Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:104.1

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

A mandate of provisional custody for the care, custody, and control of a minor child pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 9:951 through 954 shall in no way limit the authority and responsibility of a city or parish school board to provide for the assignment, transfer, and continuance of pupils among and within the public schools within its jurisdiction or on the authority of a board to prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to these functions, including but not limited to the determination of student residency for school attendance and school transportation purposes.  

Acts 1993, No. 94, §1, eff. May 26, 1993.