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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 66
BY SENATOR MORRELL
SCHOOLS. Authorizes establishment of an enrollment preference for neighborhood
students for certain charter schools. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3991(B)(4) and to enact R.S. 17:3991(C)(1)(d), relative to2
charter schools; to provide relative to authorization for certain charter schools to3
establish an enrollment preference for students residing in the immediate4
neighborhood surrounding the school; to provide relative to the determination of the5
geographic boundaries of each such neighborhood; to provide for effectiveness; and6
to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 17:3991(B)(4) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.9
17:3991(C)(1)(d) is hereby enacted to read as follows:10
ยง3991. Charter schools; requirements; limitations; renewal; amendment; revocation11
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B. Each proposed charter shall contain or make provision for the following:13
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(4)(a) A description of the jurisdiction within which a pupil shall reside or15
otherwise be eligible to attend a public school in order to be eligible for admission.16
(b) A description of the geographic boundaries circumscribing the17 SB NO. 66
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neighborhood immediately surrounding the charter school from which students1
residing within may be given preference for enrollment as provided in2
Subsection C of this Section.3
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C. A charter school shall:5
(1) 6
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(d) Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, each elementary and8
middle charter school, other than a Type 2 charter school, may request from9
and be granted by its chartering authority the authority to give preference in10
its enrollment procedures to students residing within the neighborhood11
immediately surrounding the school. The geographic boundaries of the12
neighborhood immediately surrounding such school shall be determined by the13
school's chartering authority.14
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not16
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature17
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If18
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become19
effective on the day following such approval.20
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Morrell (SB 66)
Proposed law allows an elementary or middle charter school, other than a Type 2 charter
school, beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, to request from and be granted by its
chartering authority the authority to give preference in its enrollment procedures to students
residing with the neighborhood immediately surrounding the school. Further provides that
the geographic boundaries of the neighborhood immediately surrounding such school shall
be determined by the school's chartering authority.
Requires each proposed charter to include a description of the geographic boundaries
circumscribing the neighborhood immediately surrounding the charter school from which
students residing within may be given preference for enrollment. SB NO. 66
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Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:3991(B)(4); adds R.S. 17:3991(C)(1)(d))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Education to the
original bill.
1. Removes requirement that each charter school establish an enrollment
preference for neighborhood students.
2. Limits applicability to elementary and middle charter schools, other than
Type 2 charters.
3. Allows eligible charter schools to request and be granted authority from their
chartering authority to establish an enrollment preference, beginning in 2010-
2011.
4. Deletes requirement that a specified percentage of a charter school's
enrollment be composed of neighborhood students.