2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:91 — Parish superintendents; supervisory duties

§91.  Parish superintendents; supervisory duties

The parish superintendents of schools during the year shall visit as often as possible each school in the parish and shall exert their best endeavors in promoting the cause of public education.  To this end they shall faithfully carry out the requirements of the state school laws and the rules and regulations made for the schools by the state board of education.

Parish superintendents of schools shall make quarterly reports to their respective parish school boards upon the condition of the schools under their supervision, and all such reports, as well as all minutes of the proceedings of board meetings, shall be regularly published in the official journal of the school board.  They shall keep full minutes of all proceedings of the board in a book provided for that purpose, and shall do and perform all other acts and duties pertaining to the office of the secretary of the board.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to the parish of Orleans wherein the parish superintendent of schools shall not serve as secretary or treasurer of the parish board.  In the parish of Orleans the board shall elect a secretary who shall not be a member of the board and who shall do and perform all the acts and duties pertaining to the office of secretary of the board.