addressing Specific Code of Conduct Violations
Subcategory: Dating and Relationship Violence
State: Louisiana

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Louisiana

LAWS

§17:81. General powers of local public school boards.

T. (1) Each school year the governing authority of each public school shall provide to students in grades seven through twelve enrolled in Health Education age and grade appropriate classroom instruction relative to dating violence.

(2) Such instruction shall include but need not be limited to providing students with the following information:

(a) The definition of "dating violence", which is a pattern of behavior where one person threatens to use, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner.

(b) Dating violence warning signs.

REGULATIONS

LAC 28:CXV.1129. Dating violence.

A. At the beginning of each school year, each LEA shall provide all school employees having contact with students in grades 7 through 12 instruction relative to:

1. the definition of dating violence;

2. dating violence warning signs; and

3. how to properly address suspected or reported dating violence involving students including but not limited to counseling and notification of law enforcement.

B. Each LEA shall also provide information relative to dating violence to the parents of students in grades 7 through 12.

C. In the spring of each school year, each local superintendent or CEO shall make an oral report at a meeting of the local governing authority that shall include

1. the compliance of each school with the requirements of this section;

2. aggregate data relative to dating violence; and

3. any recommendations for reducing data violence among students.

LAC 28:CXV.1302. Student code of conduct.

A. Each LEA shall adopt a student code of conduct for the students in the schools under its jurisdiction.

1. Such student code of conduct shall be in compliance with all existing rules, regulations, and policies of the board and of BESE and all state laws relative to student discipline and shall include any necessary disciplinary action to be taken against any student who violates the code of conduct.

2. Each LEA shall adopt and incorporate into its student code of conduct a policy prohibiting the bullying of a student by another student, which includes the definition of bullying and all other requirements listed in the following Section.

3. Each LEA shall include in its student code of conduct the definition of dating violence, data violence warning signs and instructions for reporting or seeking help relative to dating violence.