2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:422 — Additional compensation or increased increments; teachers of federal, agricultural, and industrial arts programs

§422.  Additional compensation or increased increments; teachers of federal, agricultural, and industrial arts programs

A.  Nothing contained in R.S. 17:421 shall prevent parish or city school boards from providing additional compensation or increased increments, for special teachers, such as principals, assistant principals, coaches, librarians, agriculture teachers, home economics teachers, music teachers, or any other teachers; and furthermore the parish and city school boards shall provide that no teacher will receive less than the salary received during 1955-1956 for 9 months' work.  

B.(1)  All vocational agriculture teachers employed by a parish or city school board shall teach a twelve-month program for a twelve-month budget period and shall be paid a salary at the same monthly rate as provided in the minimum salary schedule contained in R.S. 17:421.3.  No parish or city school board shall change the vocational agriculture program without approval by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.  The vocational agriculture program shall include but not be limited to recognized co-curricular activities to be supervised by vocational agriculture teachers during the summer months such as those offered by the Future Farmers of America organization or other appropriate organization that provides summer occupational experiences, leadership programs, statewide judging contests, and youth conventions.  

(2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, vocational agriculture teachers shall be provided a two-week vacation period annually during which they shall not be required to work.  Provision of such vacation period shall not reduce the salaries of vocational agriculture teachers below the level provided in R.S. 17:421.3 nor shall it alter the twelve-month employee status of such teachers.  

C.  Any person employed by a parish or city school board, in parishes or cities having a population over four hundred seventy-five thousand who, in addition to his regular assignment, is assigned to and assists, after the regular working day or at night, in the development, implementation and service of a program sponsored by the federal government in the public schools of the city or parish shall be paid therefor in addition to his regular salary.  Such additional pay shall be at a rate not less than the prevailing salary for the services which are being performed.

D.  Any industrial arts teacher employed by a parish or city school board who teaches for a period in excess of nine months within any twelve month budget period for said parish or city school system, shall be paid a salary for a period in excess of nine months at the same monthly rate as received during the regular nine-month school term.  

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 8, §1; Acts 1956, No. 3, §1; Acts 1958, No. 130, §1; Acts 1960, No. 284, §1; Acts 1970, No. 518, §1; Acts 1975, No. 571, §1; Acts 1988, No. 640, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1991, No. 428, §1, eff. July 12, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 511, §1.