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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:4:443",
  "title_number": "4",
  "section_number": "443",
  "citation": "R.S. 4:443",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In this Chapter, unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions shall apply:\n\n(1) \"Biological sex\" means a statement of a student's biological sex on the student's official birth certificate which is entered at or near the time of the student's birth.\n\n(2) \"Postsecondary education board member\" means a person who serves as a board member or officer of a postsecondary education management board.\n\n(3) \"Postsecondary education management board\" means a board which governs postsecondary educational institutions pursuant to R.S. 17:3351.\n\n(4) \"School board\" means a school board or school governing authority subject to the provisions of R.S. 17:81 or any nonpublic school governing authority.\n\n(5) \"School board member\" means a person who serves as a board member or officer for a school board or school governing authority subject to the provisions of R.S. 17:81 or for any nonpublic school governing authority.\n\n(6) \"School coach\" means a person who is a coach or assistant coach, whether paid or on a volunteer basis, of a school intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic team or sporting event.\n\n(7) \"School employee\" means a person who is employed by a school, a school board, a postsecondary education management board, or any postsecondary institution under the authority of a postsecondary education management board.\n\n(8) \"Schools\" means all of the following:\n\n(a) A public elementary or secondary school.\n\n(b) A nonpublic elementary or secondary school that receives state funds.\n\n(c) A public postsecondary educational institution.\n\n(d) A nonpublic postsecondary educational institution that receives state funds.",
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    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "4",
      "name": "AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS"
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "7-A",
      "name": "FAIRNESS IN WOMENS SPORTS ACT"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 4 › Chapter 7-A",
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      "act_year": 2022,
      "act_number": 283,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": null,
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      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2022, No. 283, §1.",
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