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The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) is an administrative policy-making body for elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It was created in the 1973 Louisiana Constitutional Convention, called by then Governor Edwin W. Edwards , and codified as Article VIII of the resulting document, the 1974 ...
Louisiana Department of Education (LADOE) is a state agency of Louisiana, United States. It manages the state's school districts. It is headquartered in the Claiborne Building at 1201 North 3rd Street in Baton Rouge. [1] [2] On a previous occasion the department was headquartered at 626 North 4th Street in Baton Rouge. [3]
Claiborne Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Homer, Louisiana, United States. [1] The district serves all of Claiborne Parish. [2] Former Claiborne Superintendent Gary Lee Jones became a Republican member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in January 2016.
Most Louisiana school districts are parish school districts while some are city school districts. The U.S. Census Bureau counts both types as independent governments. Special School District 1, which has gifted education facilities, is directly under the authority of the state government, not counted by the Census Bureau as its own government.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated Legislature ...
For the 2013–2014 school year, the Orleans Parish School Board directly administered 4 schools and oversaw the 16 it chartered. The RSD directly administered 15 schools and supervised the 60 it chartered. [1] [6] Additionally, two schools were chartered directly by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). [19]
Republican Bossier City Rep. Raymond Crews' House Bill 121, now Act 680, requires school employees to use the names and pronouns of students on their birth certificates, which LGBTQ people refer ...
The district requires all students to wear school uniforms, except those attending Baton Rouge Magnet High School and Liberty Magnet High School. [3]The district also partners with The Cinderella Project of Baton Rouge, a charity that provides free prom dresses to public high school students who cannot otherwise afford them.