Relative to service as a member of a traditional or charter school board, requires a high school diploma to be eligible and provides that a person who has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to certain crimes is not eligible
Provides relative to exemptions from laws, rules, and regulations applicable to public school boards and the schools and employees under the jurisdiction of each with certain exceptions
Increases time period that publishers have to respond to textbook reviews and provides relative to the local purchase of textbooks not reviewed by the the state Dept. of Education
Provides relative to the use of student assessment data for school accountability purposes for the 2016-17 school year for parishes in declared disaster areas. (gov sig)
Prohibits assignment of letter grades to schools or school districts or any other implementation of the school and district accountability system for a school year in which there is a declared natural disaster
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the election of a president of each local public school district and for his appointment, subject to school board approval, of the local superintendent