Parish school board to discuss lay-off policy
by Sunny Meriwether - posted Thursday, October 11th, 2012 @ 12:00 pm

A new policy on employee lay-offs is set to top the agenda for the Ouachita Parish School Board on Thursday evening.

The State Department of Education had set a deadline of Oct. 1 to submit a Reduction-in-Force (RIF) policy, but board members wanted more time to study the proposal and weren't even sure whether they were legally bound to submit a policy.

Personnel Director Don Coker said he and Board Attorney Elmer Noah have been studying several proposals.

One of those policies was developed by Forethought, a Baton Rouge-based firm which has contracted with most of the state's school districts to recommend policies. Another came from the Louisiana Association of Educators.
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