2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:1323 — Definitions

§1323.  Definitions

The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this Part, shall have the following meaning and interpretation:

(1)  "Nonpublic school teacher" means any person employed by an approved nonpublic school, as defined herein, for the teaching of secular subjects in such school.

(2)  "Approved nonpublic school" means:

(a)  Any nonprofit elementary or secondary school within the State of Louisiana or which may hereafter be established within the State of Louisiana, offering education to the children of this state in any grades from grades one through twelve, wherein a pupil may fulfill the requirements of the Compulsory School Attendance Law;

(b)  which is supported predominantly from funds or property derived from nongovernmental sources; and

(c)  No teacher shall be denied the benefits of this Part because of his or her race, creed, religion or national origin and no teacher shall be denied the benefits of this Part because of the race, creed, religion or national origin of the children he or she teaches.

(3)  "Purchase of Secular Educational Services" means the purchase by the Department of Education, from a school teacher, of services in teaching secular subjects to children enrolled in approved nonpublic schools.  Payments shall be made directly to the teacher and such payments shall not exceed the state scale paid to teachers in the public school system.

(4)  "Secular Subject" means any course of study in the curricula of the public schools, and shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the teaching of mathematics, language arts, general and physical sciences, physical education, art and music, crafts and trades, home economics, or any other course of study in the curricula of the public schools, other than those involving the teaching of religious beliefs or any form of worship of any sect or religion.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 223, §3.

{{NOTE:  UNCONSTITUTIONAL; ACTS 1970, NO. 223, WHICH ENACTED THIS SECTION, WAS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT IN THE CASE OF SEEGERS V. PARKER, 256 LA. 1039, 241 SO.2D 213.