RS 17:179 Student identification badges; authorization and display; rules and regulations - Louisiana Statutes

§179.  Student identification badges; authorization and display; rules and regulations

A.  Each city, parish, or other local public school board in any parish having a population of not less than one hundred twenty thousand persons and not greater than one hundred thirty-five thousand persons may provide for an annual student identification badge to be issued to each student in grades six through twelve attending a public elementary or secondary school in the school system.  The badge shall include the student's name and picture, the name of the school which the student attends, and the calendar year for which it is issued.  The student shall display such badge in a prominent manner at all times while on school grounds and when attending any school function including school-sponsored cocurricular and extracurricular activities unless circumstances otherwise prevent such display.

B.  Each city or parish school board subject to the provisions of this Section shall adopt necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this Section.  Such rules and regulations shall include the size, color, material, and other requirements of the badge.

Acts 1993, No. 782, §1; Acts 2001, No. 483, §1, eff. June 21, 2001.