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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 46
BY REPRESENTATIVE NORTON
TEACHERS: Amends a State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education rule relative
to planning time for teachers
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To amend the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education rule (LAC2
28:CXV.911(A)), relative to planning time and lunch periods for teachers, and to3
direct the Office of the State Register to print the amendment in the Louisiana4
Administrative Code.5
WHEREAS, relative to planning time for teachers, LAC 28:CXV.911(A) provides6
for a minimum of forty-five minutes of daily planning time or its weekly equivalent each day7
for every teacher actively engaged in the instruction and supervision of students in the public8
schools and provides that implementation of such planning time is subject to the availability9
of state funds and shall not result in a lengthened school day; and10
WHEREAS, there is some concern that the rule adopted by the State Board of11
Elementary and Secondary Education needs to be amended to specify the types of activities12
that such planning time may and may not include; and13
WHEREAS, R.S. 49:969 provides that the "legislature, by Concurrent Resolution,14
may suspend, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation or body of rules or regulations, or any15
fee or any increase, decrease, or repeal of any fee, adopted by a state department, agency,16
board, or commission".17
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of Louisiana that LAC18
28:CXV.911(A) is hereby amended to read as follows:19
ยง911. Planning Time and Lunch Periods20
A. Subject to the availability of state funds for this purpose, LEAs shall21
provide a minimum of 45 minutes daily planning time, or its weekly equivalent, and22 HLS 14RS-1236 ORIGINAL
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a minimum of 30 minutes for lunch each day which shall be duty-free for every1
teacher actively engaged in the instruction and supervision of students in the public2
schools. Implementation of planning time and lunch periods for teachers as required3
in this Section shall not result in a lengthened school day. Planning includes but is4
not limited to preparation for instruction, evaluation of student work, and completion5
of administrative functions related to instruction. Time spent attending6
administrative meetings or training at which attendance is required by school7
administrators shall not be counted toward the daily minimum of planning time to8
which teachers are entitled.9
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the11
Office of the State Register, the president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary12
Education, and the state superintendent of education.13
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of the State Register is hereby14
directed to have the amendment to the rule printed and incorporated into the Louisiana15
Administrative Code and to transmit a copy of the revised rule to the president of the State16
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state superintendent of education.17
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Present rule provides that subject to the availability of state funds for such purpose, local
education agencies (LEA) shall provide a minimum of 45 minutes daily planning time, or
its weekly equivalent, and a minimum of 30 minutes for lunch each day which shall be
duty-free for every teacher actively engaged in the instruction and supervision of students
in the public schools. Provides that implementation of planning time and lunch periods for
teachers shall not result in a lengthened school day.
Proposed rule amends present rule to add that planning includes but is not limited to
preparation for instruction, evaluation of student work, and completion of administrative
functions related to instruction. Further adds that time spent by attending administrative
meetings or training at which attendance is required by school administrators shall not be
counted toward the daily minimum of planning time to which teachers are entitled.