Board of Directors of the Special School District

Name Board of Directors of the Special School District
Contact Person Whitney Greene - Executive Counsel
Mailing Address 2888 Brightside Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70820
Phone Number 225-757-3222
Fax Number 225-757-3248
Board Email whitney.greene2@la.gov
Website ssdofla.org
Legal Authority R.S. 17:1945
Year Created 2021
Organizational Placement BESE
Purpose/Function The Louisiana Special School District (SSD) shall be responsible for providing special education and related services to any student with disabilities who is enrolled in any state-operated facility as a resident of the facility and for providing appropriate educational services to any eligible student enrolled in any state-operated mental health facility as a resident of the facility, when the facility releases the student to SSD for educational purposes. SSD also supervises and oversees the administration of the BESE special schools. The Louisiana special schools are Louisiana School for the Deaf (LSD) and Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI), and are state-operated schools providing educational programs and services for residential and/or day students.
Number of Entity Members: Number Authorized: 12
Number Currently Serving: 10
Number of Entity Meetings: Actual number in prior year: 5
Estimated number in current year: 6
The Entity is:
Active   Inactive   Not fully organized   Disbanded   Never fully organized
Do members receive per diem, salaries, and/or travel expense reimbursements?
Yes   No
Excluding member per diem, salaries, and travel expense reimbursements, does the entity receive or expend funds?
Yes   No
Entity Member Per Diem:
  Amount Authorized: $0      per meeting   per meeting day   per day spent on board business   None

Total entity member per diem:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $0.00
Entity Member Salaries:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $0.00
Entity Member Travel Expense Reimbursement:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $0.00
Number and Type of Authorized Employee Positions:
Classified: 0
Unclassified: 0
Part-time: 0
Entity Fiscal Year End:
4/30         7/31         10/31         Other (identify date)
6/30         9/30         12/31         None
Participation in State Employee Benefit Programs:
    Employees:
       participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s)
       do not participate in state benefit programs

    Members:
       participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s)
       do not participate in state benefit programs
A state agency provides: (Check all that apply and identify the state agency)
Per Diem Payments          State Agency:
Travel Reimbursements    State Agency:
Other (explain)    State Agency:
Is this entity a budget unit or included within a budget unit of the State of Louisiana as defined by LSA-R.S. 39:2?
   Yes    No
  If yes, identify the budget unit and the budget schedule number below:
  Budget Unit Name: N/A
  Budget Schedule Number: N/A
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