New Living Word School v. The Department of Education

NEW LIVING WORD SCHOOL NO. 2025 CW 0717

VERSUS

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
A DEPARTMENT OF THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA AND JOHN
WHITE, IN HIS OFFICIAL,
CAPACITY AS SUPERINTENDENT
JULY 24, 2025
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION

In Re: Louisiana Department of Education, applying for
supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish
of East Baton Rouge, No. 625188.

BEFORE: THERIOT, LANIER, AND MILLER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The portion of the district court' s July 3,
2025 order which ordered defendant, the Louisiana Department of

Education, to pay the costs by July 30, 2025 is vacated. La. R. S.
13: 5112( B) provides that neither the state nor any department shall
be required to pay any such award of court costs until the judgment
rendered against the state or department shall become final and

definitive under the provisions of Articles 2166 and 2167 of the
Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise nonappealable or

nonreviewable beyond the delays set by law for same and the funds
have been appropriated. therefor in a specific dollar amount.

Defendant herein, a state agency, filed a motion for suspensive

appeal, and
accordingly, the judgment rendered herein against

defendant has not become final and definitive.

MRT
WIL
SMM

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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DEPUTY C ERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT