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SCHOOL BOARD LEGAL STATUS

The State Legislature creates School Boards and provides for the election of persons to serve as members of the Boards.  The Richland Parish School Board shall constitute a body corporate with power to sue and, under certain conditions, to be sued.

Ref:     Constitution of Louisiana, Art. VI, Sec 44; Art. VIII, Sec. 9

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:51, 17:1371, 17:1372, 17:1373

Hawthorne v. Jackson Parish School Board, 5 La. App. 508 (1927)

Richland Parish School Board