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La. Rev. Stat. § 36:641 (2026)

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CHAPTER 15.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

§641.  Statement of purpose

In furtherance of its constitutional mandate to provide for the education of the people of the state and to establish and maintain a public educational system and to allocate within not more than twenty departments the functions and responsibilities of all offices and agencies within the executive branch of state government, the legislature enacts this Chapter.  

Added by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.  

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1985–2020 · leading case: Foster v. Bd. of Elementary & Secondary Educ., 479 So. 2d 489 (La. Ct. App. 1985).
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Foster v. Bd. of Elementary & Secondary Educ., 479 So. 2d 489 (La. Ct. App. 1985). “R.S. 36:641, et seq., pertaining to the department of education.”
State v. Ferek, 652 So. 2d 597 (La. Ct. App. 1995). “R.S. 36:641 et seq. As an administrative regulatory agency, the Department of Education is not an “educational institution.”
State of Louisiana v. RLI Ins. Co. (M.D. La. 2020). · cites it 2× “Stat. § 36:501 (Department of Transportation and Development); La.”
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