FILE:  JQC

Cf:  JQA

 

STUDENTS WITH CHILDREN

 

 

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR BREAST-FEEDING MOTHERS

 

Students who are breast-feeding children may not breast-feed at school or at school functions.  However, the Plaquemines Parish School Board shall allow students with infants to express milk during the school day according to the following guidelines:

 

  1. The student shall meet with the school nurse to make arrangements for expressing breast milk.

  2. An appropriate, private room, other than a restroom, shall be made available for the student to express breast milk. 

  3. The student shall provide her own insulated storage container for the expressed milk.

  4. The student shall utilize her lunch break for expressing milk.  

  5. The student shall be allowed to express milk for up to one (1) year following the birth of her child.

 

New policy:  September 8, 2014

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยง17:81

Board minutes, 9-8-14

 

Plaquemines Parish School Board