March 27, 2000
Ascension Parish School Board
38210 Highway 3089
DONALDSONVILLE, LA 70346-8586
Attn: Mr. Robert Clouatre
Re; Resignations
Dear Sir:
I am again requesting you place my name on an upcoming
school board agenda that I may publicly voice my opinions of School Boards
actions.
This time I bring to your attention Senate Bill No. 709
attached to this request.
Your excuse rejecting my last request on the basis that
the subject of requests for resignations be handled as a personnel matter is
contrary to my interpretation of this bill in that I should be allowed public
comment at any meeting of the school board.
Please contact me at any of the above listed options in
my letterhead with a time, location, and date of the agenda you wish to assign
me to.
Sincerely,
Chuck Le Mieux
Cc/Fax To:
Mr. Cecil Picard Louisiana Board of Education
Ms. Elizabeth Stafford Principal Dutchtown Primary School
Ms. Cathy Merideth Principal Dutchtown Middle School
The Advocates River Parish Office
The Gonzales Weekly
The Community Mirror
The Ascension Citizen
Ascension Parish TV
Channel Two’s 2 On Your Side
Ms. Jennifer Sheffield Channel Two’s Education Reporter
Channel 9
Channel 33
Senate Bill 709
Regular Session. 1997
SENATE
BILL NO. 709
BY
SENATORS LANDRY, GREENE, BAJOIE. BEAN, BRANCH. CAIN. CAMPBEI.L, COX, CRAVINS,
DARDENNE. DEAN, DYESS. FIELDS, GREENE. GUIDRY, HEITMEIER. HOLLIS, IRONS, JONES,
LAMBERT, LENTINI, MALONE, ROMERO. SCHEDLER, S1RACUSA, SMITH. TARVER. THEUNISSEN
AND ULLO AND REPRESENTATIVES ALEXANDER, ANSARDI, BRUCE. COPELIN, CRANE. CURTIS,
DANIEL, DIEZ, FLAVIN, FONTENOT, FRITH, FRUGE, HEBERT, HOLDEN, HUDSON.
HUNTER. ILES, JENKINS. JETSON. KENNARD, LANCASTER, LONG, McDONALD, MICHOT,
ODINET, PERKINS, PIERRE, POWELL, QUEZAIRE, ROUSSELIE, STRAIN, THOMAS, THOMPSON,
WALSWORTH, WESTON. WIGGINS, WILKISRSON, WILLARD-LEWIS AND WRIGHT
AN
ACT
To
enact R.S. 42:5.1. relative to public meetings; to require school hoards to
allow public comment at school board meetings before taking a vote;
to provide with respect to a comment
period at such meetings; and to provide for related matters.
Be
it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana;
Section 1 R.S. 42:5.1 is hereby
enacted to read as follows:
§5,1.
School hoard meetings; public comment
Notwithstanding
any other law to the contrary, each school board subject to the provisions of
this Chapter shall allow public comment at any meeting of the school board prior
to taking any vote. The comment period shall be for each agenda item and shall
precede each agenda item‑ A comment period far all comments at the
beginning of a meeting shall not suffice as a comment period.
