Section 4:443 - DefinitionsIn 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.Added by Acts 2022, No. 283,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2022.