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Dear Gentlemen:

Your request for an Attorney General Opinion has been forwarded to me for research and reply. You requested an opinion from this office on behalf of a member of the Lafayette Parish School Board ("Board"). Specifically, you ask the following:

Can the administration of the Lafayette Parish School System ("Administration") put displaced students in our schools, give employment to displaced teachers and other school staff in temporary substitute positions, and incur expenditures to accomplish these objectives without prior approval of the Lafayette Parish School Board.

The facts…