2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:293 — Regulations governing part-time schools

§293.  Regulations governing part-time schools

In addition to the provisions contained in any ordinance passed by the governing authority of any incorporated city, town, or village, all part-time schools and classes and all part-time education as authorized in this Sub-part shall be subject to the following conditions and regulations:

(1)  Not less than one hundred and forty-four hours of instruction per year shall be given each student.  

(2)  All part-time classes shall be held between the hours of nine o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the afternoon.  

(3)  All persons employing children covered by and included within the provisions of this Sub-part or any ordinance passed pursuant to the authority herein granted, shall set and designate the hours between nine o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the afternoon during which the children employed by them may receive part-time instruction; and time spent in such instruction shall be reckoned as part of the time or number of hours of work permitted by law, and the employers shall release the children during those hours for the purpose of instruction.  

(4)  Any ordinance passed pursuant to the authority herein granted shall make provisions for the enforcement of compulsory attendance by the children in the part-time schools or classes as are created by the ordinance, and shall provide penalties for the violation of those provisions.  

Whoever violates the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars.  Each day during which the violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.