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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 685
BY SENATOR LONG
SCHOOLS. Requires the parents or guardians of public school children to attend at least
one parent-teacher conference per year. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:406.7, relative to parent-teacher conferences; to require parents to attend2
at least one conference each year; to require local school boards to adopt rules; and3
to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:406.7 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง406.7. Parent-teacher conferences; required attendance; consequences7
A. A teacher shall schedule at least two parent-teacher conferences8
during the first semester each school year. At least one parent or guardian of9
the child shall attend at least one of the scheduled parent-teacher conferences.10
B. Each local public school board shall adopt rules relative to failure of11
the parent or guardian to attend at least one scheduled parent-teacher12
conference.13 SB NO. 685
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
Long (SB 685)
Proposed law requires a teacher to schedule at least two parent-teacher conferences during
the first semester of each school year.
Proposed law requires each local public school board to adopt rules relative to the failure of
the parent or guardian of the child to attend at least one scheduled parent-teacher conference.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 17:406.7)