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SUBSTITUTES

The LaSalle Parish School Board shall require the compilation of a list of qualified individuals to serve as day-by-day substitute teachers within the school district.  The Superintendent or his/her designee shall prepare the list assuring that all those listed possess appropriate employment criteria, including verification of teachers' qualifications and certification.

Principals or their designated representatives shall call substitute teachers from the approved list in case of absence of a regular teacher.  It shall be the responsibility of the principal and the regular teacher to ensure that the substitute teacher has the necessary instructions and materials to teach effectively, including textbooks, lesson plans, class rolls, schedules and an outline of local school procedures.

Retired teachers may be employed as substitute teachers provided that use of retired teachers as substitutes is in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana and pertinent statutory provisions.

Qualified teachers may also be selected to substitute for teachers who plan to be absent for long periods of time.  Provisions shall be made for the hiring of, or contracting with applicable substitute teachers in these instances as developed by the Superintendent and staff.

The compensation to be paid substitute teachers of the LaSalle Parish School District shall be fixed by the School Board from time to time or shall be included in the salary schedule for different categories of personnel.

A substitute teacher with a four-year degree hired in the place of one specific teacher for an extended period of time (24 consecutive days or more), who misses no more than two (2) days during the first twenty-four days as a substitute, shall be paid at a daily rate of a beginning teacher (not including sales tax) at the substitute’s degree level back to the first day he/she worked.  It shall be incumbent upon the substitute teacher, however, to properly notify the personnel department of such continuous employment.

The Superintendent shall take extenuating circumstances into consideration.

Any school employee whose job does not require a teaching certificate who performs work as a substitute teacher for more than a single class period shall be compensated for that time at the rate of a substitute teacher.  The principal or his/her designee shall authorize the school employee to act as a substitute teacher prior to the employee’s participation in the classroom as a substitute, and shall verify the hours as a substitute teacher for payroll purposes.

SUBSTITUTES FOR SUPPORT PERSONNEL

The LaSalle Parish School Board requires the maintenance of a list of properly qualified and approved substitute personnel eligible to substitute for support staff absent from work.  Appropriate administrative judgment as to actual need shall be exercised before employment of a substitute for support staff.

Bus Operators

A substitute bus operator may only be used as a temporary resource until a permanent operator can be appointed to a route.  A substitute operator may not drive a route for a period that exceeds the end of the school year during which the operator began driving the route.

Compensation

A substitute bus operator shall be paid a daily rate as approved by the School Board, but in no case less than sixty-five percent (65%) of the daily rate of pay being paid the regular bus operator, to be computed by dividing the annual pay of the regular operator by the number of school days in the regularly scheduled session, exclusive of any compensation or mileage allowance for use of a privately owned bus.

Bus operators and janitors substituting in the place of one specific employee for an extended period of time (24 consecutive days or more), who miss no more than two (2) days during the first twenty-four days as a substitute, shall be paid full pay of the position (not including sales tax) back to the eleventh (11th) day of work.

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§11:710, 17:81, 17:84, 17:419.3, 17:493.1, 17:500, 17:1212, 17:1213, 17:1216, 17:1217

Board minutes, 12-77, 8-19-85, 9-87, 9-10-90, 4-91, 11-6-95, 3-5-07, 9-10-12, 3-2-15, 10-3-23, 2-6-24

LaSalle Parish School Board