Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Student Safety topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Superintendent reports district compliance with state dating-violence requirement; Thibodaux High reports two incidents
Summary
Superintendent Norm Martin told the board that all district schools verified compliance with Louisiana Revised Statute 17:81’s training and reporting requirements; Thibodaux High School reported two instances of dating violence, one of which led to an arrest.
Superintendent Norm Martin reported to the Lafourche Parish School Board that the district met the spring reporting requirements under Louisiana Revised Statute 17:81, which requires local superintendents to report annually on compliance, aggregate dating-violence data and recommendations for reducing dating violence among students in grades 7–12.
“As required by state statute, all of our schools have verified compliance with the required professional development as well as the reporting component of the statute,” Superintendent Norm Martin said. He told the board that Thibodaux High School reported two instances of dating violence during the reporting period, and that one of those incidents led to an arrest; no other schools in the district reported instances of dating violence.
The board received the report as part of the meeting record; no policy changes or formal actions were taken at that time beyond the informational report. The superintendent did not provide additional aggregate-level details in the public portion of the meeting beyond the items summarized at the session.
The report fulfills the statutory requirement for an oral report to the governing authority and will be recorded in the board’s minutes per the statute’s provisions.
