ASCENSION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
The Constitution of Louisiana places the responsibility for establishing and maintaining an efficient system of public schools on the State Legislature.
The Ascension Parish School Board has been established as a body corporate charged with the establishment, maintenance, development and operation of an efficient public school program within the school district. State and federal courts have held that the Board is vested with a broad range of administrative and supervisory authority commensurate with the aforementioned prescribed educational responsibilities.
Members of the Ascension Parish School Board are officers of the state. The Board is the agency through which the school district acts in regard to school matters. Board members have authority only when functioning as a body or group in a legally called regular or special meeting. The powers of the Board are delegated only to the Board as a body. No authority is granted to members acting as individuals.
The Board is cognizant that all actions must be taken in good faith, with reasonable prudence, sincerity and based on the belief that such actions are correct and in the best interests of the school district in accordance with statutes and pertinent judicial precedents.
MEETINGS:
The Ascension Parish School Board has the authority to hold as many Board meetings per month as the Board deems necessary. The Board shall conduct at least one regularly scheduled meeting per month. Special meetings may be held as the Board determines or as occasion may require.
At any regular or special meeting of the Board, no business may be transacted which does not come within the purpose or purposes set forth in the agenda for the meeting, except upon unanimous approval of the members of the Board present at that meeting. The motion to add an item not on the agenda shall identify the item with reasonable specificity, including the purpose for the proposed addition to the agenda, and shall be entered into the minutes. In keeping with state law and Board policy, prior to any vote to add an item to the agenda, there shall be an opportunity for public comment on the motion.
The Board holds regularly scheduled public meetings on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month (except for holidays). Any scheduled committee meeting(s) may precede the regularly scheduled school board meeting. Check the agenda for the correct time & date for all scheduled meeting(s).
- Meetings on the first Tuesday of the month shall be held in Donaldsonville, Louisiana at a site/location designated on the official agenda for that meeting date.
- Meetings on the third Tuesday of the month shall be held in Ascension Parish on the east side of the Mississippi River at a site/location designated on the official agenda for that meeting date.
The Ascension Parish School Board reserves the right to cancel any meeting or to change the location of any School Board meeting provided that twenty-four (24) hours advance written public notice is posted.
MEETING INFORMATION IS POSTED ON BOARD DOCS ONLINE AT https://www.boarddocs.com/la/apsb/Board.nsf/Public
More Information:
Contact:
Ascension Parish School Board Office*
1100 Webster Street | P.O. Box 189
Donaldsonville, LA 70346
(225) 391-7000 or (225) 257-2000
*Board members do not work at the school board office.
Request Remote Participation by Members of the Public with Disabilities
The School Board shall allow any member of the public with a disability recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act, or a designated caregiver of such a person, to participate in its meetings via teleconference or video conference, and shall facilitate participation by any such person who requests that accommodation prior to the meeting. Members of the public who desire to participate in this fashion shall certify that they meet the definition of a person with a disability recognized under the Americans with Disabilities Act when they submit, prior to public meetings, their requests to comment on agenda items and shall comply with the same rules and regulations on speaking applicable to those participating in person at such meetings. In order to accommodate any request to participate as provided herein, any qualified person who wishes to participate in any School Board meeting by teleconference or remote participation shall provide a written notice and request to the APSB no later than 10:00 am on the date of the subject School Board meeting by completing a request form.
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