RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 400 (HB 322) 2024 Regular Session Stagni
Existing law authorizes teachers to take disciplinary action against a student who violates
school rules or interferes with an orderly education process. New law prohibits a principal
or administrator from discouraging a teacher from:
(1) Taking disciplinary action.
(2) Recommending disciplinary action.
(3) Completing a form to initiate disciplinary action.
New law further prohibits a principal or administrator from retaliating or taking employment
action against a teacher for taking disciplinary action against a student.
Prior law authorized a teacher to remove a student whose behavior prevented the orderly
instruction of other students, posed an immediate threat to the safety or physical well-being
of any student or teacher, or violated the school's code of conduct. New law requires such
removal.
Prior law authorized, after the third removal in this manner, a conference between the teacher
and student's parent before the student returned to the classroom. New law requires this
conference.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 17:416(A)(1)(b)(i) and (c)(i) and (v) and 416.18(B))


Statutes affected:
HB322 Original: 17:416(A)(1), 17:18(B)
HB322 Engrossed: 17:416(A)(1), 17:18(B)
HB322 Reengrossed: 17:416(A)(1), 17:18(B)
HB322 Enrolled: 17:416(A)(1), 17:18(B)
HB322 Act : 17:416(A)(1), 17:18(B)