LAC 28:I.505. Special Advisory Councils/Task Forces/Commissions/Study Groups

A. Special advisory groups may be created by the board with a limited charge and scope to study a specific topic as referred by the board. Such groups shall adhere to all advisory council officers, membership, and meetings policies, as described for BESE Advisory Councils. The following are created: 1. MFP Task Force. The Task Force will be convened upon, annually and/or as needed, by the BESE chair of the Board Administration and Education Finance Committee and BESE President in order to advise BESE in the development of the MFP formula as it applies to the distribution of funding of public schools. a. authorityper BESE policy; b. membership29 members consisting of the following: i. eight ex-officio representatives as follows: (a). Board Administration and Education Finance Committee chair (serves as task force chair); (b). four Board Administration and Education Finance Committee members; (c). state superintendent of education; (d). member of the house; (e). member of the senate; ii. four designated (non-voting) representatives as follows: (a). nonpublic school council representative; (b). Louisiana Association of Special Education Administrators; (c). Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana; (d). Louisiana School Employees’ Retirement System; iii. ten designated representatives as follows: (a). governor’s representative; (b). Louisiana School Boards Association; (c). Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana; (d). Louisiana Association of Educators; (e). Louisiana Federation of Teachers; (f). Council for a Better Louisiana; (g). Louisiana Association of Business and Industry; (h). Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana; (i). Louisiana Association of School Business Officials; (j). Early Childhood Advisory Council representative; and iv. seven BESE appointments as follows: (a). superintendent (large district); (b). superintendent (small district); (c). charter schools representative; (d). principal representative; (e). K12 public school classroom teacher; (f). two public school parents.