Louisiana § RS 17:10.2 - School and district accountability system; trend data profiles; employee incentive awards
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§ RS 17:10.2. School and district accountability system; trend data profiles; employee incentive awards
A. The state Department of Education shall provide to the governing authority of each public school a profile of its trend data as gathered by the state pursuant to R.S. 17:3911. The department shall ensure that all future reports as required pursuant to R.S. 17:3912 contain trend data for at least three years.
B.(1) A city or parish school board may adopt written policies and procedures to establish and implement for such employees of the board as it deems appropriate an incentive compensation program providing for monetary awards based on performance which meets or exceeds standards established for a school or the school district, or both, pursuant to R.S. 17:10.1 and applicable policy of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education relative to the school and district accountability system.
(2)(a) The amount of any monetary award provided to a school board employee pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall be exempt from any limitation in law prohibiting the amount paid to the employee in any school year from being reduced below the amount paid during the previous school year or prohibiting the amount paid to the employee from being reduced at any time during the year, including but not limited to any such limitations in R.S. 17:421.3, 422.6, and 431.
(b) The amount of any monetary award provided to a school board employee pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall not be used in the calculation of any other employee benefit provided for by law.
(3) For the purposes of this Subsection, "city or parish school board" shall mean the governing authority of a public elementary or secondary school.
Acts 1997, No. 478, §1, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 1128, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2012, No. 643, §1.
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