HLS 10RS-2880 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1399
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOWNS
STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP: Provides relative to certain academic qualifications
for a TOPS Opportunity Award
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:3048.1(Y), relative to academic standards for a Taylor Opportunity2
Program for Students award; to provide relative to the minimum high school grade3
point average required for certain students to be eligible for an Opportunity Award;4
to provide applicability; to provide effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:3048.1(Y) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง3048.1. Program awards; eligibility; amounts; limitations; funding; administration8
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Y. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Chapter to the contrary and in10
addition to other applicable eligibility requirements provided by this Chapter,11
beginning with the 2013-2014 school year and thereafter, in order to qualify for an12
Opportunity Award, a student who graduates from a public high school or a13
nonpublic high school which has been approved by the State Board of Elementary14
and Secondary School shall have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.7515
calculated on a 4.00 scale by using only the grades obtained by the student in16
completing the core curriculum requirements established by this Section.17 HLS 10RS-2880 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1399
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Downs HB No. 1399
Abstract: Relative to TOPS, provides (beginning with the 2013-2014 school year and
thereafter) that a student who graduates from a public high school or BESE-approved
nonpublic high school shall have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75
calculated on a 4.00 scale using grades obtained in completing the core curriculum
requirements.
Proposed law (notwithstanding any provisions of present law to the contrary and in addition
to other applicable present law eligibility requirements) provides that beginning with the
2013-2014 school year and thereafter, in order to qualify for an Opportunity Award, a
student who graduates from a public high school or a nonpublic high school which has been
approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary School shall have a minimum
cumulative grade point average of 2.75 calculated on a 4.00 scale by using only the grades
obtained by the student in completing the core curriculum requirements established by
present law.
(Adds R.S. 17:3048.1(Y))