RS 4:443: Definitions

In this Chapter, unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Biological sex" means a statement of a student's biological sex on the student's official birth certificate which is entered at or near the time of the student's birth.

(2) "Postsecondary education board member" means a person who serves as a board member or officer of a postsecondary education management board.

(3) "Postsecondary education management board" means a board which governs postsecondary educational institutions pursuant to R.S. 17:3351.

(4) "School board" means a school board or school governing authority subject to the provisions of R.S. 17:81 or any nonpublic school governing authority.

(5) "School board member" means a person who serves as a board member or officer for a school board or school governing authority subject to the provisions of R.S. 17:81 or for any nonpublic school governing authority.

(6) "School coach" means a person who is a coach or assistant coach, whether paid or on a volunteer basis, of a school intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic team or sporting event.

(7) "School employee" means a person who is employed by a school, a school board, a postsecondary education management board, or any postsecondary institution under the authority of a postsecondary education management board.

(8) "Schools" means all of the following:

(a) A public elementary or secondary school.

(b) A nonpublic elementary or secondary school that receives state funds.

(c) A public postsecondary educational institution.

(d) A nonpublic postsecondary educational institution that receives state funds.