TITLE 17. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 2. TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES

PART X. LEAVES OF ABSENCE

SUBPART A. SABBATICAL LEAVES

17:1170      Definitions

As used in this Subpart, the words "teacher" or "teaching staff" shall include any person employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board in the state of Louisiana who holds a valid teaching certificate issued by the state Department of Education and any social worker, guidance counselor, school nurse, audiologist, educational diagnostician, speech-language pathologist, or school psychologist employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board in the state who holds the appropriate valid professional ancillary certificate issued by the state Department of Education.  For a school nurse, a professional ancillary certificate means a Type A, Type B, or Type C certificate.

Added by Acts 1985, No. 590, § 1.  Amended by Acts 1990, No. 643, § 1;  Acts 2004, No. 509, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004;  Acts 2010, No. 470, § 1.