RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 56 (HB 86) 2023 Regular Session Hodges
Existing law provides that no teacher, principal, or administrator in a public school system
or in an approved nonpublic school shall be personally liable for any act or failure to act in
the directing of or disciplining of school children under his care and supervision, unless such
act or failure to act was malicious and willfully and deliberately intended to cause bodily
harm.
New law provides immunity from civil liability for any teacher, principal, or administrator
in a public school system or in an approved nonpublic school who acts or fails to act in the
directing of or disciplining of school students under his care and supervision, unless such act
or failure to act was malicious and willfully and deliberately intended to cause bodily harm.
New law provides immunity from civil liability and criminal prosecution for a teacher,
principal, or administrator in a public school system or in an approved nonpublic school who
intervenes and acts in justifiable defense to protect a student or a school employee from a
battery or aggravated battery committed by one or more students unless the act of
intervention was malicious and willfully and deliberately intended to cause bodily harm.
New law provides that no teacher, principal, or administrator shall be required to intervene
in a battery or aggravated battery.
New law shall be cited and referred to as the "Protect Teachers Act".
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 17:416.11)