§ 62-67.2. Battery of a school teacher.

(a)

Battery of a school teacher is a battery committed without the consent of the victim when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the victim is a school teacher acting in the performance of employment duties.

For the purposes of this section, the term "school teacher" shall include any teacher or instructor, administrator, staff person, or employee of any public or private elementary, secondary vocational-technical training, special, or post-secondary school or institution.

(b)

Whoever commits the crime of battery of a school teacher shall be fined not more than $500.00 and imprisoned not less than 15 days nor more than six months without benefit of suspension of sentence.

The court, in its discretion, may suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the offender on probation with the condition that he shall serve two days in jail or perform five days of community service work. Failure to successfully complete the community service work, as determined by the supervisor of the program to which he is assigned, shall result in revocation of probation and imposition of the 15-day jail term.

(City Code 1965, § 10-67.2)

State law reference

Similar provisions, R.S. 14:34.3.