FILE: EBBI
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
When a declared public health emergency exists, the Rapides Parish School Board shall grant the Superintendent broad authority to develop, implement, and maintain administrative regulations and procedures necessary to protect employees, students, and others from the conditions giving rise to the declared emergency.
In the development and implementation of necessary administrative regulations and procedures for safely reopening schools and for maintaining the safety of employees, students, and others when schools are open during a health emergency, the Superintendent and staff shall rely upon the practices, guidelines, and suggestions of the Louisiana Department of Education in coordination with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
New policy: July 27, 2020
Revised: October 3, 2023
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:81, 17:439.1, 17:3391
Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education
Board minutes, 7-27-20, 10-3-23
Rapides Parish School Board