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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 17, § 3399.39. Right to individual dignity; each student's right to be free from discrimination on the basis of political ideas, affiliations, or ideology

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of Louisiana guarantees that each person, including a college or university student, has the right to “individual dignity” and further provides that protections are guaranteed against discrimination based upon the student's “political ideas or affiliations”.

B. A public postsecondary education management board shall make reasonable efforts to protect students from discrimination on the basis of political ideas, affiliations, or ideology.

C. No professor or instructor who teaches a class to students at an institution of higher education shall impose the professor's or instructor's political views onto students and, therefore, shall be prohibited from doing any of the following:

(1) Requiring a student to attend a political protest or engage in any other political activity outside of the classroom that aligns with the political views of the professor or instructor.

(2) Requiring a student to participate in a certain political activity outside of the classroom as a condition of obtaining the letter grade to which the student would otherwise be entitled based upon the student's actual academic performance in the class.

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